Feds Back Off Jailing Michael Flynn After Stunning New Evidence That Gov't 'Lied'

Feds Back Off Jailing Michael Flynn After Stunning New Evidence That Gov't 'Lied'

https://pjmedia.com/trending/feds-back-off-jailing-michael-flynn-after-stunning-new-evidence-that-govt-lied-and-framed-him/?utm_source=pjmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=6d02106d74d1b777cf2232e46da82a4a&recip=28417294

Excerpt: The government lied, "framed," hid favorable evidence, and showed "contempt for the law at every turn" in their treatment of Michael Flynn, the retired three-star Army general and former Trump White House national security adviser. Those charges were contained in a new filing in the government's case against Flynn. And his attorney, Sidney Powell, was just getting started. In the 27-page-filing, an add-on to her previous motions, Powell demanded charges be dropped against Flynn based on previously withheld exculpatory documents by the government and the IG report on FISA abuse. The net result was that federal prosecutors publicly considered, for the first time, that Flynn would get no jail time and instead be put on probation for his previous guilty plea in what we now know was the beginning of the FBI's "Crossfire Hurricane" operation against the Trump White House. [A little more good news. Of course, now that Flynn’s broke, it isn’t much consolation that his previous attorneys might have actually been working with the Feds. Maybe he can sue them? Ron P.]

Trump Supporters Score Higher on Verbal Ability Tests.

Trump Supporters Score Higher on Verbal Ability Tests. And they do better on most science knowledge questions, too.

https://reason.com/2020/01/30/trump-supporters-verbal-ability/

EXCERPT: Don Lemon laughed uncontrollably at his guests insulting the intelligence and knowledge of Trump supporters. The best evidence we have suggests that, compared to the general public, Trump supporters score significantly better than the rest of the public—and Clinton supporters score significantly worse—on a standard verbal ability test. Likewise, Trump supporters score significantly better on most science knowledge questions than Clinton supporters or the general public. (Who'da thunk it. --Bill)

Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 16 Christians in Nigeria; gov't condemned for inaction

Muslim Fulani herdsmen kill 16 Christians in Nigeria; gov't condemned for inaction

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/01/nigeria-muslims-murder-16-christians-in-separate-jihad-massacres-in-plateau-state?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_2020_01_31_jihad_watch_daily_digest&utm_term=2020-01-31

Indonesia's Sharia police tout historic female flogging squad: 'Her technique was nice'

Indonesia's Sharia police tout historic female flogging squad: 'Her technique was nice'

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/28/indonesias-sharia-police-tout-historic-female-flog/

FLASHBACK: This 1987 News Segment On Joe Biden Appears To Catch The Presidential Hopeful Lying Over And Over Again

FLASHBACK: This 1987 News Segment On Joe Biden Appears To Catch The Presidential Hopeful Lying Over And Over Again

https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/1987-joe-biden-news-segment-mclaughlin-kinnock-presidential-campaign/

Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Files Federal Complaint Against Biden

Fired Ukrainian Prosecutor Files Federal Complaint Against Biden, Charging He 'Abused His Power'

https://pjmedia.com/trending/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-says-joe-biden-abused-his-power-files-federal-complaint-against-him/?utm_source=pjmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&newsletterad=&bcid=6d02106d74d1b777cf2232e46da82a4a&recip=28417294

Excerpt: Multiple sources have confirmed a report by French news site Les Crises that former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin has filed a complaint with Ukraine’s National Bureau of Investigation this week demanding an investigation be launched against  Joe Biden, who successfully pressured the Ukrainian government to fire him and protect Burisma Holdings, the company his son Hunter sat on the board of, making $83,000/month, despite having no experience related to their business. Shokin alleges in his filing that Biden orchestrated his ouster as prosecutor general in order to prevent the completion of his investigation of the notoriously corrupt natural gas company, Burisma Holdings. [HOLEY DONUTS, Batman! I think the outhouse door just got blown off! This ought to cause some uncomfortable squirming in a lot of different places. The “federal” complaint appears to be internal to Ukraine, not the USA, but even so, I doubt it will stay that way very long. It never pays to advertise your own crime on TV, does it? Ron P.]

