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Saturday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
The International Community 
and the Liberal Media
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by Caroline Glick
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Steyn – America Importing Third World 
Criminal Class, Shuns Caucasian Europeans
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{rickwells.us} ~ As the Republican Party puts the pieces of the foundation into place... to award citizenship to illegal aliens with an extension of government funding and a nod to the left that DACA amnesty is coming, Mark Steyn delivers an accurate criticism of the idiocy that prevails in what is laughably termed our immigration policy. It’s a set of rules, that are only enforced and imposed on the law abiding, those who attempt to do things the right way, and those who share similarities to the white majority. Otherwise, if you’re the complete opposite of what an American is and what we stand for, the globalist Democrats will help you force your way into our nation; the skids are fully greased and the door blocked wide open... https://rickwells.us/steyn-america-importing-criminal/
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In Updated Charts, What 8 Seniors’ 
Tax Bills Will Be With Tax Reform
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by Rachel Greszler
{dailysignal.com} ~ The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act when signed into law will mean tax cuts for most Americans... Nevertheless, change—even good change—can bring about uncertainty. Retirees may be the most concerned about what the new tax legislation will mean for them, as most rely on relatively fixed incomes. But in fact, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is mostly good news for retirees. For the most part, they will be less affected than other Americans, as the changes do not affect the way Social Security and investment income are taxed. Many retirees will in fact benefit from the tax bill’s doubling the size of the standard deduction...  http://dailysignal.com/2017/12/21/in-updated-charts-what-8-seniors-tax-bills-will-be-with-tax-reform/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTWpWalptTTNaVGxoTnpJeCIsInQiOiJWeTZCOVp5eGswS05mRlI1YmRcLzMrM2tMa1U4K2VORHlIazhBQ25wM0Z4ZDhiU2ZKWnpzeXJHeHZqTHd2ekRcL1NjTmJTVUF6eENMamNSbVd6U2JCVlRzdCtVYU0yK1JKdG8xZFwvWkpNbUo1eFlPTXdaQUIzOXI0ZTF4QUxBVXRTeSJ9
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Democrats Preparing to Impeach 
Trump if They Win Majority in 2018
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by ADELLE NAZARIAN
{breitbart.com} ~ The Democratic Party, on Wednesday, voted overwhelmingly... for Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to replace resigned Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on the House Judiciary Committee. Nadler, a constitutional law expert, won the spot over Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), an architect of immigration legislation, by secret ballot with 118 to 72 votes. The Washington Post noted on Thursday that the decision to fill their top spot on the committee demonstrates the Democratic Party’s willingness “to ready themselves for a battle with Trump that could end with impeachment proceedings.”...  http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/21/washington-post-democrats-preparing-to-impeach-trump-if-they-win-majority-in-2018/
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Court throws out 
Emoluments Clause lawsuit against Trump
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by William A. Jacobson
{legalinsurrection.com} ~ One of the earliest, and dumbest, mantras of #TheResistance since Trump won the election was that Trump’s continued business interests... violated the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. [ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, CLAUSE 8] It was at the heart of the efforts to delegitimize Trump supported by the leftist activist group CREW, which used to be run by David Brock. Brock’s replacement as Vice Chair, Richard Painter, is a Twitter star and frequent cable news anti-Trump hothead who plays off his former position as an ethics advisor to George W. Bush... https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/court-throws-out-emoluments-clause-lawsuit-against-trump/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29
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No Voter Fraud in 
Alabama Senate Special Election
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by Mary Chastain
{legalinsurrection.com} ~ Alabama’s secretary of state determined on Thursday that a man who told a local Fox station... that people “from different parts of the country” had helped Sen.-elect Doug Jones (D) win last week’s special election was, in fact, a legal voter in Alabama. “After additional research was conducted, it was determined that this young man has lived and worked in Alabama for more than one year and is currently a registered voter in this state,” Secretary of State John H. Merrill, a Republican, said in a statement. “We applaud this young man’s energy, excitement, and enthusiasm for the electoral process and we are always encouraged when we observe Alabamians who are actively engaged in campaigns and elections in our state.”...  https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/no-voter-fraud-in-alabama-senate-special-election/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29
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The International Community 
and the Liberal Media
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by Caroline Glick
{truthrevolt.org} ~ US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley glared at her colleagues at the UN Security Council Monday as she cast the lone nay vote against a draft resolution presented by Egypt to nullify US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Haley then berated her UN colleagues for their assault against US sovereignty and for their prolonged efforts to delegitimize Israel and blame the Jewish state for the absence of peace. In her words, “The United States refuses to accept the double standard that says we are not impartial when we stand by the will of the American people by moving our US embassy, but somehow the United Nations is a neutral party when it consistently singles out Israel for condemnation.”

The liberal media, led by The New York Times chastised her.

“Punctuating America’s increasing international isolation, the United Nations Security Council demanded on Monday that the Trump administration rescind its decisions to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to put the United States Embassy there,” the Times wrote in a purported news article.

While attacking Trump and Haley for isolating the US, the Times and its colleagues failed to explain what an international community-aligned US foreign policy looks like.

Notably, just such a policy and its consequences were the subject of a 15,000-word investigative report published Monday morning by Politico.

“The secret backstory of how liar-nObama let Hezbollah off the hook,” by Josh Meyer, detailed how in the interest of advancing a policy supported by the international community, then president Barack liar-nObama imperiled US public health, national security and its allies.

As Meyer recalled, liar-nObama entered office in 2009 promising to turn over a new leaf with Iran.

By promising to turn over a new leaf in US-Iran relations, liar-nObama signaled his belief that the sorry state of those relations was America’s fault. Because if it wasn’t America’s fault, then no American president could change the situation.

liar-nObamaa’s assumption was entirely wrong.

The Iranian regime declared war on the US shortly after it seized power. Months later, the regime’s shock troops stormed the US embassy in Tehran and held US diplomats hostage for 444 days.

Despite an uninterrupted record of Iranian aggression, since 1979 every US administration tried to convince the ayatollahs to abandon their hostility to America. Iran pocketed every presidential concession and redoubled its hostile actions against America and its allies and interests.

Ignoring the record, liar-nObama argued he had the Midas touch. liar-nObama  made his case for uniqueness to Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood in his speech at Cairo University in June 2009.

There liar-nObama legitimized Iran’s grievances against the US. He invited Iran’s leaders and their Sunni jihadist counterparts in the Muslim Brotherhood to work with him.

At the same time, he attacked Israel and the US’s Sunni Muslim allies.

By attacking the US’s allies and embracing its enemies, liar-nObama signaled Iranians and the Muslim Brotherhood that he was interested in a strategic realignment of America’s Middle East posture.

In its editorial following liar-nObama’s speech, the Times’ editors gushed, “After eight years of American arrogance and bullying that has turned even close friends against the United States, it takes a strong president to acknowledge the mistakes of the past.”

IN THE months and years that followed his Cairo speech, liar-nObama’s primary goal in the Middle East was to persuade Iran’s regime to reach a nuclear accord with him. Although liar-nObama and his advisers insisted that his nuclear diplomacy didn’t affect their willingness to confront and punish Iran for its other rogue behavior, their actions showed the opposite was true.

From his earliest days in office, liar-nObama turned a blind eye to all of Iran’s bad behavior.

For instance, just days after his Cairo speech, the regime stole the presidential elections. Then Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the poll against his two chief opponents Mir Hossain Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The public, which came out in the millions for Mousavi and Karroubi, rejected the official results. Millions took to the streets in what became known as the Green Revolution.

Instead of standing with the Iranians in the streets demanding freedom, liar-nObama stood on the sidelines and so effectively sided with the anti-American regime against the Iranian people begging for American support.

In his report, Meyer showed another casualty of liar-nObama’s obsessive desire to reach a nuclear accord with Tehran. Meyer chronicled the shocking fate of Project Cassandra, a multi-year investigation led by the US’s Drug Enforcement Agency. The DEA probe involved 30 US and foreign law enforcement and intelligence agencies. It was directed against Hezbollah’s worldwide narco-terrorist empire, which netted Iran’s foreign legion up to $1 billion annually.

Project Cassandra investigators “followed cocaine shipments, some from Latin America to West Africa and on to Europe and the Middle East, and others through Venezuela and Mexico to the United States. They tracked the river of dirty cash as it was laundered by, among other tactics, buying American used cars and shipping them to Africa. And with the help of some key cooperating witnesses, the agents traced the conspiracy, they believed, to the innermost circle of Hezbollah and its state sponsors in Iran.”

Rather than support the investigation, which showed that Hezbollah was importing thousands of tons of cocaine to the US and using US used car dealerships to launder their drug money, the liar-nObama administration quashed it.

“As Project Cassandra reached higher into the hierarchy of the conspiracy, liar-nObama administration officials threw an increasingly insurmountable series of roadblocks in its way.... When Project Cassandra leaders sought approval for some significant investigations, prosecutions, arrests and financial sanctions, officials at the Justice and Treasury departments delayed, hindered or rejected their requests.”

Meyer reports that Hezbollah used its drug profits to supply Syrian President Bashar Assad with chemical and conventional weapons he used against his own people. It used its drug money to provide tank-destroying roadside bombs to Iranian-controlled Shi’ite militias in Iraq which killed hundreds of US soldiers. It used its drug money to build apartment blocks in south Lebanon which, as the IDF has documented, double as missile launch pads and storage facilities in preparation for its next war against Israel.

And it used the money to turn a slew of Latin American countries into US enemies and Iranian allies in Tehran’s war to destroy America.

As liar-nObama Treasury Department official Katherine Bauer claimed in written testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs last February, “under the liar-nObama administration... these Hezbollah-related investigations were tamped down for fear of rocking the boat with Iran and jeopardizing the nuclear deal.”

THIS THEN brings us back to Haley at the UN on Monday, and the US liberal media’s condemnation of her defense of Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

In November 2015, the UN Security Council unanimously approved liar-nObama’s nuclear deal. The resolution was submitted by liar-nObama’s UN ambassador Samantha Power.

The EU, the Russians and the Chinese all happily partnered with the liar-nObama  administration in concluding a nuclear deal. That vaunted, unanimously supported deal paved the way for Iran to become a nuclear armed state within a decade.

The international community – along with the US liberal media – cheered as liar-nObama attacked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for daring to warn of the consequences of his nuclear pact.

At the same time, the international community, the Times and its liberal media counterparts all hid the news of Hezbollah’s narco-terrorism empire and its responsibility for thousands of cocaine-related deaths each year in America. Indeed, as of Tuesday, neither the Times’ nor The Washington Post’s websites mentioned Meyer’s report.

In her statement Monday, Haley said, “This is the first time I have exercised the American right to veto a resolution in the Security Council. The exercise of the veto is not something the United States does often.... We do it with no joy, but we do it with no reluctance.”

She added, “The fact that this veto is being done in defense of American sovereignty and in defense of America’s role in the Middle East peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us; it should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the Security Council.”

And it should be an embarrassment to the New York Times and its colleagues for their refusal to report why Haley and Trump are demonstrably right to stand alone and why liar-nObama was catastrophically wrong to believe that the US should stand with the “international community” against itself.
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Friday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
A Celebration of Life
by David Limbaugh
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Rosie O'Donnell's Bribery 'Joke' Is No Laughing Matter
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          According to Title 18 U.S. Code § 201, “(b) Whoever— (1) directly or indirectly, corruptly gives, offers or promises anything of value to any public official or person who has been selected to be a public official, or offers or promises any public official or any person who has been selected to be a public official to give anything of value to any other person or entity, with intent— (A) to influence any official act; … shall be fined under this title or not more than three times the monetary equivalent of the thing of value, whichever is greater, or imprisoned for not more than fifteen years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.” Oops.
          O'Donnell probably didn’t actually expect the senators to oblige, and maybe, just maybe, her inducement was completely in jest, as she appears to be suggesting. But that’s also not the point. You really have to believe that you can get away with anything if you’re this willing to bribe two senators on Twitter, where it’s available for everyone (literally anyone who has Internet) to see. And it’s not like a precedent hasn’t been set. When like minded malcontents like Kathy Griffin are allowed to showcase a severed head of Donald Trump and get away with it, no wonder O'Donnell thinks she can engage in something that’s illegal. Hollywood elitists are more immune to the consequences of nefarious behavior than they are even capable of understanding.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Rep Gaetz – McCabe Testimony
Shows His Focus Was Protecting liar-Clinton
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{rickwells.us} ~ With three closed-door appearances testifying before Congress this week, the latest on Friday before the House Judiciary Committee... FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is clearly up to his eyeball in suspicion.  Rep Matt Gaetz was one of those on the Judiciary Committee asking questions, saying they are looking into McCabe’s handling of the liar-Clinton email scandal, the liar-Clinton Foundation and bribes or other improper payments. Gaetz says, “I can certainly say that my impression after these interviews is that there was extreme pro-liar-Hillary Clinton bias that benefited her in this investigation and that she received special treatment as a consequence of her candidacy for president. That shouldn’t happen. The law should apply equally to all Americans whether they are political candidates or not.”...   https://rickwells.us/gaetz-clinton-mccabe-testimony/
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Here Are The Senators Who Voted To 
Shut Down The Government Before Christmas
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by THOMAS PHIPPEN
{dailycaller.com} ~ The Senate approved a short-term spending plan to keep the government open Thursday... but not without nearly a third of the chamber dissenting for various reasons. The funding bill, called a continuing resolution, keeps the government open through mid-January. The legislation needed at least 60 votes and passed by 66 votes, with 32 nays and two senators not voting. That’s double the 14 Democrats who dissented against the temporary spending bill two weeks ago. Most of the nay votes were from Democrats who are desperate to deal with immigration issues. During a caucus meeting Thursday, Democratic Rep. Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois criticized clown-Schumer for not caring about the future of Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and for “throwing them under the bus,” the Washington Post reports...   http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/22/here-are-the-senators-who-voted-to-shut-down-the-government-before-christmas/?utm_medium=email
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Trail of Russian Dossier Origination Now Directly
Leads to The liar-nObama White House
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ Several new developments happening today center around the FBI’s use of the Christopher Steele Dossier in gaining FISA warrants to wiretap... and monitor the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump; ie. “The Trump Project”. Doug Ross continues to update the ongoing conspiracy Timeline – And that timeline just gained a big addition from a recently discovered visitor to the White House. Before going to the White House visitor angle, it’s important to express appreciation for Tablet Mag who did a deep dive into the Fusion-GPS connection to the creation of the Steele Dossier, and more specifically how Fusion-GPS head Glenn Simpson and his wife Mary Jacoby were instrumental in getting the dossier assembled and into the hands of the White House prior to the DOJ and FBI applying for the FISA warrant... ( http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/251897/obama-steele-dossier-russiagate )  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/21/oh-dear-trail-of-russian-dossier-origination-now-directly-leads-to-the-obama-white-house/
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FBI/DOJ Co-Conspirators Just Lost Biggest Asset –
FBI Director Wray Kicks Out James Baker
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ There is a clear plan and strategy in place to deal with the schemes of the “small group” of co-conspirators within the DOJ and FBI...  CTH advises prudent patience, and assembly of tar and feathers, as the Machiavellian schemes continue to be untangled. Tuesday afternoon when FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe travelled to Capitol Hill for his 10-hour closed door testimony and questioning he was accompanied by “small group” defense shield, FBI legal counsel, James Baker.   In front of the House Intelligence Committee, Andy McCabe suddenly couldn’t remember his relationship with the Steele Dossier. As a result of Attorney Baker’s appearance and specific engagement within the hearing investigators announced yesterday to Baker would be summoned for questioning...  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/21/fbi-doj-co-conspirators-just-lost-biggest-asset-fbi-director-wray-kicks-out-james-baker/
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Jake Tapper Points Out Hypocrisy Of Thursday’s UN Vote
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Vice President Pence Makes Surprise Trip To Afghanistan
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Prager U: Where Does The Federal Government Get All That Money?
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Medical Breakthrough: Israeli Scientists Regrow Human Bone Inside The Patient
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Mark Steyn: For PC Reasons, We Weren’t Told Truth About Illegals & Crime
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A Celebration of Life
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by David Limbaugh
{townhall.com} ~ People often lament that in our celebration of Christmas, we tend to lose sight of its true meaning. Not to be a contrarian, but I don't think the two are mutually exclusive.

