Obama-Appointed Judge Moves Merkley Lawsuit Against Trump, Kavanaugh Ahead – Same Corrupt Judge From Manafort Trial


Obama-Appointed Judge Moves Merkley Lawsuit Against Trump, Kavanaugh Ahead – Same Corrupt Judge From Manafort Trial


by Brock Simmons
September 29, 2018

A U.S. District Court Judge has ruled that Oregon senator Jeff Merkley can proceed with his grandstanding lawsuit against the Trump Administration and Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Judge Amy Berman Jackson was appointed by Obama in early 2011, and took the bench in March after a 97-0 confirmation vote.

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A lawsuit filed by a Democratic senator from Oregon aiming to compel the Trump administration to release 100,000 pages of documents on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is inching forward in federal court, with an Obama nominee assigned to hear it.

Sen. Jeff Merkley’s lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal court in the nation’s capital, has been overshadowed by sexual harassment accusations against the nominee, but the case remains alive, with summonses prepared for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and others, court documents show.

Now Merkley is asking the federal court to order the Trump administration, which has claimed executive privilege in withholding the 100,000 documents on Kavanaugh, to delay hearings until they’re produced and senators can digest them.

Merkley told reporters in a conference call Wednesday that “we’re seeking the court to intervene and give senators access to the nominee’s record.”

The judge assigned to the case, Amy Berman Jackson, was nominated to the federal court by then-President Barack Obama in 2011. She has handled some high-profile cases.

Jackson was to have presided over the trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort until he pleaded guilty in a plea bargain earlier this month. Jackson said Manafort’s plea deal requires him to cooperate “fully and truthfully” with the special counsel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Jackson said Manafort must participate in interviews and debriefings, provide documents and testify in future cases.

At the center of Merkley’s lawsuit are records from when Kavanaugh worked in the George W. Bush White House as legal counsel and then as staff secretary. The Trump administration says disclosing records from his tenure as legal counsel would disrupt the functions or decision-making processes of the executive branch.

But that’s not all. Amy Berman Jackson was also the judge who tossed out a lawsuit against Hillary filed by the families of Benghazi victims Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith.

According to Quartz:

Judge Jackson dismissed a lawsuit in May of 2017 brought by the parents of Tyrone Woods and Sean Smith, two soldiers killed in the 2012 Benghazi attack. The lawsuit alleged that Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server caused the death of their sons, and that Clinton defamed them after disputing their account of a meeting with her. In her decision, Jackson calls the deaths of the plaintiffs’ sons “tragic” and an “unspeakable loss,” but said they did not prove their argument.

Berman Jackson also donated to Bill Clinton’s Presidential campaign.

In fairness, though, Berman Jackson was also the judge who ruled that the IRS was unfairly targeting conservative groups, and presided over the Jesse Jackson Jr. trial, where he was convicted on his campaign financing covfefe.

Meanwhile, senator Jeff Merkley is rumored to be running for President in 2020, so he needs to manufacture as many scandals against Trump as he can, so he can grandstand and gain name recognition.

 

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The Trump Effect: Consumer Sentiment Surges, Including Poorer Households


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The Trump Effect: Consumer Sentiment Surges, Including Poorer Households

Evan El-Amin / ShutterstockPresident Donald Trump smiling at the crowd during a campaign rally for Congressman Lou Barletta held at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, PA on August 2, 2018. (Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock)

One thing you can count on from President Donald Trump is interesting reading in his Twitter feed. One recent set of posts from him celebrated yet another achievement that benefits all of America.

It began with a post about “jobless claims.” Trump was referring to information released by the Labor Department.

But that was just the beginning of Trump rejoicing in good news for the American economy. His next related post was based on the Final Results for September 2018 from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers.

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Based on the findings, Breitbart reported that, “American consumer sentiment improved again in September, propelled higher as households in the bottom third of incomes hit the highest level since November 2000.” And there was more good news.

Breitbart wrote that some other positives also hadn’t been seen since before Obama took office. “Consumers at every level of income held very optimistic expectations for improved personal finances in the year ahead, the best survey result since 2004.”

In the University of Michigan report, Richard Curtin, their Surveys of Consumers chief economist, wrote that, “Despite a lessening in September of the expected size of gains in nominal incomes, inflation expectations also declined, acting to offset concerns about declining living standards. Consumers anticipated continued growth in the economy and expected the unemployment rate to continue to slowly decline during the year ahead.”

However, the survey also noted something that has been making a lot of headlines as of late: concern about tariffs.

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Curtain noted that tariffs were “the single issue that was cited as having a potential negative impact on the economy.” Interestingly, in the results he found that, “Those that voiced negative views of tariffs also held much less favorable prospects for the economy and held inflation expectations that were 0.6 of a percentage point higher than those who didn’t mention tariffs.”

