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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Trump administration is preparing to restore the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies.</p> <p>The government program had been sharply curtailed by the Obama administration amid an outcry over police use of armored vehicles and other war-fighting gear to confront protesters.</p> <p>Documents obtained by The Associated Press indicate President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order undoing an Obama-era directive that restricted police access to military grenade launchers, firearms, ammunition and other gear.</p> <p>The documents say Trump's order would fully restore the program under which "assets that would otherwise be scrapped can be repurposed to help state, local, and tribal law enforcement better protect public safety and reduce crime."</p>

Trump to undo Obama order, allow local police to have additional military-like items

http://www.abc15.com/news/national/trump-to-undo-obama-order-allow-local-police-to-have-additional-military-like-items

2017-08-27

<p>It's hard to stay away from strong opinions surrounding the election, even from those not allowed to vote.</p> <p>Apparently, even from kids not big enough to ride Splash Mountain.</p> <p>Jimmy Kimmel, megaphone for children everywhere, took to the streets to ask some kids about their feelings on President-elect Trump.</p> <p>One kid showed us his "angry face." (It's really angry.)</p> <p>One kid thinks he's going to be "HUUUUUGE!"</p> <p>One Canadian kid is less than thrilled about a potential mass exodus to his home country, but will welcome Snoop Dogg with open arms.</p> <p>One kid thinks he looks "like a dope."</p> <p>One kid thinks he might murder her mom.</p> <p>But ... optimism, right? At least he didn't steal their Halloween candy!</p>

Kids tell Jimmy Kimmel how they feel about President-elect Trump

http://www.today.com/parents/kids-tell-jimmy-kimmel-how-they-feel-about-president-elect-t104958

2016-11-12

<p>Depraved ISIS thugs are little more than serial rapists who claim sex assault is a byproduct of implementing teachings of the Qur&#8217;an.</p> <p>The grisly details are laid out in a new report by Nikita Malik called, &#8220; <a href="http://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/HJS-Trafficking-Terror-Report-web.pdf" type="external">Trafficking Terror: How Modern Slavery and Sexual Violence Fund Terrorism</a>.&#8221;</p> <p>In it, a Yazidi survivor describes how ISIS henchman would line up young girls against walls before groping their chests.</p> <p>&#8220;If they had breasts, they could be raped; if not, they would wait three months to check again,&#8221; Victim 1 said, according to an <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldsvc/123/123.pdf" type="external">interview cited in the report</a>.</p> <p>The girls &#8211; many of them minors &#8211; were raped together in rooms as children looked on, she said after finally eluding ISIS&#8217; grip.</p> <p>Victim 1 also described how she was raped by six ISIS guards one night after attempting to flee.</p> <p>&#8220;She was raped in every place possible," <a href="http://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/HJS-Trafficking-Terror-Report-web.pdf" type="external">the report reads</a>. "She was forced to do things that were disgusting to her and they kept her without clothes in this room so that anybody could come at any time and rape her.&#8221;</p> <p>Yazidi women were told by brainwashed ISIS brides that they needed to be raped to become fully Muslim, according to the report.</p> <p>They were often sold, but lost monetary value the more times they were purchased by men in Iraq and Syria.</p> <p>The report also describes how sexual depravity continues to act as a pull factor for prospective terrorists</p> <p>&#8220;Sexual slavery serves as an incentive for new recruits and foreign fighters, with the promise of wives and sex slaves.&#8221; writes Malik.</p> <p>The Henry Jackson Society reports human trafficking brought Islamic terrorist groups upwards of $30 million last year.</p> <p>It&#8217;s believed ISIS could turn to kidnapping and sex slavery as a means to sustain itself as its shrinking caliphate continues to crumble.</p>

ISIS sex slave describes horrifying scenes: 'Forced to do things that were disgusting'

http://www.torontosun.com/2017/10/12/isis-sex-slave-describes-horrifying-scenes-forced-to-do-things-that-were-disgusting?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=recommend-button&utm_campaign=ISIS%20sex%20slave%20describes%20horrifying%20scenes:%20'Forced%20to%20do%20things%20that%20were%20disgusting'

2017-10-12

<p>Considering over <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/07/poll-majority-of-americans-support-military-action-against-nort/23069236/" type="external">60 percent of United States citizens</a> support going to war with North Korea, one would hope the majority would be able to, at the very least, locate the country on a map. Unfortunately, no such luck.</p> <p>The laughable discovery was made when <a type="internal">Jimmy Kimmel</a> and his team visited Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, and asked passersby to locate <a type="internal">North Korea</a> on a map. Many citizens were upfront about their lack of geographic knowledge but guessed anyway. Their estimates ranged from Canada to the Middle East to Australia. Only the minority actually knew where North Korea is located.</p> <p>Though the political situation in the United States is <a type="internal">less than ideal at present</a>, at least the people interviewed aren&#8217;t in charge of firing any missiles.</p> <p>What are your thoughts? Please comment below and share this news!</p>

Americans Were Asked To Find N. Korea On A Map, And What Resulted Is Painful To Watch

http://www.trueactivist.com/americans-were-asked-to-find-n-korea-on-a-map-and-what-resulted-is-painful-to-watch/

2017-08-10

<p>It&#8217;s no secret that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has <a type="internal">great disdain for former Secretary of State</a> Hillary Clinton. Shortly before the Democratic National Convention, the activist released incriminating email showing that <a type="internal">the DNC had worked against Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders</a> in favor of a Clinton nomination.</p> <p>Though that did much to shake up supporters of the American political system and infuriate supporters of Sanders, the Vermont Senator pledged his support to Clinton nonetheless. He cited that it was important to <a type="internal">unify the party and prevent a Trump presidency</a>. Rigged or not (and <a type="internal">it&#8217;s most definitely rigged</a>), is this truly the reason Bernie Sanders gave up the good fight?</p> <p>According to Assange, Bernie Sanders was threatened. During an interview with Australian journalist John Pilger, who is based in the United Kingdom, Assange disclosed some very concerning information. Pilger, who is working on a documentary about Assange, <a href="http://www.usasupreme.com/assange-bernie-sanders-was-threatened-to-drop-out-of-the-race/" type="external">asked</a>:</p> <q> <p>&#8220;Julian, we cut you off earlier when you were talking about what you felt were the most significant emails that you have released. Is there any last one that you&#8217;d like to mention? And also, do you have any thoughts on Bernie Sanders? I mean what is your opinion why Bernie Sanders drop out of the race?&#8221;</p> </q> <p>Assange responded:</p> <q> <p>&#8220;Look, I think&#8212;you know, we know <a type="internal">how politics works in the United States</a>. Whoever&#8212;whatever political party gets into government is going to merge with the bureaucracy pretty damn fast. It will be in a position where it has some levers in its hand. And Bernie Sanders was independent candidate trying to get the nomination trough the Democratic Party and if you ask me he did get the nomination, but he was threatened to drop out.&#8221;</p> </q> <p>Again, Assange has promised to release incriminating emails which are <a type="internal">sure to result in Clinton&#8217;s indictment</a>. He says he has evidence that Hillary made deals with an alleged Islamic state sponsor, as well as damning information about the Clinton Foundation.</p> <p>The Clinton campaign knows he&#8217;s on to her, too, which is why a strategist <a type="internal">called for an assassination of Assange</a> on TV.</p> <q> <p>&#8220;Of course, we&#8217;re very interested in revealing the truth about any candidate and yes we have some material about Bernie Sanders that will be published,&#8221; Assange added.</p> </q> <p>What are your thoughts? Please comment below and share this news!</p> <p>This article ( <a type="internal">Julian Assange: This Is The REAL Reason Bernie Sanders Dropped Out Of The Race</a>) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" type="external">Creative Commons</a> license with attribution to the author and <a type="internal">TrueActivist.com</a></p>

Julian Assange: This Is The REAL Reason Bernie Sanders Dropped Out Of The Race

http://www.trueactivist.com/julian-assange-this-is-the-real-reason-bernie-sanders-dropped-out-of-the-race/

2016-09-05

<p>By: <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/author/rblevins/" type="external">Rachel Blevins</a>/ <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/trump-pardons-sheriff-protected-pedophiles/" type="external">The Free Thought Project</a> President Trump issued his first official pardon on Friday, sparing former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of criminal contempt after he violated a court order in a racial profiling case by continuing to target illegal immigrants.</p> <p>While both Trump and many of his supporters have applauded Arpaio, who <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/31/us/arpaio-found-guilty/index.html" type="external">refers</a> to himself as &#8220;America&#8217;s toughest sheriff,&#8221; there is one thing he is not always tough on&#8212;pedophiles.</p> <p>In fact, according to a <a href="http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2011/12/04/critics_tough_sheriff_botched_sex_crime_cases/?page=full" type="external">report</a> from the Associated Press in December 2011, Airpaio&#8217;s office failed to investigate&#8220;more than 400 sex-crimes&#8221; that were reported in Maricopa County from 2005 to 2007, &#8220;including dozens of alleged child molestations&#8212;that were inadequately investigated and in some instances were not worked at all.&#8221;</p> <p>The report cited current and former police officers familiar with the cases who claimed that victims of the horrific crimes were as young as 2 years old. In El Mirage, the city where Arpaio&#8217;s office was providing contract police services, officials reportedly discovered at least 32 reported child molestations, and even though suspects were known in all but six cases, Arpaio &#8220;failed to follow through.&#8221;</p> <p>While Arpaio made headlines for his infamous <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/arizonas-tent-city-jail-where-prisoners-wear-pink-underwear-eat-meatless-meals-and-swelter-in-the-120-degree-heat/article/2546924" type="external">Tent City Jail</a>, a camp in which nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants were forced to live outdoors in Arizona&#8217;s sweltering 120-degree heat, he did not make headlines for his treatment of the children of illegal immigrants. According to the officers who worked with him, many of those children were victims of sex crimes, which Arpaio ignored, as he let their American citizen predators run free.</p> <p>After Arpaio&#8217;s contract ended, and his office was no longer required to provide police services for El Mirage, Detective Jerry Laird told the AP he found that an overwhelming majority of the cases he received from the office hadn&#8217;t been worked, which meant that &#8220;there were no follow-up reports, no collection of additional forensic evidence and zero effort made after the initial report of the crime was taken.&#8221;</p> <p>While some of the cases Arpaio&#8217;s office neglected were turned over to prosecutors, the report noted that the El Mirage Police Department claimed &#8220;most were no longer viable&#8212;evidence dating as far back as 2006 had grown cold or wasn&#8217;t collected in the first place, victims had either moved away or otherwise moved on.&#8221;</p> <p>Arpaio held a news conference in response to the 2011 report, in which he <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/us/sheriff-joe-arpaio-criticized-over-handling-of-sex-crimes-cases.html?mcubz=1" type="external">said</a>, &#8220;If there were any victims, I apologize to those victims.&#8221;</p> <p>As The Free Thought Project has reported, a number of cases involving pedophiles have come to light under the Trump Administration, such as a pedophile ring investigation that resulted <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/children-saved-pedophile-ring-busted-media-silent/" type="external">over 900 arrests</a> in May, and a sex-trafficking investigation that resulted in <a href="http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-dragnet-trafficking-1000/" type="external">over 1,000 arrests</a> earlier this month. This raises the question&#8212;why aren&#8217;t Arpaio and other members of his office being held to the same standards?</p> <p>Joe Arpaio&#8217;s harsh treatment towards illegal immigrants has stirred up controversy, but his outright neglect of children who are victims of sex crimes seems to have slipped under the radar.</p> <q> <p>Children have no control over which country they are born in, and they are the most vulnerable to predators. If a child is a victim of a sex crime, the question of whether the predators are &#8220;illegal aliens&#8221; or &#8220;legal American citizens&#8221; should not keep officials like Sheriff Arpaio from holding them accountable for their actions, and he should be held accountable for his failure to do so.</p> </q>

Sheriff Who Trump Pardoned Protected Pedophiles By Refusing To Investigate Hundreds Of Child Sex Crimes

http://www.trueactivist.com/sheriff-who-trump-pardoned-protected-pedophiles-by-refusing-to-investigate-hundreds-of-child-sex-crimes/