At Christmastime, we celebrate family, giving, tradition, friendship, community, love, goodwill and so much else that is great and good about human existence. These sublime experiences and institutions are wonderful precisely because our savior, in whom goodness inheres, created them.

With proper godly perspective, delighting in these glorious gifts actually enhances our focus on God; it doesn't diminish it. Of course, we must discipline ourselves, if it doesn't occur naturally, to give thanks to God and to consciously savor him and his gift of life to us.

This time of year, we celebrate Christ's incarnation -- his birth, his earthly example and his miracles and teachings. We humbly bow at the Crucifixion, marvel at the magisterial Resurrection and gratefully acknowledge our regeneration salvation in him. We cherish that he is truth, the judge and the very giver of life.

Unlike the mythical god of deism, our God did not create us and then callously abandon us to a desperate state of sinfulness, misery and suffering. He is not only the Creator but also the sustainer of the universe. The writer of Hebrews assures us, "He upholds the universe by the word of His power." The Apostle Paul proclaims, "He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together."

Though God gave us the freedom to sin and mankind subsequently fell, Christ became sin for us, thereby conquering sin and death. He offers us redemption and eternal life in his presence.

It is fitting that we celebrate Christ's birth, because his redeeming work on our behalf -- his death on the Cross and thus our salvation -- could not have been accomplished without his incarnation. It is all part of a piece. If he had merely been in form a human but in substance only God, his suffering, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection would have been illusory.

Paul wrote to the Philippians: "Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross."

Jesus wasn't just the greatest of all human prophets. He was fully God and fully man, a truth that Christians believed from the beginning and that the Council of Chalcedon formally affirmed in A.D. 451. "Therefore, following the holy fathers, we all with one accord teach men to acknowledge one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, at once complete in Godhead and complete in manhood, truly God and truly man, consisting also of a reasonable soul and body; of one substance with the Father as regards His Godhead, and at the same time of one substance with us as regards His manhood."

Christianity's critics sometimes question God's permitting human suffering, but the Cross, to paraphrase the late Pastor John Stott, smashes those concerns to smithereens. Christ understands our suffering and even our mundane problems because he became one of us and experienced what we experience. "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin" (Hebrews 4:15).

Christ suffered -- so that we can live -- more pain than anyone who has ever existed. It was not only his physical beatings and passion but also his excruciating separation from the Father and his endurance of God's wrath for all of the past, present and future sins of mankind. Moreover, God created us knowing at the time that Christ's human birth and sacrificial death would be necessary. John tells us that Jesus is "the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world." A greater act of love is inconceivable.

Having become human and suffering as a human being, Christ is an empathetic, personal God, who is approachable to us and with whom we can have a personal relationship. "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in the time of need" (Hebrews 4:16).

This Christmas, let's celebrate the wonders of our existence as human beings created in God's image and with the capacity for his love, which we must abundantly share with one another. Let's draw near to his throne of grace, profusely thanking him for the undeserved mercy he gave us and meditating on "whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable" (Philippians 4:8).
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The establishment fears 
annihilation -- for good reason
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by ERIK RUSH
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MSBNC Runs liar-Clinton Cover – Admits
Sessions Inquiry into Uranium One, “No Crimes”
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{rickwells.us} ~ They called it an MSNBC exclusive, at the time, a report that AG Jeff Sessions was finally going to do something about investigating the Uranium One deal... The revelation was that he has instructed DOJ prosecutors to question FBI officials about the case. It was also an attempt at liar-Clinton damage control, the acknowledgement that some of the events took place, but with the familiar spin into a “nothing inappropriate” portrayal. The liar-Clintons would be going down if this should become an actual investigation with real consequences. Those investigators are questioning those involved in the case at the time, theoretically in an effort to determine whether the FBI should have taken further action against the liar-Clinton crime syndicate, rather than simply prosecuting a few participants and protecting the liar-Clintons and liar-nObama officials... https://rickwells.us/msbnc-clinton-sessions-uranium/
VIDEO at the site.
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President Trump to Countries Who Vote
Against US on Jerusalem — Fine, We’ll Cut Your Aid
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by Jim Hoft
President Donald Trump threatened the countries who vote against the United States on Jerusalem on Thursday... U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we’re watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot. We don’t care,” Trump told reporters at the White House...   http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/amazing-president-trump-countries-vote-us-jerusalem-fine-well-cut-aid/
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liar-Clinton mulls role in 2018 midterms
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by AMIE PARNES AND MIKE LILLI
liar-Hillary Clinton has all but avoided appearing at campaign events since her stunning 2016 loss... but some Democrats believe she would be a welcome voice in the 2018 midterms. Despite polling that shows liar-Clinton with low favorability ratings, they say the former secretary of State could help Democratic candidates in congressional districts she won last year. “For me, it's a no-brainer,” former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman during the 2012 and 2014 election cycles, said in an interview...Thats right he has no brains.  http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/365839-clinton-mulls-role-in-2018-midterms
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Tom Brokaw: Fox News ‘On a Jihad’
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by Trey Sanchez
{truthrevolt.org} ~ Tom Brokaw has been peddling fake news for so long, he’s a little fuzzy on facts... Case in point: forgetting what “jihad” means live on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. Perhaps Brokaw was up too early and his head wasn’t clear because he criticized Fox News, saying the network is “on a jihad right now” against liar-Hillary Clinton and U.S. institutions. “Fox News, after Shephard Smith in the late afternoon, is on a jihad right now,” Brokaw said. Here, he is referring to Fox’s reporting on liar-Clinton’s involvement with the sale of uranium to Russia while secretary of state. The veteran newsman said Shep Smith is the only one on Fox who doesn’t believe liar-Clinton was involved in such a scandal. After Smith's show, Brokaw said it’s all downhill...  https://www.truthrevolt.org/news/tom-brokaw-fox-news-jihad
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Nikki Haley Gives The UN Hell: Why Pay For The “Privilege” Of Being Disrespected
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Dems “Eating Crow” On Companies Investing In US, Upset Taxpayers Get More $
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Tim Scott Hits Back At Blogger For Calling Him A ‘Manipulated Prop’ At Trump’s Tax Remarks
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: The POTUS Isn’t Firing Mueller!!
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Olympian Mckayla Maroney: I Was Paid To Keep Quiet About Being Abused
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The establishment fears 
annihilation -- for good reason
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by ERIK RUSH
{wnd.com} ~ In February of 2007, I penned a commentary for an online publication that highlighted the apostate black nationalist doctrine of a high-profile church in Chicago. This was significant at the time because this church had been attended by Barack Hussein liar-nObama, the junior senator from Illinois, for the previous 20 years, and liar-nObama was a likely front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The commentary led to my appearance on Fox News on Feb. 28, 2007, where I introduced America to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the long-time pastor of that church.

Despite the disturbing revelations attendant to this and many more that evidenced liar-nObama as dangerous and manifestly unqualified for the office of president, instead of doing its due diligence, the establishment press ignored these facts and functioned as a dedicated public relations arm for liar-nObama over the following nine years. The political left anointed liar-nObama as a messiah, and far too many on the right cravenly refused to criticize him for anything solely due to his ethnicity.

The instances of the press and others giving liar-nObama a pass on important issues before and after his election were legion. From his dubious origins narrative, to the question of whether he may have had former homosexual lovers killed to preserve his optics, to his chumminess with militant black nationalist groups, to his arming drug cartels and Islamists, the operational modality of just about everyone of influence in politics was clearly “hands-off.”

In the case of President Donald Trump, their deportment has been quite the opposite – meaning that these entities are acting toward Trump in precisely the manner in which they should have acted with regard to liar-nObama. Indeed, if the press and Washington politicos had pursued the truth pertaining to liar-nObama  with one-quarter of the vigor with which they are dogging Trump, liar-nObama 
would most assuredly never have been elected.

While ethnicity was not the only factor in 2008, neither is it the only factor at present. Obviously, if candidate Donald Trump had represented a continuance of liar-nObama’s policies, progressives and hard-line leftists alike would have adopted a similar affinity for him. Since Trump represents not only a threat to leftist ideology, but to the entire political establishment, they have marked him for political destruction. To this end, they have engaged in the most unseemly machinations, all calculated to bring about Trump’s downfall.

Interestingly, many of the preposterous allegations being leveled against Trump are uncanny projections of liar-nObama, particularly those that accuse Trump of being autocratic, authoritarian, or tyrannical. One of the most prominent among the plethora of slanderous allegations the left has leveled against Trump is that of him being a white nationalist. This is quite ironic, of course, given that they slavishly supported a candidate and later a president who was a real, live black nationalist.

It isn’t the irony or even the implausibility of the allegations that are most significant at this juncture. As I have said previously, these actions smack of a deep sense of fear and desperation on the part of the left and Washington progressives, and manifest their increasing inability to relate to the electorate.

This, I believe, will prove far more damaging to them than anything Trump has planned.

In the 1970s and 1980s, I tended to look askance at those of my ignorant peers who viewed communism and hard-line socialism as somehow “cool” or trendy – the sort of fools who one might see running around wearing those iconic Che Guevara T-shirts. Did they not see the oppression and squalor under which those behind the Iron Curtain, China, Cuba and North Korea lived?

Last week, a young editor for BuzzFeed in the U.K. tweeted her desire for “full communism now” in Britain as a Christmas present. I couldn’t help but wonder if this person was aware that Christmas is typically outlawed in communist countries.

What a lovely idea, I thought. Yes, those in the U.K. would benefit tremendously from freezing in winter, bread lines, gulags, impoverished, drunken surgeons operating on children with instruments that had been spit-shined in lieu of sterilization by similarly inebriated staff, and so forth.

Thanks to the press and the culture that prevailed during liar-nObama’s presidency, we now have another generation of young fools as well as millions of older people who are ripe for the retrograde, oligarchical collectivist con.

The surreal nature of the manifestations discussed above are often quite difficult to mentally process: How indeed does one reconcile American equivalents of the idiot Buzzfeed editor, the homosexual who whines about inequality when there are countries that actually execute homosexuals upon detection, or the black multimillionaire celebrity who is too stupid to recognize that any disenfranchisement or inequity under which black Americans suffer has its genesis in progressive policies?

The histrionics and calumnies being advanced by the political establishment where Donald Trump is concerned, and their determination to find absolutely anything they can hang on him evidence the same sort of intellectual immaturity and desperation as that expressed by the petulant child who demands endless “do-overs” until they achieve the result they wish. They are desperately afraid that by the time Trump – a man who has failed at very little in his life – gets done stimulating the economy to an unprecedented degree, re-establishing America as the world’s foremost superpower, bolstering national security and giving the lie to the socialist utopia, all things progressive will have been so thoroughly discredited that very few voters – particularly unaffiliated ones – will be willing to get on the bandwagon for anything advanced by progressives.

In short, they fear total annihilation – their political death.
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Friday Noon ~ TheFrontPageCover

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Countering Christmas Jihad
by Hany Ghoraba
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AG Jeff Sessions orders probe 
into FBI’s Uranium One investigation
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by Thomas Phippen
{bizpacreview.com} ~ The Department of Justice has started asking FBI agents what they found when investigating the 2010 Uranium One deal linked to liar-Bill and liar-Hillary Clinton... On the orders of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ has interviewed FBI agents who looked at the deal, where a Russian-backed company bought a uranium firm with mines in the U.S., NBC News reports. DOJ officials promised Congress the department would look into whether a special counsel is warranted to investigate the uranium deal, and possibly, bring charges...  http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/12/21/breaking-ag-jeff-sessions-orders-probe-fbis-uranium-one-investigation-578631?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=BPR%20Email&utm_campaign=DMS
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Rep Jim Jordan Calls 
for Mueller Probe to be Disbanded
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{patrioticviralnews.com} ~ Congressman Jim Jordan (R-OH) refuses to sit quietly after watching Deputy Attorney General and full-time swamp critter Rod Rosenstein duck and dodge questions... from the House Oversight Committee last week. In fact, Jordan is so hopping mad that he’s calling for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s entire sham investigation of President Trump and the fictitious “Russian collusion” to be shut down. First, there’s the fact that Mueller stacked his team of investigators with known liar-Hillary Clinton political donors. There’s not a single Republican on Mueller’s team. There are also no known independents or non-partisan individuals on the team. They’re all partisan trial lawyers who have donated heavily to the Democrat Party, liar-Hillary Clinton and Barack liar-nObama over the years. Next are the anti-Trump text messages that were sent by Special Agent Peter Strzok to his FBI mistress. Jordan says the issue is not that the text messages were inflammatory against the President. The issue is what those text messages really prove, since the ones obtained by Congress were sent in August of 2016, right around the time that the fake Russian dossier paid for by liar-Hillary Clinton landed at the FBI... http://patrioticviralnews.com/articles/rep-jim-jordan-calls-for-mueller-probe-to-be-disbanded/
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McMaster Goes Public With 
Trump’s Military Option Against KJU
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by CILLIAN ZEAL
{conservativetribune.com} ~ In an interview with PBS, H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump’s national security advisor... said that the commander in chief had requested top defense officials to come up with a military option against North Korea should the impasse with Kim Jong Un’s regime progress to that point. McMaster also said that the United States must “act urgently” in order to stop the increased military ambitions of the regime. “The president asked us to continue to refine a military option should we have to use it,” McMaster told PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff on Tuesday, declining to provide details...  https://conservativetribune.com/mcmaster-goes-public-military/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=conservativebyte&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=libertyalliance
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Twilight over the "Palestinian Cause"
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by Guy Millière
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ For many years, "Palestine" has not stopped aspiring to new heights in the so called "international community"... "Palestine" has been present at the Olympic Games since 1996, and, later, became a permanent observer to UNESCO and the United Nations. The vast majority of the 95 "embassies" of "Palestine" are in the Muslim world; many others are in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. In 2014, the Spanish Parliament voted in favor of full recognition of "Palestine." A few weeks later, the French Parliament did the same.  There is no other instance in the history of the world where a state that does not exist can have missions and embassies presumed to function as if that state did exist. Now the time has probably come for the "Palestinians" to realize that they have lost and fall back to earth, as noted by the scholar Daniel Pipes... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11565/palestinian-cause
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Trump’s New National Security 
Strategy Names and Shames Iran

{themadpatriots.com} ~ It can’t be denied that Donald Trump’s biggest selling point in the 2016 election was his remarkable and uncompromising stance on illegal immigration...
 But while that position was given the lion’s share of the overall attention, his promised policies on the Middle East and broader national security concerns was also a big departure from those of the liar-nObama administration. In fact, they were just as significant a departure from Republican Party orthodoxy. Under a Trump administration, the Republican nominee promised, the U.S. would not bog itself and its military down in fruitless Middle Eastern wars, would not needlessly take sides in the Israel-Palestine peace process, and would not make the mistake of seeing enemies as friends. In this last point, the primary name was Iran. President liar-nObama didn’t necessarily consider the Islamic Republic an ally, but he did think they were trustworthy enough to sit down at a bargaining table and hammer out a historic nuclear agreement that some – including Trump – have called one of the worst deals in the history of global diplomacy...  http://www.themadpatriots.com/politics/trumps-new-national-security-strategy-names-and-shames-iran/
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Countering Christmas Jihad
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by Hany Ghoraba
{jewishworldreview.com} ~ "Soon on your holidays," a sentence that would typically befit the celebrations of the Christmas festivities, was turned into a terrifying threat posted recently on an ISIS-related network vowing to attack major European cities during the Christmas holidays. The post included pictures of Santa Claus being stabbed by masked ISIS terrorists, among other chilling images, including landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to Times Square. These threats and attacks did not just target western communities, but Middle Eastern ones as well, where churches have a history of being targeted by deadly attacks such as the one in Egypt in December 2016 when St. Mark Cathedral's adjoining chapel was bombed by terrorists, killing 25 worshippers and injuring dozens of others. Since that attack, the country has increased security measures to safeguard all churches and places of worship, especially in the upcoming Christmas season.

