GOP LEADERSHIP’S LATEST OBAMATRADE PLOY REVEALED: SMALL BUSINESS TAX HIKE THAT VIOLATES GOP’S ANTI-TAX PLEDGE

Establishment Republicans desperately trying to secure the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which would give President Obama fast-track authority to secure congressional approval of at least three secretive trade deals, are now willing to increase taxes on small businesses in a way that would violate a pledge almost every Republican Congressman has taken when elected into office.

To secure final passage through Congress of a package that would include TPA fast-track authority—which would ensure finalization of the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), among other deals—the House would need to pass the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) package that was necessary for Senate passage of TPA. The House voted TAA down 302-126 with widespread bipartisan opposition to last week, but House Ways and Means Committee chairman 

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)

58%

 and his allies in House GOP leadership have pledged that they will try to pass it again early next week. The vote would potentially be on Monday, but more likely on Tuesday—and if there is no vote by Tuesday, it’s unlikely that Ryan will be able to succeed in his ploy to revive TPA.

TAA is a big government program usually favored by Democrats—it increases the size and scope of government, and is essentially viewed by Republicans as a welfare program—so their opposition to it during Friday’s complicated and confusing House vote schedule was not opposition to TAA as a specific concept, but opposition to the full Obamatrade package, especially TPA.

House Minority Leader 

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

9%

 gave a blistering floor speech against the full Obamatrade deal, causing a Democratic rebellion against TAA—and forcing Ryan to push Republicans to vote for that part of the package.

Via: Breitbart

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The voice of opposition past, Justice Kennedy may save Obamacare now

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Justice Anthony Kennedy was furious when a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. As he read the dissenting opinion from the bench three years ago, his anger was palpable. The majority regards its opinion “as judicial modesty," he declared. "It is not. It amounts instead to a vast judicial over-reaching.”

That was Kennedy on June 28, 2012.

Now, as the country awaits a ruling in the second major challenge to Obama's signature Affordable Care Act, a question is whether the justice who was the voice of the opposition then could provide the critical fifth vote to uphold the law on the nine-justice court now.

At stake are the tax-credit subsidies that have helped low- and moderate-income Americans obtain health insurance. The challengers say the government unlawfully extended those subsidies to states that did not create local insurance exchanges but instead relied on the federal exchange. If the court strikes down the subsidies, millions of Americans in at least 34 of the 50 states could lose coverage.

Five years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act has become ingrained in American life even as it remains politically divisive. “This is now part of the fabric of how we care for one another," Obama, a Democrat, declared in a speech last week. Republicans have called for repeal and among the related lawsuits simmering in lower courts is a dispute brought by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives over Treasury Department payments to healthcare insurers.

IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT

In the case before the court, the unique issue along with Kennedy's record and his comments in oral arguments raise the possibility he will join the four liberal justices to endorse the law. Three years ago, his fellow conservative Chief Justice John Roberts cast the swing vote with the liberals to uphold the law. It marked a rare episode when Kennedy, the usual key justice on this divided bench, did not control the outcome of a momentous case.

It is impossible to predict with confidence how the court will resolve the case, King v. Burwell. A ruling is anxiously awaited by officials in Washington and the insurance and healthcare industries nationwide.

What is known: Two days after the March 4 oral arguments this year, the justices, per their usual practice, took a vote in a small conference room off Chief Justice Roberts’ chambers. The most senior justice on the winning side then assigned the opinion for those in the majority; the senior justice on the dissenting side tapped a writer for the main dissent. Drafts of dueling opinions began circulating among the chambers.

Via: Yahoo News

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EXPOSED: Two Black Pimps Organized #McKinney “Pool Party” As Part Of Campaign To Sexually Exploit Minors

The free, illegal McKinney pool party was thrown as bait to sell tickets to a later party featuring the sexual exploitation of minors, the regular business of the pool party’s organizers, a black mother/daughter pimp team who sell access to underage girls via tickets to their parties, parties which they populate with these girls, and advertise as such. It may not be direct sex for sale, but it’s about as close as you can get.

Excerpted from The Conservative Treehouse: It appears the Dallas area might actually have an investigative journalist willing to expose the sexploitation of minors. That’s really the bigger picture behind the McKinney “Craig Ranch” pool fiasco.

