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Trump Would Consider Fla. AG Pam Bondi 'for Anything'
By Eric Mack 
Amid anticipated midterm White House and Cabinet restructuring, President Donald Trump did not rule out Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as the next attorney general, saying he would "love to have her in the administration."
"I'd consider Pam Bondi for anything," President Trump told reporters Saturday before leaving for California to address its raging wildfire.
Bondi and ex-New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie have been rumored to be candidates to be U.S. attorney general, replacing Jeff Sessions and taking over for Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. Bondi's final term as Florida attorney general ends in January.
"I know her very well," Trump said of Bondi. "In the meantime, she's got a very good job. She's doing a very good job. She's always done a very good job. But in some form, I'd love to have her in the administration."
President Trump is expected to meet with Bondi at Mar-a-Lago this week over Thanksgiving break, according to CNN sources.
"We have a great Cabinet," President Trump said, expressing his support for Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "I could go through every one of them, but then you might be able to figure out the one or two I am a little bit less happy with, that wouldn't be good."
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Who or What Is Really Responsible for the Huge Forest Fires in California?
Bruce Bialosky
Once again, faced with the failure of the “press” to educate us on an issue, we decided to go out and research the truth about what appears to be the significant increase in huge forest fires. Once we did the research, we found out major differences in facts from the random barkings in the MSM.Let us start with this simple aspect. Forest fires are a normal thing. Often caused by lightning or other natural causes, they are God’s way of clearing forests. In those natural forest clearances, the wildlife that exists in them are threatened or their habitat is destroyed. What has changed is mankind’s intervention in the natural process. The question is, what other factors may be causing the change in the intensity of recent forest fires?
We also came armed with a thought. If you believe that global warming is making life more challenging for forest management, then you should support proper forest clearance. Otherwise we will be left with even more intense fires.
For this column, other than reading everything available, we went to two sources: our national Forest Service and the Union of Concerned Scientists to get different perspectives.
Speaking with Chris French, the Acting Deputy Chief of Forest Service (FS), we received a primer on what is really going on with forest fires today.
When asked what he believes is the primary cause of the intense forest fires, Mr. French’s immediate response was “Forests are overstocked. There are more trees than 100 years ago.” He went on to say that part of the problem was the Forest Service’s good work in the recent past stopping forest fires. This meant, however, that their focus was largely directed away from forest maintenance, which caused the elements that fuel a fire like underbrush, dead trees or more density to occur.
The changes French would like to see would be more active forest clearance and clearance of the underbrush. He also wants to do more controlled fires when the risks are minimized. If you are wondering why they are not doing that now it is because of budget restraints.
What government department does not advocate for additional money in their budget? In this case, there may truly be rationale. Because of the good work the FS was doing, they were spending 85% of the budget on forest maintenance and 15% on fire suppression.
Over the recent years as forest fires became more intense, they spent more money on suppression and less on clearance causing a vicious cycle of less money on clearance. At this point French stated that it was projected that 60% of their budget went toward suppression leaving fewer precious dollars for clearance. Recent Congressional budget bills have increased the Forest Service budget providing additional funding for clearance, thus hopefully stopping as many fires from happening and less money spent on suppression.
While doing the clearance the Forest Service does, French stated they were controlled by a myriad of federal laws which limit their actions. These laws include The Clean Air Act, Natural Forest Management Act, Endangered Species Act and National Environmental Policy Act to name a few. The Forest Service must put information out to the public before they do their clearance work. They are not always questioned, but quite often interest groups jump in armed with legal briefs to stop the planned work.
Currently there are groups trying to stop certain aspects of the Farm bill from being passed that would enhance the funding for forest clearance because they are against logging even though it is clear much of the land in question has three times the density that it should.
Just a thought: If you have a concern about destroying the natural habitat and thus limit the proper clearance of the areas in question, what do you say about what happens to the improperly-cleared forest during a major fire when the habitat is destroyed and the animals’ lives are put at risk?
One other point French made was about risks being higher today. He stated “People are living closer to where the fire dangers are, causing more damage and peril to human lives.” We asked if this is akin to all the people living in floodplains today. His response: “Exactly.”
