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Pinkerton: Attacks in New York and Texas Move the Gun Control Debate in the Direction the Founders Wanted

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST

Two bloody tragedies, just a few hours apart on December 28-29—the mass stabbings at a synagogue in Monsey, New York, and the thwarted mass shooting at a church in Forth Worth, Texas—have put questions about guns and public safety in a valuable new light. How do we stay safe? Especially in our houses of worship? And what should we do about the menace of marauders in our midst?

Yet at the same time, we could also say that the New York and Texas attacks put the public safety issue in a valuable old light. How so? Because we are seeing the right of each state to make its own decisions—for better or for worse, as the case might be—as enshrined in our founding document, the U.S. Constitution.

That is, the Founders fully intended for the states, not the central government, to take responsibility for many matters. As James Madison wrote in Federalist #45, published in 1788 as the Constitution was being ratified, "In the first place it is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects. … The [state] governments … will retain their due authority and activity."

This is federalism. Federalism is the principle that the states should be sovereign, operating within our national federal system; as Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1932, the individual states should each be "laboratories of democracy." Hopefully, over the long run, these "laboratories" will all find their way to better results, although, of course, there can be no guarantee that every state will do the smart thing.

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U.K. Spy Steele Claims John McCain Aide Leaked ‘Pee’ Dossier to BuzzFeed

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:30 PM PST

Anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele testified that he was "absolutely flabbergasted" when BuzzFeed published the dossier after an advisor to late Senator John McCain shared the controversial document with the media outlet purportedly against Steele's wishes.

That tidbit was buried in a footnote on page 176 of the Justice Department's recently released 476-page Inspector General (IG) report on the FBI's Russia collusion investigation. Steele made the remarks about Buzzfeed and the McCain staff member during an interview with the IG.

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Steele testified in foreign litigation that he did not provide his reports to journalists or media organizations and did not authorize anyone to share them. According to the McCain Institute staff member's testimony in the same litigation, Steele requested that the staff member meet with BuzzFeed, and that Steele neither requested nor prohibited the staff member from sharing the reports with BuzzFeed. Additionally, the staff member testified that Steele was aware that the staff member was furnishing Steele's reports to The Washington Post.

Steele told the OIG that he trusted the staff member to handle his reports discretely and that the staff member betrayed that trust. Steele explained that the staff member had spent his career handling sensitive intelligence. Steele also said he understood from a former Ambassador that Senator McCain requested that Steele trust the staff member. Steele said he was "absolutely flabbergasted" when BuzzFeed published his election reports.
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Pompeo Highlights Iraqis Celebrating Death of Qasem Soleimani

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:00 PM PST

Iraqis celebrated in the streets after the head of Iran's Quds military force Qasem Soleimani was killed in an airstrike on Thursday night.

Footage of Iraqis celebrating in the streets was shared by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as they waved the Iraqi flag and cheered the news.

A TV correspondent from Alhurrra News noted that some Iraqis were baking cakes to thank President Trump.

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The 'Transgender' Endgame

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:30 PM PST

While listening to the Rush Limbaugh show this past Monday, I heard guest host Todd Herman interview an Australian pediatrician and professor on the issue of gender dysphoria and children. Near the end of the enlightening interview, in which the good doctor detailed the "serious and irreversible damage" done to gender-dysphoric children given radical surgeries and hormones demanded by the perverse LGBT agenda, Mr. Herman asked the important question: "Why?"

I don't recall the exact wording of Mr. Herman's question, and RushLimbaugh.com does not provide a transcript for guest-hosted shows, but it was something along the lines of this: why have so many decided that the solution for children — children! — suffering from gender delusions is disfiguring surgeries and dangerous hormone treatments? The doctor didn't have a good answer ready, but I think I know who's really behind this evil and what the endgame is here.

First of all, note the lightning speed in which we've descended down this wicked slope...

Census Test Proves Asking About Citizenship Doesn’t Scare Hispanics

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:00 PM PST

This week, the Census Bureau released the results of its formal test of the once-proposed, and now prevented, census citizenship question. The results are a striking rebuke to a recent leftist orthodoxy: Adding a citizenship question to a test-run of the census had no statistically significant effect on overall response rates. Even in the communities most sensitive to the question, such as neighborhoods with many Hispanics, response rates dropped only slightly.

To understand why this report is significant, step back to March 2018, when Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the 2020 census would include a question about citizenship status. Leftists were immediately outraged, seeing the addition as a racist conspiracy.

They made three main arguments: The question addition was motivated by racial animus; adding a citizenship question would dramatically reduce Hispanic response rates to the census, resulting in a large under-count; and anything resulting in a foreknown under-count would be an unconstitutional denial of fair representation to citizens of affected states. So their theory ran that the Trump administration added the question knowing or suspecting it would cause a Hispanic under-count, which would result in blue state populations being underestimated, and thus their congressional apportionment reduced after the 2020 census.