The recent wave of ISIS threats to attack civilians during the Christmas season has forced governments to tighten security in the face of what is believed to be a serious threat from the terrorist group which has suffered major defeats in the Middle East, namely in Syria, Iraq, Libya and North Sinai (Egypt). Consequently, the U.S. State Department has issued a heightened alert for all American travelers to Europe to exercise caution, particularly at holiday events.

Accordingly, these countries have taken drastic measures to safeguard the celebrations of Christmas this year and the following are a few examples of such measures:

Germany

Six suspects were taken into custody during a Nov. 21 raid on eight apartments by a police force of about 500 officers. These preemptive strikes have saved Germany from another devious plan that aimed to kill dozens if not hundreds of people. Germany experienced one of the vicious attacks by ISIS terrorists in 2016 on a busy open air Christmas market in Berlin. German police shot Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri dead four days later in a shootout after he had killed 12 people and injured 56 more in the truck attack. German authorities continue to beef up security measures to protect public areas, particularly the country's estimated 2,600 Christmas markets. Organizers in Bochum, for example, decorated concrete barriers protecting pedestrian areas with festive Christmas wrapping with bows. Armed police patrols have been increased and stop-and-search checks were introduced at venues across the country.

France

France was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks and mass killings in recent years. The French Parliament approved tougher new laws giving security forces unprecedented powers during emergencies. This action was inspired by the December 2015 Paris attacks, which left 130 people dead and 413 people injured. Officials recently canceled a Christmas market in Lyon because security costs would be too high. Paris's Champs Elysees Christmas market also was cancelled due to fear of possible attacks. In the famous Strasbourg Christmas market, police patrols have been increased and 140 private security agents have been hired for added protection. During the Christmas weekend, traffic will be restricted to the Grand Ile "Great Island" in the historic center of the French city, turning into it into a pedestrian zone.

Spain

Amid political turmoil following the Catalan independence referendum and a possible repeat vote, Spain can't ignore its security priorities as Christmas approaches. Spain has been a target of al-Qaida and ISIS terrorists for years, as it remains the crown jewel of their fabled caliphate. In August, Spain woke up to an attack in Barcelona when 22-year-old terrorist Younis Abouyaacoub drove a van into pedestrians, killing 14 people and injuring 130. In the days before Christmas, the Spanish government have stepped up their security in all the cities despite fears that the numbers of police forces are not adequate to counter the threat of ISIS returnees from Iraq. For example, In Barcelona, bollards and hedges were installed in the city center and around the Sagrada Familia Cathedral to stop vehicles from approaching pedestrian areas. In the Spanish capital Madrid, authorities placed 1,100 kg concrete blocks on the famous Gran Via shopping street Dec. 1 and won't remove them until Jan. 7. Plans call for closing the street to all private vehicles by summer.

United Kingdom

Britain endured a series of seemingly lone wolf attacks this year, including May's bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester that killed 23 people and wounded 116. Security forces are using drones to give officers at a command center and other offices live images of potential targets.

Scenes of the unarmed English police "Bobbies" are being replaced by heavily armed officers guarding Christmas markets and other high volume areas. Moreover, metal detectors, large concrete barriers, and stop and search checks are highly visible at the open markets across the United Kingdom.

United States

The United States remains the prime target of all jihadist terrorist groups across the world.

Manhattan saw two terrorist attacks in the past six weeks Sayfullo Saipov's truck rampage that killed eight people on a bicycle path, and last week's attempted suicide bombing by Akayed Ullah at Manhattan's Port Authority Bus Terminal.

New York police are using sand-filled sanitation trucks and sharpshooters to secure Times Square celebrations, which is similar to steps taken last Christmas and during last month's Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

While ISIS and al-Qaida suffered battlefield defeats in the Middle East, they are far from finished plotting attacks and enticing lone wolf supporters across the world to do their vile bidding. So far, the 2017 holiday season has been more safe and peaceful, indicating the increased security measures may have helped.
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Time for Trump makeover of NPR and PBS
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Friday Top Headlines
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After tax reform, maybe Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell aren’t so bad after all (Washington Examiner)
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Newt Gingrich: The Trump administration became truly historic this week (Fox News)
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Congress votes to avert shutdown, sends Donald Trump stopgap spending bill (The Washington Free Beacon)
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against Trump over Constitution’s Emoluments Clause (The Hill)
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Donald Trump leaves White House unannounced to visit wounded warriors for Christmas (The Daily Wire)
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Mike Pence makes surprise trip to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan (Time)
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Prosecutors ask FBI agents for info on Uranium One deal (NBC News)
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FBI’s top lawyer said to be reassigned (The Washington Post)
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How liar-nObama manipulated sensitive secret intelligence for political gain (The Washington Times)
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UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn U.S. decision on Jerusalem (NPR)
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Dems wonder: Maybe we should triple-down on liar-Hillary in the midterms (Hot Air)
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New nuclear power plant gets thumbs up from Georgia regulators (Washington Examiner)
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Federal court rules Atlanta abused Constitution by sacking fire chief (PoliZette)
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Trump administration considering to separate families who illegally cross U.S.-Mexico border (Fox News)
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Policy: Democrats’ favored DACA amnesty bill would cost $26 billion (The Daily Signal)
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Policy: Global warming: fake news from the start (The Heartland Institute)  ~The Patriot Post
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Kallstrom – Something Big Is About 
To Happen At FBI To Expose Rotted Head
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{rickwells.us} ~ Former FBI Assistant Director James Kallstrom tells Stuart Varney about the politicization of the FBI... He says that he believes the Comey team, both inside the FBI and at DOJ have exposed themselves to charges of obstruction of justice charges. He notes that “The FBI is not in the business of planning to destroy a President of the United States and it’s clear to him that that is what they were up to. He says, “I think they were trying. I think they were way above their capability.” He says they were obviously in Andrew McCabe’s office plotting some kind of thing, what he believes was “what we’re seeing right now.” Kallstrom describes it as “This facade and the phony challenge to Trump about collusion and Russia, which nothing could be further from the truth.”... https://rickwells.us/kallstrom-something-happen-fbi/
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Voter Fraud Investigation Launched 
Into Alabama Senate Special Election
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{dailywire.com} ~ Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has launched an investigation into voter fraud accusations from last week's Senate special election... in which Democrat Doug Jones was declared the winner over his Republican opponent, embattled Judge Roy Moore. Moore has yet to officially concede. The investigation was triggered by a viral video of a Jones supporter telling Fox10 reporter Kati Weis that he and others had traveled "from different parts of the country" to "vote" for their candidate, Jones. “We came here all the way from different parts of the country as part of our fellowship, and all of us pitched in to vote and canvas together, and we got our boy elected!" said the unidentified man...  https://www.dailywire.com/news/24911/voter-fraud-investigation-launched-alabama-senate-amanda-prestigiacomo#
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Sen. clown-Schumer Steps In Major Pile 
Of Political Doggy-Do After Tax Bill Passes
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by Jeff Dunetz
{lidblog.com} ~ Senate minority leader Chuck clown-Schumer ever met a GOP program he liked... I do believe if President Trump found a way to end all war, clown-Schumer would complain that not enough people were dying and the earth was getting too crowded. Most of the time he flies off the handle to criticize a bill, speech or policy before it’s been written. He’s been a big opponent the tax plan going with the standard liberal argument that every tax cut ever done favors the rich and doesn’t help the economy. Of course, he is ignoring the tax cut pushed by John F. Kennedy and the one by Ronald Reagan, each brought a period of prosperity to the economy. As his usual habit, immediately after  the  House voted a second time to approve the tax bill, he didn’t wait to start criticizing. And that was his big mistake...  https://lidblog.com/sen-chuck-schumer-steps-doggy/
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Trump threatens U.N. nations 
rejecting Jerusalem declaration
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{wnd.com} ~ U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley is taking a bold stand for President Trump’s recent recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel... warning that she will be “taking names” of nations that reject the president’s decision in a General Assembly vote scheduled for Thursday. President Trump is threatening to cut off aid to the countries in Haley’s list of names that call for him to withdraw his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we’re watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot. We don’t care,” President Trump said at the White House Wednesday...  http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/trump-issues-bold-warning-to-u-n-nations-rejecting-jerusalem-declaration/
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McConnell Nails Crybaby clown-Schumer, 
Reporter Repeating Dem Talking Points
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{rickwells.us} ~ With Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) involved in some heavy-duty cleanup work behind him... Senator Mitch McConnell takes reporters’ questions after the passage of the Tax Bill. McConnell  said, “Chairman Murkowski, all the people you see behind us, have all worked together as a team. And as you notice, at the end, there was not a single Democrat who thought this was a good idea.” He says, “And so we’re going to take this message to the American people also a year from now. A libtard reporter asks, “The legislative victory obviously important, but you’ve gotten a lot of criticism for the process, the fact that the substitute amendment wasn’t out until 8:30pm, the fact that things were written in the margins, is this how you envisioned passing such a large legislative accomplishment?”...  https://rickwells.us/mcconnell-schumer-talking-points/
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Time for Trump makeover of NPR and PBS
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by MICHELLE MALKIN
{wnd.com} ~ At the close of 2017, no less than seven prominent male hosts and editors of influential government-sponsored radio and television shows are out of work amid claims of sexual harassment.

According to their accusers, the alleged Malevolent Seven are powerful pervs and creeps who’ve been running wild at NPR and PBS for decades, sponsored and subsidized by taxpayers and corporate donors.

In August, award-winning broadcast and radio host John Hockenberry departed from his public radio program “The Takeaway” on New York City’s NPR affiliate, which garnered a peak audience of nearly 3 million weekly listeners on more than 270 stations. Female producers and interns accused him of harassment and bullying before and after he deployed his golden parachute. Hockenberry says he’s “horrified” by the allegations.

In October, NPR’s former editorial director and senior vice president of news, Michael Oreskes, was ousted from his perch after several women claimed he forcibly kissed them in the 1990s while seeking jobs at his previous employer, the New York Times.

That same month, NPR launched an investigation of veteran Minnesota Public Radio host Garrison Keillor, creator of “A Prairie Home Companion.” The liberal icon penned a column defending fellow sexual harassment suspect Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., in late November; the next day, NPR fired him for inappropriate behavior involving at least one female co-worker. Keillor says the only incident he recalls involves inadvertently slipping his hand up the bare back of a “friend.”

Also on the Thanksgiving holiday chopping block: PBS fixture and CBS morning news star Charlie Rose, who reportedly groped, grabbed, phone-harassed and exposed himself to upwards of eight female employees, interns and job applicants dating back to the 1990s

At the end of November, NPR canned Chief News Editor David Sweeney following an internal review after four of the public radio network’s female employees lodged formal complaints involving unwanted kisses, attention and gifts.

In mid-December, Boston-based Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s “On Point” live morning show broadcast on 290 NPR affiliates stations for the past 16 years, was suspended after young women alleged he gave “creepy” sex talks, hugs and back rubs in the studio. Ashbrook says he was “stunned” to learn of the charges.

And last week, PBS suspended weeknight host Tavis Smiley, whose interview show airs in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Southern California and nationwide – with major corporate underwriting from Wal-Mart. He also hosted a podcast on NPR. Smiley has waged an aggressive campaign defending himself against his employer’s witch hunt “gone too far.”

I can’t tell you who’s lying and who’s telling the truth, but I know with absolute certitude that all seven of these men are left-leaning journalists and pundits encrusted in the public broadcasting establishment.

This is a golden opportunity for President Donald Trump to drain the elitist media swamps and inject true intellectual diversity in the newsrooms of NPR and PBS. Liberal bias at these Beltway institutions is notorious – from NPR legal analyst Nina Totenberg wishing AIDS upon Sen. Jesse Helms and his grandchildren as “retributive justice,” to “Sesame Street’s” Oscar the Grouch mocking Fox News on PBS, to top NPR executives slamming the tea party movement as “scary” and “racist” to the undercover journalists of Project Veritas.

If pushover Republicans can’t bring themselves to fully defund NPR and PBS, can’t they at least step up and advocate for hosts and editors who keep their hands to themselves and refrain from insulting the people in flyover country who keep their rackets afloat?

What better time, in the wake of liberal hypocrisy and sexual harassment self-implosions, to bring real balance to government-sponsored programming?

So far, the moment is being squandered. The replacements announced for Charlie Rose on PBS are BBC correspondent Katty Kay and former CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour.

That’s right. Two liberal British female journalists.

Come on, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Do better, D.C.

All things considered, we could use a little more “America First” and a little less globaloney and groupthink from NPR and PBS. I can think of a conservative female journalist or 12 up to the task.
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President Trump and Congress plan a defense against EMP attacks

Written by Leslie Eastman
President Trump and Congress plan a defense against EMP attacks

Defenses being prepared for man-made e-bombs and solar storms.

There has been a fascinating policy development that has flown under the radar, as the current news cycle has been flooded with tax news and United Nations drama.

The U.S. Congress has reactivated a committee that was set to disband, which was initially created to devise countermeasures against a possible electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack by North Korea.

An electromagnetic pulse attack, or EMP, from a nuclear weapon detonated in the atmosphere could leave only about 30 million Americans alive and a “basically rural economy” where survivors would be forced to produce their own food and other goods, William Graham, chairman of the aptly named Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from EMP Attack, told a House committee in 2008.

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Ambassador Nikki Haley Roasts the UN General Assembly “You Can’t Tell America What to Do” (Video) http://beforeitsnews.com/u-s-politics/2017/12/must-watch-ambas

Friday, December 22, 2017 7:28

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MUST WATCH: Ambassador Nikki Haley Roasts the UN General Assembly “You CAN’T Tell America What To Do”

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Wonderful morning, afternoon, or evening, wherever you are in the world,

Just some of the latest news you have to know:

MUST WATCH: Ambassador Nikki Haley Roasts the UN General Assembly “You CAN’T Tell America What To Do”

Well now, It seems as though tensions were running high yesterday at the UN assembly when Members voted 128-9 to condemn US Embassy move to Jerusalem. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations acted without delay Monday and spoke to the point about a move to stop America from placing its embassy in Israel in Jerusalem.

“The United States will not be told by any country where we can put our embassy,” Haley wrote in a Twitter post.

Nikki Haley✔@nikkihaley

The United States will not be told by any country where we can put our embassy.

4:22 PM – Dec 18, 2017

thestate.com reports:

The U.S. blocked a U.N. Security Council vote Monday on a resolution that called on all states to refrain from building diplomatic missions in Jerusalem.

Haley, the former South Carolina governor, voted against the resolution, using its veto power as a permanent member. The Council’s other 14 members, including close allies France and Britain, all voted in favor of the resolution.

Haley was forced to use the United States’ veto power to support a move made by Donald Trump last week, when the president broke with decades of diplomatic precedent and formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

At that point, Trump said he would begin the process of moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Haley said Trump “took great care not to prejudge final status negotiations in any way, including the specific boundaries of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem,” which must be decided by the Israelis and Palestinians. And she insisted that this position “is fully in line with the previous Security Council resolutions.”

On Monday, Haley shifted any discussion away from Trump and put the attention on other members of the Security Council in a speech to the U.N.

“Today, buried in diplomatic jargon, some presume to tell America where to put our embassy,” Haley said. “The United States has a sovereigned right to determine where and whether we establish an embassy.

“I suspect very few member states would welcome security council pronouncements about their sovereign decisions. And I think of some who should fear it.”

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said the U.S. should no longer be involved in brokering a Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.

