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Rocketman is Back!
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
What type of underwear did Congressman Conyers wear when caught in the office in underpants by an aid, boxers or briefs?
Roy Moore Retakes Lead By 5 Points in JMC Analytics Poll — Says Allegations ‘Have Not Materially Impacted the Race’
by JEFF POOR
A new JMC Analytics poll shows that GOP U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore has retaken the lead over his Democratic rival Doug Jones.
Polling conducted earlier this month by the same firm had shown Jones with a four-point edge over Moore, but Moore recovered by gaining six points, and Jones dropped three points in the survey conducted November 27 and 28.
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The poll’s sample included 650 likely voters surveyed by landline with a margin of error was 3.8 percent.
Polling not only showed gains for Moore but gains for Republicans over Democrats on a generic ballot, an improvement from JMC’s previous.
“Since the last poll, both Republicans in general and Roy Moore specifically have regained their plurality leads, and this arguably can be attributed to existing partisan preferences’ reasserting themselves: in the last poll, Moore was tied 47-47% among male voters and trailed 42-48% among women,” the summary that accompanied the poll stated. “While he still trails by a similar 44-50% among women (leaners included), he has rebounded among men and leads 54-37%. Similarly, among self-identified evangelicals, the 57-34% support he had in the last poll is now 64-29%. The numbers barely changed among non-evangelicals, where his 22-73% poll deficit is now 23-72%.”
The poll also concluded that the sexual misconduct allegations plaguing Roy Moore’s campaign “have not materially impacted the race.”
“When the last poll was released, allegations of sexual misconduct against Moore had just been publicized. Since then, additional allegations have come out, but the poll results then (and now) didn’t show that these allegations have appreciably changed the poll results,” the summary explained. “For one thing, even in this poll, 29% are more likely to support Moore over the allegations, 38% are less likely, and 34% said it makes no difference – numbers almost identical to the last poll. It’s when examining the correlation of these responses to the ballot test that it’s again apparent how partisan lines have hardened, and those alignments benefit Moore.”
“Last time, those more likely to support Moore over the allegations favored him over Jones 84-13% – now, the margin of support for Moore is 90-9%,” it added. “Those saying the incident makes them less likely to support Moore favored Jones 81-9% in the last poll and 84-6% now. However, those saying the incident makes no difference favored Moore 51-39% last time, but Moore now leads 62-30% among this group. In other words, existing partisan attitudes that are keeping President Trump’s approval ratings in Alabama above 50% are now benefitting Moore as well.”
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Media Are Wrong To Say Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ Insult Of Warren Is Racist
These are not insults of Native Americans, but of people falsely claiming to be Native Americans. And one need not be that smart to understand that.
By Mollie Hemingway
Recently President Donald Trump honored a few of World War II’s Navajo Code Talkers in the Oval Office. These men deserve the thanks of a grateful nation for their work giving and receiving encrypted messages of the utmost importance. To take just one example:
Commenting on the Marines’ Iwo Jima landing, Major Howard Conner, the Fifth Marine Division’s Signal Officer, said that ‘The entire operation was directed by Navajo code. . . . During the two days that followed the initial landings I had six Navajo radio nets working around the clock. . . . They sent and received over 800 messages without an error. Were it not for the Navajo Code Talkers, the Marines never would have taken Iwo Jima.’
Sadly, this event in the Oval Office would have received little to no coverage from the media if not for the Insulter-in-Chief’s decision to speak against a U.S. senator who falsely claimed to be Native American. You can watch here:
Now, it’s beyond reasonable to criticize President Trump for mucking up a ceremony honoring World War II heroes with a petty invocation of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s false claim of Native American heritage. That’s an appropriate criticism to make, if one feels compelled to criticize Donald Trump for continuing to be Donald Trump. But instead, many in the media did what they have done so well for the last couple of years. They matched Trump’s lack of good sense with even greater silliness.
For example:
Fact check: that’s idiotic. Warren claimed to be Native American despite there being no evidence of that claim being true. This false information was something she didn’t claim as a student, but began putting in her professional bios for a few years when law school faculties were hungry for minority faculty. Harvard University proudly proclaimed her as a minority female on the basis of information she provided. Her evidence is limited to claims other family members dispute of “folklore” and her paw-paw having “high cheekbones.” No, I’m not joking, she cited high cheekbones:
There is zero evidence that Warren is Cherokee, as she claimed for years. Cherokee genealogists say it’s not true. That’s why Trump calls her Pocahontas.
