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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
"Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve"
- Mary Kay Ash
Chicago only major U.S. city to lose population from 2015 to 2016
Chicago was the only city among the nation’s 20 largest to lose population in 2016 — and it lost nearly double the number of residents as the year before, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
It’s the city’s third consecutive year of population loss. Chicago’s population fell by 8,638 residents between 2015 and 2016, to 2,704,958. The year before, it declined by 4,934.
The population of the greater Chicago area, defined by the Census Bureau as the city and suburbs extending into Wisconsin and Indiana, is also declining. Numbers made available in March showed a drop of 19,570 residents in 2016 — the greatest loss of any metropolitan area in the country.
Illinois’ population fell by more than any other state in 2016, down 37,508 people, according to census data released in December.
Chicago’s population drop is part of a larger pattern of slowed urban growth in 2016. The country’s top cities did not see the same surge as in previous years, experts say.
During the recession of 2008, families chose to stay in or move to core urban areas, and migration to the suburbs decelerated. Now, as families recover economically, they’re deciding it’s time to move back to the suburbs — a trend experts say may keep city populations where they are for the next few years.
Illinoisans in recent years have flocked to Sun Belt states, such as Texas, Arizona and Florida, contributing to the local population loss. During the years after the recession, migration to those states slowed, but then it heated up again as states in the South and West had greater job opportunities and affordable housing.
While the major cities in those states continue to grow, they aren’t growing as rapidly as they have in recent years. Houston, which saw the second-largest increase among major cities in 2015, when it gained 40,817 residents, gained 18,666 residents in 2016.
Demographers last year told the Tribune that Houston’s growth in 2015 was a sign it could overtake Chicago in a decade as the nation’s third-largest-city.
But with the slowing growth of big cities overall, experts aren’t sure it will happen so soon.
Even New York didn’t see as much growth in 2016 as it had in previous years. It grew by 21,171 people, compared with 44,512 people in 2015 and 49,530 in 2014.
“The big city growth we saw at the beginning of the decade is not quite as evident in the last couple years,” said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution who analyzes census data.
By most estimates, Chicago’s population will continue to decline. Over the past year, the Tribune surveyed dozens of former residents who said they have packed their bags for a variety of reasons: high taxes, the state budget stalemate, crime, the unemployment rate and weather.
Black residents have been among those leaving in search of safe neighborhoods and prosperity, with many heading to the suburbs and warm-weather states. Chicago lost 181,000 black residents between 2000 and 2010, according to census data.
Chicago’s population plunge continues to be a result, mostly, of losing residents to other states. About 89,547 residents left Chicago and its surrounding suburbs for other states in 2016, a number that couldn’t be offset by new residents and births, according to an analysis of census data released in March. The number of people leaving the Chicago region is the highest since at least 1990.
More than any other city, Chicago has depended on Mexican immigrants to balance the slow growth of its native-born population. During the 1990s, immigration accounted for most of Chicago’s growth. After 2007, when Mexican-born populations began to fall across the nation’s major metropolitan areas, most cities managed to make up for the loss with the growth of their native populations. Chicago couldn’t.
The entire Midwest has been losing residents, census data show. Detroit lost 3,541 residents from 2015 to 2016, and Milwaukee lost 4,366. But job and business opportunities are still stronger in neighboring Midwestern states than in Illinois, sending more Chicagoans to other parts of the Midwest than vice versa, experts said.
The greatest number of Illinois residents in recent years went to Texas, followed by Florida, Indiana, California and Arizona, according to 2013 Internal Revenue Service migration data.
Chicagoans are likely to continue heading to those warmer states, as the South in 2016 was home to 10 of the 15 fastest-growing large cities. The population of Texas as a whole continues to rise, and the Census Bureau placed five Texas cities on its list of major cities with the largest population increases.
Michael Bennett, 43, moved to Houston for a job in 2008, but was so committed to staying a Chicagoan that he kept his Lincoln Park home, and would fly back on spare weekends and holidays. He sold his property and settled in Houston for good in 2015, saying his “romance and love for Chicago couldn’t outweigh” his concerns about the city.
The cost of living was too high, he said. Property taxes kept rising. His home was robbed twice. “It’s not just limited to poor neighborhoods. Trouble could strike anywhere,” he said.
He had moved to Chicago in 2005 after spending most of his life in Michigan. Living in Chicago was always his dream, and he still misses being on the lakefront and strolling down Michigan Avenue. But Houston offers a diverse, cultural lifestyle similar to that of Chicago, he said. He’s received job offers to return to Chicago, but even a higher salary couldn’t balance increasing property taxes, he said.
Bennett said he thinks there will soon be a “tipping point” in Chicago, when more residents realize it’s time to go.
“It’s just sad to see that people have to leave the city to protect their own future cost of living,” he said.
Chicago Tribune
It’s the city’s third consecutive year of population loss. Chicago’s population fell by 8,638 residents between 2015 and 2016, to 2,704,958. The year before, it declined by 4,934.
The population of the greater Chicago area, defined by the Census Bureau as the city and suburbs extending into Wisconsin and Indiana, is also declining. Numbers made available in March showed a drop of 19,570 residents in 2016 — the greatest loss of any metropolitan area in the country.
Illinois’ population fell by more than any other state in 2016, down 37,508 people, according to census data released in December.
Chicago’s population drop is part of a larger pattern of slowed urban growth in 2016. The country’s top cities did not see the same surge as in previous years, experts say.