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Attorney General Frosh Joins Amicus Brief to Hold Oil Companies Accountable for Costs of Climate Change

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:32 PM PST


BALTIMORE, MD (January 3, 2020) – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, joining a coalition of 13 states, today filed an amicus brief supporting Rhode Island in its lawsuit State of Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co., et al. In the lawsuit, the state seeks to hold oil companies accountable for their actions contributing to climate change and the resulting harms from sea-level rise, changes to the hydrologic cycle, and increased air and ocean temperatures.

"Climate science confirms that harmful pollution from Big Oil contributes to climate change and its devastating effect on our environment," said Attorney General Frosh. "Maryland, like other states, should have the right to pursue these fossil fuel polluters under state law, even when the danger to the environment and public health is widespread."

In its suit, Rhode Island alleges that the major fossil fuel producing companies knowingly contributed to climate change and failed to warn regulators and the public about the harms of fossil fuel use. Instead, these companies promoted pseudo-scientific theories and questioned legitimate climate science in order to confuse the public and maintain their profits. The complaint argues that oil companies should be liable for infrastructure-related damages resulting from their actions.

The case is currently pending in the First Circuit after the oil companies appealed a district court decision that the lawsuit belongs in the state court. In their brief, the coalition of attorneys general asserts that the district court decision should be affirmed. The coalition argues that:

· States play an important role in addressing climate change and protecting human welfare, including providing a forum to decide cases related to climate change;

· The Clean Air Act recognizes states' roles in reducing air pollution and does not indicate that the federal courts should have exclusive jurisdiction over cases involving climate change; and

· The defendants' appeal to transfer the plaintiffs' claims to federal court, knowing that similar claims have been displaced by Congress, could unjustly deny plaintiffs a remedy for harm.

Joining Maryland in filing the brief are the attorneys general of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington.

Helping vets ‘get comfortable being uncomfortable’

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:30 PM PST

A decorated former Green Beret has dedicated himself and a team of "heroes" to seeing that service members successfully reintegrate into American society after returning from Syria and Afghanistan.

Having been deployed three times to Iraq, Jason Van Camp has become acquainted to life in a war zone. While involved in numerous firefights against the enemy, he witnessed one team member killed in combat and several others wounded.

"My Special Forces team and I have gone through quite a bit," the former U.S. Army soldier confesses to OneNewsNow.

Van Camp says he has always been intrigued about how differently soldiers process their return and reintegration back into society after serving in a war zone.

"We've all seen the same stuff, but some guys have a really hard time with it and some guys don't," he observes, then asks: "[But] why does one guy struggle, and another have no issues?"

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*Update*- Troopers Investigating Fatal Crash Involving Tractor Trailer-Millsboro

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:21 PM PST

Millsboro- The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash involving a tractor trailer that occurred earlier this morning.

The incident occurred on January 3, 2020 at approximately 7:27 a.m., when a 2001 Toyota Sienna, Minivan which was just reported stolen from the Royal Farms in Georgetown, was traveling southbound on Millsboro Highway (SR 26) just south of Betts Road. A 2019 Mack Tractor Trailer towing an enclosed tanker with a soybean by product was traveling northbound on Millsboro Highway in the same vicinity. For unknown reasons, the operator of the minivan failed to maintain its proper lane and entered into the opposing travel lane directly in front of the tractor trailer. The operator of the tractor trailer was unable to avoid the minivan which resulted in a head-on collision within the northbound lane of travel.

The operator of the minivan, a 48-year-old male from Milford, Delaware was not properly restrained. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. His name is being withheld at this time pending the notification of next of kin.

The operator of the tractor trailer, a 40 year-old male from Salisbury, Maryland was properly restrained. He was transported to PRMC in Salisbury where he was treated and released for minor injuries.

Millsboro Highway in the area of Betts Road was closed for approximately 4 hours while the crash was investigated and cleared.

*TRAFFIC ADVISORY* Troopers Investigating Serious Crash Involving a Tractor Trailer-Millsboro HWY

The crash continues to remain under investigation by the Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit. If anyone has any information or witnessed this crash, they are asked to please contact Troop 7, Detective J. Burns at (302) 703-3266. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware crime stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at http://www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com

If you or someone you know is a victim or witness of crime or have lost a loved one to a sudden death and are in need of assistance, the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit/Delaware Victim Center is available to offer you support and resources 24 hours a day through a toll free hotline 1800 VICTIM-1. (1800 842-8461). You may also email the unit Director at debra.reed@state.de.us.

Leonardo DiCaprio thanks Golden Globes organisers for plans to serve '100% plant-based meals' in a 'sustainability push' at forthcoming ceremony

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:00 PM PST

Leonardo DiCaprio has praised a move by the 2020 Golden Globes organisers to serve a 100% plant-based meal to guests at Sunday's ceremony.

The Titanic actor, who has long campaigned on environmental issues despite receiving criticism for private jet usage, praised the move on Twitter on Thursday.

Responding to a tweet from the Hollywood Reporter which confirmed the plan, Leonardo, 45, thanked the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), who organise the event, where he is nominated for the Best Actor gong.