Pocahontas, of course, was the awesome Powhatan Native American associated with the early sixteenth-century Jamestown settlement. She is said to have saved the life of English captive John Smith. There’s a big, beautiful John Gadsby Chapman painting of her baptism in the Capitol rotunda.
The typical insult for Warren among her critics isn’t Pocahontas, but “Fauxcahontas.” For some reason Trump just goes with Pocahontas. These are not insults of Native Americans, but of people falsely claiming to be Native Americans. And one need not be that smart to understand that. It’s a low bar, yet one that a press corps engaged in pie trutherism over the weekend might be unable to meet.
The only way the Pocahontas insult makes sense is as a joke about Warren’s false claim of being Native American. He’s not insulting her for being a Native American, because she’s not Native American. He’s highlighting how she gave employers and others false information about her tribal status while at Harvard and elsewhere.
Yet watch how the White House press corps queries Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about the incident:
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl says, in essence, that it’s offensive to highlight how Warren gave false information about her tribal status. NBC News’ Kristen Welker begs the question with, “Why is it appropriate for the president use a racial slur in any context?” The second questioner in the video above was able to ask a pointed and tough question without resorting to the ridiculous Democratic talking point of “racial slur.” It went something like this:
The president was speaking at an event to honor members of the greatest generation who fought in World War II, who are in their 80s and 90s. And the moment had many people online asking whether the president lacks decency. What is your response to that?
Yes, absolutely, it’s good for journalists to ask tough questions about the timing and propriety of calling Warren ‘Pocahontas.’ It’s a question that should be and was answered. Too bad for this reporter that his colleagues went straight for the Democratic talking points. Seriously, could we get some daylight between the press corps and Warren and Chuck Schumer, or no?
Other Media Missteps
James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal noted that the Washington Post’s write-up of the event used the same type of language Donald Trump uses for his unsourced claims:
The Washington Post has five stories on the matter on their website, sadly all about “Pocahontas” as opposed to the Navajo Code Talkers. Most stories at media outlets didn’t even bother to mention the names of the honorees. From Peter McDonald’s remarks yesterday at the White House:
Today, we have with us three of the thirteen surviving Navajo Code Talkers of World War II. First, we have Fleming Begaye. Fleming Begaye is 97 years old, the oldest veteran of World War II. He survived the Battle of Tarawa. His landing craft was blown up and he literally had to swim to the beach to survive. Also, on Saipan, he also landed on Tinian where he got shot up real badly, survived one year in naval hospital.
We have Thomas Begay, also one of the Code Talkers who were on Iwo Jima, a tough battle, where Three Marine Division landed on Iwo; 5th Marine Division — he was part of the Code Talkers within the 5th Marine Division.
Also, as if Marine Corps was not enough, he enlisted to be United States Army, and served in the Korean War. Survived that awful battle at Chosin.
My name is Peter MacDonald. I’m the president of the 13 surviving Navajo Code Talkers. I went in — I’m 90 years old — I went in when I was 15 years old in 1944. I was with the 1st Marine Brigade on Guam, and then went on to North China with 6th Marine Division to get those Japanese in Northern China to surrender. They didn’t want to surrender, but it took 1st Marine Division, 6th Marine Division to get them to surrender eventually. We had a separate treaty ceremony in Tsingtao, China, October 25th, 1945.
Ari Fleischer noticed something else about the media coverage:
Except it’s even worse than that. Many stories were framed in such a way as to give the impression that Warren is Native American. Although this CNN story is billed as news, it features liberal opinions as apples bananas fact: “Pocahontas was a historical figure from the 17th Century and using her name in an intentionally disparaging way insults native peoples and degrades their cultures.” As Gabriel Malor said, “No, derogatorily referring to a person who falsely claimed to be a Native American as Pocahontas is not a racial slur. It demeans no racial or ethnic group.”
CNN’s opinion article labeled as news goes on to claim that only “conservatives” have a problem with Warren’s claims of Native American heritage, without mentioning that those claims are false. Instead, it’s presented as a murky affair:
Warren says she is, in fact, part Native American, citing ‘family stories’ passed down through generations of her family.
‘I am very proud of my heritage,’ Warren told NPR in 2012. ‘These are my family stories. This is what my brothers and I were told by my mom and my dad, my mammaw and my pappaw. This is our lives. And I’m very proud of it.’