During the recession of 2008, families chose to stay in or move to core urban areas, and migration to the suburbs decelerated. Now, as families recover economically, they’re deciding it’s time to move back to the suburbs — a trend experts say may keep city populations where they are for the next few years.
Illinoisans in recent years have flocked to Sun Belt states, such as Texas, Arizona and Florida, contributing to the local population loss. During the years after the recession, migration to those states slowed, but then it heated up again as states in the South and West had greater job opportunities and affordable housing.
While the major cities in those states continue to grow, they aren’t growing as rapidly as they have in recent years. Houston, which saw the second-largest increase among major cities in 2015, when it gained 40,817 residents, gained 18,666 residents in 2016.
Demographers last year told the Tribune that Houston’s growth in 2015 was a sign it could overtake Chicago in a decade as the nation’s third-largest-city.
But with the slowing growth of big cities overall, experts aren’t sure it will happen so soon.
Even New York didn’t see as much growth in 2016 as it had in previous years. It grew by 21,171 people, compared with 44,512 people in 2015 and 49,530 in 2014.
“The big city growth we saw at the beginning of the decade is not quite as evident in the last couple years,” said William Frey, a demographer with the Brookings Institution who analyzes census data.
By most estimates, Chicago’s population will continue to decline. Over the past year, the Tribune surveyed dozens of former residents who said they have packed their bags for a variety of reasons: high taxes, the state budget stalemate, crime, the unemployment rate and weather.
Black residents have been among those leaving in search of safe neighborhoods and prosperity, with many heading to the suburbs and warm-weather states. Chicago lost 181,000 black residents between 2000 and 2010, according to census data.
Chicago’s population plunge continues to be a result, mostly, of losing residents to other states. About 89,547 residents left Chicago and its surrounding suburbs for other states in 2016, a number that couldn’t be offset by new residents and births, according to an analysis of census data released in March. The number of people leaving the Chicago region is the highest since at least 1990.
More than any other city, Chicago has depended on Mexican immigrants to balance the slow growth of its native-born population. During the 1990s, immigration accounted for most of Chicago’s growth. After 2007, when Mexican-born populations began to fall across the nation’s major metropolitan areas, most cities managed to make up for the loss with the growth of their native populations. Chicago couldn’t.
The entire Midwest has been losing residents, census data show. Detroit lost 3,541 residents from 2015 to 2016, and Milwaukee lost 4,366. But job and business opportunities are still stronger in neighboring Midwestern states than in Illinois, sending more Chicagoans to other parts of the Midwest than vice versa, experts said.
The greatest number of Illinois residents in recent years went to Texas, followed by Florida, Indiana, California and Arizona, according to 2013 Internal Revenue Service migration data.
Chicagoans are likely to continue heading to those warmer states, as the South in 2016 was home to 10 of the 15 fastest-growing large cities. The population of Texas as a whole continues to rise, and the Census Bureau placed five Texas cities on its list of major cities with the largest population increases.
Michael Bennett, 43, moved to Houston for a job in 2008, but was so committed to staying a Chicagoan that he kept his Lincoln Park home, and would fly back on spare weekends and holidays. He sold his property and settled in Houston for good in 2015, saying his “romance and love for Chicago couldn’t outweigh” his concerns about the city.
The cost of living was too high, he said. Property taxes kept rising. His home was robbed twice. “It’s not just limited to poor neighborhoods. Trouble could strike anywhere,” he said.
He had moved to Chicago in 2005 after spending most of his life in Michigan. Living in Chicago was always his dream, and he still misses being on the lakefront and strolling down Michigan Avenue. But Houston offers a diverse, cultural lifestyle similar to that of Chicago, he said. He’s received job offers to return to Chicago, but even a higher salary couldn’t balance increasing property taxes, he said.
Bennett said he thinks there will soon be a “tipping point” in Chicago, when more residents realize it’s time to go.
“It’s just sad to see that people have to leave the city to protect their own future cost of living,” he said.
Chicago Tribune
CIA Director Revealed A Secret Hillary Clinton Wanted To Hide
During the third Presidential debate, Hillary Clinton accused Donald Trump of being Vladimir Putin’s puppet.The media ran with the accusation.
But Obama’s former CIA Director just gave testimony revealing that everything you thought you knew about the Russian scandal is dead wrong.
Back in January, BuzzFeed published an unverified opposition research memo stating the Russians had compromising information on President Trump.
The document was filled with scandalous gossip and fake news.
There was – however – one candidate the Russians did have compromising information on.
And it was Hillary Clinton.
Former CIA Director John Brennan revealed in Congressional testimony that he believed the Russians may have collected information on Clinton to use against her should she have won the election.
The Daily Caller reports:
“The former intelligence chief hinted that the Russians may have obtained additional information through hacking that they did not release prior to the election.
“If they did collect more information about her that they did not release, I think they were probably husbanding it for another day,” Brennan explained.
South Carolina Representative Trey Gowdy asked the former CIA director whether he thought Russia had information in reserve. When Brennan refused to answer in an open session, Gowdy again pushed for a yes or no answer. Brennan did not publicly confirm or deny whether U.S. intelligence agencies believe Russia has additional information on Clinton to disseminate.
“The efforts to further hurt her if she became president, that information or any derogatory information on her, could have been husbanded for a post-election period,” Brennan further revealed.”
That information could have come from hacks on her private email server.
