Committee members approved the resolution on a 15-11 party-line vote. It is now up to Republican leaders to decide if they’ll bring the measure for a vote before the full House.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Rod Rosenstein contempt, impeachment in play as Congress-Justice Department showdown escalates - Washington Times
Rod Rosenstein contempt, impeachment in play as Congress-Justice Department showdown escalates - Washington Times:
The showdown between Congress and the Justice Department over the Russia probe escalated Tuesday after the House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of a resolution demanding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hand over sensitive documents related to the investigation into meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections.
Committee members approved the resolution on a 15-11 party-line vote. It is now up to Republican leaders to decide if they’ll bring the measure for a vote before the full House.
Committee members approved the resolution on a 15-11 party-line vote. It is now up to Republican leaders to decide if they’ll bring the measure for a vote before the full House.
Sanctuary City: 11 MS-13 Gang Members from El Salvador Charged in Murder of Two Teens
Sanctuary City: 11 MS-13 Gang Members from El Salvador Charged in Murder of Two Teens:
Eleven alleged members of the murderous El Salvadorian MS-13 gang have been hit with murder charges in connection to the deaths of two American teenagers in the sanctuary city of Fairfax County, Virginia.
Eleven alleged members of the murderous El Salvadorian MS-13 gang have been hit with murder charges in connection to the deaths of two American teenagers in the sanctuary city of Fairfax County, Virginia.
Iphoneconservative - Posts:
"Most of us by now understand that the Mainstream Media are not in the business of the reporting of facts but rather in the shaping of public opinion.
Across America, 24 hours a day, the media enters our homes and lives not to inform us...... but rather to tell us how we should think.
Whether the issue is Global Warming, marriage equality or civil unrest in American cities...........coverage is less determined by the facts than by what networks and reporters believe the story should be.
Journalism has become a profession peopled by social activists masquerading as impartial reporters of facts.
This however is not a new phenomena............
In fact a study of papers and periodicals of the 18th and 19th century show wildly inflammatory and misleading opinion being presented as news.
The newspaper business of that day was a wild free for all, where anyone with the resources, could set up a newspaper or periodical and publish virtually anything that they liked.
Not much different from the internet of today.
However.....in the early part of the 20th century journalism took on the mantle of a profession. Reporters and the media were now accorded an increasing respect.
Schools of journalism were set up, guidelines and codes of conduct outlined and the media took up its self-appointed role as the "fourth estate, the gate-keeper of western democracy assuring Americans that truth was their highest ideal.
Walter Cronkite changed all that.
Touted as the "most trusted man in America" Cronkite's role as CBS's news anchorman took him into American living rooms nightly, to tell the families gathered there, the events of the day, signing off with the assurance "And that's the way it is".
The public trust in Walter Cronkite cannot be underestimated.
Which is why his betrayal of that trust and its ongoing consequences is so particularly egregious.
...The legacy of Walter Cronkite continues to this day.
"Most of us by now understand that the Mainstream Media are not in the business of the reporting of facts but rather in the shaping of public opinion.
Across America, 24 hours a day, the media enters our homes and lives not to inform us...... but rather to tell us how we should think.
Whether the issue is Global Warming, marriage equality or civil unrest in American cities...........coverage is less determined by the facts than by what networks and reporters believe the story should be.
Journalism has become a profession peopled by social activists masquerading as impartial reporters of facts.This however is not a new phenomena............
In fact a study of papers and periodicals of the 18th and 19th century show wildly inflammatory and misleading opinion being presented as news.
The newspaper business of that day was a wild free for all, where anyone with the resources, could set up a newspaper or periodical and publish virtually anything that they liked.
Not much different from the internet of today.
However.....in the early part of the 20th century journalism took on the mantle of a profession. Reporters and the media were now accorded an increasing respect.
Schools of journalism were set up, guidelines and codes of conduct outlined and the media took up its self-appointed role as the "fourth estate, the gate-keeper of western democracy assuring Americans that truth was their highest ideal.
Walter Cronkite changed all that.
Touted as the "most trusted man in America" Cronkite's role as CBS's news anchorman took him into American living rooms nightly, to tell the families gathered there, the events of the day, signing off with the assurance "And that's the way it is".
The public trust in Walter Cronkite cannot be underestimated.
Which is why his betrayal of that trust and its ongoing consequences is so particularly egregious.
...The legacy of Walter Cronkite continues to this day.
The media once the collators and promulgators of facts have become in the space of one human lifetime............The gatekeepers of inconvenient truths.
Only allowing outside that which serves their beliefs and desires.
Thus is our Republic weakened and the public trust made poorer by the day."
Only allowing outside that which serves their beliefs and desires.
Thus is our Republic weakened and the public trust made poorer by the day."