“In fact”? Note that while Warren made the rounds to many media outlets yesterday to promote the media/Democratic narrative that Trump’s insult is “racist,” not one reporter asked Warren if she could substantiate her claim in any way, shape, or form. No one asked her why she hasn’t explained her conflicting statements about her status.
In addition to responding to the Pocahantas insult, Warren was raising money off it. Couldn’t any reporter who covers her or interviews her on TV nearly every day think to ask some tough questions nailing down her current claim or getting her to take responsibility for her false statements over the years? Anyone?
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is a senior editor at The Federalist. Follow her on Twitter at @mzhemingway
Photo Edward Kimmel / Flickr
Holy Cross may shed Crusader moniker
Laurel J. Sweet
Photo Credit: Chris Christo The main entrance to the College of the Holy Cross, College St. Worcester, MA, November 26, 2017
The College of the Holy Cross is mulling whether to shed its century-old sports symbol the “Crusader” out of concerns the image of a Christian warrior might be offensive to Muslims.
The future of the purple mascot “Iggy the Crusader” and “ ’Sader Nation” identity is riding on the Board of Trustees’ decision, currently slated to be announced Feb. 3 in the midst of the Worcester school’s $400 million fundraising campaign.
The Worcester college closed an eight-week comment period yesterday after receiving “hundreds” of remarks, a statement said.
Holy Cross also held two live discussions this fall about whether the image of a knight with sword and shield associated with the brutal 11th-century wars between Christians and Muslims is an appropriate symbol in 2017.
“The Crusader name is an undeniable part of the College of the Holy Cross’ history. At the same time, as an institution of higher learning, we acknowledge our responsibility to thoughtfully examine the sensitivities and implications this name may bear,” the college said in a statement to the Herald. “Our Holy Cross community is passionate about the College and our mission, values and tradition, and as we expected, the discussion of our mascot and moniker has been spirited. Our community has engaged in this conversation in a manner consistent with our approach to all discussions at Holy Cross, with deep thought and respect for different perspectives and opinions.”
Holy Cross students Donatella Guanciale and Emma Powell wrote in The Crusader newspaper, “While some have no issues with the Crusader, many feel tension or take offense with it. Why would we not consider changing something that takes away from the experience of our community, even if is just a single person who takes issue? We should want to spread the ability to love and appreciate our time at Holy Cross because of the people we are with, not because of the symbol we wear on our jerseys.”
But Class of 1956 alum Tommy Heinsohn, an NBA Hall of Famer and former Celtics coach and player, said a “significant number” of graduates are not happy.
“It’s political correctness run amok,” Heinsohn said yesterday. “There’ll be a hue and cry if they go through with this. The necessity of this thing is beyond the pale. Get a life.”
“It’s political correctness run amok,” Heinsohn said yesterday. “There’ll be a hue and cry if they go through with this. The necessity of this thing is beyond the pale. Get a life.”
Wheaton College in Illinois dumped the Crusader name 17 years ago, replacing it with Thunder.
“It’s hard to say what risk they’re taking if they do or don’t make this decision. I suppose you could call them the Lightning or the Earthquakers, but that might offend someone, too,” said Holy Cross professor emeritus James F. Powers, who taught the history of the Crusades. He said the college must strike a balance between appeasing its current community while not alienating “a very loyal alumni. It’s put them in a difficult position psychologically and politically. I don’t think they’re to blame for this. They’ve just been given a situation that’s hard to deal with.”
“It’s hard to say what risk they’re taking if they do or don’t make this decision. I suppose you could call them the Lightning or the Earthquakers, but that might offend someone, too,” said Holy Cross professor emeritus James F. Powers, who taught the history of the Crusades. He said the college must strike a balance between appeasing its current community while not alienating “a very loyal alumni. It’s put them in a difficult position psychologically and politically. I don’t think they’re to blame for this. They’ve just been given a situation that’s hard to deal with.”
Comey Caught In Bombshell Scandal, This Is Nasty
William Widener
Details of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s wrongdoing are trickling out slowly. Secrecy, bias, and obstruction of justice appear to make up the climate shaped by former FBI Director James Comey. New details further evidence that fact.
According to Associated Press, the FBI did not warn US targets when Russian hackers were attempting to breach personal Gmail accounts. The FBI failed to do so, even though they held evidence for a year showing that the targets would likely get hacked by the Kremlin. The failure took place under the leadership of James Comey.
