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Monday Top News Executive Summary
Media Editors:  Above the Fold

TAX-RETURN FISHING EXPEDITION: “President Donald Trump lost his bid Monday to shield his tax returns from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which subpoenaed them as part of an investigation into ‘hush payments’ to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.” (ABC News)

SCOTUS RECONVENES: “The justices are returning to the Supreme Court bench for the start of an election year term that includes high-profile cases about abortions, protections for young immigrants and LGBT rights,” the Associated Press reports. Be sure to check out The Heritage Foundation’s comprehensive overview.

NEW WHISTLEBLOWER: The Associated Press reports, “A second whistleblower has come forward with information about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.” The report further reveals, “Crucially, the new whistleblower works in the intelligence field and has ‘firsthand knowledge’ of key events.” According to Sen. Lindsey Graham, “This is Kavanaugh all over again.”

IMMIGRATION PROCLAMATION: Trump signs order to prevent taxpayers from subsidizing healthcare for legal immigrants (The Daily Wire)

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: Bloomberg Law finally retracts its false and misleading “anti-Semitic” story involving Department of Labor official Leif Olson (The Volokh Conspiracy)

SANDERS HEART ATTACK: “Presidential candidate and Vermont Senator commie-Bernie Sanders was released from a Las Vegas hospital on Friday following treatment for what his physicians confirmed was a heart attack, according to the Senator’s campaign.” (National Review)

National Security

NOKO STATUS QUO: “Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington have broken off, North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate.” (Reuters)

SYRIA SUBSTITUTION: “The White House announced late Sunday that Turkey will soon move forward with a planned military operation in northeast Syria, as U.S. troops who have been deployed and operating with Kurdish-led forces in the area began pulling back from their positions,” according to Fox News. “Pentagon officials were ‘completely blindsided’ and ‘shocked’ by the order,” the report adds.

Culture & Heartland

NARRATIVE BUSTER: Women and minorities are fueling an increase in concealed-handgun permits (John Lott)

DON’T TREAD ON ME: Monthly gun sales up 10% since last September (The Washington Free Beacon)

Closing Arguments

POLICY: We must fight the sexualization of children by adults (The Daily Signal)

POLICY: The U.S. alliance with Israel cannot be sacrificed to ideological purity (National Review)

HUMOR: scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton enters 2020 race after entire Democrat field have surprise heart attacks (Genesius Times)  

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{ genesiustimes.com } ~ scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton has officially entered the 2020 presidential race after the entire Democratic field were sidelined with heart attacks... “I will begrudgingly take up the torch for the Democratic nomination now that all 12 of my opponents have surprisingly been taken out due to heart trouble,” scumbag/liar-Clinton said in a press conference.The campaign expressed its shock and sadness for such an unprecedented number of surprise heart attacks in people who are associated with the scumbag/liar-Clintons. “We’ve known many people who have had surprise heart trouble over the years and when I’m elected president I will make it a priority to increase the funding for heart disease research,” scumbag/liar-Clinton added. Having learned her lesson about calling half of the potential electorate “deplorable,” scumbag/liar-Clinton will be running on the position that now 70% of America are deplorable. scumbag/liar-Clinton was heard offering commie-Bernie Sanders some hope: “Just be glad you didn’t commit suicide!”

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by wnd.com ~ A former CIA analyst whose job included editing transcripts of presidential phone calls, believes... House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag-Adam Schiff colluded in the production and promotion of the whistleblower complaint alleging President Trump engaged in a quid pro quo with Ukraine. Fred Fleitz, who now is the president and CEO of the non-profit Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., said it was "pretty apparent that something was wrong when I saw this whistleblower complaint." "It was just too perfect. The legal references is not the way an intelligence analyst would write," he told Lou Dobbs Thursday night on the Fox Business Network. Fleitz noted that scumbag-Schiff didn't tell the other committee members of the complaint, which the rules require. "Each side is supposed to share classified information received by the committee with the other side," he said. "But even worse, it is pretty clear that this was shared with Speaker liar-Pelosi, because on the 30th of September she said on '60 Minutes' she knew what was in the transcript before the White House released it," said Fleitz." This suggests to me that scumbag-Schiff and liar-Pelosi have been working together to gin up this impeachment effort for a long time, based on this Ukraine issue." Dobbs asked Fleitz if during his CIA career he had ever seen anything "that looks as practiced and polished." "I've never seen one this perfect. I've never seen one that appeared to be written not just by a lawyer but by a law firm, or a team of lawyers," Fleitz said. Dobbs suggested it might have been written by the House Intelligence Committee staff. "I think that's what happened," Fleitz affirmed...   https://www.wnd.com/2019/10/ex-cia-analyst-pelosi-schiff-colluded-complaint/  