We previously revealed the McKinney Texas June 5th pool party mob at the Craig Ranch sub-division was organized by 20-year-old Tatyana Rhodes (left), and her mother LaShana Burks (right) pool party – Dime girls 1 Tatyana Rhodes and her mother are facing a very real possibility of civil lawsuits by the Home Owners Association within Craig Ranch for an unapproved and unauthorized event that turned into a mob, and has cost the community THOUSANDS.

In addition, some of the other party members: Jahda Bakari (13), and Grace Stone (14) were part of the same promotional party group.

Combined these young ladies were promoting, and selling tickets for, Tatyana’s next event “#Make It Clap Pt.2? as noted in her promotional flyer.

Notice how Tatyana now tries desperately to avoid admitting that her promotional activity is what led to hundreds of party-goers. It is abundantly clear she and her mother are aware of the lawsuit risks now facing them. Notice also how she references herself as a “teen” when her actual DOB is 04/02/1995.

Despite very specific rules by the HOA regarding use of the pool area, neither Tatyana Rhodes nor her mother, LaShana Burks, sought permission to use the pool or clubhouse area as part of their #Dime Piece Cookout event.

However, Tatyana hired a DJ and promoted the event to include a pool party:

There are numerous social media links reflecting that Tatyana organizes these “parties”, and charges for attendance, as a profit generating business. Her enterprise name is promoted under the auspices of “Twinzzpromotions” and uses the email address twinnzzpromotions@gmail.com:

However, the specific event last Friday was advertised as “free attendance” where Tatyana was passing out flyers and selling tickets for another event she was setting up for June 19.

Via: Pat Dollard

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The Left Can’t Handle An Inconvenient Truth

Identity politics is a prized possession in the Left’s arsenal until someone uses certain identities in a way in which the Left disapproves. They initially shout: “Be who you believe you are, and present yourself in the way you want!” Only, they’re lying. They don’t mean be free to be your (chosen) self. They really mean be free to be your (chosen) self only if it’s what they allow at that moment and in line with the narrative they wish to promote. This is why the situation involving Spokane, Washington NAACP President Rachel Dolezal is making the Left so defensive. It shows the hypocrisy of their convenient tolerance.

Many of us immediately noticed the outrage at Rachel’s “blackness” from those who praised Bruce Caitlyn Jenner’s surgical and supplemental transformation. We clearly see if someone is praised (and soon to be ESPY awarded) for being transgender, then why can’t the same be done for someone who is transracial? If identity is determined by an individual, then questioning that individual’s choice should never enter into the picture, right? I mean, those are their rules. Of course, I believe the trans community seeks to address mental and emotional issues incorrectly. Instead of addressing internal issues internally, they conclude that addressing said issues superficially leads to true freedom. The exact opposite is true. Surgical/cosmetic addition and subtraction is a mask, never a solution.

But don’t worry, the Left is disgusted by the idea that we compare Jenner and Dolezal. Didn’t you know it is completely different? Or something? As some have concluded:

Rachel Dolezal didn’t “choose her race,” she committed fraud by lying about her background. She can choose to adopt whatever culture she wishes, but that’s not what happened here. She lied about her background, not just to the public but apparently also on job applications. That’s fraud. The people who are trying to use this case to draw analogies to, or mostly just to make stupid, snarly comments about, the issues raised last week by the Caitlyn Jenner story, are just being obnoxious jerks.

Well, consider me an obnoxious jerk. It doesn’t matter if she hid (rather poorly) her natural identity for years. Bruce Caitlyn Jenner hid his desire for female identity for years. Both cases are fraudulent. But put aside my offensive opinion, what does Rachel Dolezal say about herself? Just this rather inconvenient admission:

“Yes, I do consider myself to be black and that’s because … you know, that’s how I identify,” she told the station.

Via: Red State

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[VIDEO] CNN Anchor: ‘I Misspoke’ Calling Dallas Gunman ‘Courageous and Brave’

On Sunday, CNN’s Fredericka Whitfield claimed that she merely “misspoke” on Saturday when she called the gunman in the Dallas Police Department attack “very courageous and brave” but went short of actually apologizing for her controversial comments.

  During the 2:00 p.m. edition of CNN Newsroom, Whitfield explained “yesterday during a segment on the Dallas Police Department attack, I used the words courageous and brave when discussing the gunman. I misspoke and in no way believe the gunman was courageous nor brave.”  -

Via: Newsbusters

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EPA Fails to Punish Corrupt Workers, Lets Them Keep Full Pay

The scandal-plagued agency that’s wasted millions to bring underserved and minority communities “environmental justice” fails to punish corrupt employees and allows them to keep their government paychecks, according to a new federal audit.