After the vote, Haley lashed out at the other members of the Council, calling the proceedings “an insult” that “won’t be forgotten.”

“The fact that this veto is being done in defense of American sovereignty and in defense of America’s role in the Middle East peace process is not a source of embarrassment for us,” Haley said according to npr.org. “It should be an embarrassment to the remainder of the Security Council.”

Haley, a Republican from Lexington, served as South Carolina’s governor for six years before resigning to join the Trump Administration.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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JUDGES, PORN AND CHILD RAPE
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Trump's Signature Achievement Is a Win for America
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          AT&T announced that it will be giving out $1,000 bonuses to more than 200,000 of its non-executive employees, as well as investing $1 billion into its U.S. networks. Several other corporations followed AT&T’s lead, with Wells Fargo and Fifth Third Bancorp pledging to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour. Fifth Third also plans $1,000 bonuses to 13,500 employees. Comcast also jumped on the bonus bandwagon, announcing $1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 employees. And Boeing said that it would be giving $300 million in charitable endeavors and company investments.
          Americans can expect to see more of these good news stories as the real impact of tax reform is felt and as more companies respond to their corporate tax burden being reduced so drastically. Expressing his joy over Republicans’ tax reform passage, Trump said, “It is always a lot of fun when you win.” He added, “It’s the largest tax cut in the history of our country, and reform, but the tax cut — really something special.” That’s typical Trumpian exaggeration, but it’s still a great boon. And Vice President Mike Pence added to the jubilance, saying, “Merry Christmas, America. This will be remembered as a pivotal moment in the life of our nation. We made history today.
          Meanwhile, Democrat Grinches were bemoaning the bill’s passage — even as they struggled to express why they opposed a bill that lowers taxes and benefits the vast majority of Americans. As our own Mark Alexander explains, “Democrats frame tax reductions with ‘class warfare’ rhetoric. Their real objection is because reducing the amount of income they can seize and redistribute to their dependent constituencies undermines their statist power and agenda.”  ~The Patriot Pos
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America-Hating CNN Celebrates 
Children’s Book With Homosexual Santa Claus
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{rickwells.us} ~ The leftist attack on American values continues and it’s again being championed by one of the participants, CNN... Nothing is beyond the degradation of the globalists’ cultural Marxism and no tradition is worthy of their respect. That targeting philosophy that anything is fair game and the more representative it is of mainstream, traditional America the more irresistible it is to those attempting to throw us into a cesspool of degradation, is displayed during this recent CNN segment. They’re promoting, via their international fake news reach, an assault on Christmas by promoting a new book aimed at children in which Santa Claus is married to another man. Not only is the idea that one man can marry another antithetical to the beliefs of many Christian Americans, but its attachment to Santa Claus, at Christmas time, is clearly a combined move by the left to warp young minds as they insult their parents...These people are really sick. https://rickwells.us/cnn-childrens-book-gay-santa/
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YAF Reports: College Courses 
Rife With Leftist Insanity
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by Alex Parker
{truthrevolt.org} ~ According to a new study, the future of America is screwed... That is to say, according to a new study of more than 50 schools’ course catalogues, America’s top universities have been wholly infected by a leftist worldview. With classes on topics such as “queering God” and the racist nature of capitalism, an entire generation is being indoctrinated. The annual report comes courtesy of the Young America’s Foundation (YAF), a conservative group which investigates college curricula. According to the study, identity politics has resulted in classes which are “comical in their titles and descriptions,” yet have a dangerous potential impact. YAF laments...Boy, we are in a great awaking to come. https://www.truthrevolt.org/news/yaf-reports-college-courses-rife-leftist-insanity
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The Supreme Court Just Made 
Trump’s DACA Defense A Little Easier
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by KEVIN DALEY
{dailycaller.com} ~ The Supreme Court Wednesday lifted an order requiring the Trump administration to release internal documents relating to the rescission of DACA... an liar-nObama-era amnesty initiative that extended temporary legal status to foreign nationals who illegally entered the country as children. The order requires a federal court in California to reconsider the administration’s two principal arguments in a lawsuit currently seeking access to the government’s internal deliberations on DACA cancellation. The Justice Department claims the administration need not release internal documents concerning DACA’s cancellation because such decisions cannot be reviewed by the courts, and because federal law deprives trial courts of jurisdiction to hear challenges relating to the Immigration and Nationality Act.  The justices instructed the California court to reconsider these arguments because a finding in the government’s favor would eliminate the necessity of further review of administration records...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/20/the-supreme-court-just-made-trumps-daca-defense-a-little-easier/?utm_medium=email
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Media Bias Against GOP 
Tax Bill Misleads The Public 
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by AMBER ATHEY
{dailycaller.com} ~ Pervasive media bias about the GOP-led tax bill has convinced a vast majority of people to believe they are going to receive a massive tax hike... if President Trump signs it into law. Leftist media pundits and even “objective” anchors and reporters have framed the bill as a tax cut for the rich that is being paid for by the middle class, even though  analysis shows that the middle class will reap the biggest income gains. As the Wall Street Journal’s Richard Rubin tweeted on Tuesday, 80 percent of households will get cuts in 2018, but only 17 percent in a WSJ poll believe they’re getting tax cuts...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/20/media-bias-against-gop-tax-bill-misleads-the-public-video/?utm_medium=email
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King – McCabe Gave Inadequate Answers –
“What Are They Trying To Cover Up?”
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{rickwells.us} ~ artha MacCallum opens her interview with Rep Peter King (R-NY) with an innocent enough question that garnered a telling response... though King was limited as to what he could say about the closed door hearings.  She simply asked if  Andrew McCabe was forthcoming when he was asked about bias that may or may not exist in the FBI with regards to the Trump administration. King says, “I don’t believe that adequate answers were given, I’ll just leave it at that.” He continued, “There’s so many unanswered questions, at least questions that have not been resolved. For instance, the whole question of the dossier, what role did that play, if any, as far as the investigation being commenced.”...  https://rickwells.us/king-mccabe-trying-cover/
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JUDGES, PORN AND CHILD RAPE
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by LINDA HARVEY
{wnd.com} ~ During the holiday season, thousands of victimized children in America will not have a merry Christmas.

Little children who have been raped and videotaped lose trust and hope, instead living in a cocoon of fear and brokenness.

Can’t we change that picture? One thing we can do is hold people accountable who occupy positions of power and influence, who seem oblivious or worse, sympathetic.

Like federal officials and judges.

Recently, 15 women accused a West Coast judicial superstar of sexual misconduct. It seems top federal Judge Alex Kozinski has a sexual harassment problem as well as a devotion to hardcore, workplace porn.

Now under the pressure of current and past scandal, Kozinski just announced he is retiring. This may be good news, depending on his replacement.

Kozinski, a federal jurist on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals who was even chief judge at one time, was accused by numerous women of sexual misconduct, including deliberate exposure to porn in his chambers.

Do men with affinities for vulgar images descend to the most depraved level – material involving children? Many speculated that if such a case had come before his bench, it was doubtful the criminal would be punished to the full extent of the law.

And that concern extends to many other judges and government officials.

Back in 2008, while Judge Kozinski presided over an obscenity trial, hardcore porn images were found on his office computer. He claimed they were uploaded accidentally or possibly by his son. The trial was halted and declared a mistrial.

But it gets worse. Kozinski “broke into a judicial computer security system to restore access to pornographic websites,” according to a petition on Change.org that called for his impeachment.

What kind of judge does that? Commonly, one addicted to porn, according to an expert.

I asked Dr. Judith Reisman what she thought about Kozinski, and she believes his actions resemble the profile of porn addiction. Scenes of bestiality and other degrading images of women on all fours, painted as cows, were found on his office computer.

Reisman said in an interview in 2008 that Kozinski’s objectivity was in grave question. “Having this kind of material on any kind of website already indicates that he has lost his way, his boundaries, his perceptions,” she said. She also believes this “hidden pathology” is alarming in someone with power over so many people.

And she, along with author Lori Handrahan, notes the probability that child pornography will show up involving a surprising number of public officials. Dr. Handrahan started the Kozinski impeachment petition and is the author of a powerful new book called “Epidemic: America’s Trade in Child Rape.”

This book is so disturbing, you might want to change to reading something else before bedtime. But we must engage with the issue. Gruesome sexual victimization of children is increasing rapidly along with its severity.

On the website Medium, Handrahan names influential men (and a few women) convicted on child porn charges in recent years, including physicians, lawyers, judges, educators, child care workers, law enforcement officers and officials in federal agencies.

She is one of the only people in America reporting on the trends and detailing the horror. What is desperately needed is national demographic data on child pornography arrests by profession and place of employment. For some reason, the federal government has been lax in this effort.

Child porn becomes a national security issue when numerous federal employees are involved. In May 2016, a high Pentagon official told reporters, as revealed in “Epidemic,” that the amount of child porn on government computers is “unbelievable.”

We need more investigations. The Department of Justice needs to tackle this in a much more aggressive way. Our government workforce needs a housecleaning of those involved or sympathetic to this abominable practice.

Among numerous other examples, Handrahan cites the arrest of former acting director of cyber-security of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Timothy DeFoggi, who “expressed an interest in the violent rape and murder of children.” Virtually every federal agency has seen child porn arrests, including the FBI, DHS, DEA, TSA, Customs and Border Protection, ICE, FEMA, Department of Defense and others.

Handrahan talks about the inadequacy of terminology. What is being done to children is not “sex” but child rape, often qualifying under the definition of torture by the Convention Against Torture. She thinks the phrase, “trading in child rape and torture” is the most descriptive. Groups like Amnesty International should get involved.

Pedophiles increasingly exhibit more extreme practices. Viewers of child porn are often aroused by blood, violence and even killing children. Why? Sometimes the goal is not just stimulation, but the elimination of witnesses.

And the audience is huge and growing. Handrahan writes, “Microsoft, working with NCMEC [National Center for Missing and Exploited Children], says 1.8 billion images of child sex abuse are shared online every day.”

Some pedophiles use their own children as bait, and because it is now so profitable, some submit their own children to this cruelty. One reason child pornography is an epidemic is the involvement of organized crime. Handrahan writes, “The easy-profit model of child rape is rapidly overtaking drugs and guns as organized crime’s preferred money-maker.”

So how do judges fit into all this? Lori writes about judges like Jack Weinstein of Brooklyn, New York, who sentenced a father to only five days for trading in violent child porn involving children as young as 3 years old. Or worse – judges caught themselves. Tim Dolan, district judge in Campbell County, Kentucky, was arrested in May 2017 for child trafficking. Or Joseph Boeckmann in Arkansas who reduced sentences to trade for sex and child porn. In one chapter, Handrahan details judges, prosecutors and prominent attorneys caught and charged with child porn. In another chapter, she discusses educators.

We must closely examine any judge who is known to be soft on pornography, like Kozinski. Too many young lives are at stake.
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Politics and The First Christmas

By Craig Andresen – Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

chr-1.jpg?width=224It is difficult to escape the political undertow in today’s world. Politics is in play in everything we do, from our daily routines to events half way around the world. Our schools, our streets and roads…regulations imposed on everything from our businesses to the water we drink…wars, conflicts, diplomatic relations with nations both friend and foe…we can’t get up in the morning, proceed with our daily business or go to bed at night without political interference.

This time of the year, we do our best to ignore, to whatever extent possible, the world of politics in favor of time-honored traditions that revolve around Christmas or Chanukah, but we should not forget the role of politics IN Christmas…the first Christmas to be precise.

Just as the death of Jesus on the cross was politically motivated, so too was the story of his birth.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE!!

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Thursday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
Taxes and the Vindictive Nature of the Left
by Political Editors
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Gaetz – Sessions Must Stop Being 
A DOJ Spectator – Mueller Put Up or Shut Up
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{rickwells.us} ~ Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, is not satisfied with a private grilling of the absent-minded “Criminal McCabe”... in closed door testimony before the House Intel Committee. Gaetz tells Fox News, “The senior levels of the FBI have been infected with an intractable bias that seem to favor liar-Hillary Clinton and work against President Donald Trump. Andrew McCabe gave testimony yesterday behind closed doors, but we’re calling for open, sworn testimony under oath so the American people can see the truth about what is going on.” Gaetz understands the impact of Americans witnessing firsthand when McCabe lies about not being able to remember critical incriminating information about events that he was directly involved in. We need to see just what a snake in the grass traitor he is to this nation...  https://rickwells.us/gaetz-sessions-doj-mueller/
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CNN’s John King: GOP Tax Bill 
Giving ‘Damn Good Money’ To Working Class 
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{dailycaller.com} ~ CNN host John King noted Wednesday that the Republican tax bill is giving “damn good money”... to working families living paycheck to paycheck. “The Republicans are making a big bet, taking a big risk. Will over time the American people say ‘oh, I like having more money in my pocket.’ That’s their big bet,” King said. “Not one Democrat has voted for a bill that cuts taxes by $1.5 trillion. To Abby’s point, if you’re a working class family, some people say oh, it’s only $200, $300 — if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, that’s damn good money and you are grateful for it.”... http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/20/cnns-john-king-gop-tax-bill-giving-damn-good-money-to-working-class-video/?utm_medium=email
VIDEO at the site.
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THE REAL RUSSIAN COLLUSION
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by LT. GEN. ION MIHAI PACEPA
{wnd.com} ~ The historic election of a capitalist entrepreneur, Donald Trump, as U.S. president conclusively proved that the great American middle class... wanted to free itself from the claws of former president Barack liar-nObama’s Marxism – now re-baptized “progressivism” – and likewise from his ruinous flirtation with the alien god of Kremlinist autocracy. liar-nObama left us with a wide array of frightening threats, from a raving, nuclear-armed North Korean tyrant to a catastrophic Soviet-style national debt of almost $20 trillion. Unfortunately, our leftist media – ignoring America’s decades-long war against the ruinous Marxist concept that governments, not the people, own their countries – seem ready to ignite a new American civil war. A war over an alien system – Marxist progressivism – that in a different time and place dispossessed a third of the world’s population of its properties, killed tens of millions, made itself a religion and its leader the only god allowed...  ttp://www.wnd.com/2017/12/the-real-russian-collusion/
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New tax rates could show up 
in paychecks as soon as February
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by Joseph Lawler
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ Workers can expect to see the new tax rates in their paychecks as soon as February... as payroll companies prepare to adjust withholding after Congress passed tax legislation on Wednesday. “We’ll probably be able to make those changes very quickly,” said Frank Fiorille, vice president of risk, compliance, and data analytics for Paychex, a payroll and human resources company with more than 600,000 clients. President Trump has not signed the legislation, but payroll companies have begun coordinating with the IRS and Treasury about how to implement withholding for the lower tax rates...  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/new-tax-rates-could-show-up-in-paychecks-as-soon-as-february/article/2644089?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20From&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20From%20-%2012/20/17&utm_medium=email
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FBI Deputy McCABE Develops 
AMNESIA During Congressional Grilling
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{rickwells.us} ~ Andrew McCabe, the Deputy Director of the FBI and subversive anti-American agent who managed with liar-Clinton protection and cover up... testified before the House Intelligence Committee for seven and a half hours on Tuesday. That’s a lot of time for a single witness to be grilled, and a lot of time to attempt to evade answering some very direct and damning questions about his sedition against our President and abuse of power. As was to be expected, Fox News reports that there were numerous conflicts between the testimony given by McCabe and other witnesses who have been questioned previously. Now those witnesses will be called back to clarify and help to identify just who’s lying about what. Fresh subpoenas will be issued next week compelling DOJ and FBI personnel to appear...AMNESIA just like liar-Hillary.  https://rickwells.us/fbi-mccabe-amnesia-grilling/
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Taxes and the Vindictive Nature of the Left
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          After admitting that the GOP tax bill will indeed lower taxes for 95% of Americans, the Post proceeds to explain why this is a bad thing. Referencing the leftist Tax Policy Center as if it were an unbiased, nonpartisan organization, the Post argues that the tax bill is unfair because the wealthy would receive the most in tax relief. Talk about a vindictive perspective. Evidently, the Post would prefer that no one get tax relief if the wealthy should in any way benefit. Sticking it to the rich is of greater importance than supporting tax cuts for all Americans, as well as spurring economic growth.
          According to the Post, “In 2018, taxpayers earning less than $25,000 would receive an average tax cut of $60. … Those earning between $49,000 and $86,000 would get an average cut of about $900; those earning between $308,000 and $733,000 would receive an average cut of $13,500; and those earning more than $733,000 would receive an average cut of $51,000.” A mere $60 cut does seem rather paltry compared to $51,000. But most taxpayers earning less than $25,000 don’t actually pay income taxes. So how are they supposed to get a “cut”? And “those earning more than $733,000” includes people making multiple millions per year. Thus the “average cut of $51,000” seems more understandable.
          Indeed, as Veronique de Rugy writes, “Over 70 percent of the tax is paid by the top 10 percent of earners. That means any reform of the income tax is probably going to affect them the most.” And yet after the bill becomes law, the top 10% will pay even more of the overall burden.
          Still, the Post then quotes TPC director Mark Mazur, who states, “Overall, the conference agreement is more regressive than current law.” Notice the use of the loaded term “regressive.” It implies that Republicans are seeking to move backwards and undo “progress.” Because progress to the Left is moving away from individual freedom to an increasingly powerful and controlling governmental authority built on income redistribution. Taxation is one of the primary means by which this power exchange is accomplished.
          The reality is not that the Post is worried about the poor and middle class Americans not getting a fair shake; rather it’s the fact that this bill effectively downsizes the government’s claim on other people’s money. This bill limits the government, and that’s what they don’t like.  