This kind of fire has a catchy new name – urban interface fires. The Forest Service defines the wildland-urban interface as the place where "homes and wildlands meet or intermingle". As French described, it's where "humans and their development meet or intermix with wildland fuel". These used to be called fire areas. I live in one and we have to do special clearance each year to make sure that if a fire starts there will be little fuel to feed the fire. Where I live has built up for seventy years. This new situation describes the recent fires in California where people reached further in to these areas to homestead.
What is the government’s responsibility in these cases? Few would restrict people’s rights to build homes on private property. Fewer would suggest the authorities should not protect those people from danger if there is a fire, mud slide or their home is washed out in a flood. Many will question whether the government should have any financial risk to help the survivors rebuild in the areas in question. Others would say that just encourages questionable behavior.
While we can all feel sadness for those who have lost their homes in the fires, many have built homes in areas that are inherently dangerous to be “away from the hubbub.” Their choice; their risk. To build a home near a forest and not accept the uncertainty of fire verges on insanity.
When dealing with an environmental group today, one anticipates that a focal point will be global warming/climate change. In fact, the article I pulled from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) website is titled "Is Global Warming Fueling Increases Fire Risks?" The column is a mix of warnings about how global warming is increasing wildfires and encouragement to do more forest clearance. I spoke with Rachel Cleetus, lead economist and policy director with the climate and energy program for the UCS.
Ms. Cleetus painted a somewhat different picture. She also forwarded a 64-page report she personally authored for the UCS on the matter. She was very aware of the many factors that are involved and echoed many of the same themes that the FS had stated, including the need for a greater budget especially with the extra monies being spent on forest clearance.
Cleetus was unclear whether the organization just supported the procedures that the FS argued for or advocated for them. She stated that they were not involved in stopping the FS from doing their work like some other interests often do.
But she did state the primary reasons for the increased risk of major fires was because of more people living in the areas and the forest management (or lack thereof) being done.
Whether you believe in global warming/climate change or not, it is quite clear that the forest service needs to get a handle on proper forest management to lessen the risks of major forest fires. The only way they can do that right now is to throw more resources at the problem to stop the downward spiral of clearance necessary to halt/minimize the risk of major fires.
Certainly, the federal/state governments need to make clear that they will not assume any liability for financial loss if anyone lives is in a fire zone. Citizens need to evaluate whether the joy of being in these areas is worth the exposure to their belongings and possibly their lives.
One thing we know for sure is that the wild charges made by some that this is all due to change in environmental factors is wrong. Though the UCS is vested in the issue of climate change, they support that there are other factors as proposed by the FS.
Climate change/global warming is not the answer to everything on our planet.
Footnote: We would be remiss if we did not thank the brave people who fight these wildfires for all of us. God bless them.
Gorka: ‘John F. Kennedy Would Not Be Allowed in’ Today’s Dem Party
Gorka: ‘John F. Kennedy Would Not Be Allowed in’ Today’s Dem Party
Sunday on New York AM 970 radio’s “The Cats Roundtable,” Fox News national security strategist Sebastian Gorka weighed in on the current state of the Democratic Party.
Gorka told host John Catsimatidis that when it comes to the Democratic Party, “the lunatics are taking over the asylum.”
“Bill Clinton and his ilk would at least rein in the loonies,” Gorka stated. “When you’ve got Kamala Harris comparing DHS and ICE to the KKK, which is absolutely disgusting, it’s what she did yesterday. When you’ve got [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez, who’s publicly calling for a socialist revolution … you understand that the Democrat Party has been taken over by radicals. John, today, a hard-core, pro-national security politician like John F. Kennedy would not be allowed into the Democrat party. That’s how bad things have gotten.”
WH Sends Acosta Devastating Letter, Reveals His Pass Isn’t Safe at All
BY BRYAN CHAI
WH Sends Acosta Devastating Letter, Reveals His Pass Isn’t Safe at All
BY BRYAN CHAI
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta, left, might have thought he won a round in his fight with the Trump administration, but a letter sent by the White House makes it clear Acosta's press pass is on shaky footing. (Shutterstock)But Acosta is also a stain on honest journalists across the globe.