It involves the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which just a few years ago was investigated for dodging potential public scrutiny and possibly congressional oversight by using bogus electronic mail accounts to conduct official business. This occurred under President Obama’s first EPA administrator, Lisa Jackson, who dedicated tens of millions of dollars to an “environmental justice” movement that helps minority communities get green. Under the program the EPA has doled out large sums to leftwing community groups that help poor, minority and indigenous people increase recycling, reduce carbon emissions through “weatherization,” participate in “green jobs” training and avoid heat stroke.

Other EPA transgressions have been reported by Judicial Watch over the years, including agency funds going to groups that help illegal immigrants. In fact, JW uncovered documents that show a New Jersey nonprofit (Lazos America Unida) that advocates on behalf of the “Mexican immigrant community” and a Missouri farm workers’ group that aims to increase awareness about the dangers of sun and heat exposure in migrant populations were among EPA grant recipients. A few years ago the EPA gave Tijuana $93,000 to launch Mexico’s green transformation.

Earlier this year the EPA served as an inspiration for a bill introduced in Congress to curb an epidemic of federal employees watching pornography on government computers during work hours. The congressman who introduced the law disclosed that various EPA Inspector General probes have uncovered multiple cases of employees working hard at watching porn. “One EPA employee was viewing as much as 6 hours of pornography a day in his office,” the congressman said. “The same federal employee was found to have downloaded as many as 7,000 pornographic files onto his government computer.”

With this consistent record of perpetual lapses over the years, it’s hardly surprising that this bloated agency with an annual budget of nearly $8 billion sits idly by while its workforce engages in illegal behavior. The EPA does little to discipline employees for misconduct, according to the latest report issued by the agency’s inspector general to Congress. It includes a multitude of examples in which the agency failed to take action against workers who committed wrongdoing. For instance, a senior executive simultaneously worked in a private-sector job while he was supposedly performing tasks at the EPA. Agency brass took no action for nearly a year and ultimately put the executive on “paid administrative leave,” allowing the worker to collect full pay for doing nothing.

Other cases include eight employees accused by the EPA of misconduct who are also on paid leave and have accrued around 21,000 hours at a cost of more than $1 million and two employees who got busted watching porn during work hours. Each of the porn viewers has an annual salary of $120,000 and both were placed on administrative leave for a year before they were even reprimanded, according to the audit. One of them retired with full benefits without any punishment and the other is still collecting a full government paycheck. The anecdotes go on and on. “Recent events and activities indicate a possible ‘culture of complacency’ among some supervisors at the EPA regarding time and attendance controls, employee computer usage, real property management, and taking prompt action against employees,” the report says.

Via: Judicial Watch

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[VIDEO] HHS to Congress on ObamaCare court ruling: It’s your problem

President Obama's top health official testified Wednesday that if the Supreme Court issues a ruling that upends the Affordable Care Act, it's up to Congress and the states to figure out a solution.

President Obama's top health official testified Wednesday that if the Supreme Court issues a ruling that upends the Affordable Care Act, it's up to Congress and the states to figure out a solution. 

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, addressed questions over what will happen if the court rules against the administration on the health law. 

A decision is expected in days on whether insurance subsidies can legally be distributed to customers who buy insurance through the federal HealthCare.gov -- as opposed to those getting insurance through state-based exchanges. If the court rules against the administration, millions of people stand to lose their current subsidies. 

Burwell made clear that the administration is not offering an alternative plan at this point, and instead wants Congress and the states to work it out. 

"If the court says that we do not have the authority to give subsidies, the critical decisions will sit with the Congress and states and governors to determine if those subsidies are available," she testified, adding that the administration would be "ready to communicate" and work with states to "do everything we can." 

Via: Fox News

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Hillary's gaffe-filled Roosevelt Island re-launch

Hillary Clinton’s re-launch speech yesterday was as wooden as ever. Has she been seeing a speech coach that is an android? The implicit message of needing a re-launch was that the original launch was a dud. So you’d think that the campaign would go all out to get the second go at it completely right. But they bungled some obvious points.

First of all, the holy grail of Democrat politics: diversity. Notice anything about the crowd behind Hillary? 