Prof claims ‘civility’ is a euphemism for ‘white supremacy’
Prof claims ‘civility’ is a euphemism for ‘white supremacy’
Amidst widespread calls for a return to civility, especially when it comes to political differences, one professor took to Twitter to declare that calls for civility are just a cover for "white supremacy."
Simran Jeet Singh, who calls himself an "anti-racist activist," argued that since Europeans colonized peoples they considered "uncivilized," calls for civility are just an extension of "whiteness" and "European colonialism."
A New York University educator recently asserted that current "calls for civility are just a power play by those who feel that white supremacy is under threat."
Simran Jeet Singh, a Henry R. Luce Post-Doctoral Fellow for Religion in International Affairs at NYU’s Center for Religion and Media, made the claim Monday evening in two Twitter threads that appeared to be a response to widespread calls for civility after Maxine Waters publicly endorsed the mass harassment of members of the Trump administration this weekend.
"Calls for civility are just a power play by those who feel that white supremacy is under threat." Tweet This
Singh, who describes himself as an “anti-racist activist,” proposed in the first thread that “lecturing people of color about civility in this climate is an ultimate sign of privilege.”
“If you don’t know what it’s like to fight for your life every single day, then it might not be your place to tell us how to fight personal and systemic racism,” he asserts, later adding that “they mobilize and run these dehumanizing racist systems—and then they ask us to be more civil?”
Sold on lies!-----European High-Speed Rail Also a Huge Boondoggle - Hit & Run : Reason.com
European High-Speed Rail Also a Huge Boondoggle - Hit & Run : Reason.com:
"High-speed rail is working out in Europe about as well as it is here in America—that is, not great.
A new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA)—the E.U.'s spending watchdog—found that the continent's web of high-speed rail lines are "not a network, but an ineffective patchwork" that suffers from chronic cost overruns, delays, and poor performance.
"High-speed rail infrastructure is expensive, and is becoming more so," reads the report, noting that the average high-speed rail project cost €25 million per kilometer ($29 million) and that "cost overruns…and delays were the norm instead of the exception."
...Of the six currently operating lines examined in the ECA's report, trains were running on average at speeds of 45 percent of each line's design capacity.
...Had these European countries stuck to building or upgrading conventional rail lines, says the ECA, "costs involved could in fact have been far lower, with little or no impact on operations."
In four of the lines looked at in the ECA's report, transportation officials spent over €100 million ($116 million) for every minute of travel time saved..."
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"High-speed rail is working out in Europe about as well as it is here in America—that is, not great.
A new report by the European Court of Auditors (ECA)—the E.U.'s spending watchdog—found that the continent's web of high-speed rail lines are "not a network, but an ineffective patchwork" that suffers from chronic cost overruns, delays, and poor performance."High-speed rail infrastructure is expensive, and is becoming more so," reads the report, noting that the average high-speed rail project cost €25 million per kilometer ($29 million) and that "cost overruns…and delays were the norm instead of the exception."
...Of the six currently operating lines examined in the ECA's report, trains were running on average at speeds of 45 percent of each line's design capacity.
...Had these European countries stuck to building or upgrading conventional rail lines, says the ECA, "costs involved could in fact have been far lower, with little or no impact on operations."
In four of the lines looked at in the ECA's report, transportation officials spent over €100 million ($116 million) for every minute of travel time saved..."
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Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Trump’s Position on Immigration, Compared With Obama’s ‘Catch-and-Release’ Policy
Poll: Americans Overwhelmingly Support Trump’s Position on Immigration, Compared With Obama’s ‘Catch-and-Release’ Policy:
“Only 19 percent of the American people support the Democrat position,” said Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, citing a new Economist/YouGov poll. “Catch and release” is the controversial practice where illegal immigrants are released from custody and told to show up to a court hearing at a designated later date. But Republicans contend that the vast majority do not appear for their hearings, which usually occur three to five years later.
“Only 19 percent of the American people support the Democrat position,” said Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, citing a new Economist/YouGov poll. “Catch and release” is the controversial practice where illegal immigrants are released from custody and told to show up to a court hearing at a designated later date. But Republicans contend that the vast majority do not appear for their hearings, which usually occur three to five years later.
Answer: Bad news for America-----Can Americans Tell Facts from Opinions in the News? | Pew Research Center
Can Americans Tell Facts from Opinions in the News? | Pew Research Center:
"The politically aware, digitally savvy and those more trusting of the news media fare better; Republicans and Democrats both influenced by political appeal of statements"
Much here, read all!
"The politically aware, digitally savvy and those more trusting of the news media fare better; Republicans and Democrats both influenced by political appeal of statements"
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History for June 27
History for June 27 - On-This-Day.com
Mildred J. Hill 1859, Helen Keller 1880, Willie Mosconi 1913
Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan 1927, H. Ross Perot 1930, Tobey Maguire 1975
1693 - "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
1787 - Edward Gibbon completed "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It was published the following May.