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Spokesman Weeps Over Soleimani's Death on State TV

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:30 PM PST

ICE arrests alien released from local custody charged with fleeing after a fatal hit-and-run

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:00 PM PST

STONY POINT, New York – On December 30, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested Jorge Flores-Villalba, 27, as he exited a residence in Haverstraw, NY. Following his release from local custody where he was charged with a felony for leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in the death of a 35-year old woman on Christmas Eve.

Flores-Villalba, a Mexican national, was arrested by Stony Point Town Police Dec. 25, for fleeing from the fatal hit-and-run. He was released that same day without bail. ICE was alerted to Flores-Villalba's arrest after his fingerprints revealed he was previously apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol in 2008 when he attempted to enter the country illegally, and was subsequently returned to Mexico. Flores-Villalba re-entered the country illegally at an unknown date and time following that encounter.
"ICE understands people in this community are alarmed about the release of this individual after being arrested for a crime of this heart-breaking nature," said ICE New York Field Office Director Thomas Decker. "This is exactly why ICE and local law enforcement agencies should cooperate to the utmost extent possible and not be limited on how we work together. Creating laws and policies that prevent cooperation between law enforcement agencies just to promote their political agenda, places the safety of the public in danger. Due to the hard work of our officers, we were able to find and arrest this accused criminal, but there are countless others who are released without ICE even knowing, or whom it may take a great amount of resources to find for arrest."
Flores-Villalba is expected to remain in ICE custody pending his removal proceedings; ICE will continue to work with the local law enforcement agencies regarding his upcoming court date for his criminal proceedings.

Sanctioned 'skip day' opens door for young pro-lifers

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 04:30 PM PST

A school system in Virginia is conducting an experiment that could possibly benefit the pro-life movement.

Fairfax County Public Schools, one of the largest districts in the country, has adopted a plan to allow students in grades 7 through 12 to take one day away from school per year for "civic engagement activities," such as marches or protests. The policy is due to take effect January 27, according to reports by news outlets.

Some experts told The Washington Post that allowing students to effectively skip school to attend protests tends to favor liberal causes. But one conservative movement that might benefit is the pro-life movement.

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Iran names deputy Quds Force commander to replace Soleimani after killing

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 04:00 PM PST

Iran's supreme leader appointed the deputy commander of the Quds Force, Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, as the replacement for Qassem Soleimani, the former head of the elite force who was killed in a U.S. air strike on Friday, state media reported.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a statement that program of the Quds Force, the military unit responsible for projecting Iran's influence via proxies across the Middle East, "will be unchanged from the time of his predecessor."

Ghaani was quoted by Iranian media as saying in 2017 that U.S. President Donald Trump's "threats against Iran will damage America ... We have buried many ... like Trump and know how to fight against America."

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Bigfooting Democrats: Obama, Clinton out to put own spin on 2020 campaign

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 03:30 PM PST

The ghosts of presidential contests past are threatening to haunt the field of 2020 Democratic candidates just as the primary season gets underway.

Vying for attention will be former President Barack Obama and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, both of whom are embarking on national book tours.

Mrs. Clinton's comments on her publicity tour for "The Book of Gutsy Women," co-authored with daughter Chelsea, already have helped set the agenda for the early stages of the Democrats' 2020 campaign. A memoir from Mr. Obama is expected to arrive this year with a similar effect of bigfooting the Democratic candidates' message.

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Ricky Gervais: I’m Not ‘Going To Water It Down Or Back Down’

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 03:00 PM PST

In the lead-up to his return as host of the Golden Globe Awards, comedian Ricky Gervais ripped woke culture's ruination of comedy by refusing to back down from making jokes it has deemed taboo.

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Gervais addressed the intense Twitter backlash he has faced in recent days for making jokes at the expense of transgender activists. Most recently, he jokingly responded to a satirical article from Jarvis Dupont, sarcastically blasting biological women upset over transgenders using their bathrooms and taking over their sports.

"Those awful biological women can never understand what it must be like for you, becoming a lovely lady so late in life," Gervais said on Twitter. "They take their girly privileges for granted. Winning at female sports and having their own toilets. Well, enough is enough."

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Andrew McCabe Lied to FBI Agents and Now...He's Sorry? Or Just Trying to Avoid Prison?

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 02:30 PM PST

In April 2018 the Department of Justice Inspector General issued a scathing report about fired Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe's rampant lack of candor. McCabe lied to FBI agents under oath, multiple times. A reminder of the findings:
We found that, in a conversation with then-Director Comey shortly after the WSJ article was published, McCabe lacked candor when he told Comey, or made statements that led Comey to believe, that McCabe had not authorized the disclosure and did not know who did. This conduct violated FBI Offense Code 2.5 (Lack of Candor – No Oath).

We also found that on May 9, 2017, when questioned under oath by FBI agents from INSD, McCabe lacked candor when he told the agents that he had not authorized the disclosure to the WSJ and did not know who did. This conduct violated FBI Offense Code 2.6 (Lack of Candor – Under Oath).