The AP identified over 500 American citizens or groups from the data, with 80 ultimately agreeing to interviews. Only two cases had prior warning from the FBI of potential Russian hacking. Most targets were retired government officials, although at least a quarter of the targets held government positions or security clearances at the time.
The FBI held evidence that such a hacking attack was imminent — a fact confirmed by three individuals close to the matter, including current and former government officials. The evidence included details of Russian hackers’ attempts to break into Gmail accounts.
The hackers were part of a group called Fancy Bear, a cyberespionage group affiliated with the Russian government. Prior investigations discovered that the same group worked in the Kremlin’s interests when they hacked tens of thousands of emails from Democrats. The hacking disrupted the 2016 general election, and spurred allegations against Donald Trump for somehow being affiliated with the hack.
Philip Reiner, former senior director at the National Security Council, was targeted by the hacks in 2015. “It’s utterly confounding,” he said in reference to the lack of warnings. “You’ve got to tell your people. You’ve got to protect your people.”
Some victims of the Russian hacking say they still haven’t heard from the FBI at all.
The FBI declined questioning from the AP, but issued a statement saying, “The FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of potential threat information.”
The FBI declined questioning from the AP, but issued a statement saying, “The FBI routinely notifies individuals and organizations of potential threat information.”
Former Senior Administration at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Charles Sowell, said there is no excuse for the FBI’s failure, especially in light of the successful investigative work that the AP conducted from the data.
“It’s absolutely not OK for them to use an excuse that there’s too much data,” Mr. Sowell said. “Would that hold water if there were a serial killer investigation, and people were calling in tips left and right, and they were holding up their hands and saying, ‘It’s too much’? That’s ridiculous.”
The FBI’s failed handling of the Fancy Bear hacking has left many with questions, especially in light of other poor decisions. Back in March 2016, FBI agents warned Hillary Clinton’s campaign about a resurgence of password hackings, although agents refused to say who the hackers were. After the Democratic National Committee’s computer server was hacked by Fancy Bear in April 2016, it was later discovered that the FBI never took custody of the server to investigate it. Comey testified that the FBI investigated a “copy” of the server, which he deemed an “appropriate substitute.”
Former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, who was a repeated target of hacks by Fancy Bear, never received any warnings from the FBI. “Our government needs to be taking greater responsibility to defend its citizens in both the physical and cyber worlds, now, before a cyberattack produces an even more catastrophic outcome than we have already experienced,” he said.
Former US ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, who was a repeated target of hacks by Fancy Bear, never received any warnings from the FBI. “Our government needs to be taking greater responsibility to defend its citizens in both the physical and cyber worlds, now, before a cyberattack produces an even more catastrophic outcome than we have already experienced,” he said.
This scandal is yet another in the long list of scandals in the FBI under James Comey’s leadership. Comey continually proved that he failed to do his job sufficiently or objectively. President Trump was right to fire him.
Democratic Senator in Hot Water Over Massive Travel Expenses
By Andrew West
The Washington establishment of the D.C swamp continues to rake the American taxpayer over the coals this week after stunning accusations have surfaced.For far too long, the fat cats on Capitol Hill have been exploiting their positions of power in order to milk the American people for all that they are worth. Their salaries are exorbitant, they are exempt from government-mandated Obamacare, and they have been bowing down to the special interest overlords of Big Industry for decades. Now that Donald Trump is in office, we will hopefully be able to smoke out many of these bottom-feeding varmints for good.
Next on the list of D.C. deplorables is democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, who has apparently been running a travel racket at the expense of We The People.
“Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) took action earlier this year to make her family’s private plane untrackable by the public, according to documents obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration.
“McCaskill garnered much criticism ahead of her last reelection campaign over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense, causing her to demand her husband ‘sell the damn plane.’ But they bought a new, more expensive plane shortly after she won that election. Now, as she gears up for her next election fight, they have taken action to limit scrutiny of the plane’s use.
“The company hired by McCaskill to operate the plane, a 2009 Pilatus PC-12/47E, wrote to the FAA earlier this year in April to ask that tracking information on the plane be blocked from the public, according to email records obtained by the Washington Free Beacon through a Freedom of Information Act request.
“Representatives for McCaskill did not respond to multiple inquiries into the reason for the request and whether it had to do with her upcoming election.
“The Washington Free Beacon reported in October that McCaskill had spent nearly $21,000 to use her private plane on the campaign trail in just three months. McCaskill was also spotted using her private plane in August for travel between town halls she held in Missouri, which are events held by her official Senate office.