1893 - The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.
1942 - The FBI announced the capture of eight Nazi saboteurs who had been put ashore from a submarine on New York's Long Island.
1949 - "Captain Video and His Video Rangers" premiered on the Dumont Television Network.
1955 - The first "Wide Wide World" was broadcast on NBC-TV.
1980 - U.S. President Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration.
1985 - Route 66 was officially removed from the United States Highway System.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban - Washington Times
Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban - Washington Times:
President Trump’s travel ban is both legal and constitutional, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, reversing a series of anti-Trump decisions by lower courts and delivering a landmark win for the White House.
The 5-4 decision recognizes Mr. Trump has broad powers to block foreigners from entering the U.S., giving the administration a boost as it tries to fend off myriad lawsuits over its get-tough immigration policies.
The 5-4 decision recognizes Mr. Trump has broad powers to block foreigners from entering the U.S., giving the administration a boost as it tries to fend off myriad lawsuits over its get-tough immigration policies.
Rush Limbaugh: Counter Maxine Waters' mob rhetoric by laughing at her 'pit of insanity' - Washington Times
Rush Limbaugh: Counter Maxine Waters' mob rhetoric by laughing at her 'pit of insanity' - Washington Times:
“There’s also another old rule of thumb,” he continued. “Never get into an argument with an idiot, because people watching will not be able to tell the difference in you and the idiot. But on the other side of that, this is serious. This woman is promoting and inciting mobs. Are we just supposed to stand by and let it happen? …
Maxine Waters & Trump Protests: Where's The Line? | National Review
Maxine Waters & Trump Protests: Where's The Line? | National Review
"There is no limiting principle on leftist fury.
American politics is taking a dangerous turn.
Or, I should say, American politics is taking a dangerous turn again.
In the space of a few days last week, leftist protesters
Maxine Waters calls for attacks on Trump administration: "If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere."...
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"There is no limiting principle on leftist fury.
American politics is taking a dangerous turn.
Or, I should say, American politics is taking a dangerous turn again.
In the space of a few days last week, leftist protesters
- individually targeted Trump aide Stephen Miller,
- taunted Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen in a restaurant and at her home,
- mocked (and allegedly spat at) Florida attorney general Pam Bondi at a movie theater, and
- denied service to Trump press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a restaurant in Lexington, Va.
- Then, on Sunday, Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters said this:
Maxine Waters calls for attacks on Trump administration: "If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere."...
Read on!
Army training to focus on battlefield skills, not social issues - Washington Times
Army training to focus on battlefield skills, not social issues - Washington Times:Actual fighting will now take precedence over dealing with transitioning transgender troops, drug abuse and other issues as the Army seeks to overhaul its training regimen to hone its soldiers’ battlefield skills.
Is that normal? What to expect during a visit to the gynecologist
Is that normal? What to expect during a visit to the gynecologist
"Is that normal?
What to expect during a visit to the gynecologist
It can be difficult for patients to tell when a doctor’s behavior crosses the line from uncomfortable to inappropriate, especially during a woman’s first exam. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
A visit to the gynecologist is an important part of a woman’s medical care.
But more than other types of checkups, the exam puts patients in a vulnerable position of intimate scrutiny..."
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What to expect during a visit to the gynecologist
It can be difficult for patients to tell when a doctor’s behavior crosses the line from uncomfortable to inappropriate, especially during a woman’s first exam. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
A visit to the gynecologist is an important part of a woman’s medical care.
But more than other types of checkups, the exam puts patients in a vulnerable position of intimate scrutiny..."
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Doug Ross @ Journal: HATE MACHINE: How Liberals Became the Very Fascists They Always Warned Us About
Doug Ross @ Journal: HATE MACHINE: How Liberals Became the Very Fascists They Always Warned Us About
"Before the election, we were told that Trump was a Nazi and his jackbooted thugs would take over and put people into camps and treat them as nonhumans.
That is, to do what was only done previously in America by Democrats.
Society is more divided now than at any time since the Civil War.
Society is more divided now than at any time since the Civil War.
People hate other people because of who they voted for.
People are even choosing friends and breaking apart from family members based on who they supported in the last election.
Beyond Facebook unfriending, relationships are impacted.
It’s based on fear, disappointment, and hatred, and it seems to be all coming from one side.
Leftists said if Trump won, that there’d be violent mobs of hate, and intolerant fascists would try to silence those with whom they disagree.
Leftists said if Trump won, that there’d be violent mobs of hate, and intolerant fascists would try to silence those with whom they disagree.
It just was by a group of people from which they didn’t expect it: themselves...