His obscenely biased coverage of the Trump administration is the antithesis of professionalism.
But the parody that is Jim Acosta took a dastardly turn recently when he had a physical altercation with a White House intern, in a manner completely unbecoming of a gentleman.
Sarah Sanders ✔@PressSecWe stand by our decision to revoke this individual’s hard pass. We will not tolerate the inappropriate behavior clearly documented in this video.
“That’s enough. Put down the mic. CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude terrible person,” Trump told Acosta during the incident.
Frankly, those comments are probably putting things lightly.
Acosta got physical with the White House intern, that is as plain as day no matter how the liberal media tries to defend the incident.
That resulted in the White House revoking Acosta’s press pass, a move that seemed like a long time coming.
A judge, however, issued a temporary restraining order ruling that the White House must give Acosta’s press pass back immediately. According to The Hill, temporary restraining orders typically last 14 days.
One important thing to note is that while the liberal media cried about First Amendment rights being infringed upon, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly made it explicitly clear that there were no rights being trampled.
Kelly ruled that the pass must be returned, not over First Amendment issues, but because the government could not say who initially decided to revoke Acosta’s pass.
Predictably, Acosta and his allies took a small victory lap after the judge’s ruling.
The White House, however, has responded with a searing reality check for Acosta.
According to Brian Stelter, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” the White House has sent a letter to Acosta bluntly “stating that his pass is set to be suspended again once the restraining order expires.”
According to The Washington Post, the letter from White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders and Bill Shine, assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for communications, wrote that Acosta had “violated the basic standards governing (news conferences), and is, in our preliminary judgment, sufficient factual basis to revoke your hard pass.”
CNN has already asked for an emergency hearing on the matter, the Post reported.
Stelter also published the letter with a Twitter post.
Here's the letter Sanders and Shine sent to @Acosta on Friday night. It claims that his presser behavior violated "basic standards," laying the groundwork to strip his press pass again
9:25 AM - Nov 19, 2018
“From the looks of the letter, the W.H. is trying to establish a paper trail that will empower the administration to boot Acosta again at the end of the month.pointing out that as soon as the restraining order expires, his press pass will be suspended again,” Stelter wrote.
Naturally, CNN spread a virulently false narrative in response to the White House letter.
Stelter quoted a CNN statement issued Sunday:
“The White House is continuing to violate the First and 5th Amendments of the Constitution. These actions threaten all journalists and news organizations. Jim Acosta and CNN will continue to report the news about the White House and the President.”
In regards to the First Amendment, Trump is not violating anything. The White House would rather not have a rude and belligerent reporter at its press briefings (and a good deal of American viewers would agree). The White House is not censoring CNN’s coverage of the Trump administration. Had the White House used its resources to silence CNN’s slanted coverage, then maybe they would have a leg to stand on. CNN is still very much allowed to cover the government with whatever narratives they want.
In regards to the Fifth Amendment, it’s not abundantly clear what CNN is babbling about.
“No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation,” is what the Fifth Amendment states according to Cornell Law.
Where exactly is Acosta not getting due process over a capital or infamous crime? Where exactly is Acosta being subjected to double jeopardy? Where exactly is Acosta being compelled to witness against himself? Where exactly is Acosta being deprived of life, liberty or property? Where exactly is Acosta having his private property taken without just compensation?
The answer to all of the above questions is that Acosta is not being subjected to any of that.
Jim Acosta is a fraud, and deserves every bit of resistance that he’s getting from the White House.
Sec. Ryan Zinke Backs Trump: Years of Mismanagement Led to California Fires
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke backed President Donald Trump on the years of forest mismanagement that led to the California fires as Zinke joined Breitbart News Sunday radio with host Amanda House.
He suggested that even photos of the devastation don’t do justice to what it was like to see it in person. Pointing to years of neglect and dead and dying timber, he observed, “It was like a flamethrower of embers shooting through the forests.”
Zinke said many people were unprepared for the fire. He described situations where firefighters were fighting back fire encroaching on commercial buildings with people still inside of them.
He said the area of Paradise may never return to the way it was before the inferno.