We further found that on July 28, 2017, when questioned under oath by the OIG in a recorded interview, McCabe lacked candor when he stated: (a) that he was not aware of Special Counsel having been authorized to speak to reporters around October 30 and (b) that, because he was not in Washington, D.C., on October 27 and 28, 2016, he was unable to say where Special Counsel was or what she was doing at that time. This conduct violated FBI Offense Code 2.6 (Lack of Candor – Under Oath).
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Best Decade Yet: Humanity Grew Richer and More Sustainable in the 2010s

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 02:00 PM PST

Over the last ten years, energy production has become cheaper and more efficient, Americans and Britons have started to consume fewer resources even as their standards of living increased, and greenhouse gas emissions have decreased. Contrary to the fearmongering of radicals like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Grow Yucca in NYC), life has gotten better for humans and the environment in the past decade.

Writing for Britain's Spectator magazine, Matt Ridley explained that the 2010s have seen "the greatest improvement in human living standards in history. Extreme poverty has fallen below 10 per cent of the world's population for the first time. It was 60 per cent when I was born. Global inequality has been plunging as Africa and Asia experience faster economic growth than Europe and North America; child mortality has fallen to record low levels; famine virtually went extinct; malaria, polio and heart disease are all in decline."

News often focuses on the tragedies — horrific mass shootings, poverty in Venezuela, war and civil strife in the Middle East — while ignoring the broad positive trends in living standards. Tragedies have been a fact of life for as long as humans walked the earth, but the increasing living standards are new and less shocking.

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Video of Joe Biden Saying ‘Our European Culture’ Is ‘Not Imported from Some African Nation or Some Asian Nation’ Causes Controversy

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:30 PM PST

A video clip of leading Democrat presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden talking about "our European culture" not being "imported from some African nation or some Asian nation" at a New Hampshire campaign stop on Monday stirred up controversy when it was posted online Wednesday.

Democrats and liberals in the media claimed Biden was taken out of context and was not celebrating but criticizing America's cultural heritage. The clip from an ABC News Facebook video was posted by an anonymous Twitter account.

Biden said, "Folks, this is about changing the culture. Our culture, our culture. It's not imported from some African nation, or some Asian nation, it's our English jurisprudential culture, our European culture that says it's alright." The video clip is clipped at the beginning and the end. Whether that is a fair edit or not is being debated.

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Ex-FBI Deputy McCabe admits to leaking info to media, obstructing probe

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 01:00 PM PST

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe admitted he misled investigators about his role in a media leak and apologized for it, according to transcripts of his interviews with investigators released Thursday.

The transcripts were released by the Justice Department's inspector general in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

An unidentified FBI investigator detailed his frustration with Mr. McCabe over the time he spent investigating the leak, only to discover the leak came from the former deputy director himself, according to the transcripts. Mr. McCabe had repeatedly denied he was the source of the leak, but later confessed and apologized when the investigator confronted him, the transcripts said.

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Obama’s Assistant Defense Secretary, Evelyn Farkas, Pictured in Ukraine in Burisma Outfit with Shady Atlantic Council

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:30 PM PST

We reported in March 2017 that Obama's Defense Department Official Evelyn Farkas admitted Obama was spying on the Trump campaign, transition team and Presidency.

Former Assistant Defense Secretary under the Obama administration, Evelyn Farkas admitted that the Obama administration was trying to collect as much intelligence as possible on the Trump administration:
Evelyn Farkas: "…Frankly speaking the people on The Hill..get as much information as you can. Get as much intelligence as you can before President Obama leaves the administration because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior people who left so it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy…

Ummm that the Trump folks if they found out how we knew what we knew about the Trump staff dealing with Russians that they would try to compromise the sources and methods meaning that we would no longer have access to that intelligence."
Hannity later covered this as well:

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Actress Rose McGowan apologizes to Iran: ‘The USA has disrespected your country’

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:15 PM PST

Actress Rose McGowan tweeted an apology to Iran hours after it was announced that President Trump had ordered the strike that killed Qassim Soleimani.

Soleimani, an Iranian leader responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers, was killed by U.S. forces on Thursday as part of the culmination of weeks of escalating hostilities between the two nations that included the killing of an American contractor and an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

In a tweet posted early Friday, McGowan, 46, apologized to Iran on behalf of most of the American people for Trump's decision to kill Soleimani. She wrote, "Dear Iran, The USA has disrespected your country, your flag, your people. 52% of us humbly apologize. We want peace with your nation. We are being held hostage by a terrorist regime. We do not know how to escape. Please do not kill us."

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Ilhan Omar Attacks Trump For Killing Top Iranian Terrorist, Promotes Conspiracy Theory

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 12:00 PM PST

Far-left Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attacked President Donald Trump late on Thursday night for his order to kill top terrorist leaders in Iraq and also promoted a conspiracy theory.

Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were the two terrorist leaders who were killed. Al-Muhandis was in charge of the Iranian-linked Popular Mobilization Forces.

The Department of Defense released a statement stating that Trump ordered the strike because "General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region."

Despite the statement from the Pentagon and the clear reasoning behind the attack, Omar responded by suggesting that Trump secretly carried out the strike to provide a "distraction" from the upcoming Senate impeachment trial.