2017-08-29

<p>The DNC has gone beyond the pale this year in using an anchor baby Karla Ortiz, her illegal mother and a second illegal immigrant, Astrid Silva, to promote illegal immigration at their convention this year.</p> <p>The child puppet of the Clinton machine was brought on stage to share that she is afraid that her mommy and daddy would be &#8220;forced to leave&#8221;. The crowd went wild, cheering for this law-breaking family and for the wanton use of a child to promote their open border agenda.</p> <p>Breaking the law, as we have seen with Hillary, is no big deal, and therefore breaking into this country is also of no consequence to Democrats. In fact, one can almost hear Hillary say, &#8220;What difference does it make? Let them all stay, as long as they vote for me.&#8221;</p> <p>Read the remarks swirling on Twitter regarding Karla Ortiz and her illegal immigrant parents on the next page.</p> <a type="internal">Next Page &#187;</a> <p>Hillary has no shame and will use whomever she pleases to make it to the White House.</p> <q> <p>Yeah&#8230;great job breaking the law.</p> <p>Everyone is super proud of your family.</p> <p>In today&#8217;s Democrat Party, rules and laws mean absolutely nothing if they hurt your feelings.</p> <p>It doesn&#8217;t get anymore clear than this.</p> <p>Immigrants are obviously great for this country in many ways.</p> <p>But that&#8217;s not the conversation the left wants to have.</p> <p>They want to demonize anyone who thinks we should be able to control who comes in and malign anyone who believes that immigrants should come here legally the right way.</p> <p>It&#8217;s pathetic to watch them cloud the issue like this.</p> <p>Here are some of the responses that started pouring in instantly from the left.</p> <q> <p>I am the daughter of an immigrant &amp;amp; a daughter of the American Revolution. Our nation&#8217;s diversity is our greatest strength #DemsInPhilly</p> </q> <q> <p>This girl&#8217;s speech about the fear of deportation brought people to to tears #DemsInPhillyhttps://t.co/pKq5xcNQjM via @fusion</p> <p>&#8212; Mike de la Rocha (@mrmikedelarocha) July 26, 2016</p> </q> <q> <p>#KarlaOrtiz Beautiful speech I literally cried. #inspiring#weareallamericans#america</p> <p>&#8212; Francisco Aguilar (@francoj559) July 26, 2016</p> </q> <q> <p>Mother-daughter duo who could be separated by deportation try to humanize immigration issues at DNChttps://t.co/jakOnulP8o</p> <p>&#8212; Annelize Bester (@AnnelizeBester) July 26, 2016</p> </q> </q> <p>28-year-old illegal immigrant, Astrid Silva, blasted Donald Trump in her speech at the DNC for his promise to &#8220;separate families&#8221;:</p> <q> <p>&#8220;When I was four years old, my mother and I climbed into a raft and we crossed a river to join my dad in America for a better life,&#8221; Astrid Silva, who hails from Mexico, said in remarks delivered to the 4,000-plus Democratic delegation. Silva was the first illegal immigrant to deliver a major speech at either party&#8217;s nominating conventions.</p> <p>&#8220;My family and I are here because of people like Sen. Harry Reid,&#8221; she said, highlighting the Senate minority leader&#8217;s defense of DREAMers, or young adults who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children.</p> <p>&#8220;When Donald Trump talked about deporting 11 million people, he&#8217;s talking about separating families like mine,&#8221; Silver said. &#8220;Hillary Clinton understands that this is not who we are as a country.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;I know she will fight to keep our families together. I know she will,&#8221; Silver said of the former secretary of state.</p> <p>Ahead of her convention speech, Silver told Fusion she hoped the invitation to speak demonstrated &#8220;the stark contrast&#8221; between the Democratic National Convention and the Republicans&#8217; four-day gathering in Cleveland last week, &#8220;where undocumented people [were] being called horrible names.&#8221;</p> </q> <p>Forget law and order and rational thought, let&#8217;s just let our feelings do the voting and put the Queen of Law Breaking in the White House. If Trump doesn&#8217;t make it into the White House America as we have known and loved her will cease to exist.</p> <p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8IfRNwyfaM</p>

DNC Breaks the Law to Promote Illegal Immigration

http://www.truthandaction.org/dnc-breaks-law-promote-illegal-immigration/

<p>Terry Crews, photographed Nov. 2017.</p> <p>Billy &amp;amp; Hells for TIME</p> <p>When dozens of women came forward with sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein&#8212;who has continued to deny all allegations of non-consensual sex&#8212;actor Terry Crews noticed that some people on Twitter were skeptical. Crews knows from personal experience how hard it is to experience harassment and muster the courage to speak out: He says he was groped by William Morris Endeavor agent Adam Venit at an industry event in front of his wife. The agency said they suspended and demoted Venit, who declined to comment for this article. He has since returned to work. Crews is now suing Venit and the agency for sexual assault.</p> <p>Crews&#8212;who was recognized as one of the Silence Breakers, TIME&#8217;s Person of the Year&#8212;realized that men had a responsibility to lend credence and support to these women&#8217;s claims. Almost without thinking through the consequences, Crews tweeted out his own story; in his viral series of tweets, he became one of the first men to join the chorus of women speaking out about harassment.</p> <p>Crews spoke to TIME about the reception to his story and why it&#8217;s imperative that men advocate for women&#8217;s rights.</p> <p>What was the moment you decided to speak out about what happened to you?</p> <p>I&#8217;d actually just read a comment someone made on Twitter about one of Weinstein&#8217;s accusers. It went something like: She&#8217;s just looking for attention and a payday. It really affected me. I couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about it. I remember going to my phone and I started writing. And I couldn&#8217;t stop. What it became was this sixteen-tweet missive from me. I just remember having to say what I felt. I was really angry because these women were being discounted. These women were being discarded. Their pain was just&#8212;it was nothing. I wanted to join in. I wanted to say something. I wanted to support. But I did have to let these women know they weren&#8217;t alone. And that I understood. My whole mission was to give them strength. Don&#8217;t accept the shame that people are giving you. Because that&#8217;s what it was. They were being shamed. They were being victimized again. I just couldn&#8217;t stand for it.</p> <p>Watch: Why the Silence Breakers Are the 2017 Person of the Year</p> <p>Mute</p> <p>Current Time 0:00</p> <p>/</p> <p>Duration Time 0:00</p> <p>Loaded: 0%</p> <p>0:00</p> <p>Progress: 0%</p> <p>0:00</p> <p>Progress: 0%</p> <p>Stream TypeLIVE</p> <p>Remaining Time -0:00</p> <p>Playback Rate</p> <p>1</p> Chapters <p>Chapters</p> descriptions off, selected <p>Descriptions</p> subtitles off, selected <p>Subtitles</p> captions settings, opens captions settings dialog captions off, selected <p>Captions</p> <p>Audio Track</p> <p>This is a modal window.</p> <p>Caption Settings Dialog</p> <p>Beginning of dialog window. 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You&#8217;re in places and guys are saying the wildest thing. People need to be called on that. You need to be held accountable for the things you say, the things you do. What it came from is literally a belief that as a man you are more valuable than a woman. The reason I have the authority to say it is because I was like it. I truly believed I was more valuable than my wife and kids. Until I had a major paradigm shift in my own life&#8212;it was like I hit rock bottom in order for me to see that I had it all wrong.</p> <p>I&#8217;m here to tell you it&#8217;s not your fault. It&#8217;s not. What happened to me was a prime example. People were saying, &#8220;You should have beat him up.&#8221; I&#8217;m like, &#8220;Why is no one questioning him?&#8221; No one questions the predator. The person who is doing the harassment doesn&#8217;t even get a question. You know why? Because they just expect it. And I said, &#8220;No more.&#8221; Why are you questioning the victim here? Let&#8217;s flip it.</p> <p>What would you say to people who think this is becoming a witch hunt?</p> <p>Hollywood was so far into the fact that everyone thought this behavior is normal. It needs to swing all the way back. What we need is a reset. People say, &#8220;Oh, it&#8217;s a witch hunt. People could lie.&#8221; You know what? First of all, the thread of that is going to keep people right. We need to know you can&#8217;t do it. If it&#8217;s not a witch, it&#8217;s a witch hunt. If there are actual witches there, we need to stop them. I have people coming to me saying, &#8220;Hey, man. You could ruin this guy&#8217;s life.&#8221; Very clever. That&#8217;s a very clever thing to say. But he ruined it when he did it. All these people need to be disciplined into knowing what is acceptable and what isn&#8217;t. The only way to do that is by holding people accountable every time. This is something that gives my life meaning. There&#8217;s no reason why&#8212;why should I be the guy to survive Flint, Michigan; survive forty-nine years on this Earth; married twenty-eight years with five kids, the whole thing&#8212;and then I just sit in my big house and relax. This gives my life meaning. Now I know why I was put here. Let me tell you&#8212;the guy who messed with me messed with the wrong guy.</p> <p>Is Hollywood a microcosm for how power is imbalanced in the rest of the world?</p> <p>I believe that. It is in every field, in every business, in sports, in politics. It&#8217;s bipartisan. It&#8217;s not Democratic, it&#8217;s not Republican, it&#8217;s not Russian, it&#8217;s not American, it&#8217;s not black, it&#8217;s not white. Because I am an African-American man, I&#8217;ve been just as vocal about the abuses in my own community. The pimp culture, where guys are praised for having two or three girls. I&#8217;ve been to the rally for civil rights, and they will look at a woman and say, &#8220;Bitch, sit down.&#8221; And you&#8217;re like, &#8220;Wait a minute&#8212;this is civil rights here.&#8221; When it&#8217;s like, as a black man, I&#8217;m equal to a white man, but they don&#8217;t believe that a man is equal to a woman. Self-defeating. Self-destructive. How are you going to get justice, and you aren&#8217;t even treating the women in your circle with justice? If you&#8217;re a Democrat, you can&#8217;t gloss over your own problems of the people in your party. If you&#8217;re a Republican, you can&#8217;t gloss over those problems in your party. If you&#8217;re American, you can&#8217;t say just because I&#8217;m an American, let&#8217;s gloss over that stuff. And sometimes you&#8217;ve got to be willing to walk alone. I get most of my courage from my wife. When I went through my trauma, she was right there with me. I&#8217;m very thankful to have a wise woman on my team.</p> <p>This interview has been edited and condensed.</p>

Terry Crews: 'Men Need to Hold Other Men Accountable'

http://time.com/5049671/terry-crews-interview-transcript-person-of-the-year-2017/