Then there’s the embarrassment of preparing for a big crowd that never showed up. Twenty minutes into her speech, here is the overflow area prepared for the big crowds that weren’t.

Via: American Thinker

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Home Free: Female Veterans Find Fresh Start in Los Angeles Housing Community

Army veteran Danielle Chavez stands in front of her new home. (Photo: Billy Glading/The Daily Signal)

 SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Thirty minutes south of Los Angeles, nestled into a drought-dry San Pedro hillside, sits the small townhome community of Blue Butterfly Village. Named for sharing land with a preserve for the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly, it’s the sort of place you’d never know was there unless you were looking for it. Even then, you may have some trouble.

The women who call Blue Butterfly Village home don’t mind the quiet. They have a noisy past: All are female veterans who have dealt with poverty and homelessness, oftentimes alongside domestic violence, sexual assault, or mental health issues, making up part of what the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs calls the fastest-growing segment of the country’s homeless population.

“Being here is a really humbling experience,” says Danielle Chavez, an army veteran whose five years of service included stints in Iraq, Germany, and Fort Bragg. “This is like, only in your wildest dreams. You look around and you think, ‘Is this really my backyard?’”

After returning from Iraq, Chavez lost her mother and faced the dissolution of her marriage around the same time. She became homeless before a VA worker mentioned Blue Butterfly Village, which is owned and operated by the Volunteers of America. She now lives in a bright corner unit on a freshly paved cul-de-sac with her two young daughters, flown in from a relative’s home in Arizona by Volunteers of America.

Chavez, who suffers from PTSD, is one of four women veterans who moved into the 73-unit community last month, representing a small pilot lease group. A ribbon cutting ceremony drew city councilmen, the Los Angeles mayor, and the U.S secretary of Veteran Affairs.

It was an emotional celebration for the trailblazing, female-focused community — one of the first of its kind in the nation.

Via: The Daily Signal

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[OPINION] The gaping hole where the commander in chief should be by Monica Crowley

“I hope to God I know what I’m doing.”

Seventy-one years ago this week, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower turned to his staff and uttered this half-self-reassurance, half-prayer. On the eve of D-Day, even the wise, steady, old pro had his doubts about the mission, his leadership of it, and its potential for success.

Fortunately, Gen. Eisenhower did know what he was doing and had the guts to pull the trigger despite the inconceivable death and chaos he knew lay ahead. It had to be done if tyranny were to be crushed and freedom restored. On June 5, after getting final weather reports for the Normandy coast, Gen. Eisenhower stopped pacing and said firmly, “OK, let’s go.”

Would we recognize such exemplary leadership today?

Several weeks ago, I made a pilgrimage to Normandy to see the combat zones about which I had long read. We began in St. Mere Eglise, into which paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions drifted in the dark, early hours of June 6. From there, we stood at Pointe du Hoc, the 100-foot cliffs which the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion scaled in the face of unrelenting German fire. Past the cliffs lies Omaha Beach, site of the fiercest combat and greatest carnage of D-Day and the location of the heartbreakingly beautiful American cemetery. And further east, the British and Canadian beaches and German gun emplacements at Longues-su-mer.

At each site, I tried to imagine the incomprehensible violence — and the magnitude of what our brave soldiers achieved — that day, and in the days, weeks and months that followed.

Via: Washington Times

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Fmr Obama Chief Of Staff: I Had No Idea Hillary Had A Private Server

President Obama’s former chief of staff Bill Daley admitted he had no clue Hillary Clinton had a private e-mail server in her home while he served the president Sunday on “Meet The Press.”

“Obviously, it was something that I did not know and others didn’t, but she followed the rules of the State Department, and we’re beyond that,” Daley told the radio host Hugh Hewitt.

“So you had no idea at all that there was a server over at the Clintons’ residence?” Hewitt asked.

“No,” Daley responded. “How would I know that?”

“I thought the president’s chief of staff might know,” Hewitt said.

“They know a lot, but they don’t know everything,” Daley said chuckling.

Via: Daily Caller

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Extreme makeover Republican edition

The recently announced Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum may be an unremarkable politician whose appeal has been strongest among social conservatives, but he’s right about one thing: The Republican Party needs to stop thinking of itself as an “establishment” party. Santorum, author of “Blue Collar Conservative,” suggests that the GOP seek out a new class base from among the vast majority of voters who feel the economic system is stacked against them. These voters could be persuaded by a demonstrably populist program to support Republicans.

