Soros, Pelosi Meeting To Fund And Plot Democratic ‘Resistance’…

Be afraid, be very afraid.

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George Soros and Nancy Pelosi will address the leaders of the Democratic “resistance” on Friday as they join a three-day conference cloaked in secrecy.

Documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show how Soros will be meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and scores of rich liberals to plot the future of the opposition To President Donald Trump.

The Democracy Alliance has meeting in Carlsbad, California, at the tony La Costa Resort since Wednesday. The sessions have been clandestine with participants being promised a “safe place” to plan resistance strategy. As the documents show, the big-money liberals are instructed to not talk to the media about who is present at the conference, nor to discuss any details on social media.

All the planning ends on Saturday morning with a “festive brunch.”

Apparently the directive to not leave any conference documents unattended was missed by someone. The agenda lists the conference name as Beyond #Resistance: Reclaiming our Progressive Future. It describes the three-day event that reaches its peak today with a speech from Pelosi and “A Talk with George Soros,” the billionaire activist who is fond of funding liberal causes.

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800 Obama Regulations Cut Since Trump Took Office

Democrats and Republicans alike seem to have it in their head that President Donald Trump is failing to drain the swamp.

He is draining it, however, and he’s doing so with the very best of conservative style:

His administration is cutting through Obama-era regulations like a hot knife through butter.

According to a statement the White House made in July, Trump’s making good on his promise to slash bureaucratic, ineffective regulations.

“Agencies withdrew 469 actions proposed in the Fall 2016 Agenda,” the White House stated. In other words, Trump slashed former President Barack Obama’s regulatory agenda by cutting literally hundreds of actions.

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The administration also “reconsidered 391 active regulatory proceedings by reclassifying them as long-term (282) or inactive (109), allowing for further careful review,” meaning that the wheat will most likely be separated from the chaff in a very big way.

And if we know the Obama administration, there’s going to be a whole lot of chaff.

Combined, that’s more than 800 regulations removed from active consideration by Trump and his team of swamp-drainers.

More good news from the statement included a fall in “economically significant regulations” by about 50 percent, down to 58.

Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Director for President Trump, stated the administration was dealing with “that slow cancer that can come from regulatory burdens that we put on our people,” according to Reuters.

The Washington Examiner even reports that Trump is on course to top Former President Ronald Reagan when it comes to cutting regulations.

That’s a record hardly dreamed by many conservatives, but according to Competitive Enterprise Institute Vice President Clyde Wayne Crews, “It took a few years for Ronald Reagan to achieve his ultimate, one-third reduction in Federal Register pages following Jimmy Carter’s then-record Federal Register.

“So by this metric, Trump is moving much faster.”

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Folks, this administration might not get everything right, and we might not have everything Trump pledged yet, but know this:

Trump is making good on his promises.

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CNN, News One Now Ignore Black Police Officer Murdered in Baltimore

After a black police officer was murdered in Baltimore yesterday while approaching a criminal suspect, the ABC, CBS, and NBC evening newscasts all informed their viewers of the tragic event, with the NBC Nightly News even running a full report of nearly two minutes.

This morning, CBS This Morning and FNC’s Fox and Friends also ran briefs on Officer Sean Suiter’s death. But, as of the end of CNN’s three-hour New Day morning program today, the cable news network had still not mentioned the event in spite of the liberal network’s history of publicizing examples of black suspects being killed or roughed up by police officers.

Apparently, it’s not so important to CNN if the black victim who is killed is the police officer.

 

 

Similarly, this morning’s News One Now show on TV One — hosted by the far-left Roland Martin — also ignored the police officer’s murder. This despite the fact that the show is typically very interested in highlighting cases of black suspects killed or violently handled by the police.

The absence of attention from both CNN and TV One is not shocking given that, in August, after video was released which actually showed a black police officer being shot and seriously wounded, CNN and News One Now both ignored that story as well.

But, about a week later, CNN’s New Day did find time to highlight video of a black motorist being beaten by a police officer.

Below is a transcript of the report that ran on the NBC Nightly News from Thursday, November 16:

LESTER HOLT: In Baltimore tonight, police are on the hunt for a killer of one of their own — someone who pointed a gun and shot a homicide detective in the head, killing a beloved father of five. It’s another tragic death in a city that has already seen over 300 homicides for the third year in a row. NBC’s Tom Costello is there.

TOM COSTELLO: In a crime-ridden section of West Baltimore tonight, yet another murder — but this time, it’s a cop,

AUDIO OF UNIDENTIFIED POLICE OFFICER: We do not know where these shots came from. We have officers in bad locations. Let’s everybody take cover somewhere, okay?

COSTELLO: Eighteen-year veteran homicide detective, 43-year-old Sean Souter — a former Naval officer, husband, and father of five — shot in the head after approaching a suspect he thought looked suspicious. 

KEVIN DAVIS, BALTIMORE POLICE COMMISSIONER: We remain dedicated and committed to finding the person who ended such a beautiful life.

COSTELLO: For 24 hours, police have canvassed these streets that have been wracked by years of violence. Two weeks ago, an off-duty D.C. police officer who lived here was gunned down.