2017-12-06

<p>(ThyBlackMan.com) Even though I am <a href="http://ThyBlackMan.com" type="external">black</a>, I was raised on Superman&#8217;s; truth, justice and the American way. I always believed Americans were the world&#8217;s good guys. As a kid, I watched my mom cry over &#8220;I Love Lucy&#8221; TV stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz getting a divorce.</p> <p>I remember our entire family, mom, dad and five kids gathered around our single television; nail-biting tension in the air as we nervously awaited the final out for our Baltimore Orioles to win the World&#8217;s Series over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite our country&#8217;s racial issues, we patriotically embraced the distinct American culture. We were Americans.</p> <p>When President JFK said, &#8220;Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country&#8220;, I believe a majority of Americans agreed with him.</p> <p>For years, I sang my song, &#8220;Celebrate America&#8221; <a href="http://bit.ly/2h0Swyv" type="external">http://bit.ly/2h0Swyv</a> at Naturalization Oath of Allegiance Ceremonies. I thought it was pretty cool that mine was the first song new Americans heard after taking their oath of allegiance. I witnessed thousands of immigrants who jumped through all the hoops, learned our language and history and tearfully pledged their allegiance.</p> <p>I still remember a gentleman who appeared to be in his 90s, raised to his feet from a wheelchair by a grandchild on each arm. Their entire family wept as he took his oath. Clearly, it meant something extremely special to become an American.</p> <p>It pained me deeply watching Obama lower the bar, redefining and dumbing down what it means to be an American.</p> <p>Obama rolled out the red carpet welcoming tens of thousands of illegals to invade our country for welfare benefits; even benefits unavailable to American citizens. <a href="http://washex.am/2eL6TGl" type="external">http://washex.am/2eL6TGl</a> For immigrants legally becoming new citizens, Obama made pledging to defend our county optional. <a href="http://bit.ly/1MkmOmR" type="external">http://bit.ly/1MkmOmR</a></p> <p>Assuming Hillary would win the WH, Obama figured his illegal invaders would eventually be gifted voting rights. It did not matter to Obama that they had no desire to embrace our culture, respect our flag or learn to speak English. In essence, Barack Obama took the majestic shine off of becoming an American.</p> <p>The late queen of cosmetics, Mary Kay Ash said the speed of the leader is the speed of the gang. Unarguably, Obama&#8217;s disdain and disrespect for Americanism trickled down infecting our country. Public schools banned the singing of &#8220;God Bless the USA/Proud to be an America&#8220;. <a href="http://bit.ly/2mFeyFG" type="external">http://bit.ly/2mFeyFG</a> Students were barred from wearing t-shirts to school featuring the U.S. flag on Cinco De Mayo <a href="http://fxn.ws/2ojaNGY" type="external">http://fxn.ws/2ojaNGY</a>, claiming it was hateful and insensitive to illegal Mexican students. Multimillionaire pro athletes refused to stand for our national anthem, proclaiming themselves victims of America. Their example of dissing our flag trickled down to high and middle school athletes across America. <a href="http://bbc.in/2uuuyAu" type="external">http://bbc.in/2uuuyAu</a></p> <p>Under Barack Obama, JFK&#8217;s words inspiring Americans to strive for excellence for the good of their country were thrown on the junk-heap of forgotten history. Obama&#8217;s new Americanism was about demonizing and punishing self-reliant achievers, pandering to lazy parasites and addicting as many Americans as possible to big government dependency.</p> <p>Due to decades of our Leftist controlled public schools abandoning teaching U.S. history, far too many Americans quickly surrendered their precious God-given and fought for freedom and liberty for a free Obama phone and his promise to Robin Hood the rich. Ben Franklin said, &#8220;Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.&#8221;</p> <p>Barack Obama actually launched an ad campaign begging illegals to apply for food stamps. <a href="http://dailym.ai/1PPPdR1" type="external">http://dailym.ai/1PPPdR1</a></p> <p>Using a Hispanic soap opera , Barack Obama told illegals that applying for as many U.S. government freebie programs as possible was the honorable thing to do for their families. <a href="http://bit.ly/2tH14AA" type="external">http://bit.ly/2tH14AA</a></p> <p>It was also painful watching Barack Obama insidiously divide Americans into supposed victimized voting blocs; blacks, Hispanics, women, transgenders and so on. Suddenly, we became an entitlement-minded gimme-society; everyone running around claiming America abused them and therefore owed them a living.</p> <p>I kept thinking what the heck is going on. We are better than this. I wanted to scream from the roof tops, &#8220;This is not who we are. Darn it, we are AMERICANS!!!&#8221; In my song, &#8220;We Are Americans&#8221; <a href="http://bit.ly/1AIVqp6" type="external">http://bit.ly/1AIVqp6</a> , I ask my fellow Americans to repent and return to our founding principles.</p> <p>I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Mark Levin recently penned a book in which he brilliantly articulated the source of my heartache for my country; the well-orchestrated cultural and moral decline of America.</p> <p>Levin&#8217;s book is titled, &#8220;Rediscovering Americanism And The Tyranny of Progressivism&#8221; <a href="http://amzn.to/2udTux9" type="external">http://amzn.to/2udTux9</a></p> <p>The good news is Donald Trump winning the WH in an electoral landslide proves that despite decades of Leftists trying to convince Americans that we are the greatest source of evil in the world, the masses still love our country and long to see her made great again.</p> <p>And for that, I am extremely hopeful and grateful. Prayerfully, Trump will usher in us becoming Americans again.</p> <p>Staff Writer; Lloyd Marcus</p> <p>Chairman of <a href="http://campaigntodefeatobama.com/" type="external">The Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama</a>.</p> <p>Please help me spread my message by joining my <a href="http://www.libertysharenetwork.com/lloyd-marcus.html" type="external">Liberty Network</a>.</p> <p>Lloyd is singer/songwriter of the <a href="http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?page_id=741" type="external">American Tea Party Anthem</a> and author of <a href="http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?page_id=1029" type="external">Confessions of a Black Conservative</a>, foreword by Michele Malkin.</p>

Barack Obama Is Gone, Now Restoring What It Means To Be An American.

http://thyblackman.com/2017/07/27/barack-obama-is-gone-now-restoring-what-it-means-to-be-an-american/

2017-07-27

<p>GOP congressional candidate Paul Nehlen has drawn on anti-Semitic sympathy to rally support for his fledgling campaign, <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/how-the-alt-right-and-paul-ryans-challenger-coordinate-to?utm_term=.odDRBmXG9#.mbmO9mpzG" type="external">BuzzFeed News reported Friday</a>.</p> <p>Nehlen &#8212; who is running against House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in a Republican primary this summer &#8212; ran a Twitter group chat where he rallied white nationalists to attack his opponents, BuzzFeed News reported. One of Nehlen's stated adversaries was the "Jewish media," who he believed had "coordinated" to smear him <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/27/media/paul-nehlen-steve-bannon-breitbart/index.html" type="external">after he lost the support of Breitbart News</a> for sending <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/republican-candidate-congress-openly-embraces-white-supremacist-memes-social-753175" type="external">tweets about white pride</a>.</p> <p>Nehlen's list of targets included conservative personality John Cardillo, author Kurt Schlichter, and former Boston Red Sox pitcher turned Breitbart radio host Curt Schilling. All three men, BuzzFeed News notes, are conservatives <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-steve-bannon-is-finally-renouncing-the-unhinged-racist-running-against-paul-ryan" type="external">who distanced themselves</a> from Nehlen. The candidate turned to his Twitter group to ask for some backup, writing, "Cardillo and others like him are working for Jewish media. Then, there are the fake conservatives who happen to be Jewish."</p> <p>Per screenshots published by BuzzFeed News, Nehlen then added: "I'm going to decimate them all. And y'all are gonna help me."</p> <p>Sources who spoke to BuzzFeed News said that "such requests were common" from Nehlen. One of the group chat's most notable participants is <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/his-kampf/524505/" type="external">Richard Spencer</a> ally Eli Mosley, who heads a white nationalist group of his own called Identify Evropa, BuzzFeed News points out. Mosley is a polarizing figure <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/27/identity-evropas-controversial-new-ringleader" type="external">even among white nationalists</a>, as many reportedly think he sparked the violence at last year's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a woman <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/14/us/charlottesville-james-alex-fields-court-appearance/index.html" type="external">was killed by a white nationalist</a>.</p> <p>Read more about Nehlen's group chat <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/how-the-alt-right-and-paul-ryans-challenger-coordinate-to?utm_term=.nsA01bLGo#.eqk4nmPoK" type="external">at BuzzFeed News</a>. <a type="internal">Kelly O'Meara Morales</a></p>

GOP congressional candidate uses Twitter to coordinate attacks on 'Jewish media,' vowing to 'decimate them all'

http://theweek.com/speedreads/748517/gop-congressional-candidate-uses-twitter-coordinate-attacks-jewish-media-vowing-decimate-all

2018-01-12

<p>Hillary Clinton apparently can't escape the " <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/02/politics/president-donald-trump-deep-state/index.html" type="external">deep state</a>."</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again" type="external">The Daily Beast</a> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again" type="external">reported Thursday</a> that the Department of Justice has taken an interest in a familiar subject &#8212; the <a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/9/19/12941006/clinton-email-scandal-cartoon" type="external">infamous email server</a> of the former Democratic presidential candidate and her alleged bungling of classified information.</p> <p>Citing a source close to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, The Daily Beast claims that the Justice Department wants to know how those tasked with investigating Clinton's private email server went about their probe. DOJ officials are also reportedly interested in tallying the classified material contained in her emails and finding out "who put that information into an unclassified environment," The Daily Beast says. Before Clinton <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-clears-clinton-crime-while-commenting-scandal-n604116" type="external">was cleared of criminal wrongdoing</a> by the FBI in July 2016, the former secretary of state claimed that many of the emails on her server were classified after the fact or <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hillary-clinton-emails-classified-information-2016-9" type="external">that she was unaware</a> of which "headers" denoted that an email was classified.</p> <p>Clinton's emails are <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/02/trump-huma-abedin-jail-email-release-319922" type="external">a favorite grievance</a> of President Trump, who has <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362271-trump-blasts-deep-state-for-not-investigating-clinton-emails" type="external">repeatedly called</a> for <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/12/03/as_pressure_mounts_trump_predictably_lashes_out_against_hillary_clinton.html" type="external">his erstwhile political rival</a> to be investigated again. As such, people within the DOJ are reportedly concerned that Trump's vocal tweets on the matter could cause the impression that the law enforcement agency is only doing the president's bidding. An unnamed former DOJ official even suggested to The Daily Beast that it was "an open question" if this inquiry would occur "without a political directive from the White House."</p> <p>The Justice Department would not comment on the reported inquiry to The Daily Beast.</p> <p>Read the full story <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again" type="external">here</a>. <a type="internal">Kelly O'Meara Morales</a></p>

The Justice Department is reportedly looking into Hillary Clinton's emails again

http://theweek.com/speedreads/746674/justice-department-reportedly-looking-into-hillary-clintons-emails-again

2018-01-04

<p>They've got her now, just you wait.</p> <p>Republicans in Congress have Hillary Clinton in their sights, and it's all going to be different this time. They're <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/us/politics/justice-department-uranium-one-special-counsel.html" type="external">demanding</a> that the Justice Department appoint a special counsel to investigate Clinton, or more specifically, a couple of different matters relating to her, including the sale of a company that mines uranium and the Russia dossier, in which an opposition researcher assembled potentially damaging information on Donald Trump in 2016. What America obviously needs is a prosecutor with unlimited resources and subpoena power to get to the bottom of these matters, because ... because ... well because Hillary Damn Clinton, that's why!</p> <p>You may have noticed that Hillary Clinton is not actually the president, a fact that has left Republicans who were looking forward to four or eight years of rip-roaring investigations rather bereft. So why not have the Justice Department investigate the president's former opponent? Maybe they'll get to lock her up after all. Sure, that's something that tends to happen in countries where elections are a prelude to tyranny, but isn't the American system far too lenient on people who commit the crime of losing an election?</p> <p>What is the point of all this? The answer is a bit complicated, but first let's quickly address the Republicans' complaint. In their fantasy world, what demands investigation is chiefly this: Hillary Clinton gave 20 percent of our uranium to Russia in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation, and there was obviously something fishy going on. However, every bit of the previous sentence is false, other than that there is a person named "Hillary Clinton," a thing called "uranium," a place called "Russia," and an organization called the "Clinton Foundation."</p> <p>In fact, the Russian government controls a company that has rights to mine a portion of the uranium located within the United States (far less than 20 percent), and the uranium isn't allowed to leave the country. The sale of that company was approved in 2013 by a board that includes representatives of nine different federal agencies; though the State Department is one of the nine, Clinton had no personal role in the decision. The donations to the Clinton Foundation that supposedly were payback actually occurred in 2007, before she became secretary of state, from a man who no longer had any stake in the company by the time the sale took place (you can read more <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/oct/24/what-you-need-know-about-hillary-clinton-and-urani/" type="external">here</a> or <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/31/the-repeated-incorrect-claim-that-russia-obtained-20-percent-of-our-uranium" type="external">here</a>).</p> <p>As for the Russian dossier, it was opposition research of the kind undertaken by candidates for every significant office in America. It contained some salacious rumors about Donald Trump, but the Clinton campaign didn't even make them public.</p> <p>In short, this isn't the kind of thing you appoint a special counsel to investigate. When this was brought up by far-right Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), whom retired Speaker of the House John Boehner recently <a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/29/john-boehner-trump-house-republican-party-retirement-profile-feature-215741" type="external">referred</a> to as a "legislative terrorist," at a Judiciary Committee hearing this week, even Attorney General Jeff Sessions <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/14/jeff-sessions-just-threw-a-wet-blanket-on-president-trumps-russia-dossier-conspiracy-theory" type="external">seemed uninterested</a>. But Jordan and his compatriots are hardly alone; the president himself <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/03/trump-pressures-justice-department-to-investigate-crooked-hillary" type="external">recently said</a> it's "very discouraging to me" that the Justice Department is not "going after Hillary Clinton."</p> <p>If there's one thing Republicans know, it's how to work a Clinton scandal. You start with wild charges, whether there are any facts behind them or not, then start to hold hearings, create a rising din in the conservative media, and before you know it, you've woven a scandal out of nothing.</p> <p>Of course, you have to pretend that you care very deeply about consular security or proper email management or whatever the ostensible topic of the scandal is, but they can manage that without too much trouble.</p> <p>This formula has to be understood as serving multiple goals. In the short run, it merely makes trouble for Democrats, putting them on the defensive and dominating the news. Now that Trump is president, it could also help distract attention from the administration's scandals. Since this story involves Russia too, it can potentially create a fog in the addled mind of the American public, to the point where "Russia" is just associated with a bunch of Washington corruption that involves both parties.</p> <p>In the longer run, the investigation can act as a lever, producing something more consequential than whatever it set out to investigate. Republicans don't have to know what they're fishing for at the outset; it's enough to hope that there might be something waiting to be uncovered. The Benghazi investigation revealed the existence of Clinton's private email server, so who knows what an investigation into the uranium company might produce?</p> <p>And then there's the emotional component. Investigating Hillary Clinton promises a return to a simpler time, when Republicans felt a sense of righteousness and purpose, and didn't have to worry about crafting complicated legislation that required difficult tradeoffs. That stuff is just no fun.</p> <p>The trouble with the project, however, to return to where we started, is that Hillary Clinton is not the president and is never going to be the president. She's gone. There isn't anything to be gained by rooting around like pigs hoping to unearth a truffle of scandal buried somewhere in the woods of Chappaqua. All it does is make them look like sore winners.</p> <p>Which of course is exactly what they are. Nothing in the last year has turned out the way they thought it would, and they have no idea what to do about it. A good Clinton scandal would make everything make sense again. But they probably won't get it, so they'll just have to content themselves with defending the toddler in the Oval Office and worrying about which of their candidates are going to turn out to have a thing for teenage girls. Oh &#8212; and maybe passing some legislation. If they get around to it.</p>

