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Saturday, May 23, 2015
SHOCK EMAIL: Hillary Clinton Did Not Even Know Dead Ambassador’s Name
Emails released by the Obama State Department Friday reveal that Hillary Clinton did not know the name of the Ambassador to Libya.
Ambassador Chris Stevens was murdered in a terrorist strike on the US Consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012.
The Obama administration knew at the time that it was a planned terrorist attack but decided to lie to the American public to save face and win an election.
The Obama administration knew at the time that it was a planned terrorist attack but decided to lie to the American public to save face and win an election.
Hillary Clinton sent out an email that night and did not know the name of the deceased Ambassador to Libya.
Chris Stevens was killed that night by terrorists – not Chris Smith.
The Washington Times reported:
The Washington Times reported:
Via: The Gateway PunditThe night a U.S. ambassador was killed in a terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, Hillary Clinton sent a message three senior State Department officials.The recepients were Jake Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to then-Secretary of State Clinton, Cheryl Mills, an adviser to Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and Counselor and Chief of Staff to the Secretary, and Victoria Jane Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs.“Cheryl told me the Libyans confirmed his death. Should we announce tonight or wait until morning?” Clinton says in the email, time stamped 11:38 p.m. on Sept. 11, 2012.The email had as its subject line: “Chris Smith.” The murdered ambassador was Chris Stevens.The Secretary of State didn’t even know the name of the U.S. ambassador to Libya — even after terrorists stormed an American compound and killed him.
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Poll: Republicans Pissed With GOP Leaders; Only 23 Percent Say They’re Keeping Promises And Challenging Obama…
The new Republican-led Congress is drawing harsh reviews from the public – including most Republicans. Just 23% of Americans say congressional Republicans are keeping the promises they made during last fall’s campaign, while 65% say they are not.
Nearly four-in-ten (37%) say the new Congress has accomplished less than they expected, while 4% say it has accomplished more than expected. About half (53%) say its accomplishments are in line with what they expected.
On both measures, the public’s views are far more negative than they were of the Democratic-led Congress in March 2007, after the Democrats regained control of both chambers following several years of Republican control. Views are also much more negative than they were in April 1995, shortly after the GOP had gained control of the House and Senate for the first time in four decades.
The new national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted May 12-18 among 2,002 adults, finds that just 22% approve of the job performance of Republican congressional leaders, little changed since the summer of 2011. Ratings for Democratic congressional leaders are somewhat better (33% approve).
Unlike after some previous partisan turnovers on Capitol Hill, negative assessments of the new Congress now cross party lines. Today, just 41% of Republicans approve of the job their party’s leaders in Congress are doing. By comparison, in April 2011, 60% of Republicans approved of GOP leaders’ job performance and in April 1995, 78% approved of GOP leadership’s policies and proposals.
And just 37% of Republicans say their party’s leaders are keeping their campaign promises, while 53% say they are not. In 2011, after the party won its House majority, 54% said GOP leaders were keeping promises. And in April 1995 — as the Republican-led Congress hit the 100-day milestone — fully 80% of Republicans said this.
Democrats were also relatively upbeat about their party’s leaders at the 100-day mark in 2007, when 60% said Democratic leaders were keeping their campaign promises.
Currently, Republicans (36%) are about as likely as Democrats (38%) or independents (38%) to say Congress is accomplishing less than they expected.
Why compassion for illegal immigration is wrong
Unchecked immigration is destroying our nation by undermining and overrunning the very institution that was built to harbor immigrants through the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution…
Don’t call it compassion when the president, elected officials or a candidate takes a stand that illegal immigrants deserve a pass to stay in this country and receive citizenship, let alone resident status. It is approval of America’s demise; an uncontrolled decimation of what the Founders established in the new world expressly to provide free exercise of faith, industry and speech.
What our forefathers pioneered was a new nation steeped in the acceptance of immigrants who wanted one thing—to escape the ancient order of tyranny. And they came from many countries to enjoy the newfound freedom that was available nowhere else in the world.