“McCaskill also failed to respond to request for comment on those trips.”
The invincible attitude of these Washington D.C. crooks has been a focus of the Trump administration and of the President himself for quite some time, and McCaskill will certainly be unable to avoid the onslaught of criticism that this move brings.
While the rest of the nation is fixated on the perverse and salacious actions of Al Franken, John Conyers, and other democratic deviants, we cannot be distracted long…there is still plenty of swamp to be drained yet.
Another Democrat Leader Caught Paying “Hush” Money to Accuser!
By Onan Coca
Oh, this is rich.
Just last week Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) could be heard calling for his colleague (and fellow Democrat) John Conyers (D-MI) to step down from an important committee because of the accusations against him.
This week, we’re learning that Grijalva himself has used a Congressional slush fund to pay off one of his own accusers!
Granted, Grijalva’s accuser wasn’t of the sexual variety, but the situation was just as ugly and the Congressional slush fund allowed Grijalva to cover up the ugly debacle.
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill.
While the Office of Compliance has been the focus of outrage on Capitol Hill for hush-money payouts in sexual harassment cases, the Grijalva payout points to another office that lawmakers can use to sweep accusations under the rug with taxpayer-funded settlements negotiated by the House Employment Counsel, which acts as the attorney for all House offices.
The employment counsel negotiated a deal for taxpayers to give $48,395 — five additional months’ salary — to the female aide, who left her job after three months. She didn’t pursue the hostile workplace complaint further.
The arrangement appears to run contrary to House rules that constrain severance packages, and it caught the eye of watchdogs who were already demanding answers about payouts in the wake of harassment complaints.
“It seems like all of these House bodies are designed to help cover for members of Congress,” said Melanie Sloan, an ethics lawyer in Washington. “A large part of the problem is that each member of Congress can treat their staff as their own fiefdom and also know that it will remain silent.”
Now, Grijalva can be added to the long (and seemingly growing) list of Democrat politicians who have been discovered using the people around them as their own personal play things.
Senator Al Franken’s (D-MN) situation continues to get uglier, four women have accused him of sexual harassment but the Senate back-bencher keeps digging his hole ever-deeper. The pervy funnyman recently told the local media that he might’ve been grabbing some butts, but he doesn’t remember doing it.
In the interview Murphy tried to hold Franken down on several other allegations that he grabbed women’s buttocks while posing for photos, asking if the women are mistaken that he groped them.
“I am not saying that,” Franken replied. “As I said, I take thousands of photos. I don’t remember these particular photos.”
“With all due respect, people are going to find it hard to believe that someone such as yourself wouldn’t know that they were grabbing someone’s butt,” Murphy shot back.
“I can understand how some people would see it that way,” Franken said.
“But have you ever placed a hand on some woman’s butt?” Murphy asked.
“I can’t say that it hasn’t happened. In crowded chaotic situations, I can’t say I haven’t done that. I am very sorry if these women experienced that,” Franken conceded.
Meanwhile, the ugliest and most aggressive accusations of misconduct are still levied at Democrat “icon” (a title used by Nancy Pelosi and the lefties at MSNBC’s Morning Joe), John Conyers (D-MI).
The longtime left wing “icon” has now been accused of some pretty heinous things by at least EIGHT of his former employees, several of whom he paid handsomely to make sure they would stay quiet.
If you’re keeping score, that’s one staffer who received a taxpayer-funded settlement of $27,000, one scheduler who filed a suit alleging she was sexually harassed “repeatedly and daily,”, one former counsel alleging he was “abusive and inappropriate,” four former staffers who signed affidavits claiming Conyers sexually harassed his staff, and now the claims from the deputy chief of staff. Maybe you believe that all eight of these Conyers staffers got together and decided to make up awful stories about the boss. Or maybe they’re telling the truth, and he’s been an abusive jerk all along.
The most recent accusations come from his former chief of staff who relates some very disgusting behavior, and the fact that she went to leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) with some of her concerns… but was IGNORED.
The National Review outlines some of the most salacious nuggets in detail, all while exposing the rank hypocrisy coming from the Democrat Party.
The evidence suggests that Conyers believed that as a 27-term congressman, he was entitled to the Washington, D.C., equivalent of the Ottoman imperial harem.