Omar tweeted: "So what if Trump wants war, knows this leads to war and needs the distraction? Real question is, will those with congressional authority step in and stop him? I know I will."

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Judicial Watch Finds Millions of ‘Extra’ Registrants on Voting Rolls – Warns Several States

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 11:30 AM PST

Democrats sure love their dead voters so Judicial Watch is doing the heavy lifting to clean up dirty voter rolls as we head into the 2020 presidential election.

Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch found MILLIONS of extra registrants on voter rolls in 5 states and sent 19 counties notice-of-violation letters warning them to comply with the law and clean voter rolls within 90 days, or face a federal lawsuit.

California, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and Colorado were among the states with voter roll issues.

Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia are very important states that are in play in 2020 so it is imperative their voter rolls are purged of 'extra' registrants.

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Prager U Video: The Myth of Voter Suppression

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 11:00 AM PST

Do Republicans win elections by preventing minorities from voting? The Left says yes, but the data says no.

In the latest short video from Prager University, Jason Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, settles the argument with hard evidence, separating fact from fiction.

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First Trans Person to Obtain Legal 'Non-Binary' Sex Status Changes Back to Birth Sex in Blow to LGBT Movement

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:30 AM PST

This month, the first person to obtain a legal "non-binary" sex designation has successfully petitioned the court originally responsible for his "non-binary" status to order that the sex on his birth certificate be restored to "male." In documents exclusively provided to PJ Media, James Shupe's petition described his "non-binary" designation as a "psychologically harmful legal fiction." He told PJ Media he hopes this decision will prevent a woman currently seeking "non-binary" recognition from following the same lies.

"The charade of not being male, the legal fiction, it's over," James Shupe told PJ Media on Tuesday. "The lies behind my fictitious sex changes, something I shamefully participated in, first to female, and then to non-binary, have been forever exposed. A truthful accounting of events has replaced the deceit that allowed me to become America's first legally non-binary person."

"The legal record has now been corrected and LGBT advocates are no longer able to use my historic non-binary court order to advance their toxic agenda," he added. "I am and have always been male. That is my biological truth, the only thing capable of grounding me to reality."

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FISA court review order leaves out key FBI players

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 10:00 AM PST

Earlier this month, the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) ordered the FBI to re-verify all previous warrant applications involving the FBI attorney who falsified evidence against the former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. However, Fox News has learned the court did not order the FBI to double-check warrant applications involving other officials who made key omissions and errors in warrant applications as the bureau sought to surveil Page.

The FISC's failure to request a comprehensive evaluation of previous submissions has stunned court-watchers who have questioned whether enough is being done to deter future misconduct by the FBI. In the past, the FISC has gone so far as to prohibit some FBI agents from appearing before the court after finding impropriety.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fisa-courts-review-leaves-out-key-players

More than 200 Republicans in Congress want Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:45 AM PST

Most Republicans in Congress want the Supreme Court to make abortion illegal as it prepares to hear its first major case on the issue since President Trump appointed two conservative justices to the bench.

More than 200 members of the Senate and House of Representatives - all but two of them Republicans - want the Supreme Court to revisit Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision which made abortion legal in the United States.

Thirty-nine senators and 168 House members submitted an amicus brief to the court as it prepares to hear the case of June Medical Services LLC v. Gee.

The case is an appeal filed by a Louisiana clinic challenging a state law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

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'Swamp' continues to water down realities of EMP threat, says expert

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:30 AM PST

A former EMP Commission chief of staff believes a number of Obama-holdovers and "deep state" operatives could undermine America's ability to protect itself from viable threats to the electric grid.

The latest defense bill – the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 20, 2019. The bill incorporates the president's previous EMP Executive Order.

Although the law is binding upon all departments and agencies, Dr. Peter Pry – executive director of the Task Force on National and Homeland Security – says it has the potential to be undermined if the threat posed by electromagnetic pulse (EMP) is under-estimated by those inside the U.S. government.

Those responsible for an under-estimation of the EMP threat, Pry argues, would include "Obama-holdovers and Deep Staters" working for Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Ball & Chain: 4 In 5 College Grads View Their Student Loans As A ‘Life Sentence’

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:15 AM PST

The extravagant cost of higher education in the United States is a hotly debated topic these days, and for good reason. An entire generation of Americans are entering the workforce already handcuffed financially by, in the majority of cases, tens of thousands of dollars of student debt. Consequently, it's never felt harder for the average young adult fresh out of college to establish themselves, purchase a home, and adequately provide for their family. In fact, according to a new survey of 2,000 recent college graduates, 80% see their student loans as a "life sentence" that they will be paying off until the day they die.

In all, 89% consider their student debt, at the very least, as a major financial burden.

The survey, commissioned by Splash Financial, also asked participants — broken up into 1,000 undergraduate and 1,000 postgraduate degree holders — about the sacrifices they've had to make because of their student debt. Among the most common responses were skipping a social event to save money (39%), starting a side hustle for supplementary income (39%), serious budgeting (38%), and taking a job they really didn't want in order to pay bills (36%).

