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“SEND THEM OVER”: Senators Dianne Feinstein and Joe Manchin join Democrats pressuring Plosi to send impeachment articles to Senate (Fox News)
“THE LAWSUIT SEEKS ALL SUBPOENAS”: Watchdog group suing Adam Schiff over release of private phone records (The Daily Wire)
National Security
$3.6 BILLION IN MILITARY FUNDS: Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifts injunction against border-wall funds (National Review)
PROPAGANDA: Iranian TV reports a different version of missile attack on U.S. bases in Iraq (USA Today)
WAR BY OTHER MEANS: Texas facing 10,000 potential cybersecurity attacks from Iran per minute, Gov. Greg Abbott says (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
EPIC FAIL: Those who can’t find Iran on a map (and there are plenty of them) are less likely to support the strike on Soleimani (Washington Examiner)
JUSTICE: Mexican national who killed Brian Terry has been sentenced to life in prison (Townhall)
Health & Culture
NEARLY 3,000 DEATHS AND COUNTING: 2020 on track to be worst flu season in decades (The Hill)
WELCOME NEWS: Cancer death rates drop by largest amount on record (Axios)
SEEKING ANSWERS: Judge orders Google to turn over Jussie Smollett’s emails (Associated Press)
Closing Arguments
POLICY: Why repealing the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations is sound policy (The Heritage Foundation)
POLICY: Banning dollar stores to prevent food deserts is unjust (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
HUMOR: “He was a great man”: Deceased Iranian General Soleimani surges into fourth place in Democratic primary race (Genesius Times)
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Ask an Iranian
By Dan Truitt
{ americanthinker.com } ~ I saw my Iranian refugee friend Kaveh in church this morning and asked him what he thought of the killing of Qasem Soleimani. “I’m a little unhappy with it,” he said. “My wife’s unhappy, too. So are our parents in Teheran.” “Why”” “Because he didn’t suffer.”... “You’re a Christian, right?” “Right.” “Trust me, brother, he’s suffering,” I said. I’m an ex-pat living next door to the Middle East, and I don’t think most Americans understand what a significant historic event this is. Most Iranians are completely fed up with the oppressive reign of the mullahs, and most Middle East countries are completely fed up with the organized terrorism being exported by Iran, which has been destabilizing the region for the last four decades. It all began when a rather gullible peanut rancher from Plains, Georgia, who occupied the White House for a mostly unfortunate four years, allowed the foxy old cleric to convince him that a Khomeini-led Iran would be friendly to the United States. Not long after that the U.S. embassy fell to an organized Iranian mob. To be fair, Khomeini wasn’t behind the embassy seizure, but he quickly understood that he held a huge bargaining chip in the face of the Carter-led USA’s lack of resolve. Mark Steyn, substituting for Rush Limbaugh last Friday, said that Soleimani arrived at Bagdhad Airport, collected his luggage, and then about five minutes later collected his seventy-two virgins. “The reason he got seventy two virgins,” Steyn quipped, “was because he was blown into seventy-two pieces.” Victor David Hanson accurately observes in the National Review that “Iran deeply erred in thinking that Trump’s restraint was permanent, that his impeachment meant he had lost political viability, that he would go dormant in an election year, that the stature of his left-wing opponents would surge in such tensions, and that his base would abandon him if he dared to use military force.” Why, pray tell, did Iran miscalculate so badly? Could it be that the mullahs were reading the same leftist propaganda the mainstream media has been spewing about Trump for years now, and, observing the recent vote for impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives, grossly underestimating both Trump’s strength, and his huge popularity among the vast swathe of the United states sandwiched between the left and right coasts who pound nails, install tile, ride both farm and long-haul tractors, style hair, clean bedpans in hospitals, and wait tables?....
Jim Jordan Contrasts President Trump Foreign
Policy Accomplishments Against
Impeachment Fraud
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Representative Jim Jordan discusses the ongoing impeachment fiasco and liar-Pelosi still withholding the articles from the Senate; and contrasts the DC nonsense against the foreign policy accomplishments of President Trump..
scumbag/liar-nObama launches 2,800 strikes
on Iraq, Syria without congressional approval
By Jacqueline Klimas
{ washingtontimes.com } ~ U.S. forces have now surpassed 2,800 strikes against targets in Iraq and Syria under President scumbag/liar-nObama’s war against the Islamic State... all as part of a conflict Congress has yet to specifically authorize — and amid worries lawmakers won’t ever act. Under intense pressure from Capitol Hill, Mr. scumbag/liar-nObama finally submitted a draft authorization for the use of military force against the Islamic State in February, but it’s since languished, caught in the stalemate between those who want tighter restrictions and those who want the president to have as free a hand as possible. Now analysts worry that inaction will set a dangerous precedent and leave Congress shorn of its warmaking powers. “I understand it’s unlikely that they’ll act, but it’s important for them to act,” Shoon Murray, an associate professor in the School of International Service at American University, said last week. “It does take away the war powers of Congress by Congress‘ own deference.” The U.S. military has been conducting strikes in Iraq for 10 months, and began striking directly at targets in Syria last September as part of Mr. scumbag/liar-nObama’s announced campaign to degrade the capabilities of the Islamic State.This past weekend’s attacks brought the total to 1,458 strikes in Iraq and 1,343 in Syria by U.S. forces. Coalition forces allied with the U.S. have conducted another 655 attacks on Iraqi targets and 95 in Syria. Mr. scumbag/liar-nObama has justified the attacks under his commander in chief powers and under the 2001 resolution authorizing force against al Qaeda, and the 2002 resolution authorizing the ouster of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill have said Mr. scumbag/liar-nObama is stretching those laws and that the strikes could be illegal — though they say they want to put them on firm footing by passing a new authorization... My-goodness, he didn't get impeach did he..
Redeeming the FBI
By Frank Watt
{ americanthinker.com } ~ Give us a break…. and by “us” I mean the current and former members of the FBI and DoJ that are facing the justified skepticism of the citizens we swore to protect... Due to the actions of a few, the overall trust of the American public, previously enjoyed by both agencies is arguably at an all-time low. Tinfoil hat folks excepted, the general public has always extended the benefit of the doubt to FBI agents in the performance of their duties. This deference was hard-earned by investigators and prosecutors who made the thousands of prominent cases that forged the Bureau’s reputation. The misuse of their positions has already cost the malefactors their jobs. Whingeing over treatment at the hands of those that hurt their feelings only brings further discredit to the organization that once employed them. To the recently fired/resigned employees most well known for their inappropriate personal relationship and ill-advised communication over government devices: As FBI employees receiving assigned government phones, we were all asked to sign an acknowledgment that we had certain responsibilities with respect to usage of those devices. Along with the restrictions that one would expect; primarily for official business, minimal personal use allowed, don’t discuss or transmit classified material, etc. was the reminder that we had no expectation of privacy in using the device. We were further reminded that any digital communication over said devices, be it an email, text, instant message, dialed and/or received telephone numbers would be archived at FBIHQ. For an experienced investigator, the last tidbit is what’s known as a clue. The thinking agent understands, and is reminded annually, that any communication over the “Bu phone” is going to be captured, archived, and preserved for whatever use the owner of the device the government, and by extension, the taxpayer deems appropriate. The part about “no expectation of privacy” is a powerful hint that the government does not need a warrant to look at anything on your government issued device at any time for any reason. Every agent who has worked a case of any significance understands the rules of the road in bringing that case for prosecution. The idea that “investigators” in the most senior positions were unaware that it was wildly inappropriate to have prejudicial and highly inflammatory text conversations about the subject of an investigation….over government devices, defies reason. The fact that these individuals were immediately dismissed from their roles in the Mueller investigation when this activity came to light, validates the assertion that their actions were unacceptable. Had these investigators been working a criminal case, all of their communications over these devices would have been discoverable by the defense. Any prosecuting attorney would have “had their heads” for effectively wrecking his or her case... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/redeeming_the_fbi.html .
Europe Under Siege from
People-Smuggling Gangs
by Soeren Kern
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Hungarian police recently discovered two tunnels used to smuggle migrants into Hungary from Serbia. The tunnels were found at the same time that Hungarian police reported a five-fold increase... in the number of migrants attempting to enter Hungary. Hungary is not alone: Border authorities in countries across the European Union are struggling to stanch renewed flows of illegal migration. More than 126,500 migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East illegally entered the EU during 2019, according to the International Organization for Migration. On November 29, Hungarian police detained 44 migrants who were found walking along a highway near Ásotthalom, a village in southern Hungary. Police later learned that the migrants had crossed into Hungary from Serbia by crawling through a 34-meter (112-foot) hand-dug tunnel. The oval tunnel, only 50 cm (20 inches) wide and 60 cm (24 inches) high, had been dug as deep as six meters (20 feet) underground. It had gone undetected because of thick foliage in the area and because the soil that was dug out of the tunnel was dumped into a nearby canal. A second tunnel was found in the village of Csikéria, around 40 km from Ásotthalom. That tunnel was 21.7 meters (70 feet) long. No migrants were found there. Police said they were deploying drones to search for other possible tunnels. At the height of the migration crisis in 2015, Hungary built two razor-wire fences on its southern borders to stop or divert the flow of migrants making their way to Western Europe. The newly-discovered tunnels were built underneath those fences... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15270/europe-people-smuggling-gangs .
Soleimani funeral stampede in Iran leaves
at least 40 dead, state TV reports
By Greg Norman, Danielle Wallace
{ foxnews.com } ~ At least 40 Iranians were crushed to death Tuesday in a stampede that erupted during the funeral for Qassem Soleimani... the general killed last week in a U.S. airstrike, the country’s state media is reporting. The gory episode in Soleimani's hometown of Kerman, which also reportedly left more than 200 injured, came as the U.S. Maritime Administration is warning ships across the Middle East to be on alert for possible retaliatory attacks from Iran. “Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some have been killed during the funeral processions," Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of Iran’s emergency medical services, told state media. The cause of the stampede was not immediately clear. Videos posted online showed people lying lifeless on a road and others shouting and trying to help them — and the incident has now delayed Soleimani’s funeral services. It’s not the first time that chaos has erupted at a funeral for an influential Iranian figure. In 1989, a funeral procession in Tehran for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was interrupted when his half-naked remains toppled out of an open coffin live on state television. Mourners had blocked the path of a truck carrying the deceased leader of the Iranian revolution and tore at his burial shroud, knocking his body to the ground. That led the broadcast to be cut short and his body airlifted by military helicopter away from the crowd until his remains could be rewrapped....
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Faithless America?
Robin Smith: When the younger generation is looking for hope, where do they turn? Why are some younger adults rejecting hope and community that comes from the assembling of hearts seeking strength in faith?
According to a December 2019 analysis by the American Enterprise Institute’s Daniel Cox, four in 10 Millennials (individuals 23 to 38 years of age) cite that they are religiously unaffiliated. Writing around Pew Research data that point to the fact that this age group is a product of parents who raised their children without the influence or connection to religion or faith, Cox declares, “Millennials are leaving religion and not coming back.”
AEI’s own data show that 17% of Millennials surveyed acknowledged the absence of a faith-based belief system in their upbringing. Contrast that to only 5% of Baby Boomers — aged 55 to 75 years old — who reported a lack of a religious influence in their nurtured years. Further, just one in three Millennials noted attendance in a weekly religious service during their childhood compared to half of Baby Boomers.
Over the last 10 years, according to Pew, there has been a 12% decline in adults who identify as Christians with individuals who label themselves as having no particular beliefs at 26% and the aggregate of Christians down to 65%.
That Law of the Harvest is more than theory — seeds sown do bring forth a crop. Parents erroneously believing their hands-off manner permitted their offspring to find their own way and even pursue some “enlightened” value system honoring the Secular Trinity of Me, Myself, and I were instead sewing seeds that today demand an intellectual approach to faith rather than, well, simple faith to a simple Gospel of grace and the forgiveness of sin.
Inarguably, every single person has a belief system based on exposure to information or through experience. We all believe in something and adhere to some set of mores. It’s just a matter of the object of that belief system whether it’s the monotheistic God of the Judeo-Christian faith, or some other framework that drives a personal definition of morality.
And, that personal definition of morality is growing more relevant in not only the generational divide of faith but is literally dividing the flocks of the faithful and churches.
Look no further than the separation just announced in the Methodist denomination. The split is based on whether Holy Scripture is to be honored in sanctioning marriage as holy matrimony between one man and one woman — treated as a covenant modeled after Christ and His Bride the Church — or whether same-sex marriage is permitted. It’s a manifestation of cultural approvals transcending Biblical Truth. Some personally view same-sex marriage as without consequence and others say what God says, which is that sexual sin — of all sorts — is still sin, but still covered by grace when confessed.
The current split in the religion that was originally founded to reform the Church of England from within by John Wesley is, ironically, taking the similar path faced during the original days of Reformers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Wesley’s teachings based on the “methodical” devotion and study applied to one’s life that all should have access to God’s salvation through love fell within the Protestant Reformation that declared that the Bible be the standard of teaching and worship.
Today, many Methodists have sacrificed the standard of Truth on the altar of personal whim.
So, in addition to parents without a commitment to faith raising children of the same philosophy, the cultural influences on the definition of right versus wrong have eclipsed the Gospel. But churches themselves have some responsibility in the loss of membership.
If teachings in the church say, “You’re ok, I’m ok, we’re all ok” and “We’ve got grace, so let’s just live as we so desire,” it is no different than the opinions shared at the neighborhood bar, nonprofit, or secular organization. Why would young adults need a community of faith when they’ll hear the same advice and opinions and get the same acceptance at their favorite watering hole among friends who will commiserate and honor the time-tested truth that misery loves company?
In a series on the decline of religion in America, The Washington Times wrote of doctoral candidate Rev. Stephen Koeth at Columbia University teaching one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s sermons, which included references to the road to Jericho and the Good Samaritan. Not only did the class have no knowledge of the dangerous setting of the famous parable of ministry, but they didn’t have any understanding of the basis of the parable itself — the Good Samaritan — whose actions transcended cultural and economic constructs.
Do you think this same group could articulate details about climate change or the need for “safe spaces” from harmful speech?
Again, those churches reflecting and echoing cultural norms and teaching a social-justice agenda rather than Truth from the Bible are not remarkable, inspirational, or courageous. But churches that do boldly teach the hope of Christ in each of us through the forgiveness of sin are indeed the beacons of light daring to say the same thing that God Himself says about our past, our present, and our future.
So where will Americans of all ages find their hope? The brilliant and fearless Paul sums it all up in Galatians 6:8, “For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” ~The Patriot Post
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Tuesday Top News Executive Summary
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Media Editors: Above the Fold
LACK OF PROSECUTION: GOP senators move to dismiss articles of impeachment amid battle with liar-Pelosi (Fox News)
DRAFT-LETTER FRENZY: Pentagon scrambles: “There’s been no decision to leave Iraq” (Axios)
Media, Government, & Politics
ISLAMIST SYMPATHIZERS: Leftmedia impressed and sobered by tears at Qasem Soleimani’s funeral (Washington Examiner)
STAMPEDE: A stampede at the funeral of slain Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani has left at least 50 people dead and over 200 injured. (National Review)
3% INCREASE OVER PREVIOUS HIGH: FBI gun background checks, linked closely to weapons sales, recorded the second-highest month ever in December, propelling 2019’s count to the most since the National Instant Criminal Background Check System began in 1998 (Washington Examiner)
PRIVILEGES: Chelsea scumbag/liar-Clinton made $9 million since 2011 from corporate board position (New York Post)
National Security
ENFORCEMENT: U.S. implements plan to send Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala (Reuters)
FOR THE RECORD: Iran has terrorists embedded inside the U.S. and across our border (The Federalist)
“ENDLESS ARRAY” OF TARGETS: The terrifying possibilities for an Iranian cyberattack (Washington Examiner)
Culture
“USED HIS POWER AND INFLUENCE TO … COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES”: Harvey Weinstein charged with rape, sexual battery in Los Angeles over 2013 allegations (USA Today)
“NO EVIDENCE THAT THE SHOOTING WAS … CONNECTED TO THE THEFT”: Lawsuit from Kate Steinle’s parents over stolen gun tossed by San Francisco judge (Fox News)
Closing Arguments
POLICY: How Trump can sort out the Middle East (National Review)
POLICY: California’s privacy law shows that congressional action is needed (American Enterprise Institute)
HUMOR: Iran declines to sign Colin Kaepernick after reviewing workout video (The Babylon Bee)
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Devin Nunes Tells Sara Carter: “ICIG Michael Atkinson is Under Active Investigation”
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Sara Carter held a pod-cast interview with HPSCI ranking member Devin Nunes. At approximately 36:25 of the interview congressman Nunes discusses the testimony of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson... The transcript from Atkinson’s House testimony has never been released. Rep. Nunes states the reason HPSCI Chairman scumbag/liar-Schiff has kept the transcript hidden and classified is because the content is extremely damaging to the origin of the impeachment fraud. Additionally, the testimony from Atkinson conflicted with evidence which surfaced later: “Atkinson is under active investigation. I’m not gonna go any farther than that because you know obviously he has a chance to come in and prove his innocence, but my guess is scumbag/liar-Schiff, Atkinson they don’t want that transcript out because it’s very damaging”… CTH has previously outlined ICIG Michael Atkinson as a dirty player amid a network of very corrupt officials who hold self-interests from participating in unlawful abuses of government surveillance including the DOJ and FBI activity during the 2016 election. On Sunday, October 6th, 2019, even before the revelations of scumbag/liar-Schiff working with the whistle-blower surfaced, ranking member Devin Nunes originally discussed his concerns with the testimony of Michael Atkinson. Nunes noted the testimony “was a joke”....
scumbag/liar-Schiff calls for open
hearings on Trump's Iran actions
By REBECCA KLAR
{ thehill.com } ~ House Intelligence Committee Chairman scumbag/liar-Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said he supports open House hearings regarding President Trump’s order last week... for a strike that killed top Iranian commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani. scumbag/liar-Schiff, who is among lawmakers who were briefed a day after last week’s attack, told The Washington Post there should be open hearings on the administration's decision to strike. “The president has put us on a path where we may be at war with Iran. That requires the Congress to fully engage,” scumbag/liar-Schiff told the Post in an interview published Monday. scumbag/liar-Schiff said there’s “absolutely no way” Trump’s threat to retaliate with “disproportionate” attacks, should Iran strike the U.S., reflects Pentagon planning. “None of that could come out of the Pentagon,” scumbag/liar-Schiff said. A Pentagon spokesperson was not immediately available for comment when contacted by The Hill. Trump said there are 52 Iranian sites, including cultural sites, that “will be hit very fast and very hard” if Iran strikes an American or an American base. He later said that his “Media Posts,” seemingly referring to his tweets, will serve to notify members of Congress on potential strikes. scumbag/liar-Schiff has also questioned whether there is intelligence that supports the claim that killing Soleimani would prevent future attacks against the U.S. ... https://thehill.com/homenews/house/476924-schiff-calls-for-open-hearings-on-trumps-iran-actions .
Rush Limbaugh Interviews
President Donald Trump
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Earlier today President Trump called in to the Rush Limbaugh show for an interview about current political events... RUSH: Welcome back the EIB Network, and Rush Limbaugh back at it after a couple of weeks off for Christmas. Not much happening. We are happy to have here with us the president of the United States, Donald Trump. It’s so great to have you back here, sir. Thank you for joining us... Transcripts at the site..
Terror Attack Kills US Serviceman and
Others in Africa, Days After Iran Fiasco
by ANDREW WEST
{ freedomoutpost.com } ~ On New Year’s Day, a group of protesters backed by an Iranian militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad, setting fires around the building and attempting to infiltrate the US consulate... Only after several dozen Marines were deployed to the area did the malfeasants scatter. In retaliation, US President Donald Trump authorized an airstrike that killed Qasem Soleimani, one of Iran’s most influential military men – a general whose use of terrorism was concerning to the world at large. Tehran turned livid at the news, issuing a series of scathing threats against the United States in retaliation. Now, US service members are being attacked well south of Iran, in Kenya, by jihadist terrorists. Three Americans were killed in Sunday’s terror attack in Kenya. The Americans — a US service member and two civilian contractors working for the Defense Department — were killed in the attack carried out by Al-Shabaab, US Africa Command, which is responsible for military relations with nations on the continent, confirmed to CNN. Two DOD members wounded in the attack are now in stable condition and are being evacuated, Africa Command said. The attack occurred at a Kenya Defense Force in Manda Bay, Kenya. Sources have previously told CNN that the base was used by US Special Operations forces working with the Kenyans. Africa Command said the US uses the airfield for missions such as providing training to African allies, responding to crises and protecting US interests in the region. https://freedomoutpost.com/terror-attack-kills-us-serviceman-and-others-in-africa-days-after-iran-fiasco/ .
liar-Pelosi to Introduce War Powers Resolution
to Limit Trump’s Military Actions with Iran
by Team Bongino
{ bongino.com } ~ Democrats just can’t stand the fact that President Trump took decisive action against “revered” Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani and are now acting to limit his ability... to use military force against the Islamic nation. In a letter to Democrats released late last night, liar-Pelosi called the killing of Soleimani a “provocative and disproportionate military airstrike.” liar-Pelosi wrote, “As Members of Congress, our first responsibility is to keep the American people safe. For this reason, we are concerned that the Administration took this action without the consultation of Congress and without respect for Congress’s war powers granted to it by the Constitution.” The letter continues, “This week, the House will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit the President’s military actions regarding Iran. It reasserts Congress’s long-established oversight responsibilities by mandating that if no further Congressional action is taken, the Administration’s military hostilities with regard to Iran cease within 30 days.” Fox News points out that the War Powers Act was passed in 1973 as a means to prevent presidents from using military force without congressional approval. The legislation requires the president to notify Congress of “circumstances necessitating the introduction of United States Armed Forces” within 48 hours. On Saturday, the White House complied with its responsibilities under the War Powers Act and sent a document to Congress, informing lawmakers of the airstrike against Soleimani. liar-Pelosi, of course, was not happy with the information Congress received, saying it “raises more questions than it answers.” In a statement, the Speaker said, “This document prompts serious and urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of the Administration’s decision to engage in hostilities against Iran. This initiation of hostilities was taken without an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iran, without the consultation of the Congress and without the articulation of a clear and legitimate strategy to either the Congress or the public.” Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Soleimani, was killed due to “imminent threats to American lives,” and claims President Trump’s decision to take out the leader “saved American lives. During an appearance on CNN, Pompeo said he could not discuss the “nature” of the treats, however, “The American people should know that President Trump’s decision to remove Qasem Soleimani from the battlefield saved American lives. There’s no doubt about that. He was actively plotting in the region to take actions … that would have put dozens if not hundreds of American lives at risk.” He continued, “We know it was imminent. This was an intelligence-based assessment that drove our decision making process.” Soleimani led the Quds Force for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which supported terrorist proxies in the Middle East and was responsible for the deaths of at least 608 U.S. troops in Iraq. You forgot the issue with scumbag/liar-Clinton when he ordered strikes in Iraq. And scumbag/liar-nObama's 28,000 strikes against Iraq. https://bongino.com/pelosi-to-introduce-war-powers-resolution-to-limit-trumps-military-actions-with-iran/ .
Did Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Just
Admit Iran Was Behind the PanAm 103 Bombing
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Conservative Christians Rally for Trump
Thomas Gallatin: Following the anti-Trump article penned by Mark Galli, Christianity Today’s now-retired chief editor, in which he essentially declared that Christians who support President Donald Trump are violating their biblical beliefs and compromising their religious witness, hundreds of conservative Christian (and a few “Christian”) leaders responded to that false dichotomy. In an effort to set the record straight, last Friday a group of conservative Christians calling themselves “Evangelicals for Trump” held a rally in Miami to express their political support for the president. Their aim was to challenge the political straw-man narrative that many on the Left (as well as many anti-Trump conservatives) have sought to cultivate — the false claim that a biblically consistent Christian cannot in good conscience support Trump.
An example of this underhanded and dubious political tactic to chip away Christian support for Trump is Vote Common Good. The organization’s executive director, Doug Pagitt, a liberal who has long pushed against historical Christian orthodox beliefs, states, “There are many reasons why people have lost their faith in Donald Trump. We are not telling people to stop being Republicans; we are asking Republicans to not vote for this one. We are not trying to turn everyone into a Democrat. We are asking people to consider voting for one this time.”
Notice the lack of any concern for the views expressed by any of the current Democrat candidates. The argument begs the question of a false binary in which Trump is assumed to be the greatest evil and therefore the only “righteous” choice remaining is anyone other than Trump. Based on this lazy and downright idiotic logic, Pagitt would rather Christians toss their vote to a hypothetical Adolf Hitler if he were the one running against Trump.
Fortunately, conservative Christians — like many conservative Americans in general — aren’t so simplistic or easily duped into voting for candidates who aim to destroy Liberty. Conservative Christians know that all leaders are sinful and flawed, and that the choice of who to vote for more often than not comes down to a question of a lesser of two evils. It’s a question of determining which political party and candidate’s policy platform fits more consistently with a Christian worldview.
The “Evangelicals for Trump” rally in Miami loudly confronts the efforts of Democrats and the Leftmedia to stoke the false narrative that support for the president is morally indefensible. In fact, as Trump 2020 senior campaign adviser Jenna Ellis notes, “Evangelicals for Trump are quite soundly embracing our moral witness because this November, one candidate will advocate infanticide, abortion on demand, socialism, penalizing churches, the redefinition of marriage and family, destruction of individual freedom, greater reliance on welfare, censorship, and the entire bucket list of the anti-American, anti-Constitution, anti-freedom-loving liberal agenda.” That candidate won’t be Donald Trump.
~The Patriot Post
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Bolton says he'd testify in Senate
impeachment trial if subpoenaed
by Mike Brest
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Former national security adviser John Bolton issued a statement saying he would testify in the Senate impeachment hearing should he be subpoenaed... "I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify," the former Trump adviser said in the statement Monday. The announcement from Bolton, who left his position in September before knowledge of a phone call between President Trump and the Ukrainian president became public, is a divergence from his previous decision not to comply with impeachment proceedings. He had previously been blocked from testifying by the White House. Bolton, 71, is considered to have inside information, as the president's national security adviser for more than a year, regarding Trump pressuring Ukrainian government officials to investigate his political opponent loosev lips liar-Joe Biden. One of Bolton's former aides, Fiona Hill, said that Bolton referred to Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani as "a hand grenade who’s going to blow everybody up." Hill made the claim during her testimony in the House impeachment hearings. Bolton also allegedly said, "I am not part of whatever drug deal Gordon Sondland and Mick Mulvaney are cooking up."Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now faces difficult questions, because he and the Senate Republicans have refused to allow additional witness testimony in the Senate impeachment trial. House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi refuses to hand the articles of impeachment over to the Senate until she hears terms of a trial that she deems fair. With the knowledge that Bolton would testify if subpoenaed, McConnell will have to decide if he should be heard from, even if it comes at the detriment of the president.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bolton-says-hed-testify-in-senate-impeachment-trial-if-subpoenaed?utm_source=breaking_push&utm_medium=app&utm_campaign=push_notifications&utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_01/06/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News&rid=5261
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Iran’s Latest Move Proves
Something Big Is Coming
by Bradford Betz
{ wethepeopledaily.com } ~ Iran officials announced Sunday they will abandon the rogue nation’s commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after the United States killed one of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike in Baghdad Friday... Sunday’s announcement, which represented the clearest nuclear proliferation threat yet made by Iran since President Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord, came after another Iranian official said it would consider taking even-harsher steps over the killing of Soleimani. It also threatened to inflame regional tensions further, as Iran’s longtime foe Israel has promised never to allow Iran to be able to produce an atomic bomb. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets in Iran Sunday to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of Soleimani, the former leader of its expeditionary Quds Force that has organized Tehran’s proxy forces in the wider Mideast. Iran’s state TV cited a statement by President Hassan Rouhani’s administration saying the country will not observe limitations on its enrichment, the amount of stockpiled enriched uranium as well as research and development in its nuclear activities. Meanwhile, Iraq’s parliament voted in favor of a resolution aimed at expelling the 5,000 U.S. troops stationed there over the war against the Islamic State terror network. Soleimani’s killing has escalated the crisis between Tehran and Washington after months of trading attacks and threats that have put the Middle East on edge. The conflict was rooted in Trump pulling out of Iran’s atomic accord in May 2018 and imposing sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy. Iran has promised “harsh revenge” for the U.S. attack... https://wethepeopledaily.com/2020/01/06/irans-latest-move-proves-something-big-is-coming/ .