Widespread Poverty Stats Greatly Overstate the Number of Americans Who Are Destitute

Widespread Poverty Stats Greatly Overstate the Number of Americans Who Are Destitute

https://www.justfactsdaily.com/widespread-poverty-stats-greatly-overstate-the-number-of-americans-who-are-destitute/

Democrats Should Be Terrified: Voters Love The Economy and Credit Trump For It

Democrats Should Be Terrified: Voters Love The Economy and Credit Trump For It

http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/2020/01/democrats-should-be-terrified-voters.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BlackRepublicanBlog+%28BLACK+REPUBLICAN+BLOG%29

Target Trump Forever

Target Trump Forever

https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/26/target-trump-forever/

Excerpt: Because Trump is not a traditional Republican, the Democrats are bewildered over how to neuter him. His rally audiences are composed of about 40 percent Independents and Democrats. His entire China reset is predicated on saving manufacturing industries, blue-collar jobs, and the industrial heartland—the erstwhile heart of the old Democratic Party. The supposedly racist Trump appeals to minorities in a way that previous Republican candidates have not, and in ways that transcend his record. For all his loudness and invective, Trump is seen as authentic. He is not condescending. (...) The Democrats know that impeachment will not lead to a conviction. They accept that they are not gaining traction in the polls. They fear that Trump’s wounds heal quickly and what doesn’t destroy him can make him stronger. So why continue? Again, there is little other alternative. Moreover, addicts do not act logically and the Left is hooked on Trump and cannot quit him. Finally, they hope to destroy Trump physically. He will be 74 in June. By the standards of senior medicine, they feel Trump is locked in a self-destructive cycle: little sleep, little exercise, poor diet, too heavy, too stressed. Very few politicians in memory could physically endure the invective, hate, and furor aimed at Trump and his family daily over the last three years. Much less, could any president function with 90 percent negative media coverage, moles in the executive branch monitoring his every breath, and an unhinged opposition whose reason to get up in the morning is to end Trump. [This is a really good precis of how we’ve gotten to where we are now and a scary vision of where it could go to. One of the things I admire about Hanson is that he sees what everyone else sees, but he sees it differently. You readers and I saw this, but I’d never put it together this way, before. I really hope the Secret Service is up to the job. Ron P.]

Obama Vs. Bernie by Daniel Greenfield

Obama Vs. Bernie by Daniel Greenfield

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2020/01/obama-vs-bernie.html

Hunter Biden agrees to pay monthly child support, ending standoff over contempt

Hunter Biden agrees to pay monthly child support, ending standoff over contempt

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-ordered-to-pay-monthly-child-support-ending-standoff-over-contempt

Anti-Semitic hate crimes in LA increased by 60 percent

Anti-Semitic hate crimes in LA increased by 60 percent

https://www.jns.org/anti-semitic-hate-crimes-in-la-increased-by-60-percent/

Excerpt: Of the reported 81 total hate crimes that targeted religious groups in 2019, 69 of them were anti-Jewish, compared to 43 of the 52 total hate crimes in that category the previous year as anti-Semitic—or a 60.5 percent increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes. ... There were five reported hate crimes that targeted Muslims in 2019, compared to just two the previous year, followed by four hate crimes targeting other religions not listed. (And we worry about "Islamophobia." ~Bob)

Bernie Is Frightening the Democrats

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/bernie-is-frightening-the-democrats/

Another Obama Solar Company Burns Out

Another Obama Solar Company Burns Out – DC Solar Owners Plead Guilty to Largest Ponzi Scheme in Eastern California History

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/another-obama-solar-company-burns-out-dc-solar-owners-plead-guilty-to-largest-ponzi-scheme-in-eastern-california-history/

STUDY: Minority Kids Perform Better in Conservative School Districts

STUDY: Minority Kids Perform Better in Conservative School Districts

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/study-minority-kids-perform-better-in-conservative-school-districts/

EXCERPT: In three of the most conservative cities — Anaheim, Fort Worth and Virginia Beach, researchers found that leaders have either closed or eliminated opportunity gaps in either reading, math or high school graduation rates. Meanwhile, in our own “progressive” city of Minneapolis, the report showed that the shameful gap in math achievement between black and white students in K-12 is 53 percentage points, while the gap in math between brown and white students is 45 points. Similarly, in reading, the gap between black and white Minneapolis students is 53, while the gap between brown and white students is 47. Compare that with “conservative” Jacksonville, Fla., where the reading gap between black and white students is 30; and the math gap is 27.