Foreignpolicy.com reported that an account belonging to a Bill Clinton staffer was compromised:
“In a summary of its investigation into Clinton’s use of private email released Friday, the FBI concluded that a username and password for an email account on the server — it’s not clear whose email beyond that it belonged to a woman working as an aide to former President Bill Clinton — was compromised by an unknown entity. That entity logged into the compromised email, read messages, and browsed attachments using a service called Tor.“
And Fox News reported sources claimed five different agencies hacked into her server:
“The classified e-mail investigation is being run by the National Security division of the FBI. They are currently combing through Anthony Weiner’s laptop. They are having some success — finding what they believe to be new emails, not duplicates, that have been transported through Hillary Clinton’s server.
Finally, we learned there is a confidence from these sources that her server had been hacked. And that it was a 99% accuracy that it had been hacked by at least five foreign intelligence agencies, and that things had been taken from that.”
But that is just the tip of the iceberg with the Clintons ties to Russia.
Campaign chairman John Podesta had substantial financial ties to Russia.
And as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton did not recommend Barack Obama veto a sale of a Canadian company with substantial uranium stocks to a Russian government controlled company.
This curiously happened at the same time the company’s CEO made donations to the Clinton Foundation – which the group did not initially disclose.
From day one the Russia story has been nothing but fake news and a distraction.
The real scandal has always been the Clintons and their actions.
Vox Trashes The United States Marine Corps On Memorial Day
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BY: ELLIOTT HAMILTON
The leftist ingrates at Vox published an article that criticized the United States Marine Corps on Memorial Day, accusing the Corps of having a "toxic masculinity" problem. The article, written by Alex Ward, attempts to create the narrative that the Marines need to change their attitude and their image following the deplorable nude photo-sharing scandal.
Ward argues that in order to fix its image as a hive of "toxic masculinity," the Marines should do more to incorporate women into combat roles. Never mind that studies have shown that women are not as qualified as men to undertake the physical burdens necessary to join the Marines. According to Ward, this change is necessary to change the image of the Marines and other military branches.
On all of the days to write a leftist hit piece on the United States Marine Corps, Vox believed that Memorial Day would be the best time to reinvigorate outrage at one of the finest fighting units that the United States and the world has ever seen. On the day that most Americans unite to honor the selfless sacrifice of millions of brave men and women, Vox sought to demonize the Marine Corps as a sexist entity that refuses to comply to the demands of the leftist elite who more than likely never wore an Armed Forces uniform and risked their lives for our freedom. While widows and children visit the graves of their loved ones who died fighting radical Islam, communism, or fascism, Alex Ward and his comrades at Vox sit atop their figurative high horse attempting to lecture those tasked with protecting our country about honor and virtue.
More than 1.1 million American men and women have sacrificed themselves to defend the United States from the Revolutionary War until the current wars in the Middle East. Out of those 1.1 million, more than 40,000 of those fallen warriors belonged to the United States Marine Corp. One of those men was Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone. He earned the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Guadalcanal for actions on October 24-25, 1942. His citation reads as follows:
Ward argues that in order to fix its image as a hive of "toxic masculinity," the Marines should do more to incorporate women into combat roles. Never mind that studies have shown that women are not as qualified as men to undertake the physical burdens necessary to join the Marines. According to Ward, this change is necessary to change the image of the Marines and other military branches.
On all of the days to write a leftist hit piece on the United States Marine Corps, Vox believed that Memorial Day would be the best time to reinvigorate outrage at one of the finest fighting units that the United States and the world has ever seen. On the day that most Americans unite to honor the selfless sacrifice of millions of brave men and women, Vox sought to demonize the Marine Corps as a sexist entity that refuses to comply to the demands of the leftist elite who more than likely never wore an Armed Forces uniform and risked their lives for our freedom. While widows and children visit the graves of their loved ones who died fighting radical Islam, communism, or fascism, Alex Ward and his comrades at Vox sit atop their figurative high horse attempting to lecture those tasked with protecting our country about honor and virtue.
More than 1.1 million American men and women have sacrificed themselves to defend the United States from the Revolutionary War until the current wars in the Middle East. Out of those 1.1 million, more than 40,000 of those fallen warriors belonged to the United States Marine Corp. One of those men was Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone. He earned the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Guadalcanal for actions on October 24-25, 1942. His citation reads as follows:
For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action against enemy Japanese forces, above and beyond the call of duty, while serving with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the Lunga Area, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, on 24 and 25 October 1942.
While the enemy was hammering at the Marines' defensive positions, Sgt. Basilone, in charge of 2 sections of heavy machine guns, fought valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a fierce frontal attack with the Japanese blasting his guns with grenades and mortar fire, one of Sgt. Basilone's sections, with its guncrews, was put out of action, leaving only 2 men able to carry on.
Moving an extra gun into position, he placed it in action, then, under continual fire, repaired another and personally manned it, gallantly holding his line until replacements arrived. A little later, with ammunition critically low and the supply lines cut off, Sgt. Basilone, at great risk of his life and in the face of continued enemy attack, battled his way through hostile lines with urgently needed shells for his gunners, thereby contributing in large measure to the virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment. His great personal valor and courageous initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
Basilone could have spent the rest of World War II raising money for war bonds, never seeing the battlefield again. Instead, Basilone decided to continue fighting for freedom. In his first dose of combat since receiving the Medal of Honor, he was killed in action on the black sands on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945.