Josh Hawley to Introduce Legislation
Dismissing ‘Bogus Impeachment’ Trial
by SEAN MORAN
{ breitbart.com } ~ Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Thursday he will introduce legislation to dismiss the Democrats’ impeachment trial, calling House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) withholding of the articles of impeachment an “abuse of the Constitution.”... Sen. Hawley, a former Missouri attorney general, said he will introduce a bill on Monday to dismiss the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump because Democrats have yet to send the articles of impeachment to Congress’s upper chamber. “Dems said impeachment was URGENT. Now they don’t want to have a trial, because they have no evidence,” Sen. Hawley tweeted. “In real world, if prosecution doesn’t proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So on MonThe Missouri conservative claimed his legislation would expose the Democrats’ cynical move to oust the president, claiming that impeachment amounts to an “abuse of the Constitution.” “This will expose Dems’ circus for what it is: a fake impeachment, abuse of the Constitution, based on no evidence. If Dems won’t proceed with trial, bogus articles should be dismissed and @realDonaldTrump fully cleared,” Sen. Hawley added. Since House Democrats moved to impeach the president in December, House Speaker liar-Pelosi has yet to send the two articles of impeachment to the Senate, worrying that Senate Republicans will quickly move to dismiss the impeachment trial. The articles of impeachment charge that President Trump abused the office of the presidency and obstructed Congress. “So far we haven’t seen anything that looks fair to us,” she said in December....
scumbag/liar-nObama's DHS Secretary
Obliterates Dems' Talking Points
Over Soleimani's Death
by Beth Baumann
{ townhall.com } ~ Since the United States carried out an airstrike last week that killed Iranian terrorist Qasem Soleimani, Democrats have repeatedly taken issue with the fact that the Trump administration didn't ask for Congressional approval... President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson completely debunked that notion during a Sunday morning interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press." "If you believe everything our government is saying about General Soleimani, he was a lawful military objective and the president, under his Constitutional authority as commander-in-chief, had ample domestic legal authority to take him out without additional Congressional authorization," Johnson explained. "Whether he was a terrorist or a general in a military force that was engaged in armed attacks against our people, he was a lawful military objective." According to a document prepared by the Peterson Air Force Base's Legal Office, "Military objectives are defined as any object which by its nature, location, purpose, or use makes an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture, or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage." In this case, "destroying" Soleimani provided the United States a strong military advantage. After all, Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of United States military personnel. And that's not even taking into account the fact that he also killed civilians. .
'Iranian hackers' breach US government website operated by the Federal Depository Library
Program in retaliation for airstrike
By KEITH GRIFFITH
{ dailymail.co.uk } ~ A website operated by the U.S. government has been hacked by a group claiming to represent the government of Iran... The website operated by the little-known Federal Depository Library Program, fdlp.gov, was hacked and defaced on Saturday, and has been taken offline. A message from the hackers left on the website read: 'in the name of god. >>>>> Hacked By Iran Cyber Security Group HackerS ... ;)<<<<<. This is only small part of Iran's cyber ability ! We're always ready.' The FDLP is a program created to make federal government publications available to the public at no cost. It followed the similar hacking of websites for a number of obscure, non-governmental entities, including the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the Taiwan Lung Meng Technology Company, and the Human Rights Protection Association of India. The website for a British company called Bigways was also struck in the cyber attacks. Security experts have already warned that cyber attacks could be part of Iran's retaliation for the U.S. airstrike on Friday that killed Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, a top official in Iran and beloved there. Iran's state-backed hackers are already among the world's most aggressive and could inject malware that triggers major disruptions to the U.S. public and private sector. Potential targets include manufacturing facilities, oil and gas plants and transit systems. A top U.S. cybersecurity official is warning businesses and government agencies to be extra vigilant... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7852819/Iranian-hackers-breach-government-website-retaliation-airstrike.html .
How US Strike Against Iranian General
Changes Rules of Game in Iraq, Region
by James Phillips
{ dailysignal.com } ~ The U.S. airstrike Thursday night that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a bold and decisive effort to remove a key Iranian military and terrorist leader at a time when Iran appeared to be poised to escalate the crisis in Iraq... by plotting an “imminent attack,” according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Suleimani was the mastermind behind Iran’s low-intensity warfare and terrorist campaign against the U.S. and its allies for many years. As the leader of the Quds Force, the elite special-operations wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Suleimani essentially served as Iran’s viceroy for Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. He rose to prominence inside Iran and in the region by supervising Iran’s expanding network of surrogate militias, terrorist groups, and radical Islamist allies. His Quds Force orchestrated the formation, arming, training, and operations of a foreign legion of Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, Afghan, Yemeni, and other militant groups that Tehran has deployed to advance its imperial agenda and to export Iran’s Islamist revolution. Iran long has used surrogate militias to do its dirty work in Iraq. One of the terrorists killed along with Suleimani was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the leader of Kataib Hezbollah “Brigades of the Party of God”. Like Suleimani, al-Muhandis was designated as a terrorist by the United States. He was convicted and condemned to death in absentia in Kuwait for his involvement in the 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait City... https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/04/how-us-strike-against-iranian-general-changes-the-rules-of-the-game-in-iraq-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-us-strike-against-iranian-general-changes-the-rules-of-the-game-in-iraq-region?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWW1FM05qYzRNamN6TUdZeCIsInQiOiJIZFJ4K3FodWRCNGMrMFhnbEhidndqbWFhWHJOOGRXODg4cmZuK2x3ZXFsb2o2M1hpWFJ4cmdEY1NOVWhoTlp2d1paZXVPZzdIXC9pd3hKMkdJclUybjNoa0tBZDcwcHd6SzVmVmhyU2hydGYrTVlZazFaUDdmYklBK011K0Q1SUgifQ%3D%3D .
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Bullet Points: U.S. Counters Iranian Threats
Nate Jackson: House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi is apparently trying to retain the Democrats’ control of the impeachment news cycle. She announced Sunday that the House will vote to limit President Donald Trump’s options for retaliation if Iran attacks after Thursday’s killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. liar-Pelosi’s move came only a day after Trump gave Congress a formal defense of his decision, arguing that the strike was justified because Soleimani was responsible for hundreds of American deaths and was plotting even further. For those reasons, it was not an assassination as is the characterization in much of the media. And while more congressional involvement in military action would be welcome, liar-Pelosi managed to find just the wrong time to assert herself.
Meanwhile, what is Iran doing?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened, “The great nation of Iran will take revenge for this heinous crime.” That apparently includes placing an $80 million bounty on Trump’s head. We suppose the mullahs are using the cash Barack scumbsg/liar-nObama gave them to back that up.
Speaking of scumbag/liar-nObama, Tehran announced it’s officially abandoning his 2015 Iran nuclear deal — as if the mullahs were ever truly abiding by it. Besides, President Trump kept his promise to ditch the deal in 2018.
What is the U.S. doing?
Trump issued a counter threat to Iran: “If Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets …. we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!” This sent leftists like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar caterwauling about Trump’s “war crimes” instead of presenting a united front against Iran, which should be a common enemy. Trump Derangement Syndrome is incredible.
What is Iraq doing?
Iraq’s parliament, over objections by the Trump administration, passed a nonbinding resolution demanding the remaining 5,300 U.S. troops in Iraq leave the nation. President Trump doesn’t want to do so until “they pay us back” for our “very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there.” If the Iraqis don’t pay up, Trump threatened “sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever.” We suspect that’s Trumpian bluster. Parliament’s move is a political facade giving some politicians cover with Iraqi factions; material changes in actual Iraqi policy are unlikely.
Trump did the right thing by taking out a murderous terrorist ringleader who had more power and influence than Osama bin Laden or Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at the time they were terminated. That doesn’t mean there won’t be reprisals, but it does mean an American president just stood up for America in an important way.
~The Patriot Post
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scumbag/liar-nObama's Benghazi in Baghdad
by Daniel Greenfield
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Rep. John Ratcliffe Discusses
Fraudulent Impeachment and Spygate
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Congressman John Ratcliffe appears on Sunday Morning Futures to discuss several issues in DC. On the impeachment front Ratcliffe may... if called-upon, represent the interests of President Trump during a Senate trial on the fraudulent impeachment articles. On the ‘Spygate’ issues, Ratcliffe again draws attention to the conflicting testimony between former CIA Director scumbag/commie-John Brennand and former FBI Director scumbag-James Comey. One of them lied. They both lied. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/05/sunday-talks-rep-john-ratcliffe-discusses-fraudulent-impeachment-and-spygate/ .
Peter Navarro Outlines Process for Senate Ratification of USMCA – Grassley
Mark-up Next Week
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ White House economic and manufacturing advisor Peter Navarro appeared on Fox News today to discuss the procedural process anticipated for the USMCA passage as early as the end of next week... Additionally, Navarro highlights the upcoming signing for the U.S-China ‘phase-one’ agreement on January 15th. A Chinese trade delegation is planning to travel to Washington on Jan. 13 for the signing of the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday citing a source briefed on the matter. The trade delegation, led by Vice Premier Liu He, had originally planned to set off earlier in the month but had to change plans after U.S. President Donald Trump sent a tweet here claiming that he would sign the Phase 1 trade deal with China on Jan. 15. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/05/peter-navarro-outlines-process-for-senate-ratification-of-usmca-grassley-mark-up-next-week/.
Contrary To Iran Deal Talking Points, There’s Something Between Appeasement and War
By Erielle Davidson
{ thefederalist.com } ~ Erupting first with concerns over an imminent “World War III” and a fast-impending military draft, social media reactions to the killing of Quds Force Commander Qassam Soleimani last Friday have looked like a funhouse of hysteria... The media appears to be leading the charge, frantically egging the Iranian regime to retaliate through utterly fantastical predictions of what comes next. Much of this hyperbolic reporting stems from the fact that the very thesis of the Iran Deal — and years of Ben Rhodes-generated talking points — are being thoroughly tested. As journalist Seth Frantzman noted, much of the Iran Deal was sold on the premise that, if we did not strike a deal with the mullahs, we were risking all-out war with the Iranian regime. Trump’s partial withdrawal from the deal, combined with the recent killing of Soleimani, reveals that in order for the logic of the Iran Deal to still hold water, war must now be all but inevitable. The scumbag/liar-nObama administration frequently parroted this false binary, purporting that appeasement and war were the only two options for dealing with the hegemonic aims of the Iranian regime. The talking point was repeated with stunning frequency until it became the unimpeachable consensus of the national security talking heads and Democratic politicians alike. Those who suggested otherwise — like Sen. Tom Cotton, in a particularly hysterical and ugly episode — were routinely mocked or belittled by those within the Iran Deal’s heavily propagandized echo chamber. This consensus also helped shield the administration from criticism, even as $150 billion in Iranian assets were unfrozen and nearly $1.4 billion in U.S. dollars were sent to the regime. After years of peddling this binary, our media shows scant interest in the massive area that lies between all-out-war and appeasement and surrender. Indeed, as we’re learning under the Trump administration, there are a multitude of options available at the disposal of the United States, including crippling sanctions, legal targeted killings, and highly public threats, such as the one issued by President Trump on Twitter this past weekend, all of which severely decrease Iran’s appetite for full-on war. Just as we have other options aside from war, it’s worth considering how limited Iran’s appetite for war with the United States actually is, particularly given the current state of its military and the regime’s genuine objectives... https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/06/contrary-to-iran-deal-talking-points-theres-something-between-appeasement-and-war/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=90bb981f42-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-90bb981f42-83771801 .
Palestinians in Syria:
Another Year of Death and Misery
by Khaled Abu Toameh
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ It appears it is going to be another bad year for the Palestinians in Syria as they continue to face death and fall victim to various repressive measures... including displacement, torture, and extra-judicial killings. It is unlikely, however, that 2020 will witness any change in the international community's attitude towards the plight of the Palestinians there. The world, including the United Nations, Europe and other international human rights and "pro-Palestinian" organizations, have not moved to help the Palestinians of Syria in the past nine years -- so, why should this year be any different? How has this terrible dismissal come to pass? Simple: Because these Palestinians' problems cannot be blamed on Israel. They are being killed and tortured in an Arab country, by their own brothers, and as far as the world is concerned, as long as there is no way to hold Israel responsible, it is fine for Arabs to commit atrocities against their Palestinian brothers. The Palestinians of Syria have only one way to draw the international community's attention to their plight: if they move to the West Bank or Gaza Strip. Then, hundreds of foreign journalists and human rights organizations from all around the world would converge and point the finger of blame at Israel. About 58% of the Palestinians in Syria have been forced to flee their homes since the beginning of the civil war in that country in 2011. Translated into numbers, that means more than 370,000 Palestinians have been displaced in just one of the Arab countries... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15379/palestinians-syria-death-misery .
Prepare for potential broad war
between Iran and US – INSS annual report
By YONAH JEREMY BOB
{ jpost.com } ~ As tensions heat up between Iran, the US and Israel following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani last week, the absence of a stable government will harm Jerusalem’s ability... to achieve its broader national security and foreign affairs goals, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) said in its annual report on Monday. This lack of stability could be highly problematic, according to the report, if Iran and the US slip into a broader war that could engulf the region. The report was delivered by INSS executive director Amos Yadlin to President Reuven Rivlin on Monday. Researchers worked to add an additional, special section ahead of the presentation that covers the implications of the assassination of Soleimani, Iran’s IRGC Quds Force leader. According to the report, a vast array of challenges, leading with Iran, are confronting the country “against the backdrop of a continuing political crisis in Israel that will make it difficult to developed updated strategies. The report explained some of what the institute believes will be Israel's major challenges in the near future, including that "Iran’s increased daring and determination in the nuclear arena," as well as its attempts to establish a presence in Syria and other areas, could provide it with "new abilities to act against Israel." The report also noted that “Hezbollah’s attempts to obtain a large number of precision weapons and the efforts of Hamas to reduce the pressure on Gaza and to impact the terms of an understanding with Israel,” are major challenges. Seeking to negotiate a peace deal with the Palestinian Authority is mentioned in the report, but has less prominence than other issues. For example, INSS advocates for the Trump administration to publish its peace plan, but no top Israeli politicians running for prime minister are pushing for this – and there are no signs that it will be made public before mid-spring, if at all....
This Is Who the Pro-Iran Protesters
Were at the White House Sunday
By M. Dowling
{ independentsentinel.com } ~ The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition started as an anti-war front group for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party. Eventually, they split up. Many of the members joined the Communist Party for Socialism and Liberation... They have ties to Palestine. These people are radical communists who are anti-Israel and support cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. They were very active during the Occupy movement and most anti-government movements. You probably noticed them in Ferguson. They’re literally insane. I speak from personal knowledge of going to the protests they attended. They’re irrational and some are dangerous. The communist front group Code Pink was also at the protest. https://www.independentsentinel.com/this-is-who-the-pro-iran-protesters-were-at-the-white-house-sunday/ .
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scumbag/liar-nObama's Benghazi in Baghdad
by Daniel Greenfield
{ sultanknish.blogspot.com } ~ When Shiite members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) attacked the American embassy in Baghdad, in a deliberate recreation of the attack on our embassy in Tehran that had ushered in a new age of Shiite terror, the media was quick to label it 'Trump's Benghazi'.
The parallels are certainly there.
In both Benghazi and Baghdad, Islamist terror militias who we thought were our allies turned on the United States. In both cases, there was nothing surprising or unexpected about this inevitable development to anyone except foreign policy experts and the media.
And, in both Benghazi and Baghdad, the scumbag/liar-nObama administration's policy of cultivating Islamic terrorists had come home to roost.
The Islamists who attacked the embassy were not Trump's allies, but scumbag/liar-nObama's allies.
When Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Badr Brigade, the former military wing of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, came to the White House, it was in 2011, not 2017.
The close IRGC ally was welcomed by Barack scumbag/liar-nObama, and played a role in the embassy attack. The IRGC, Iran's global terror hub, had been listed as a terror group by President Trump, a move resisted by Barack scumbag/liar-nObama dating back to his time in the Senate.
Once in the White House, scumbag/liar-nObama's policies so empowered and enabled the IRGC that in one of the most infamous incidents in American history, members of the Islamic terror group captured and humiliated American sailors. There is little doubt that the IRGC was the hidden hand behind the embassy attack in Baghdad through its PMF proxies.
The rise of ISIS and the attack on our embassy in Baghdad had their roots in scumbag/liar-nObama's backing for Iraq's Shiite dominated government in Baghdad. The Bush administration had tried to unite Sunni and Shiite Muslims into a political system that would sideline Al Qaeda on the Sunni side and Iran on the Shiite side. Iraqi civil society was probably always doomed, but scumbag/liar-nObama's Iraq policy was to turn the country over to the terrorists.
scumbag/liar-nObama wanted to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. His plan for a quick pullout was to allow Iran a free hand in Baghdad. Iraq's central government dominated by Shiite Islamists loyal to Iran allowed Islamic militias backed and trained by Iran to execute gays and impose Islamic law in the streets. The Sunni tribal leaders who had made the 'awakening' against Al Qaeda possible were ignored when they came to D.C. seeking support against Iran.
While the media went on touting scumbag/liar-nObama's incredible successes in Iraq, the country split into two terror camps. While the Popular Mobilization Forces rolled up Shiite areas, Al Qaeda in Iraq reinvented itself as ISIS.
Unlike President Trump, scumbag/liar-nObama chose not to hit ISIS hard. Instead, after Iraq's military collapsed, his administration's anti-ISIS strategy relied heavily on supporting the Shiite PMF militias which included embedded Iranian forces.
scumbag/liar-nObama had helped birth the Islamic State by backing Iran's takeover of Iraq. Forced to fight ISIS, he doubled down on the same strategy. And that completed the takeover.
The marginalization of the Kurds, whose attempts at creating an independent state were crushed by the Shiite regime in Baghdad, and the Sunnis, who had been caught between Iran and ISIS, ended military opposition to the Iranian takeover of Iraq.
But political protests against the Iranian puppet regime broke out, leading to violent clashes between protesters and PMF thugs, PMF attacks on Americans, American retaliation against PMFs, and the attack on the United States embassy by the PMFs.
Iran's takeover of Iraq, like its involvement in Yemen's civil war, in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza, had been funded by the wages of scumbag/liar-nObama's nuclear sellout. The billions that the scumbag/liar-nObama administration had directly and indirectly handed to the terrorists of Tehran were used to fund soft and hard influence across the region.
The Iran deal didn't just mean that the terror regime was able to continue building up its nuclear program, but that it could increase its financial commitments to Hamas, help build up Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and the PMFs in Iraq.
Iran had four things to offer its Shiite (and occasional Sunni fellow travelers ranging from Hamas to Al Qaeda) Islamist allies. These were weapons, training, a global network, and money. Of these money was the most generic, but also the most important.
Islamic terrorism is only partly built on the suicidal fanatics willing to die for Allah. It's mostly built on amateur and professional killers who want to get paid.
Choke off the money and recruitment drops
Under scumbag/liar-nObama, billions in foreign currency were illegally flown into Iran on unmarked cargo planes, but Trump cut off the cash.
The cash crunch not only weakened Iran's regime, where fresh protests arose, but its terror networks, including in Iraq, began facing their own cash shortages. And so Iran's rulers, their IRGC hidden hand, and their Islamist PMF proxies decided to send America and the protesters a message.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration had sanctioned the South Wealth Resources Company (SWRC), allegedly a key conduit for the IRGC's ability to smuggle weapons and money in and through Iraq.
The sanctioning of the IRGC itself had met with anger from the Badr Brigade and Hadi al-Amiri. The conflict escalated with Kataeb Hezbollah, a PMF, attacking Americans. The death of an American contractor in a Kataeb Hezbollah rocket attack raised the stakes. President Trump struck back with airstrikes against Kataeb Hezbollah. And Kataeb Hezbollah attacked the embassy.
Kataeb Hezbollah is another project of the IRGC and is led by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was part of the attack on the embassy. Muhandis is the Deputy Commander of PMF who is linked to the 1983 truck bombing of the US embassy in Kuwait which, had it been better planned, could have destroyed the facility.
After the airstrikes, Al-Muhandis warned, that “the response to the Americans will be harsh."
But who helped build up this terrorist infrastructure? The scumbag/liar-nObama administration did. Beyond its illegal foreign cash shipments to Iran and the sanctions relief, the PMFs benefited from US foreign aid directed through Iraq's Interior Ministry.
Even as Iraq's Interior Ministry was headed by a Badr leader trained by Iranian forces who had been arrested for smuggling explosives used to attack American soldiers, our foreign aid kept flowing through an Iraqi ministry run by terrorists.
The scumbag/liar-nObama administration was funding terrorists to fight terrorism. It was the same disastrous scenario that had led to the massacre in Benghazi.
The only difference was that the blowback took longer to arrive in Baghdad than it did in Benghazi.
scumbag/liar-nObama's foreign policy operatives and the media have blamed the embassy attack on Trump's pressure on Iran, rather than on scumbag/liar-nObama's appeasement of Iran.
This is a variation of the same cynical scumbag/liar-nObama administration strategy which manufactured a fake intelligence community consensus blaming Benghazi on a protest over a Mohammed YouTube video, instead of a coordinated transnational wave of Islamist attacks coordinated well ahead of time to coincide with September 11.
The scumbag/liar-nObama administration may be history, but the damage it did still revebrates through the region as the Islamist forces it unleashed continue to tear apart nations and to threaten American lives.
The parallels are certainly there.
In both Benghazi and Baghdad, Islamist terror militias who we thought were our allies turned on the United States. In both cases, there was nothing surprising or unexpected about this inevitable development to anyone except foreign policy experts and the media.
And, in both Benghazi and Baghdad, the scumbag/liar-nObama administration's policy of cultivating Islamic terrorists had come home to roost.
The Islamists who attacked the embassy were not Trump's allies, but scumbag/liar-nObama's allies.
When Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Badr Brigade, the former military wing of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, came to the White House, it was in 2011, not 2017.
The close IRGC ally was welcomed by Barack scumbag/liar-nObama, and played a role in the embassy attack. The IRGC, Iran's global terror hub, had been listed as a terror group by President Trump, a move resisted by Barack scumbag/liar-nObama dating back to his time in the Senate.
Once in the White House, scumbag/liar-nObama's policies so empowered and enabled the IRGC that in one of the most infamous incidents in American history, members of the Islamic terror group captured and humiliated American sailors. There is little doubt that the IRGC was the hidden hand behind the embassy attack in Baghdad through its PMF proxies.
The rise of ISIS and the attack on our embassy in Baghdad had their roots in scumbag/liar-nObama's backing for Iraq's Shiite dominated government in Baghdad. The Bush administration had tried to unite Sunni and Shiite Muslims into a political system that would sideline Al Qaeda on the Sunni side and Iran on the Shiite side. Iraqi civil society was probably always doomed, but scumbag/liar-nObama's Iraq policy was to turn the country over to the terrorists.
scumbag/liar-nObama wanted to pull out of Iraq as soon as possible. His plan for a quick pullout was to allow Iran a free hand in Baghdad. Iraq's central government dominated by Shiite Islamists loyal to Iran allowed Islamic militias backed and trained by Iran to execute gays and impose Islamic law in the streets. The Sunni tribal leaders who had made the 'awakening' against Al Qaeda possible were ignored when they came to D.C. seeking support against Iran.
While the media went on touting scumbag/liar-nObama's incredible successes in Iraq, the country split into two terror camps. While the Popular Mobilization Forces rolled up Shiite areas, Al Qaeda in Iraq reinvented itself as ISIS.
Unlike President Trump, scumbag/liar-nObama chose not to hit ISIS hard. Instead, after Iraq's military collapsed, his administration's anti-ISIS strategy relied heavily on supporting the Shiite PMF militias which included embedded Iranian forces.
scumbag/liar-nObama had helped birth the Islamic State by backing Iran's takeover of Iraq. Forced to fight ISIS, he doubled down on the same strategy. And that completed the takeover.
The marginalization of the Kurds, whose attempts at creating an independent state were crushed by the Shiite regime in Baghdad, and the Sunnis, who had been caught between Iran and ISIS, ended military opposition to the Iranian takeover of Iraq.
But political protests against the Iranian puppet regime broke out, leading to violent clashes between protesters and PMF thugs, PMF attacks on Americans, American retaliation against PMFs, and the attack on the United States embassy by the PMFs.
Iran's takeover of Iraq, like its involvement in Yemen's civil war, in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza, had been funded by the wages of scumbag/liar-nObama's nuclear sellout. The billions that the scumbag/liar-nObama administration had directly and indirectly handed to the terrorists of Tehran were used to fund soft and hard influence across the region.
The Iran deal didn't just mean that the terror regime was able to continue building up its nuclear program, but that it could increase its financial commitments to Hamas, help build up Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and the PMFs in Iraq.
Iran had four things to offer its Shiite (and occasional Sunni fellow travelers ranging from Hamas to Al Qaeda) Islamist allies. These were weapons, training, a global network, and money. Of these money was the most generic, but also the most important.
Islamic terrorism is only partly built on the suicidal fanatics willing to die for Allah. It's mostly built on amateur and professional killers who want to get paid.
Choke off the money and recruitment drops
Under scumbag/liar-nObama, billions in foreign currency were illegally flown into Iran on unmarked cargo planes, but Trump cut off the cash.
The cash crunch not only weakened Iran's regime, where fresh protests arose, but its terror networks, including in Iraq, began facing their own cash shortages. And so Iran's rulers, their IRGC hidden hand, and their Islamist PMF proxies decided to send America and the protesters a message.
Earlier this year, the Trump administration had sanctioned the South Wealth Resources Company (SWRC), allegedly a key conduit for the IRGC's ability to smuggle weapons and money in and through Iraq.