On a rather depressing note, 36% even said they had skipped a family member or loved one's important life event (wedding, birth, funeral) because they couldn't afford travel costs on top of their student loan payment that month. Additionally, 35% say they are living in a dangerous neighborhood all to save a few bucks on rent each month.

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Biden Keeps Senate Documents Secret, Hidden from Public

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 09:00 AM PST

Thousands of documents pertaining to Joe Biden's nearly 40-year career in the U.S. Senate are still unavailable to the public after one of the preliminary release deadlines agreed to by the former vice president passed on Tuesday.

The documents, which purportedly fill 1,875 boxes and include 415 gigabytes of electronic records spanning Biden's time in Congress between 1973 through 2009, were to be made public on Dec. 31, 2019, according to an agreement the former vice president entered into with the University of Delaware in 2011 upon donating his papers to the institution.

Those parameters, however, were changed on April 24—the day before Biden declared his 2020 campaign—when the university announced the trove of documents would now be made public on Dec. 31 or "two years" after the former vice president "retires from public life." At the time, the university provided no definition for what it considered "public life," leaving open the final date for release.

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Topless Plaintiffs Want Officials Out As Expert Witnesses

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:30 AM PST

OCEAN CITY — Who is best suited to gauge public sensibilities could become the key in the ongoing civil suit challenging Ocean City's topless ordinance after the plaintiffs in the case last week filed a motion to exclude the town's elected officials from testifying as witnesses.

Two weeks ago, Ocean City officials filed a motion for summary judgment in the civil suit filed against the resort in 2018 challenging an ordinance that prohibits women from going topless in the same public areas where men are allowed to go shirtless. On the same day, the plaintiffs in the case filed a motion to exclude Mayor Rick Meehan and Council Secretary Mary Knight from testifying as expert witnesses.

From the beginning, Ocean City officials have contended the notion of allowing female toplessness offends the sensibilities of most residents and visitors to the family-oriented resort. In a hearing on the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction last December, resort officials presented evidence of hundreds of emails, letters and phone calls bearing out that sentiment. Ocean City has contended the Mayor and Council, as leaders and residents of the resort, have an innate understanding of the public's sensibilities on the topless issue.

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Greta Thunberg: A Living Explanation of the Left

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 08:00 AM PST

It is not easy to understand what the left -- as opposed to liberals -- stands for. If you ask a Christian what to read to learn the basics of Christianity, you will be told the Bible. If you ask a (religious) Jew, you will be told the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud. If you ask a Mormon, you will be told the Bible and the Book of Mormon. Ask a Muslim and you will be told the Quran.

But if you ask a leftist what one or two books you should read to understand leftism, every leftist will give you a different answer -- or need some time to think it over. Few, if any, will suggest Marx's "Das Kapital" because almost no leftists have read it and because you will either not finish the book or reject it as incoherent.

So, then, how is one to understand what leftism stands for?

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County Expands Hours For Adult Medical Day Services

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:30 AM PST

SNOW HILL – Worcester County's only adult medical daycare now offers expanded hours.

Worcester County Adult Medical Day Services is now open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. five days a week. The program, which is open to chronically ill, frail or impaired adults, provides individuals with a place to go so they're not home alone.

"Having a place like adult medical daycare can help a family keep a loved one aging in place rather than having them go to a nursing home," said Brandy Trader, program director and social worker for Worcester Adult Medical Day Services. "It's definitely the more affordable way to go."

Trader said the medical day service located in Snow Hill was the only one available in Worcester County. Licensed for 60 clients, the program is currently serving about 20 individuals. Officials hope that the service's recently extended hours will allow more people to take advantage of it.

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Williams: How Colleges Dupe Parents and Taxpayers

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 11:36 AM PST

Colleges have been around for centuries. College students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today's students have needs that were unknown to their predecessors. Those needs include diversity and equity personnel, with massive budgets to accommodate.

According to Minding the Campus, Penn State University's Office of Vice Provost for Educational Equity employs 66 staff members. The University of Michigan currently employs a diversity staff of 93 full-time diversity administrators, officers, directors, vice provosts, deans, consultants, specialists, investigators, managers, executive assistants, administrative assistants, analysts, and coordinators. Amherst College, with a student body of 1,800 students employs 19 diversity people.

Top college diversity bureaucrats earn six-figure salaries, in some cases approaching $500,000 per year. In the case of the University of Michigan, a quarter (26) of their diversity officers earn annual salaries of more than $100,000. If you add generous fringe benefits and other expenses, you could easily be talking about $13 million a year in diversity costs. The Economist reports that University of California at Berkeley has 175 diversity bureaucrats.

'Diversity officials' are a growing part of a college bureaucracy structure that outnumbers faculty by 2 to 2.5, depending on the college.

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Thank God It's Friday

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 07:00 AM PST


What will you be doing this weekend?

A Message From President Trump

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:52 AM PST

Atheist Group Calls for IRS Investigation into Tax Status of Church Hosting Evangelicals for Trump

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:45 AM PST

An atheist group has written a letter to the Internal Revenue Service requesting an investigation into the El Rey Jesus Church in Miami, which is hosting Friday's Evangelicals for Trump kickoff event.