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/53037

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I certainly hope Pres. Trump's tax plan achieves all he wishes, and more, but I see it dimmed just a tad by the Senate's failure to eliminate the "Carried Interest" loophole, and the Child Tax Credit omission, allowing illegal alien parents to receive these benefits.

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As I am writing this post, something has just occurred to me. What do these two omissions have in common, something that may well explain why they were left out of conference negotiations? Both can be fixed by a simple phone call from the president!

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Thursday Noon ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
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Socialist Venezuela Starves Kids, 
Capitalist America Feeds Them
by Lewis Morris
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McCabe draws blank on Democrats’
funding Trump dossier, new subpoenas planned
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by James Rosen
{foxnews.com} ~ Congressional investigators tell Fox News that Tuesday’s seven-hour interrogation of Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe contained... numerous conflicts with the testimony of previous witnesses, prompting the Republican majority staff of the House Intelligence Committee to decide to issue fresh subpoenas next week on Justice Department and FBI personnel. While HPSCI staff would not confirm who will be summoned for testimony, all indications point to demoted DOJ official Bruce G. Ohr and FBI General Counsel James A. Baker, who accompanied McCabe, along with other lawyers, to Tuesday’s HPSCI session. The issuance of a subpoena against the Justice Department’s top lawyer could provoke a new constitutional clash between the two branches, even worse than the months-long tug of war over documents and witnesses that has already led House Speaker Paul Ryan to accuse DOJ and FBI of “stonewalling” and HPSCI Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., to threaten contempt-of-Congress citations against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray...  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/20/mccabe-draws-blank-on-democrats-funding-trump-dossier-new-subpoenas-planned.html
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On North Korea, China is no partner
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by MATHEW HA AND DAVID ADESNIK
{thehill.com} ~ China is a “rival power,” said President Trump in Monday’s speech introducing his official National Security Strategy... Yet conflict is not inevitable, he said, so we will attempt to build a “great partnership” with our rivals, “in a manner that always protects our national interests.” Trump is absolutely right to label China as a rival; what remains doubtful is whether there is any potential for partnership with Beijing when it comes to dealing with the exceptionally dangerous threat posed by North Korea. While professing its interest in a denuclearized North Korea, China has played a critical role in aiding and abetting the growth of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. When North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in July, it transported the missile on a Chinese truck. Chinese firms sell advanced machine tools to North Korea while Chinese universities train North Korean students from institutions that educate nuclear scientists. Meanwhile, Chinese individuals, banks, and front companies process billions of dollars of transactions on behalf of North Korea, enabling it to evade sanctions...  http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/365602-on-north-korea-china-is-no-partner
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Lawmakers Seek Investigation 
After Whistleblower Exposes Federal Thugs
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by Alex Newman
{thenewamerican.com} ~ Outraged by new whistleblower revelations of horrifying wrongdoing by federal officials in the Bundy case... one official kept a “kill list,” others withheld evidence from the defense — prominent lawmakers in Western states are asking Congress and the Trump administration to investigate. The government's case, which gained national attention after a 2014 armed standoff in Nevada between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bundy family and its supporters, appears to be crumbling. But even as it appears increasingly likely that the defendants will soon walk free, officials say the alleged crimes perpetrated by government officials must not be allowed to go unpunished. As The New American reported on December 19, a memo by whistleblower Larry “Clint” Wooten, who served as the lead BLM investigator on the case, revealed an incredible array of misconduct by heavily armed bureaucrats...  https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/27618-lawmakers-seek-justice-after-whistleblower-exposes-federal-thugs
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House Republicans Introduce 
Massive Disaster-relief Bill
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{thenewamerican.com} ~ House Republicans, contrary to their pledges of fiscal responsibility and constitutional fidelity, unveiled a proposed $81 billion disaster-relief bill Monday night... According to Politico, it is “the largest single funding request for natural calamities in U.S. history.” Of the funding, $28.6 billion would go to the Homeland Security Department, which would reimburse 90 percent of state wildfire costs. The Transportation and Housing and Urban Development departments would get $27.8 billion, with most of that going to the Community Development Block Grant Program. The bill has $1.3 billion in funds to repair federal highways. There is also money for crop losses, flood mitigation, education, small-business loans, and government-building repairs. And there’s this: “Buried in the text of the bill is a provision increasing farm subsidies for cotton producers.”...  https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/27619-house-republicans-introduce-massive-disaster-relief-bill
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AT&T Announces They’re Giving US Employees $1K Bonus Because Of Tax Plan
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Politico Reporter Defends Bombshell Report That liar-nObama Admin Stonewalled Hezbollah Probe
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Dershowitz: The White House Has Mueller Where They Want Him
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January 16 International Meeting Announced To Take Stand Against North Korea
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Socialist Venezuela Starves Kids, Capitalist America Feeds Them
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          To see the true outcome of these policies, one need look no farther than Venezuela. That nation has suffered a collapse so complete that its economy is in a death spiral, soldiers are posted in the streets to prevent food riots, and children are suffering severe malnutrition in record numbers while thousands of them have died of starvation.
          The New York Times ran a story recently that explored, in heart-wrenching detail, the epidemic of starvation laying waste to an entire generation of children in that socialist nation.
          The piece is the result of five months of reporting, with Times correspondents crisscrossing the country, talking with doctors and parents and tracking hospitals. One thing the article does not do, however, is explore the root cause of this human tragedy — the socialist policies of its dictatorial government.
          President Nicolas Maduro is quick to blame other countries for his country’s suffering. Notably, he points the finger at Donald Trump (doesn’t everybody?), even though the seeds of Venezuela’s destruction were sown long before Trump took office.
          The corruption and mismanagement of Venezuela’s government have led to costly mistakes in the running of its oil industry, once the country’s economic crown jewel. Venezuela possesses some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and it was once one of the largest producers of crude. But the oil sits in the ground, untouched. Refineries are quiet, with no one to manage them or without the proper equipment needed to keep them functioning. Ships sit empty in the harbors, awaiting oil cargo that will never arrive.
          Maduro, and his predecessor Hugo Chavez, presided over a socialist government that sought to wring all the wealth it could out of the nation’s oil sector. Seizing private firms and putting everything under the control of the state led to reduced oil drilling and refinery capacity. As has always been the case in socialist nations, when people are not allowed to reap the fruits of their labor, they lose the incentive to work to the best of their abilities.
          Venezuela put all its economic energies into its oil industry, and when that sunk the country’s economy sunk with it. Rampant inflation followed, along with a collapse of public services and infrastructure. Desperate people raided grocery stores, many of which have been empty for months. Those that still carry any items have soldiers posted at their doors.
          The collapse of the country’s currency and the corrupt government’s inability to solve the problem has led to a major humanitarian crisis. Of course, the government refuses to share the magnitude of the problem, and reports have been buried. This made the Times article all the more important, as it shed light on the scope of malnutrition and starvation, even if it stopped short of detailing the cause.
          The useful idiots of the American Left have revered Venezuela as a socialist paradise, yet they cannot seem to make the connection between socialism and the collapse of that nation. They are quick to blame capitalism for America’s economic difficulties, but they turn a blind eye to the role socialism has played in Venezuela, a nation that sits on a sea of oil yet has turned to the U.S. and Russia to buy 4.2 million barrels to keep the country running.          
          It’s worth noting that while the poor in Venezuela starve, the poor in America seem to be suffering the opposite problem. The obesity epidemic in this country has been an issue for years. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine notes that a majority of children in America today could be obese by the time they reach age 35.
          Currently, about 20% of children ages six and up are obese. Sedentary lifestyles, lack of exercise and poor diet are to blame. These factors are often found among the nation’s poor. Ironically, some physicians blame public school lunch programs and bad nutrition information from the government for the sharp rise in obesity.
          The lesson in all of this may be that trusting the well being of your family to the government never leads to good outcomes. It may seem tempting in the short run to put faith in an entity that promises to provide for you, but over the long term, that entity will only take everything you have and make you a slave to its whims.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Thurs/Med AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
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A Government 'Refund'
by Cal Thomas
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Thursday Top Headlines
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Win for workers: Major corporations celebrate passage of tax reform with holiday bonuses (The Washington Times)
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Don’t worry, lower taxes are coming: U.S. third-quarter growth revised down to 3.2% pace from 3.3% (Bloomberg)
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Inspector general: IRS employees found “harassing or abusing taxpayers” (CNS News)
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Forget what they say — House Democrats are readying for impeachment (The Washington Post)
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In related news? DNC raised $5.7M last month, lowest November since 2007 (Washington Examiner)
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Congress to investigate liar-Obama scheme to nix investigation into Hezbollah terrorists (The Washington Free Beacon)
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Democrat IT aides ran car dealership with markings of a nefarious money laundering operation (The Daily Caller)
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Al Franken finally sets date for his Senate exit (Fox News)
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Single-vote victory in Virginia race not valid, could end in a coin toss (The Washington Times)
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Socialist paradise Venezuela’s brutal crime crackdown: executions, machetes and 8,292 dead (The Wall Street Journal)
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Judge declares mistrial in Cliven Bundy case, faults federal prosecutors for withholding evidence (The Washington Post)
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Confederate statues removed from Memphis parks after city council sells land (ABC News)
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Nonprofit pays off layaway balances for 12 Fort Bragg families (Daily Mail)
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Humor: Nation furious over giving government less of their money (The Babylon Bee)
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Policy: The renewable fuel standard belongs on the naughty list (The Daily Caller)
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Policy: Suspension reform is tormenting schools (City Journal)  ~The Patriot Post
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Congress sends historic tax bill to Trump
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by Joseph Lawler
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ House Republicans on Wednesday voted for the second time in two days to pass a major tax overhaul... sending the $1.5 trillion tax cut to President Trump, as promised, just before Christmas. "With the new tax system we will deliver today, things will change for the better, and they will change immediately," said the bill's author, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, on the House floor. The House passed the bill 224-201, after passing it Tuesday 227-203. Twelve Republicans voted "no" in both votes. Wednesday’s vote was a formality, as all the drama already played out Tuesday afternoon when Speaker Paul Ryan first proved he had the votes to pass the bill... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/congress-sends-historic-tax-bill-to-trump-after-second-house-vote/article/2644033?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert%20-%2012/20/17&utm_medium=email
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Sen. Murphy: 'Absolutely,' Democrats Would
Overturn Tax Legislation If They Win in 2018
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by Susan Jones 
{cnsnews.com} ~ bRepublicans "will probably lose the House and the Senate" in 2018 because of the Republican tax reform bill, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said... shortly before the Senate passed it, 51-48. And Murphy said "absolutely," Democrats will try to overturn the tax legislation if they do regain control of Congress in the midterm election. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow asked Murphy Tuesday night: "If your prediction is right and Democrats do take the House and Senate after the midterm elections, do you think that Democrats would try to overturn this bill?"... https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/sen-murphy-absolutely-democrats-would-overturn-tax-legislation-if-they-win?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRVeU5tTTJZakZtTmpReCIsInQiOiIrUTJmZHlXTENrb0hMRGZZeFZPdFFNb2s2VEpcL29rWFJ0UzJsR3J4bEkzVDd3bEJZZWRmWEFDRDJDT1FwVlJaQUp5VmRuRkJ2QkZYTExKbUFNblEwNDJCM0lBSjRjbmNnMGV2T25BcWRzVWNadWNFaVpDNXJSZ2IxYnBCTmhkb2MifQ%3D%3D
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RINO-McConnell Makes Tax Bill an Election Issue,
Warns Dems Are Committed to Repeal in 2018
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by Susan Jones
{cnsnews.com} ~ “I’m a little surprised the Democrats all decided that voting against middle class tax relief and making American businesses more competitive was a smart vote,”... Senate Majority Leader RINO-Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters after the Senate passed the Republican tax reform bill 51-48 early Wednesday morning. “And that’s an argument we’re more than happy to have going into the fall election.” The bill makes the new 21-percent tax rate for corporations permanent, but tax cuts for individuals and small business owners expire in eight years... https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/mcconnell-makes-tax-bill-election-issue-warns-dems-are-committed-repeal?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRVeU5tTTJZakZtTmpReCIsInQiOiIrUTJmZHlXTENrb0hMRGZZeFZPdFFNb2s2VEpcL29rWFJ0UzJsR3J4bEkzVDd3bEJZZWRmWEFDRDJDT1FwVlJaQUp5VmRuRkJ2QkZYTExKbUFNblEwNDJCM0lBSjRjbmNnMGV2T25BcWRzVWNadWNFaVpDNXJSZ2IxYnBCTmhkb2MifQ%3D%3D
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McCabe Today, Ohr Tomorrow, And Deep State Predictably Runs Out Rooster Head For Chaff and Countermeasures
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{theconservativetreehouse.com} ~ Asst. FBI Director Andrew McCabe is testifying today behind closed doors to the House Intelligence Committee... Important to note how there have been no leaks; that’s the first indication of coordinated chaff and counter measures deployed by the UniParty enablers of the Deep State institutional government. Bruce Ohr is scheduled tomorrow; again behind closed doors, this time in the Senate Intelligence Committee setting. Again, dueling intelligence hearings -between House and Senate- on the same witnesses, indicates the UniParty apparatus has deployed Chaff and Countermeasures and is protecting the administrative state... https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/19/mccabe-today-ohr-tomorrow-and-deep-state-predictably-runs-out-rooster-head-for-chaff-and-countermeasures/
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A Surprising Statement from CAIR-New Jersey
by Oren Litwin

{islamist-watch.org} ~ On Friday, Dec. 8th, a New Jersey imam gave a hate-filled sermon in which he called for the Jews to be killed "down to the very last one," as we wrote about previously...
 Today, asked to comment on the episode, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) New Jersey director Jim Sues released a gratifying statement in response. Here is Mr. Sues's statement to Islamist Watch: "CAIR has a long history of challenging anti-Semitism in all its forms. We believe that statements expressed in this sermon are inappropriate and should be condemned." We applaud Mr. Sues for his willingness to confront anti-Semitism—a willingness which is especially noteworthy because other CAIR branches and CAIR's national office have often turned a blind eye to anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred as well... http://www.islamist-watch.org/blog/2017/12/a-surprising-statement-from-cair-new-jersey?utm_source=Middle+East+Forum&utm_campaign=dc2517056e-litwin_iw_2017_12_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_086cfd423c-dc2517056e-33703665&goal=0_086cfd423c-dc2517056e-33703665
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A Government 'Refund'
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by Cal Thomas
{townhall.com} ~ So, a Republican majority Congress has "reformed" the tax code for the first time in 31 years, allowing us to keep a little more of the money we earn. Woohoo!