Today, the concept of true freedom to follow one’s individual faith and entrepreneurship is still only possible in one place, America, though that distinction is rapidly disappearing given the growth of theocracies and autocracies around the rest of the globe, and the importation of those liberty-crushing ideals on the back of illegal and state-sponsored immigration. The United States is also losing that exceptionalism due to the internal stresses brought about by fractional factionalists pressuring government for equality that is already in effect.
The reckless concept that special populations deserve special rights goes beyond the complete equality institutionalized by the Declaration of Independence from the beginning of this nation. It is creating privileged classes that oppress the majority of others who differ in opinions and lifestyles.
Why the new form of immigration is unacceptable is that it counters how and why America embraced immigrants over the generations. Immigration was encouraged to fill out the lands with productive individuals who purposefully left their past behind. They came with little or nothing, dreaming of a new life for their families, one that secured liberty from the old regime of oppression. My own forebears fled the pogroms of Russia, intent on basking in the freedom of America, not hauling along the tyranny of religious and antiquated European social prejudice.
Democrats' Vanishing Future
May 21, 2015 One of the most underappreciated stories in recent years is the deterioration of the Democratic bench under President Obama's tenure in office. The party has become much more ideologically homogenous, losing most of its moderate wing as a result of the last two disastrous midterm elections. By one new catch-all measure, a party-strength index introduced by RealClearPolitics analysts Sean Trende and David Byler, Democrats are in their worst position since 1928. That dynamic has manifested itself in the Democratic presidential contest, where the bench is so barren that a flawed Hillary Clinton is barreling to an uncontested nomination.
But less attention has been paid to how the shrinking number of Democratic officeholders in the House and in statewide offices is affecting the party's Senate races. It's awfully unusual to see how dependent Democrats are in relying on former losing candidates as their standard-bearers in 2016. Wisconsin's Russ Feingold, Pennsylvania's Joe Sestak, Indiana's Baron Hill, and Ohio's Ted Strickland all ran underwhelming campaigns in losing office in 2010—and are looking to return to politics six years later. Party officials are courting former Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina to make a comeback bid, despite mediocre favorability ratings and the fact that she lost a race just months ago that most had expected her to win. All told, more than half of the Democrats' Senate challengers in 2016 are comeback candidates.
On one hand, most of these candidates are the best choices Democrats have. Feingold and Strickland are running ahead of GOP Sens. Ron Johnson and Rob Portman in recent polls. Hill and Hagan boast proven crossover appeal in GOP-leaning states that would be challenging pickups. Their presence in the race gives the party a fighting chance to retake the Senate.
But look more closely, and the reliance on former failures is a direct result of the party having no one else to turn to. If the brand-name challengers didn't run, the roster of up-and-coming prospects in the respective states is short. They're also facing an ominous historical reality that only two defeated senators have successfully returned to the upper chamber in the last six decades. As political analyst Stu Rothenberg put it, they're asking "voters to rehire them for a job from which they were fired." Senate Democrats are relying on these repeat candidates for the exact same reason that Democrats are comfortable with anointing Hillary Clinton for their presidential nomination: There aren't any better alternatives.
[VIDEO] AP REPORTER: CLINTON EVENTS ARE STAGED WITH ‘PRE-SELECTED, PRE-SCREENED’ SUPPORTERS
AP reporter Julie Pace was out with Hillary Clinton all week and says that people ought to know that these ‘authentic’ events Hillary has been holding where she talks to ‘real people’ aren’t really all that authentic after all:
[VIDEO] OBAMA: I HAVE BEEN CALLED ‘THE FIRST JEWISH PRESIDENT’
Friday in Washington, D.C. at the Jewish American Heritage Celebration, President Barack Obama told the audience The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg once called him the “first Jewish president.”