"The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation ("FFRF") on Tuesday demanded that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) take action and promptly investigate a Miami megachurch over a planned rally in support of President Donald Trump," Law & Crime reported.

FFRF "said the Ministerio Internacional El Rey Jesús's (King Jesus International Ministry's) planned Jan. 3 rally violates the Johnson Amendment, which specifically prohibits tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations, such as churches, from participating in political campaigns," Law & Crime noted.

Breitbart News spoke with FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor on Thursday and questioned whether the atheist group applies different standards to churches that host Republican candidates, as opposed to Democrat candidates.

"I can assure you that we complained about many Democrats. We have an FAQ on our website about that," Gaylor told Breitbart News on Thursday.

"I know we did something about Hillary Clinton in a press release," she added.

Breitbart News reviewed the hundreds of press releases issued by the FFRF between 2015 and 2019 and found no mention of a complaint filed by FFRF against any church that hosted an event for Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democrat presidential nominee.

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Donald Trump takes out top Iranian military leaders, including the HEAD of elite Quds Force, in drone strike in revenge for attack on Baghdad US embassy - as Iran warns 'harsh retaliation is waiting'

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:30 AM PST

President Donald Trump has ordered an airstrike that killed Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at Baghdad International Airport, the Pentagon confirmed.

The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, which were responsible for the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, officials said.

The audacious airstrike is a potential turning point in the Middle East as the U.S. and Iran teeter on the brink of all-out war, and is expected to draw severe retaliation from Iran and and its regional Shiite allies against Israel and American interests.

A Pentagon statement issued to DailyMail.com late Thursday, Washington DC time, said: 'At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Quasem Soleimani.'

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'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch, 22, is arrested after 'testing positive for THC while on probation' for killing four and paralyzing one in drunken 2013 crash

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:15 AM PST

'Affluenza' teen Ethan Couch has been arrested in Texas after testing positive for THC while on probation for killing four people in a drunken 2013 crash.

According to Tarrant County Jail online records, the 22-year-old was taken into custody on Thursday afternoon.

Deputies with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office said Couch violated his probation during a mandatory drug screening when he tested positive for THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana.

Records show that Couch is currently being held without bond at the Tarrant County Lon Evans Correction Center.

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WCSO Press Releases - Jan. 3, 2020

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:12 AM PST


Incident: Possession of Crack Cocaine
Date of Incident: 31 December 2019
Location: 300 block of Carey Avenue, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Desmond M. Marshall, 41, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 31 December 2019 at 8:57 AM, deputies responded to a residence in the 300 block of Carey Avenue for a reported domestic related altercation. Upon the deputies' arrival, they observed a subject later identified as Desmond Marshall, holding on to a female subject who appeared in distress. Upon separating the pair, it was discovered that Marshall had allegedly punched the female subject and pushed her onto the ground then onto a picnic table as she tried to stand. During the investigation, the victim had signs of injury along with disheveled clothing along with grass and leaves in her hair.
Upon investigating Marshall, he became uncooperative with the deputies and had to be detained in handcuffs after a brief struggle. Search of Marshall revealed a baggie containing what was identified as nine individually wrapped baggies of what was recognized as crack cocaine. A digital scale was also found in Marshall's possession.
The deputy placed Marshall under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner, Following an initial appearance the Commissioner detained Marshall without bond in the Detention Center. Marshall remained on a "no Bond" status following a District Court Bond Review.
Charges: Possession of Crack Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Crack Cocaine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Assault 2nd Degree
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Incident: Stabbing
Date of Incident: 31 December 2019
Location: West Road at Dennis Street, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Derrell D. Cook, 27, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 31 December 2019 at 12:30 PM deputies responded to the above location for a reported stabbing. Upon arrival a victim was located suffering from multiple stab wounds to his arm. During the investigation, the perpetrator of the stabbing was identified as Derrell Cook. Upon locating Cook and placing him under arrest, the investigating deputy learned that Cook allegedly stabbed the victim over a small debt and because the victim "ran his mouth too much."
The victim also stated that during the altercation Cook attempted to forcefully remove cash from the victim's possession.
The deputy transported Cook to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Cook without bond in the Detention Center. Cook remained on a "No Bond" status following a District Court Cond review.
The injuries to the victim were not life threatening
Charges: Armed Robbery, Assault 1st Degree, Assault 2nd Degree, Reckless Endangerment
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Albury and Mann
Incident: Possession of Heroin with the Intent to Distribute
Date of Incident: 1 January 2020
Location: Lake Street and Rose Street, Salisbury, MD
Suspects:
Iantae M. Albury, 19, Seaford, DE
Leon L. Mann, 18, Bridgeville, DE
Narrative: On 1 January 2020 at 12:04 PM, a deputy stopped a vehicle operated by Iantae Albury for a moving violation on Lake Street. Upon contacting Albury and his passenger Leon Mann, the deputy detected the odor of marijuana emanating from within their vehicle. During the subsequent investigation the deputy had Albury and Mann exit the vehicle. It was after exiting the vehicle, that Mann was observed attempting to discard some items. Inspection of these items reveled them to be wax folds that held what was identified as heroin.
During further investigation Albury was found to have over 200 wax folds containing what was identified as heroin in his possession along with a scale. Albury was also discovered to have two individually wrapped baggies of crack cocaine in his possession.
Where the traffic stop occurred was within 1,000 feet of an elementary school.
The deputy placed both Albury and Mann under arrest and transported them to the Central Booking Unit where they were processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained both Albury and Mann in the Detention Center without bond.
Charges: Possession of Heroin with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Crack Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Heroin with the Intent to Distribute in a School Zone, Possession of Crack Cocaine with the Intent to Distribute in a School Zone
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Incident: Assault
Date of Incident: 1 January 2020
Location: 1000 block of Beaglin Park Drive, Salisbury, MD
Suspect: Jonathan M. Parsons, 24, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 1 January 2020 at 11:27 PM a deputy responded to a reported domestic related altercation in the 1000 block of Beaglin Park Drive in Salisbury. Upon arrival, the deputy learned that Jonathan Parsons became embroiled in an argument with his live-in girlfriend over relationship issues when the situation turned physical when Parsons allegedly assaulted her. During the investigation the deputy observed signs of injury that corroborated the account of the assault.
The deputy placed Parsons under arrest and transported him to the Central Booking Unit where he was processed and taken in front of the District Court Commissioner. Following an initial appearance, the Commissioner detained Parsons without bond pending a District Court Bond Review.
Charges: Assault 2nd Degree