Back in the day when my withholding exceeded my tax liability, I occasionally received a nice little refund check from the U.S. Treasury. The check had the Statue of Liberty on it, which was ironic given that high taxes are the antithesis of liberty.

During the debate over the tax bill, which is supposed to be passed Tuesday and quickly signed by President Trump, we heard a familiar question: "How will these tax cuts be paid for?" This from a Congress that has dug us a debt hole that now exceeds $20 trillion. "How do we pay that off?" should be the question. The answer: "Not with more of our money, but with less government spending."

Washington is taking in record amounts of money, but it goes out as fast as it comes in. Government doesn't lack revenue; it lacks spending discipline.

I'm all for the tax reform measure, but one thing is certain. When Democrats win back a congressional majority and the White House you can count on tax increases. It's what they do. It won't matter that the stock market is setting records with retirement portfolios expanding, or that the unemployment rate has declined. Offerings to the government must be made because to many liberal politicians, government is God.

Ronald Reagan cut taxes in 1986, but liar-Bill Clinton raised them. If unnecessary and duplicative government programs and agencies were eliminated, if we stopped fighting wars we ought not to be in, if Social Security and Medicare -- the main engines of debt -- were reformed, the need for higher taxes would be reduced. We could then keep, spend and invest even more of our money and possibly motivate more people who are now dependent on Washington to enjoy the fruits of liberty, a job and the dignity that goes with supporting one's self and one's family.

That would be real reform, but it may be easier to kick a drug or smoking habit than to wean some people from government. Too many have bought into the fiction that government can solve everything, when history has shown that it can solve very little. One does not have to look far for evidence of this.

In some U.S. states and in countries where smaller, less intrusive government has been tried, less costly government works. Think Singapore, which has an unemployment rate around 2 percent because the country has no welfare for able-bodied people, and Hungary, which has cut corporate taxes from 19 percent to 9 percent and is experiencing economic growth approaching 4 percent. Think America when the tax cuts advocated by John F. Kennedy and Reagan produced economic booms.

Now that the tax code has been "overhauled," the next step should be to overhaul government. It has far exceeded the boundaries set for it by the Constitution. As a result, people have come to expect more from government than it can, or should, deliver, which has led to lower expectations for what citizens can achieve for themselves.

One of the biggest promoters of self-reliance was America's 30th president, Calvin Coolidge. Among many of his pronouncements about government, taxes and individual persistence was this gem: "A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude."

The Republican tax bill may unlock a few of the chains on those who have been its servants. Now it's time for the servants to put those chains on Washington and reduce its size and out-of-control spending.
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Thursday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
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Who Wants War with Iran -- and Why?
by Pat Buchanan
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Senate Passes Tax Bill
After Debating for Over 10 Hours
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by Mary Chastain
{legalinsurrection.com} ~ The Senate has passed the tax bill by a simple majority, 51-48. However, before it goes to President Donald Trump... the House must revote on it due to a few provisions that violated Senate rules. Sen. RINO-John McCain (R-AZ) did not vote since he has returned to Arizona following a round of treatment. Sen. RINO-Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) came out today as a yes, which means the bill should pass along party lines. Yes, Democrats. The middle class will receive a tax cut. Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation said that those in the middle class “will get $61 billion in tax cuts in 2019.” From The Wall Street Journal... https://legalinsurrection.com/2017/12/live-senate-voting-for-tax-reform-bill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LegalInsurrection+%28Le%C2%B7gal+In%C2%B7sur%C2%B7rec%C2%B7tion%29
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Rep. Jim Jordan: I’m Convinced FBI 
Tried to Stop Trump From Being President
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{toddstarnes.com} ~ Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) told the Todd Starnes Show he is convinced the FBI was actively trying to stop Donald Trump from... being elected president of the United States. Last week, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) called for the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller. “We are at risk of a coup d’etat in this country if we allow an unaccountable person with no oversight to undermine the duly-elected President of the United States,” Gaetz said. “And I would offer that is precisely what is happening right now with the indisputable conflicts of interest that are present with Mr. Mueller and others at the Department of Justice.”...   https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/rep-jim-jordan-im-convinced-fbi-tried-stop-trump-president/
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House Panel Interviews RINO-McCain 
Associate Who Handled The Trump Dossier
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by CHUCK ROSS
{dailycaller.com} ~ The House Intelligence Committee met Tuesday with a key figure a RINO-John McCain associate who handled the infamous anti-Trump dossier... compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. David Kramer, a former State Department official, was interviewed by the committee Tuesday morning, The Hill reported. Kramer has been at the center of the dossier saga since January, when BuzzFeed News published the salacious document online...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/19/house-panel-interviews-mccain-associate-who-handled-the-trump-dossier/?utm_medium=email
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Europe's "Arab Street" Rises Up
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by Douglas Murray
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ It is now a fortnight since President Trump made his historic announcement about the status of Jerusalem... The speech which announced that America would drop the pretence that Jerusalem is not the capital of the State of Israel was relayed live around the world. Across the major networks and the world's front pages the response was almost unanimous. They proclaimed this a major foreign policy blunder which would lead to any number of problems including -- many predicted -- an immediate "third intifada." The world's cameras immediately turned to  Bethlehem where a small group of enterprising Palestinians burned an American flag for the cameras. The Friday immediately following the announcement might have been a flashpoint, tempers being famously frayed after the act of afternoon worship. And yet, as the BBC's veteran reporter Jeremy Bowen tweeted from the scene, "At Damascus Gate in Jerusalem press pack outnumbering demonstrators." The fabled "Arab Street" had been meant to rise up. And it did rise up. But not in the Arab world...   https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11570/europe-arab-street
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Gowdy: Strzok’s Anti-Trump Text Messages
Show Clear and ‘Unprecedented’ Bias
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by Rusty
{thepoliticalinsider.com} ~ Congressman Trey Gowdy laid into FBI agent Peter Strzok over his anti-Trump text messages... saying they showed a clear and “unprecedented” level of bias “you rarely see” from FBI officials.  Strzok, a key player in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s original Russia probe, had to be ‘reassigned’ after sending the biased messages to his girlfriend, FBI lawyer Lisa Page. The pair exchanged messages about then-candidate Trump, referring to him as a “douche” and a “f***ing idiot.” What really drew the ire of Gowdy however, was a particular message discussing an “insurance policy” to eliminate Trump from the presidency should he go on to win... https://thepoliticalinsider.com/gowdy-fbi-bias-strzok/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_campaign=TPI_Morning_Newsletter_12_20_2017&utm_content=4b4ea4948726422aa6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI
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Who Wants War with Iran -- and Why?
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by Pat Buchanan
{townhall.com} ~ In the run-up to Christmas, President Donald Trump has been the beneficiary of some surprisingly good news and glad tidings.

Sunday, Vladimir Putin called to thank him and the CIA for providing Russia critical information that helped abort an ISIS plot to massacre visitors to Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg.

Monday found polls showing Trump at his highest in months. Stocks soared 200 points at the opening bell in anticipation of pre-Christmas passage of the Republican tax bill. The Dow has added a record 5,000 points in Trump's first year.

And the Russiagate investigation may have busted an axle. Though yet unproven, charges are being made that Robert Mueller's sleuths gained access to Trump transition emails illicitly.

This could imperil prosecutions by Mueller's team, already under a cloud for proven malice toward the president.

Recall: Daniel Ellsberg, who delivered the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times, walked free when it was learned that the White House "Plumbers" had burgled his psychiatrist's office.

With things going Trump's way, one must ask:

What was U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley doing last week at what looked like a prewar briefing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in D.C.?

Looming behind Haley was part of what was said to be an Iranian missile fired at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.

Though the rocket had Iranian markings, it was not launched from Iran, or by Iranians. Houthi rebels, for two years victims of a savage war waged by the Saudis -- using U.S.-made planes, missiles, bombs and drones -- say they fired it at the Riyadh airport in retaliation for what the Saudis have done to their people and country.

If so, it was a legitimate act of war.

Indeed, so great is the Yemeni civilian suffering from a lack of food and medicine, and from malnutrition and disease, Trump himself has told the Saudis to ease up on their air, sea, and land blockades.

As there is no evidence as to when the Houthis acquired the missile, or where, the question arises: What was Haley's motive in indicting Iran? Was this part of a new propaganda campaign to drum up support for America's next big Mideast war?

There are reasons to think so.

Haley went on: "It's hard to find a conflict or a terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran's fingerprints all over it."

But Iran is Shiite, while al-Qaida, which brought down the twin towers, aided by 15 Saudi nationals, is Sunni. So, too, are ISIS, Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Shabab in Somalia and Islamic Jihad. Most Mideast terrorist groups are Sunni, not Shiite.

As for these Mideast "conflicts," which did Iran start?

We started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. NATO started the war in Libya. The U.S. helped trigger the horrific Syrian civil war by arming "rebels." Only when President Bashar Assad looked like he was about to fall did Russia and Iran intervene on his side.

As for the "Shiite crescent," from Tehran to Bagdad to Damascus to Beirut, who created it?
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Wednesday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
Better Preparing the U.S. Military
by Todd Johnson
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Heritage Foundation: A New President for a New Era
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          Ed Feulner has been an inspiration for years as president of the nation’s most prestigious policy think tank, The Heritage Foundation. This week, he announced his successor, Kay Coles James, who has served on Heritage’s board of trustees since 2005. Ed noted, “I look forward to expanding the conservative movement in a positive, inclusive way as we build an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society flourish.
          For her part, Kay said, “You have my commitment: Heritage is safe with me. I’m in awe of this treasure you’ve built, and I pledge to you that I will protect it and grow it with the greatest care possible. The work of this extraordinary institution is so important. We’re not just a bulwark against the left. We’re a battleship for liberty.”
          She has an impressive résumé and record in government, academia and the private sector, beginning with key roles in Ronald Reagan’s administration. Most recently, she helped lead Donald Trump’s transition for the Office of Management and Budget.
          Kay is the right person to take Heritage forward, and we welcome her leadership there!  ~The Patriot Pos
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Lying loose lips-Biden – In Hussein 
liar-nObama’s 8 Years “Not a Hint of Scandal” 
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{rickwells.us} ~ loose lips-Joe Biden is a liar and a brazen hypocrite... He claims, along with the disinformation peddlers hosting him on CBS that in eight years there wasn’t even the hint of a scandal in the liar-nObama regime. The scandals were effectively covered up through a corrupt network that is just now starting to be exposed, but it was there, much more than a hint, from before he ever took office. The identity of the criminal illegal alien squatter impersonating a president of the United States was never confirmed and the obviously and forensically proven birth certificate was a forgery. The other documents he used along with his status as a foreign student while enrolled in college confirmed he was a fraud. The deep state we were much less aware of at the time protected him... https://rickwells.us/biden-obama-scandal-except/
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Rep. Jordan suspects FBI's 
Strzok linked to anti-Trump dossier
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by GREG COROMBOS
{wnd.com} ~ Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, says the connection between the Democrats and an anti-Trump dossier is well established... and the big questions now are whether the dossier was the grounds for a FISA warrant to conduct surveillance on the Trump campaign and whether the FBI and Justice Department used it as an “insurance policy” against a Trump presidency. Last week, Jordan and other lawmakers grilled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein about the work of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team, with a special emphasis on recently fired FBI official Peter Strzok and recently demoted Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. Strzok was fired by Mueller, allegedly for his barrage of anti-Trump text messages to his mistress, FBI attorney Lisa Page. However, in addition to the political chatter came a Strzok text suggesting he expected Trump to lose the election but was planning to take action if the GOP nominee won...  http://www.wnd.com/2017/12/congressman-suspects-fbis-strzok-linked-to-anti-trump-dossier/
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Who Wouldn’t Have Coverage If 
the liar-nObamacare Mandate Is Repealed
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by Robert Moffit / Edmund Haislmaier
{dailysignal.com} ~ The prospect that Congress might zero-out liar-nObamacare’s individual mandate penalty in the pending tax bill has sent... liar-nObamacare defenders into flights of pessimistic rhetoric, up to and including the charge that “thousands will die” as a result. Indeed, none other than Harvard economist and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers recently deployed that argument, claiming that eliminating liar-nObamacare’s mandate tax penalty in the tax bill would result in the death of 10,000 people per year. In response, University of Chicago economists Casey Mulligan and Tomas Philipson argued that research on the connection between insurance coverage and mortality has found no more than a weak linkage between the two. They note that part of the explanation may be “that lack of coverage does not necessarily imply lack of lifesaving care as hospitals cannot turn away emergency-care patients without coverage.”...  http://dailysignal.com/2017/12/18/who-wouldnt-have-coverage-if-the-obamacare-mandate-is-repealed/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRJeE1URXdOamM1TVRSaiIsInQiOiJrWkJBWk4xVnBDdnFvcmhxbG1tYVdGRzRBVUdMSXZtZDNQcHU4amF2cVwvaWh3NnRaVlwvYlhoM1dxZGJVQVFLZmFNc0JYTWM2MnlPZzZJS2p1OUVZN2JWbkZHVDdFSEh3ZmJNQ0pQb3lXVWVwZzlXVzNnRldcL3V3WnpRVDFSSlg2ZiJ9
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Baby Born After Living 24 Years as Frozen Embryo
by WESLEY J. SMITH

{nationalreview.com} ~ A 26-year-old woman has given birth to a baby girl from a donated embryo which was frozen for 24 years...
 the longest-ever frozen embryo to come to term. Tina Gibson’s baby Emma Wren was conceived and fertilized 24 years ago in 1992, but the embryo was frozen instead of implanted.  Tina, who was born in 1991, could not conceive naturally so she and her husband Benjamin decided to adopt a frozen embryo from the National Embryo Donation Center in East Tennessee. The process is like adoption, but the baby grows inside the adoptive mother. ..  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/454781/baby-born-after-living-24-years-frozen-embryo
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These Twelve House Republicans Voted
Against Tax Bill – Have One Thing In Common
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{rickwells.us} ~ The House Republicans who voted against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act knew that the bill was going to pass regardless of what they did... so their votes against it were largely symbolic and political in nature. They saw, in their particular situations, a greater down side to aligning with President Trump and giving the American people more of their own money to spend as well as a booming economy and opted for the status quo as somehow being preferable. That is something they will have to either justify or be championing next year. With less money coming out of people’s paychecks it’s likely going to be a tough sell going into the November House elections... https://rickwells.us/twelve-house-republicans-tax-2/
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Better Preparing the U.S. Military
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          It serves as a bookend to his actions of last week where he signed a massive $700 billion defense bill, which is focused on trying to restore America’s competitive advantage. Trump’s signature on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is a critical step as Congress continues to wrestle with how to fund their vision for a more robust defense capability in the broader context of budget reform.
          More importantly, Trump’s decisive action comes at a major inflection point for the U.S. military as the nation’s uniformed leadership finds itself grappling with on-going, low intensity combat operations around the world while simultaneously trying to modernize force structures and doctrine. Just last month the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, stated that the U.S. military advantage against near-peer competitors is eroding. His assessment is in line with a recent think tank report that stated America’s military forces need to retool immediately for future conflicts.
          Last week, the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision-making through research and analysis, released a study highlighting the fact that the United States military is not properly configured to meet the conventional threats of peer competitors like China or Russia in the next war. According to the report, “Put more starkly, assessments in this report will show that U.S. forces could, under plausible assumptions, lose the next war they are called upon to fight, despite the United States outspending China on military forces by a ratio of 2.7 to 1 and Russia by 6 to 1.”
          This is the main reason why Trump, his surrogates and congressional Republicans have been advocating for increased military spending for the foreseeable future. This reinvigorated approach for defending the homeland and its worldwide interests are needed, but care must be given to avoid wasteful spending. Also, Trump and his team need to continue working on reaching out to traditional allies as those relationships often serve as the foundations for America’s ability to project power around the globe.
          This approach allows the United States to share the burden of deterring aggressive actions emanating from Russia and China, which is critical in an era where threats can range from conventional troop movements to economic coercion to cyber incursions. This “adversarial competition” from Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and others is the new paradigm for future conflict and America and her allies must continue to be vigilant if they expect to win.
          Trump’s national security strategy is a great initial step but it is only the first of many on a journey to setting the conditions for peace and security around the world. Only time will tell if he and his administration are able to fully achieve the nation’s goals while our partners achieve theirs.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Wednesday Noon ~ TheFrontPageCover