Obama said, “Most of all, I want to thank the entire congregation of Adas Israel for having me here today. Earlier this week, I was actually interviewed by one of your members, Jeff Goldberg. And Jeff reminded me he once called me the first Jewish president. Now, since some people still seem to be wondering about my faith, I should make clear this is an honorary title, but I was flattered. And as an honorary member of the tribe not to mention somebody who has hosted seven White House seders and has been advised by two Jewish chiefs of staff.”
"Special Report" Runs Down Early 2016 GOP Primary Schedule
BRET BAIER, FOX NEWS CHANNEL: Last night we announced the first GOP debate of the presidential season, August 6th in Cleveland, 11 weeks from now.
Fox News and Facebook will host. Tonight, how the primary calendar is shaping up. Here's senior national correspondent John Roberts.
Fox News and Facebook will host. Tonight, how the primary calendar is shaping up. Here's senior national correspondent John Roberts.
JOHN ROBERTS, FOX NEWS CHANNEL: After the chaos of 2012, when a race to be first nearly pushed the Iowa caucuses into Christmas week, Republicans are counting on a far more orderly calendar this time around.Via: Real Clear Politics
IOWA REPUBLICAN: We're confident it's going to be February 1st. We haven't heard any serious indications of any state jumping ahead of us.
ROBERTS: At the moment, Iowa will kick off the first of the primary season on the first of February.
New Hampshire follows a week later.
South Carolina is Saturday Feb. 20th with Nevada on the 23rd.
Under new rules laid down by the Republican National Committee, those are the only states that can go in February.
Anyone who tries to upset the apple cart will face harsh penalties.
REINCE PRIEBUS, RNC: In the past states could jump around and the penalties were basically slaps on the wrist. And they really weren't upheld. Where nowadays the rules that we've changed actually almost completely eliminate a state's relevancy.
ROBERTS: March 1st is the next big date highlighted by the primary in Texas, a so-called S.E.C. primary, banding together with Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas.
GEORGIA REPUBLICAN: It's well warranted. The south is growing. There's a lot of people moving here. We should be involved in the process of deciding who the nominees will be.
ROBERTS: By March 8th, some 50% of delegates will be awarded but in such a wide field no one may have broken from the pack.
Which makes the March 15th contest in Florida extremely important. It will be the first winner take all state.
It's then that a clear front runner may emerge or as some Republicans fear, a prolonged battle may shape up.
PREIBUS: I think we've set it up in such a way to give us the best process that allows for the most participation and a quicker resolution. Now, that doesn't mean it's always going to happen that way.
ROBERTS: And while Iowans are at the moment confident their outsized influence will be preserved, don't expect they'll take any challenge to their supremacy lying down...
Much of the primary calendar remains in flux with many states still considering moves. While there may not be a competition to go first, it's clear everyone wants a bigger say in who the nominee is.
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Iraq’s Decline into Chaos Traces Back to 2011, Not 2003 by CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
State coalition so grandly proclaimed by the Obama administration is nowhere to be seen. Instead, it’s the defense minister of Iran who flies into Baghdad, an unsubtle demonstration of who’s in charge — while the U.S. air campaign proves futile and America’s alleged strategy for combating the Islamic State is in free fall. It gets worse. The Gulf States’ top leaders, betrayed and bitter, ostentatiously boycott President Obama’s failed Camp David summit. “We were America’s best friend in the Arab world for 50 years,” laments Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief.
Note: “were,” not “are.” We are scraping bottom. Following six years of President Obama’s steady and determined withdrawal from the Middle East, America’s standing in the region has collapsed. And yet the question incessantly asked of the various presidential candidates is not about that. It’s a retrospective hypothetical: Would you have invaded Iraq in 2003 if you had known then what we know now? RELATED: Obama’s Ludicrous Middle East Policy First, the question is not just a hypothetical, but an inherently impossible hypothetical. It contradicts itself. Had we known there were no weapons of mass destruction, the very question would not have arisen. The premise of the war — the basis for going to the U.N., to the Congress, and, indeed, to the nation — was Iraq’s possession of WMD in violation of the central condition for the cease-fire that ended the first Gulf War. No WMD, no hypothetical to answer in the first place. Second, the “if you knew then” question implicitly locates the origin and cause of the current disasters in 2003. As if the fall of Ramadi was predetermined then, as if the author of the current regional collapse is George W. Bush.