According to Alex Ward and Vox, Basilone and tens of thousands more selfless patriots buried around the globe are the embodiment of "toxic masculinity." If being a selfless warrior who wishes to risk his or her life for the defense of the United States possessing no hesitation to destroy the enemies of freedom constitutes "toxic masculinity," then I would rather have a Marine Corps that is battle-ready, physically prepared, and mentally capable of enduring the fog of war than any pie-in-the-sky liberal fantasy that sacrifices combat efficiency for the sake of political correctness.
Shame on you for having the audacity to slander these fine warriors on Memorial Day.
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While the enemy was hammering at the Marines' defensive positions, Sgt. Basilone, in charge of 2 sections of heavy machine guns, fought valiantly to check the savage and determined assault. In a fierce frontal attack with the Japanese blasting his guns with grenades and mortar fire, one of Sgt. Basilone's sections, with its guncrews, was put out of action, leaving only 2 men able to carry on.
Moving an extra gun into position, he placed it in action, then, under continual fire, repaired another and personally manned it, gallantly holding his line until replacements arrived. A little later, with ammunition critically low and the supply lines cut off, Sgt. Basilone, at great risk of his life and in the face of continued enemy attack, battled his way through hostile lines with urgently needed shells for his gunners, thereby contributing in large measure to the virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment. His great personal valor and courageous initiative were in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
Basilone could have spent the rest of World War II raising money for war bonds, never seeing the battlefield again. Instead, Basilone decided to continue fighting for freedom. In his first dose of combat since receiving the Medal of Honor, he was killed in action on the black sands on Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945.
According to Alex Ward and Vox, Basilone and tens of thousands more selfless patriots buried around the globe are the embodiment of "toxic masculinity." If being a selfless warrior who wishes to risk his or her life for the defense of the United States possessing no hesitation to destroy the enemies of freedom constitutes "toxic masculinity," then I would rather have a Marine Corps that is battle-ready, physically prepared, and mentally capable of enduring the fog of war than any pie-in-the-sky liberal fantasy that sacrifices combat efficiency for the sake of political correctness.
Shame on you for having the audacity to slander these fine warriors on Memorial Day.
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Secretary of State Marks Memorial Day by Riding with Rolling Thunder, & Declining to Celebrate Ramadan
By Onan Coca
Can you imagine any of the effete Obama-era officials suiting up and riding along with Rolling Thunder? Now try to picture someone from President Trump’s team getting in on the action.
The imagery stands as a perfect example of the differences between the elitist, European makeup of the Obama team and the down-to-earth American-centric Trump team.
On Sunday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave us a graphic visual of the differences between the Obama era and the Trump era when he spent his morning on a ride with Rolling Thunder as part of the administration’s efforts to mark, and honor, Memorial Day.
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson at Rolling Thunder 2017!!!! @cnn
But the Secretary of State wasn’t done yet. This past week he showed us how much things had changed from the Obama era by refusing to kowtow to Islam as well.
Secretary Tillerson released a statement last week marking the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and wishing all Muslims well during the celebration.
On behalf of the United States Department of State, Renda and I sincerely wish Muslims around the world a peaceful and blessed Ramadan.
Ramadan is a month of reverence, generosity, and self-reflection. Most importantly, it is a cherished time for family and friends to gather and give charity to those who are less fortunate. This time reminds us all of the common values of harmony and empathy we hold dear.
I wish all those celebrating a very happy Ramadan Kareem.
But when asked if the State Department would be celebrating the holiday as it did during the Clinton, Bush, and Obama era’s, Tillerson flat out refused.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years.
Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day’s fast during Ramadan or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the month, at the State Department.
Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host an Eid al-Fitr reception as part of Ramadan celebrations, said two U.S. officials who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Once again, the Trump administration walks the line in the best possible fashion. The administration has spoken of Ramadan respectfully and has wished all Muslims well, but there is no need for a nation that is mostly “Christian” and has a Muslim population of about 2% to waste time and money on government-sanctioned Ramadan celebrations.
Ramadan is a month of reverence, generosity, and self-reflection. Most importantly, it is a cherished time for family and friends to gather and give charity to those who are less fortunate. This time reminds us all of the common values of harmony and empathy we hold dear.
I wish all those celebrating a very happy Ramadan Kareem.
But when asked if the State Department would be celebrating the holiday as it did during the Clinton, Bush, and Obama era’s, Tillerson flat out refused.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years.
Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner to break the day’s fast during Ramadan or a reception marking the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the month, at the State Department.
Tillerson turned down a request from the State Department’s Office of Religion and Global Affairs to host an Eid al-Fitr reception as part of Ramadan celebrations, said two U.S. officials who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Once again, the Trump administration walks the line in the best possible fashion. The administration has spoken of Ramadan respectfully and has wished all Muslims well, but there is no need for a nation that is mostly “Christian” and has a Muslim population of about 2% to waste time and money on government-sanctioned Ramadan celebrations.
96% of Moroccan ‘Child Immigrants’ to Sweden are Adult Men
Sweden can’t seem to get out of their own way when it comes to the government narrative on Muslim migrants and refugees.
While the people of Sweden clamor for change, beg their politicians to tighten border security, and pray for relief from the floods of migrants constantly pouring across their borders, the Swedish politicians continue to sit ensconced in their Ivory Towers protected from the carnage in the streets below.