On social media, some members of the public also celebrated the great economic news. Many were quick to give credit for it to Trump and his policies.

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Of course, some were quick to point out the error, again, of Nancy Pelosi’s infamous “crumbs” statement. That is just one of many things she’s said that may continue to come back to haunt her throughout Trump’s presidency.

Just the day before Trump celebrated the economic news, he was celebrating good news for Republicans. He cited a Gallup poll published on September 24, 2018.

With such ongoing good economic news, including for poorer household in America, November’s midterms are looking better and better for Republicans. The Democrats tend to focus on class warfare, something that doesn’t play well when the lower and middle classes are seeing boons with jobs and income.

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Viral Photo of High Schoolers at Football Game Shows What the Anthem Is Really About


Something is happening in America. And I don’t know if it’s an equal and opposite reaction to so many leftist factions protesting the flag or if it’s just a resurgence of respect. But it seems to be growing and it’s very prevalent in our youth.

American kids are honoring symbols of our country, and they are doing it on their own, without being coached, prodded or pushed.

This latest display was stumbled upon by an unsuspecting bystander on his way to a football game at Bullock Creek high school in Midland, Michigan.

On September 21, Mike Ullery Jr. was on his way to the high school football game when he saw an amazing sight.

As the national anthem blared over the loud speakers, four teenage boys stopped and placed their right hands over their hearts to honor the national anthem — right there in the middle of the high school parking lot.

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CBS News reported Ullery’s amazement at the event: “As the anthem began to blare, the teens showed their respect for the song and took their hats off to salute the flag. Ullery was surprised by their patriotism and decided to take a photo of the young men.”

He shared the photo with this caption on his Facebook page, where it proceeded to go viral.

“I was impressed by these Bullock Creek boys. Running late to the game they heard the national anthem and stopped, took off their hats and placed hands over heart. Respect.”

I was impressed by these Bullock Creek boys. Running late to the game they heard the national anthem and stopped, took off their hats and placed hands over heart! ❤ Respect🇺🇸

Posted by Mike Ullery Jr. on Friday, September 21, 2018

Are these the kinds of values you want to see in American kids?

At the time of this article’s publication, the photo had received 2000 likes and 3000 shares.

While Ullery didn’t speak to the boys at the event, they were later identified as Dakota Lehner, Mikiah Lehner, Taylor Cox and Collin Hitchingham. Several Bullock Creek parents helped identify the patriot teens from the social media post.

“I was just proud of them, so I just snapped a picture and hoped it would get back to them when I posted it on Facebook,” Ullery said to CBS News.

Commenters on his post also agreed with Ullery and thought the boys were fine young patriots with wonderful parents, “impressive” and “great kids.”

Well, I would have to agree. Former NCAA basketball champ and former head basketball coach at UCLA and Indiana University John Wooden said, “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” And these boys didn’t know anyone was watching.

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We’ve published other such accounts of respect and patriotism in the recent past. I’m hoping it is more than a trend and instead is becoming a standard in the culture from our youth.

Earlier in September, three elementary school boys in Hayden, Idaho, showed all of their classmates — and maybe even some of the grown ups — just how to respect the flag when retiring her for the night. Everyday after school these boys retire the colors, making certain they never touch the ground. They are an inspiring bunch.

And in August, when a 10 year old boy got out of a wheel chair to stand during the national anthem, it was worthy of a news report.

I like what I’m seeing here. There is so much disrespect toward our nation, our flag, and our laws — most of it by adults. When the youth of our country remind us what priorities are important, it gives me hope.

I’ll bet these high school boys never thought they would be the subjects of national news when they made the split-second decision to stand for the anthem that day.

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Identity of Woman Who Screamed at Flake in Elevator Revealed, Soros Connection Uncovered


The woman who yelled at Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona while he was in the confines of an elevator Friday has also been vocal since then, revealing her name to be Ana Maria Archila.

She and another woman in the elevator, Maria Gallagher, have been dubbed “heroes” by many on the left.

But Archila is an experienced activist with ties to George Soros. She is co-executive director of the left-wing Center for Popular Democracy, a New York-based organizing group that gets much of its money from the liberal billionaire.

“George Soros is one of the largest funders to the CPD,” The Washington Free Beacon reported in 2017. “Soros provided the CPD with $130,000 from the Foundation to Promote Open Society in 2014 and $1,164,500 in 2015. Soros provided an additional $705,000 from the Open Society Policy Center in 2016.”

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On Friday morning, Flake made his way to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing after announcing that he intended to vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Archila and Gallagher were among the women who confronted him while blocking the door to the elevator he was on.

“This is not tolerable!” they screamed at him.

“You have children in your family. Think about them! I have two children. I cannot imagine that for the next 50 years they will have to have someone in the Supreme Court who has been accused of violating a young girl. What are you doing, sir?!” Archila shouted at Flake.