He routinely hit on his female staffers, and his office was a den of sexual intrigue — allegedly featuring a jealous wife and a vindictive mistress — that properly belongs in a Bravo reality show if the network ever extends its franchise to Capitol Hill…
Pelosi offers two justifications for going easy on Conyers. One is that the congressman is a civil-rights “icon.” By this logic, being a legend is a little like being a celebrity as described by Donald Trump in the Access Hollywood tape — it’s a free pass for gross behavior. The other Pelosi rationale is that Conyers “has done a great deal to protect women.” This makes ideology rather than personal conduct the standard.
This is the modern Democrat Party folks. It’s disturbing, it’s disgusting, it’s salacious, it’s hypocritical, it’s ugly, it’s corrupt, and it’s downright normal for the American leftwing.
Most Believe Sex Allegations Against Bill Clinton
Voters have only a slightly less favorable opinion of Bill Clinton, but most believe the women who have accused the former president of sexually abusing them.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 13% of Likely U.S. Voters do not believe the allegations by several women who claim Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them. Fifty-nine percent (59%) think the allegations are true. A sizable 28% are undecided. (See survey question wording.)
1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Bill Clinton?
2* Do you believe the allegations by several women who claim Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
1* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Bill Clinton?
2* Do you believe the allegations by several women who claim Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
Questions, November 26-27, 2017
Guess Who Wasn't Offended by Trump's 'Pocahontas' Remark
Leah Barkoukis
|While the liberal media continues to pile on President Trump over referring to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” during an event honoring Native American veterans, it seems one of the only people that truly has a right to weigh in on the issue didn’t seem to mind.
When asked by CNN political analyst Joshua Green whether he was offended by the president’s remark, Marine Corps veteran Thomas Begay said he was not, only that he was “puzzled” by it.
He also told Green that while he was serving in the Marines he was forced to yell “Geronimo” but that didn’t bother him either.
Joshua Green ✔@JoshuaGreenJust met Thomas Begay who was "puzzled" but not offended by Trump's Pocahontas quip: "The Marines made us yell 'Geronimo' when we jumped out of planes + that didn't offend me either."
10:31 AM - Nov 28, 2017
"I just want to thank you because you're very, very special people," Trump said Monday at the event honoring the Code Talkers. "You were here long before any of us were here, although we have a representative in Congress who, they say, was here a long time ago. They call her [Elizabeth Warren] 'Pocahontas,'" he added. "But you know what, I like you because you are special. You are special people. You are really incredible people. And from the heart, from the absolute heart, we appreciate what you've done, how you've done it, the bravery that you displayed, and the love that you have for your country."
Warren immediately slammed the president for using a “racial slur” during an appearance on MSNBC shortly afterward.
“It is deeply unfortunate that the president of the United States can’t even make it through a ceremony honoring these heroes without throwing out a racial slur,” the Massachusetts senator said.
“This was supposed to be an event to honor heroes, people who put it all on the line for our country,” Warren added.
Hours later, however, she was quick to use the president’s remark to fundraise.
Trump refers to Warren as ‘Pocahontas’ because she falsely claimed to be Native American until becoming a tenured Harvard professor—a point White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed out to the outraged press corps.
“I think what most people find offensive is Sen. Warren lying about her heritage to advance her career," she told reporters Monday.
Warren immediately slammed the president for using a “racial slur” during an appearance on MSNBC shortly afterward.
“It is deeply unfortunate that the president of the United States can’t even make it through a ceremony honoring these heroes without throwing out a racial slur,” the Massachusetts senator said.
“This was supposed to be an event to honor heroes, people who put it all on the line for our country,” Warren added.
Hours later, however, she was quick to use the president’s remark to fundraise.
Trump refers to Warren as ‘Pocahontas’ because she falsely claimed to be Native American until becoming a tenured Harvard professor—a point White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders pointed out to the outraged press corps.
“I think what most people find offensive is Sen. Warren lying about her heritage to advance her career," she told reporters Monday.
Clinton Guard Says He’ll Go Public on Clinton’s 26 Underage “Lolita Express” Trips
BY BENJAMIN ARIE
It’s no secret that the Clinton’s have ties to corruption… but some people know more about about the lurid details than others.
One of those individuals with insider knowledge of the Clinton machine is Dan Bongino, an author and former Secret Service agent.
During a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, the former agent made his thoughts on the other corrupt Clinton — Hillary — crystal clear. “I found (her) to be the most deceptive human being, manipulative political person in a position of power I’d ever met in my entire life,” he told the Fox News host.