The sanctioning of the IRGC itself had met with anger from the Badr Brigade and Hadi al-Amiri. The conflict escalated with Kataeb Hezbollah, a PMF, attacking Americans. The death of an American contractor in a Kataeb Hezbollah rocket attack raised the stakes. President Trump struck back with airstrikes against Kataeb Hezbollah. And Kataeb Hezbollah attacked the embassy.
Kataeb Hezbollah is another project of the IRGC and is led by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis who was part of the attack on the embassy. Muhandis is the Deputy Commander of PMF who is linked to the 1983 truck bombing of the US embassy in Kuwait which, had it been better planned, could have destroyed the facility.
After the airstrikes, Al-Muhandis warned, that “the response to the Americans will be harsh."
But who helped build up this terrorist infrastructure? The scumbag/liar-nObama administration did. Beyond its illegal foreign cash shipments to Iran and the sanctions relief, the PMFs benefited from US foreign aid directed through Iraq's Interior Ministry.
Even as Iraq's Interior Ministry was headed by a Badr leader trained by Iranian forces who had been arrested for smuggling explosives used to attack American soldiers, our foreign aid kept flowing through an Iraqi ministry run by terrorists.
The scumbag/liar-nObama administration was funding terrorists to fight terrorism. It was the same disastrous scenario that had led to the massacre in Benghazi.
The only difference was that the blowback took longer to arrive in Baghdad than it did in Benghazi.
scumbag/liar-nObama's foreign policy operatives and the media have blamed the embassy attack on Trump's pressure on Iran, rather than on scumbag/liar-nObama's appeasement of Iran.
This is a variation of the same cynical scumbag/liar-nObama administration strategy which manufactured a fake intelligence community consensus blaming Benghazi on a protest over a Mohammed YouTube video, instead of a coordinated transnational wave of Islamist attacks coordinated well ahead of time to coincide with September 11.
The scumbag/liar-nObama administration may be history, but the damage it did still revebrates through the region as the Islamist forces it unleashed continue to tear apart nations and to threaten American lives.
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USS Bataan, Marines 26th MEU Heading to
Middle East Amid Tensions with Iran
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Senator Lindsey Graham -vs- Maria Bartiromo
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Something is ‘off‘ with Senator Graham’s demeanor in this interview segment; there’s a visible lack of confidence. Perhaps, and this is only a guess... Graham is wondering if President Trump has out-maneuvered the neocon position toward ultimate mid-east failure by applying the: “be careful what you wish for” approach. Ultimately if the Iraqi government asks the U.S. to leave, I doubt President Trump would be adverse to that request. In the first half of the video Senator Graham discusses his perspective on the current issues in/around Iraq and Iran vis-a-vis the U.S. killing Iranian terrorist Soleimani. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/05/sunday-talks-senator-lindsey-graham-vs-maria-bartiromo-3/ .
Secretary Mike Pompeo -vs- The Media
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on Fox News, CBS, NBC and ABC to discuss the killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani and the current status with Iran... Here’s the roundup: CBS Margaret Brennan clutches her pearls and sits aghast at the audacity of the United States to kill a terrorist on foreign soil: “what right do you have” she condescendingly snarls, positioning herself as more experienced in the world than Secretary Pompeo. With dramatic flair and purposeful constitution, Brennan rises to protect the Iranian regime. ABC George Stephanopoulos is shocked, s.h.o.c.k.e.d, that U.S. policy would mean Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani could be killed. Fox News Chris Wallace worries “what if Iran responds”? What happens if we end up fighting with Iran? D’oh. Iran has been at war against us for decades..
Rep. Doug Collins Discusses Speaker
liar-Pelosi’s “Stalled” Impeachment Strategy
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Representative Doug Collins appears on Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the status of the ‘stalled’ impeachment articles and the lack of congressional curiosity toward the DOJ and FBI outcome in the Horowitz investigation. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/05/sunday-talks-rep-doug-collins-discusses-speaker-pelosis-stalled-impeachment-strategy/.
Iranian Militias in Iraq: Retaliation Ag.
US Will Begin Sunday Night
By Ran Meir
{ clarionproject.org } ~ The Iranian-backed militas in Iraq say the retaliation against the U.S. for assassinating the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force commander General Qasem Soleimani will begin Sunday night Iraqi time... according to Al Arabiya. The militias said all American forces are now targets as of Sunday. They also called upon the Iraqi security forces to stay more than a half a mile away from any place where American forces are present. Early Friday morning, American forces killed Soleimani along with his close ally Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, second in command of the Iranian-backed Iraqi militias — known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMO), al-Hashid a-Shabi — and head of the Iraqi Hezbollah, along with as other top leaders of the PMO. Soleimani was an arch terrorist, responsible for the death of hundreds of Americans soldiers. As commander of the Quds Force, Iran’s powerful proxy army which conducted unconventional warfare and military intelligence operations, Soleimani was the regime’s key architect and strategist of those nefarious operations. Meanwhile, in response to Iran threatening to strike 35 American targets in the Middle East, including Tel Aviv, President Trump tweeted that the U.S. has 52 sites in Iran in its crosshairs the number of U.S. hostages taken by Iran in 1979-80..
US-led forces halt operations against ISIS
amid threat of retaliation from Iran
by Tim Pearce
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ American-led coalition forces have paused operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria as officials brace for a strike by Iran... President Trump authorized a drone strike on Thursday that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, one of Iran’s highest-ranking and most powerful officials. Iran has vowed retaliation for the strike. Forces led by the United States in the region are now focused on preparing for a potential attack and have temporarily stopped pursuing ISIS targets. In a statement, the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said, "Repeated rocket attacks over the last two months by elements of Kata'ib Hezbollah have caused the death of Iraqi Security Forces personnel and a U.S. civilian." It continued, "As a result we are now fully committed to protecting the Iraqi bases that host Coalition troops. This has limited our capacity to conduct training with partners and to support their operations against Daesh and we have therefore paused these activities, subject to continuous review." The coalition said it remains "ready" to resume operations against ISIS but did not provide a timeline for when the effort would restart. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/us-led-forces-halt-operations-against-isis-and-brace-for-retaliation-from-iran?utm_source=WEX_Breaking%20News%20Alert_01/05/2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=WEX_Breaking%20News&rid=5261 .
Anti-War Protests Flood U.S. Streets As
American Airbase and Other Locations Attacked
(now this interesting if you forgotten)
by Aaron Kesel
{ activistpost.com } ~ Thousands of people took to the streets across the U.S. today to protest against what has become known as “Trump’s War” on social media more commonly referred to as potentially the start of World War Three... This is amid claims that Northern Baghdad, Balad Airbase, has been struck by missile fire after explosions were also heard in Iraq’s Green Zone and that an Iranian base was also hit by shelling, suggesting the two events are potentially connected. Following the attacks, video posted by RT Spanish affiliate — ActualidadRT — show several helicopters flying across Baghdad’s skies. This follows a droning of Iran-backed Shi’ite militias near camp Taji north of Baghdad, less than 24 hours after another U.S. drone attack assassinated Iranian military leader, Qasem Soleimani. Zerohedge reported the incident, calling it “round two.” The attack is said to have killed six pro-Iran militia commanders and critically wounded three others according to an Iraqi army source. This recent attack on a U.S. airbase in Northern Iraq is likely retaliation by the Iraqi pro-Iran militia or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), possibly even Iran themselves for the assassination of Soleimani. Al-Arabiya and other local news sources report rockets landed in the Green Zone in Baghdad, where the U.S. Embassy is stationed. Several witnesses told Reuters that explosions were heard in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad. Shortly after the rockets landed in the Green Zone of Baghdad, less than 1 mile from the U.S. embassy, another attack took place at Balad Airbase which stations U.S. troops. Reports suggested that multiple rockets have struck Balad Airbase, located just North of Baghdad, which hosts U.S. troops... https://www.activistpost.com/2020/01/anti-war-protests-flood-u-s-streets-as-american-iraq-airbase-attacked-and-numerous-other-locations.html?utm_source=Activist+Post+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ddca7f00df-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b0c7fb76bd-ddca7f00df-387888649 .
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USS Bataan, Marines 26th MEU Heading to
Middle East Amid Tensions with Iran
By Ben Werner
{ news.usni.org } ~ Amid rising tensions with Iran, the Navy is scrapping an exercise with Morocco as it redirects amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD-5) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East, a defense official confirmed to USNI News on Friday.
Members of the 26th MEU and Bataan crew were slated to train with members of the Moroccan military as part of the joint Exercise African Sea Lion. Now, Bataan and the 26th MEU are moving closer to the Middle East.
“USS Bataan and embarked Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are underway conducting routine operations, demonstrating the inherent flexibility of our naval forces,” Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Comer, a U.S. 6th Fleet spokesman told USNI News. “For operational security reasons, we do not discuss future operations. ARGMEUs operate continuously across the globe to provide commanders with a forward-deployed, flexible and responsive sea-based Marine Air-Ground Task Force.”
The Marines will join soldiers from the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Airborne who have been sent to Iraq as a security measure following the U.S. operation that killed a top Iranian military leader on Thursday.
Qasem Soleimani was killed by a U.S. drone attack, according to the Department of Defense. Soleimani was the head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region,” according to a Pentagon statement.
On Friday, several news organizations reported the Pentagon was sending up to 3,500 more 82nd soliders to the region, in case Iran or Iranian-backed forces attempted retaliation attacks following Soleimani’s death. ABC News first reported to 3,500 additional troops.
The new deployments and the death Soleimani are part of a recent string of escalating interactions between Iran, Iranian-backed forces and the U.S. in Iraq and Syria.
On Tuesday, a mob including members of the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia stormed the front gate of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad. The mob was protesting recent U.S. military airstrikes on five Kataib Hezbollah sites in Iraq and Syria.
The Pentagon quickly sent about 100 Marines from the Kuwait-based Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF)-Crisis Response-Central Command to enhance security at the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad.
On New Year’s Day, the Pentagon sent about 750 members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to Kuwait.
The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group had just arrived off the coast of Morocco this week before its new tasking, according to the USNI Fleet tracker. The ARG deployed quietly from the East Coast in December.
Barry Donadio, a former member of the U.S. Secret Service and Anti-Terrorist Consultant says that Iran's next move may be to kidnap or kill an American General in the Middle East among other possibilities
Barry Donadio is warning American Generals that are serving in the middle eastern theater to take extraordinary security measures for their own personal safety. The United States military recently targeted and killed the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. What many people don't understand is that this attack would be the same as another country taking out one of our Generals on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In other words, It's huge and a step away from the status quo regarding American military responses to Iran's strategy in the middle eastern region.
"Iran will retaliate, there is no doubt in my mind." said Donadio. "Iran will need to boldly reply or risk losing all credibility in the region." "Even if they know they can't win a war against the United States, they will counter attack U.S. interests within a month" he said.
Donadio said a sophisticated drone attack will most likely target a high-ranking American General or Diplomatic Official to show a measured response to the targeting of General Soleimani. Iran will need to articulate that the response is rational and not reckless in the world court of opinion. Many countries are watching to see what will happen, including Russia and China.
Donadio suggests that all U.S. Military Generals take the appropriate counter-drone security measures, counter-surveillance measures, and executive protection measures. They should never underestimate the possibility of being targeted by Iranian agents or their proxies.
Iran may also seek to achieve a 2nd Bengazi that they can use to sensationalize in the media. U.S embassies in the region should remain of full alert for potential attacks. Iran may also act through their proxy Hezbollah by attacking U.S. interests in the region in order to score a quick media victory displaying their reply to the killing of General Soleimani.
Barry Donadio is a native of New York who led an honorable career in the Volunteer Ambulance Service, Volunteer Fire Department, the Military, Law Enforcement, and the United States Secret Service. He was assigned to the White House to protect Presidents Bush and Obama. He also served in multiple Middle Eastern war zones during his career. In 2013, he authored the book " TWA Flight 800 First Responder Witness Account". This is his account describing his actions during the rescue of TWA Flight 800 on July 17th, 1996. In 2014 he was elected to the Queen Anne's County Republican Central Committee in Maryland. He successfully completed his 4year term. January 2017, he was appointed the Sergeant at Arms of the Maryland Republican Party by the Honorable Dirk Haire. Donadio successfully completed a 2-year term as Sergeant at Arms of the MDGOP. Donadio continues to serve as the President of Public Security LLC. It is a high-profile private security and investigation firm that provides protection to high-risk clients in Maryland, New York, and dangerous overseas locations. Donadio published his the second book "That Day When Hell Froze Over" on August 17th, 2019.
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PETRAEUS ON SOLEIMANI
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Monday Top News Executive Summary
Media Editors: Above the Fold
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SOLEIMANI FALLOUT: President Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions, says U.S. won’t leave unless “they pay us back” for air base (USA Today)
SERIAL CHEATER WITHDRAWS: Iran “abandons” limits of 2015 nuclear deal after top general killed in U.S. airstrike (Fox News)
ON ALERT: Three Americans killed in terror attack on African military base; rockets fired at U.S. embassy in Iraq (The Daily Wire)
Government & Politics
ABOUT THOSE FOREIGN-POLICY CREDENTIALS… loose lips liar-Joe Biden sided with terror leader Qasem Soleimani in handing control of Iraq to Iran (The Washington Free Beacon)
D'OH! Democrat Rep. scumbag/mad-Maxine Waters appeared to have been tricked by Russian pranksters into thinking she was speaking on the phone with Greta Thunberg and that the teenage climate activist had dirt on President Trump (Fox News)
Business & Economy
OIL FUTURES: Why the oil market rally on elevated U.S.-Iran tensions may be short lived (MarketWatch)
SITTING ON A KNIFE’S EDGE: The $250 trillion burden weighing on the global economy in 2020 (Forbes)
Culture
“YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE REAL WORLD”: Golden Globe Awards host Ricky Gervais tears into Hollywood elite (Fox News)
INEVITABLE RECKONING: United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, fracturing the nation’s third-largest denomination (The Washington Post)
Closing Arguments
POLICY: With a small step and a big one, Iran just escalated against America (Washington Examiner)
POLICY: Trump is quietly winning bigly at the border (Issues & Insights)
HUMOR: Democrats furious that Trump used the powers they expressly gave him (Genesius Times)
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Iranian MP threatens to 'attack the White House'
By Ronn Blitzer
{ foxnews.com } ~ Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi has reportedly threatened to attack the White House in response to a message from President Trump that promised severe consequences... if the Islamic nation escalates hostilities with the U.S. Abutorabi was responding to a question about how Iran should react to the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani during an American airstrike, The Independent reported. "We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil. We have the power, and God willing we will respond in an appropriate time," Abutorabi said according to the UK publication, which cited Iranian news agency ILNA. This comes as President Trump vowed to hit Iran hard should the country retaliate against the U.S. for Soleimani's death. "Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters," Trump tweeted over the weekend. The president continued: "He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years." Abutorabi called Soleimani's death "a declaration of war," and that a swift, strong response was necessary... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/iranian-mp-threatens-to-attack-the-white-house-report .
Senate Won’t Act Until liar-Pelosi Musters
Courage to Send Articles of Impeachment
by HANNAH BLEAU
{ breitbart.com } ~ Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Friday said that the Senate will continue to conduct “ordinary business” until House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) musters the courage to send the articles of impeachment to the upper chamber... McConnell spoke on the Senate floor on Friday, berating Democrats for rushing through a “slapdash investigation” and warning that a trial cannot be held until House Democrats turn over the articles. The majority leader said the Senate will “continue the ordinary business of the Senate while House Democrats continue to flounder.”“Their turn is over. They have done enough damage,” McConnell said of House Democrats. “It’s the Senate’s turn now — to render sober judgment as the framers envisioned.” “But we can’t hold a trial without the articles. The Senate’s own rules don’t provide for that. So, for now, we are content to continue the ordinary business of the Senate while House Democrats continue to flounder,” he warned. “For now.” McConnell warned, however, that — in the event that they “muster the courage to stand behind their slapdash work product and transmit their articles to the Senate” — the Senate will “fulfill our founding purpose.” The majority leader also mocked liar-Pelosi, using her own words against her. “Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don’t think we should go down that path,” McConnell said, quoting liar-Pelosi, who made the remarks last spring....
Trump warns Iran: US has targeted '52 Iranian
sites' and will 'hit very fast and
very hard' if needed
By Victor Garcia
{ foxnews.com } ~ President Trump issued a stern warning to Iran on Saturday through a series of Twitter messages intended to deter the country from retaliating... after the U.S.-ordered airstrike that killed Iran's Gen. Qassem Soleimani last week. "Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters," Trump tweeted. The president continued: "He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years." Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike Friday in Baghdad that was ordered by President Trump. "Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago, some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD," Trump wrote Saturday, explicitly laying out that the U.S. will act if Iran retaliates... https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-trump-warns-iran-we-have-targeted-52-iranian-sites .
Iraq’s Parliament calls for expulsion of US
troops from the country following drone attack
By Stephen Sorace
{ foxnews.com } ~ Iraqi lawmakers approved a resolution Sunday calling to expel U.S. troops from the country... following an American drone attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Lawmakers approved a resolution asking the Iraqi government to end the agreement under which Washington sent forces to Iraq more than four years ago to help in the fight against the Islamic State terror group. The majority of about 180 legislators present in Parliament voted in favor of the resolution. It was backed by most Shiite members of parliament, who hold a majority of seats. Many Sunni and Kurdish legislators did not show up for the session, apparently because they oppose abolishing the deal..
Dan Bongino Interviews Rudy Giuliani – Topics
New York Crime, Iran, IG FISA Report and
loose lips liar-Biden Family Corruption
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Fox News host Dan Bongino interviews Rudy Giuliani for his podcast. The topics include increased crime in New York City; Iran, the ‘Spygate” surveillance scandal; the IG report on FISA abuses against the Trump campaign, and loose lips liar-Joe Biden’s history of corruption. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/04/dan-bongino-interviews-rudy-giuliani-topics-new-york-crime-iran-ig-fisa-report-and-biden-family-corruption/.
scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton’s new job could
mean she leaves the United States forever
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PETRAEUS ON SOLEIMANI
by John Hinderaker
{ powerlineblog.com } ~ General David Petraeus gave an interview yesterday on the significance of the killing of Qasem Soleimani. It is well worth reading:
Marco Werman: How did you know Qasem Soleimani?
Gen. David Petraeus: Well, he was our most significant Iranian adversary during my four years in Iraq, [and] certainly when I was the Central Command commander, and very much so when I was the director of the CIA. He is unquestionably the most significant and important — or was the most significant and important — Iranian figure in the region, the most important architect of the effort by Iran to solidify control of the Shia crescent, and the operational commander of the various initiatives that were part of that effort.
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So why do you suppose this happened now, though?
Well, I suspect that the leaders in Washington were seeking to reestablish deterrence, which clearly had eroded to some degree, perhaps by the relatively insignificant actions in response to these strikes on the Abqaiq oil facility in Saudi Arabia, shipping in the Gulf and our $130 million dollar drone that was shot down. And we had seen increased numbers of attacks against US forces in Iraq. So I’m sure that there was a lot of discussion about what could show the Iranians most significantly that we are really serious, that they should not continue to escalate. …
Would you have recommended this course of action right now?
I’d hesitate to answer that just because I am not privy to the intelligence that was the foundation for the decision, which clearly was, as was announced, this was a defensive action, that Soleimani was going into the country to presumably approve further attacks. Without really being in the inner circle on that, I think it’s very difficult to either second-guess or to even think through what the recommendation might have been.
Again, it is impossible to overstate the significance of this action. This is much more substantial than the killing of Osama bin Laden. It’s even more substantial than the killing of Baghdadi.
Two short questions for what’s next, Gen. Petraeus — US remaining in Iraq, and war with Iran. What’s your best guess?
Well, I think one of the questions is, “What will the diplomatic ramifications of this be?” And again, there have been celebrations in some places in Iraq at the loss of Qasem Soleimani. So, again, there’s no tears being shed in certain parts of the country. And one has to ask what happens in the wake of the killing of the individual who had a veto, virtually, over the leadership of Iraq. What transpires now depends on the calculations of all these different elements. And certainly the US, I would assume, is considering diplomatic initiatives as well, reaching out and saying, “Okay. Does that send a sufficient message of our seriousness? Now, would you like to return to the table?” Or does Iran accelerate the nuclear program, which would, of course, precipitate something further from the United States? Very likely. So lots of calculations here. And I think we’re still very early in the deliberations on all the different ramifications of this very significant action.
The interviewer tries to get General Petraeus to criticize the Trump administration, but Petraeus declines to do so:
Do you have confidence in this administration to kind of navigate all those calculations?
Well, I think that this particular episode has been fairly impressively handled.
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Trump-Hating Leftists Usher
in New Year of Trump Hatred
by David Limbaugh
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New Drug Tunnel Found in Arizona
by conservativeandfree.com ~ It is an unthinkable horror that is becoming a reality for an Arizona town. Tunnels are being made into the town so that drugs and people can be smuggled across the border... Nogales, Arizona is the place that people are turning their attention to this week. ICE agents protecting the country have found several tunnels that have been dug under the walls of homes with the intent of smuggling things and people. This is the third tunnel found in less than a week. The Mexican drug lords and runners know how to evade and hide from ICE. But that is all coming to an end at least for these three tunnels. ICE found these tunnels that are eight feet deep and over 82-feet long. The home the connection was found in was searched by warrant and a bunch of drugs were found including the entrance to the tunnel. Two men were arrested and charged with possession and conspiracy to distribute the drugs. These and another kind of stories need to be told to make a case for the wall to be built. President Trump is not backing down when it comes to the wall. This report is just one of many accounts of people trying to bypass security and pass into the country without being detected. So they can carry out their criminal behavior. The clueless Democrats would deny that these things happen and that illegals are here to commit crimes, but the evidence is overwhelmingly in the president’s favor. These drugs that these two people had in their possession came through the tunnel and were about to be released into the public. But they were caught by ICE. This is the organization that the Democrats want to shut down. They claim that the agents are brutal towards immigrants and forcefully detain innocent people. But this story and others like it tell a very different and very real story. The story that there are drugs and possibly people being taken under the border for illegal purposes... https://conservativeandfree.com/2019/12/20/busted-new-drug-tunnel-found-in-arizona/
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Explosions Near Baghdad Embassy,
Rockets Pummel Nearby Air Base
By Jared Harris
{ westernjournal.com } ~ Reports of rocket attacks in Baghdad and at a nearby air base seem to indicate that things are heating up in the Middle East... At least one rocket landed in the Green Zone of the Iraqi capital, near the U.S. Embassy, Reuters reported. There do not appear to have been any American casualties. Another projectile landed near the Green Zone, The Times of Israel reported, citing the Iraqi military. “An Iraqi security source: Two Katyusha rockets landed in the vicinity of the American embassy in Baghdad,” Al-Arabiya reported on Twitter in Arabic. Photographs from the scene show the destruction caused by the rocket artillery. “First pictures show the aftermath after rockets fell near Iraq’s heavily-fortified Green Zone in the capital Baghdad,” Al-Arabiya English wrote on Twitter. “Sirens immediately rang out at the American compound in the area hosting both diplomats and troops, according to sources.” Reuters reported that two Katyusha rockets also hit Balad air base, an Iraqi Air Force station that hosts U.S. forces and is located about 50 miles north of Baghdad. The rocket artillery appears to have missed any personnel at the base. Although it’s unclear at this point who launched the attacks, it’s not hard to imagine that pro-Iranian forces were behind the rockets. The rockets may have been early response to the American killing of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, whose convoy was the target of a Friday morning drone strike...
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'Devastating blow': Schumer says newly revealed emails show why Senate GOP needs toallow impeachment witnesses
By Rebecca Shabad
{ nbcnews.com } ~ Senate Minority Leader Chuck scumbag-Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday that documents exposed in a newly released report justify the argument by Democrats to hold a full-fledged trial in the Senate... to weigh whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office. In a statement Thursday, scumbag-Schumer pointed to the new report from the website Just Security that details documents relating to the president’s campaign to pressure Ukraine to investigate the loose lips liar-Bidens as his administration froze nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine. "The newly-revealed unredacted emails are a devastating blow to Sen. McConnell’s push to have a trial without the documents and witnesses we’ve requested. These emails further expose the serious concerns raised by Trump administration officials about the propriety and legality of the president’s decision to cut off aid to Ukraine to benefit himself," scumbag-Schumer said. The new report stems from unredacted versions of documents seen by Just Security, a national security website affiliated with the New York University School of Law. The documents were originally released in heavily redacted form last month by the government, under court order, to the Center for Public Integrity. Just Security said that it had since viewed unredacted copies of those emails. NBC News has not confirmed the emails independently and Just Security declined to provide them. The documents, according to the report, reveal that on Aug. 30, after meeting with Trump, Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs at the Office of Management and Budget, told Elaine McCusker, the acting Pentagon comptroller, in an email that there was "Clear direction from Trump to hold" the aid and he let her know that he’d soon be sending new paperwork extending the hold... Where was scumbag-Schumer when scumbag/liar-nObama held aid to Ukraine. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/devastating-blow-schumer-says-newly-unredacted-emails-show-why-senate-n1109641 .
Democrats Hate Trump More Than
They Hate Terrorists Who Kill Americans
By Madeline Osburn
{ thefederalist.com } ~ A U.S. airstrike killed the world’s most violent and deadliest terrorist of the last 20 years on Thursday night, but in the eyes of 2020 Democratic candidates and lefty celebrities... the only important takeaway from this American victory is that President Trump is bad. Trump’s authorization of the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guard terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani is a vindication for the thousands of wounded veterans, many with missing limbs from Soleimani’s IED attacks, and the families of U.S. servicemembers Soleimani killed. Soleimani approved the Tuesday attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and was plotting to kill more Americans. He was a central connection between Iran and terrorist organizations, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas. Yet some Democrats find it difficult to celebrate his death. Despite the fact that Soleimani’s death will save American lives, Sen. scumbag-Cory Booker said on MSNBC it is Trump who is “making the world less of a safe place.” Within an hour of the news of Soleimani’s death on Thursday, scumbag-Booker appeared on CNN asserting that Trump, “has had really a failure in his Iranian policy.” Although it was President scumbag/liar-nObama who shipped $150 billion in cash to Iran, emboldening terrorists like Soleimani, scumbag-Booker is convinced that under the Trump administration, “Iran has become more influential and more dangerous.” Democratic presdiential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, released a statement bemoaning the “serious questions about how this decision was made.”. (like he knows all the answers)... https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/03/democrats-hate-trump-more-than-they-hate-terrorists-who-kill-americans/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=f2977f5ae7-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-f2977f5ae7-83771801 .