Inside the Hillary Bubble

Inside the Hillary Bubble

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/television-review-hillary-documentary-clinton-still-blaming-america-for-her-failures/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-01-29&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Excerpt: In Hillary, Clinton continues to act a part and act it badly. Her role today is that of a good-natured and not-at-all-bitter role model for tomorrow’s women. But her words betray her aggrievement and entitlement. She is not good at this. She was never good at this. She simply lacks the personality of a public-facing figure and should never have embarrassed herself trying to be one. If it hadn’t been for her proximity to William Jefferson Clinton, a man who genuinely did have a genius for connecting with people and lit up every room he was in for many years, the idea of trying to win elected office never would have infected her mind. There’s no shame in lacking political gifts. What is shameful is that she continues to blame her personal failings on the rest of us. [I had a nightmare the other night: Hilary was again running for the Presidency and her only opponent was Elizabeth Warren. It’s been three days and I’m still quivering in fear. I guess there IS a scenario where I’d vote for Bernie. Save us, Lord. Ron P.]

What is really happening in Sweden, Greta?

What is really happening in Sweden, Greta?

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm&ogbl#inbox

Speed Kills

About 30% of fatal crashes are caused by excessive speed. Another 30% by drunk drivers. Another 16% by drugged drivers. Imagine you are speeding on a country road, suburban street or the interstate, and cause a crash that kills a child. You will have to live with that the rest of your life. Every time you look in the mirror, you will think of that child. It’s not worth it. Slow down. ~BobFrom: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812021

"For drivers involved in fatal crashes, young males are the most likely to be speeding (Figure 1). The relative proportion of speeding-related crashes to all crashes decreased with increasing driver age. In 2012, 24 percent of female drivers in the 15- to 20-year-old age group and 19 percent of female drivers in the 21- to 24-year-old age group involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time of the crash. Among males, 37 percent of 15- to 20-year-old and 37 percent of 21- to 24-year-old drivers involved in fatal crashes were speeding."

This is a good site for states on drunk/drugged driving

https://www.madd.org/statistics/

Warren Wants to Help You . . . Until It Hurts Her Campaign

Warren Wants to Help You . . . Until It Hurts Her Campaign

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/warren-wants-to-help-you-until-it-hurts-her-campaign/

Fake Atomic Scientists Warn Not Believing the Media Will Destroy the World

Fake Atomic Scientists Warn Not Believing the Media Will Destroy the World by Daniel Greenfield

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2020/01/fake-atomic-scientists-warn-not.html

Excerpt: Every year, Rachel Bronson, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who has a degree in political science from Columbia, gets up in front of a fake clock to announce that the world is doomed. And the media eagerly covers the annual imminent warning of doom as if it came with an open bar. Bronson is not an atomic scientist. Or any kind of scientist. Unless you believe politics is a science. And if politics is a science, then Bronson is the Lysenko of the field, predicting doom out of bias and ignorance. (Ah yes, there are so many "scientists" out there eagerly telling all the rest of us what to believe, what to do. This is not the only organization with "Scientists" in the name, the Union of Concerned Scientists has been around for a long time as well, originally an anti-atomic bombs/power group, that did have at least a few degreed scientists in it. Not that it matters all that much, there are enough people with degrees in Science and Technology who have drifted into extremist views that everyone must understand that such exist and are just as crazy in their way as anyone else. The bulk of people really trained and working in Science and Engineering and such fields have to be reality based in their thinking, because that's what works, and most have been trained to at least some extent in cultivating objectivity. So as a group they (I can say "we" since my degrees are in Science and I've worked at it for many years) tend to stick with facts and logic, and not let emotions dictate how they look at and analyze the world. Others with agendas jump on using "Science" to strengthen their claim that everyone should believe them. We all have to watch out for that manipulation. --Del

Satire. I think. Governor Newsom Declares California A Coronavirus-Free Zone

Satire. I think. Governor Newsom Declares California A Coronavirus-Free Zone

https://babylonbee.com/news/governor-newsom-declares-california-a-coronavirus-free-zone

Democracy and Tyranny

Democracy and Tyranny

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68179?mailing_id=4829&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4829&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Excerpt: John Adams captured the essence of the difference between a democracy and republic when he said, “You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe.” Contrast the framers’ vision of a republic with that of a democracy. In a democracy, the majority rules either directly or through its elected representatives. As in a monarchy, the law is whatever the government determines it to be. Laws do not represent reason. They represent power. The restraint is upon the individual instead of the government. Unlike that envisioned under a republican form of government, rights are seen as privileges and permissions that are granted by government and can be rescinded by government.” [Walter Williams is near the top of my list of political economists, right next to Thomas Sowell.  Williams points out some very interesting demographic facts in this article. The unfettered rule of the majority is identical to the rule of a mob. The problem is mobs come and go by the whim of the moment. We need protections that are NOT by whim. Ron P.]