That statement quickly drew the ire of Nick Merrill, who was Clinton’s one-time communications director. Merrill lashed out and tried to discredit Bongino, but the former agent hit back in epic fashion… and included a hint about an alleged Bill Clinton pedophilia connection.
“She has enormous respect for the Secret Service and a great relationship with the agents on her detail,” Merrill claimed on Twitter. In fact, several respected sources have insisted that the Clinton’s loathed their protective agents to the point that agents often asked to be re-assigned.“This guy (Bongino) was never on the Clintons’ detail, and I don’t recognize him in the slightest,” Hillary’s lackey Merrill claimed.
That’s when Bongino struck back. A picture is worth a thousand words — and the former agent used exactly that to prove that Merrill was full of baloney.
That’s when Bongino struck back. A picture is worth a thousand words — and the former agent used exactly that to prove that Merrill was full of baloney.
This pic is from NY Newsday’s inside cover taken at the US Open in 2001. It’s one of literally hundreds of operations I conducted with Hillary documented thoroughly by official US govt paperwork of which I still have copies. You’re welcome to stop by & review the paperwork.Thanks.
8:31 AM - Nov 24, 2017
After posting a newspaper photo of himself on duty literally inches away from Hillary Clinton, Bongino dropped a bombshell clue that he wasn’t done with the Clinton’s just yet.
“Be careful Nick, people know things not yet released publicly about your messiah Hillary,” he warned.
“Don’t poke the bear loser, you may not like the results,” he continued, before including these hashtags: “#Epstein #EmailGate.”
“EmailGate” is the well known scandal involving Hillary Clinton’s improper use of unsecured private servers and the treasure trove of information they held… but what is “Epstein?”
It’s the alleged link between Bill Clinton and the abuse of underage girls on board convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet.
Yes, it sounds like something ripped from a tabloid or a political thriller novel, but even mainstream journalists have acknowledged that there may be a mysterious and twisted link between Clinton and his pedophile friend.
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“Former President Bill Clinton was a much more frequent flyer on a registered sex offender’s infamous jet than previously reported, with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the ‘Lolita Express’,” Fox News reported in 2016.
This was confirmed by The Washington Times.
“Flight logs obtained by Gawker in January 2015 put Mr. Clinton on the billionaire’s infamous jet more than a dozen times — sometimes with a woman who federal prosecutors suspect of procuring underage sex victims for Mr. Epstein,” reported the Times.
“Bill Clinton … associated with a man like Jeffrey Epstein, who everyone in New York, certainly within his inner circles, knew was a pedophile. Why would a former president associate with a man like that?” asked Conchita Sarnoff, an expert on sex trafficking.
With one simple hashtag, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino may have just put fear into the hearts of the Clinton insiders.
Agents would no doubt have been in a position to see and even collect evidence of activities that would ruin Bill and Hillary Clinton forever if they were brought to light.
Whether Bongino truly has the dirt or is bluffing remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: He’d better watch his back to make sure the Clinton machine doesn’t add his name to their enemies list.
“Former President Bill Clinton was a much more frequent flyer on a registered sex offender’s infamous jet than previously reported, with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the ‘Lolita Express’,” Fox News reported in 2016.
This was confirmed by The Washington Times.
“Flight logs obtained by Gawker in January 2015 put Mr. Clinton on the billionaire’s infamous jet more than a dozen times — sometimes with a woman who federal prosecutors suspect of procuring underage sex victims for Mr. Epstein,” reported the Times.
“Bill Clinton … associated with a man like Jeffrey Epstein, who everyone in New York, certainly within his inner circles, knew was a pedophile. Why would a former president associate with a man like that?” asked Conchita Sarnoff, an expert on sex trafficking.
With one simple hashtag, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino may have just put fear into the hearts of the Clinton insiders.
Agents would no doubt have been in a position to see and even collect evidence of activities that would ruin Bill and Hillary Clinton forever if they were brought to light.
Whether Bongino truly has the dirt or is bluffing remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: He’d better watch his back to make sure the Clinton machine doesn’t add his name to their enemies list.
Israel Issues Shocking War Threat, This Could Get Ugly
Ben Baker
With the threat of ISIS subsiding, Israel is becoming the new hostile threat in the Middle East.
According to The Jerusalem Post, an anonymous source revealed a disturbing plan by Israel. They vow to destroy any and all Iranian facilities within 40 kilometers’ of Israel’s own Golan Heights.