Report scumbag/liar-nObama warned
Tehran in 2015 of an Israeli plan to kill Soleimani
By M. Dowling
{ independentsentinel.com } ~ The scumbag/liar-nObama/looswe lips liar-Biden administration is accused of helping Soleimani achieve untold power in Iraq... loose lips liar-Joe Biden allegedly forced out Soleimani’s competition and Barack scumbag/liar-nObama reportedly warned Iran of a plan to kill Soleimani. Free Beacon reports that former vice president loose lips liar-Joe Biden enabled recently assassinated Iranian terror leader Qassem Soleimani to push the United States out of Iraq and deliver the country into the hands of Iran. In 2010, as Iraq faced pivotal elections that decided the country’s direction, Soleimani went to great lengths to ensure Iranian-backed politicians won control of the government. During that time, then-vice president loose lips liar-Biden called pro-America Iraqi politician Ayad Allawi to demand that he stop trying to form a government. That paved the way for Soleimani to orchestrate an Iranian takeover of the Iraqi political system, according to Free Beacon. The deal was a heavy blow to Ayad Allawi, a pro-American secular politician whose party had won the most parliamentary seats in the elections, but who failed to put together a majority coalition. In an interview in Jordan, he said that with U.S. backing he could have built a majority. Instead, the Americans pushed him aside in favor of Maliki. He told me that Vice-President loose lips liar-Joe Biden called to tell him to abandon his bid for Prime Minister, saying, “You can’t form a government.” Allawi said he suspected that the Americans weren’t willing to deal with the trouble the Iranians would have made if he had become Prime Minister. They wanted to stay in Iraq, he said, but only if the effort involved was minimal. “I needed American support,” he said. “But they wanted to leave, and they handed the country to the Iranians. Iraq is a failed state now, an Iranian colony.” loose lips liar-Joe Biden is always wrong when it comes to foreign affairs. This all became known thanks to a New Yorker exposé... https://www.independentsentinel.com/report-obama-warned-tehran-in-2015-of-an-israeli-plan-to-kill-soleimani/ .
Germany's Middle Eastern Criminal Clans
by Judith Bergman
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ In a recently aired documentary by German broadcaster ARD, about Germany's Middle Eastern criminal family gangs -- or clans, as they are called in Germany... the head of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Agency (BKA) Holger Münch, said "In about one-third of proceedings, suspects also included immigrants — and that means that we need to keep a very close eye on this phenomenon". Münch seems to have been referring to the fact that migrants who arrived in Germany from Syria, Iraq and other countries during the migrant crisis in 2015-16 are now starting to compete with Germany's long-established criminal family gangs whose original founders arrived in Germany from Lebanon in the late 1970s during Lebanon's civil war. German authorities fear that this competition might lead to even more violence: Some of the newcomers have "combat experience" from living in war zones, as police chief of the city of Essen, Frank Richter, told ARD. "Of course," he added, "this would be a very, very different situation from what we have at the moment". Criminal Middle Eastern family clans are already a large problem in Germany. The most well-known are mainly based in Berlin, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Lower Saxony, and are named Abou-Chaker, Al-Zein, Remmo, and Miri. Several of the families are also known as Lebanese mafia clans. Their criminal activities include robberies, protection money, drug dealing and prostitution. In May, a study presented by Interior Minister Herbert Reul of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) revealed that 104 criminal clans were active there. Some 6,500 clan-linked suspects were believed to have been responsible for 14,225 offenses between 2016 and 2018. This included two murders and 24 attempted murders, in addition to bodily harm, robbery, and blackmail, police said. Ten clans alone were said to have committed one third of the crimes... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15300/germany-middle-eastern-criminal-clans .
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Trump-Hating Leftists Usher
in New Year of Trump Hatred
by David Limbaugh
{ townhall.com } ~ Have you ever wondered why the political left is so inconsolably angry these days? Why does it consider President Donald Trump to be such a threat and his supporters so contemptible?
This isn't my imagination. While most people expressed their New Year's greetings in positive terms, the celebrity left defaulted to its Trump-hating form. Every day is a new day to rage against Trump, so why should their New Year's Day pronouncements be any different?
Breitbart assembled a list of celebrity tweets illustrating the point. Rob Reiner tweeted, "Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and a 2020 that doesn't include an ignorant corrupt soulless liar occupying the People's House." Stephen King tweeted, "Of his lies we've had plenty ... Kick his a-- in 2020." Rose O'Donnell couldn't quite make it through a New Year's tweet without denigrating Trump. "HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL," she tweeted, adding the hashtag #2020removeHIM. Rosanna Arquette said: "Putin is not my president. happy new year." In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Linda Rondstadt likened Trump to Hitler and the Mexicans to "the New Jews." And the examples go on and on.
What is wrong with these narcissistic malcontents? It's not like things are terrible in America. Economically speaking, we couldn't be doing much better. We're certainly better off than we were during the scumbag/liar-nObama years -- by leaps and bounds.
Trump is also sticking up for America again, rebuilding our defenses; taking decisive action when our people or soldiers are in harm's way, as with his immediate response to the attack on our embassy in Iraq; pressuring other countries to contribute to our mutual defense pacts; and expressing his pride in this country -- as opposed to trotting around the globe and apologizing for it.
So what's not to like? His tweets? Fine, but do you really think that's what is driving them mad?
How about his alleged abuses of power? Please. They've been pressing for impeachment since before "Russia collusion" became their favorite mantra and long before they could identify Ukraine on a map.
They don't hate Trump for having acted outside his constitutional authority -- because he hasn't. That was scumbag/liar-nObama. They don't hate him because they believe he is extremely partisan. And if they were to believe it, they would have no credibility, for few presidents have been more partisan than Barack scumbag/liar-nObama, despite the progressive mythical narrative to the contrary.
You might recall how scumbag/liar-nObama used lawless executive orders to implement policy that Congress declined to legislate, forced scumbag/liar-nObamacare down our throats and smugly told his Republican opponents, "I won the election," and that he didn't "want them to do a lot of talking." And surely you won't forget how he bulldozed his stimulus package through Congress with less than a handful of Senate Republican votes after meeting with congressional Republicans just one day before the Democrats had drafted the 1,073-page bill.
They revile Trump because they can tolerate only one viewpoint -- their own. They resent that they can't cram down their ideas in all sectors of our society, our culture and our government. It's not enough that they have virtual monolithic control of the messages disseminating from Hollywood, academia and the mainstream media. They want total power everywhere, without any dissent. They are furious that red-state America won't roll over and surrender its sovereignty to them so they can complete the fundamental transformation of America into a socialistic, authoritarian state, and finish converting its culture into a post-Christian utopia. They are like agitated babies who've had their toys taken away and who militantly refuse to take a nap.
Trump is not just an annoying speed bump on their way to total societal and political domination but a force of nature to be reckoned with, wildly beyond their expectations. Having no respect for Trump or his ability, they wrongly assumed they could steamroll, marginalize or oust him and restore themselves to power.
They had no idea Trump would be so formidable an opponent. More importantly, they had no inkling that he represented something far greater than himself: a seemingly silent majority of everyday Americans who had had their fill of the left's political and cultural tyranny.
Even though they've also directed their ire at Trump supporters -- kicking them out of restaurants and other public places, and trying to suppress their liberties -- they still seem to be operating under the illusion that if they can just remove Trump, they'll easily recapture power.
Little do they realize that the more they mistreat Trump, the more they alienate his supporters -- freedom-loving patriots from shore to shore. Or maybe their animus against him and us is so intense that they just can't help themselves, and they don't realistically consider the potential political fallout.
Or could it be that they are so cloistered in their elitist bubble that they still don't realize the magnitude of support Trump has from tens of millions of people who will never give up on this nation as the world's model for freedom and prosperity? The more they hate him, they more they abuse him, the greater our resolve to defend him -- and America!
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Even Leftist Historians Rebuke 1619 Project
Brian Mark Weber
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2020 Democrats on defensive
as Trump capitalizes on Soleimani killing
by Emily Larsen & Naomi Lim
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Democratic presidential candidates, largely running on domestic issues such as immigration and healthcare, are seeing their best-laid campaign plans upended by the killing... of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Quds Force leader Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The 14-person Democratic field is now grappling with how President Trump’s decision to order the strike on the top general for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will change the landscape of their campaigns. Depending on how Iran responds and how Trump handles the crisis, Soleimani’s assassination could either reframe the primary and general election around foreign policy or leave Democrats on the defensive as Trump claims the attack as one of his major victories. Initial reactions to the strike from White House hopefuls have ranged from cautious rebuttals from centrists condemning Soleimani, while lamenting the lack of congressional notification and questioning the Trump administration's overall strategy, to comparing the order to a declaration of war. “Trump promised to end endless wars, but this action puts us on the path to another one,” Vermont Sen. commie-Bernie Sanders said. “I hope the administration has thought through the second- and third-order consequences of the path they have chosen,” said former Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden. Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the dynamics for the 2020 contenders amount to a wait-and-see proposition. “If this goes south, if the Iranians respond by blowing up a U.S. Embassy” or other severe retaliation, “this is going to be judged to be a reckless and irresponsible act,” said Miller, a former State Department analyst and negotiator in both Republican and Democratic administrations. “If you don't have that kind of severe retaliation, it may actually redound to Trump's benefit.”... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2020-democrats-on-defensive-as-trump-capitalizes-on-soleimani-killing? .
Nikki Haley, all-American
by Clifford D. May
{ fdd.org } ~ From 2017 to 2019, Nikki Haley served as United States ambassador to the United Nations, an institution that for decades has reeked of corruption, waste, and the decayed dreams of post-World War II idealists... She was a breath of fresh air – proud of American achievements, unashamed of American power. She spoke forcefully in defense of human rights, and for Israel, the U.N.’s whipping boy. She didn’t apologize. She didn’t get confused. She didn’t curry favor with despots and their high-living mouthpieces on the East Side of Manhattan Island. The daughter of immigrants, a woman of color whose father wears a turban, she experienced prejudice, and overcame it, in large measure because she understood that’s possible to do in America. In most other lands around the world — not so much. She was twice elected governor of South Carolina where she brought people together by focusing on values that unite rather than interests that divide. In 2016, Donald Trump was not the presidential candidate she favored, and at first he didn’t care for her either. After his election, however, it occurred to him that she might make a good secretary of state. With humility, she demurred. But when he proposed she take the ambassadorship at Turtle Bay, she accepted the challenge. An astonishingly quick learner, she was soon explaining Mr. Trump’s policies in public, and advising him in private, which she had the right to do because he had appointed her to his cabinet, a perquisite not granted most U.S. envoys to the U.N. She didn’t always agree with him. In July 2018, when he appeared to be cozying up to Russia’s authoritarian president, she said: “We don’t trust Russia. We don’t trust Putin. They’re never going to be our friend.”... https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/01/01/nikki-haley-all-american/ .
US military strike in Iraq revives talk of war vote
by Susan Ferrechio
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ The House and the Senate return to work next week with revived interest in holding a vote on whether to authorize the use of U.S. military force in the Middle East... The Defense Department announced Friday it would deploy an additional 3,500 troops to the region after a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force and a terrorist who was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American service personnel. The Trump administration deployed the troops in preparation for a potential escalation of aggression in the region. But a growing number of lawmakers want to vote on any new U.S. military action in the Middle East. “It is my view that the president does not have the authority for a war with Iran,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck scumbag-Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Friday. “If he plans a large increase in troops and potential hostility over a longer time, the administration will require congressional approval and the approval of the American people.” The United States is sending the extra troops to the Middle East to respond to increased tensions resulting from the drone strike, the Pentagon announced Friday. Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned "severe revenge awaits the criminals" who killed Soleimani. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has warned U.S. strikes against Iran inside Iraq will cause “a dangerous escalation that will light the fuse of a destructive war in Iraq, the region and the world.” Lawmakers warned Friday the escalation of conflict in the region would require even more U.S. involvement and more troops but that Trump is not authorized to get the U.S. military involved in a full-scale conflict....
Iran threatens Tel Aviv, US bases
in Middle East after killing of Soleimani
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Lindsey Graham: If Iran retaliates, our response
will be greater than the market will bear
by saraacarter.com ~ “The intelligence was that Soleimani was orchestrating chaos in Iraq at our expense and throughout the region,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, (R-SC), on “Fox & Friends” on Friday... “The president was informed of these potential attacks and he acted. This was a defensive strike to neutralize future attacks that were planned and executed by Soleimani and the popular mobilization front: the Shiite militias in Iraq.” “He’s not dead today because of what he did in the past, he’s dead today because he miscalculated what President Trump would do regarding future attacks,” explained Graham. Graham said President Trump must make it clear to Iran that any retaliation will put their oil refineries at risk. “Their oil refineries are the last thing they have in terms of an economy,” he said. Graham said that “the president has to convince the ayatollah that if he retaliates, our response will be greater than the market will bear.”.
Speaker liar-Pelosi Threatens Possibility
of Armed Conflict Against U.S.
Department of Justice
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Think about all of the media panel discussions on gun ownership you have watched; segments where second amendment advocates were ridiculed by media pundits... for daring to bring up the possibility of the U.S. government using arms against U.S. citizens who hold opposing political views… There are hundreds of recent reference points. Now consider, earlier today U.S. House of Representatives Legal Counsel, Douglas Letter, argued in court it would be a possible remedy -for a conflict between branches of government- for Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi to order an armed “gun battle” between the House and the United States Department of Justice. Yes, this actually happened. At the same time as national Democrat political candidates are arguing to remove the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners, the highest ranking Democrat in the United States; a person only two succession-steps away from the presidency; is arguing in DC federal court the House could begin an armed conflict against the Dept. of Justice.Federal appeals court judges aggressively grilled lawyers for the Justice Department and the House of Representatives Friday in a pair of intertwined cases that could have major implications for Donald Trump’s presidency and the Democrats’ ongoing efforts to remove him from office. During back-to-back hearings spanning about three hours, the judges drilled in on the House Judiciary Committee’s dual quests to learn special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury secrets and to secure testimony from Don McGahn, Trump’s former top White House lawyer. The two hearings were overseen by two partially overlapping, three-judge panels. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/03/speaker-pelosi-threatens-possibility-of-armed-conflict-against-u-s-department-of-justice/ .
Even Leftist Historians Rebuke 1619 Project
Brian Mark Weber: Just last summer, The New York Times launched its 1619 Project on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first African slaves to North America. If you’ve forgotten what this project is all about, here’s a good overview of its radical and transformative agenda.
The authors of the Times’ project don’t care much if American adults refuse to buy into the hogwash that our country’s entire independence movement was nothing more than a ruse for holding onto slavery. What’s more important is making sure tomorrow’s leaders are programmed and ready to take down Western history, culture, and values in one fell swoop, hence the focus on spreading the 1619 Project through America’s school curriculum.
When the project was first released, the criticism came from constitutional scholars and conservatives who actually learned real American history during a time when teaching students to love their country wasn’t controversial. These critics were quick to denounce what the 1619 Project attempted to present as truth. But now even some communist academics and historians have had enough with the project.
The Times revisionists know they’re in trouble when even the most extreme leftists think they’re making stuff up.
The Washington Post’s Katie Mettler writes, “Five historians recently wrote to the New York Times Magazine, asking the architects of its comprehensive 1619 Project, which tells the founding narrative of America through the lens of slavery, to issue several corrections. They argued that assertions in the 1619 package about the motivations that sparked the Revolutionary War and President Abraham Lincoln’s views on black equality were misleading.”
One of the issues with the 1619 Project is the claim that the Revolutionary War was fought by the colonists in order to protect slavery, not to establish a society founded on God-given rights and individual liberty. This is easily dismissed with some middle-school-level research into primary historical documents and events.
The Founding Fathers took swift steps to prevent the spread of slavery in the new nation, including the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. And several states soon began to eradicate slavery within their borders. Frederick Douglass, who endured the horrors of slavery during his early years before escaping to freedom, referred to the new American Constitution as a “glorious liberty document.”
All the abolitionists inspired by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution must have had it wrong all along.
In a letter to the editor of the Times Magazine, five historians asked that the Times, “according to its own high standards of accuracy and truth, issue prominent corrections of all the errors and distortions presented in The 1619 Project.” Furthermore, the five demanded, “We also ask for the removal of these mistakes from any materials destined for use in schools, as well as in all further publications, including books bearing the name of The New York Times. We ask finally that The Times reveal fully the process through which the historical materials were and continue to be assembled, checked and authenticated.”
They added, “Those connected with the project have assured the public that its materials were shaped by a panel of historians and have been scrupulously fact-checked. Yet the process remains opaque. The names of only some of the historians involved have been released, and the extent of their involvement as ‘consultants’ and fact checkers remains vague. The selective transparency deepens our concern.”
Who could argue with this? After all, shouldn’t transparency be central to a ground-breaking piece of work like the 1619 Project, something that has the power to change the way millions of Americans think about their country’s history?
Times Editor-in-Chief Jake Silverstein was quick to react to the historians’ request for accuracy and evidence. But his response merely summed up why the 1619 Project should be rejected by historians, teachers, and students alike. Silverstein wrote, “We are not ourselves historians, it is true. We are journalists, trained to look at current events and situations and ask the question: Why is this the way it is?”
In other words, The New York Times wants to alter the American people’s understanding of history and of our nation’s founding documents based on the political viewpoints of journalists.
“We did not assemble a formal panel for this project,” Silverstein added. Of course they didn’t. Doing so would have undermined their agenda and made it even more challenging to concoct and promote this pseudo-history.
Now that criticism of the 1619 Project is coming from all sides, maybe it’s time to leave history up to the historians.
~The Patriot Post
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Trump's 'Deal' With Iran ... Soleimani Dead
Mark Alexander
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Secretary Pompeo Discusses
Killing of Qassem Soleimani
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ After a U.S. airstrike kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells ‘Fox & Friends’ that President Trump’s decision was necessary to deter further aggression and disrupt an ongoing terror plot..
Political Tensions Rise as
US Strike Kills Iranian Terrorist Hero
by Fred Lucas
{ dailysignal.com } ~ Iran is threatening retaliation and Iraq is considering forcing U.S. officials out of the country after an American drone strike killed Qassem Soleimani, the notorious Iranian general blamed for the deaths of hundreds of Americans... Soleimani, leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and considered a terrorist by American officials for years, also headed Iranian-affiliated terrorist operations known for training Iran proxies they say are responsible for more than 600 American deaths. The U.S. strike near Baghdad International Airport that killed Soleimani followed the siege of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq led by Iranian-backed militias Tuesday. Protesters breached embassy walls in Baghdad and set fires and damaged property in response to a U.S. airstrike on Iranian-backed militias Sunday that killed 25. The killing of Soleimani already has widened the partisan divide in the United States. Trump noted on Twitter: “Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!” “General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more…but got caught!” Trump tweeted. “He was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people, including the recent large number….of PROTESTERS killed in Iran itself. While Iran will never be able to properly admit it, Soleimani was both hated and feared within the country. They are not nearly as saddened as the leaders will let the outside world believe. He should have been taken out many years ago!” House Speaker liar4-Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized the president’s action for leaving Congress out of the decision and for potentially provoking more terror....
scumbag/liar-nObama knew what 'coup
leaders' scumbag-Comey and
scumbag/commie-Brennan were doing
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DC Circuit Appeals Panel Hear Oral Arguments
from House Lawsuit for Mueller Evidence
and McGahn Testimony
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ This court case is the background to remove President Trump. Everything else, including the impeachment effort, is chaff and countermeasures. Conservatives are oblivious... Today the DC Circuit Court heard oral arguments from House legal subcontractors representing lawmakers, in their attempt to unseal grand jury testimony and documents from the Mueller investigation. Remember, the subcontracted lawyers were part of liar-Nancy Pelosi’s changed House rules in 2018…These moments were all pre-planned To give further indications of the landscape, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr sent his weakest constitutional lawyers, Mark Freeman, Justice Department Civil Division Appellate Staff Director, and Deputy Asst Attorney General Hashim Mooppan to face-off against Douglas Letter, U.S. House of Representatives General Counsel, and approximately two dozen House contracted lawyers. The hearing lasted for an hour and thirty-seven minutes. The three panel judges are tackling the unprecedented attempt by House lawyers to gain access to the Mueller material. During one segment of the hearing House Lawyer Douglas Letter discussed the serious possibility of sending armed House officers to the DOJ to engage in a gun battle with the Dept. of Justice if needed. Not joking – serious stuff: Again, for those who were not paying attention, the creation of an armed House enforcement division was part of liar-Nancy Pelosi’s new House rules in 2018... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/03/dc-circuit-appeals-panel-hear-oral-arguments-from-house-lawsuit-for-mueller-evidence-and-mcgahn-testimony/ .
Senator prepares measure
to dismiss impeachment outright
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It’s Happening! commie-Aoc’s Career
Could Be Over For Good With This New Census
by rightwingamericans.com ~ Mike LaChance from American Lookout reports, commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could soon be out of her government job. Due to the high number of non-citizens in her district, it might be eliminated after the census. Wouldn’t that be ironic? Good by commie-AOC..
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Trump's 'Deal' With Iran ... Soleimani Dead
Mark Alexander: Our military forces carried out another remarkable precision strike in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday. Killed in that strike were Gen. Qasem Soleimani, leader of Iran’s elite terrorist Corps-Quds forces, and Soleimani’s Iraqi counterpart, paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes. For decades, Iran has been the wealthiest and most significant state sponsor of Islamic extremists in the Middle East — and Soleimani has directed that terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Lebanon, and Syria.
Boldly, Soleimani traveled to Iraq to oversee the Iran-backed Shiite militia assault on our embassy there, thinking that his forces could overtake it much as his boss, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had done with our Tehran embassy in 1979. Recall then, 52 American diplomats and citizens were taken hostage and held for 444 days — and released immediately after Ronald Reagan took his oath of office on January 20, 1981. Fortunately, Jimmy Carter was no longer president then, but Soleimani was operating as if Barack scumbag/liar-nObama was still president now — a fatal flaw in his plan.
Apparently Soleimani thought he was more bomb-proof than Islamic State terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who we sent to hell last October.
President Donald Trump responded swiftly and decisively to the embassy attack, sending in rapid-force Marine units and Army air reinforcements to repel the militants. He then ordered the death of those who planned it. To suggest this was a “shot across the bow” of Iran’s regime would be grossly understated. This was not a feckless “line in the sand” threat like scumbag/liar-nObama issued in Syria.
As OIF veteran and frequent Trump critic David French noted, “This was no Benghazi. … There was no American defeat. The embassy still stands.” That was a reference to Obama’s failure to defend our embassy officials in Libya and the subsequent political coverup ahead of his 2012 election.
As I have noted for years, our operations in the Middle East since the 9/11 attack have been quietly but primarily focused on preventing Iranian-backed terrorists from detonating a fissile weapon in an East Coast urban center.
For context, after George W. Bush launched Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, many U.S. military casualties were the direct result of Iranian-backed militias. The Bush administration made slow but steady progress to contain the Islamic threat in the region, but when scumbag/liar-nObama entered the diplomatic debate in 2009, all the blood and treasure expended in Iraq became nothing more than political fodder for his regime’s policy of appeasement.
Recall that in 2012, scumbag/liar-nObama centered his reelection on his “success” in the Middle East, declaring that al-Qa'ida was “on the run” and using that false claim to initiate a politically expedient withdrawal from Iraq. Predictably, a Middle East meltdown followed, which led to the most catastrophic humanitarian crisis in recent history as millions of Syrian refugees fled into the desert.
How did scumbag/liar-nObama respond to that crisis?
In a feat of Middle East policy malfeasance unmatched in generations, scumbag/liar-nObama, scumbagt/liar-Hillary Clinton, and her understudy, hanoi-John Kerry, empowered Iran’s nuclear capacity with a “Nuke Deal” that advanced the threat of an “Islamic Bomb” detonation in the U.S. And they followed that up by lifting sanctions against Iran and flying in $400 million in cash that, arguably, bolstered its terrorist operations.
Fortunately President Trump put an end to that insanity, restoring sanctions against Iran, supporting pro-democracy movements in the region, and, in the last 24 hours, responding to Iranian aggression with force. The message this sent to pro-democracy leaders in Iran can’t be understated.
Of course, much saber-rattling followed, with Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif laughably calling the strike an “act of international terrorism” and insisting that Tehran would “exhaust all its political, legal and international capacities … to hold the terrorist and criminal regime of the United States responsible regarding this obvious crime.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi played along, issuing a politically necessary statement condemning the attack as a violation of the terms agreement for maintaining U.S. troops in Iraq. But Abdul-Mahdi clearly understand the Iranian threat to his country and the necessity to abate that threat.
Most assuredly, an escalation of Iranian aggression will follow, but that was inevitable.
Deeply mired in their Trump impeachment mess, the current crop of Democrat Party leaders criticized our military operation as reckless and unconstitutional. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) protested, “Did America just assassinate, without any congressional authorization, the second most powerful person in Iran?” Yes, he declared Soleimani was “assassinated.” As for constitutionality, David French laid those Demo claims to rest in a series of social-media posts.
And a final note: Recall that in October of last year, President Trump was subjected to a barrage of criticism from armchair media experts for his agreement with Turkey regarding the Kurdish lines on the Turks’ southern border in Syria. Amid all the criticism, we noted in “The REAL U.S./Turkey Strategic Endgame — Iran” that “formulating foreign policy and military strategy is akin to a complex multi-dimensional chess match — except the objectives are rarely black and white, and the targets are constantly moving.” We noted further, “Turkey provides the U.S. with strategic airbase access, which will be essential in any regional operations, most notably those against Iran. … In other words, there exists a more pressing but unmentioned objective: containing or eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat.”
~The Patriot Post
Please Read Part 104C:
The Most Dangerous and Treacherous Times in U.S. History! (Part 104C)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-August 9, 2019:
Note: The following recent thought-provoking article revealed that the 'UN is allegedly currently hiring "disarmament officers" to conduct "field missions" in New York as the UN occupation plan for America goes LIVE'-You Decide:
UN hiring “disarmament officers” to conduct “field missions” in New York as UN occupation plan for America goes LIVE!-Posted on Natural News-By Mike Adams-On January 2, 2020:
(Natural News) The critics who have mocked the “UN occupation of America” news that we’ve been covering for years are eating crow today as the United Nations is publicly and openly hiring “disarmament, demobilization and reintegration officers” in New York, specifically admitting that they will be running “field missions” to engage in gun confiscation from citizens.
As this “United Nations Careers” document reveals, the job opening was posted on December 26, 2019 and remains active through February 8, 2020. The job opening number is, “19-Security Institutions-DPO-127453-R-New York (R).”
As the help wanted document explains, these jobs are physically located in New York and demands English proficiency — not French — indicating this job requires engaging with Americans and isn’t some overseas deployment:
This position is located in the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Section of the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions (OROLSI), within the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in New York. New York is classified as a hardship “H” duty station and family duty station. The incumbent reports to and is under the overall supervision of the DDR Section Chief.
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The people who carry out this job are specifically required to operate “two to three missions” carrying out “Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)” activities.
DDR is the United Nation’s euphemism for gun confiscation followed by the imprisonment of local populations. This job listing also calls for candidates to, “Conduct field missions to assess implementation of established DDR programmes.”
This position is specifically calling for applicants to have a Master’s degree in “disarmament affairs.” Keep reading to fully understand what the UN means by “DDR” operations.
In summary, gun confiscation in America is about to go HOT.
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In 2017, Democrat Richard Boykin called for UN occupation of America with UN troops to be stationed on the streets of U.S. cities
As you learn of this breaking news, don’t forget that just a little over two years ago, Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin called for UN troops to be stationed on the streets of America. As covered by NewsTarget.com:
Boykin says that UN troops need to be brought into America’s cities as a way to help “victims of violence.”
“I’m hoping to appeal to the UN to actually come to Chicago and meet with victims of violence, and maybe even possibly help out in terms of peacekeeping efforts,” Boykin explains in the video below.