Republicans' hilariously pathetic attempt to manufacture another Hillary Clinton scandal

http://theweek.com/articles/737366/republicans-hilariously-pathetic-attempt-manufacture-another-hillary-clinton-scandal

2017-11-15

<p>The history of a great nation is a history of the people who have shaped it. Read about the men and women who have made the United States of America what it is today</p> We have extensive information prepared for the following people: <a type="internal">George Washington</a> Brief and partial Biographies: <a type="internal">John Armstrong</a> <a type="internal">Benedict Arnold</a> <a type="internal">Commodore John Barry</a> <a type="internal">Josiah Bartlett</a> <a type="internal">Carter Braxton</a> <a type="internal">John Cadwalader</a> <a type="internal">William Ellery</a> <a type="internal">Samuel Huntington</a> <a type="internal">Thomas Jefferson</a> <a type="internal">Thomas Nelson Jr.</a> <a type="internal">Philip Syng Physick</a> <a type="internal">Edward Rutledge</a> <a type="internal">William Strickland</a> <a type="internal">Joseph Townsend</a>

People

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<p>Setting the tone for the night. <a type="internal">Donald Trump</a> and <a type="internal">Hillary Clinton</a> <a type="internal">failed to shake hands at the start</a>of the second presidential debate on Sunday, October 9, bunking tradition and kicking off the evening with two cold shoulders.</p> <p>The presidential candidates took to the stage in St. Louis for their second face-off, with <a type="internal">Anderson Cooper</a>and Martha Raddatz at the helm.</p> Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, left, and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrive before the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. ( <p>After the two candidates were introduced, Clinton, 68, and Trump, 70, walked onstage from opposite sides of the floor and retained grim expressions and stiff body language as they greeted one another, pointedly choosing not to shake hands prior to their explosive 90-minute debate.</p> <p>Trump's wife <a type="internal">Melania Trump</a> and daughter <a type="internal">Ivanka Trump</a> were photographed shaking hands with Clinton's husband, former president <a type="internal">Bill Clinton</a>.</p> <p>The political opponents&#8217; icy demeanor comes just two days after the GOP presidential candidate was caught on newly released 2005 footage <a type="internal">bragging about forcibly kissing and groping women</a> to Access Hollywood host <a type="internal">Billy Bush</a>.</p> <p>&#8220;You know, I&#8217;m automatically attracted to beautiful &#8212; I just start kissing them,&#8221; Trump can be heard saying on the controversial audio clip. &#8220;It&#8217;s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don&#8217;t even wait. And when you&#8217;re a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the p&#8211;sy. You can do anything.&#8221;</p> <p>Trump&#8217;s lewd remarks have had serious repercussions in the subsequent 48 hours, including a string of high-status <a type="internal">Republican officials denouncing the real estate mogul</a>and the RNC withdrawing their financial support from the candidate.</p> <p>In response to the fall-out, Trump <a type="internal">issued a video statement</a> via Twitter on Saturday, October 8. &#8220;Anyone who knows me knows these words don&#8217;t reflect who I am,&#8221; he says on the video. &#8220;I said it, I was wrong, and I apologize.&#8221;</p> Former President Bill Clinton checks hands with Melania Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016. <p>In recent weeks, Trump has come under fire for his numerous misogynistic comments about women in the past, including his most recent Twitter attack on former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, whom he once called &#8220;Miss Piggy&#8221; and &#8220;Miss Housekeeping.&#8221;</p> <p>Despite the GOP leadership&#8217;s distancing itself from Trump, however, the former Apprentice host vowed not to drop out of the race.</p> <p>&#8220;The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly &#8212; I WILL NEVER DROP OUT OF THE RACE, WILL NEVER LET MY SUPPORTERS DOWN! #MAGA,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" type="external">tweeted</a> prior to the debate.</p> <p>When Cooper, 49, directly asked Trump: "You bragged that you sexually assaulted women. Do you understand that?" the Republican presidential candidate once again insisted that his words were just "locker room talk" and tried to deflect attention to ISIS, who are "really bad."</p> <p><a type="internal">Sign up now for the Us Weekly newsletter</a> to get breaking celebrity news, hot pics and more delivered straight to your inbox!</p> <p>Want stories like these delivered straight to your phone? <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/us-weekly-mag/id1232011939?mt=8" type="external">Download the</a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/us-weekly-mag/id1232011939?mt=8" type="external">Us Weekly iPhone app now!</a></p>

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Don’t Shake Hands to Kick Off Second Presidential Debate: Watch

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-dont-shake-hands-at-second-presidential-debate-w444075

2016-10-10

<p>Although he attended the 2004 Republican National Convention, and supported the GOP&#8217;s former gubernatorial candidate for New York state in 2002, the Bay Shore, NY native told Piers Morgan earlier this year that he&#8217;s actually an Independent.</p> <a type="internal" /> The Rock (Republican) <p>WWE superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a registered Republican, and was reportedly invited to speak at the 2000 Republican National Convention.</p> <a type="internal" /> Shannen Doherty (Republican) <p>"I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats," Doherty has said about her conservative views. "I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican."</p> <a type="internal" /> Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt (Republicans) <p>The Hills pot-stirrers were big McCain-Palin supporters in 2008. "I'm voting for John McCain," Montag told <a type="internal">Us Weekly</a> in 2008. "I'm a Republican and McCain has a lot of experience." Still, the pair weren't going to let their candidate's defeat by Barack Obama bring them down. "We're behind America and America's decision," Pratt told MTV News. "You win some, you lose some."</p> <a type="internal" /> LeAnn Rimes (Independent) <p>Performing at GOP fundraisers does not a Republican make, according to Rimes. When asked via Twitter last year why she agreed to participate in a Republican fundraiser in Washington, D.C., she replied, "It's a job! I'm entertainment, not making a political stance," and added that she performed at the Democratic convention years ago and for Clinton "several times."</p> <a type="internal" /> Heather Locklear (Republican) <p>The former Melrose Place scene-stealer is a registered member of the Republican party.</p>

Celebrities’ Political Affiliations

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/celebrities-political-affiliations-20122210

2012-10-23

<p>Athletes choosing to kneel during the national anthem is currently a controversial topic in the US.</p> <p>The this past weekend, 27 players from the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens opted to take a knee during the singing of the US national anthem before a game at Wembley Stadium in London. This was the most players ever to kneel during the national anthem in a single NFL game ever.</p> <p>The defiant stance has become a sign of protest against racial inequality within the US, and more recently, against President Trump's lacklustre response to the Charlottesville white-nationalist rally last month, and the heated aftermath that followed.</p> <p>The defiant stance first made national news following a preseason game in 2016, when Colin Kaepernick sat down (as opposed to the tradition of standing), during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner". His reasoning was divisive, but simple:</p> <q> <p>"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder"</p> </q> <p>Eventually, Kaepernick conversed with former NFL player and US military veteran, Nate Boyer, and they both agreed that kneeling would be a much more respectful way to protest, whilst still showing respect for those who have fought in the US military.</p> <p>But the Jaguars and the Ravens weren't the only NFL teams to show solidarity against President Trump this week. The Pittsburgh Steelers, Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins and more all protested in one way or another - with the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans even choosing to remain their locker rooms during the playing of the national anthem.</p> <p>And yet, what's even more inflammatory is President Trump's reaction to the silent protests. Instead of addressing the issues of racial injustice, Trump has hit out at the NFL, stating that fans should &#8220;refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag &amp;amp; Country&#8221;, and that any players who take a knee should be fired or suspended.</p> <p>But President Trump isn't the only fan tuning in every week to witness the protests. Young children are incredibly impressionable, and one six-year-old in particular decided to demonstrate a protest of his own during the pledge of allegiance at his elementary school.</p> <p>As reported on ABC Action News, a six-year-old boy in Pasco County knelt down during a reading of the pledge of allegiance - an action that his teacher found disrespectful of the country, and disrespectful of the flag.</p> <p>The teacher send a text message to the boy's mother, informing her, "I knew where he had seen it. But I did tell him that in the classroom, we are learning what it means to be a good citizen".</p> <p>The teacher then told the child to "stand up and stop it", something that the boy's mother does not believe is her "right".</p> <p>The boy's mother said that she did not tell her son to take a knee, but also does not want her son to be silenced. She is now asking the school to be more open-minded, as she believes the issue is "much bigger" than her son.</p> <p>Linda Cobbe of Pasco County schools stated that they follow state law, and that the only way a student can be exempted from reciting the pledge of allegiance is with a written request from the parents, and even then, "they must stand".</p> <p>Cobbe also agreed that a more beneficial approach would have been to pull the boy to the side of the class and discuss the matter, instead of punishing him in front of the other students.</p> <p>But the mother believes that this shouldn't just be about her son: "The bigger issue is cultural. They have demonstrated to me, through multiple incidents, that they don't take inclusion and diversity serious".</p> <p>Both the boy's mom and the school are now hoping that the incident will be something everyone can learn from, as the school "does not want to infringe on anyone's rights".</p> What do you think? <p>Should the boy and his mother be punished? Was it simply just a child copying something his favorite football team did one TV, or was he fighting for his right to be heard and respected in the community? One thing is for sure, the actions of the NFL are being seen and heard across the nation by everyone.</p>

Six-Year-Old Is Punished By School For Kneeling During The Pledge Of Allegiance

http://www.viralthread.com/six-year-old-punished-school-kneeling-pledge-allegiance/

<p>Dumbfounded that Donald Trump beat his hand-picked successor, Hillary Clinton, as president, former President Barack Obama and a top aide began plotting to &#8220;destroy&#8221; the president-elect around Christmas, according to a new book on Democrat efforts to undermine President Trump.</p> <p>What&#8217;s more, the goal was to not just damage the Trump presidency but set the Republican president up for impeachment, according to Ed Klein&#8217;s latest from <a href="https://www.regnery.com/" type="external">Regnery</a> Publishing, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Out-War-Destroy-Trump/dp/1621576981" type="external">All Out War: The Plot to Destroy Trump.</a> It goes on sale tomorrow.</p> <p>In an exclusive excerpt provided to Secrets, Klein described a "Christmastime" dinner during which national security adviser Susan Rice pushed plans to &#8220;unmask, or disclose, the names of several Trump campaign associates who were mentioned or whose conversations were captured in intelligence intercepts of Russian officials.&#8221;</p> <p>Klein, a former New York Times editor who has written several insider accounts critical of the Clintons and Obamas, said that Obama knew of Rice&#8217;s efforts to disclose the names in hopes they would leak to the media and spark an investigation.</p> <p>&#8220;He knew Rice wanted to encourage leaks to the Washington Post and the New York Times accusing Trump and his campaign of colluding with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the American presidential election,&#8221; Klein wrote.</p> <p>&#8220;If Rice&#8217;s plot succeeded &#8212; that is, if it could be proved that Trump had colluded with Putin during the campaign or, later, if it could be proved that he had tried to prevent an investigation into such collusion &#8212; Trump would likely face charges of impeachment,&#8221; said the new Klein book.</p> <p>But, he added, Obama didn&#8217;t know that his closest aide, Valerie Jarrett, was behind the plot.</p> <p>Rice eventually had to testify to Congress about her actions, and denied leaking Trump campaign and associate names.</p> <p>Klein does not reveal his source other than offering the source as Jarrett&#8217;s &#8220;friend.&#8221;</p> <p>During the dinner, wrote Klein, first lady Michelle Obama raised concerns that the effort was clearly a political plot to &#8220;sandbag&#8221; Trump.</p> <p>Rice, however, is quoted saying she was worried about national security and she referenced the leaks of Democratic National Committee emails, embarrassing to the Clinton campaign, by Russian sources. She wanted, said the book, to make sure that the alleged links to the Trump campaign and Russia became public before Trump came to office.</p> <p>&#8220;She said she was afraid that once Trump got into the White House, the evidence of collusion would be covered up or destroyed,&#8221; wrote Klein.</p> <p>At that point during the dinner, the former first lady, said the book, cautioned that the plot could &#8220;bite us in the ass.&#8221;</p> <p>As her husband mulled Rice&#8217;s plea to unmask the names by lowering security clearances, Jarrett&#8217;s &#8220;friend&#8221; told Klein, &#8220;Most of the time he had to choose between the lesser of two evils. This was an example of such a dilemma. It was clearly unethical to use illegal leaks to sabotage Trump. But Barack could argue that it was his patriotic to duty to draw attention to the possibility that the Trump campaign had conspired with the Russians to influence the outcome of an American election.&#8221;</p> <p>At point, his source said, &#8220;Valerie piped up. &#8216;Well,&#8217; she said, &#8216;[FBI Director James] Comey thinks Susan&#8217;s on to something. He&#8217;s investigating whether the Trump campaign cooperated with the Russians. There must be something there.&#8217;&#8221;</p> <p>Klein concluded, &#8220;Valerie has a sixth sense how to handle Barack and Michelle. She understood Michelle&#8217;s reservations and her desire to protect her husband, and she wanted to give Michelle a chance to vent. But Valerie left no doubt that she was in favor of Barack going along with Susan&#8217;s scheme.&#8221;</p> <p>Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com</p>