Do you think the protesters had political motives?

An aide asked her if she would talk to a staffer outside, to which Archila snapped, “No. I want to talk to him. Don’t talk to me.”

Gallagher said Flake’s decision had personal significance for her, telling Flake that she was sexually assaulted and nobody believed her.

“I didn’t tell anyone, and you’re telling all women that they don’t matter, that they should just stay quiet because if they tell you what happened to them you are going to ignore them. That’s what happened to me, and that’s what you are telling all women in America, that they don’t matter,” Gallagher said in the emotional confrontation.

“Look at me when I’m talking to you,” she demanded. “You are telling me that my assault doesn’t matter, that what happened to me doesn’t, and that you’re going to let people who do these things into power. That’s what you’re telling me when you vote for him. Don’t look away from me.”

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Flake listened to their shouting silently, occasionally nodding in response.  When the women finished and allowed him to pass, he continued to the committee hearing.

“I wanted him to feel my rage,” Archila said in an interview Friday with The New York Times. Her opportunity to express it to him came after she had spent all week in Washington protesting Kavanaugh’s nomination.

After private meetings with Senate Democrats, Flake told the panel that he would only vote for Kavanaugh on the condition that the Senate vote be delayed and another FBI investigation be conducted.

Archila claimed responsibility for Flake’s request to delay the vote. “His reaction shows the power that we have, together, when we chose to tell our stories and stand up for our vision of an inclusive society,” she wrote in an Op-Ed for USA Today on Saturday. “When we take action, we breathe new life and possibility into our democracy.”

It seems that there was more at play for the protesters than just rallying around in support of sexual assault survivors. Archila may have been as much against Kavanaugh for his politics as for the allegations. In her USA Today commentary, she revealed her political views, writing, “Brett Kavanaugh is not fit to serve.”

“Much of his record on civil rights, worker protections, health care and reproductive justice is an abomination. So, too, is his personal history of treating women as less deserving of respect and control over our lives, as these accusations against him have shown,” Archila wrote.

It doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the activist had political motives for the confrontation, but the revelation of her ties to Soros falls in line with concerns that many Kavanaugh protesters are paid players in the political arena.

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Kamala Harris Uses Kavanaugh Allegations to Fundraise with Soros-Financed MoveOn.Org

NEW YORK — The far-left activist group MoveOn.org sent out a blast email from Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) utilizing the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh to fundraise for Harris’s Democratic colleague from Indiana, Sen. Joe Donnelly, who is facing a reelection battle.

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Hah! Jeff Flake Welcomes Audience to Global Citizen Festival with Chris Coons: Crowd Yells “F*ck You!” –VIDEO


Hah! Jeff Flake Welcomes Audience to Global Citizen Festival with Chris Coons: Crowd Yells “F*ck You!” –VIDEO

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by Jim Hoft
September 29, 2018

Earlier in the day on Friday Senator Jeff Flake announced he would vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh out of the Judiciary Committee.

Then he got cornered in an elevator by a screaming leftist for 4 minutes.

About an hour later and after several private talks with Democrats Jeff Flake came out and announced he would only vote for Brett Kavanaugh if an investigation continued on the man for another week.

This was exactly what Democrats were hoping for!

On Saturday Sen. Jeff Flake joined his friend liberal Senator Chris Coons at the Global Citizen Festival.

The two politicians joined together on stage to open the festival.

Jeff Flake smiled and welcomed the crowd. He told them, “Feel free to join me in an elevator any time.”

The Audience Shouted, “F*ck You!”

Stupid RINOs never learn.

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Female Host Slams Idea Women Should Be Unconditionally Believed, Crowd Boos Her


CRTV host Allie Beth Stuckey was booed during the 2018 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas after she said that unconditionally believing all women is unjust while she defended Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

“I’m devastated to see a man’s life almost in ruins based on uncorroborated and unsubstantiated allegations,” Stuckey told the audience. “I’m devastated by the thought of a world in which people are guilty until proven innocent and the burden of proof is on the accused.”

“I listened to both of their testimonies and while I think both are believable, I think only Kavanaugh is credible,” Stuckey continued. “He’s the only one that has any substantiation for anything that he said; he’s the only one with any corroboration; he’s the only one who has gone through six FBI background checks; the only one that has any evidence for anything that he is saying and witnesses to back up what he’s saying.”

“He’s the only one that has that and yet we’re supposed to unconditionally believe the woman?” Stuckey asked the crowd. “Why? Because of her anatomy?”

The crowd started to boo.

“I think that’s unjust, I think it’s discriminatory, and I don’t believe it.”

Stuckey told The Daily Wire that she was saddened to see the audience’s response to her statement.

“I didn’t realize presumption of innocence was so controversial,” Stuckey said. “It’s disheartening to know so many people believe credibility depends on gender rather than on facts.”

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