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: It makes me sad because I grew up in this all my life, and I just had a child, and I don’t want them to have to go through this.

COSTELLO: In the 318 days since the start of the year, Baltimore has recorded a murder on nearly every one of them. It now has one of the highest murder rates in the country — along with St. Louis, Detroit, and New Orleans. Poverty, drugs and gangs are entrenched here.

MAYOR: CATHERINE PUGH (D-BALTIMORE): I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.

COSTELLO: Again tonight, the charmed city is pleading for peace.

PUGH: We need to stop the violence.

COSTELLO: The mayor here says prosecutors and judges get part of the blame because they repeatedly let violent offenders back out on the streets. And meanwhile tonight, the city continues to look for the cop killer who took down this father of five.

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Bob Menendez Mistrial Makes Prosecution Look More Like Obama Political Hit

Bob Menendez Mistrial Makes Prosecution Look More Like Obama Political Hit



When Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was first indicted on corruption charges on April Fool’s Day 2015, there was widespread suspicion in the pro-Israel community that he was being punished by President Barack Obama for opposing the Iran nuclear deal.

Menendez was the second Democrat in the Senate to oppose the deal after Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), and he was also the most vociferous public critic of Obama’s policy towards Iran.

A year later, then-Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who was often Menendez’s bipartisan partner on Iran sanctions bills, told political donors that he was convinced the Obama administration had prosecuted Melendez in retaliation. “And let me say something about Bob Menendez. I believe that Bob Menendez was indicted solely on the crime of opposing the President on Iran,” Kirk said, according to a secret audio recording of a Chicago fundraiser given to Politico.

That suspicion faded somewhat after Menendez’s friend and benefactor, Dr. Salomon Melgen, was convicted earlier this year on 67 counts of Medicare fraud. The judge in Menendez’s case also seemed inclined to believe that there was a reasonable chance the jury would convict him. But in the end, the jury could not decide whether Menendez had broken the law when he did favors for Melgen, or whether he simply did what they assume all politicians do.

Certainly Melgen had other friends in the Democratic Party, including former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. They did not face prosecution. Moreover, it soon emerged that the Obama administration had spied on opponents of the Iran deal, including members of Congress, wiretapping Israeli officials and unmasking the American citizens on the line.

Given those methods, and the mistrial, it seems more likely that Menendez was the victim of a political hit.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He was named one of the “most influential” people in news media in 2016. He is the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

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Liberals Devour Each Other Over Bill Clinton’s Sexual Abuse History

With the current outrage over sexual harassment and abuse gobbling up the headlines, “brave” liberals have finally started acknowledging that democrats have a serious problem with serial rapist Bill Clinton. Sure, they just now figured out that it’s wrong to rape and grope, even for a democrat, but at least they are finally coming around. Sen Kristin Gillibrand recently said that she thought Clinton should have resigned following his very public extramarital affair and like clockwork she was attacked by one of her own.

Yesterday in The New York Times, Gillibrand went where no democrat has gone before:

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, who holds Hillary Clinton’s former seat, said on Thursday that Bill Clinton should have resigned the presidency after his inappropriate relationship with an intern came to light nearly 20 years ago.

Asked directly if she believed Mr. Clinton should have stepped down at the time, Ms. Gillibrand took a long pause and said, “Yes, I think that is the appropriate response.”

Of course Gillibrand is only talking about Clinton’s affair with intern Monica Lewinsky and ignoring the groping of Kathleen Willey and Paula Jones. She also didn’t go anywhere near the rape of Jaunita Broaddrick. Still, it is at least an acknowledgement that Bill is a scumbag.

This apparently didn’t sit well with longtime Hillary Clinton advisor Philippe Reines, who tweeted out this:

“Ken Starr spent $70 million on a consensual blowjob. Senate voted to keep POTUS WJC. But not enough for you @SenGillibrand? Over 20 yrs you took the Clintons’ endorsements, money, and seat. Hypocrite. Interesting strategy for 2020 primaries. Best of luck,” wrote Reines.

Wow, is this guy mad or what? Not only does he completely misrepresent everything about the Starr/Clinton investigation, he insinuates that Kristin Gillibrand will be voted out of office for questioning the mighty Clintons. Actually, if I were her, I’d be more worried about the Clinton’s erasing her from the planet as they tend to do with their enemies.

The reality of things is that Ken Starr was appointed as a special council to investigate the Clinton’s crooked Whitewater real estate deal in which dozens of people not named Clinton went to jail. During the course of his investigation he stumbled upon things like Vince Foster’s impossible suicide and Bill using an intern as a humidor. Bill lied under oath about this, which is why he was impeached and stripped of his law license. This was never a $70 million dollar blowjob investigation.

And for the record, the Whitewater investigation cost $60 million and much of that expense is attributed to the the Clinton’s filing lawsuit after lawsuit to block the investigation and to withhold evidence.

All of this is very amusing to me by the way. Kristin Gillibrand was hand-selected by Hillary to take her NY Senate seat. The Clintons have campaigned for and supported her and yet here she is with a conscience, turning on them. On top of that we have Hillary’s attack dog going after Gillibrand for stating something a democrat should have said 20 years ago. It’s kind of like watching a snake eat itself.