Book: Obama plot to 'destroy Trump' over Russia hatched at Christmas

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/book-obama-plot-to-destroy-trump-over-russia-hatched-at-christmas/article/2638930

2017-10-29

<p>Asking the wrong questions will yield the wrong answers.</p> <p>If you ask yourself, as President Trump did &#8212; &#8220;Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? [...] They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own &#8212; brought in by parents at a young age&#8221;- you will surely find the answer is no.</p> <p>However, if you ask yourself if you should support the proposed resurgence of the flagrantly unconstitutional and unjust &#8220;amnesty&#8221; that greatly disadvantages American millennials, the answer is less clear.</p> <p>The resurgence of the debate over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy would put all millennials in direct competition with illegal immigrants who were granted DACA permits, whether it be through college admissions, job opportunities, or wages.</p> <p>DACA creates competition in the higher education system that inherently favors illegal immigrants through policies such as affirmative action. Affirmative action mandates equal opportunities for, and often results in a larger presence of, minority groups in workplaces and, most notably, universities. Dreamers with permits qualify for affirmative action, giving young immigrants an advantage over not just the skilled worker, but also American college applicants.</p> <p>DACA recipients have seized on American millennials&#8217; ability to receive financial aid and college scholarships in multiple states. Approximately one out of every four DACA recipients &#8212; <a href="http://www.ppic.org/publication/undocumented-immigrants-in-california/" type="external">about 200,000 individuals &#8212; live in California</a>. California allows Dreamers to receive in-state college tuition and 19 other states have followed suit. The California Dream Act, embolden by DACA, has set a precedent for states to generously allocate funding to students who have entered or were brought into the country Illegally.</p> <p>California is merely one example of states diverting funding from the middle class to fund Dreamers. To fund the Cal Grant entitlement for the state&#8217;s &#8220;neediest&#8221; students, California has <a href="http://www.kcra.com/article/why-the-middle-class-scholarship-could-get-cut-this-year/8956490" type="external">&#8220;phased-out&#8221; the Middle-Class Scholarship Program</a>. Implementing the California Dream Act made certain that undocumented and nonresident students are eligible for state financial aid, and that alone accounts for $67 million of the increase in Cal Grant spending.</p> <p>However, California students and taxpayers are not the only ones who have felt the impact and burden of DACA. California serves as an example of how scholarship and state-funded aid for the average DACA recipient creates a disadvantage for Americans of similar income classes. Middle-Class American students are less likely to receive financial aid from universities and institutions, due to the diverting funds, implemented in State Dream Acts, emboldened by DACA.</p> <p>Additionally, DACA creates competition in the workforce, for the millions of jobless American millennials. Currently, over 10 percent of millennials remain unemployed. There are 800,000 millennials from other countries who are competing legally in the workplace for the same occupations where American millennials are looking for work. According to the Migration Policy Institute, there are an estimated <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/diploma-please-promoting-educational-attainment-daca-and-potential-dream-act-eligible-youth" type="external">2.1 million illegal immigrants</a> who are DACA-eligible in the United States in addition to the 800,000 already enrolled.</p> <p>However, the ultimate issue facing both millennials and Americans is that DACA allows for unjust amnesty. The United States admits approximately 1 million legal permanent immigrants every year, which is more than any other nation in the world. It is unjust to the millions of Americans and resident legal immigrants who followed the rules.</p> <p>Giving blanket amnesty to those who neglect to follow our laws is irresponsible and rewards those who fail to follow the rules. Refusing to enforce the law equally, by making special exceptions for favored groups, puts a burden on citizens and lawful residents in the states (especially border states) with the irresponsible federal abdication of immigration law. DACA also blatantly encourages more illegal immigrants to enter the United States in hopes of future amnesty.</p> <p>Granting legal status to Dreamers streamlines the pipeline of illegal immigration through extended family sponsorship. This is a slippery slope for America. The narrative on DACA touts the promise of the American dream by advertising the many who have benefited from the system. What it fails to mention are the impacts and burdens DACA has thrust upon the American millennials.</p> <p>Sydney Jacobs (@the_poli_chick), a Las Vegas, Nevada native, currently resides in Washington D.C and works in Republican politics.</p>

DACA hurts American millennials the most

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daca-hurts-american-millennials-the-most/article/2645579

2018-01-11

<p>"There&#8217;s something happening here." &#8212; Buffalo Springfield, 1967</p> <p>Every major leftist movement the world has seen has been totalitarian by nature. Occasionally this brand of extremism arises elsewhere along the ideological spectrum, such as Islamo-fascism, but Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany remain the archetypes of the socialist genre of dictatorship among many incarnations which clearly include today&#8217;s &#8220;liberal Democrats&#8221; in the United States.</p> <p>Contemporary liberal Democrats reveal their totalitarian proclivities in many subtle ways, such as support for single-payer healthcare and all other forms of big government, and some that are not so subtle. Recent years have seen a surge in the latter variety. Shouting down conservative speakers on college campuses to silence their views has been ongoing, but now the practice has graduated to violent attacks on speakers and audiences. There is no record of comparable suppression of speech by conservatives. And why is it only the left that abides no dissent from its preferred orthodoxy? The adherents expose through their own behavior that they fear a fair debate of ideas, so they attempt to quell intellectual challenge through brute force&#8212;just as all autocrats do.</p> <p>America&#8217;s so-called liberal Democrats resort to the most aggressive tactics out of the Saul Alinsky manual, i.e., destroy any threat to the radical agenda. Truth is beside the point to them. To substantiate via illustration of such Stalinist &#8220;politics of personal destruction,&#8221; here are a few examples:</p> <p>(1) Mitt Romney, as 2012 presidential candidate, was Mr. Nice Guy until Democrats got ahold of him. Then the public found out that he had abused his dog, caused an employee to die of cancer, and sadistically imprisoned women in a torture device known as a binder! All this derived from the Obama campaign&#8217;s suitably-named &#8220; <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2011/08/kill-romney-060929" type="external">kill Romney</a>&#8221; strategy. Of course, candidate Obama&#8217;s own personal history was deemed off-limits. Hypocrisy is a familiar trait of leftist totalitarians.</p> <p>(2) Poor George W. Bush. Investigations by three different governmental commissions concluded that he did not lie about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. If anything, he received the same information worldwide intelligence agencies did about Saddam&#8217;s WMD arsenal. Yet &#8220;Bush lied&#8221; was burned into the national consciousness through liberal Democrat propaganda, paving the way for election of a true leftist president.</p> <p>(3) Barack Obama advanced the practice of despotic repression by weaponizing every office of his government for domestic political use. The IRS campaign of terror against conservative groups was only one of the most obnoxious. Richard Nixon received an article of impeachment for much less.</p> <p>(4) The grand master of personal destruction politics was Bill Clinton, who slimed anyone seen as a threat whether James McDougal, Ken Starr, or Juanita Broaddrick. This m.o. was the whole point of the &#8220;war room&#8221; of Clinton&#8217;s permanent campaign, not to mention Hillary&#8217;s <a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/yes-hillary-was-an-enabler-213919" type="external">&#8220;bimbo eruption" squad</a>. A colorful couple, those Clintons. Hillary, in particular, was a disciple of leftist Saul Alinsky.</p> <p>(5) Currently we have liberal Democrat rioters, following the Occupy Wall Street slow-motion riot. Black Lives Matter extremists demand the murder of police, and the misnamed Antifa ironically lives the fascist ideal of causing mayhem whenever someone utters a thought contrary to liberal Democrat political correctness. After the first violent act by a right-wing fringe fanatic in many years, in Charlottesville, the fake news narrative is that conservatives are the violent ones. In reality, almost all political violence in this country is committed by the far left (for example, a Bernie Sanders-supporting maniac actually attempting to assassinate Republican members of Congress).</p> <p>(6) A telling symptom of the left&#8217;s nascent despotism is the public shaming of any entity that disagrees with them, e.g., organizing against businesses that violate leftist dogma by supporting a traditional position. For instance, dare to agree with the view on homosexual marriage held until a few years ago by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and you become a target. (Recall Alinsky&#8217;s &#8220;isolate it, freeze it, personalize it.&#8221;) Likewise, the revelations about leftist groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center demonizing those they disagree with. The left decided long ago to downplay debate over ideas&#8212;their ideology having failed empirically all over the world&#8212;and to simply use neo-McCarthyist tactics instead.</p> <p>(7) In Animal Farm, some pigs really are more equal than others. Hillary Clinton was found to have committed numerous email felonies, and then the gutless James Comey said &#8220;never mind.&#8221; Clinton&#8217;s Benghazi malfeasance with Barack Obama also has gone unpunished. The political elite elevating itself above the law is a hallmark of leftist dictatorship.</p> <p>(8) One of the liberal Democrats&#8217; favorite slander devices is the accusation of racism, which has become the supreme insult in our society. White-on-black racism, in particular, has become socially unacceptable, which actually is a measure of how anti-racist America has become in overcoming vestiges of its more primitive state. Recognize, however, that for the past 45 years, the only legally permissible, sometimes legally mandated, racial discrimination in the U.S. is that which is committed in favor of minorities against Caucasians. This is the extreme state of our social law, for better or worse, yet many on the left trot out &#8220;white supremacist&#8221; allegations more often than we can count.</p> <p>There is a more substantive reason for the liberal Democrat amalgam&#8217;s resort to this odious tactic, beyond findings of its marketing effectiveness: Liberal Democrats cannot permit the mass healing of race relations in our country. They need to aggravate those relations so their side is better able to exploit the issue. Is there no limit to their neo-McCarthyist cynicism? Politics is everything to liberal Democrats, because government power is everything to them.</p> <p>(9) Perhaps the worst of the Big Lies was &#8220;if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,&#8221; designed to give liberal Democrat government absolute life-and-death power over all citizens through the enactment of Obamacare. What better way to achieve totalitarian rule than mortal power over all the ruled people? See why socialized medicine is the liberal Democrats' Holy Grail?</p> <p>A broader explanation for the liberal Democrats&#8217; current hysteria: Their camp had some very sinister plans for the country, and was oh-so-close to ultimate success. With the election of President Hillary Clinton, a prospective second straight subversive in the office, Democrats could have finally amnestied 11 million illegal aliens, i.e., new Democrat voters, thereby ensuring that no Republican could ever again be elected president. This outcome would establish their goal of a one-party dictatorship, in effect&#8213;if only it had happened. The dream scenario having been snatched away is what has driven the liberal Democrats over the edge.</p> <p>So, in their delirium, they lash out. It is all understandable for a group of closet totalitarians in the throes of catastrophic disappointment. And if they tear the nation apart as they act out, so much the better, in their warped view. They always despised the country anyway.</p> <p>Now the plan is for arch-socialist Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren (who misrepresented her own race for financial gain), to win the presidency in 2020 for a slightly postponed takeover.</p> <p>Pleasant dreams, America. There is something happening here.</p> <p>John Gaski is an associate professor at the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. He is a long-time registered Democrat and long-time registered Republican&#8212;intermittently, not simultaneously.</p> <p>If you would like to write an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, please read our <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/editorial-guidelines" type="external">guidelines on submissions here.</a></p>

How liberal Democrats use lies to get what they want

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-liberal-democrats-use-lies-to-get-what-they-want/article/2644564