Via: National Review
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Note: “were,” not “are.” We are scraping bottom. Following six years of President Obama’s steady and determined withdrawal from the Middle East, America’s standing in the region has collapsed. And yet the question incessantly asked of the various presidential candidates is not about that. It’s a retrospective hypothetical: Would you have invaded Iraq in 2003 if you had known then what we know now? RELATED: Obama’s Ludicrous Middle East Policy First, the question is not just a hypothetical, but an inherently impossible hypothetical. It contradicts itself. Had we known there were no weapons of mass destruction, the very question would not have arisen. The premise of the war — the basis for going to the U.N., to the Congress, and, indeed, to the nation — was Iraq’s possession of WMD in violation of the central condition for the cease-fire that ended the first Gulf War. No WMD, no hypothetical to answer in the first place. Second, the “if you knew then” question implicitly locates the origin and cause of the current disasters in 2003. As if the fall of Ramadi was predetermined then, as if the author of the current regional collapse is George W. Bush.
Via: National Review
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State Dept. Releases Hillary’s Benghazi Emails, Site Quickly Crashes
The State Department today released Hillary Clinton‘s Benghazi emails, and the website they posted them to very quickly crashed.
Earlier this week the department said they’d be releasing a full report on Clinton’s emails in time, with a planned release date in January 2016. A federal judge rejected that and ordered a “rolling release” of the emails instead.
They released roughly 300 emails today, reportedly including all of Clinton’s Benghazi-related emails, tweeting this out beforehand:
Department of State
The emails we release today do not change the essential facts or our understanding of the events before, during, or after the attacks.
How Obama Radically Transformed America's Patent System by Michelle Malkin
It's yet another progressive horror story of abandoning what works in the name of what's politically trendy. For left-wing saboteurs and their Big Business GOP enablers, this means throwing our unique patent system and its constitutional underpinnings under an 18-wheeler. So-called "patent reform" proposals continue to plague Capitol Hill. But like health care "reform" and education "reform," these government cures are worse than any purported disease.
As part of his ongoing bid to "fundamentally transform" America, President Obama signed the Orwellian-titled America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011. If truth-in-advertising laws applied to politicians who front massively complex bills that do the opposite of what they proclaim to do, these hucksters would be jailed for their patently fraudulent "reform" legislation. Co-sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the law was marketed as a job-creation vehicle that would relieve a backlog of an estimated 700,000 patent applications and crack down on patent "trolls" supposedly abusing the system through frivolous litigation against alleged infringers.
In truth, the AIA and its legislative successors are special interest boondoggles that enrich corporate lawyers, Big Business and federal bureaucrats at the expense of the independent inventors and fledgling innovators the American patent system was created to protect and encourage.
The AIA's primary agenda? "Harmonizing" our patent laws with the rest of the world to reward paper-pushers who are "first to file" at the patent office, instead of those who are "first to invent." These and other measures enacted by Obama threaten to drive garage tinkerers and small inventors — the designers, engineers and builders of American prosperity — out of the marketplace. Longtime venture capitalist Gary Lauder noted that the first-to-file system has suppressed solo and small-business innovation in Europe and Japan. "The U.S. gets 10 times the angel and venture capital of Western Europe — which recently declared an 'innovation emergency,'" Lauder observed. "So why are we harmonizing with them? They should be harmonizing with us."
Via: CNS News
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California: Berkeley soda tax: First month's take, $116,000
BERKELEY -- Several City Council members and other boosters of Berkeley's first-in-the-nation soda tax giddily reported the first month's haul -- $116,000 -- on the steps of the municipal office building on Milvia Street on Monday.
A shelf of diet and regular soft drinks sit in a refrigerator at a market in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)
Via: Contra Costa Times
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