So liberals are finally coming around to the fact that Bill Clinton is a a total sleaze. Better late than never, I guess, but I’ll truly be impressed when one of them actually says, “Hey, maybe Bill shouldn’t have raped and groped all of those women too.”

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More Obamacare Rate Hikes, But Democrats Try To Blame Trump For Obama’s Failures

SEATTLE – As Americans sign up during Open Enrollment for health insurance in 2018, those on the Obamacare exchange are seeing higher premiums. It’s similar to what happened a year ago, President Obama’s last year in office, when premiums went up an average of 25 percent.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, premiums in 2018 are rising an average of 18 percent for Gold and Bronze plans and 32 percent for Silver plans. President Trump blames the Affordable Care Act. When the price hikes were announced just prior to Open Enrollment, Trump tweeted, “As usual the Obamacare premiums will be up (the Dems own it) but we will Repeal and Replace and have great Health Care soon after Tax Cut!”

But many Democrats are trying to turn the tables.

In a report from the pro-Obamacare group called Protect Our Care, 20 states blame President Trump for at least part of the increases. Many insurance commissioners in states controlled by Democrats appear to be going even further. California’s Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones wrote: “2018 health insurance rates higher thanks to Trump and Republicans.” Washington State’s Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a press release claiming President Trump “has taken deliberate steps to undermine the health care system and put lives at risk.”

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Packin’ Pastor Shoots Intruder

Early Thursday morning, a pastor in Cherokee County Georgia used a gun to defend his family and shoot an intruder who broke into his home.

The pastor has not been named, but a neighbor, Billy Kennedy, who lives across the street, said the pastor’s wife and oldest child ran across the street shouting, “There’s an intruder and my babies are in there.”

According to local news reports, the pastor and his family were sleeping in the early morning hours when they heard a loud noise from the basement in their Woodstock, GA home. The intruder was named by local deputies as 19-year-old Donovan Simmons. Simmons broke into the home via a basement window.

When the pastor went to investigate, he shot Simmons, allegedly in self defense, while the mother and the couple’s oldest child, 12, ran across the street for help. The names of the family have not been released. The husband and the couple’s two younger children, who slept through the incident, were unharmed.

Pictures from the incident show the broken basement window and the quaint country home not too far off of Georgia Highway 92.

Law enforcement said Simmons received a gunshot wound to the head and collapsed in the family’s back yard when he was presumably trying to get away. Simmons was taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital where he is currently in stable condition.

Charges are pending for the attempted burglar, who apparently lived nearby, but local investigators said they were not sure why the pastor’s family was targeted.

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Christmas is Back at White House! No More Mao Ornaments, ‘Christmas Tree’ Goes Up on Monday

Christmas is Back at White House! No More Mao Ornaments, ‘Christmas Tree’ Goes Up on Monday

Christmas is back at the White House!

No more mass murderer Mao Tse-Tung tree ornaments.

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The Christmas tree will go up on Monday.

First Lady Melania Trump announced the exciting news on Friday.

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Scientists Compare Warming Projections to 15 Years of Temps, Found Projections Were Wrong

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Scientists Compare Warming Projections to 15 Years of Temps, Found Projections Were Wrong

Would it surprise you to know that the change to the climate so strenuously projected by scientists to occur after the year 2000 hasn’t really materialized?

Yeah, me neither.

In a study published Monday in Nature Geosience, a group of scientists confirmed what we already knew — models being used to predict global warming were way wrong.

In fact, as The Daily Caller notes, there hasn’t been very much of a temperature change at all between the years 1998 and 2014, and that models were unable to predict a 15-year “hiatus” on global warming.

“Satellite data showed a more than 20-year ‘hiatus’ in warming,” The Daily Caller writer Michael Batasch remarked.

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Michael Grubb, a professor of international energy and climate change at University College London and one of the authors of the study, admitted that his initial projections were, in fact, wrong. “When the facts change, I change my mind, as (John Maynard) Keynes said,” he noted according to The Times.

He probably meant for that to sound intelligent, but basically the man believed what he believed until he was proven to be categorically wrong. That’s hardly praise-worthy.

Myles Allen, professor of geosystem science at the University of Oxford, and another author of the study, said, “We haven’t seen that rapid acceleration in warming after 2000 that we see in the models. We haven’t seen that in the observations,” according to The Times.

They’re not the only scientists reporting the discrepancies between scientific models and reality, either. Another study in Nature Geoscience published May 2017 said the same thing.

“In the early twenty-first century, satellite-derived tropospheric warming trends were generally smaller than trends estimated from a large multi-model ensemble,” the study states in its abstract.

What’s more frustrating is that these reports of climate change models coming up short will be ignored by so many because, thanks to a rigorously “progressive” Democrat agenda, science has been turned into a political battlefield.

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The Problem of Identity Politics and Its Solution

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To combat identity politics, we must emphasize an American nationalism based on both a commitment to the ideals of the American Founding and a shared love of our national history and culture.

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