The Pendulum of American Politics

The Pendulum of American Politics

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-pendulum-of-american-politics/

Excerpt: As the elderly die off, the older members of the younger generation become middle-aged. They get married, have kids, buy houses and get mortgages, and get a 401(k). They start to complain about the marriage penalty, public schools that aren’t good enough for their kids, care about the home-mortgage deduction, and want policies that make the stock market rise. They climb up the income ladder and start to get frustrated with tax rates. Also, they start to wonder why pop music isn’t as good as when they were teenagers, and eventually, they start telling kids to get off their lawn. [BOY! Can I identify with this! Except I was doing it back in the 1970s before it was popular, LOL. Jim Geraghty’s Morning Jolt is actually very good today and is well worth reading. Ron P.]

Harvard's chemistry chair charged with lying about China contract

Harvard's chemistry chair charged with lying about China contract

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harvard-s-chemistry-chair-charged-allegedly-lying-about-china-contract-n1124646?cid=eml_nbn_20200128

Excerpt: Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard's Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, allegedly violated federal law by not disclosing his involvement in China's Thousand Talents Plan to the Defense Department, including money he received, according to the charging document. "The charges brought by the U.S. government against Professor Lieber are extremely serious," Harvard said in a statement. "Harvard is cooperating with federal authorities, including the National Institutes of Health, and is initiating its own review of the alleged misconduct." The university added that Lieber has been put on "indefinite administrative leave." The Thousand Talents program tries to recruit experts from Western universities to work in China and ramp up its progress in science and technology. In a complaint, the FBI said the program has "rewarded individuals for stealing proprietary information and violating export controls." The charging documents, unsealed Tuesday, allege that under the Thousand Talents contract Lieber was paid $50,000 in monthly salary by China's Wuhan University of Technology and another $158,000 in living expenses. He was also awarded some $1.74 million to set up a research lab there. [Surprise, surprise! It seems it’s entirely possible for elite professors to be as corrupt as ordinary folks. Who could’ve guessed? Ron P.]

Here's a total shocker.  An extremely distinguished scientist is charged with fraud related to Chinese activities.  What they don't spell out in this is that this kind of thing brings in a lot of money to the individuals involved, through various means.  What's sad is that a man like this one already has a very substantial income, not to mention a super job with huge prestige.  But money is one hell of a motivator, and when it starts coming in really big chunks, people can't resist it sometimes.

 

The Chinese now have a lot of their own good scientists and labs, but they still want to take advantage in every way they can of the brilliance and resources of science and technologies developed here.  There is no morality whatsoever involved for them, and we have been taken advantage of far too much for far too long.

 

People worry that a crackdown by the feds on Chinese activities will "hurt science", to which I say "Bull puckey", we need to absolutely come down on the thefts and influences by China here.  They are NOT our friend, and we need to recognize the reality of the situation we face with them.

 

Del

Analysis and discussion of origins of political correctness

Analysis and discussion of origins of political correctness

https://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles-2009/Ellis-Multiculturalism-And-Marxism.php

Listening In: JFK Calls about Furniture (July 25, 1963)

Listening In: JFK Calls about Furniture (July 25, 1963)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLTmg2vCzY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0J-E6kBuo17-S87EKoMyX_6SpGj5OVjoMEBxc2SvEmw19-T67c7XnWAY0

In response to some liberals' outrage about Trump calling his generals "dopes and babies," someone dug out this video of Kennedy objecting to a purchase of furniture: Priceless: --Bill

Iran To Execute 8 Christians For Leaving Islam - Media is silent to avoid damaging Islam's image

Iran To Execute 8 Christians For Leaving Islam - Media is silent to avoid damaging Islam's image
http://www.thepolitics.online/2019/07/iran-to-execute-8-christians-for.html?fbclid=IwAR1gT-NGLpxJxIPP42fSQP-IqPFUoGE4TBrlzn3FA6IwdhrIlvnu_njAN94

Ed Buck, Democrat donor, arrested, charged with running drug den after latest guest overdose

Ed Buck, Democrat donor, arrested, charged with running drug den after latest guest overdose
https://www.foxnews.com/us/major-democratic-donor-ed-buck-arrested-charged-with-running-drug-den?fbclid=IwAR3djGAAkqpIJTgEb8116FUO2NlgH6IyVGoB6khAn5tUCgIahBB1zUBvvLM