Over the last few months there have been many different reports from the Northern European nation, proving that Sweden is struggling to find a way to deal with a spike in crime and poverty that they’ve allowed through their reckless immigration policies. Sweden was once a peaceful land with a very low crime rate – now it suffers the ignominy of being the world’s “rape capital.” Sweden is also the Western world’s leader in … “grenade attacks.” Did you even know that was a thing? Well, Sweden had 27 grenade attacks in 2016, and they’ve already had a bunch of them in 2017 as well.The point is that Sweden is suffering and their current liberal government is pretending that nothing is wrong, and everything is as it should be… but it’s not.
The latest evidence of the massive problems that Sweden is creating for itself is just now being reported in Sweden’s major news outlets.
A recent study of incoming migrants from Morocco found that a full 96% of them lied to the government about their age, telling the government that they were “children’ when in fact, they were adult men.
The problem with false identities have again put on the agenda after the terrorist attack on Drottninggatan in April. The suspected perpetrator Rakhmat Akilov, who according to police has admitted that he was driving the truck, in Sweden used several identities…
Svenska Dagbladet has noted a memo sent from the border police of the Ministry of Justice May 12 The document shows that a total of 77 people Morocco decided to accept it has 65 of them had a different identity than the one they provided when they applied for asylum in Sweden.
“Of the 50 who at the time of asylum application indicated that they were minors was actually only just two minor” write gränspolischefen Patrik Engström in the memo.
While the report focuses on the overwhelming number of Moroccans who are not who they claim to be, they also show that the “problem with false identities” is not limited to their Moroccan migrants. The first story they site of a terrorist named Rkhmat Akilov, found that Akilov was from Uzbekistan. Then the newspaper tells the story of an Algerian serial rapist who the authorities had believed was Moroccan.
Patrik Engström cites the example of a man who in 2007 was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and lifetime expulsion following a number of attempted rape. In eight years after serving his sentence, he sat still in custody in Sweden and Morocco did not accept him.Later it turned out that the man was the Algerians, Moroccans do not.
It took more than a decade for the authorities to discover that the serial rapist they couldn’t deport was not from Morocco but from Algeria. More than a decade.
The so-called street children from North Africa are often adults Arab men traveling around different countries in Western Europe under different identities and engage in committing crimes, including sexual crimes as rape.
Does this remind you of the stories we hear in our newspapers? Where liberals whine and moan about the fate of the poor women and children trying to find safety from war, but when we look at the pictures of the flood of migrants all we see our young 20-something Muslim men?
If our officials, and American voters, don’t wake up, we’ll soon be facing the same kind of catastrophe that Sweden has discovered. There is still time, but we must demand reform from our government, now.
Secretary of Defense Mattis: “Nothing” Scares Me, “I keep other People Awake at Night”!
Is there anyone else in this world as terrifying and masculine as Defense Secretary James “Mad Dog” Mattis? The man is a warrior in every sense of the word and he continually proves that he may well be one of President Trump’s most important allies in protecting and defending the United States.
On Sunday, Mattis gave an interesting and very straightforward interview where he was as open and honest as any Washington politico has ever been. RCP has called the interview “explosive,” but the reality is that it was just Mattis being Mattis. The line that will endure with Americans came after CBS’ John Dickerson asked the General “What keeps you awake at night?” In true Mattis style, the warrior responds in the most chilling way possible. “Nothing, I keep other people awake at night.”
Dickerson: "What keeps you awake at night?"
Mattis: "Nothing, I keep other people awake at night."
Mattis: "Nothing, I keep other people awake at night."
full interview: http://ift.tt/2rco3RE …
Oh. My. Goodness.
That is both awesome, and slightly terrifying. And it perfectly explains why James Mattis is beloved within our military and why the American people have come to trust him as much as any of our military leaders since the great General, Norman Schwarzkopf.
But this interview won’t just be remembered for that one soundbite. It will also be remembered as the interview that introduced the world to the “annihilation” posture of our war on terror. Mattis explained that the Trump administration had abandoned the Obama team’s “war of attrition” against ISIS (and other radical Islamic jihadists) and had instead adopted a theory and tactic of annihilation instead. How does annihilation differ from attrition (other than the fact that one sounds terrifying and the other sounds… like appeasement)? It’s all about tactics.
James Mattis: Our strategy right now is to accelerate the campaign against ISIS. It is a threat to all civilized nations.
And the bottom line is, we are going to move in an accelerated and reinforced manner, throw them on their back foot. We have already shifted from attrition tactics, where we shove them from one position to another in Iraq and Syria, to annihilation tactics, where we surround them.
Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We are not going to allow them to do so. We are going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate.
John Dickerson: Explain what it means to be moving in an annihilation posture, as opposed to attrition.
James Mattis: Well, attrition is where you keep pushing them out of the areas that they are in, John, and what we intend to do by surrounding them is to not allow them to fall back, thus reinforcing themselves as they get smaller and smaller, making the fight tougher and tougher.
You can see that right now, for example, in Western Mosul, that is surrounded, and the Iraqi security forces are moving against them. Tal Afar is now surrounded. We have got efforts under way right now to surround their self-declared caliphate capital of Raqqa.
That surrounding operation is going on. And once surrounded, then we will go in and clean them out…
John Dickerson: After the annihilation has been done, does that mean you can’t let it fall back into ISIS hands?
James Mattis: Once ISIS is defeated, there is a larger effort underway to make certain that we don’t just sprout a new enemy. We know ISIS is going to go down.