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~ Featuring ~
Trump: Strong Economy Equals Strong Security
by Thomas Gallatin
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Wednesday Top Headlines
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Who says the GOP tax cuts are unpopular? (Investor’s Business Daily)
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Next task for GOP: Spend less and help the poor (Bloomberg)
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liar-Hillary Clinton campaign, DNC accused of “corrupt” money scheme in new FEC complaint (Fox News)
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Capitol Hill watchdog refuses to release sexual harassment data (Daily Beast)
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Sexual harassment allegations roil California Democrats (The Washington Free Beacon)
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Alabama disproves the case against voter ID (The Wall Street Journal)
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“Password,” “123456” — These are the worst passwords of 2017 (New York Post)
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New record: Baby born after living 24 years as frozen embryo (National Review)
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Over 90% of America’s top colleges regulate campus free speech (The Washington Free Beacon)
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Policy: Blame entitlements — not the tax bill — for blowing up the deficit (Real Clear Policy)
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Policy: Who wouldn’t have coverage if the 
liar-nObamaCare mandate is repealed (The Heritage Foundation)  ~The Patriot Post
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House must vote again 
on tax bill after Senate changes
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by Susan Ferrechio
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ The House will have to vote a second time on the GOP's tax cut bill after the Senate was forced to change the bill... to clear a parliamentary hurdle. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced to House lawmakers Tuesday that the House will take up the bill again on Wednesday after the Senate approves a slightly modified version of the bill. The Senate will strip out part of a provision that expands the use of 529 accounts to cover tuition for students in private elementary and secondary schools and homeschooling costs. The homeschooling costs will be taken out. Both chambers must pass identical bills to clear the measure for the president's signature. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-must-vote-again-on-tax-bill-after-senate-changes/article/2643961?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert%20-%2012/19/17&utm_medium=email
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Soros’ Swamp Snake clown-Schumer 
Disinfo – GOP Tax Cut Only for the Rich
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{rickwells.us} ~ There’s good news in the video, proof, through the Democrats’ own outlandish claims and vitriol that the tax bill is, in fact... good for the economy and Americans across the board. Even more to our liking, as Chuck clown-Schumer finishes up his partisan attack, he is the recipient of a well-deserved spit shower from Senator Ron “Suffering Succotash” Wyden, who, as they passed, said, “Thank you, Leader clown-Sccchhhuuumertttthhhhh. It took Wyden until the last minutes of the legislative year, but he was able to finally make himself useful. Maybe clown-Schumer still has his hanky from the travel ban for a cleanup, hopefully not...  https://rickwells.us/soros-schumer-disinfo-tax-cut/
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FEC Filing: liar-Hillary Stuffed Her 
Campaign Purse With Illegal State Money
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by Andrew West
{constitution.com} ~ Oops. Not only was liar-Clinton a complete mess on the campaign trail, needing help up and down even the slightest of stairs... but her fainting episode on September 11 in New York City demonstrated to the world that this lifelong criminal wasn’t physically up for the job. Then came the realization that liar-Clinton, like many of the democrats who had come before her, was corrupt to the core.  The DNC and the liar-Clinton campaign were found to have openly colluded with one another in order to stifle the chances of democratic candidate Bernie Sanders – a move that would forever fracture the already-doomed party. Now, even more evidence of liar-Clinton’s incorrigible behavior is coin to the surface, and this time it could land the former Secretary of State in the clink... https://constitution.com/fec-filing-hillary-stuffed-her-campaign-purse-with-illegal-state-money/
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Rep DeSantis – Dirty Cop McCabe 
Should Be Fired, Congress Going After Him
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{rickwells.us} ~ The portion of the video in which Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe is walking down the hallway... flanked fore and aft by lawyers protecting him has the unmistakable appearance of a perp walk. McCabe is stone faced, not even glancing over at the media as they focus their lenses on him and, although there is no audio of the encounter, surely some questions were being shouted. His body language is that of a nervous, guilty man who is fearful of the consequences. David Asman sets the stage for his discussion with Rep Ron DeSantis (R-FL) by identifying some of the key members of the cabal that was and still is engaging in the conduct of a coup against President Trump. He names McCabe, Peter Strzok, Bruce Ohr and his wife Nellie Ohr... https://rickwells.us/desantis-mccabe-fired-congress/
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White House Blames North Korea For WannaCry Cyberattack
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Prager U: Hollywood Wants Your Money…And Your Mind
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Airlines In Iran, Syria Sanctioned By US Managed To Get Western Jets, Go Unpunished
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John Stossel: The Deadly-isms
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Liberal Law Prof: Trump Is Succeeding In Filling Courts With “Impressive Young Conservatives”
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Trump: Strong Economy Equals Strong Security
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          Trump’s policy is based on four fundamental principles: protecting the American people and homeland, promoting American economic prosperity, maintaining peace through strength, and expanding American influence across the globe. Strategically, the policy focuses on controlling America’s borders, rebuilding the military and taking the lead in both NATO and the UN. The document states:
          We must convince adversaries that we can and will defeat them — not just punish them if they attack the United States. We must ensure the ability to deter potential enemies by denial — convincing them that they cannot accomplish objectives through the use of force or other forms of aggression. We need our allies to do the same.
          Trump’s national security strategy also doesn’t shy away from naming those nations that pose the greatest threat to the American way of life, namely China and Russia, as well as the “rogue regimes” of Iran and North Korea.
          What may be the biggest break from liar-nObama’s foreign policy, however, is Trump’s emphasis on establishing U.S. national security via building up the nation’s economic strength. Trump declared that “economic security is national security,” explaining, “Economic vitality, growth and prosperity at home is absolutely necessary for American power and influence abroad. Any nation that trades away its prosperity for security will end up losing both.” liar-nObama was far more focused on social engineering in the military and redistributing the nation’s wealth to his favored constituents.
          In his announcement, Trump summed up his primary national security perspective, stating, “We are calling for a great reawakening of America, a resurgence of confidence, and a rebirth of patriotism, prosperity and pride. And we are returning to the wisdom of our Founders: In America the people govern, the people rule and the people are sovereign.”  ~The Patriot Pos
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Wednesday AM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
The Good News From
Iraq That No One Heard About
by Paul Albaugh
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EU Dictator Tells Europeans – 
Surrender To The Invasion, Resistance is Futile
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{rickwells.us} ~ Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Union’s Commissioner of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship had a message... for those who disagree with their policy of forced invasion, displacement and replacement of the European nation citizenry – go pound sand. The cabal of globalist dictators headquartered in Brussels has mandated what will be and those patriots of various  nations who don’t want to be overrun by demanding, non-assimilating, often criminal Islamists have no choice, in their view. Accept that they have lost their countries like good slaves, sit down and shut up. If they wanted to rule themselves they should never have surrendered control to unelected foreign globalist bureaucrats. Now they can do as their told, accept that their new lot in life as second or third class citizens in their own land. Focus instead on learning not to be in the wrong place, to not make the wrong move that could get them or their family raped, hurt or killed by the unwelcome parasites..https://rickwells.us/eu-dictator-surrender-invasion/
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Is It Really about Jerusalem?
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by Bassam Tawil
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ The protests that have swept the West Bank, Gaza Strip and large parts of the Arab and Islamic world in the aftermath... of US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital show that most Arabs and Muslims still have not come to terms with Israel's right to exist. The protests also provide further evidence that many Arabs and Muslims, including, of course, the Palestinians, continue to view the US as an enemy and "big Satan" because of its support for Israel. Trump's announcement is just another excuse for Arabs and Muslims to vent their long-standing hatred for Israel and the US. For the Palestinians, Trump's announcement simply provided the latest opportunity to step up their violent and rhetorical attacks and threats against Israel... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11560/palestinians-jerusalem-israel
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Iranian missiles going to rebels in 
Yemen pose a danger to our ally Saudi Arabia
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by Behnam Ben Taleblu
{defenddemocracy.org} ~ The debate about whether Iran is providing ballistic missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen has been ended... thanks to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who has unveiled components of Iranian missiles recovered from target sites in Saudi Arabia fired on by the Houthis. The U.S. has now made clear that Iran is not just violating a U.N. Security Council Resolution that imposes an arms embargo on Yemen. Iran is also violating another resolution  by the U.N. Security Council that codifies the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Typically, Iran has backed the Houthis with rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and anti-tank weapons like the Toophan, which is an Iranian copy of the American TOW missile. This transfer of basic infantry weapons has been confirmed by numerous intercepted arms transfers between Iran and the Yemeni insurgents...   http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/behnam-ben-taleblu-iranian-missiles-going-to-rebels-in-yemen-pose-a-danger-to-our-ally-saudi-a/
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GOP tax plan passes House, 
Senate prepares for late Tuesday vote
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by Joseph Lawler
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ House Republicans on Tuesday passed their final plan to slash individual and corporate taxes... a vote that will put President Trump in a position this week to be the first president since Ronald Reagan to sign major tax reform into law. The Senate was expected to follow up with a narrow vote to pass the same bill late Tuesday evening, after which it will head toward Trump's desk. Republicans said the votes meant they met their commitment to pass the bill before Christmas, and their broader campaign commitment to let people and companies around the nation keep more of their own money...  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gop-tax-plan-passes-house-senate-prepares-for-late-tuesday-vote/article/2643937?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert%20-%2012/19/17&utm_medium=email
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FBI Deputy Director ‘Ought To Be
Replaced,’ Says Top Senate Republican
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by CHUCK ROSS
{dailycaller.com} ~ Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley is calling on Andrew McCabe to be replaced... as the FBI’s deputy director. But Grassley, a Republican, said that President Trump should steer clear of the matter. Instead, FBI Director Christopher Wray should remove McCabe, who has come under heavy fire from Republicans over his roles in the liar-Clinton email and Russia collusion investigations.  “Trump ought to stay out of it. I think it’s a Christopher Wray job,” Grassley told reporters on Monday, according to Bloomberg News...  McCabe isn't the only one that needs to be replace. http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/19/fbi-deputy-director-ought-to-be-replaced-says-top-senate-republican/?utm_medium=email
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The Good News From Iraq That No One Heard About
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by Paul Albaugh:  Perhaps one of the saddest aspects of the mainstream media today is that most stories have a very negative narrative. Most “news” has to do with a catastrophe somewhere, or a political scandal — whether it’s true or not — or just about anything that captivates the audience into believing that circumstances are far worse than they actually are. There just isn’t a whole lot of good news being presented to the everyday American. In fact, when there is good news, it’s often overshadowed by bad news. Crisis sells.

          Last week, there was some outstanding news that either wasn’t reported or was given such short shrift that most people missed it. In case some have forgotten, we are still at war and have been since 2001. Thanks to Barack liar-nObama and liar-Hillary Clinton’s malfeasance in abandoning Iraq in 2011, the Islamic State has been wreaking havoc for more than three years in the Middle East — specifically with its supposed caliphate in Iraq and Syria — as well as globally with so-called “lone wolf” attacks. The United States military has been actively engaged with the Islamic State, and has been helping the Iraqi military and the rebel fighters in Syria take back the cities in which these jihadis had gained a stronghold.
          The goal of the Islamic State was to establish a caliphate, in which they would dominate strategic parts of the Middle East. Their objective was to rule by the force of brutality and to commit evil acts of terror against all those who did not submit to their reign. This group, as we have written before, was not the JV team liar-nObama dismissed early on. No, it was a network of evil people who were a lot smarter, more organized, better funded and more sophisticated than Mr. Spike the Football would admit.
          Perhaps the news media was so focused on the Alabama Senate race, Donald Trump’s latest Twitter posts, or the avalanche of sex scandal. But the fact is, there was some really good news from Iraq that should have been given higher billing. On Dec. 9, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider-al-Abadi declared victory in the war against the Islamic State. That’s right, it is defeated — at least in terms of it not having control over any Iraqi cities or territory. This is terrific news, especially for our military and our allies who have been relentless in this long war.
          As National Review’s David French, himself a veteran of the Iraq War, puts it, “The caliphate is a smoking ruin. It courted conflict with the great powers. It craved Armageddon, and it got its wish. No one knows ISIS’s exact casualty figures, but its fighters have died by the tens of thousands.” In other words, our fine men and women carried out airstrikes, artillery bombardments and assaults in a highly effective manner, along with Iraqi soldiers and removed control from one of the most evil terrorist regimes in modern history. Again, this should have dominated headlines but it didn’t.
          Why? French notes that while Trump is delivering on his promise to defeat the Islamic State, his own posts on Twitter about fake news or various personal feuds overshadowed any good news from the war front that the media should have reported. In a sense, Trump, intentional or not, distracts the public from good news by creating his own bad news.
          French further notes that Americans as a whole are partially to blame for the lack of good news that is reported. Stories of panic and fear are read far more than stories about victory and peace; people ignore “good news” stories in favor of “bad news,” so journalists focus on the negative. The old ‘80s motto “if it bleeds, it leads” works for the marketing guys.
          Regardless, it seems that with the declaration of victory against the Islamic State, reporters should have been flooding the airwaves with this announcement, but it seems that no one showed up to report on it. Perhaps no one thought that this victory against the caliphate was significant enough. Could it be that because the leadership of the Islamic State is stubbornly hanging on that reporters didn’t see the significance? Or is it because  any good news for Trump is a non-starter?
          Now, let’s be real, the fight against this foe is not over yet, as there are still thousands of jihadis in the battle, not just in the Middle East, but in other parts of the world. Still, the Islamic State today does not have what it had a month ago. It doesn’t have a caliphate and it doesn’t have control over any cities. Jihadis are on the run, and if we can continue to pursue these evil fighters relentlessly with the help of our allies in the Middle East, then one day perhaps the Islamic State will fully be defeated.
          Trump and our military should remain committed to defeating our enemies. But the task will likely be more difficult in the years ahead, as many fighters return to their homelands and seek to reorganize and carry out smaller scale attacks. But for now, we all should be happy with the performance of our military in carrying out this difficult mission. And we should all pray daily for their safety wherever they may be serving.  ~The Patriot Pos
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Tuesday PM ~ TheFrontPageCover