German Authorities Find ‘Weapons Of War’ During Raid Near Radical Mosque

German Authorities Find ‘Weapons Of War’ During Raid Near Radical Mosque
https://dailycaller.com/2016/06/27/german-authorities-find-weapons-of-war-during-raid-near-radical-mosque/?fbclid=IwAR3zl8m6qmkla3KwSk0DBdP8zfqqGEYv6kGF5kSd0hRkbaPXlbkfCflyrM8

Most American adults don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

Most American adults don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds
https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jta/most-american-adults-don-t-know-million-jews-were-killed/article_f58e83f6-d95e-573e-bbfe-2e20d6a7b52d.html?fbclid=IwAR2g2Qv07oa4U0jpWJ_Mg6d9mC8rnUUz0EQHlvAP0rlyTwKHszAGTsGrsKo

US Bank

Too Kind: Marc Eugenio had just earned $1,000, but he had no money to buy Christmas gifts for his children: U.S. Bank had a hold on his paycheck. He called the bank, and call center’s senior banker Emily James told him to go to his branch. No one there could or would help, even after Eugenio’s boss told a bank employee his job was real. Eugenio left the branch and called James again: he was stuck at a gas station in Clackamas, Ore. “I wish I had just $20 to get home,” he remembers telling her. “Wait, hold on,” was her reply. The call center is in Portland, a short drive away, and James — with her boss’s permission — zipped over and gave Eugenio $20 of her own cash. A few days later she was fired for “unauthorized interaction with a customer”; she said the boss who authorized the interaction was fired too. Until then, James said, she had no disciplinary history at the bank, but does have awards for living out the company’s values: “We put people first.” (AC/Portland Oregonian) ...As long as it doesn’t require actually, you know, helping them.

How the Golden State Embraced Corporate Socialism

How the Golden State Embraced Corporate Socialism

https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/24/how-the-golden-state-embraced-corporate-socialism/

Excerpt: It is ironic that California in the 1950s and 1960s offered a good example of a state government that respected property rights and nurtured competitive businesses, yet engaged in massive public investment in those areas where it was not possible to make competition effective. During this golden age, barely twenty years in duration, in partnership with the Federal government, the State of California built the most comprehensive network of water conveyances in the world. At the same time, they built the finest system of public colleges and universities in the world, and they built freeways and expressways that enabled urbanization and an affordable market in housing. In those days, a middle-class family could expect to own their home, travel on uncongested roads, and pay college tuition for their children. Today, none of that is possible. What happened? (...) Giving public employees job security, compensation, and benefits far in excess of private sector norms creates a conflict of interests between public employees and the citizens they serve. It undermines the value of citizenship itself, by making ordinary private citizens eligible for a package of government benefits that is more comparable to (if not less than) what undocumented immigrants receive, while the far better path to job security, a middle-class lifestyle, and retirement security lies with the privileged public sector. [This column sounds like V. D. Hanson in a rage. It really hammers home some powerful points. As a young visitor to California in the middle 1960s, I marveled at the great road system that is today every commuter’s nightmare. The electricity provided by PG&E was then plentiful and affordable; the most expensive utility at that time was water. This article is well worth reading. Ron P.]

Obama Thwarted Israeli Plan to Kill Soleimani in 2015 by Leaking Details to Iran

Report: Obama Thwarted Israeli Plan to Kill Soleimani in 2015 by Leaking Details to Iran

https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breakingisraelnews.com%2F142705%2Freport-obama-thwarted-israeli-plans-to-kill-soleimani-in-2015-by-leaking-plans-to-iran%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C16e30de596bb430d654a08d7a00d045e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637153850067707280&sdata=26Ns%2BnjS4TxxhMriN6UM2vgrnKbv%2B4OfITHwf2BrWJE%3D&reserved=0

And he went on to kill hundreds of American soldiers. ~Bob

Hillary Clinton unleashes on Bernie Sanders in new documentary: 'Nobody likes him'

Hillary Clinton unleashes on Bernie Sanders in new documentary: 'Nobody likes him'

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/clinton-bernie-in-new-documentary

From Miss Congeniality. ~~Bob

Under Trump, America May Be Its Strongest Since the End of World War II

Under Trump, America May Be Its Strongest Since the End of World War II

http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/2020/01/under-trump-america-may-be-its.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BlackRepublicanBlog+%28BLACK+REPUBLICAN+BLOG%29

How Israel, in Dark of Night, Torched Its Way to Iran’s Nuclear Secrets

How Israel, in Dark of Night, Torched Its Way to Iran’s Nuclear Secrets

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/15/us/politics/iran-israel-mossad-nuclear.html

Angry Father Confronts Stunned Elizabeth Warren over Student Loan Plan - 'Am I Going To Get My Money Back?'