2018-01-06

<p>Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist, has hired a lawyer as he prepares to appear before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a report.</p> <p>Bannon hired Bill Burck, a co-managing partner of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &amp;amp; Sullivan LLP&#8217;s Washington, D.C., office, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-lawyers-up-russia-investigators-ready-to-pounce" type="external">according to The Daily Beast</a>.</p> <p>White House counsel Don McGahn and former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus <a href="https://www.law360.com/articles/937051/exclusive-priebus-mcgahn-hire-quinn-emanuel-in-mueller-probe" type="external">hired</a> Burck in September to represent them in special counsel Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation into Russian meddling and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.</p> <p>Bannon is scheduled to testify before the House Intelligence Committee next week. Sources told The Daily Beast the former chief strategist intends to &#8220;fully cooperate.&#8221;</p> <p>Bannon was hired as chief executive of the Trump campaign in August 2016 and was tapped by President Trump to serve as White House chief strategist. He left his post there in August 2017 and returned to Breitbart News as its executive chairman.</p> <p>But, Bannon and Breitbart parted ways earlier this week amid a spat between President Trump and his former chief strategist. Bannon made derogatory comments about the president and his family in a new tell-all book, prompting a fiery condemnation from Trump.</p> <p>Though Bannon had previously avoided being swept up in the Russia probe&#8212;until the House Intelligence Committee asked last month for him to appear before lawmakers&#8212;he had been <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-thinks-trumps-legal-team-is-asleep-at-the-wheeland-hes-looking-for-ways-to-kneecap-mueller" type="external">discussing</a> the probe with Trump behind the scenes.</p>

Steve Bannon hires lawyer ahead of House Intelligence Committee interview

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/steve-bannon-hires-lawyer-ahead-of-house-intelligence-committee-interview/article/2645626

2018-01-11

<p>Jesus Campos, the Mandalay Bay security guard who alerted police to the Las Vegas shooter, is speaking out for the first time about the violent encounter that left him with gunshot wounds.</p> <p>Jesus opened up to <a type="internal">Ellen DeGeneres</a> ... detailing the harrowing moments leading up to him discovering Stephen Paddock on the 32nd floor, just as he was starting to <a type="internal">open fire</a> on the crowd of concertgoers below.</p> <p>He thinks a loud slamming door during his routine check of the floor is what tipped off his location to Paddock, who then started shooting into the hallway -- and hit Campos in the leg.</p> <p>Miraculously, Campos says he was still able to somehow get on his radio and tell his team shots had been fired. You can hear his full story on Wednesday's episode of 'Ellen.'</p>

Las Vegas Shooting, Mandalay Bay Guard Reveals Violent Moment of Engagement to Ellen

http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/18/mandalay-bay-security-guard-details-vegas-shooting-ellen-degeneres/

2017-10-18

<p>CHANDLER, AZ - The Chandler Unified School District says an off-duty Phoenix officer left a gun at Hamilton High School on Friday.</p> <p>The gun was reportedly found by a student in a restroom at the Hamilton library.</p> <p>The school district says the Phoenix officer was on campus at the time and left the gun in the restroom in a holster. That officer is being questioned and has not been arrested at this time, according to the district.</p> <p>We've reached out to Chandler police for more information and are awaiting a response.</p> <p>A statement was sent Friday afternoon to parents by the school&#8217;s principal:</p> <p>Dear parents and guardians,</p> <p>I am writing to you to let you know that a student found a loaded handgun in a holster on a handicap rail in the stall of a restroom in the Hamilton Public Library this afternoon (the library on the Hamilton campus). The student reported the gun to city library staff immediately, it was retrieved and secured by the Chandler Police School Resource Officer and students are safe.</p> <p>The adult community member who was visiting the Chandler Public Library and left his gun in the bathroom stall, returned for his gun and has been identified by the Chandler Police Department. Police investigated and determined that no crime had been committed.</p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Chris Farabee Acting Principal, Hamilton High</p>

Off-duty Phoenix officer leaves gun at Hamilton High School

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/chandler/gun-found-on-campus-at-hamilton-high-school-friday

2017-09-29

<p>In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, FEMA said they would only give aid to victims if they had received (unspecified) vaccinations.</p> <p>In late August and early September 2017, false rumors began to spread on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/str/fema%2Bvaccine/stories-keyword/stories-opinion?esd=eyJlc2lkIjoiUzpfSTEwMDAwNjE3MDM0NjExMjoxOTc1MDIyMTE5MzgwMTE0IiwicHNpZCI6eyIxMDAwMDYxNzAzNDYxMTI6MTk3NTAyMjExOTM4MDExNCI6IlV6cGZTVEV3TURBd05qRTNNRE0wTmpFeE1qb3hPVGMxTURJeU1URTVNemd3TVRFMCIsIjEwMDAxMDkxMTY3NzA3Mjo0ODA3NTE4Mjg5NjUyMDIiOiJVenBmU1RFd01EQXhNRGt4TVRZM056QTNNam8wT0RBM05URTRNamc1TmpVeU1EST0iLCIxMDAwMDEzNTk2MjQ0MTg6MTQ3NDI4MTg1OTI5Mzc4NyI6IlV6cGZTVEV3TURBd01UTTFPVFl5TkRReE9Eb3hORGMwTWpneE9EVTVNamt6TnpnMyJ9LCJjcmN0IjoidGV4dCIsImNzaWQiOiJjMmFiMGQ1ZmYzOGRkNzcxZDgxNGE0ZGRjNDA1ODE5OSJ9" type="external">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=fema%20vaccine&amp;src=typd" type="external">Twitter</a> that FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) was refusing to give aid to victims of Hurricane Harvey unless they had been vaccinated, and that the agency was forcing people to undergo vaccinations in order to receive aid.</p> <p>These rumors are entirely false, and we could not find any iteration of them which provided even a fabricated source or citation.</p> <q> <p>Fema is saying that Texans will have to have a vaccine shot in order to get aid are you paying attention.</p> </q> <p>Despite including absolutely no evidence whatsoever, the post was shared more than 5,000 times within a few days.</p> <p>A search of FEMA&#8217;s <a href="https://www.fema.gov/news-releases" type="external">press releases</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FEMA/" type="external">Facebook</a> account and <a href="https://twitter.com/fema" type="external">Twitter</a> account shows that the agency has not said any such thing. Not only that, but a FEMA spokesperson definitively rejected the rumors in a statement sent to us:</p> <q> <p>There is absolutely no requirement for Hurricane Survivors to be vaccinated in order to receive assistance from FEMA. They only need to register with FEMA for assistance. They can do this online at <a href="http://disasterassistance.gov/" type="external">disasterassistance.gov</a> or call <a href="tel:(800)%20621-3362" type="external">1-800-621-3362</a>.</p> </q> <p>This is just the latest in a series of <a href="http://www.snopes.com/page/2/?s=fema" type="external">false claims</a> surrounding FEMA, and forms part of the long-standing &#8220; <a href="http://www.snopes.com/obama-opens-first-concentration-camp/" type="external">FEMA camps</a>&#8221; conspiracy theory, which holds that the federal government is planning to build concentration camps and impose martial law in the aftermath of a natural disaster.</p>

Did FEMA Deny Aid to Harvey Victims Unless They Received Vaccinations?

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2017-08-30

<p>Liberals have used Hurricane Harvey to their advantage in almost everything: climate change, abortions and now DACA.</p> <p>ABC&#8217;s Martha Raddatz exploited the hurricane in a desperate argument to keep DACA.</p> <p>It ain&#8217;t gonna work, sister!</p> <p>The American people have spoken, and we want Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Dreamers&#8221; out of here, PERIOD!</p> <p>For that matter, fake Republicans (like Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio) who want these illegal alien anchor babies to stay also need to shut their yap, because they&#8217;re directly going against the will of the American people.</p> <p>We are concerned for the future of AMERICAN children, not illegal alien anchor babies.</p> <p>They&#8217;ve got to go back!</p> <p>Watch the video:</p>

SHAMELESS Liberal Media Exploits Harvey Devastation to Shill for DACA

http://truthfeed.com/shameless-liberal-media-exploits-harvey-devastation-to-shill-for-daca/106689/

2017-09-04

<p>President Donald Trump criticized some in the National Football League Friday night <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/22/politics/trump-alabama-trip-senate-race/index.html" type="external">at a rally for Alabama Republican Senate candidate Luther Strange</a>, saying team owners should fire players for taking a knee during the national anthem.</p> <p>Trump added that if fans would "leave the stadium" when players kneel in protest during the national anthem, "I guarantee, things will stop."</p> <p>Trump said NFL owners should respond to the players by saying, "Get that son of a b**** off the field right now, he's fired. He's fired!"</p> <p>Unable to play video. HTML5 is not supported!</p> <p>"For a week, (that owner would) be the most popular person in this country. Because that's a total disrespect of our heritage. That's a total disrespect for everything we stand for," Trump said.</p> <p>Last year, Colin Kaepernick -- formerly with the San Francisco 49ers, but currently without a team -- drew national attention for refusing to stand during "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to kickoff.</p> <p>"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told NFL Media <a href="http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-why-he-sat-during-national-anthem" type="external">in August 2016.</a></p> <p>His protest spurred both support and backlash.</p> <p>Following the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white supremacists gathered to protest the removal of a Confederate soldier statue, Seattle Seahawks defensive end <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/sport/seahawks-michael-bennett-not-standing-for-national-anthem/index.html" type="external">Michael Bennett told CNN</a> he would follow suit.</p> <p>"I can't stand for the national anthem," Bennett said. "I can't stand right now. I'm not going to be standing until I see the equality and freedom."</p> <p>Trump also took aim at NFL efforts to prevent concussions. "They're ruining the game, right?" he said. "They're ruining the game."</p>

Trump says NFL owners should fire players who kneel for national anthem

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2017-09-23

<p>On July 28 1982, President Ronald Reagan designated August 14 as Navajo Code Talkers Day.</p> <p><a href="http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=42794" type="external">Reagan called it</a> a day dedicated to "all members of the Navajo Nation and to all Native Americans who gave their special talents and their lives so that others might live."</p> <p>"When called upon to serve the United States, [the Navajo Nation] contributed a precious commodity never before used in this way. In the midst of the fighting in the Pacific during World War II, a gallant group of men from the Navajo Nation utilized their language in coded form to help speed the Allied victory."</p> <p>According to the U.S. Marine Corps, Code Talkers took part in every assault by Marines in the Pacific during the war from 1942 to 1945 serving in all Marine six divisions.</p> <p>The Code Talkers were a vital part to the Allied forces victory as the Navajo language is the only spoken code to have never been deciphered.</p> <p>"The dedication and unswerving devotion to duty shown by the men of the Navajo Nation," Reagan said the proclamation, "should serve as a fine example for all Americans."</p> <p>PHOTOS: <a type="internal">Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers</a></p>

Navajo Code Talkers Day: A day dedicated to heroes of World War II

http://www.12news.com/news/local/arizona/navajo-code-talkers-day-a-day-dedicated-to-heroes-of-world-war-ii/464289736?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=599235fe04d3016bcd465797&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

2017-08-14

<a type="internal" /> <p>LAS VEGAS, NV &#8211; Video cameras are everywhere. Now, even a tween can catch a cop breaking the law. Parking on the sidewalk will get you a ticket, but what happens when a police officer does it?</p> <p>A 12-year-old identifying himself as Jeremy Drew asked a police officer to see his badge number after catching him parked on the sidewalk. But, the officer would not give his badge number to Drew. When the kid told the cop it is his right he calls the kid a &#8220;junior lawyer&#8221; and takes off on his motorcycle.</p> <p>The video was posted in September 2012 and now has almost 3.5 million views.</p>

Video: 12-year-old calls out Las Vegas cop for parking on sidewalk

http://wtkr.com/video

2013-05-07

<p>Please <a type="internal">sign in</a> with your WRAL.com account to comment on this story. You also will need a Facebook account to comment.</p> <p><a type="internal">Oldest First</a></p> <p>I think WRAL should be ashamed! How can you just assume this person is a man? What if that is not the pronoun they choose for themselves and here you are all over your story just, "Man", "his", "he".I mean what you've basically done is committed a terroristic act on trans-non-binary people everywhere. You should post a public apology because I'm literally autistic and this makes me want to cry. I'm not even joking right now! I cannot believe how insensitive this story is!If this were California, you'd be in jail right now!!</p> <p>Just when I have a sliver of faith in humanity, I go and read WRAL story comments. Good job being horrible people.</p> <p>That is one creepy looking "guy." So Democrats want their daughters to be okay with going to the restroom with this guy?</p> <p>Where does the story say anything about anyone using a female restroom?</p> <p>So...is it possible for them to assault each other and never trigger an "assault on a female" charge that often coincides with domestic disputes?</p> <p><a type="internal">Oldest First</a></p>

Police: Knightdale man stabbed in head, neck during domestic dispute

http://wral.com/share/page/1896337/%3Fid=17196013

2017-12-18

<p>The meme &#8220;all&#8217;s fair in love and war&#8221; apparently did not sit well with supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders who (allegedly) threw chairs and where, reportedly, one person was injured at the Nevada Democrats&#8217; convention over the weekend.</p> At the 9:15 mark, there is reference to a &#8216;bloody uprising&#8230;&#8217; <p>Related:</p> <a href="http://www.neverhillaryshirts.com" type="external" /> <a type="internal" /> <a type="internal" />