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The Front Page Cover
~ Featuring ~
GOP on Brink of Historic Tax Reform
by Thomas Gallatin
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Conspirator Against Trump 
Bruce Ohr No-Shows For Senate Intel Hearing
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{rickwells.us} ~ Bruce Ohr was the former number four official at the DOJ in the liar-nObama regime and held that position under AG Sessions as well... That changed after he got caught plotting to overthrow the President. That’s serious stuff and he was dealt with “firmly,” by being demoted to a lower management position. That’s their view of justice at the Department of Justice? A person suspected of abusing his office in the conduct of seditious behavior against our President is merely demoted. They protect their own and he knows things about the rest of them.  The often suspect Senate Intel Committee were going to at least provide a show-hearing behind closed doors for Mr. Ohr on Monday, but Ohr apparently didn’t think he could survive that or his co-conspirators in the DOJ and FBI thought he’d rat them out...  https://rickwells.us/guilty-sedition-president-ohr/
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Senate Intel Panel Asks Jill Stein 
Campaign For Documents in Russia Probe
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by Jason Devaney
{newsmax.com} ~ The Senate Intelligence Committee has requested documents from 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein... as it investigates claims of Russian collusion during the campaign. Dennis Trainor Jr. was the Stein campaign's communications director and acting manager from January-August 2015. He told BuzzFeed News that the committee is looking for records tied to him because he was the "primary point of contact" for people trying to reach Stein and the campaign, a list that includes media company RT — which is funded by the Russian government. Trainor said Stein will likely comply with the committee's request and then post the documents online...   https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jill-stein-russia-collusion-2016-election/2017/12/18/id/832450/
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Dershowitz: Mueller Has A ‘Credibility Problem’
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by JUSTIN CARUSO
{dailycaller.com} ~ Democrat Alan Dershowitz appeared on Fox News Monday, saying that special counsel Robert Mueller... has a “credibility problem” over his investigation of Donald Trump. Dershowitz said, “I’m not a Republican, I’m a Democrat. I think he has a credibility problem.” “He should have been more careful about who he hired. He should have disclosed he had taken that FBI agent off the case after his messages came out. I think he has a credibility problem on these emails without a warrant. I think he has a credibility problem if he used the dossier in order to get national security wiretaps,” he added...  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/18/dershowitz-mueller-has-a-credibility-problem-video/?utm_medium=email
VIDEO at the site.
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NY Democrat Calls For Investigation Into
Allegation That Linda Sarsour 
Covered Up Sexual Assault
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by BENNY JOHNSON
{dailycaller.com} ~ A former employee alleged in a story published Sunday that Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour covered up and dismissed complaints of graphic sexual assault... Now New York Democratic state Rep. Dov Hikind is calling for an investigation into the charges. Sarsour is accused of enabling the alleged sexual assault and harassment of a woman who worked for her, Asmi Fathelbab, according to the victim and two sources directly familiar with the matter. The assault took place at the Arab American Association while Sarsour served as executive director. Fathelbab told The Daily Caller that instead of properly dealing with the complaints, Sarsour dismissed them because Fathelbab “was not attractive enough to be harassed” and the accused was a “good Muslim” who was “always at the Mosque.”... http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/18/ny-democrat-calls-for-investigation-into-allegation-that-linda-sarsour-covered-up-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=email
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Democrats Brainwash Black Americans 
To Turn On GOP, Side With Their Oppressors
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{rickwells.us} ~ Professor Carol Swain of Vanderbilt University dispels the myths about and propagated by the Democratic Party... as being the party of equal opportunity and anti-slavery. She points out how nothing could be further from the truth. Democrats, says Swain, “have fought against every major civil rights initiative and has a long history of discrimination.” She says, “The Democratic Party defended slavery, started the Civil War, opposed reconstruction, founded the Ku Klux Klan, imposed segregation, perpetrated lynchings and fought against the Civil Rights Acts of the 1950s and 1960s.”... https://rickwells.us/democrats-brainwash-black-americans/
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GOP on Brink of Historic Tax Reform
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          So what’s in the Republicans’ finalized Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which will lower taxes on the vast majority of Americans? Here are some of the highlights of the bill:
          The biggest change, which Trump has long called for, is a significant cut to the corporate tax rate. It drops to 21% down from the current 35%.
          The child tax credit, a major sticking point with Sen. Rubio, is doubled to $2,000-per-child, and the refundable tax credit is increased to $1,400 per child.
          The liar-nObamaCare mandate is eliminated. Americans will no longer be penalized for declining to purchase health insurance.
          The estate tax, a.k.a. death tax, remains, but the threshold for having to pay it has doubled to $11 million for individuals and $22 million for married couples.
          The alternative minimum tax (AMT) has been eliminated for corporations while the AMT threshold for individuals and families has been significantly increased up to $500,000 for individuals and $1 million for married couples.
          Mortgage tax deductions decrease for any interest on loans of $750,000 and up.
          What doesn’t change? The student loan interest deduction remains, as does the medical expense deduction and the graduate student tuition waver. There are no changes to 401(k)s. And the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits churches and nonprofits from endorsing political candidates, remains the same, despite earlier GOP attempts to repeal it.
          As we have previously written, this tax reform represents a political Armageddon for Democrats as it cuts their political influence, primarily seen in their income redistribution practices, by restructuring power away from them. It transfers greater power back to the American people. Democrats know that, which is why they have been hollering about it being vindictive and unjust. Rather than seeking to put aside their anti-Trump antagonism and seek to work with Republicans, they essentially ceded over their power to Republicans who will reap all the accolades for spurring economic growth with this bill. 
 
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A Constitutional Republic or a Police State?
by Arnold Ahlert
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Ninth Circuit: Another Court Vacancy for Trump
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Unfortunately for conservatives, the Romanian-born Kozinski, a Ronald Reagan appointee, was a self-described libertarian and “refugee from Communism” who faithfully upheld his oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. That — not yet another man accused of sexual misconduct — is the point of this story.
          The Ninth Circuit as a whole is far too leftist, and Kozinski’s loss is a blow. That said, President Donald Trump will appoint his successor, and he has a fairly remarkable record on judicial appointments already. So far in his first year, Trump has had a total of 19 federal judges confirmed, including 12 circuit court judges and, of course, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. There are another 41 nominees pending to fill a portion of the 142 vacancies on the federal bench. If Trump continues apace, his record on the courts alone would be reason to count his presidency a success.
          Yet there’s a huge caveat. As the Cato Institute’s Josh Blackman  argues, “If the Democrats take the Senate in 2018 — which became more likely after the recent election in Alabama — I fully expect Chairman Dianne Fein-stein to deny hearings to virtually all of President Trump’s judicial nominees.” Thus Republicans holding the Senate becomes all the more important.  

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Trump Declares US Back In The Game – Prosperity
and Border Security Are Nat’l Security
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{rickwells.us} ~ President Trump is once again distinguishing himself as being very different from the lecturing communist illegal alien windbag... that was squatting in the White House before he arrived. In a speech announcing his new national security strategy on Monday, President Trump declared “America is in the game and America is going to win.” liar-nObama had infamously imposed an “America used to win but now we’re going to lose and turn over everything we accomplished because we’re ashamed and sorry” approach during his long and miserable eight years. President Trump spoke at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, a  bit of symbolism that was no accident. President Trump acknowledged that his predecessors often failed to put Americans first, particularly the globalist liar-nObama, who put us last...  https://rickwells.us/trump-prosperity-border-natl-security/
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Who Is Qais al-Khazali, and Why Should You Care?
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{meforum.org} ~ Last Saturday, a recording emerged of an Iraqi Shi'a militia leader called Qais al-Khazali visiting the Lebanon-Israel border area... The short video shows him in the company of two other uniformed men. They are in the village of Kafr Kila, which is adjacent to Metulla. Khazali is the leader of an Iran-supported force called Asaib Ahl al-Haq (the League of the Righteous). In the manner preferred by the Iranians, the organization doubles as an armed militia and a political party. It was prominent in the Shi'a insurgency against the US and its allies just over a decade ago. Today, AAH is a key component in the Hashd al-Sha'abi (Popular Mobilization Units), the gathering of Shi'a militias raised up in the summer of 2014 to fight Islamic State when the Sunni jihadists were gunning for Baghdad. AAH has also played an important role in the Assad regime's war in Syria... http://www.meforum.org/7104/who-is-qais-al-khazali?utm_source=Middle+East+Forum&utm_campaign=b1cc126618-spyer_mef_2017_12_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_086cfd423c-b1cc126618-33703665&goal=0_086cfd423c-b1cc126618-33703665
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Former Press Secretary for  
Bernie Sanders Arrested, May be Deported
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{eaglerising.com| ~ No wonder Bernie Sanders is such a flaming advocate for DACA recipients: his former press secretary is one!... Erika Andiola has been arrested and is currently on a hunger strike. She may face deportation after holding a sit-in protest at the offices of Senator Church clown-Schumer and Congressman Carlos Curbel0. Dangerous reports that she was among seven “Dreamers” who were arrested for “unlawful entry” when they would not leave as the building closed for the night...  https://eaglerising.com/49529/former-press-secretary-for-bernie-sanders-arrested-may-be-deported/
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The State Government 
Agency That Spied on Citizens
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{dailysignal.com} ~ A new report on a government spying operation conducted by partisan bureaucrats should outrage and scare Americans everywhere... It shows what can happen when, as the report says, partisans “weaponize” a government agency and use its powers to advance “political goals.” Americans already have seen that when federal bureaucrats such as Lois Lerneror Samantha Power do that with the fearsome power of the IRS and our intelligence agencies, we face a threat to our liberty and the democratic process that is unparalleled in our history...  http://dailysignal.com/2017/12/18/the-state-government-agency-that-spied-on-citizens/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MorningBell%22&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWldaaVlURXdNMll3TldNMyIsInQiOiJkb1B1ZVl2cWdPMlJTMXJ5VFMzblRpM3VRSHZFTGNkS1NBMkVMMk1PMzBvUDV6NGVUR3VaakxEbnJWbHFtRHNVSnBRUTcxbDRDS0xZajJZM1A2XC9oNUJwS2xwOHQwZVo1cXErOWpFWHZLVE55c096NlNzZHRFcnNXc3crbmJxWUIifQ%3D%3D
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President Trump Lays Out The Administration’s National Security Strategy
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Amb. Nikki Haley Blasts UN As She Vetoes Anti-Israel Jerusalem Resolution
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‘Multiple Fatalities’ on Derailed Amtrak Train
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liar-nObama Derailed Campaign Against Hezbollah To Secure Iran Deal
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John Skipper, A Decent Man Resigns From ESPN
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PM Netanyahu: Thank you, President Trump. Thank you, Ambassador Haley.
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Al Franken urges not to resign by Some Democrats
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A Constitutional Republic or a Police State?
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          After eight years of liar-nObama administration efforts to “fundamentally transform” our nation, Americans may be facing the reality that our major law enforcement institutions are fundamentally corrupt, and that Democrats and their Leftmedia allies — now indistinguishable from one another — will attempt to minimize this damning reality.
          Yet at some point, Americans are owed an explanation about an “insurance policy” that resembles a strategy to undermine the 2016 election. We can already surmise that “Andy” refers to Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, whose wife received nearly $700,000 in campaign donations for her Virginia Senate race from liar-Clinton allies — while he was supervising the liar-Clinton email investigation.
          That Strzok was removed from the Russian collusion investigation for this text and the approximately 10,000 other exchanges between him and his extra-marital partner — a removal exposed by leaks, as opposed to full disclosure by Special Counsel Robert Mueller — begets a reasonable question: Why does he remain at the FBI in any capacity?
          Strzok was once the nation’s second-in-command for counterintelligence. Yet he carried on an easily traceable affair with a colleague — when he wasn’t busy leading the investigation into liar-Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and critically editing the memo that gave former FBI director James Comey cover to exonerate her. Strzok also failed to charge liar-Clinton associates Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin, despite proof they were lying about having no knowledge of liar-Clinton’s private server, even as he facilitated the indictment of Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn — for the same crime.
          Strzok was hardly an outlier. The stench of partisanship attaches itself to other members of Mueller’s team. Bruce G. Ohr, the former associate deputy attorney general and director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, was demoted after evidence revealed he was in contact with Fusion GPS, producer of the infamous Steele dossier paid for by the liar-Hillary Clinton campaign and the DNC. (His wife, Nellie Ohr, was hired by Fusion GPS specifically to probe Trump). Andrew Weissmann emailed former acting AG Sally Yates to express his “awe” for her refusal to implement Trump’s legal travel ban. Aaron Zebley  represented liar-Clinton IT staffer Justin Cooper, the man who set up liar-Clinton’s server — and smashed her Blackberries with a hammer. Jeannie Rhee was a liar-Clinton campaign donor, represented the liar-Clinton Foundation, and functioned as liar-nObama deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes’ personal attorney.
          Page and Strzok had another equally damning exchange. “Maybe you’re meant to stay where you are because you’re meant to protect the country from that menace,” Page stated in a text that also included a Trump-related article. “Of course I’ll try and approach it that way,” Strzok replied.
          Was Strzok’s aforementioned editing job that included changing the words “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless” in Comey’s memo part of that “approach?
          During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Dec. 7, current FBI Director Christopher Wray insisted his agency is above reproach. Yet when Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) asked him if the Steele dossier was used to spy on Trump associates, Wray refused to answer, citing the ongoing investigation conducted by the DOJ’s Office of Inspector General as the reason. Six days later, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein declined to answer the same question — but insisted there’s no bias in Mueller’s investigation.
          What about illegality? Trump attorney Kory Langhofer is accusing Mueller of illegally obtaining transition team emails from career staffer at the General Services Administration (GSA), including confidential attorney-client communications, in an apparent violation of the president’s Fourth Amendment rights.
          Moreover, Wray and Rosenstein aren’t the only stonewallers. On March 20, 2017, Comey told Congress the counterintelligence operation into Russian collusion was recommended by Asst. Director of Counter Intelligence Bill Priestap, who was Strzok’s former boss. Priestap also  decided not to inform congressional overseers “because of the sensitivity of the matter,” Comey testified.
          Disingenuous? Priestap’s boss was McCabe. McCabe’s boss was Comey.
          McCabe was scheduled to testify behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee last Tuesday, but abruptly canceled due to a “scheduling error.” Some members of the Committee apparently weren’t buying it. “McCabe has an Ohr problem,” a congressional source surmised.
          He is scheduled to testify this week, and while the Committee is prepared to subpoena McCabe to compel his testimony, one suspects he would invoke his constitutional right against self-incrimination — before stating anything that might reveal the nation is in the midst of the biggest political scandal in its history.
          In the meantime, a trio of other stories buried by the Leftmedia are extremely troubling. First, former DNC Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile revealed that after the DNC’s servers and computers were was hacked, they replicated the information on both — and then “destroyed the machines.
          Those were the machines the DNC refused to turn over to the FBI for examination, and the agency’s assertion they were hacked by the Russians is based solely on the assessment made DNC-hired cyber security firm CrowdStrike.
          Brazile insisted the DNC cooperated fully with the FBI, and that Comey’s testimony to the contrary was false. Yet Brazile is a documented  liar who initially denied sending primary debate questions to liar-Clinton’s campaign before admitting the truth.
          Second, Robert Mueller was granted an ethics waiver to serve as special counsel — and the DOJ refuses to explain why they accommodated his blatant conflicts of interest.
          Third, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras, a 2012 liar-nObama appointee — who also sat on the FISA Court while the Trump team was under surveillance by the liar-nObama administration — recused himself from the Michael Flynn case without explanation.
          With so many players and moving parts it’s easy to ignore the one individual who may have been the prime mover behind all of these machinations. “Lest we forget, President liar-nObama had endorsed Mrs. liar-Clinton … to be president,” Andrew McCarthy writes. “Moreover, liar-nObama had knowingly participated in the conduct for which liar-Clinton was under investigation — using a pseudonym in communicating with her about classified government business over an unsecure private communication system.”
          Americans should also remember former AG Loretta Lynch’s airport tarmac meeting with liar-Bill Clinton while his wife remained under investigation, and that she directed Comey to call that investigation a “matter.” Emails released Friday by the DOJ reveal department officials were less concerned by the meeting itself than that it was leaked to the press and how to prevent further leaks.
          Americans should also remember liar-nObama National Security Advisor Susan Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power  unmasked  Americans.
          Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz’s office has compiled more than 1.2 million pages of documentation, and even if the aforementioned players don’t cooperate, indictments are a real possibility. Thus, Americans will soon learn if we are still a constitutional republic — or whether the aforementioned “fundamental transformation” has succeeded beyond the former president’s wildest dreams.
          Trump is said to be dismantling liar-nObama’s “legacy.” Taking down a potential police state should be priority number one.  ~The Patriot Pos
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