Angry Father Confronts Stunned Elizabeth Warren over Student Loan Plan - 'Am I Going To Get My Money Back?'

https://www.westernjournal.com/angry-father-confronts-stunned-elizabeth-warren-student-loan-plan-going-get-money-back/

Excerpt: Father : My daughter is in school, I saved all my money just to pay student loans Can I have my money back? Warren: of course not. Father: so you want to help those who don't save any money and the ones that do the right thing get screwed?

A Closer Look At The Iraqi Immigrant Woman Challenging Rep. Ilhan Omar

A Closer Look At The Iraqi Immigrant Woman Challenging Rep. Ilhan Omar

https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/23/a-closer-look-at-the-iraqi-immigrant-woman-challenging-rep-ilhan-omar/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=a5600f2779-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-a5600f2779-83813741

Excerpt: In 2004, the Chicago Tribune referred to her as “the most watched TV reporter nobody in America has seen,” and this turn-of-phrase seemed stunningly apt. Baghdad-born Dalia al-Aqidi was 36, and a fixture of Middle East media. In sharp contrast to programming on Qatar’s popular Al-Jazeera, Dalia was a leading voice on Alhurra, an American-sponsored television channel broadcasting in the Middle East and delivering a strongly pro-America message. Al-Aqidi was the only Iraqi covering the 2004 presidential campaign within the traveling White House press corps, providing news on Washington to millions in the Arabic-speaking world. Fifteen years later, the famed Iraqi reporter is running for Congress against the darling of the left, also an immigrant from a Muslim-majority country, a woman named Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn

CNN Analyst Joe Lockhart Admits He Fabricated Conversation Between GOP Senators

CNN Analyst Joe Lockhart Admits He Fabricated Conversation Between GOP Senators

https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-analyst-joe-lockhart-admits-he-fabricated-conversation-between-gop-senators

Trump Impeachment Theater a Farce to Protect the Federal Administrative State by John Kass

Trump Impeachment Theater a Farce to Protect the Federal Administrative State by John Kass

https://townhall.com/columnists/johnkass/2020/01/23/trump-impeachment-theater-a-farce-to-protect-the-federal-administrative-state-n2559938

EXCERPT: It is this administrative state that Trump, through his appointment of scores of federal judges and two Supreme Court justices, is waging war against. His attack on the administrative state is his great sin, as far as Democrats are concerned. And for this, the Democrats must stop him.

FISA Court Confirms Two Carter Page Surveillance Applications ‘Not Valid’

FISA Court Confirms Two Carter Page Surveillance Applications ‘Not Valid’

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fisa-court-confirms-two-carter-page-surveillance-applications-not-valid/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=19245133

Excerpt: DOJ inspector general Michael Horowitz revealed “at least 17 significant errors or omissions” committed by the FBI in his report on the Bureau’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign, but did not come up with any “documentary evidence” that the probe was predicated by political bias. Among the more egregious violations detailed in the report was the revelation that a top FBI national security lawyer doctored an email for Page’s fourth application to conceal that Page served as a source for the CIA. [The court is still awaiting FBI response on the other two applications. Ron P.]

It's Official: FISA Court Says Warrants Issued Against Carter Page Were Not Valid

It's Official: FISA Court Says Warrants Issued Against Carter Page Were Not Valid

http://blackrepublican.blogspot.com/2020/01/its-official-fisa-court-says-warrants.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BlackRepublicanBlog+%28BLACK+REPUBLICAN+BLOG%29

Excerpt: he FISA court officially acknowledged Thursday that the FBI submitted false information when obtaining warrants to surveil Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Therefore, the FISA warrants that were issued are invalid.

School District Pays Teen $800,000 For Refusing To Let Her Sleep, Micturate With Boys.

School District Pays Teen $800,000 For Refusing To Let Her Sleep, Micturate With Boys. A Wisconsin school district will pay a transgender student $800,000 to settle a lawsuit she filed in a successful attempt to share bathrooms and overnight sleeping quarters with male high school students.

https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/16/school-district-pays-teen-800000-refusing-let-sleep-micturate-boys/

Goodman on health insurance

Goodman on health insurance

https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/01/goodman-on-health-insurance.html?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=608c1d7b99-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_24_06_35&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-608c1d7b99-72863337

Excerpt: The central impetus of Obamacare was not to insure more people. ...About 95% of those who vote already have insurance, Schumer noted. So Obamacare was promising to spend a great deal of money on people who don’t vote. Instead, their message focused on protecting sick people from abuses by insurance companies. More often than not, that meant protecting people who migrated from an employer plan to the individual market with a preexisting condition. Virtually every Republican proposal to reform Obamacare has been attacked by opponents as weakening protections for those with preexisting conditions. And Republicans from the President on down have, so far and in public, committed that they will continue to address this problem with the sledgehammer of forcing insurance companies to charge the same premium to everyone who shows up, sick or not. From this Adam and Eve apple the rest of the mess follows. For now insurance is outrageously expensive for healthy people. And both the government and insurance companies work hard to ration and limit how well they serve sick people.