We have had success on the battlefield. We have freed millions of people from being under their control. And not one inch of that ground that ISIS has lost has ISIS regained. It shows the effectiveness of what we are doing.
However, there are larger currents, there are larger confrontations in this part of the world, and we cannot be blind to those. That is why they met in Washington under Secretary Tillerson’s effort to carry out President Trump’s strategy to make certain we don’t just clean out this enemy and end up with a new enemy in the same area.
Secretary Mattis also expounded on the President’s plan to “humiliate ISIS.” While the media mocked President Trump when he commented on the idea of “humiliating” our enemy, Mattis explained that it was all part of the battle to win the hearts and minds of the people who are not currently associated with ISIS.
John Dickerson: President Trump has said, to defeat ISIS, he has said that there has to be a humiliation of ISIS. What does that mean?
James Mattis: I think, as we look at this problem of ISIS, it is more than just an army. It is also a fight about ideas.
And we have got to dry up their recruiting. We have got to dry up their fund-raising. The way we intend to do it is to humiliate them, to divorce them from any nation giving them protection and humiliating their message of hatred, of violence.
Anyone who kills women and children is not devout. They have — they cannot dress themselves up in false religious garb and say that somehow this message has dignity. We’re going to strip them of any kind of legitimacy. And that is why you see the international community acting in concert.
Secretary Mattis also explained that while collateral damage and civilian casualties will always be a part of a fight like this, the American military (and our government) will never find those losses acceptable. The American military will always go above and beyond to limit the opportunity for civilian casualties because that is who we are.
James Mattis: The American people and the American military will never get used to civilian casualties.
We will — we will fight against that every way we can possibly bring our intelligence and our tactics to bear. People who had tried to leave that city were not allowed to by ISIS . We are the good guys. We are not the perfect guys, but we are the good guys. And so we are doing what we can.
We believe we found residue that was not consistent with our bomb. So we believe that what happened there was that ISIS had stored munitions in a residential location, showing once again the callous disregard that has characterized every operation they have run.
And the bottom line is, we are going to move in an accelerated and reinforced manner, throw them on their back foot. We have already shifted from attrition tactics, where we shove them from one position to another in Iraq and Syria, to annihilation tactics, where we surround them.
Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to North Africa, to Europe, to America, to Asia, to Africa. We are not going to allow them to do so. We are going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate.
John Dickerson: Explain what it means to be moving in an annihilation posture, as opposed to attrition.
James Mattis: Well, attrition is where you keep pushing them out of the areas that they are in, John, and what we intend to do by surrounding them is to not allow them to fall back, thus reinforcing themselves as they get smaller and smaller, making the fight tougher and tougher.
You can see that right now, for example, in Western Mosul, that is surrounded, and the Iraqi security forces are moving against them. Tal Afar is now surrounded. We have got efforts under way right now to surround their self-declared caliphate capital of Raqqa.
That surrounding operation is going on. And once surrounded, then we will go in and clean them out…
John Dickerson: After the annihilation has been done, does that mean you can’t let it fall back into ISIS hands?
James Mattis: Once ISIS is defeated, there is a larger effort underway to make certain that we don’t just sprout a new enemy. We know ISIS is going to go down.
We have had success on the battlefield. We have freed millions of people from being under their control. And not one inch of that ground that ISIS has lost has ISIS regained. It shows the effectiveness of what we are doing.
However, there are larger currents, there are larger confrontations in this part of the world, and we cannot be blind to those. That is why they met in Washington under Secretary Tillerson’s effort to carry out President Trump’s strategy to make certain we don’t just clean out this enemy and end up with a new enemy in the same area.
Secretary Mattis also expounded on the President’s plan to “humiliate ISIS.” While the media mocked President Trump when he commented on the idea of “humiliating” our enemy, Mattis explained that it was all part of the battle to win the hearts and minds of the people who are not currently associated with ISIS.
John Dickerson: President Trump has said, to defeat ISIS, he has said that there has to be a humiliation of ISIS. What does that mean?
James Mattis: I think, as we look at this problem of ISIS, it is more than just an army. It is also a fight about ideas.
And we have got to dry up their recruiting. We have got to dry up their fund-raising. The way we intend to do it is to humiliate them, to divorce them from any nation giving them protection and humiliating their message of hatred, of violence.
Anyone who kills women and children is not devout. They have — they cannot dress themselves up in false religious garb and say that somehow this message has dignity. We’re going to strip them of any kind of legitimacy. And that is why you see the international community acting in concert.
Secretary Mattis also explained that while collateral damage and civilian casualties will always be a part of a fight like this, the American military (and our government) will never find those losses acceptable. The American military will always go above and beyond to limit the opportunity for civilian casualties because that is who we are.
James Mattis: The American people and the American military will never get used to civilian casualties.
We will — we will fight against that every way we can possibly bring our intelligence and our tactics to bear. People who had tried to leave that city were not allowed to by ISIS . We are the good guys. We are not the perfect guys, but we are the good guys. And so we are doing what we can.
We believe we found residue that was not consistent with our bomb. So we believe that what happened there was that ISIS had stored munitions in a residential location, showing once again the callous disregard that has characterized every operation they have run.
Finally, Mattis covered the problems being created by an out of control North Korea. He explained that the hermit dictatorship first posed a very serious threat to its neighbors; South Korea, China, and Russia. He also explained that they also pose a very real, and very present threat to the safety and security of the United States as well. However, war in North Korea was the very last thing that the Trump administration wanted because war in North Korea would likely be the ugliest and most dangerous form of warfare that the USA could find itself engaged in, in today’s world.