When asked to explain further, he says that armed foreign troops / shock troops are necessary to “protect minority and vulnerable populations.”
He also says that gun violence is a kind of “quiet genocide” that demands a UN presence in America’s cities.
Amazingly, this video hasn’t yet been banned by YouTube, so you can see Boykin saying all this on camera:
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Just a few months ago, radical left-wing Democrat Ilhan Omar also called for the UN occupation of America. Hear the full details in my podcast on Brighteon.com:
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“DDR Handbook” of the United Nations spells out what DDR is all about
What is “DDR,” exactly? The United Nations defines it as disarming local populations through the use of force. In fact, as part of this “disarmament” operation, the UN runs its own “weapons and ammunition management” operations to make sure UN troops have a monopoly on firepower.
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As shown on this page, there’s even a UN handbook for “DDR practitioners” that’s entitled, “Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management in a Changing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Context.” The overview for the book explains:
It responds to the greater need for arms control activities in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes, including weapons and ammunition management at the community level as part of community violence reduction projects. The material presented here equips DDR practitioners with practical resources to design effective weapons and ammunition management operations that can be implemented across the peace continuum.
Notice the key concepts here? Arms control activities… at the community level… community violence reduction… the “peace continuum.”
This is all globalist doublespeak for gunpoint gun confiscation, and the UN is clearly ramping up this entire operation for the United States of America, starting in New York.
Barack Obama signed the “Arms Trade Treaty” with the UN in 2013, and that’s the basis being invoked for gun confiscation
Another book published under the United Nations’ Office for Disarmament Affairs details how to confiscate guns from local citizens under the “Arms Trade Treaty” which Barack Obama signed in 2013 and which went into force from the UN’s point of view on December 24, 2014. However, President Trump withdrew the United States from this gun control treaty, and the treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate. Nevertheless, the UN might argue that since Obama signed it, it remains in force.
This UN book is called, “Disarmament: A Basic Guide – Fourth Edition (2017),” and talks about how to “build a more peaceful world” by disarming citizens through the use of UN weaponry and armed UN soldiers.
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In that book, the UN describes firearms in the hands of civilians as causing “armed insecurity,” equating the Second Amendment with terrorism and chaos. The book also claims that small arms in the hands of civilians is equivalent to “excessive accumulation” that “may aggravate political tension.” Indeed, according to the United Nations, peace is only achieved with the raping, child-trafficking UN soldiers have a monopoly on guns.
In other words, the United Nations defines “peace” the same way Adolf Hitler did: By achieving a total monopoly on firepower while the citizens are completely disarmed and unable to defend themselves. That’s exactly what took place during the Third Reich: First disarming the Jews, then carrying out mass genocide to exterminate them. Sounds like a modern-day UN operation!
New York is chosen because there aren’t enough armed citizens to fight off an invading UN enemy force
Notice, too, that this operation is being launched in New York, where gun control laws are already so strict that few citizens will be able to fight back against UN occupation.
This will enable the UN to quickly establish a firepower monopoly and a geographical beachhead from which other operations can be launched, such as gun confiscation raids across New Jersey or other nearby areas.
Meanwhile, Virginia is staging UN vehicles in preparation for an armed assault on Washington D.C. to try to execute President Trump or run him out of office, followed by the installation of Nancy Pelosi as the acting president.
As Daisy Luther writes for The Organic Prepper:
You may recall that citizens of Virginia have become outraged recently by new laws that are likely to pass this month, effectively banning all semi-automatic weapons. Sanctuary counties, cities, and municipalities now cover all but the most urban parts of the state. These sanctuaries have vowed to support the Second Amendment and are refusing to enforce unconstitutional gun laws… One has to wonder if this is why the UN is hiring “disarmament officers?”
How many times has someone told you not to worry – that nobody is coming to take your guns away? That all they want is “common-sense gun laws?” In light of the current political climate and this job listing, I’d say that is an outright a lie.
Also see this important article from NationalFile.com: “New York UN Office Recruits Paramilitary Troops for ‘Disarmament’ and ‘Reintegration’ of US Civilians.”
ARM UP, America: You are about to be invaded by a foreign enemy that’s engaged in a massive false flag followed by a kinetic coup attempt against the President
The bottom line here is that events are lining up for an attempted take down of America. First, deep state actors will stage a massive false flag attack that makes Charlottesville look like child’s play. The media will, in concert, blame Trump and call him a white supremacist dictator, then demand his removal from office. When he refuses, the UN will activate its thousands of troops and armored personnel carriers which have already been staged across America.
The gunpoint gun confiscation will begin, and any Americans who refuse to turn over their guns will be shot on sight.
The war is nearly here, and globalists, Democrats and the deep state cannot tolerate Trump winning another election this year and having four more years to prosecute left-wing criminal corruption involving the Bidens, the Clintons and even Barack Obama, himself, who is a criminal traitor and enemy of America.
The very people who are about to be indicted and imprisoned if Durham is allowed to complete his investigation are now cornered rabid animals, willing to do anything to stop the 2020 elections and try to kill Trump or overthrow the nation between now and then. Don’t be surprised if they turn to nuclear, biological or chemical weapons to stage a large-scale, deadly event that can somehow be blamed on Trump.
What should rational, informed Americans do right now in preparation for all this? It’s simple: Arm up and prepare to defend your nation using the Second Amendment.
Personally, I recommend improving your proficiency in long-range tactical shooting using calibers such as 300 Win Mag or 338 Lapua Magnum.
338 Lapua Magnum rounds can damage or disable armored vehicles used by enemy forces such as the mad raping UN soldiers. Even better, 50 BMG rounds can seriously damage those vehicles and penetrate hardened cover positions. Right now, you can purchase 660 grain .50 BMG rounds for less than three dollars each (go to Ammoseek.com to find them). Always deploy weapons responsibly, in a manner that’s consistent with the rule of law and the national sovereignty of the United States of America. Yes, we have the right to defend our nation against occupying enemy forces. In fact, millions of our soldiers and law enforcement officers are sworn to do so.
New York will easily fall to UN tyranny, but once the UN soldiers reach rural areas of America, they’re going to find a rifle behind every blade of grass, and a patriot targeting them from every building.
We the People must prepare to bring such heavy metal down upon the occupying enemy UN troops that every last one of them is engaged, defeated and forced to flee our land. This is where history has now brought us, at the precipice of the most important conflict in the history of the United States of America: an invasion by an occupying enemy force. This is “Red Dawn” but with blue helmets. I suppose that makes it, “Blue Dawn,” but either way, the invaders must be eliminated and defeated. There is no other option if America is to survive this globalist assault and a coordinated attempt to carry out a political coup that would nullify democracy and silence the will of the people.
All this looks likely to ramp up this year, in 2020, so your time to prepare is growing very short.
The people of New York, New Jersey and other liberal areas who gave up their guns are soon going to find out what happens when you surrender to a foreign enemy whose troops are known rapists and child traffickers, by the way. There are going to be a whole lot of liberals in New York City who sadly discover why you should never give up your right to self-defense and hand some foreign enemy a monopoly on firearms. Especially not the UN, which is known around the world for mass rapings, child kidnappings and human trafficking.
Why do you think they need a monopoly on firepower in the first place? It’s because they would normally be shot for their crimes against women and children. That’s why they disarm populations first, get it?
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Note: I believe that the information revealed in the following articles and videos relates to and/or further supports the disturbing information revealed in the above thought-provoking article-You Decide:
Virginia county to fund militia, per US Constitution, in wake of Democrats' gun-control agenda: One official said the measure allows for immediate intervention if state legislation violates citizens' Second Amendment rights!-Posted on The Daily Wire-By Dave Urbanski-On December 17, 2019:
Amid dozens of Virginia counties declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in case the state enacts strict gun-control measures next year, Tazewell County joined in — and took a big extra step.
In addition to passing a resolution declaring the county a Second Amendment sanctuary, the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 3 also passed a resolution underscoring the right to a well-funded and regulated militia as described in the U.S. Constitution and the commonwealth's constitution, WJHL-TV reported.
And even though Democrats outnumber Republicans 3-2 on the board, both resolutions passed unanimously, the station said.
What does it all mean?
The Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution indicates the county won't provide funds for any measure infringing upon its citizens' Second Amendment rights, the station said.
The militia resolution allocates county funds to maintain a well-regulated militia, board chairman Travis Hackworth told WJHL.
Vice Chairman Charles Stacey added to the station that the militia resolution also would provide immediate intervention if the Virginia General Assembly — which will be Democrat-controlled in 2020 — passes legislation violating citizens' Second Amendment rights.
Stacey and Hackworth also told WJHL that if state laws are signed that oppose the Second Amendment, Tazewell County will prepare an injunction.
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What's the background?
Virginia Democratic lawmakers have threatened law enforcement officials in Second Amendment Sanctuary counties with potential prosecution if they don't uphold future gun control measures.
Regarding the matter Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said "there's not going to be retaliation" but "if we have constitutional laws on the books, and law enforcement officers are not enforcing those laws on the books, then there are going to be consequences, but I'll cross that bridge if and when we get to it."
Amid the backlash, Northam and incoming Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw said they would add a "grandfather clause" to the proposed assault weapon ban, which would let gun owners keep weapons already legally owned — as long as they're registered.
In addition, a Virginia sheriff said if Democrats pass restrictive gun control laws, he may deputize thousands of citizens to exempt them from such measures.
(H/T: Washington Examiner)
Continue Reading:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/virginia-county-to-fund-militia
Virginia Gun Owners Protest New Law in True American Fashion!-Posted on The Political Insider-By David Kamioner, LifeZette-On January 3, 2020:
Taking a page from the playbook of the radical leftist immigration lobby, gun owners in the state of Virginia have convinced over 100 cities, towns, and counties in the state to declare themselves gun-“sanctuary” areas.
This is in response to upcoming extremist gun-control legislation put forth by the Democratic majority in the Virginia General Assembly.
Democrats flipped the state house blue in November 2019 state elections.
The leader who backs the bills, Gov. Ralph Northam (D), is also a hard-Left Democrat best known for his (possible) recreational use of blackface — and his championship of late-term abortion to the point of actual infanticide.
The two new bills, SB 16 and SB 18, would ban “assault weapons” (as the Left defines them), raise the minimum age to purchase a weapon to 21, and require background checks for any gun transfer.
So much for “shall not be infringed” and the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Related: Virginia Sheriff Has Warning for Gun-Grabbing Dems About Massive ‘Militia’
Anti-constitutional activists, such as the so-called Moms Demand Action group, frame their argument this way: “We know that, as it has been proven, gun safety laws save lives,” as a representative from the group is reported to have said in open debate.
The person who made that statement is apparently not aware that the cities in America with the highest gun-related crime rates, such as Baltimore and Chicago, also have the most stringent gun control laws.
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.) does not agree with the gun-control group: “I am against the current laws put forth by the General Assembly to restrict firearm purchases and I will remain committed to preserving the right of all law-abiding individuals to purchase, possess, and use firearms,” he said to Fox News on Thursday.
Gun sanctuary groups are even more adamant. The Virginia Citizens Defense League announced in a statement on December 26 that, “should the government in Richmond act lawlessly, then local officials and the people they represent will not cooperate and may take steps to actively resist.”
Focus on that last part of the line: “May take steps to actively resist.”
What form that resistance could take is anyone’s guess.
But it is likely the Dem–run Virginia General Assembly didn’t take it into account when proposing this extreme kind of measure.
Now, one way or another, their leftist arrogance will cost them. Virginia should be hopeful that the reckoning is only at the polls.
This piece originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
Source Link:
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/virginia-gun-owners-protest-new-law-in-true-american-fashion/
The Virginia Model for a Constitutional Confederation of States: Where there is no clear constitutional authority for congressional legislation and taxes, what should be the consequence for such dereliction?-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Mark Alexander-On January 22, 2020:
Virginia’s Recent Extremism a Warning Sign for Other States!-Posted on The Daily Signal-By Jarrett Stepman /@JarrettStepman-On January 27, 2020:
The Virginia House Just Passed a Bill that Bans Assault Weapons–And More!-Posted on The Political Insider-By Guest Author-On February 11, 2020:
Virginia Democrats pass draconian, ineffective bill banning ‘assault weapons’!-Posted on The Washington Examiner-By Brad Polumbo-On February 12, 2020:
Virginia's Model for Both Sides of Gun Debate: As Democrats advance anti-Second Amendment measures, Patriots fight back!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Louis DeBroux-On February 12, 2020:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/68514-virginias-model-for-both-sides-of-gun-debate-2020-02-12
Democrats In Arizona Propose Legislation With Chilling Implications For “Assault Weapon” Owners!-Posted on TeaParty247.org-On February 12, 2020:
New Mexico: 2020 Legislative Session Convenes Today!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On January 21, 2020:
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20200121/new-mexico-2020-legislative-session-convenes-today
New Mexico: Senate Committee to Consider Extreme “Red Flag” Legislation TOMORROW!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On January 27, 2020:
New Mexico: Senate Public Affairs Passes Extreme “Red Flag” Legislation to Judiciary Committee!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On January 29, 2020:
New Mexico: Senate Judiciary Committee to Consider Extreme "Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Bill TOMORROW!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On February 4, 2020:
New Mexico Action Needed: Senate Could Consider “Red Flag” Firearms Surrender Bill as Early as Friday!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On February 6, 2020:
New Mexico: Senate Passes Extreme “Red Flag” Gun Confiscation Legislation!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On February 8, 2020:
New Mexico: “Red Flag” Gun Surrender Legislation to be Heard in House Committee TOMORROW!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On February 10, 2020:
New Mexico: House Committee Passes “Red Flag” Gun Surrender Bill to the Floor!-Posted on NRA-ILA-On February 10, 2020:
New Mexico Governor: Sheriffs Should Enforce Red Flag Law or Resign!-Posted on The New American-By Bob Adelmann-On February 27, 2020:
The Slippery Slope of Red Flag Laws!-Posted on The New American-By Dan Gifford-On February 9, 2020:
https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/34775-the-slippery-slope-of-red-flag-laws
2019 Ended With Heroic Actions by Lawful Gun Owners!-Posted on The Daily Signal-By Amy Swearer / @AmySwearer-On January 21, 2020:
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/21/2019-ended-with-heroic-actions-by-lawful-gun-owners
Crime, Punishment, and the Second Amendment: It's not creating new laws that will save lives; it's consistently enforcing old ones!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Harold Hutchison-On January 31, 2020:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/68254-crime-punishment-and-the-second-amendment-2020-01-31
Political Super Bowl Ad Likely to Backfire!-Posted on The Political Insider-By David Kamioner, LifeZette-On February 2, 2020:
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/political-super-bowl-ad-likely-to-backfire/
How Will Virginia’s New Gun-control Laws Be Enforced?-Posted on The New American-By Bob Adelmann-On February 4, 2020:
The Folly of Unilateral Political Disarmament: The GOP establishment is still failing to stand up for grassroots conservatives!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Harold Hutchison-On February 11, 2020:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/68486-the-folly-of-unilateral-political-disarmament-2020-02-11
Retired Connecticut State Trooper: Another Tax Won’t Stop Gun Violence. “NO CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CRIMINAL!”-Posted on The Post & Email-By Sharon Rondeau-On February 15, 2020:
Florida's 'Red Flag' Applied Over 3,500 Times in Just Two Years: Inconsistent use of laws and questions regarding due-process protections only add to criticism!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Thomas Gallatin-On February 19, 2020:
Biden to Gun Manufacturers: “I’m Going To Take You Down!”-Posted on The New American-By Warren Mass-On February 25, 2020:
Yes, Women and Minorities Should Own Firearms: But some gun grabbers are especially worried that these Americans are buying guns!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Brian Mark Weber-On February 28, 2020:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/68892-yes-women-and-minorities-should-own-firearms-2020-02-28
Biden: I Don't Have Any of the Facts on Colorado, But We Definitely Need a Gun Ban!-Posted on Townhall-By Katie Pavlich/ @KatiePavlich-On March 23, 2021:
Here's what we know about the Boulder, Colorado, mass shooting suspect!-Posted on CNN.com-By Ray Sanchez and Blake Ellis, CNN-On March 23, 2021:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/23/us/boulder-colorado-shooting-suspect/index.html
The Colorado Shooting Suspect Just Destroyed the Left's Narrative!-Posted on Townhall-By Katie Pavlich/ @KatiePavlich-On March 23, 2021:
Flashback: Video: Black conservative leaders discuss how the NRA was created to protect freed slaves!-Posted on YouTube.com-By DAFRUSA-On 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RABZq5IoaQ
Note: I also believe that the disturbing information revealed on the above recent articles and videos relates to and/or further supports my following blogs from the recent past-You Decide:
Biden: I Don't Have Any of the Facts on Colorado, But We Definitely Need a Gun Ban!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On March 23, 2021:
Billionaire Leftists Attack Your Gun Rights!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On May 28, 2014:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/billionaire-leftists-attack-your-gun-rights
An Open Letter To Communist Valerie Jarrett!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez on August 25, 2012:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-open-letter-to-communist-valerie-jarrett
What is the true intent of the UN Small Arms Treaty?-Posted on WordPress.com-On January 12, 2010:
https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/what-is-the-true-intent-of-the-un-small-arms-treaty/
Letter to Our NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Re: Newly Proposed Gun Control Measures)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On January 19, 2019:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/letter-to-our-nm-governor-michelle-lujan-grisham-re-newly
Letter to NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Re: Border Security)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On February 14, 2019:
Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Shadow Party’s alleged agenda to take down America)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On February 13, 2015:
Follow-up Letter to NM Governor Michelle Lujan Gresham (Re: Taking down of America from within!)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On October 30, 2020:
Brainwashed the DocuMovie Part One!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On February 17, 2021:
https://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/brainwashed-the-documovie-part-one
Brainwashed the DocuMovie Part One(Part 89)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-March 31, 2022:
https://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/brainwashed-the-documovie-part-one-part-89
9/11 TRUTH SEEKERS: THE ‘LUNATIC FRINGE’ IS WHOM?-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On May 25, 2014:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/9-11-truth-seekers-the-lunatic-fringe-is-whom
Where Is America Today?-Posted on WordPress.com-On May 26, 2010:
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/where-is-america-today-2/
Note: The following videos wholeheartedly share my sentiments regarding what we are currently experiencing in America today-You Decide:
A Republic, If You Can Keep It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGL8CiUtXF0
The Fightin Side of Me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBAzLCA3DQc
When Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukzd_vRFpms
“Food for Thought”
Hello: Are Americans Going To Wake Up and Take a Stand Against The Deplorable Obstructionists That Are Doing Their Utmost To Take Down Our Democratically Elected President, His Administration and Ultimately Destroy our Country/Republic?-God Bless America!
Please Continue Praying For Our Country/Republic.
Semper Fi!
Jake
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Soleimani Dead – Sketchy Details Emerging – Airstrikes at Baghdad Airport, Cargo Area
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GOP senator predicts Senate will
acquit Trump before State of the Union
by Spencer Neale
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ Sen. Roy Blunt is predicting that President Trump will be found not guilty by the Senate before he gives the State of the Union address on Feb. 4... Speaking with Wake Up Columbia on Missouri radio station KSSZ, the Missouri Republican said House Democrats have had plenty of time to make their case for impeachment and that Trump will have "a chance for his lawyers to explain why he shouldn't be impeached, and then we'll have that vote and move on." The State of the Union is scheduled for a day after the Iowa caucuses this year, which would mean a quick trial of fewer than four weeks in the Senate. Republicans control the majority in the Senate, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear that he anticipates a swift vote, stating that both sides have "heard enough." “Have we learned enough after listening to all of this to go on and vote on the two very weak articles of impeachment?” McConnell said after the two articles passed. “Or do we have a show trial in which both sides try to embarrass the other and put on an embarrassing scene, frankly, for the American people?" Blunt added that House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi had not fulfilled her promise when the investigation began of a bipartisan impeachment. "liar-Nancy Pelosi said at the very start of the year that if impeachment wasn't bipartisan, it wouldn't work," said Blunt. "And it clearly was not bipartisan in the House, not a single Republican voted for the articles of impeachment, and a couple of Democrats didn't, either." Blunt stated he believes a Senate trial would be "pretty predictable" and would happen "quickly.".
Marine Corps Crisis Response
Force Will Remain In Baghdad
By Ben Werner
{ news.usni.org } ~ After sending Marines from Kuwait to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said a battalion of Army paratroopers will now serve as the regional quick-response force, a role previously filled by the Marines... The additional Marines were sent to Baghdad on Tuesday after a mob, including members of the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia, stormed the front gate of the U.S. Embassy compound. The militia members were protesting recent U.S. military airstrikes on five Hezbollah sites in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. airstrikes were in response to earlier Kataib Hezbollah militia attacks on Iraqi bases hosting Operation Inherent Resolve coalition forces, including U.S. military personnel, Esper said during a Thursday morning media briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley. Attacks on U.S. and coalition bases have been increasing in frequency and lethality since October, Esper said, blaming the increase on Iran, who provides equipment and backing to Kataib Hezbollah.“This is just the latest example of Iranian bad behavior in the region – in Iraq specifically – attacking U.S. coalition and partner forces, involving themselves in the sovereign government of Iraq, and doing other things that upsets the balance and creates turmoil in the entire region,” Esper said. The Marines now in Baghdad are assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF)-Crisis Response-Central Command. Among their skill sets is to provide additional security to U.S. embassies in the CENTCOM region quickly. The Marine Corps revamped its U.S. embassy crisis response program after the murder of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three Americans in his security detail during an attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. However, with the MAGTF now in Baghdad, Esper and Milley said they needed to send additional forces to act as a regional reserve force. They want CENTCOM Commander Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie to have sufficient forces to respond quickly to any emergency in the region, which is why about 750 members of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division left for Kuwait on New Year’s Day... https://news.usni.org/2020/01/02/marine-corps-crisis-response-force-will-remain-in-baghdad?utm_source=USNI+News&utm_campaign=4f3d4c3b5d-USNI_NEWS_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0dd4a1450b-4f3d4c3b5d-231491269&mc_cid=4f3d4c3b5d&mc_eid=3999f18767.
‘Iranian proxy’ militia leader spotted at US
Embassy attack was guest at
scumbag/liar-nObama WH, now
reportedly in US custody
by Vivek Saxena
{ bizpacreview.com } ~ Nearly nine years after then-President Barack Hussein scumbag/liar-nObama and then-Vice President loose lips liar-Joe Biden met with an Iraqi political figure in 2011... that same shadowy figure went on to reportedly help assist in the attack this New Year’s Eve on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. The figure is Hadi al-Amiri, who in 2011 served as then-Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s minister of transportation, and who currently serves as both a member of the Iraqi Parliament and as the president of Iraq’s largest pro-Iranian militia, Badr Corps. Below is photo evidence of Amiri outside the embassy early Tuesday morning EST. “The Washington Post reported Amiri’s presence at the protests outside the embassy, saying he was ‘in attendance,” Fox News notes. “The Associated Press also reported that Amiri was among the ‘commanders of militia factions loyal to Iran’ who ‘joined the protesters outside the embassy in a strikingly bold move.'” As previously reported by BizPac Review, that morning hundreds of affiliates of an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militia known as Kata’ib Hezbollah stormed the embassy, nearly triggering another Benghazi butultimately failing to do so. Now flashback to Dec. 12, 2011, when Amiri reportedly accompanied then-PM Maliki for a high-profile visit to the scumbag/liar-nObama White House, despite complaints from critics. “Amiri’s inclusion in the trip to Washington raised eyebrows at the time due to his involvement and ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which backed the Badr Corps at the time and had been linked to several attacks on Western targets,” Fox notes... https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/03/iranian-proxy-militia-leader-spotted-at-us-embassy-attack-was-guest-at-obama-wh-now-reportedly-in-us-custody-871399?utm_campaign=bizpac&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_source=Get+Response&utm_term=EMAIL .
2020 Resistance – Dem Operatives
Open New Leak Clearing House
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ 2020 is the year when a variety of prior democrat operations will converge with a single goal in mind. Predictably we will see several years of prior effort beginning to merge, and it begins today... NOTE: For interested readers it will be impossible for me to summarize the background for each step prior to putting the next puzzle piece into place. Therefore I strongly suggest bookmarking posts for later reference because it would take tens of thousands of words to understand for anyone who steps into the light mid-way through. Tomorrow, January 3rd, 2020, the House Judiciary Committeee (HJC) will be presenting oral arguments in the DC court of appeals for their effort to obtain the Mueller grand jury information [6(e) material], and also compel testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn. The House has a group of dozens of various DOJ and former scumbag/liar-nObama officials working on their behalf. That House network also has several currently employed DOJ, FBI, State Department and Intelligence Community officials feeding them information on current real-time events. The HJC are currently arguing the Mueller material and the McGahn testimony are needed for the impeachment trial of President Trump. If the HJC team wins the argument to the three member DC Appellate Court, the DOJ will likely file for a full ‘en blanc’ review by the entire panel. If the HJC wins the ‘en blanc’ argument the DOJ will likely appeal for an administrative stay by the Supreme Court....
Palestinian 'Moderates' Celebrate Terror
by Bassam Tawil
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ The Palestinian ruling Fatah faction, headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, is celebrating the 55th anniversary of its first terrorist attack against Israel... by reminding everyone that it remains committed to the "armed struggle as the only way to liberate Palestine." Thousands of Fatah supporters took to the streets in the Gaza Strip on December 29, 2019 to celebrate the anniversary. The celebration was organized by the armed wing of Fatah, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades – Nidal Al-Amoudi Battalion, a rogue Fatah splinter group. Hundreds of masked Fatah gunmen dressed in military uniforms marched through the streets of Gaza City. Some carried rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons. The military parade could not have taken place without the consent of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that has been ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, when its members overthrew the regime of the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA). Since then, Hamas and Fatah have been at each other's throats – a fight that has resulted in the emergence of two separate Palestinian entities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Hamas, it appears, perceives Fatah as a major threat to its rule over the Gaza Strip, which is presumably why it arrests and harasses Fatah members there on a regular basis. Similarly, the PA security forces and Fatah seem to consider Hamas a real threat to their rule over parts of the West Bank; they, too, have long been cracking down on Hamas members and supporters there. Why did Hamas allow Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades to hold a military parade in the Gaza Strip? The Fatah group operating in the Gaza Strip shares the ideology of Hamas, which defines itself as the "Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood." Both Hamas and the PA seek to replace Israel with an Islamic state through violent jihad holy war. The Hamas covenant, published in 1988, defines jihad as its highest priority for the liberation of Palestine and the establishment of an Islamic Palestine "from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River."....