[VIDEO] Bernie Supporters [Allegedly] Get Violent After Hillary Machine ‘Rigs’ Nevada

http://workplacereport.com/video

2016-05-17

<p>Not too long ago we wrote about KFC following 11 people on Twitter: The five Spice Girls and six guys named Herb (including UFC referee Herb Dean). That&#8217;s right, six herbs and five spices! If you missed the article, check it out <a type="internal">here</a>.</p> <p>Well the gentleman that noticed this (@edgette22 on Twitter) has now been rewarded. You might think that the obvious choice would be a life supply of KFC right? Wrong&#8230; that&#8217;s not KFC&#8217;s style.</p> <p>What do you know, that&#8217;s Edge being given a piggyback ride by the Colnel himself! A work of art yes, a strange gift&#8230; also yes. But wow KFC&#8217;s marketing team are inventive.</p> <p>People on Twitter went mad for this of course!</p> <p>Edge had also been the victim of some controversy surrounding the whole debacle, so this will come as a welcome treat.</p> <p>What do you think?</p> <p>Images via: Twitter / @edgette22</p>

KFC Sent This Awesome Painting To The Guy Who Uncovered Their Twitter Secret

http://viralised.com/kfc-sent-this-awesome-painting-to-the-guy-who-found-their-twitter-secret/

2017-11-10

<p>There&#8217;s nothing patriotic about the lunatic outrage of the angry white male Trump voter. Real Americans have had enough.</p>

Trump Voters Are Angry? Well, Here’s What’s Really Worthy of Anger

http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-trump-voters-are-angry-well-here-s-what-s-really-worthy-of-anger

2016-10-06

<p>This is now bigger than who becomes the next president. Trump is a threat to our democracy.</p>

Trump Must Now Be Compelled to Withdraw

http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-trump-must-now-be-compelled-to-withdraw

2016-10-20

<p>Don't like Hillary? Desperate to change the system? That's fine. But those impulses must wait.</p>

This Election is Too Important to Dare Not Vote for Hillary Clinton

http://video.gq.com/watch/the-closer-with-keith-olbermann-this-election-is-too-important-to-dare-not-vote-for-hillary-clinton

2016-10-25

<p>After another week of violence and mayhem, it's clear Hillary Clinton's controversial assessment of Trump's fans was, well, generous.</p>

Hillary was Wrong. All of Trump's Supporters Are "Deplorable"

http://video.gq.com/watch/hillary-was-wrong-all-of-trump-s-supporters-are-deplorable

2016-09-15

<p>In this election, we're with her. Here are 12 Michelle Obama quotes that make us proud to have Hillary's back.</p>

12 Michelle Obama Quotes That Will Make You Say "I'm With Her"

http://video.glamour.com/watch/12-michelle-obama-quotes-that-will-make-you-say-i-m-with-her

2016-10-19

<p>The line of Republican cowards attempting to curry favor with Donald Trump stretches out the door, around the building, down the block, through the next door overflow room, and extends up to space, where it circles around the moon like Dr Manhattan. There's sniveling turdface Ted Cruz, who, among other things, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/23/9-truly-awful-things-that-were-said-between-ted-cruz-and-the-man-hell-now-support-donald-trump/?utm_term=.edfe1aa3a681" type="external">listened to Trump call his wife ugly and his dad a traitor and a murderer.</a> There's J Crew crewneck used to wipe pig vomit off of a misspelled yield sign Paul Ryan, who Trump has basically played the one-way dozens with for three years. And of course there's Most Racist Cracker Barrel Manager Ever Jefferson Sessions, who's remained mute as a Nazi church mouse as Trump continues to drink his milkshake on Twitter every day.</p> <p>But none of these cowards compare to the cowardice standard exhibited by John McCain; whose cowardice is legion and legendary, massive and magnificent. It's been only two years since Darth Cheeto &#8212; who was then still just Anakin Skyrapist &#8212; <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/07/18/trump-slams-mccain-for-being-captured-in-vietnam/?utm_term=.f6dda0a2afcd" type="external">doubted McCain's war hero bonafides</a> and added (quite humorously, I must admit) "I like people that weren&#8217;t captured." And now, here's McCain jumping out of his government-funded death futon to deny government-funded death futons to other sick people, all to support a President who disrespected the fuck out of him and whose only substantive agenda and platform is to erase everything the preceding President did.</p> <p>Again, Washington is full of cowards. But what makes McCain's cowardice special is that his whole entire personal and political brand is bravery. Well, "bravery." You expect people like Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan to be rats. But John McCain has created, attached himself to, and submerged himself in this maverick narrative; that he's somehow different from the rest of those craven motherfuckers. That he does what he does, but does what he does with integrity. And this story only exists and has been able to persist because he was a bad pilot. His "bravery" is to bravery what Arby's "roast beef" is to roast beef. Fuck him.</p>

Coward With Terminal Brain Cancer Jumps Out Of Government-Funded Death Bed To Kill Other Sick People

http://verysmartbrothas.com/coward-with-terminal-brain-cancer-jumps-out-of-government-funded-death-bed-to-kill-other-sick-people/

2017-07-25

<p>As previously <a type="internal">reported</a>, embattled Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein is the subject of a devastating expose detailing decades of sexual harassment.</p> <p>Donald Trump Jr. trolled Hillary Clinton on Saturday in a viral tweet. &#8220;Weird, Hillary has been really quiet about Harvey Weinstein. You would think she would be all Over this. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhatHappened?src=hash" type="external">#WhatHappened?</a>&#8221;</p> <q> <p>Weird, Hillary has been really quiet about Harvey Weinstein. You would think she would be all Over this. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhatHappened?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%205Etfw" type="external">#WhatHappened</a>?</p> <p>&#8212; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/916639351425126400?ref_src=twsrc%205Etfw" type="external">October 7, 2017</a></p> </q> <p>But Don Jr. wasn&#8217;t finished yet. Donald Trump Jr. challenged sometime comedian Jimmy Kimmel to share his thoughts on liberal icon and sexual predator Harvey Weinstein.</p> <p>Sponsored</p> <p>Sponsored</p>

Don Trump Jr. Continues His Harvey Weinstein Trolling With Dare to Jimmy Kimmel

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10/don-trump-jr-continues-trolling-weinstein-dare-jimmy-kimmel/

2017-10-08

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Marshall_(attorney)" type="external">Amanda Marshall</a> was Oregon&#8217;s federal district attorney. Then the scandals started catching up to her. Let&#8217;s recap her sordid history.</p> <p>Appointed by Obama in 2011, <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/04/oregon_us_attorney_amanda_mars.html" type="external">Marshall resigned in 2015</a> after <a href="http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-32952-u-s-attorney-amanda-marshall-allegedly-stalked-subordinate.html" type="external">allegedly stalking a subordinate</a> and having an affair, and later faced internal probes (no pun intended).</p> <p><a href="http://kval.com/news/local/a-sentence-grossly-disproportionate-to-the-severity-of-the-offenses-here" type="external">Marshall is the DA who pursued charges, even to the point of double jeopardy, against Dwight and Steven Hammond</a>, the eastern Oregon ranchers who preemptively set controlled burns to stop wildfires from encroaching on their property. After already serving time in federal prison, Marshall encouraged the judge to re-imprison them for a harsher sentence. Those actions are what prompted the Malheur Wildlife Refuge protests in early 2016.</p> <p>In 2014, <a href="http://www.progressivestoday.com/you-wont-believe-what-these-anti-gun-folks-are-openly-saying/" type="external">Marshall was caught on camera conspiring with Gabby Gifford&#8217;s gun control group</a>, Americans For Responsible Solutions, to scheme up new gun control laws and propaganda. She spoke of wanting to force county Sheriffs to enforce federal gun laws, while also being <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/10/oregons_top_federal_prosecutor_1.html" type="external">one of the voices saying that local law enforcement shouldn&#8217;t enforce federal immigration laws.</a></p> <p>Of course the anti gun folks were more than happy to <a href="https://newtrajectory.blogspot.com/2014/01/remarks-on-gun-violence-from-us.html?m=0" type="external">feature Amanda Marshall as a guest speaker at a summit</a> presented by Ceasefire Oregon and &#8220;Oregon Alliance To Prevent Gun Violence&#8221;.</p> <p>Now she faces ethics complaints with the Oregon State Bar. <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/10/oregon_state_bar_authorizes_fo.html" type="external">The Oregonian reports</a>:</p> <q> <p>The panel determined there was probable cause to bring ethics charges against Marshall for violating rules dealing with honesty and trustworthiness.</p> <p>The case now advances to the trial phase. A panel will convene, likely sometime in the spring, to determine if Marshall has engaged in misconduct. Punishment for ethics violations range from a public reprimand to a suspension or disbarment.</p> <p>The disciplinary board identified two rules Marshall may have violated, one involving criminal conduct that reflects poorly on a lawyer&#8217;s honesty and trustworthiness or fitness and the other dealing with conduct involving fraud and dishonesty.</p> <p>Marshall&#8217;s lawyer, Allison Martin Rhodes, said Monday that Marshall &#8220;has always acknowledged&#8221; that she &#8220;was not completely truthful&#8221; when asked by a superior about the relationship.</p> <p>Martin Rhodes has said Marshall lied when asked if she had sex with her subordinate but was subsequently forthcoming in a four-hour interview with authorities.</p> <p>The professional standards agency opened an investigation last year after the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s inspector general found Marshall had engaged in a yearlong &#8220;intimate and personal&#8221; relationship with a subordinate.</p> <p>The inspector general said Marshall, who now practices law in McMinnville, violated sexual harassment laws, lied to investigators and tried to block the investigation.</p> <p>The Inspector General&#8217;s Office in March 2015 opened an investigation of Marshall. She took a leave of absence that month, citing health reasons that included post-traumatic stress disorder. She officially resigned on May 15, 2015, amid the internal review.</p> </q> <p>It&#8217;s just fitting that someone with ties to the Obama administration and anti-gun organizations is caught up in a series of scandals and lies.</p> <p>Sponsored</p> <p>Sponsored</p>

Scandal-Plagued Obama Appointed Attorney Now Faces State Ethics Charges

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/10/scandal-plagued-obama-appointed-attorney-now-faces-state-ethics-charges/

2017-10-18

<p>US President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an upcoming book on his campaign and administration as "full of lies" and invented sources, after unsuccessfully attempting to block its release.</p> <p>&#8220;I authorised Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist,&#8221; Mr. Trump tweeted in reference to Michael Wolff's &#8220;Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;Look at this guy's past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!&#8221; Mr. Trump wrote.</p> <p>It was unclear to whom Mr. Trump was referring, with possibilities including Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist, and Steve Rubin, the president of Henry Holt and Company, which is publishing Wolff's book.</p> <p>The book quotes key Mr. Trump aides, including Mr. Bannon, expressing serious doubt about his fitness for office.</p> <p>Mr. Trump has been enraged by the betrayal by Mr. Bannon &#8212; a man who engineered the New York real estate mogul's link to the nationalist far right and helped create a pro-Trump media ecosystem.</p> <p>After Mr. Trump instructed his lawyers to try to block the release of the book, the publishers responded by moving the release date up by four days to Friday.</p>

Trump says new book on his administration ‘full of lies’

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/trump-says-new-book-on-his-administration-full-of-lies/article22373227.ece

2018-01-05

<p>The death toll from Hurricane Matthew, which barrelled towards the southeastern United States, in Haiti has climbed to 264, authorities said, forcing the US President Barack Obama to declare a state of emergency.</p> <p>Emergency officials in Haiti&#8217;s Sud province, which bore the brunt of the storm&#8217;s impact, provided the new fatality figure just hours after Interior Minister Francois Anick Joseph cited a provisional death toll of 108.</p> <p>Matthew, the most powerful hurricane to strike the Caribbean since 2007, made landfall in southwestern Haiti on Tuesday as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 230 kph.</p> <p>Casualties</p> <p>A partial evaluation indicates that more than 20,000 homes were severely damaged, Joseph said, describing the storm&#8217;s impact as a &#8220;catastrophe.&#8221;</p> <p>The search for additional casualties continues, authorities said.</p> <p>Most of the victims were killed by falling trees, flying debris and swollen rivers.</p> <p>Due to the emergency declaration in Florida, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency are authorised to coordinate all disaster relief efforts, Xinhua news agency reported.</p> <p>Evacuation order</p> <p>Meanwhile, local authorities issued a mandatory evacuation order on Thursday for nearly 1.5 million coastal residents in preparation for the hurricane, one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in a decade.</p> <p>&#8220;This storm will kill you. We don&#8217;t have much time left,&#8221; said Florida Governor Rick Scott at a press conference.</p> <p>According to the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami, Florida, Hurricane Matthew remained a Category 3 hurricane as of Thursday morning.</p> <p>There was still possibility that it would evolve into a Category 4 storm in approaching the east coast of Florida, said the Centre.</p> <p>Matthew is now moving on to the coast of the US. The US National Weather Service warned on Thursday that the hurricane could be the worst storm seen in Florida for decades. Over 2 million people have been ordered to evacuate coastal areas.</p>