James Mattis: A conflict in North Korea, John, would be probably the worst kind of fighting in most people’s lifetimes.
Why do I say this? The North Korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchers within range of one of the most densely populated cities on earth, which is the capital of South Korea.
We are working with the international community to deal with this issue. This regime is a threat to the region, to Japan, to South Korea, and in the event of war, they would bring danger to China and to Russia as well. But the bottom line is, it would be a catastrophic war if this turns into combat, if we are not able to resolve this situation through diplomatic means.
There is so much more to this great interview, including Mattis’ iconic line:
John Dickerson: What keeps you awake at night?
James Mattis: Nothing. I keep other people awake at night.
Make sure you watch the whole thing and then share this with other proud Americans.
Why do I say this? The North Korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchers within range of one of the most densely populated cities on earth, which is the capital of South Korea.
We are working with the international community to deal with this issue. This regime is a threat to the region, to Japan, to South Korea, and in the event of war, they would bring danger to China and to Russia as well. But the bottom line is, it would be a catastrophic war if this turns into combat, if we are not able to resolve this situation through diplomatic means.
There is so much more to this great interview, including Mattis’ iconic line:
John Dickerson: What keeps you awake at night?
James Mattis: Nothing. I keep other people awake at night.
Make sure you watch the whole thing and then share this with other proud Americans.
The Pope’s Meeting With Donald Trump Ended In Shocking Fashion
Donald Trump and the Pope have spent months feuding.
The Pope called Trump’s proposal to build a border wall not Christian and has railed against populism.
Trump and Pope Francis finally met face to face and the result was one no expected.
During the meeting, the two put their feud aside.
Trump was gracious and greeted the Pontiff with his family.
Politico reports:
“DONALD TRUMP AND POPE FRANCIS, TWO LEADERS WITH CONTRASTING STYLES AND DIFFERING WORLDVIEWS, MET AT THE VATICAN ON WEDNESDAY, SETTING ASIDE THEIR PREVIOUS CLASHES TO BROADCAST A TONE OF PEACE FOR AN AUDIENCE AROUND THE GLOBE.
TRUMP, MIDWAY THROUGH A GRUELING NINE-DAY, MAIDEN INTERNATIONAL JOURNEY, CALLED UPON THE PONTIFF IN A PRIVATE, 30-MINUTE MEETING LADEN WITH RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM AND ANCIENT PROTOCOL. THE PRESIDENT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE AND SEVERAL AIDES, ARRIVED AT THE VATICAN JUST AFTER 8 A.M. LOCAL TIME. THE PRESIDENT GREETED FRANCIS IN SALA DEL TRONETTO, THE ROOM OF THE LITTLE THRONE, ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF APOSTOLIC PALACE.”
The Pope even bent over backwards to bury his feud with Trump for the time being by presenting the President with a literal olive branch.
Politico also reports:
“UPON COMPLETING THEIR MEETING, THE POPE GAVE THE PRESIDENT A MEDAL FEATURING AN OLIVE BRANCH, A SYMBOL OF PEACE, AMONG OTHER GIFTS.
“WE CAN USE PEACE,” THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED.”
After the meeting, Trump tweeted out an appreciative message.
Honor of a lifetime to meet His Holiness Pope Francis. I leave the Vatican more determined than ever to pursue PEACE in our world.
The Vatican meeting was another homerun for Trump on his first foreign trip.
He’s racked up multiple successes.
Trump was able to reorient the Middle East nations against Iran’s rogue nuclear program.
He also delivered one of the most significant and effective foreign policy speeches by an American President.
Trump used the words “Islamic terrorism” in a room full of Muslim nation leaders and challenged them to drive terrorists out of their countries.
He put the burden on these leaders to stand up to Islamic terrorism.
Trump also became the first sitting U.S. President to visit the Western Wall.
It was a powerful symbol that the wall belongs to Jerusalem.
The foreign trip has been a massive success.
Trump received rave reviews for his performance.
The native populations of the countries he visited were happy to have him on their soil.
He made his tour of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican as a symbol of his desire to bring peace among the world’s religions.
And even Pope Francis – who is well established as no fan of the President’s – held a productive meeting with Trump.
Going into the trip, many pundits expected Trump to humiliate himself with boorish conduct, and in turn, embarrass America.
But just like on Election Night, Trump proved the doubters wrong.
Christians Massacred by Islamic Terrorists on First Day of Ramadan
Egypt’s military fought back against the attackers who stormed a bus full of Coptic Christians and killed 28 people on their way to a monastery to pray, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Friday.
The Egyptian military struck bases where the attackers had trained, the president said without elaborating. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Egypt’s Coptic Christians have become the preferred target of the Islamic State in the region.
“I direct my appeal to President Trump: I trust you, your word and your ability to make fighting global terror your primary task,” el-Sissi added in a televised speech. Trump condemned the attack, blaming what he called “evil organizations of terror” and “thuggish ideology.”
As many as 10 attackers in 3 SUVs stormed the bus dressed in military uniforms and wearing masks, before demanding that the passengers recite the Muslim profession of faith, according to witnesses. Then, the gunmen opened fire. Some 22 people were wounded.