Satire: Democrats Warn That American People May Tamper With Next Election

Satire: Democrats Warn That American People May Tamper With Next Election

https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-warn-that-american-people-may-tamper-with-next-election

To See America’s Democrat Future, Look At California Now

To See America’s Democrat Future, Look At California Now

https://finance.townhall.com/columnists/donchambers/2020/01/21/to-see-americas-democrat-future-look-at-california-now-n2559848

I keep thinking the revolt has to come someday from the CA voters, but so far the big cities with their automatic Democrat voters and the big unions keep dominating elections. It can't go on forever, but hey, it can drag on into deeper and deeper mess and misery for some time to come. Maybe another ten years, maybe longer, although I don't see how. I'm just glad not to be there, and sorry for the good people who are stuck there. Del

The Virginia Model for a Constitutional Confederation of States

The Virginia Model for a Constitutional Confederation of States

https://patriotpost.us/alexander/68076?mailing_id=4819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4819&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Excerpt: If we’re to fully restore Liberty and the integrity of our Constitution, we must do so from the bottom up — a groundswell from grassroots Americans if it is to be enduring. We must start at our foundation, speaking with one disciplined, determined, and unified voice toward one primary objective: the reestablishment of Rule of Law. “Constitutional Confederation” is a more complicated sanctuary concept than those alliances being formed to defend the Second Amendment, but a good starting place would be with those organizational alliances because their mission is, ultimately, the same — protection of the Constitution. An initial objective could be to obtain resolutions from the 27 Republicans governors now in office and county resolutions in the remaining 23 states, such as Virginia, with statist Democrat governors. The initial purpose would be to educate our fellow citizens on the point that our Constitution established a Republic and is intended to reflect the consent of the governed — a nation of laws as opposed to the rule of men. [Patriot Post’s Mark Alexander makes an interesting proposal. It’s worth reading. Ron P.]

Video: Who Decides What Is an Abuse of Power?

Video: Who Decides What Is an Abuse of Power?

https://patriotpost.us/articles/68045?mailing_id=4819&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4819&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

Excerpt: The articles of impeachment being tried before the U.S. Senate this week are purely partisan. [This video from Allen West (former Congressman from Fl) is exactly on target. Who gets to decide what an “Abuse of Power” is? He provides some interesting contrasts between what has happened–and been accepted with cheers–in the past and what has happened now and how it’s being portrayed. Video runs less than 10 minutes. Ron P.]

Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters

Ami Horowitz: How white liberals really view black voters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBxZGWCdgs&feature=youtu.be

By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

Government in the Shadows. By VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/anti-trumpers-conduct-shadow-government/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NR%20Daily%20Monday%20through%20Friday%202020-01-21&utm_term=NRDaily-Smart

Excerpt: The frenetic opposition to Donald Trump by the Washington establishment, the new progressive, hard-left Democratic party, and in particular the veterans of the Obama administration has led to the ruination of a number of hallowed protocols and customs. Impeachment has been redefined as a mere vote of no confidence and will become a rank political ploy for years to come once an opposition party gains a majority in the House. It is taking on the flavor of a preemptory device, a vaccination, rather than a medicine, as if to prevent future hypothetical crimes in the absence of current impeachable offenses. Whistleblowers are now mere political operatives, who work with the opposition party to disseminate second- and third-hand rumor to prompt impeachment frenzies. The FISA court has been disgraced. It was revealed to be either incompetent or actively partisan in its failure to question the Steele dossier’s legitimacy, in ignoring the warnings of Devin Nunes’s memo, and in the court’s selection of hard-core anti-Trump partisan David Kris to monitor FBI compliance with the recommendations of the Horowitz report. At this point, the existing FISA courts should probably be dismissed and the laws authorizing their creation rewritten.

Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense

Virginia Democrats Push Legislation to Make Criticism of Government Officials a Criminal Offense

https://gellerreport.com/2020/01/virginia-democrats-push-legislation-to-make-criticism-of-government-officials-a-criminal-offense.html/

Iran MP offers reward for killing Trump, U.S. calls it 'ridiculous'

Iran MP offers reward for killing Trump, U.S. calls it 'ridiculous'

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iranian-mp-announces-3-million-100418211.html

You'd think with the billionaires and millionaires in the democrat party they could top this. ~Bob

Satire: Media Offers Thoughts And Prayers That Someone Would Start Some Violence At Gun Rights Rally

Satire: Media Offers Thoughts And Prayers That Someone Would Start Some Violence At Gun Rights Rally

https://babylonbee.com/news/media-offers-thoughts-and-prayers-that-someone-would-start-some-violence-at-gun-rights-rally

VA pro gun rally

The pro-2nd Amendment rally in Virginia was going to be a racist mess, there was going to be violence, there were going to be White Supremacists all over it, etc, etc. The reality was about 22K people showed up, including Blacks, Gays, Trans, and women, to protest peacefully, there were tens of thousands of people openly carrying guns, not a shot was fired, there was no violence, and the crowd cleaned up as they dispersed. Did we see a lot of this covered nationally? Not exactly.... but if one shot had been fired, if one fight broke out, if one swastika had been displayed.... guess what kind of coverage would have occurred then? But there's no media bias.... Del

Leak Culture Protects the Powerful

Leak Culture Protects the Powerful

https://amgreatness.com/2020/01/21/leak-culture-protects-the-powerful/

Excerpt: One recent story details the sufferings of Bryan Paarmann, whose name came out of a Freedom of Information Act request related to the investigation of FBI leaks. According to the Washington Examiner, “the deputy assistant director of the FBI’s international operations division from 2016 to 2017, ‘improperly disclosed court-sealed and law enforcement sensitive information to the media’ in violation of FBI rules.” Although Paarmann violated several laws, he was not prosecuted and simply resigned. In October 2018,  Natalie Edwards, a senior advisor at the Department of Treasury’s financial crimes unit, was arrested for leaking “suspicious activity reports” related to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. These reports, which are not generated with any due process, are treated with the highest degree of secrecy by banks and the government. Naturally, these formed the basis of a hit job in Buzzfeed. In October of last year, Defense Intelligence Agency analyst Henry Frese was arrested on federal charges that he leaked classified information, including details of a foreign country’s weapons systems. He apparently was involved romantically with one of the reporters he leaked to. (...) Far from being a means of “speaking truth to power,” the chief motive of many leakers—just as with many turncoat spies—consists of the small indignities of office politics, anger at being passed over for promotions, ideological fervor, and simple vanity. [Loose lips can still sink ships. Ron P.]

Tulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton for Defamation over ‘Russian Asset’ Comments

Tulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton for Defamation over ‘Russian Asset’ Comments

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-sues-hillary-clinton-for-defamation-over-russian-asset-comments/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=breaking&utm_campaign=newstrack&utm_term=19230790

Holding his nose

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Not that I love Trump, but my portfolio has me leaning towards holding my nose and voting for him.

1. How is this whole withholding aid different from, say, a signing statement, where the president signs a bill and then says not to execute it?

2. How many signing statements has Trump issued?  In the same period of time, Obama?  Bush II?

3. Do we really not need an investigation into Hunter Biden’s appointment and activities?  How was his father engaged in this?  Was it really legitimate?  Why are we not asking?

4. Why has Congress never investigated how the Iran treaty was instituted, without their ratification?  I think that’s a huge violation of the Constitution.

5. What investigation into Pence is being conducted?  Is this the April surprise?

6. I still don’t see how the Trump campaign conspired with the Russians in 2016.  What was Obama’s administration doing to prevent this?

7. Do you think the next Democrat president will be able to stand up to this level of scrutiny and hand-tying?

In other words, Congress has been emasculating itself for 40 years.  Now we see the fruits of that, except it seems to be ok if a democrat does it.

No...I don’t see him acting ‘presidential’, at least not in the way I’ve become accustomed...although I can see him getting things done.  Economy is great, inflation is low, unemployment is low.  I can see Democrats having a problem with putting their base to work...hence the anger.  And for Christ’s sake, quit tweeting...not a way to communicate, not a way to govern.  It’s just a huge bunch of noise.  I blame a whole lot of this on Obama’s divisiveness, and we’re seeing backlash from the folks who ‘did build that’.

Last, I said it in 2016, Republican Congress needed to at least give the appearance of reining him in.  That didn’t happen, so 201​8. -GS​​