The discovery was made after Syrian President Bashar Assad made a surprise visit to Russia recently. During the meeting, President Assad asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to deliver a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The message, which was reportedly delivered, was that Damascus was willing to establish a demilitarized zone of about 40 kilometers on the border of Golan Heights as long as Israel agreed not to remove President Assad from power. Reportedly Prime Minister Netanyahu was willing to accept the deal, but would not be swayed from eliminating Iran and the political militants known as Hezbollah.
The interesting dilemma here is that Israel sees President Assad as an enemy by association, according to the anonymous source. President Assad is seen by Israel as a president of the Alawite community. Alawites are a minority group of Shi’ite Muslims based in Syria that has received support from Iran for many years.
The perceived threat by Israel is that Iran could be using its support to help establish political footholds in neighboring countries to further its power, Hezbollah’s rise to power in Lebanon is one example.
Israel, fearing that Iran is gaining influence and power in Syria and Lebanon, has resorted to aggressive and hostile actions to combat this growing threat. This has resulted in a proxy war between Iran and Israel as they fight for dominance over the neighboring countries.
This hostile conflict between the two nations has been waging for many years. It temporarily subsided as many of the Middle Eastern nations were forced to deal with the mutual threat of ISIS which was laying claim to large swaths of territory and killing many many people of all nationalities.
But with ISIS suffering major defeats at the hands of US-led coalition forces and Russian backed forces, there exists a power vacuum that many nations are hoping to fill, once again resulting in Iran being pitted against Israel in a continuation of the conflict.
During the fighting against ISIS Israel threatened to bomb President Assad’s palace. Syria responded with threats of “dangerous repercussions” should Israel conduct strikes against Syrian positions. Though heated, none of these arguments resulted in major action.
This proxy war could also inflate into a much larger conflict given that the US has allied with Israel and Russia is backing Iran. With ISIS in the mix, both superpowers have been able to focus their efforts on a mutual enemy, but with the terrorists fleeing into the shadows they might find themselves at odds as their smaller partners go toe to toe.
The rich oil fields left behind by ISIS forces are also likely adding fuel to the fire as many nations could be hoping to profit from the millions of dollars in revenue these areas would bring.
It’s unclear how the US would respond to an all-out war should Russia chose to get more heavily involved in Iran’s rise to power. It would be tragic to see American forces being forced to remain in the area, not to quell a rising terrorist threat, but to help the locals settle their differences, which historically has not gone well.
Trump and South Korea Both Respond to Rocket Man Kim’s Stunt
In the dead of night local time, North Korea sent yet another ballistic missile sailing into the Sea of Japan.
This is the first such test in months, following a brutal back and forth between North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump in which both leaders threatened the other with widespread destruction.
Like many of the missile tests before it, today’s projectile did not contain a live warhead, or at least not one that detonated, leaving many to speculate about the true impetus behind the rogue regime’s timing and purpose.
One thing is for sure, however; the move received a prompt response from North Korea’s most diametrically opposed enemies.
“President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that the United States ‘will handle’ the situation in North Korea after the rogue nation launched yet another intercontinental ballistic missile earlier in the day.
“‘We will take care of it,’ Trump said, adding later that North Korea ‘is a situation that we will handle.’
“Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis told reporters that the North Korean missile test went ‘higher, frankly, than any previous shot they have taken.’
“Mattis made remarks as he sat in on a meeting with Trump, House Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader McConnell. The defense secretary added that North Korea has the ability to hit “‘everywhere in the world basically.’
“South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the South Korean military carried out a ‘precision missile strike drill’ just minutes after North Korea’s missile launch.
“The precision missile strike matched the flight distance of the North Korean missile and landed in waters off the east coast of South Korea.
“South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff added that its counter drill tested a scenario of simultaneously hitting a target through the land, air and sea, but did not elaborate further.”
This could be the final straw when it comes to U.S. diplomatic relations with North Korea, as growing evidence of a humanitarian crisis bordering on genocide emerges from the militant and provocative nation.
Just yesterday, Japan announced the grisly discovery of several possible North Korean defectors who had perished in a tiny wooden boat at sea while presumably hoping to reach the relative safety of Japan. Combined with footage from last week depicting the attempted assassination of a military defector as he ran for the South Korean border, the world is very much ready for Kim Jong Un to find himself unemployed by any means necessary.
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Helen and Moe Lauzier
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