Listen: “The president is absolutely engaged,” said Zinke. He pointed also to the Sheriff and firefighters who fought the fire while their own homes were in jeopardy.
“Forests need active management,” he went on speaking of beetle kills and drought. “The amount of fuel in the forest is at historic highs.”
“The president is absolutely right. This is as much about mismanagement over time,” said Zinke who pointed to not only the previous administration but that the problem had been “going on for years.” He suggested going “back to prescribed burns late in the season,” removed dead and dying timber, and sustainable harvest. He pointed to Finland and Germany as examples.
He said “radical environmentalists” have filed lawsuits to let “nature take its course” and that these fires are the consequence of allowing nature to do so.
“I will lay this on the foot of those environmental radicals that have prevented us from managing the forests for years and, you know what, this is on them.”
Michelle Moons is a White House Correspondent for Breitbart News — follow on Twitter @MichelleDiana and Facebook
Amanda House is Breitbart News’ Deputy Political Editor. You can follow her on Twitter at @AmandaLeeHouse and Instagram.
The Five Most Anti-Trump Journalists on TV
The Five Most Anti-Trump Journalists on TV
There are a host of media personalities on television today that really should consider a new line of work, whether for their overt bias, ineptitude, or generally annoying personalities.
For instance, CNN’s Jim Acosta falls into all three of those categories. The White House recently had to slap him on the wrist for his ridiculous behavior, issuing a long-overdue revocation of his hard pass.
What other media personalities need to find their way off of our television screens or doing something other than covering the President and his administration?
Let’s take a gander at the most liberal journalists, shall we?
Chuck Todd
The man Rush Limbaugh calls ‘F. Chuck Todd’ is relentlessly overbearing. As host of “Meet the Press Daily,” Chuck is under the impression he must be taken seriously as a journalist, yet he delivers bias on a daily basis so transparent it could only work on NBC.
Here’s a very recent and blatant example:
Chuck on October 23rd: “Keep in mind there’s no evidence of any criminals in the Central American caravan.”
Caravan Member that very same day:
Maybe if Chuck would wake up, he wouldn’t be so insufferable.
Joe Scarborough
It isn’t just the fact that he sports a hairdo that looks like a combination of both Beavis and Butthead’s ’90s style, Joe Scarborough has an equally outdated personality.
His feud with President Trump has been an ongoing embarrassment for the network he works for, and he has been a perpetual punching bag for Trump on social media.
When he’s not embarrassing himself as a fake news man, Scarborough is embarrassing himself as a pop singer.
If only he’d stay off the air.
Don Lemon
CNN’s Don Lemon has been referred to by President Trump as the “dumbest man on television,” a moniker he apparently takes seriously and strives to live up to.
He recently doubled down on his idiocy by claiming the biggest terror group in the United States is, well … take a look:
When he’s not making overtly racist comments like that, Lemon is partying with porn lawyers and referring to Kanye West as a “minstrel show.”
Chris Cuomo
Lemon’s colleague at CNN, Chris Cuomo, has the personality of a wet bag of leaves. Or worse, the same personality as his brother, New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
Cuomo’s most grating personality disorder: trying to pretend he’s not a raging liberal.
One moment’s he’s pretending to be fair and balanced for calling out slime like Michael Avenatti, the next he’s justifying domestic terrorist groups punching innocent Trump supporters.
It’d be nice to see him bring his brother on to talk about the multiple felons he’s been associated with in the past year, and maybe taking him to task for saying the President is conducting a “jihad” against immigrants, or saying that America “was never great.”
Until then, enjoy this clip of Kellyanne Conway mocking him and his network …
Shepard Smith
For years now, Shepard Smith has looked like a consistently befuddled man, lost on a network that prides itself on being fair and balanced, both virtues he does not possess.
Smith recently mocked President Trump and those concerned about the threat of illegal immigrants crossing U.S. border, claiming it poses no threat to our nation.
“There is no invasion. No one’s coming to get you. There’s nothing at all to worry about,” he condescended.
Smith has been described by co-hosts at the network as “inaccurate” and/or “clueless,” which constitutes just about everybody on this list.
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