Iranian Commander Says Country
Ready for War With U.S.
by Adam Kredo
{ freebeacon.com } ~ A top Iranian military commander said on Thursday that the Islamic Republic is ready for a war with the United States... amid growing tensions following Iranian-backed attacks on American outposts in Iraq. Major General Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned in remarks that Iran is prepared to defeat the United States in an armed conflict. The prospect of a full-scale war between the two countries has been brewing for weeks as Iranian-backed militias in Iraq attacked American outposts and personnel. The Trump administration recently launched a retaliatory attack on sites controlled by Iranian forces. "We are powerful and ready for defeating the U.S. several other times and we are not worried about the U.S. threats and it is them who should be worried," Salami said in yet another escalation of words. "The Iranian nation has not started war in the past incidents but it annihilates any aggressor and the U.S. is aware of this." Iraqi protesters backed by the Iranian government have taken to the streets in recent days, sparking clashes around the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad. The violence followed an attack on a U.S. outpost that killed one American contractor, which led to the United States bombing facilities the Trump administration said were under control of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia force. Since Monday, protesters have swarmed the U.S. embassy, firing guns and attempting to set the facility on fire... https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-commander-says-country-ready-for-war-with-u-s/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=9e317732b9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_02_08_01_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-9e317732b9-45611665 .
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Soleimani Dead – Sketchy Details Emerging – Airstrikes at Baghdad Airport, Cargo Area
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Details are starting to emerge about the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. As with all early reports a modicum of skepticism toward the details should be applied. However, here’s the expanded reporting from the Associated Press.
The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump.
An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran’s regional security apparatus, at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said, an attack that’s expected to draw severe Iranian retaliation against Israel and American interests.
The Defense Department said Soleimani “was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region.” It also accused Soleimani of approving the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad earlier this week.
A statement released late Thursday by the Pentagon said the strike on Soleimani “was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans.”
The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, or PMF, Iraqi officials said. The PMF media arm said the two were killed in an American airstrike that targeted their vehicle on the road to the airport.
Citing a Revolutionary Guard statement, Iranian state television said Soleimani was “martyred” in an attack by U.S. helicopters near the airport, without elaborating.
[…] A senior Iraqi politician and a high-level security official confirmed to The Associated Press that Soleimani and al-Muhandis were among those killed in the attack shortly after midnight.
Two militia leaders loyal to Iran also confirmed the deaths, including an official with the Kataeb Hezbollah faction, which was involved in the New Year’s Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
[…] A senior Iraqi politician and a high-level security official confirmed to The Associated Press that Soleimani and al-Muhandis were among those killed in the attack shortly after midnight. Two militia leaders loyal to Iran also confirmed the deaths, including an official with the Kataeb Hezbollah faction, which was involved in the New Year’s Eve attack by Iran-backed militias on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
[…] The security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said al-Muhandis had arrived to the airport in a convoy along with others to receive Soleimani, whose plane had arrived from either Lebanon or Syria. The airstrike took place near the cargo area after he left the plane to be greeted by al-Muhandis and others.
Two officials from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces said Suleimani’s body was torn to pieces in the attack while they did not find the body of al-Muhandis. A senior politician said Soleimani’s body was identified by the ring he wore.
[…] The official with the group known as the Popular Mobilization Forces said the dead included its airport protocol officer, identifying him as Mohammed Reda.
A security official confirmed that seven people were killed in the attack on the airport, describing it as an airstrike. Earlier, Iraq’s Security Media Cell, which releases information regarding Iraqi security, said Katyusha rockets landed near the airport’s cargo hall, killing several people and setting two cars on fire.
Statement from the Pentagon:
At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. He had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months – including the attack on December 27th – culminating in the death and wounding of additional American and Iraqi personnel. General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that took place this week.
This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world.
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President Trump Delivers a Statement on Iran
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com } ~ This afternoon President Trump delivered a statement on Iran outlining the successful preemptive strike against Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani.…“We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war.”…https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/president-trump-statement-iran.jpg?w=640&h=379.
Trump Calls the Ayatollah’s Bluff
by Matthew Continetti
{ freebeacon.com } ~ The successful operation against Qassem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard, is a stunning blow to international terrorism and a reassertion of American might... It will also test President Trump's Iran strategy. It is now Trump, not Ayatollah Khamenei, who has ascended a rung on the ladder of escalation by killing the military architect of Iran's Shiite empire. For years, Iran has set the rules. It was Iran that picked the time and place of confrontation. No more. Reciprocity has been the key to understanding Donald Trump. Whether you are a media figure or a mullah, a prime minister or a pope, he will be good to you if you are good to him. Say something mean, though, or work against his interests, and he will respond in force. It won't be pretty. It won't be polite. There will be fallout. But you may think twice before crossing him again. That has been the case with Iran. President Trump has conditioned his policies on Iranian behavior. When Iran spread its malign influence, Trump acted to check it. When Iran struck, Trump hit back: never disproportionately, never definitively. He left open the possibility of negotiations. He doesn't want to have the Greater Middle East—whether Libya, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, or Afghanistan—dominate his presidency the way it dominated those of Barack scumbag/liar-nObama and George W. Bush. America no longer needs Middle Eastern oil. Best keep the region on the back burner. Watch it so it doesn't boil over. Do not overcommit resources to this underdeveloped, war-torn, sectarian land.The result was reciprocal antagonism. In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action negotiated by his predecessor. He began jacking up sanctions. The Iranian economy turned to shambles. This "maximum pressure" campaign of economic warfare deprived the Iranian war machine of revenue and drove a wedge between the Iranian public and the Iranian government. Trump offered the opportunity to negotiate a new agreement. Iran refused. And began to lash out. Last June, Iran's fingerprints were all over two oil tankers that exploded in the Persian Gulf. Trump tightened the screws. Iran downed a U.S. drone. Trump called off a military strike at the last minute and responded indirectly, with more sanctions, cyber attacks, and additional troop deployments to the region. Last September a drone fleet launched by Iranian proxies in Yemen devastated the Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Trump responded as he had to previous incidents: nonviolently... https://freebeacon.com/columns/trump-calls-the-ayatollahs-bluff/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=9e317732b9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_02_08_01_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-9e317732b9-45611665 .
'Decisive defensive action': Pentagon declares
that US killed Qassim Soleimani
on Trump's orders
by Russ Read
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ The Pentagon has confirmed that United States forces killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani “at the direction of the president.”... It said in a statement that Soleimani had been "actively developing plans" to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and further afield. In full, the statement said: "At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. "General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. He had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months - including the attack on December 27th - culminating in the death and wounding of additional American and Iraqi personnel. General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that took place this week. "This strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world.".
The Unthinkable: Soleimani Executed in Iraq
by Seth Frantzman
{ meforum.org } ~ Qasem Soleimani, the "shadow commander," Israel's "most dangerous enemy," has been killed in Iraq alongside his key disciple Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis... An airstrike near or at Baghdad International Airport targeted a motorcade with the men in it just days after their followers stormed the US Embassy compound and scrawled "Soleimani is our leader" on its walls. US President Donald Trump approved the airstrike. The Pentagon confirmed the US killed the Iranian Quds Force leader. The US said Iran was responsible for killing 608 US troops during the Iraq war. The unthinkable has happened. The man behind Iran's drive for regional hegemony, who commanded the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been targeted. This time, unlike all the previous times where he got away, he has met his end. Reports emerged after four in the morning, Iraqi time. A mysterious airstrike near the airport had led to rumors of its closure hours earlier. Two flights were inbound at the time. A Pegasus and Iraq airways flight. Three or four rockets impacted near the airport. US helicopters were reported buzzing in the distance. It appears a cryptic tweet from US Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced the US policy to begin pre-emptive strikes against Iranian adversaries or their proxies. "To Iran and its proxy militias: We will not accept the continued attacks against our personnel and forces in the region. Attacks against us will be met with responses in the time, manner and place of our choosing. We urge the Iranian regime to end malign activities."... https://www.meforum.org/60196/the-unthinkable-soleimani-killed-in-iraq?utm_source=Middle+East+Forum&utm_campaign=4a770185e9-MEF_Frantzman_2020_01_03_06_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_086cfd423c-4a770185e9-33703665&goal=0_086cfd423c-4a770185e9-33703665&mc_cid=4a770185e9&mc_eid=f33b9e6c12 .
Iran vows 'harsh retaliation' after
US airstrike kills Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani
By Danielle Wallace
{ foxnews.com } ~ On New Year's Day, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei taunted Donald Trump on his favorite platform... Twitter, after the President vowed Iran would be held "fully responsible" for any lives lost at U.S. facilities abroad. "You can't do anything," Khamenei boldly declared. Less than 48 hours later, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike in Iraq ordered by "that guy" President Trump, with the ayatollah now claiming "harsh retaliation is waiting for the criminals whose filthy hands spilled his blood. "His words were echoed by Iran's president Hassan Rouhani, who promised to "take revenge for this heinous crime." Rouhani also said Iran would "raise the flag" of Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, "in defense of the country's territorial integrity and the fight against terrorism and extremism in the region." The Pentagon confirmed Thursday evening that Trump had ordered the attack that killed Soleimani and other military officials at Baghdad International Airport. Iran’s top “shadow commander” was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more, the State Department said. The U.S. State Department issued a security alert Friday morning urging all U.S. citizens to “depart Iraq immediately” due to heightened tensions in the region. “Due to Iranian-backed militia attacks at the U.S. Embassy compound, all consular operations are suspended. U.S. citizens should not approach the Embassy,” the alert said. The agency also shared phone numbers people concerned about U.S. citizens and other loved ones in Iraq could call toll free for information. The State Department said the airstrike “was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans."... https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-promises-harsh-retaliation-after-us-airstrike-kills-iranian-gen-qassem-soleimani .
Cruz Asks Joy Reid 'What Is Wrong With You?'
After Her Benghazi Comment
By Jim Hayek
{ americantruthtoday.com } ~ President Trump’s swift response to the attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad had Americans comparing and contrasting his leadership with that of former Secretary of State scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton... scumbag/liar-Clinton headed the State Department during the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya in 2012 and was condemned for failing to act as terrorists stormed the compound and killed four Americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens. A group of U.S. contractors were itching to fight but were told to stand down. As we know, they did not follow those orders and fought valiantly to protect our personnel. If that wasn’t bad enough, members of the scumbagt/liar-nObama administration also tried to tell us this was not a premeditated terror attack. It was a different scenario this week. When the team at the U.S. embassy in Iraq needed emergency assistance, President Donald Trump immediately agreed to send military reinforcements. Marines were sent from neighboring Kuwait to strengthen the embassy’s security, and the Pentagon said it would deploy an infantry battalion of about 750 soldiers to the region. The unit, from the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C., was expected to deploy to military bases, likely in Kuwait, and remain on standby, officials said. Additional U.S. forces were preparing to deploy over the next several days, the Pentagon said. It wasn’t long before the supporters and members of Kataib Hezbollah who had terrorized those inside the embassy retreated. Astonishingly, American politics has become so nasty and so partisan, that some people, at least judging by their rhetoric, wanted Baghdad to be “Trump’s Benghazi.” One of those critics was MSNBC host Joy Reid. She was surprised that the White House had released a new statement about the transcripts related to his impeachment inquiry while the president’s own Benghazi was occurring....
Manhattan DA Declines to Prosecute
Anti-Semitic Attack as Hate Crime
by Adam Kredo
{ freebeacon.com } ~ The Manhattan district attorney's office has declined to prosecute a recent anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish subway passenger as a hate crime... according to lawyers representing the victim. Lihi Aharon, an Israeli student riding the New York City subway in December, was attacked by another passenger who cursed at her and yelled "Allahu akbar!" While the attack on Aharon seemed to be motivated by anti-Semitic animus, the Manhattan DA informed lawyers representing Aharon on Thursday that it would not prosecute the case as a hate crime. The incident is one of several recent anti-Semitic attacks around New York City that have sparked a nationwide conversation about the resurgence of anti-Semitism in America. "The DA's refusal to prosecute this targeted attack as a hate crime is an egregious miscarriage of justice," Brooke Goldstein, executive director of the Lawfare Project, which is representing Aharon, said in a statement provided to the Washington Free Beacon. "The Jewish community is under siege and the DA's office won't even attempt to defend us," Goldstein said. "Allowing acts of hate and violence like what happened to Lihi to go unanswered seeds the ground for more horrible tragedies like we saw in Jersey City and Monsey. We must send a message that religious bigotry and violence targeted against any minority community is not acceptable." Aharon and a Jewish man she was riding with were attacked after another passenger heard them conversing in Hebrew and saw the man was wearing a yarmulke, according to the victim... https://freebeacon.com/national-security/manhattan-da-declines-to-prosecute-anti-semitic-attack-as-hate-crime/?utm_source=Freedom+Mail&utm_campaign=9e317732b9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_02_08_01_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-9e317732b9-45611665 .
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Anti-Semites and Their Progressive Enablers
Arnold Ahlert: In New York, anti-Semitism has returned with a vengeance — abetted by the state’s new “bail reform” legislation.
Last week alone, eight anti-Semitic attacks were initially reported in New York City. All but one occurred in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Those attacks were followed by one in Monsey, where a man walked into a rabbi’s home during a Hanukkah celebration and attacked five people with a machete, critically injuring two. (He has been charged with a federal hate crime.) And late Tuesday, reports surfaced of yet another savage assault against an Orthodox Jewish man by a group of seven black teenagers, and an incident where two men flashed a knife and yelled “Hey Jew boy” at a 17-year-old teen.
Unsurprisingly, Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed President Donald Trump and the hate “emanating from Washington.” Democrat New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed the incidents on a “pattern of hate in this nation” that “starts at the top.”
That would be the same Mayor de Blasio who has championed anti-police rhetoric to the point where officers are being assaulted in broad daylight, and the same Gov. Cuomo who once asserted that “extreme” conservatives “have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.”
Predictably, both men are staunch supporters of the bail-reform law that kicked in on New Year’s Day, but demonstrated its “effectiveness” prior to its official start date, precipitating the no-bail release of most of the suspects involved in the initial eight attacks. Why were they released before the law took effect? “The de Blasio administration has made it clear that we all need to get into compliance with bail reform now,” a law-enforcement source explained.
The law also engendered the resignation of NYC police commissioner James O'Neill, who warned the legislation would release thousands of dangerous inmates.
O'Neill wasn’t exaggerating. “Courts are in the process of case-by-case reviews that by New Year’s Day will release at least 3,800 people from county jails across the state,” the New York Post reported in mid-December. “Some officials estimate that a quarter to a third of their jail populations will be back on the street. The city’s looking at about 900 releases, with an estimated 170 defendants sprung on Staten Island alone.”
One of the early “springees” was Tiffany Harris. She was released without bail, despite admitting she slapped and cursed at three Orthodox women in Brooklyn, and despite having another open harassment and assault case on the court docket since November. Harris also received a no jail sentence for committing felony criminal mischief in Manhattan.
How did her release work out? One day later, she was re-arrested for punching another woman in the face.
Harris is the tip of a highly inconvenient iceberg. Despite leftist assertions that every attack is due to the “Anti-Semite-in Chief” in the Oval Office, Tablet columnist Armin Rosen reveals that “the perpetrators who have been recorded on CCTV cameras are overwhelmingly black and Hispanic,” a reality that “inverts the perpetrator-victim dynamics with which most national Jewish organizations and their supporters are comfortable,” he adds.
Comfortable? Ideologically compromised is more like it. In a devastating account published in The Lid, columnist Jeff Dunetz chronicles Democrats’ increasing acceptance of anti-Semitism, abetted by leftists who are not anti-Semitic but “cowardly refuse to expose and/or fight the Antisemitism rampant in their ranks.”
He cites several collaborators, including Barack scumbag/liar-nObama, who “allied himself with Al Sharpton who was a leader of the anti-Semitic pogrom in Crown Heights and incited the anti-Semitic firebombing of Freddy’s Fashion Mart in Harlem.” He notes that rabid anti-Semite scumbag-Louis Farrakhan was supported by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, and that Israel hater and anti-Semite Linda Sarsour has shared platforms with “scumbag liar-Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velasquez, Brad Sherman, Mike Quigley, scumbag-Al Green, Robin Kelly, Jamie Raskin, Donald McEachin, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.”
He reminds us of the Democrat Party’s cowardly refusal to condemn worthless-Ilhan “It’s All About the Benjamins Baby” worthless-Omar for that slur and another tweet where she asserted that “Israel has hypnotized the world.” He notes that Democrat presidential candidate commie-Bernie Sanders has two anti-Semites on his staff, the aforementioned worthless-Linda Sarsour and James Zogby, a man who has referred to Israelis as “Nazis,” and sitting members of Congress as “Israel Firsters.”
What about our “anti-Semitic” president? Trump “recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital” (in stark contrast to the chorus of boos that idea received at the Democrats 2012 National Convention), supported the the “Taylor Force Act to withhold U.S. taxpayer dollars from the Palestinian Authority until they stop rewarding terrorists with blood money,” pulled America out of the disastrous Iran deal, and “became the first president in US history to issue an official definition of Antisemitism” and “an executive order to fight the hatred of Jews.”
Trump signed that order to counter the increasing acceptance of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activity on college campuses. It instructed each agency tasked with enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to embrace the definition of anti-Semitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).
A welcome development? Not for the Washington Post. “It is important to take measures to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitism on campus, but not at the price of classifying Jews as a nationality,” the paper asserts. “This contradicts the feelings of most American Jews and opens up a dangerous discussion that really never existed in this country. In the end, in the name of protecting Jews from anti-Semitism, such a maneuver might lay the groundwork for a much more serious anti-Semitic threat.”
More serious than what? According to FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Jews and Jewish institutions remain the biggest target of religion-based hate crimes, accounting for 59% of the overall total.
And again, what’s going on in New York cannot be ignored. “Nobody wants to talk about it, but something is going on between the black and Jewish communities in the New York City area that needs to be addressed,” warns columnist David Marcus.
Why won’t it be? “The problem for all the silent elected officials is that the perpetrators of these violent crimes don’t fit neatly into their political-enemies list,” columnist Karol Marcowicz explained last May, following a series of previous attacks. “They aren’t MAGA-hat-wearing white supremacists.”
Indeed. Thus, Jewish Americans can expect the Left to continue embracing its moral meltdown, driven by an all-consuming hatred of President Trump.
Will it get worse? “From the streets of Chicago to the city council of Seattle, and in the pages of academic journals ranging from the Cardozo Law Review to the Harvard Law Review and of mainstream publications from the Boston Review to Rolling Stone, advocates and activists are building a case not just to reform policing — viewed as an oppressive, violent, and racist institution — but to do away with it altogether,” columnist Christopher F. Rufo reports.
What could possibly go wrong? Tragically, Jews are statistically the most likely group of Americans to find out. ~The Patriot Post
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Friday Top News Executive Summary
Media Editors: Above the Fold
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TERRORIST NEUTRALIZED: Iran vows “harsh” response to U.S. killing of top general, Qassem Soleimani; meanwhile, Americans are implored to leave Iraq “immediately” (Associated Press)
SANITY: Marine Corps authorizes concealed carry on bases following recent shootings (National Review)
Government & Politics
CIRCLING THE WAGONS: Media struggle to explain recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks without blaming Jews, Trump (The Washington Free Beacon)
LIMITED VAPING BAN: Trump administration declares ban on mint, fruit-flavored vaping products (The Hill)
Virginia
GUN-GRAB PROPOSAL: Virginia governor’s call for 18-person gun-ban force comes under fire (Washington Examiner)
STOCKING UP: Guns and ammo “flying off the shelves” in Virginia as Democrats pursue confiscation (The Daily Wire)
REVISIONIST HISTORY: Ralph Northam calls for removing statue of Robert E. Lee from U.S. Capitol (The Daily Wire)
Culture
“A RADICALLY UNSETTLED PRECEDENT”: Two hundred members of Congress are urging the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade (The Daily Caller)
MOTHER, DOCTORS DISAGREE: Texas judge rules 11-month-old to be taken off life support against mom’s wishes (The Daily Wire)
“THE LIES … HAVE BEEN FOREVER EXPOSED”: First trans person to obtain legal “non-binary” sex status changes back to birth sex in blow to LGBT movement (PJ Media)
Closing Arguments
POLICY: Qassem Soleimani’s death a “major operational, psychological victory” for the U.S. (The Heritage Foundation)
POLICY: The surprisingly good news about American family life — for kids (American Enterprise Institute)
HUMOR: Racist Democrats kick another minority out of 2020 presidential primary (Genesius Times)
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US assassinates Qasem Soleimani,
Iran's Khamenei warns of 'harsh revenge'
By OMRI NAHMIAS
{ jpost.com } ~ IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, along with at least 10 other people... were killed in an attack by US forces in Baghdad on Friday morning Israel time, according to reports confirmed by the Pentagon and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC). In a statement, the Pentagon said that the US killed Soleimani and al-Muhandis in an airstrike inside Baghdad International Airport. "At the direction of the President, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force, a US-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization," the Pentagon's statement read. According to the Pentagon, Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region. "General Soleimani and his Quds Force were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more," the Pentagon claimed, noting that the Iranian leader had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months, "including the attack on December 27th, culminating in the death and wounding of additional American and Iraqi personnel. "General Soleimani also approved the attacks on the US Embassy in Baghdad that took place this week," the Pentagon added, clarifying that the strike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans."The United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world," the statement concluded....
State Department urges U.S. citizens
to leave Iraq immediately
By Brie Stimson
{ foxnews.com } ~ The State Department issued a security alert early Friday morning urging Americans in Iraq to leave the country immediately... The warning comes hours after Iran promised “harsh retaliation” against the United States for an airstrike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad International Airport. “Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, we urge U.S. citizens to depart Iraq immediately,” the State Department said in the alert. The alert also said all consular operations are suspended at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad “Due to Iranian-backed militia attacks at the U.S. Embassy compound.” “U.S. citizens should not approach the Embassy," the alert said..
liar-Pelosi and McConnell begin
2020 in standoff over Trump trial
by Erik Wasson
{ personalliberty.com } ~ House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are locked in a stare-down over the terms of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial... which carries political risks for both sides if it continues deeper into January. The two-week congressional holiday break produced no new negotiations on the contours of the Senate trial, according to people familiar with the matter. liar-Pelosi is leaving the talks with McConnell up to Senate Democratic leader Chuck scumbag-Schumer, with whom she’s been coordinating, officials in the speaker’s office said. liar-Pelosi has held up delivering to the Senate the two articles of impeachment adopted by the Democratic-majority House, saying she wants to see a “fair” process for the trial. Officials in liar-Pelosi’s office said she and scumbag-Schumer are in lockstep on what that means: trial procedures that would include documents and testimony from witnesses that were blocked by Trump during the House’s impeachment inquiry. “Neither Senator McConnell, nor any Republican senator, has articulated a single good reason why the trial shouldn’t have these witnesses or these documents,” scumbag-Schumer said at a news conference Monday in New York. McConnell is showing no signs of shifting off his position that a vote on calling witnesses can be left until after the impeachment case is argued by House managers and Trump’s counsel. While most lawmakers won’t return to Washington until next week — when haggling over the trial process is likely to begin in earnest — McConnell is expected to deliver remarks on the Senate floor Friday criticizing the Democrats’ position. In the background is the 2020 election campaign that will decide control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, and that’s putting pressure on both sides in the impeachment drama... https://personalliberty.com/pelosi-and-mcconnell-begin-2020-in-standoff-over-trump-trial/ .
Pompeo Responds to Iran's Three Demands Following Their Attack on the
U.S. Embassy
by Beth Baumann
{ townhall.com } ~ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday night discussed the attacks on the United States' embassy in Baghdad with Fox News' Mike Emanuel... According to Pompeo, those who carried out the attacks are terrorists that are backed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. "Well, what you say was Iranian-backed terrorists. Many of them are individuals that have been designated terrorists by the United States and others, coming to the American embassy and posing a risk to the American diplomats and personnel inside the embassy," Pompeo explained. "You saw President Trump direct a quick, decisive, prudent response by making sure that we had all the resources necessary to keep our people safe and to secure the compound as well." "Any plans to evacuate the embassy in Baghdad, sir?" Emanuel asked. "None," Pompeo replied. "Okay. Any plans to pull some of the 5,000 U.S. troops in Iraq out?" Emanuel asked. "None," Pompeo replied. On Tuesday, the Pentagon deployed 750 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg that were sent to nearby military bases where they will wait until they are needed in Baghdad. Up to 5,000 troops from the 82nd are reportedly being sent overseas. Emanuel asked about the 82nd being used to "bolster forces in the region." According to the Secretary of State, more context has to be given to the situation. "This is 40 years of the Islamic Republic of Iran being engaged in global terror campaigns, nuclear weapons dreams and nuclear enrichment capability existing today," he explained. Pompeo said that when the Trump administration took over, they inherited a difficult situation. "The previous administration provided lots of money, lots of money that was used for that nuclear program, lots of money that had been used for terror all around the world, to develop their missile program," he said. "The Trump administration has taken a much different view." "We put real pressure on the Islamic Republic of Iran," he explained. "We will continue to do so. And you saw the president say today we will continue to hold the Islamic Republic of Iran accountable wherever we find their malign activity and we'll make sure we have the resources to do so." Although Pompeo refused to talk about specific actions that can and will be taken against Iran, he reiterated President Trump's stance that Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will feel America's power if the situation warrants it....
Trey Gowdy Shreds Democrats’ Impeachment
Case, Gives Update On Joining Trump Legal
Team After Playing Golf With Trump
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The Myth of Voter Suppression
by Jason Riley
{ youtube.com } ~ Do Republicans win elections by preventing minorities from voting? The Left says yes, but the data says no. In the latest short video from Prager University, Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, settles the argument with hard evidence, separating fact from fiction. Don't miss it! .
Homeland Security Chief Orders Review of
State Laws Allowing Driver’s
Licenses for Illegal Aliens
by Jason Hopkins
{ dailysignal.com } ~ Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, ordered a review of state laws that allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses and restrict data sharing with federal immigration authorities... Wolf on Tuesday ordered all of the components of DHS to conduct a department-wide review of the state laws to determine how they affect their day-to-day operations, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The DHS chief’s directive indicates he is prepared to take aim against the state laws. “Accordingly, I am instructing each operational component to conduct an assessment of the impact of these laws, so that the Department is prepared to deal with and counter these impacts as we protect the homeland,” Wolf’s memo read. The memo follows implementation of New York’s “Green Light” law, and passage of a similar bill in New Jersey in December. Both laws not only allow illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses, but also restrict DMV data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security. In New York, in particular, numerous county clerks have expressed reservation over the fact that illegal aliens can obtain a driver’s license with foreign documentation—arguing that such a policy paves the way for voter fraud, identity theft, and even terrorism. DHS had already voiced its opposition to a provision in the New York law that prohibits Homeland Security Investigations, a division of ICE, from accessing DMV information—even if the agency is investigating serious crimes... NY and NJ have looked the other way and disregarded the law against illegals..
Keystone State learning from Gosnell tragedy?
by Charlie Butts
{ onenewsnow.com } ~ Pennsylvania could soon consider legislation that would give women seeking an abortion more helpful information... The state has passed House Bill 2138 -- what Maria Gallagher of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation calls a "common sense measure" that calls for set standards and regular and surprise inspections of the state's abortion clinics. "Pennsylvania suffered a terrible tragedy with Kermit Gosnell and his house of horrors in West Philadelphia, where newborn babies were murdered and where women lost their lives," Gallagher notes. "So we need to make sure that our laws are as strong as possible." Gosnell, whose clinic was filthy and whose workers were not properly trained, is serving three consecutive life sentences for killing babies born alive after failed abortions. State Representative Timothy O'Neal (R) has introduced the bill that would require abortuaries to post the results of state health department inspection reports, as well as their plans for correcting any violations. "When you're talking about informed consent, it's important that the woman be apprised of all of the information that's available for a particular abortion facility, and this bill would guarantee that," Gallagher explains. The measure might also motivate poorly operated abortion clinics to work harder to meet the state's minimum requirements for abortion facilities..