To make such a transformations, the Republicans must somehow deprogram themselves from their Pavlovian support for the agenda of big money, a platform, as Mitt Romney learned, unpalatable to the vast majority of Americans. This shift may be eased by the fact that so much of the country’s wealth – including the super-rich on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and among Big Media – has aligned with the Democrats. The movement of former Obama administration officials into these industries shows the durability of these linkages.

Geographical Imperative

Ultimately, politics is a ground game played over the geography of the nation. Political philosophy may animate activists, but economic realities define voter self-interest. Republican regions tend to be those with strong energy, agricultural and manufacturing industries. In contrast, the Democrats derive their support from the new “progressive” economy – based on entertainment, media, software and finance as well as a burgeoning nonprofit sector – concentrated along the ocean coasts. These interests have thrived under Barack Obama, and the prospect of eight more years of progressive rule means more subsidies and greater opportunities for everything from green energy to urban real estate speculation, as well as a satisfying blend of social and environmental liberalism widely embraced in these industries.

Via: Orange County Register

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[VIDEO] Jeb Bush prepares to launch candidacy, regain lost momentum|

The best political campaign logos convey a feeling or a message, a memorable bit of information about the candidate running for office.

Jeb Bush is going with his old standard — “Jeb!” — to harken back to his tenure as Florida governor (and to avoid spelling out “Bush”).

But will his campaign be worthy of an exclamation point?

Bush will try to energize his supporters Monday when he formally launches his 2016 campaign in Miami, after spending six months exploring a candidacy but failing to position himself comfortably ahead of a crowded and ambitious Republican field that so far boasts 10 candidates, without counting Bush.

“I thought Jeb would take up all the oxygen,” Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a potential candidate, said in New Hampshire earlier this month. “He hasn’t.”

To be sure, Bush has scored big political donors. But he hasn’t scared off other challengers. He’s stumbled trying to distance himself from his brother’s unpopular Iraq war. And he’s struggled to reintroduce himself to GOP voters in a party much changed since his last time on the ballot 12 years ago.

“It will take time. It always does,” Bush told CNN’s “State of the Union” in an interview aired Sunday.

Monday at Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus, Bush will portray himself as a doer, a politician who put conservative ideas into action in a diverse state and who seeks public office to govern rather than pontificate. He will then take his pitch on the road, visiting New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina between Tuesday and Thursday.

“This is what leadership is about — it’s not just about yapping about things,” he said in a campaign video unveiled Sunday. “There are a lot of people talking, and they’re pretty good at it. We need to start fixing things. I said I was going to do these things and I did them, and the result was Florida is a lot better off.”

Via: Miami Herald

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[VIDEO] Delusional Clinton Campaign Manager Claims Polls Don’t Show Hillary is Viewed as Dishonest

Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager Robby Mook’s job is to spin for his candidate, but he went into overdrive Sunday on Face the Nation when asked about her trustworthiness issues with voters.

Host John Dickerson said Democrats have told him that this is by far her biggest issue, saying “polls have shown that voters do not trust her.”

“Well, first of all, no poll shows that voters don’t trust Hillary Clinton,” Mook said. “No poll says that.”

Unfortunately for Mook, polls very emphatically say that.

A recent ABC / Washington Post poll showed just 41 precent felt Clinton was honest, with 52 percent saying the opposite.

A CNN poll before that showed just 42 percent of respondents viewed her as honest and trustworthy, versus 57 percent who did not feel that way.

The polls showed issues voters have with Clinton’s private email server at the State Department and allegations of pay-for-play during her tenure that have plagued her campaign for months. Clinton’s now-infamous avoidance of press is also causing her issues.

Via: WFB

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Report: Russia, China Have Edward Snowden Files, Exposing U.S., British Spy Operations Worldwide

Russia and China have been able to access the top-secret documents stolen by Edward Snowden, and Britain has been forced to pull back some of its spies to prevent them from being exposed or even killed, The Times of London reports.

A senior Home Office official said Snowden has "blood on his hands," though Prime Minister David Cameron's office insisted there is "no evidence of anyone being harmed," the Times reported.

Sir David Omand, former director of British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), called Russia and China's access to the documents a "huge strategic setback" that was "harming" to Britain, the United States and all of NATO.

Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, walked away with up to 1.7 million documents detailing the NSA's spying program in 2013, U.S. officials have said. He was in Hong Kong when he revealed what he had done through journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras and currently is living under asylum in Russia after the United States revoked his passport as he was attempting to go to Ecuador.

He has since set off a debate within the United States on whether he helped protect Americans' privacy or hampered spy efforts against terrorists. The bulk collection of telephone metadata has become such a thorny political issue that the Patriot Act, which has been used to justify the collection, was allowed to expire at the end of May and was replaced with rules that are more restrictive on what the government can collect and access without a specific warrant.

"Why do you think Snowden ended up in Russia?" a senior Home Office source told the Times. Russian President Vladimir "Putin didn’t give him asylum for nothing. His documents were encrypted but they weren’t completely secure and we have now seen our agents and assets being targeted."

The source said Snowden has done "incalculable damage" and that "In some cases the agencies have been forced to intervene and lift their agents from operations to prevent them from being identified and killed."

The Times quoted a U.S. intelligence source as saying the damage done by Snowden was "far greater than what has been admitted."

Greenwald, who helped Snowden get his story out, blasted the report on Twitter and in an lengthy article in The Intercept. He said it contained multiple inaccuracies.  He also was critical of journalists trusting anonymous sources inside the government. 

Via: Newsmax

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[VIDEO] Sen. James Inhofe: Pope Francis Ought to Stay Out of Climate Change Debate

Attendees at the annual Heartland conference agreed that Pope Francis ought to spend more time on how to lift the poor from poverty rather than on green politics that hurt the poor.

Via: The Gateway Pundit

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Who Is Dallas Shooting Suspect James Boulware?

James Boulware is the suspect in the Dallas Police Department HQ shooting last night, and today we’re learning more information about him.

The police have not officially confirmed Boulware was the gunman, but are looking into him, and both of Boulware’s parents have already spoken out today. His mother confirmed to CNN that it was her son opening fire at the police building, and told NBCDFW, “We’ve been dealing with this for a long time. I’m glad nobody else was hurt.”

The Dallas police said that during negotiations, Boulware was screaming about the police accusing him of being a terrorist and taking his son away from them, threatening to blow up the HQ.

His father told The Dallas Morning News Boulware was angry with the police after losing custody of his son. Jim Boulware explained, “I tried to tell him that the police are just doing their job.”

Boulware had been arrested by Paris, Texas police two years ago for allegedly getting guns, ammo, and body armor, and threatening to attack his family and several public buildings.

Boulware ended up losing custody of his son after that, and he sold his house. His father said he saw his son just last night but didn’t notice anything wrong, but added, “I’m not saying he doesn’t have some problems of some kind… but you can push someone so far and everybody will break.”

Update- 1:55 pm EST: Dallas police confirmed this afternoon that the suspect is dead, though they aren’t ready yet to officially confirm his identity.

Update- 2:40 pm EST: WFAA is also reporting that Boulware has an “extensive history” with Child Protective Service, and the aforementioned 2013 incident was dismissed by the police.

Update- 3:25 pm EST: Boulware had also threatened judges and the police contacted the judges in response to those threats.

Update- 4:01 pm EST: One of the judges he threatened spoke out on CNN, saying his presence in court would always lead to heightened security.

Via: Mediaite.com

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Hack the vote: Cyber experts say ballot machines easy targets

Experts say voting machines could be susceptible to hacking. (AP)

The recent cyber theft of millions of personnel records from the federal government was sophisticated and potentially crippling, but hackers with just rudimentary skills could easily do even more damage by targeting voting machines, according to security experts.

Voter fraud is nearly as old as elections themselves, and different states and precincts use different voting systems and machines. But in many cases, even the electronic ballots could be manipulated remotely, according to a new reportby the Commonwealth Security and Risk Management for the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. That report found that the AVS WINVote machines Virginia has used since 2002 have such flimsy security that an amateur hacker could change votes from outside a polling location.

"Our entire democracy depends on systems with minimal, easily bypassed security.”

- Cris Thomas, Tenable Network Security,

“This means anyone could have broken into the machines from the parking lot,” said Cris Thomas, a strategist with the Columbia, Md.-based Tenable Network Security, one of the nation’s leading cyber and enterprise security firms. “Our entire democracy depends on systems with minimal, easily bypassed security.” 

Via: Fox News

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