Most Voters Want Immigration Reductions

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 06:00 AM PST

Most Americans want sharp reductions to the annual inflow of roughly one million legal immigrant workers, consumers, and renters.

Rasmussen asked 1,250 likely voters in mid-December: "Which is closest to the number of new immigrants the government should be adding each year — fewer than 500,000, 750,000, one million, one and a half million, or more than one and a half million?"

Fifty-one percent said they want immigration sharply reduced, including 36 percent who said they want fewer than 500,000 immigrants and 15 percent who said they want fewer than 750,000 new migrants.

In contrast, just 17 percent said they want legal immigration raised to at least 1.5 million a year.

Those 51 to 17 percent result shows three Americans want immigration reductions for every one American who wants migration increases.

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Caribbean Joe's Opens Today At 4 PM (Specials)

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:58 AM PST

Come in today for our Happy Hour, (4 to 6) mention this ad and enjoy a loaded pulled pork sandwich, $7.95 and 12 oz beers for $1.50 each. 

We've also got all the NFL games both Saturday and Sunday on 20 HD flat screen TV's.

*TRAFFIC ADVISORY* Troopers Investigating Serious Crash Involving a Tractor Trailer-Millsboro HWY/Gumboro Road

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:22 AM PST


Millsboro- The Delaware State Police are on scene of a serious motor vehicle crash involving a tractor trailer that occurred on January 3, 2020 at approximately 7:28 a.m., on Millsboro Highway.

As a result of this crash, Millsboro Highway between Whitesville Road and Line Road is closed at this time.

Motorists are advised to avoid the area and seek alternate routes of travel. For updated traffic conditions and road closure information log onto: http://www.deldot.gov/Traffic/travel_advisory/index.shtml#advisories

The investigation is in the very early stages with further details being released as they become available.

Gov. Northam seeks bill to remove statue of Robert E. Lee from US Capitol Building

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 05:00 AM PST

RICHMOND, Va. (NBC) — The governor of Virginia is seeking a bill to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol Building.

According to a spokesperson, Gov. Ralph Northam filed a drafting request for a bill that would outline the process for removing the statue and selecting a replacement.

This comes after state representatives Jennifer Wexton and Donald McEachin sent a letter calling on Northam to make replacing the statue part of his agenda for the 2020 legislative session.

In the letter, they argue that the statue aims to "rewrite Lee's reputation from that of a cruel slave owner and Confederate general."

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‘Unafraid’ General Suleimani Cautions U.S. to Respect Iran

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 04:00 AM PST

Iran was not seeking war but remained unafraid of any potential future conflict, a top Iranian commander said on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran orchestrated anti-U.S. protests in Iraq.

Trump accused Iran of driving mass demonstrations at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday and said Tehran would be held responsible.

Iran has rejected the accusation while demanding in future the U.S. address the country "correctly."

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[Related: Gen. Suleimani 'Addressed' by Katyushin Rocket in Baghdad Strike Later That Day...]

SPD Press Release: Indecent Exposure Investigation

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 03:30 AM PST

Political Memes

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST

State Department urges U.S. citizens to leave Iraq immediately

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 02:36 AM PST

The State Department issued a security alert early Friday morning urging Americans in Iraq to leave the country immediately.

The warning comes hours after Iran promised "harsh retaliation" against the United States for an airstrike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad International Airport.

"Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, we urge U.S. citizens to depart Iraq immediately," the State Department said in the alert.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/state-department-urges-u-s-citizens-to-leave-iraq-immediately?

Friday Morning Funnies

Posted: 03 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST
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