That is, liberals believe that most of America is out-of-step with America...."
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Cynthia Nixon: ICE Has Frankly Turned Into a 'Terrorist Organization,' Calls for Its Abolition
Cynthia Nixon: ICE Has Frankly Turned Into a 'Terrorist Organization,' Calls for Its Abolition:
Actress and New York Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon called U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) a "terrorist organization" on Thursday.
Nixon also called for the law enforcement agency's abolition.
"ICE has strayed so far from its mission. It's supposed to be here to keep Americans safe but what it's turned into is frankly a terrorist organization of its own, that is terrorizing people who are coming to this country," Nixon said to NY1.
Nixon also called for the law enforcement agency's abolition.
"ICE has strayed so far from its mission. It's supposed to be here to keep Americans safe but what it's turned into is frankly a terrorist organization of its own, that is terrorizing people who are coming to this country," Nixon said to NY1.
"Little House on the Prairie" Author's Name Removed from Book Award | The Digital Reader
"Little House on the Prairie" Author's Name Removed from Book Award | The Digital Reader
"Following several years of quiet debate, a division of the American Library Association has announced that it will be changing the name of its children book award.
From The Guardian:
The board of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) made the unanimous decision to change the name on Saturday, at a meeting in New Orleans. The name of the prize was changed from the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal to the Children’s Literature Legacy Award.The association said Wilder “includes expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with ALSC’s core values”.The first award was given to Wilder in 1954. The ALSC said Wilder’s work continued to be published and read but her “legacy is complex” and “not universally embraced”.Wilder was born in 1867 and died in 1957. She is best known for her eight Little House on the Prairie novels, about pioneer life in the American West, which were published between 1932 and 1943.
Scholars have been discussing the racism in Laura Ingalls Wilder's books for decades, but it was only in the last few years that the issue started getting widespread attention for the racist attitudes toward Native Americans as well as the racist cultural references toward African Americans.
It was only a matter of time before her name was removed from the award, and frankly, I am surprised those books are still being used in schools - they amount to cultural propaganda and should not be taught to impressionable minds. They present an idealized version of a period of American history that glosses over the many darker aspects of that period, so much so that the racism is only the first problem with the books..."
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Spitting Lefty Protesters Hound FL AG Pam Bondi Out of Movie Theater
Spitting Lefty Protesters Hound FL AG Pam Bondi Out of Movie Theater
Fla. Attorney General Pam Bondi escorted out of Tampa theater. Image via You Tube.
"Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi had to be escorted out of a Tampa theater screening of the Mister Rogers documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" by police Friday night due to screaming protesters who hounded her throughout the building.
Enraged at Bondi over her recent actions on health care policy and her stance on immigration, the activists created what the Fla. AG's spokesman called a "volatile scene," getting into Bondi's face, blocking her exit, and spitting on her.
Timothy Heberlein of Organize Florida took the video of Bondi leaving the theater flanked by law enforcement, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
"What would Mister Rogers think about you and your legacy in Florida? Taking away health insurance from people with pre-existing conditions, Pam Bondi!" Maria José Chapa, a labor organizer, screeches at Bondi in the video. "Shame on you!
"You're a horrible person!" another protester bellows.
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Maxine Waters's Mob Politics...
Maxine Waters's Mob Politics & Gavin Newsom’s California Progressivism | National Review
"...Maxine Waters advocates mob politics...
Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters, calling for attacks on the Trump administration at a rally in Los Angeles Saturday: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
"...Maxine Waters advocates mob politics...
Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters, calling for attacks on the Trump administration at a rally in Los Angeles Saturday: “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
How exactly does Maxine Waters think this is going to shake out?
Does she think this tactic will be used only by leftist protesters, only against Trump cabinet officials, and that in no circumstance will “pushing back at them” lead to violence against those targeted individuals?
Does she think that there is no possible scenario where the security details assigned to protect cabinet officials from harm respond to threatening behavior with force? ...
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Barbara Lee accuses Trump administration of 'criminalizing' illegal immigrants - Washington Times
Rep. Barbara Lee, California Democrat, accused the Trump administration Sunday of “criminalizing” illegal immigrants.
Ms. Lee, who joined a congressional delegation that visited intake and detention facilities Saturday near the border in Texas, described the conditions as “tragic.
Buses are full, so instead of adding more buses, they want to ban tourists?-----l'Tourists go home, refugees welcome': why Barcelona chose migrants over visitors | Cities | The Guardian
'Tourists go home, refugees welcome': why Barcelona chose migrants over visitors | Cities | The Guardian:"...Public services are also feeling the strain.
“People who live near the popular tourist spot of Park Gell can’t get on the bus because it’s full of tourists,” Recio says.
“And many traditional businesses that have existed for over 100 years have been driven out.”...
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