Hurricane kills 264, Obama declares emergency

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/hurricane-mathew-kills-264-obama-declares-emergency/article9197054.ece

2016-10-07

<a type="internal" /> Donald Trump. Photo from whitehouse.gov. <p>MADISON &#8211; U.S. Rep. <a type="internal">Mark Pocan</a> (WI-02) released the following statement after the White House announced the Keystone XL Pipeline will be exempt from President <a type="internal">Trump</a>&#8217;s executive order requiring construction projects to be built with American steel.</p> <p>&#8220;President Trump has repeatedly vowed to build construction projects with American steel as a way to support manufactures and create jobs here at home&#8212;even going as far as making it one of his first signed executive orders,&#8221; Rep. Pocan said. &#8220;But now, he has decided that a major construction project will not abide from his own Buy America plan. House Republicans have already shown their hand by opposing provisions to permanently require American steel be used in our country&#8217;s infrastructure projects. If President Trump is concerned with livelihood of American workers, he should take steps to ensure the Buy America Act is strongly and meaningfully enforced. Unfortunately, the President&#8217;s talk about &#8216;Buy America&#8217; is proving to be just another broken promise to the American people.&#8221;</p> <p>Previously, Rep. Pocan <a href="http://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-pocan-leads-letter-to-president-elect-trump-highlighting-republicans" type="external">sent a letter</a> to the Trump transition team asking the President to enforce and expand the Buy America Act, and also highlighting Congressional Republican leadership&#8217;s opposition to requirements that American tax dollars go to companies that employ American workers. To date, Rep. Pocan did not receive a response from the transition team, nor have White House officials responded in any capacity.</p>

Trump Turns his Back on American Workers

http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/trump-turns-his-back-on-american-workers/

2017-03-03

<p>President Donald Trump on Tuesday began dismantling the government program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children.</p> <p>Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared the Obama administration&#8217;s program &#8220;an unconstitutional exercise of authority&#8221; that must be revoked.</p> <p>New applications will be halted for President Barack Obama&#8217;s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, which has provided nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the U.S. in the form of two-year, renewable work permits.</p> <p>&#8220;I&#8217;m here today to announce that the program known as DACA that was effectuated under the Obama administration is being rescinded,&#8221; Sessions announced.</p> <p>Cummins Inc., the Columbus-based global diesel engine maker and power company, issued a statement after the DACA announcement.</p> <p>Here&#8217;s the statement by Chairman and CEO Tom Linebarger:</p> <p>&#8220;The decision by the Trump Administration to rescind DACA is discriminatory, harmful and sets our country back. These young people deserve every opportunity to continue living, working, and thriving in the United States &#8211; for nearly all of them the U.S. is the only country they have ever known. This is their home.</p> <p>Dreamers are our colleagues, our friends and our neighbors. They strengthen our country through daily contributions to our companies, our universities and our communities. We have a moral obligation to help these young people, protect them from living in fear, and to prevent families from being torn apart.</p> <p>Cummins stands in full support of Dreamers and we ask Congress to take immediate action to pass the Dream Act or find a permanent legislative solution to support these young people before anyone is affected by this decision.</p> <p>We hope that Americans speak out and make it clear to Congress and the President that we stand with the Dreamers.&#8221;</p> <q> <p>Dreamers are our colleagues, friends &amp;amp; neighbors. We are deeply disappointed with today's decision to rescind <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DACA?src=hash" type="external">#DACA</a>. <a href="https://t.co/4ExwUP3Knt" type="external">https://t.co/4ExwUP3Knt</a> <a href="https://t.co/DlzcvMpuiX" type="external">pic.twitter.com/DlzcvMpuiX</a></p> <p>&#8212; Cummins Inc. (@Cummins) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cummins/status/905131944928796674" type="external">September 5, 2017</a></p> </q> <q> <p>Cummins is proud to stand <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/withDreamers?src=hash" type="external">#withDreamers</a> who make our company and our communities stronger. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DefendDACA?src=hash" type="external">#DefendDACA</a> <a href="https://t.co/bAUfrBBckE" type="external">https://t.co/bAUfrBBckE</a></p> <p>&#8212; Cummins Inc. (@Cummins) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cummins/status/904095313182560257" type="external">September 2, 2017</a></p> </q> <p>Cummins currently employs approximately 55,400 people worldwide and serves customers in approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of approximately 600 company-owned and independent distributor locations and approximately 7,400 dealer locations. Cummins earned $1.39 billion on sales of $17.5 billion in 2016.</p> <p>Groups planning rally in Columbus Some Columbus area churches and organizations are planning a Rally in Support of Dreamers at 6:30 p.m. today at Columbus City Hall, 123 Washington St.</p> <p>The rally is being organized to support immigrant children threatened with deportation, said The Rev. Felipe Martinez, First Presbyterian Church.</p> <p>In an announcement about the rally, organizers said President Donald Trump is planning to rescind the executive order known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). DACA protects from deportation young undocumented immigrants (known as Dreamers) who were brought to the United States as children by their parents, the announcement states.</p> <p>Those who attend the rally will be asked to write to their senators and congressman asking them to pass legislation which would place DACA protections into law.</p> <p>Participants are asked to show their support by bringing American flags and signs expressing love and solidarity.</p> <p>Collaborating partners include First Presbyterian Church, Bartholomew County Indivisible, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbus, SuCasa and Islamic Society of Columbus.</p> <p>From Vice President Mike Pence, a Columbus native:</p> <q> <p>From <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@POTUS</a>: In best interests of country &amp;amp; keeping w/ office of POTUS obligations <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov" type="external">@DHSgov</a> will begin orderly transition &amp;amp; wind-down of DACA <a href="https://t.co/UHXpulFSWs" type="external">pic.twitter.com/UHXpulFSWs</a></p> <p>&#8212; Vice President Pence (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/905110063240634368" type="external">September 5, 2017</a></p> </q> <q> <p>From <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@POTUS</a>' statement: President Obama made an end-run around Congress and violating the core tenets that sustain our Republic.</p> <p>&#8212; Vice President Pence (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/905110539310960641" type="external">September 5, 2017</a></p> </q> <q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@POTUS</a> said, "Only by the reliable enforcement of immigration law can we produce safe communities, a robust middle class &amp;amp; econ. fairness."</p> <p>&#8212; Vice President Pence (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/905110727505137665" type="external">September 5, 2017</a></p> </q> <q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@POTUS</a>: We'll resolve DACA w/heart &amp;amp; compassion thru lawful Dem process while ensuring immigration reform provides benefits for US citizens</p> <p>&#8212; Vice President Pence (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/905110878999244801" type="external">September 5, 2017</a></p> </q> <p>Indiana University has also issued a statement.</p> <q> <p>"Indiana University is deeply disappointed in the Trump Administration's decision to end the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DACA?src=hash" type="external">#DACA</a> program." <a href="https://t.co/it1aukEMp9" type="external">https://t.co/it1aukEMp9</a></p> <p>&#8212; Indiana University (@IndianaUniv) <a href="https://twitter.com/IndianaUniv/status/905107790691262468" type="external">September 5, 2017</a></p> </q> <a type="internal">AP story: Trump rescinding DACA program protecting young immigrants</a>

Cummins: Rescinding DACA ‘discriminatory, harmful, sets our country back’

http://www.therepublic.com/2017/09/05/cummins-rescinding-daca-discriminatory-harmful-sets-our-country-back/

2017-09-05

<p>The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump&#8217;s ban on travellers from six Muslim-majority countries and two others can go into full effect, even as legal challenges against the executive order continue in several states.</p> <p>The ban means that the US can refuse entry visas to travellers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as North Korea and Venezuela.</p> <p>&#8220;The ruling does not mean that the Supreme Court has accepted the ban as constitutional, but that it finds persuasive the Trump administration&#8217;s argument that an emergency injunction against the ban was unnecessary,&#8221; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/04/donald-trump-travel-ban-on-six-mostly-muslim-countries" type="external">The Guardian</a> reports.</p> <p>US Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the ruling "a substantial victory for the safety and security of the American people".</p> <p>&#8220;The Constitution gives the President the responsibility and power to protect this country from all threats foreign and domestic, and this order remains vital to accomplishing those goals,&#8221; Sessions said.</p> <p>Omar Jadwat, director of the American Civil Liberties Union&#8217;s Immigrants&#8217; Rights Project said he was disappointed by the court&#8217;s decision.</p> <p>&#8220;President Trump&#8217;s anti-Muslim prejudice is no secret - he has repeatedly confirmed it, including just last week on Twitter,&#8221; Jadwat told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-allows-full-enforcement-of-trump-travel-ban-while-legal-challenges-continue/2017/12/04/486549c0-d5fc-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?utm_term=.1f0a7a249a95" type="external">The Washington Post</a>. &#8220;We continue to stand for freedom, equality, and for those who are unfairly being separated from their loved ones.&#8221;</p>

Trump travel ban can be enforced, says US Supreme Court

http://www.theweek.co.uk/90182/trump-travel-ban-can-be-enforced-says-us-supreme-court

2017-12-05

<p>Ex-FBI Director James Comey went rogue, according to testimony Wednesday from Attorney General Jeff Sessions.</p> <p>Sessions said in a Senate hearing that by clearing Hillary Clinton from prosecution for leaking and transmitting classified and top secret emails, Comey acted as investigator, judge and jury.</p> <p>And that is why he was fired.</p> <p>Sessions was addressing questions from Sen. Diane Feinstein about why Comey was fired as FBI chief.</p> <q> <p>AG Sessions &#8220;I don&#8217;t think the significance of the ERROR that Comey made on the Clinton matter is fully understood&#8221;! <a href="https://t.co/5LrYvbBYNO" type="external">pic.twitter.com/5LrYvbBYNO</a></p> <p>&#8212; &#8216;GITMO&#8217; BAMA &#9642;&#65039; (@President1Trump) <a href="https://twitter.com/President1Trump/status/920665702582890496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 18, 2017</a></p> </q>

VIDEO- AG SESSIONS: Comey Went Rogue In Hillary Email Case; Usurped Entire Justice Department

http://truepundit.com/video-ag-sessions-comey-went-rogue-in-hillary-email-case-usurped-entire-justice-department/

2017-10-18

<p>Ashley Judd is the absolute worst.</p> <p>I want to like her, I really do. Sometimes she chooses a good cause, like speaking up for trafficked and abused children. Those are the activities she should stick to. Unfortunately, Judd had to go to the "Women's March," where hundreds of thousands of women wore pink "pussy" hats while claiming to be upset that Trump had used that word once. She performed ridiculous slam poetry, screeching defamatory accusations about the president wanting to have sex with his daughter and about other terrible things about which she had no first-hand knowledge. (You can watch the video below if you have the stomach for it.)</p> <p>But at no time did she ever discuss a man who she did know did horrific things. No "by the way, Harvey Weinstein is a dirtbag who tried to get me to watch him shower for a part." Why didn't that come up?</p> <p>I find it very difficult to believe Judd is this angry at Donald Trump, a man who has never done anything to her, or provably to anybody, when there is a man who did do something horrible to her whom she could be screeching about. She needs therapy. And possibly tranquilizers.</p> <p>Jennifer Lawrence was recently interviewed for her epic fail of a movie, Mother, and gave Democratic talking points like "equality for women in the workplace," blamed Trump for hurricanes, and rattled off the same tired Leftist arguments we've heard forever. During another interview, she claimed that she is terrified of Trump and wanted to make a video of herself saying "F*** you!" to him.</p> <p>Lawrence claimed she felt she could be a spokesperson for women who are underpaid:</p> <q> I felt like I had a voice, people look at me and listen to me, and to not say anything, that's never sat well with me. </q> <p>That seems disingenuous, because she kept quiet about the creepy mogul who everyone in Hollywood appears to have known was abusing women. Why stay quiet over that? Don't you have a responsibility to alert other women that there is a serial sexual predator in their midst? Lawrence hasn't alleged any harassment from Weinstein, although she is seen looking awkward in many photos with him while he holds her too close to his massive girth. It wouldn't surprise me if she had first-hand knowledge of his depravity.</p> <p>Gwyneth Paltrow is the most apolitical in this list. While she supported Obama, she never had anything more interesting to say beyond how handsome she thinks he is. Mostly she spends her life divorcing people and selling outrageously priced trinkets to rich women online. While she doesn't fit in the category of commenting on Trump, she bears much responsibility in this scandal.</p>

Hollywood Actors Who Condemn Trump but Were Silent on Weinstein

https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2017/10/11/hollywood-actors-condemn-trump-silent-weinstein/

2017-10-11