The Investigation of Muslim Hill Staffers Just Blew Up
New York Post by: Isabel Vincent
The criminal probe into a cadre of Capitol Hill techies who worked for dozens of Democratic lawmakers remains shrouded in mystery, months after their access to congressional IT systems was suspended.
It’s still not clear whether the investigation by the Capitol Police into the five staffers, who all have links to Pakistan, involves the theft of classified information.
A spokeswoman for the Capitol Police refused comment last week in what she described as an ongoing investigation.
And now, at least one of the staffers, Hina Alvi, has fled to Pakistan, according to The Daily Caller.
It’s still not clear whether the investigation by the Capitol Police into the five staffers, who all have links to Pakistan, involves the theft of classified information.
A spokeswoman for the Capitol Police refused comment last week in what she described as an ongoing investigation.
And now, at least one of the staffers, Hina Alvi, has fled to Pakistan, according to The Daily Caller.
Just In: Trump Considers “Major Changes” That’ll Shake-Up White House
BY MARTIN LIOLL
A big shake-up could be coming to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and it could drastically change how the Trump administration deals with the media.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the president has been looking at restructuring options to better respond to a special counsel investigating his campaign’s ties to Russia. Strategizing for the potential reshuffle took up most of his free time while he was overseas in the Middle East and Europe, and one Trump adviser says that “everything is in play.”
Meetings are scheduled for next week to finalize the plans.
One of the first major proposals from administration officials, according to CBS News, is the establishment of “rapid response messaging teams” specifically to respond to the media narrative on the Russia investigation.
“One idea under consideration, according to a GOP source close to the White House, is the formation of an outside group to handle all Russia-related inquiries, freeing up the existing communications team inside the White House to focus on moving Mr. Trump’s governing agenda forward,” CBS reported.
The source said that the team should take inspiration from how Bill Clinton handled the media.
“The inside-outside effort needs to take a page from Clinton’s operation when they were battling Monica Lewinsky,” the source said. “They had an internal mechanism to direct all calls and incoming (questions) to a crisis containment center, in order to use the communications office — the White House press office — as offense.”
Another part of the shakeup involves firing White House leakers, who sources say have been identified and are about to be dismissed.
“You have no idea how paranoid it makes people,” a White House official, speaking (with no small degree of irony) anonymously, told CBS.
Two major names that may be added are Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, Trump’s first campaign manager, and deputy campaign manager, respectively. The president has talked to both of them, but it’s unclear whether or not they’ll be added to the White House team.
And, as for who might be on the outs, there’s one name that always pops up in these stories — press secretary Sean Spicer.
“While Spicer has high ratings, it’s difficult to get the message out to the clutter and it’s serving as a device to beat him up,” one White House source said.
One possibility is that Spicer could be replaced by deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Another possibility — not mutually exclusive, mind you — is that press briefings could be cut down dramatically or eliminated entirely: “Trump does not find value in them anymore,” the source added.
Instead of press briefings, one messaging proposal has the president ramping up campaign-style rallies throughout the summer.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the president has been looking at restructuring options to better respond to a special counsel investigating his campaign’s ties to Russia. Strategizing for the potential reshuffle took up most of his free time while he was overseas in the Middle East and Europe, and one Trump adviser says that “everything is in play.”
Meetings are scheduled for next week to finalize the plans.
One of the first major proposals from administration officials, according to CBS News, is the establishment of “rapid response messaging teams” specifically to respond to the media narrative on the Russia investigation.
“One idea under consideration, according to a GOP source close to the White House, is the formation of an outside group to handle all Russia-related inquiries, freeing up the existing communications team inside the White House to focus on moving Mr. Trump’s governing agenda forward,” CBS reported.
The source said that the team should take inspiration from how Bill Clinton handled the media.
“The inside-outside effort needs to take a page from Clinton’s operation when they were battling Monica Lewinsky,” the source said. “They had an internal mechanism to direct all calls and incoming (questions) to a crisis containment center, in order to use the communications office — the White House press office — as offense.”
Another part of the shakeup involves firing White House leakers, who sources say have been identified and are about to be dismissed.
“You have no idea how paranoid it makes people,” a White House official, speaking (with no small degree of irony) anonymously, told CBS.
Two major names that may be added are Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, Trump’s first campaign manager, and deputy campaign manager, respectively. The president has talked to both of them, but it’s unclear whether or not they’ll be added to the White House team.
And, as for who might be on the outs, there’s one name that always pops up in these stories — press secretary Sean Spicer.
“While Spicer has high ratings, it’s difficult to get the message out to the clutter and it’s serving as a device to beat him up,” one White House source said.
One possibility is that Spicer could be replaced by deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Another possibility — not mutually exclusive, mind you — is that press briefings could be cut down dramatically or eliminated entirely: “Trump does not find value in them anymore,” the source added.
Instead of press briefings, one messaging proposal has the president ramping up campaign-style rallies throughout the summer.
Whether or not any of this comes to pass is debatable. We’ve heard the shakeup rumors from the media over and over again over the past few months; Spicer is almost invariably mentioned, but the amateur Trumpologists in the mainstream media have also written off Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway and others.
The Wall Street Journal’s report sounds a bit more credible than the rest, but Trump administration shake-ups are a bit like rumors of a Smiths reunion: let me know when it actually happens.
The Wall Street Journal’s report sounds a bit more credible than the rest, but Trump administration shake-ups are a bit like rumors of a Smiths reunion: let me know when it actually happens.
Helen and Moe Lauzier
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