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{ dailycaller.com } ~ Conservative radio host Mark Levin said the GOP controlled Senate should invoke a “nuclear option” and dismiss any potential impeachment charges against President Donald Trump... Appearing on Thursday night’s edition of “Hannity” on Fox News, Levin broke down California Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff’s prior knowledge about the whistleblower complaint, contending that he likely revealed it only to House Speaker Nancy liar-Pelosi. “How do I know that?” he asked rhetorically. “Because she goes to the podium like Eva Perrone and she declares — now we’re gonna have an official impeachment inquiry without the transcript. How did she know? Because scumbag-Schiff tipped her off about what what was in this complaint.” Citing a “responsibility to protect the Constitution and protect this country and protect the office of the presidency,” Levin said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should “launch a nuclear option.” What am I talking about? Mitch McConnell was on TV saying, ’67 votes to change the rules.’ They changed the rules when it came to the courts and they can change the rules here. Simple majority with a nuclear option allows the Senate to dismiss those charges … as soon as they come to the Senate. The weekend Fox News host insisted the current impeachment inquiry isn’t a “House impeachment inquiry,” but rather is a “Democratic Party impeachment inquiry.” After continuing to criticize the complaint, Levin turned his attention to the Senate, which he contended was not Constitutionally bound to take up an impeachment trial. “Only the Senate has the power to police what the House Democrats are doing, and they should not participate in this!” Levin exclaimed. “It is not a House impeachment inquiry. There was no vote. It’s the Democratic Party’s abuse of power...    https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/03/mark-levin-senate-nuclear-option/  

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by wnd.com ~ The unnamed whistleblower whose complaint is at the center of the Democrats' self-described "impeachment inquiry"... was a member of the team investigating Donald Trump and his relationship with Ukraine during the 2016 election, according to investigative reporter Paul Sperry. Sperry wrote in a series of tweets Thursday that the whistleblower -- described in a New York Times report as a CIA officer who was detailed to the White House -- may have a grudge against Trump after losing his or her job when Trump became president. "The Democrat whistleblower who complained about Trump digging up dirt in Ukraine was himself helping dig up dirt in Ukraine against Trump and Manafort while working in the scumbag/liar-nObama White House during 2016 campaign," he wrote. Paul Manafort, who served as Trump's campaign chairman for three months in 2016, was sentenced to prison for his personal dealings with Ukraine long before the election. Last week, Sperry tweeted that rumors were "swirling" that the whistleblower was one of former CIA director and current NBC analyst scumbag/commie-John Brennan's "old CIA humps detailed over to — planted inside — the White House to spy on Trump and help thwart the investigation" of the origins of the scumbag/liar-nObama administration's false claim of Trump-Russia collusion, its spying on the Trump campaign and its "skullduggery in Ukraine." CNN anchor Jake Tapper has reported the whistleblower, whose identity is protected by federal law, was a registered Democrat. The Intelligence Community inspector general who handled the complaint, Michael Atkinson, concluded the whistleblower gave indications of "political bias." The New York Times reported Wednesday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. scumbag-Adam Schiff, D-Calif., learned details of the CIA officer's allegations against the president days before the whistleblower complaint was filed. The Times said scumbag-Schiff's prior knowledge of the account by the future whistleblower "shows how determined he was to make known his allegations that Mr. Trump asked Ukraine’s government to interfere on his behalf in the 2020 election." "It also explains how Mr. scumbag-Schiff knew to press for the complaint when the Trump administration initially blocked lawmakers from seeing it."...   https://www.wnd.com/2019/10/whistleblower-not-just-guy-votes-democrats/   

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by heritageaction.com ~ The Constitution gives the powers of impeachment and conviction to Congress and states: "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for... and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." The House can impeach the President or any other civil officer with a simple majority (51%), after which, the process moves to the Senate, where a conviction can only be reached with a two-thirds majority (67%). The Supreme Court has reiterated that the powers of impeachment and conviction are entirely those of the legislative branch, and not the judicial or executive. The impeachment process is separate from any criminal prosecutions carried out by the U.S. Justice Department for violations of federal law and is not reviewable by the federal courts. It is Congress’ responsibility to prove that “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” were committed. In short, impeachment is a political process controlled by Congress, and is a tool to punish wrongdoing as defined by the constitution, not to settle policy disputes. The American people have the opportunity to weigh in at the ballot box on any misuse or abuse of the impeachment power, just as they do to establish a policy mandate for the country. For instance, after impeaching President scumbag/liar-Clinton, congressional Republicans faced backlash and lost seats in the subsequent election. What can we expect from the House and what is at stake politically for Democrats? On Tuesday, September 24, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House would launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump. What happens next is to be determined, but here are three possibilities: The House could find nothing and close the investigation. The House could investigate in perpetuity effectively tying up the legislative calendar for the remainder of the year. The House could move forward and hold a vote to impeach the president...  for more on the impeachment process click here:   https://www.heritage.org/political-process/commentary/how-the-impeachment-process-works      

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