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Top Foreign Threats Facing the U.S. in 2020
Thomas Gallatin: As we enter a new year and a new decade, Americans were reminded anew that our old geopolitical foes still present a significant threat to our nation and our way of life. In Baghdad, Iraq, the U.S. embassy was attacked by Iran-backed “protesters” angered at President Donald Trump’s authorization of air strikes against the Iran-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah — a jihadi group that had killed an American civilian contractor. Trump was quick to send in the U.S. Marines to secure the embassy and prevent another Benghazi fiasco. He also warned, “Iran killed an American contractor wounding many. We strongly responded, and always will. Now Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible.”
Iran continues to be provocative in an effort to get Trump to back off his crippling sanctions, while the regime continues its pursuit of building a nuclear weapon. Thus far, Trump has avoided being pulled into a war with Iran, but as the Iranians get more desperate, expect an increase in the number of attacks against U.S. interests and allies.
At the same time, North Korea has once again ramped up its saber-rattling, with Kim Jong-un claiming to possess a “new strategic weapon” while also suggesting he will end the moratorium against testing long-rang missiles. For the moment, Trump seems content to hold the line on sanctions while continuing his charm offensive. He continues to avoid offering any heated criticism of Kim while effectively calling on Beijing’s puppet to uphold the denuclearization agreement “he did sign.”
Finally, the ongoing trade war with China. There was some recent positive news, as the White House announced that a “phase one” deal agreed to last month would be signed on January 15. The deal would cancel a new round of $156 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods as well as slash current tariffs on another $120 billion in goods. While it is undeniable that the trade war has hurt certain sectors of the U.S. economy, it has been necessary to fight against Chinese cheating. However, this fight is far from over, as Beijing would love nothing more than to see Trump lose his reelection bid with an aim to continue its unfair trade practices.
In short, as 2019 passes into 2020, there are some things that haven’t changed and will require continued American vigilance.
~The Patriot Post
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The Trump Administration's Record
Bodes Well for 2020
Nate Jackson
Trump orders attack that kills Iranian Gen.
Qassem Soleimani, other military officials
in Baghdad, Pentagon says
By Frank Miles
{ foxnews.com } ~ President Trump ordered a game-changing U.S. military attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force...among other military officials at Baghdad International Airport early Friday, the Pentagon confirmed. Soleimani is the military mastermind whom Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had deemed equally as dangerous as Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In October, Baghdadi killed himself during a U.S. raid on a compound in northwest Syria, seven months after the so-called ISIS "caliphate" crumbled as the terrorist group lost its final swath of Syrian territory in March. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted after the attack "The US' act of international terrorism, targeting & assassinating General Soleimani—THE most effective force fighting Daesh (ISIS), Al Nusrah, Al Qaeda et al—is extremely dangerous & a foolish escalation." He added that the U.S. "bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism."In April 2019, the State Department announced Iran was responsible for killing 608 U.S. troops during the Iraq War. Soleimani was the head of the Iranian and Iranian-backed forces carrying out those operations killing American troops. According to the State Department, 17 percent of all deaths of U.S. personnel in Iraq from 2003 to 2011 were orchestrated by Soleimani. As recently as 2015, a travel ban and United Nations Security Council resolutions had barred Soleimani from leaving Iran. Friday's Baghdad strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, a source told Fox News. In all, at least seven people were killed and at least three rockets were fired, officials told The Associated Press. An official with the Popular Mobilization Forces said its airport protocol officer, Mohammed Reda, also died... https://www.foxnews.com/world/rockets-baghdad-airport-injuries-reported .
Iran Can No Longer Rely on
Shia Militias to Fight its Wars
by Con Coughlin
{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ The intense pressure Iran is facing over its continued meddling in Iraq is the key factor behind the recent upsurge of violence in the Middle East that has resulted... in American warplanes carrying out their biggest attack in a decade on Iran-backed militias. Ever since the ayatollahs came to power more than 40 years ago, they have sought to distract attention away from their domestic unpopularity by getting Iran-backed Shia militias to carry out high profile attacks. From the devastating car bomb attacks the Iranian-backed Hizbollah militia carried out against American bases in Beirut in the 1980s to the more recent attacks on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facilities in October 2019, the Iranian regime has repeatedly used its proxy Shia militias to great effect to distract attention away from its domestic travails. The beauty of this arrangement, so far as the ayatollahs are concerned, is that, by relying on Shia militias to do their dirty work, whether it is firing missiles at Israel or carrying out assassinations in Europe, Tehran is able to deny any involvement in wrongdoing. No longer. By launching a series of air strikes against Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria on Sunday night, the Trump administration has made it abundantly clear that it will no longer tolerate Tehran's denials of its involvement in attacks against the US and its allies. Moreover, after Washington accused Iran of being responsible for the subsequent attacks against the US Embassy in Baghdad that followed the air strikes, Tehran is risking a direct military confrontation with the US if it persists with the underhand tactic of employing proxies to carry out attacks on its behalf... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15368/iran-shia-militias-iraq .
President Trump Announces Delegation for
Davos Worldwide Economic Forum Conference
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ The 2020 Davos economic conference will be a little more important to watch this year as it was in 2017 due to the completed U.S. Trade Agreements S Korea, Japan, Mexico, Canada, and China... and the predicted focus for the Trump administration to pivot from Asia to the EU and U.K. for the next critical phase of the ‘America-First’ global trade reset. As a result of the recent U.K. election, pending Brexit, a favorable $7.5 billion WTO ruling and USTR Lighthizer’s new $2.4 billion EU targeted tariff program, the administration has significant advantages going into a trade discussion with the EU in 2020. Team USA has the world’s strongest economy, the largest market, legally bolstered tariff authority and a quiver full of powerful economic arrows. Meanwhile Team EU has: (1) the UK leaving; (2) severe drops in German industrial manufacturing; (3) a shrinking French economy; (4) yellow-vests in the streets; and (5) demands for greater economic autonomy from many key member states. Overlay Germany, France and Italy large economy challenges such as: their promise to meet NATO obligations – and their attachment to the strangling Paris Climate Treaty, and the EU’s collective economic position is precarious at best... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/01/president-trump-announces-delegation-for-davos-worldwide-economic-forum-conference/ .
The Media Is Lying About The
Attacks On The Embassy In Baghdad
By Erielle Davidson
{ thefederalist.com } ~ You can tell that the scumbag/liar-nObama administration’s legacy in the Middle East is in danger because the media, as the self-appointed janitors of that legacy, have gone into overdrive obfuscating the timing... context, and significance of this week’s attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad. Although President Donald Trump has gone a long way to dismantling scumbag/liar-nObama’s legacy in the region, much more remains to be done, including a halt to American taxpayer money that has been flowing into Iranian-controlled governments in Iraq and Lebanon. Earlier this week Iran-backed militias stormed the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, chanting “Down, down USA!” and hurling water bottles and smashing security cameras. The attackers breached parts of the embassy and were only disbursed the next day, after Trump deployed Marines to ensure the safety of our embassy personnel and property. The attacks have been building for months, including roughly a dozen attacks on U.S. assets by these militias and American retaliatory strikes against five locations in Iraq and Syria belonging to the Iranian-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah. The group represents an ongoing replication of the “Islamic revolutionary model” that Iran first “exported” to and “perfected” in Lebanon in the early 1980s. The New York Times has labeled the attackers “mourners” responding to the U.S. strikes, while the front page of the first Washington Post edition of 2020 labeled them “protesters.” The latter is a particularly pernicious mislabeling. The media has done its best to conflate the attacks with anti-Iran protests that have been happening across Iraq for the last three months, but of course those actual protesters are pro-Iraqi sovereignty demonstrators fed up with the corruption and the broad perception that the Iraqi government is controlled by Iran. Confirming exactly that accusation, the Iraqi government has repeatedly attacked the anti-Iran protesters, killing hundreds and wounding thousands, while giving a free pass and ready access to the Iran-backed fighters who stormed our embassy. The media’s goal is to characterize the protests as a wholesale rejection of Trump’s policies in the region, hence the wall-to-wall disinformation about mourning and protesting. What’s actually at stake is scumbag/liar-nObama’s legacy. The Iran Deal was a bargain in which Iran would be handed control over the Middle East in exchange for some temporary limitations on nuclear activities....
Climate Predictions – Doubling Down on Stupid
By Brian C Joondeph
{ americanthinker.com } ~ If the “science is settled” regarding global warming, climate change, extreme weather, or whatever it goes by these days, why are past predictions not more accurate?...Weather forecasting, although frequently off the mark, is usually fairly accurate. If snow is predicted, it typically falls. It may be a few inches more or less than predicted but it isn’t sunny and 80 degrees on a day a major snowstorm is forecast. Yet climate, which is a longer-term measure of weather, cannot be predicted with any more accuracy than flipping a coin or throwing dice. Let’s look at some past predictions. Almost twenty years ago, in 2004, the Guardian reported what U.S. defense officials at the Pentagon warned about the future climate: Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters. A secret report, suppressed by US defense chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world. The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents. As 2020 has just arrived, let’s see how those predictions turned out. For New Year’s Day, London is predicted to have a high of 46 degrees. While in Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia, the New Year’s Day high was only 23 degrees. So much for “Britain is plunged into a Siberian climate by 2020.” London was Siberia at one time, but 200 years ago. Remember the snow and ice in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? “Dickens grew up during the coldest years of the Little Ice Age, between 1805 to 1820.”... https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/_climate_predictions__doubling_down_on_stupid.html .
One Barack scumbag/liar-nObama Deep state
cover up is even worse than you think
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scumbag-James Comey
The 21st Century's Benedict Arnold
By John Leonard
{ americanthinker.com } ~ When I was a child, history was my favorite subject. I even took enough elective history classes at the collegiate level to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in history and political science (pre-law)... I changed my major to business after watching Al Pacino overact while portraying a criminal defense attorney in the movie And Justice for All. I probably ought to write Mr. Pacino a letter thanking him for crushing my naïve fantasy of becoming a real-life Perry Mason. I should also thank God that Al Pacino never played the part of a software developer or a writer, because he probably would have killed any future interest in those professions as well. The only safe career for me might have been as a sanitation worker. If you've never seen the docudrama Turn, about General Washington's spies during the Revolutionary War, it is well worth the time to binge-watch and appreciate what America was like before it became the beacon of freedom and hope that I've been blessed and privileged to call home for my entire lifetime. I can virtually guarantee that everyone will learn something about the origin of our country they either never knew or had forgotten as some obscure footnote of history. For example, I clearly remembered that General Benedict Arnold was widely considered the most notorious traitor in U.S. history, but I couldn't remember specifically what he had done to betray General Washington and the Continental Army he negotiated to sell a map of our defenses at West Point to spymaster Major John Andre of the British Army or why the previously distinguished military hero would have done such a despicable deed. If Benedict Arnold hadn't escaped to England, he would have been hanged as a traitor. This makes for a nice segue to scumbag-James Comey, former FBI director and one of the lead conspirators in the plot to overthrow the presidency of Donald Trump. At minimum, scumbag-James Comey is guilty of sedition. If there was a crime like perjury for repeatedly lying through the mainstream media to the American people about a criminal conspiracy to overthrow our elected government, scumbag-Comey would probably get locked in a cell for the rest of his miserable life. Instead, this disgraceful excuse for a human being has thus far been rewarded for his treachery with a multimillion-dollar deal to write a book irony alert! on loyalty. And if that isn't bad enough, the Washington Post just published one of the most disgusting "opinion" pieces in recent memory, authored by this disgraceful excuse for a former FBI director, in which he whines about being the target of Donald Trump's wrath while making absurd and audacious claims such as "Foreign leaders laugh at him and throw his letters in the trash." Yes, we've all seen the video of Macron and Trudeau laughing and making jokes at Trump's expense. Serious question: who cares what Macron or Trudeau thinks?...The Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVTauhlIx2A
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The Trump Administration's Record
Bodes Well for 2020
Nate Jackson: The new year is always a good time to reflect on blessings of the past and hope for the future. In that spirit, here’s a highlight reel of good stuff resulting from the Trump administration’s policy achievements.
Jobs are plentiful. The White House says seven million jobs have been created since Donald Trump’s election. Record numbers of Americans are employed, and wages are rising as employers compete for workers. The headline unemployment rate is at its lowest in 50 years, with minorities in particular enjoying the fruits of this labor.
The stock market has continued to break records, yielding benefits for the investment and retirement accounts of more than half of all Americans. The Dow Jones average rose 22% in 2019, while the S&P was up 29% and the NASDAQ climbed 35%. When Trump was elected, the market was pretty volatile, and New York Times economist Paul Krugman predicted, “If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never.” Boy was he ever wrong.
Consumer optimism is reflected in year-end retail sales. Gary Bauer notes, “Retail sales surged 3.4% over last year, led by record online spending. The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is a critical time for the economy. According to Reuters, sales during these few weeks can account for up to 40% of all annual sales for many retailers.”
Regulations reduced. Economic growth comes when government gets out of the way, contrary to the “stimulus” philosophy of the last administration. The White House says, “Since taking office, President Trump has rolled back nearly 8 regulations for every new one, saving American taxpayers more than $50 billion in the process — with bigger savings still to come.” That includes rolling back a lot of his predecessor’s environmental controls. The Daily Caller reports that Trump “nixed nearly 100 environmental regulations during his first three years in office.”
Not only has Trump cut red tape, he’s been slow to add new regulations. According to The Washington Times, “The Trump administration issued the fewest new regulations during 2019 than in any year since the government began keeping track more than four decades ago.” All three of the lowest regulation totals belong to President Trump.
Judicial appointments. Not all of Trump’s success has been economic. An astounding 20% of the federal judiciary is now composed of Trump appointments after the Republican-controlled Senate has confirmed 187 of his nominees. For the pace of that success, Republicans at least owe a wink and nod to former Democrat Senate Leader Harry Reid, who nuked the filibuster for judges in 2013. Judges were a big reason for millions of conservative votes in 2016, and Trump has delivered.
Defeating terrorists. After Barack scumbag/liar-nObama fomented the rise of the Islamic State, Trump has spent three years fighting back. It hasn’t been free of controversy, but it’s hard to argue with success like the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
Other gains include military funding and rebuilding, immigration policy, and — we hope — trade.
Not bad for a guy Democrats have been hell-bent on impeaching. Meanwhile, 2020 is, of course, an election year and Americans will choose whether or not they want to stay this positive course.
~The Patriot Post
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Netanyahu asks Knesset for immunity
from prosecution, delaying indictment
by Raoul Wootliff
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Secretary Pompeo Cancels Travel Plans
to Remain Focused on Iraq Crisis
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ At the time of a Tuesday evening Fox News interview Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was affirming his trip to Ukraine was still planned. However, by the time Pompeo woke up on Wednesday morning those plans were cancelled…Perhaps someone told the secretary he needed to stay-attached to the crisis he helped inspire? U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine so he could focus on the situation in Iraq after demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassy. Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups stormed the U.S. embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests. They withdrew on Wednesday after Washington dispatched extra troops and threatened reprisals against Tehran. Pompeo postponed his trip to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Cyprus “due to the need for the Secretary to be in Washington, D.C., to continue monitoring the ongoing situation in Iraq and ensure the safety and security of Americans in the Middle East,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement. On Tuesday evening Pompeo had told Fox News the Ukraine trip was still on. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/01/secretary-pompeo-cancels-travel-plans-to-remain-focused-on-iraq-crisis/ .
Netanyahu quits ministerial positions
By GIL HOFFMAN
{ jpost.com } ~Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced shortly before midnight on Wednesday that he was quitting his cabinet posts because of his criminal indictments... Facing a High Court of Justice petition, Netanyahu announced on December 12 that he would drop all his portfolios on January 1 other then his role as prime minister. Beside being prime minister, Netanyahu was social welfare minister, Diaspora affairs minister and acting agricultural minister. He was also the health minister – until Sunday, when the cabinet approved the promotion of deputy health minister Ya’acov Litzman (United Torah Judaism). The Movement for Quality Government in Israel had threatened a lawsuit for shaming the court if Netanyahu did not quit by Wednesday night. Netanyahu left on Thursday morning for Greece and will only be back on Sunday, which is the earliest possible day that new ministers can be appointed. Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely will be appointed Diaspora affairs minister after receiving a promise from Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Asher Hayon. Candidates for the Agriculture Ministry are MKs David Bitan and Nir Barkat. Shas sources said that MK Meshulam Nahari is a likely candidate for welfare minister. The resignations will only take effect 48 hours after they were issued at 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday night. Because the 25 hours of Shabbat are not counted, Netanyahu technically still remains in all three posts until Sunday....
Happy New Year! commie-Ocasio-Cortez's
seat in Congress may vanish
By Joe Kovacs
{ wnd.com } ~ As the year 2020 rings in, one of the most controversial names in American politics may soon lose her seat in the House of Representatives... That well-known leftist figure is U.S. Rep. commie-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. With this being the year of the 2020 Census, it's possible the Democrat's district could be completely eliminated. "New York is expected to lose a House seat after the 2020 Census, and state Democrats are looking to draw out @commie-AOC's district," pollster Frank Luntz tweeted on New Year's Eve. Luntz attached his comment to a story from the local New York City magazine known as the City, which proffered the notion that commie-Ocasio-Cortez is intensifying her efforts to persuade her constituents to fill out the Census to help keep her in office. "Our strategy is all about building trust in the community before the enumerators even come to your door," commie-Ocasio-Cortez told the magazine. "There's been an increased use of one's immigration status as a form of intimidation." A whopping 47 percent of the residents in commkie-AOC's district are foreign born, and many may fear filling out any official government count... https://www.wnd.com/2020/01/happy-new-year-ocasio-cortezs-house-seat-may-vanish/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking .
ABC News Fears American People
Might Interfere in 2020 U.S. Election
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ Despite the initial reaction a stable-minded person would likely take away from the headline, it is a good thing that ABC News and other MSM have dropped their pretense and shallow-efforts to retain their open secrets... In this example while lamenting the outcome of the recent U.K. election that saw the socialists and leftists crushed by conservative and pragmatic voters, ABC is concerned the American people may end up similarly interfering in media objectives for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The problem they discover is this pesky concept called “freedom”.Consider this argument from the article: “One of the things that we’re always very cautious about is everyone looking at Russia. But actually, we should be looking at the party and political dynamics closer to home and how domestic actors are using the platforms and manipulating the systems to spread information or misinformation that’s favorable to their political stance.” I mean seriously. Can you imagine a world where U.S. politicians easily spread information favorable to their political stance. Oh.My.God…The outcome is almost unimaginable….People, allowed to think for themselves. Yikes, the horror of it. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/01/01/abc-news-fears-american-people-might-interfere-in-2020-u-s-election/ .
Gregg Jarrett says McConnell should hold impeachment trial -- without liar-Pelosi's OK
By Victor Garcia
{ foxnews.com } ~ Fox News legal analyst Gregg Jarrett blasted House Speaker liar-Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Friday for not sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial... and saying that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., should proceed with an impeachment trial without the Democratic leader's involvement. "The framers never envisioned a stunt pulled by a speaker of the House like liar-Nancy Pelosi holding onto articles of impeachment. Two decades ago it was sent over immediately, within minutes. There was a vote to convey and transmit it," Jarrett said on "Hannity." "The Constitution is actually silent about that. It doesn't say that the Senate has to wait until it's transmitted. It's simply a Senate rule." Jarrett advised McConnell to "alter the rule" and proceed with an impeachment trial. "Mitch McConnell shouldn't be subjecting himself to the extortion of liar-Nancy Pelosi," Jarrett said to guest host Tammy Bruce. "He can, beginning in January, simply alter the rule or eliminate it entirely and set a date for an impeachment trial." President Trump tore into House Democrats this week over their handling of the impeachment process, calling them "hypocrites" and "liars" for allegedly seeking concessions in the Senate that Republicans were not afforded in the House -- and for hitting pause on impeachment after previously portraying it as an urgent matter. Jarrett said McConnell could just ignore impeachment but that liar-Pelosi could use the articles to hurt Trump. "Mitch McConnell can say, 'Well, if you're not going to send them over, I don't care. We're not we're not going to deal with it,'" Jarrett said. "liar-Nancy Pelosi, though, could then use it as a cudgel to hit Trump over the head at every turn -- add things to it." "Simply change the rule, hold a trial, do it. Do it on your own terms," Jarrett advised McConnell. https://www.foxnews.com/media/gregg-jarrett-says-mcconnell-can-move-forward-with-impeachment-trial-without-pelosi .
Judicial Watch Sues CIA And DOJ For
Information On Alleged Whistleblower
By Sara Carter
{ saraacarter.com } ~ Judicial Watch announced Friday that it filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against both the Department of Justice and CIA for information on the whistleblower... whose complaint led to the House Democratic impeachment of President Donald Trump. According to numerous reports the alleged whistleblower is CIA employee Eric Ciaramella. Ciarmella allegedly worked on Ukraine issues while on detail to both President scumbag/liar-nObama and President Trump administrations. The whistleblower did not have first hand knowledge of any of the allegations submitted in the report to the Intelligence Community’s Inspector General and was protected by Democrats in the committee from testifying. There is significant public interest, thanks to the scumbag/liar-nObama Spygate scandal and the related abusive impeachment of President Trump, in what Eric Ciaramella was up to, Tom Fitton. Ciaramella’s name was circulating during the House impeachment proceedings and many Republican lawmakers wanted to call on him to testify, according to numerous Congressional sources. The sources stipulated that none of the Congressional members named Ciaramella publicly because of protections granted whistleblowers... https://saraacarter.com/judicial-watch-sues-cia-and-doj-for-information-on-alleged-whistleblower/?utm_source=Darkwire+Inc&utm_campaign=16950ed04e-Jan+1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5f3d745e4f-16950ed04e-283256057 .
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Netanyahu asks Knesset for immunity
from prosecution, delaying indictment
by Raoul Wootliff
{ timesofisrael.com } ~ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially announced Wednesday night that he would ask the Knesset for immunity from prosecution in the three criminal cases against him.
Netanyahu made the statement in a nationally televised appearance four hours before a midnight deadline, defending the decision as protection from “trumped-up charges.”
“In order to continue to lead Israel to great achievements, I intend to approach the speaker of the Knesset in accordance with chapter 4C of the law (Hebrew link), in order to fulfill my right, my duty and my mission to continue to serve you for the future of Israel,” he said.
An official request was later submitted to Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein from a law firm retained by Netanyahu.
Moments after the announcement, Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman announced his party would oppose immunity, drastically complicating Netanyahu’s prospects of winning the necessary 61 votes he will need. But the request effectively freezes the criminal process against him until the Knesset rules on the matter — a process which, due to parliament’s dissolution last month ahead of new elections, could buy Netanyahu several months until a formal indictment can be filed with the Jerusalem District Court.
The premier has been charged with fraud and breach of trust in three criminal cases and bribery in one of them.
Days after giving a speech in which he defended immunity as a “cornerstone of democracy,” the prime minister repeated his claims that he was the victim of persecution by authorities, and asserted that “immunity is intended to protect elected representatives from trumped up charges. It was intended to ensure that those elected by the people can serve the people, according to the will of the people.”
The ask essentially sets up the upcoming March 2 election as a referendum on Netanyahu and his legal troubles. The Likud leader’s allies have presented the judicial proceedings as an undemocratic attempt to remove him from power and have begun campaigning on the idea of voting Likud as a way of protecting the prime minister from prosecution.
Touting his accomplishments as prime minister over the past decade, Netanyahu said: “I intend to keep leading Israel for many more years to historic achievements which I am working towards day and night… achievements we could once only dream of and which are now within reach.” He vowed to stop Iran, set Israel’s permanent borders, sign a defense pact with the US, obtain more peace agreements with Arab states, and extend Israeli sovereignty into the territories.
The premier’s announcement came after months in which he has remained evasive when questioned about his intentions on the matter, and in one case told Channel 12 during an interview “no way,” when asked if he would make any move to thwart his indictment.
On Wednesday he defended that statement, saying he continued to stand behind his words and insisting he would not avoid an eventual day in court.
“Immunity is always temporary. It is canceled at the end of the term of the Knesset that gave it. By law there is no way for anyone to avoid prosecution. So when I was asked by Channel 12 ‘Will you push for a law or move that will prevent you from being prosecuted?’ I said no. Tonight I once again say ‘No way.’ I did not advance any law or change any law. I intend to go to court and destroy all the preposterous claims against me [after leaving office].”
He once again alluded to a conspiracy against him, accusing authorities of engaging in “trumped-up charges, selective enforcement, blackmail of state’s witnesses” and more. He claimed exonerating information was “being held in the shadows under gag orders and attorney general decisions.”
Under a 2005 change to the Knesset immunity law, members of the legislature no longer receive automatic immunity from prosecution but must request it from the plenum when relevant. Netanyahu is apparently planning to base his petition on clauses in the immunity law that allow an MK to ask for protection from prosecution under the claim that an indictment has been filed in “bad faith” or while discriminating against the defendant, and/or that prosecution would counter the will of the electorate.
Despite Netanyahu’s assertion that any immunity would be temporary, his actual request sent to Edelstein indicated otherwise: the prime minister’s lawyers wrote he was asking for functional immunity in one of the three cases against him as well as in certain aspects of another. Functional immunity protects parliamentarians from prosecution for things they did in fulfilling their parliamentary work, and is permanent, rather than temporary. Procedural immunity is temporary, and has to do with offenses committed by a parliamentarian that are unrelated to his parliamentary work.
Netanyahu’s attorneys, in their request to the Knesset speaker, asserted that his actions in Case 2000 — in which he is suspected of an illicit quid pro quo deal with Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper publisher Arnon Mozes that would weaken a rival daily — fell under the purview of functional immunity as “all that is attributed to him in this charge was done by the prime minister as part of his work as a Knesset member.”
They also said his alleged attempts to extend tax exemptions for returning expats to aid billionaire Arnon Milchan, under Case 1000, deserved functional immunity “as here too the indictment attributes actions to the prime minister carried out as part of his work as a Knesset member, in the framework of reviewing potential legislation.”
Issuing a scathing response even before Netanyahu’s presser was over, Liberman said his party would oppose the immunity request.
“Now it is clear beyond doubt. The only thing that has interested and interests Netanyahu is immunity,” Liberman wrote in a Facebook post. “The State of Israel has become a hostage to Netanyahu’s personal problem. He doesn’t care about left or right, religious or secular. The only thing that concerns him is a coalition for immunity. The rest is old wives’ tales.”
Blue and White chairman Benny Gantz said Netanyahu’s announcement showed the premier “knows he is guilty.” Gantz said his party would push for the establishment of the Knesset House Committee so the immunity request can be debated by parliament quickly.
Gantz said the country now faced a choice between “the Kingdom of Netanyahu… or the State of Israel.”
Netanyahu’s announcement came four hours before his midnight deadline to make the request or forfeit his right to do so. Some reports suggested that the decision came down to the wire, with the premier’s inner circle deeply uncertain about the move.
Reports on Channel 12, Channel 13 and Kan said Netanyahu’s advisers were concerned that an immunity request, seen as unpopular among the general public, could hurt the prime minister’s chances in the March 2 election and make him less likely to be able to cobble together a majority coalition following the national poll — a feat he also failed to achieve in 2019’s two elections.
The prime minister is far from assured of getting majority support for immunity and many pundits believe his bid will not succeed. But failing to make the request would have meant the criminal process against him would immediately move forward.
His request must now by weighed by the Knesset House Committee before it can be voted upon by the plenum, but due to the lack of a functioning legislature amid ongoing political deadlock, and with new elections set, there is currently no functioning House Committee. The Knesset will thus likely only be able to review and decide on his request after a coalition is formed — if it is finally formed — following the March 2 vote.
Netanyahu’s chief rivals in the Knesset, the Blue and White party, are seeking to expedite the process. Party MK Avi Nissenkorn has asked Knesset Speaker Edelstein to swiftly call a meeting of the Knesset Arrangements Committee, which Nissenkorn heads, to discuss the possibility of forming a House Committee under the special circumstances to discuss Netanyahu’s request.
The matter is legally contentious, and led recently to mud-slinging and arguments as to whether the Arrangements Committee has the authority to form a House Committee during a transitional government.
Blue and White complained Wednesday that Edelstein was delaying the process, responding that he was abroad until the weekend, and wished to meet with the Knesset’s legal adviser before reviewing Nissenkorn’s request.
“Edelstein’s response is a shameful attempt to prevent the Knesset from discussing Netanyahu’s immunity request. We would not have imagined that the Knesset speaker would use his statesman’s position to turn the Israeli Knesset into a shelter [from prosecution],” Blue and White said in a statement.
In recent days Netanyahu had described his right to immunity as “a cornerstone of democracy.”
A request from the Knesset for immunity is seen as unpopular among voters, even among many of the prime minister’s supporters. A poll published Sunday evening by Channel 12 news found that 51 percent of Israelis oppose such a move, while only 33% support it.
Channel 13 television news reported Monday that Netanyahu had already formulated his request and informed Edelstein of his intention to submit it.
The unsourced television report said that Netanyahu wrote in the letter that he would be willing to face criminal prosecution, but only after he left political life.
He reportedly argued that trying him now would compromise the will of the electorate and harm the Knesset, since many of the witnesses in the trial are current lawmakers; that it would discriminate against him, since indictments haven’t been filed against other politicians; and that the charges were announced in “bad faith,” since Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit made his decision too soon after the pre-indictment hearing, and the process was marred by numerous leaks to the press.
Edelstein’s office rejected the report, with a spokesperson telling The Times of Israel late Monday: “No request has been made.”
Earlier on Monday, Netanyahu’s staff invited the media to a live statement to the press for 8 p.m., only to cancel it just half an hour later. Netanyahu was believed to have planned to formally announce he would be seeking immunity.
It was not immediately clear why Netanyahu canceled the announcement, which came shortly before hundreds of his supporters gathered Monday evening at Habima Square in Tel Aviv to protest against the criminal cases and support his immunity bid.
Mandelblit in November announced his intention to indict the prime minister in three corruption cases. Netanyahu is charged with fraud and breach of trust in all three cases, as well as bribery in one of them. He denies wrongdoing and has accused police and state prosecutors of an “attempted coup” against him.
In a related development, the High Court of Justice on Tuesday morning held a preliminary hearing on whether a lawmaker facing criminal indictment can be tapped to form a coalition. Ruling against the possibility of tasking an indicted lawmaker with forming a government would immensely complicate Netanyahu’s position. The court indicated its wariness on making such a fateful ruling during the election period and after concluding the session said that a decision would be handed down at a later date.
The cloud of corruption charges hanging over the premier is widely seen as one of the chief reasons he has failed to form a government in the wake of two elections in 2019. Blue and White has repeatedly said it would not join a coalition under Netanyahu so long as he is suspected of criminal wrongdoing.
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Media Editors: Above the Fold
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PROXY WAR: Iran-backed militiamen withdraw from U.S. embassy but Iraq tensions linger (Associated Press)
THANKS, scumbag/liar-nOBAMA: In 2011, scumbag/liar-nObama met with one of the leaders in Baghdad embassy attack (PJ Media)
Government & Politics
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM: Trump honored with “Bipartisan Justice Award” by black leaders (The Western Journal)
TOO GOOD TO IGNORE: CBS News reporter highlights minority improvements under Trump as most underreported story (The Daily Wire)
MASSIVE: commie-Bernie Sanders tops Democrat field with massive $34.5 million haul in fourth quarter (ABC News)
MORE MASSIVE: Trump camp raises $46 million in final quarter; reelect team says impeachment drove best haul to date (The Washington Times)
MAGA: Trump beats own record for fewest new regulations issued in a year (The Washington Times)
POLITICAL FUTURES: New census data suggests previous report wrong: Republican states gaining seats in Congress (The Daily Wire)
DECADE REWIND
PRESENTED IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: The 24 most absurd PC moments of the 2010s (National Review)
DECADE OF DEBT: Federal debt up more than $10 trillion in 2010s (CNSNews.com)
Closing Arguments
POLICY: A New Year’s revolution for Iran (Issues & Insights)
POLICY: GOP should “double down” on tax cuts 2.0 (The Heritage Foundation)
SATIRE: scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton slams Trump for not taking a more “hands-off” approach to embassy attack (The Babylon Bee)
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Trump Responds to Iran
“This is Not a Warning, it is a Threat”
by sundance
{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ President Trump responds to the domestic and foreign alignment of provocations. President Trump doesn’t have too many options here. However... he’s a much more cunning adversary than the Deep State has faced previously. Strategically a good decision to head-off those carrying the banners in the war parade. Secretary Pompeo, Secretary Asper, Joint Chiefs’ Milley have an alignment of domestic interests well organized. Resounding applause will be heard from The State Department, the Pentagon, the CIA, Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, John Bolton, Tom Cotton, Adam Kinzinger, Mark Levin, rino-Mitt Romney and a host of well positioned senators, soon to be jurists…. The domestic warning was akin to ‘we can create a Benghazi, watch‘. POTUS takes the energy from the threat, uses a little judo adding his own energy, and controls the outcome. “Happy New Year” is akin to “Relax, I got this“…. So now we watch. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/31/president-trump-responds-to-iran-this-is-not-a-warning-it-is-a-threat/ .
Corey Lewandowski announces
decision on running for US Senate seat
by Chuck Ross
{ dailycallernewsfoundation.org } ~ Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday he will not run for Senate in New Hampshire... where he was considering a challenge of Democratic incumbent Jeanne Shaheen. “After much consideration I have decided to forgo a campaign for the US Senate,” Lewandowski wrote on Twitter. “While taking on a career politician from the Washington swamp is a tall order, I am certain I would have won. My priorities remain my family and ensuring that @realDonaldTrump is re-elected POTUS.” Lewandowski has been toying for months with a Senate run, and President Donald Trump encouraged him to do so during a New Hampshire rally in August. Lewandowski launched a website for a potential Senate run Sept. 17, during a break while he was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee. “I am truly humbled by the outpouring of support I have received from people across New Hampshire and the country,” Lewandowski wrote on Twitter. Lewandowski was fired from the Trump campaign June 20, 2016, but has remained one of the president’s most ardent defenders. He has not held a job at the White House, but is considered an informal adviser to Trump. http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2019/12/31/corey-lewandowski-isnt-running-for-us-senate-seat/ .
Trump says he will go
to Beijing for 'phase two' of trade talks
by Sean Higgins
{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ President Trump said that he will head to Beijing next year to begin "phase two" of trade talks with China... following a Jan. 15 signing ceremony for "phase one" of the deal. "I will be signing our very large and comprehensive Phase One Trade Deal with China on January 15. The ceremony will take place at the White House. High level representatives of China will be present. At a later date I will be going to Beijing where talks will begin on Phase Two!" Trump tweeted Tuesday. The current talks involve firming up details regarding a trade agreement that was reached in October. Progress in the talks has been slow as China has been reluctant to commit details to writing and demanded the White House roll back existing tariffs. The White House has said the talks will likely have three phases. The administration has placed tariffs of 25% on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods and 7.5% tariffs on another $120 billion worth of goods. Beijing had tariffs of up to 25% on $185 billion worth of U.S. goods..
Attacks on Jews in NYC and
Media Double Standards
by Danusha V. Goska
{ frontpagemag.com } ~ December 26, 2019, the day after Christmas, those Americans who emerged from their holiday celebrations to check world headlines were in for a shock... Police reported several attacks on Jews in New York. Americans don't think of their largest city, a world center of finance and the arts, a cosmopolitan capital where one can enjoy cuisine from any continent at any hour of the day or night, as a place where Jews are unsafe on the streets. New York is the city of Seinfeld, of Woody Allen and three-time mayor Michael Bloomberg. Former Mayor David Dinkins famously called New York a "gorgeous mosaic" of diverse peoples. But in fact, these Christmas-and-Hanukkah-week attacks were part of a trend. As bad as they were, worse was yet to come. On Saturday, December 28, Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg and his guests celebrated the closing nights of Hanukkah in Monsey, a suburb north of Manhattan. An intruder burst into the home and stabbed five people. Recent attacks on Jews in New York City typically involve unprovoked punching, cursing, and hurling of objects ranging from soft drinks to large and potentially deadly stones. Victims range from children to the elderly, and include mothers accompanied by their babies. Attackers sometimes yell anti-Semitic comments. Videos reveal that attackers are frequently black. In one startling video from November 4, 2018, a group of young African Americans congregate outside a Brooklyn synagogue, talk among themselves, hurl a pole through the synagogue window, and then run away. In another attack, a Jewish man is walking down the sidewalk when what appears to be a black youth runs up behind him and punches him hard in the head, nearly knocking him over. In a March, 2019 assault, an apparently healthy, young man kicks a toddler's stroller being pushed by the child's mother. Attacks are not always violent. In one videotaped confrontation, a black woman screamed verbal abuse at a Jewish man on the New York City subway. On December 10, 2019, David Anderson and Francine Graham killed four people in Jersey City, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Deceased victims include Police Detective Joseph Seals, Leah Ferencz, owner of a kosher grocery store, Moshe Deutsch, a rabbinical student and a shopper at that store, and Douglas Rodriguez, a store employee and immigrant from Ecuador. Shooter David Anderson was an anti-Semite who had been influenced by the Black Hebrew Israelites, who claim that Jews are not really Jewish, and that the characters in the Bible were all really black. In this ideology, contemporary Jews are labeled "imposter Jews" and "so-called Jews." This idea is not limited to violent extremists. On December 14, Saturday Night Live comic Kenan Thompson referred to "historically correct black Jesus." Jersey City killer David Anderson used the word "imposter" to refer to modern-day Jews. Anderson and Graham's killings were classified as a terrorist incident and a hate crime. The New Jersey attorney general said that the killers "had a tremendous amount of firepower. They had a pipe bomb in their van." In the wake of this attack, Jersey City school board member Joan Terrell-Paige appeared to attempt to justify it. Terrell-Paige called "jews," as she spelled the word, in lower-case, "brutes," and said that people should seek a "message" in the killers' actions....
scumbag-Soros’ War Against the Jews
by Daniel Greenfield
{ frontpagemag.com } ~ When scumbag-George Soros hit middle age, he began seeing a shrink. The ruthless financier's problem was that he was burdened with an "oversized" sense of shame over a "guilty secret"... That guilty shameful secret which sent scumbag-Soros to a psychoanalyst was "Jewishness".scumbag-Soros’ Jewish problem was generational. He grew up in, in his own words, a "Jewish, anti-Semitic home" He had adopted his father Tivadar’s worldview, that God was a human invention. It was Tivadar who forged and sold documents to Jews trying to escape the Holocaust, charging "wealthy clients", as he put it, "whatever the market would bear". And it was Tidavar who found his teenage son a place with a Hungarian fascist official who was confiscating Jewish property. In his biography, Tivadar later described the trip to confiscate Jewish property as a move by the "kind-hearted" Nazi collaborator to "cheer the unhappy lad up" where after a dose of watching the persecution of Jews, "he quickly regained his spirits". scumbag-Soros would later describe this, a period that most Jews remember as a time of utter horror, as “the most exciting time of my life” or an “adventure”. Tivadar’s amorality thoroughly infected his son. In an infamous 60 Minutes interview, which the scumbag-Soros network and his media allies have worked hard to spin, scumbag-Soros coolly agreed that he had "helped in the confiscation of property from the Jews.” Then denied any feelings of guilt. "It’s just like in the markets — that if I weren’t there — of course, I wasn’t doing it, but somebody else would," he observed. It echoed his response to allegations of hurting the British economy. “When you speculate in the financial markets, you are free of most of the moral concerns that confront an ordinary businessman.”... https://cms.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/12/soros-war-against-jews-daniel-greenfield .
Israel Finally Gets Help in
the War Against Iran
by Yochanan Visser
{ israeltoday.co.il } ~ On Sunday, Israel finally got help from the US military in the battle against Iran and its numerous proxies in the Middle East... when American warplanes fired more than 30 missiles at 5 bases of the Kata’ib Hezbollah militia in both Iraq and Syria. US F-15 Strike Eagles bombed weapon depots and command centers of Kata’ib Hezbollah meaning: battalion of the party of God killing 25 members of the militia which is part of the Iranian-backed al-Hashd al-Shaabi umbrella organization of predominantly Shiite militias in Iraq. Kata’ib Hezbollah is believed getting its orders from Qassem Soleimani the crafty commander of the Quds Force, the branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) which is tasked with exporting the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran. The American attack took place after Kata’ib Hezbollah on Friday attacked a US military facility in the vicinity of the Kurdish city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq killing an American contractor and wounding four US soldiers. Jonathan Hoffman the US Deputy Secretary of Defense said that the attack was a response to “repeated Kata’ib Hezbollah attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve coalition forces” a reference to the US-led international coalition of forces that fought ISIS in both Syria and Iraq. The attack on US personnel in Iraq was anticipated for a long time after Kata’ib Hezbollah and other al-Hashd al-Shaabi militias demanded that all US forces leave Iraq thereby paving the way for the completion of the so-called Iranian land-bridge from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea and the Israeli Golan Heights. When the Americans didn’t give in Kata’ib Hezbollah and other militias belonging to al-Hashd al-Shaabi started to launch missiles and mortars at US facilities in Iraq such as the American embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone... https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/analysis-israel-finally-gets-help-in-the-war-against-iran/ .
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Ted Cruz Demolishes Mayor Pete's Malicious
Lie About the Founders and Slavery
By TYLER O'NEIL
{ pjmedia.com } ~ Speaking to schoolchildren, 2020 Democrat Mayor Pete Buttigieg insisted that the authors of the Constitution "did not understand that slavery was a bad thing." Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) demolished this claim with direct quotes from the Founders, who very much understood the evil of slavery but compromised on the issue in order to keep the early United States together.
Buttigieg addressed the amendment process, saying that the Founders "were wise enough to realize that they didn’t have all the answers and that some things would change. A good example of this is something like slavery or civil rights. It’s an embarrassing thing to admit but the people who wrote the Constitution did not understand that slavery was a bad thing."
Mayor Pete was correct that the Founders instituted the amendment process in the Constitution partially because they were humble enough to realize things would change. In fact, the amendment process is the correct way for the government to recognize new rights, not Supreme Court interventions like Roe v. Wade (1973).
However, Buttigieg was entirely off base to suggest the Founders did not understand the evils of slavery. In fact, many of them acknowledged the evils of slavery, but they compromised in order to hold the new nation together. As Matt Spalding wrote for the Heritage Foundation, "Those who founded this nation chose to make practical compromises for the sake of establishing in principle a new nation dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Ted Cruz rebuked Buttigieg by posting a string of direct quotes from the Founders.
"Slavery is an evil of Colossal magnitude & I am utterly averse to the admission of slavery into the Missouri Territories. It being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law," Cruz quoted from John Adams, a Founding Father and the second president.
"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature," he quoted from Benjamin Franklin, who was a member of an abolitionist society. "Neither my tongue, nor my pen, nor purse shall be wanting to promote the abolition of what to me appears so inconsistent with humanity and Christianity."
"Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold a bill of Rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?" Cruz quoted from Alexander Hamilton, an abolitionist and the first secretary of the Treasury.
"It is much to be wished that slavery may be abolished," John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, wrote. "The honor of the States as well as justice and humanity, in my opinion, loudly call upon them to emancipate these unhappy people. ... To contend for our own liberty, and to deny that blessing to others, involves an inconsistency not to be excused."
The Northwest Ordinance, one of the very first laws passed under both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, explicitly excluded slavery from the Northwest Territory, which would become the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and part of Minnesota. This set the precedent that slavery would not be allowed to expand into federal territories, setting the stage for a debate that would escalate into the Civil War.
The Founders compromised on banning the slave trade, restricting Congress from doing so until 1808 — in order to appease the southern states. Yet Congress did indeed ban the slave trade as soon as possible.
Buttigieg should know these things — he majored in history and literature at Harvard. Yet the identity politics narrative simplifies the complex history of the Founders, painting them as evil rich old white oppressors. Perhaps Mayor Pete has allowed himself to get infected by a little too much "woke"ness.
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Israel’s Foreign Minister Warns
Iran Not to ‘Drag Us Into’ Iraq Crisis
by Benjamin Kerstein
{ algemeiner.com } ~ Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said on Tuesday that the Tehran regime should not try to drag Israel into the crisis... surrounding the violent riots outside the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by a pro-Iran mob. If it did so, he warned, “We will respond powerfully.”“From Israel’s perspective,” Katz said, according to Israeli news site Mako, “if Iran tries to drag us into this, beyond demonstrators screaming, ‘Death to Israel,’ we will respond powerfully. I advise Iran not to test our patience.” “This is a dramatic development,” Katz said of the unrest, adding that Iran had a “mistaken understanding of the essence of the American superpower.” “When the US decides to react, they do it powerfully,” he asserted. “They’ve proved that historically.” “Not just the secretary of state, but also President Donald Trump said that this attack on the embassy was carried out by Iran and it will be answered,” Katz noted..
Prosecutor John Durham Looking into Ex-CIA Director scumbag/commie-Brennan’s
Role in Russia Hoax
by EDWIN MORA
{ breitbart.com } ~ The federal prosecutor probing the origins of the Russia-collusion hoax has requested “emails, call logs and other documents” from scumbag/commie-John Brennan... former President Barack scumbag/liar-nObama’s CIA director turned NBC and MSNBC contributor, the New York Times reported Thursday. Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, the prosecutor charged with conducting the review into the origins of the Russia collusion probe, “wants to learn what Mr. scumbag/commie-Brennan told other officials, including the former FBI director scumbag-James B. Comey, about his and the C.I.A.’s views of a notorious dossier of assertions about Russia and Trump associates,” the Times noted, adding: Mr. Durham’s pursuit of Mr. scumbag/commie-Brennan’s records is certain to add to accusations that Mr. Trump is using the Justice Department to go after his perceived enemies. The president has long attacked Mr. scumbag/commie-Brennan as part of his narrative about a so-called deep state cabal of scumbag/liar-nObama administration officials who tried to sabotage his campaign, and Mr. Trump has held out Mr. Durham’s investigation as a potential avenue for proving those claims. scumbag/commie-Brennan is considered an ardent critic of the Trump administration. Durham is also investigating whether scumbag/commie-Brennan “privately contradicted his public comments, including May 2017 testimony to Congress, about both the dossier and about any debate among the intelligence agencies over their conclusions on Russia’s interference,” the Times learned....
5 Predictions For The Next
Five Years Of Global Power Struggles
By Edward Chang
{ thefederalist.com } ~ In 2008, as the scumbag/liar-nObama administration prepared to take control in Washington, retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey offered a list of bold predictions for the coming five years... Some of them bore out: The economy performed well globally despite the Great Recession, relations with Russia became more hostile without devolving into outright dysfunction, and the United States withdrew from Iraq right at the 36-month mark, which McCaffrey specified. Other predictions, such as a North Korean collapse, improved prospects for success in Afghanistan following a massive commitment of resources, and a nuclear breakout for Iran, never occurred. A year later, geopolitical analyst George Friedman published the widely read “The Next 100 Years.” Like McCaffrey, Friedman correctly predicted a new cold war between the United States and Russia, but he also foresaw the emergence of Turkey as a major regional power, the consequences of demographic change in Europe and North America, and tensions between the United States and Mexico as instability in Latin America threatens to generate a crisis on the southern border. Friedman got some things wrong, to be sure, but the number of things he got right is fascinating. Making accurate predictions is no easy feat, leading some to take the “wait and see” approach. However, I offer six predictions, in no particular order, that will have serious implications for American national security and foreign policy in the 2020s. 1. Russia Will Lose Great Power Status 2. China Will Double Down on Authoritarianism 3. Japan Will Rise as Asia’s Powerhouse 4. Germany Will Flirt with the Idea of Leaving the EU 5. Latin America Will Become America’s No.1 National Security Challenge....
Mexican Cop Arrested In Connection
To Massacre Of American Mormon Family
by JASON HOPKINS
{ dailycaller.com } ~ In a shocking development in the hunt to locate those responsible for the massacre of nine U.S. citizens at the hands of suspected cartel gunmen... authorities arrested a Mexican police chief. Federal authorities arrested Fidel Alejandro Villegas, the police chief of Janos, a small town in the state of Chihuahua, earlier this week, Mexico’s Public Security Ministry announced Friday. Villegas is suspected of not only being involved in local organized crime, but of also having a hand in the killings that took place in November. The arrest confirms a longstanding criticism of the country’s law enforcement: that many are on cartels’ payroll. “It’s common knowledge down here that the police work with the criminals,” Julián LeBarón, a relative of the victims, told The New York Times. “They have a monopoly on security and they get paid a wage for protection, and later we find out that they participate in the murder of women and children,” he continued. “These people take resources to protect us and they are murderers themselves.” The arrest follows the Nov. 4 murders of a binational Mexican-American Mormon family. While driving through a remote area near the southern border, the family was suddenly gunned down by suspected members of a cartel. The massacre left three women and their six children — two of whom were infants — dead. It’s still not entirely clear why the family was targeted, but authorities suspect they were mistakenly suspected of belonging to a rival cartel... https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/28/mexican-police-chief-arrested-mormon/ .
Giant Star That’s Acting Strange
Could Explode Soon, Scientists Say
by KYLE HOOTEN
{ dailycaller.com } ~ The Constellation Orion may look very different soon if astronomers are right about the giant star Betelgeuse which marks the starry hunter’s right shoulder... Betelgeuse was once in among the top 10 brightest stars in the night sky, but since October it’s been dimming so much that it’s no longer even in the top 20, according to The Astronomer’s Telegram. This is remarkable for a star that is 20 times more massive than our sun. This reduction in brilliance is significant because the dimming of a star often foreshadows an incredibly bright, explosive conclusion to the life of a stellar body in the form of a supernova, according to National Geographic. If Betelgeuse were to go supernova, it would put on a show for the ages as it collapses into itself and detonates. From earth, this event would be clearly observable, briefly outshining even a full moon in our night sky before going dark forever, reports National Geographic. “Betelgeuse is living on borrowed time and could explode as a supernova any day now,” Fraser Cain, publisher of Universe Today explained recently on his YouTube channel. However, he also noted that it “might not detonate for another 100,000 years, we just don’t know.”... https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/30/giant-star-explode-scientists-orion/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11441 .
UK Sex Grooming Gangs
Victimize 19,000 Children in 2019
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Taliban says it ‘has no intention
of declaring a ceasefire’
By BILL ROGGIO
{ longwarjournal.org } ~ The Taliban has denied press reports indicating the group was on the cusp of declaring a ceasefire in Afghanistan, saying this is “false and baseless.”... Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid issued an official statement denying the reports, which claimed that the group’s ruling council has approved a ceasefire, thereby opening the door for possible intra-Afghan negotiations. However, it was unclear if the reported ceasefire would include Taliban attacks against the Afghan government and security forces. The reported ceasefire agreement was sourced to “Taliban officials familiar with the negotiations” who “spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media,” the Associated Press reported on Dec. 29. Mujahid chastised the media for “publishing false and baseless reports about a ceasefire by the Islamic Emirate,” the name the Taliban calls its official government. Mujahid also denied that there is a “supposed schism within the Islamic Emirate on the issue of a ceasefire.” “The reality of the situation is that the Islamic Emirate has no intention of declaring a ceasefire,” he continued. Mujahid said the Taliban’s Rabhari Shura, which better known as the Quetta Shura, was considering “a reduction in the scale and intensity of violence,” which was requested by the U.S. negotiating team... https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2019/12/taliban-says-it-has-no-intention-of-declaring-a-ceasefire.php .
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New California Laws Spell Trouble for Cops,
Workers, Housing Providers
California’s long tradition of advancing nation-leading legislation continues into the new year, with laws reining in the gig economy, boosting online privacy and discouraging shootings by police, among other potential trend-setters.
The laws have sent jobs-producing businesses like Uber, Lyft and Google scrambling — raised the ire of law enforcement, and drawn negative reaction from President Donald Trump.
The state dominated by Democrats routinely locks horns with the White House on immigration and other issues,
But the state’s Democrats lost a major fight when legislation requiring Trump to reveal his tax returns was found unconstitutional by their own state Supreme Court — in a unanimous decision.
Some of the higher-profile new laws taking effect Jan. 1 include:
Hitting Job Creators, Workers
California is making it harder for many industries to treat workers like contractors instead of employees who are entitled to minimum wage and other benefits such as workers compensation. The Legislature carved out certain exemptions after the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of workers at the delivery company Dynamex in 2018...
Restricting cops
Two new laws together give California one of the nation’s most comprehensive approaches to restricting police use of force. One changes the legal standard for when police can use deadly force, while the companion law increases officers’ training on how to handle confrontations...
Online privacy
The nation’s most sweeping data privacy law takes effect with the new year. The law passed in 2018 requires companies to tell consumers what data they collect about them, why it was collected and who sees it. Consumers can refuse to let companies sell that data, and companies are barred from selling data from children younger than 16 without consent...
Limiting school and employer authority
California becomes the first state to bar workplace and school discrimination against black people for wearing hairstyles such as braids, twists and locks. The new law says hairstyles are associated with race and therefore protected against discrimination...
Vaccinations
State public health officials have new tools to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for schoolchildren’s vaccinations, after the most emotionally charged legislative debate of the year repeatedly drew hundreds of supporters and opponents to the Capitol...
Restricting property rights
Landlords will be barred from raising yearly rent prices by more than 5 percent plus the cost of inflation under a new law that drew supporters who said they can no longer afford the state’s soaring housing costs. Landlords also won’t be allowed to evict someone without a reason or refuse to rent to someone solely because they have a federal Section 8 housing voucher...
Child sex assault
California is joining several other states in giving adults who were sexually assaulted as children more time to sue, a measure expected to trigger multitudes of new lawsuits against the Catholic church, Boy Scouts of America and other organizations...
