Last month we reported on the effort by Austin Flake to sue former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for malicious prosecution on animal cruelty charges.

Austin sprung from the loins of Never Trumper Senator Jeff Flake, a man whose approval rating in his home state is several digits south of dog vomit.

The son of Flake and his spouse were taking care of their in-laws’ dog kennel when the air conditioning went out causing 21 dogs that were crammed into a small room to roast to death.

The Flakes were charged but the case was dismissed by prosecutors after the actual owners of the kennel pleaded gutoy for not properly maintaining the AC.

Junior Flake then filed a lawsuit against Arpaio, claiming that the charges were politically motivated as a way to discredit his father, a man who does a good enough job of it himself.

On Thursday, a jury ruled against Flake and in favor of Arpaio, extending the family’s really, really bad year in politics.

Sen. Flake’s son loses lawsuit against former sheriff Joe Arpaio https://t.co/E0s48zkzVD http://pic.twitter.com/649H6e6QMI

— Arizona News (@ArizonaNewsnet) December 15, 2017

Via the Arizona Republic “Sen. Flake’s son loses lawsuit against former sheriff Joe Arpaio”:

A panel of eight jurors decided Thursday evening that plaintiffs in a civil trial against former Sheriff Joe Arpaio had not met their burden to prove the lawman maliciously prosecuted Arizona U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake’s son and his then-wife.

However, the U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake will not issue a final verdict until the defense explains its failure to turn over documents that may have benefited the plaintiffs, according to a plaintiffs’ attorney.

Jurors began deliberating at 5 p.m. and reached a verdict later in the evening, when the courthouse was closed.

Arpaio and plaintiffs’ attorney Stephen Montoya confirmed the outcome to The  Arizona Republic.

The ruling caps a six-day trial that featured two of Arizona’s most prominent Republican names.

The case centers on a June 2014 tragedy, in which 21 dogs died of heat exhaustion while kenneled at a home outside of Gilbert.

Flake’s attorney released the following statement:

The struggle to hold government officials accountable has always required a steep, perilous climb. Although we disagree with the jury’s verdict, we are grateful we had the opportunity to force former Sheriff Arpaio and his subordinates at Maricopa County to account for their indisputably reckless conduct. Near the end of the trial, we discovered that the County failed to turn over documents that might have helped us prove our case. The Court has ordered the County to explain its failure and indicated that it will not enter a final judgment in the case until a satisfactory explanation is provided. We will access our future options in this fight when the County complies with the Court’s Order.

Sheriff Joe should get on the phone with his lawyers and consider filing a lawsuit against the Flakes for their own politically motivated scam intended to discredit him.

California democrat Jackie Speier is claiming that she heard rumors that President Trump will fire special council Robert Mueller on December 22. She doesn’t explain where this information comes from and liberals are certainly known for being full of crap, but that hasn’t stopped the Resistance from taking this information as fact. As such, all of the lefty crybabies who still can’t get over last year’s election are planning to shut the entire country down. Again, this is not something that is explained in any way, but as I said, liberals are full of crap.

This starts with law professor and liberal media pundit Seth Abramson who sent out the alarm:

(THREAD) There’s now a rumor in Congress that Trump plans to fire Special Counsel Mueller on December 22. If this happens, it will trigger a constitutional crisis. This thread explains what’s happening and what to do—please read and share it widely.

This is an actual emergency. http://pic.twitter.com/3UMG39V4q3

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 16, 2017

23/ If this happens, you can expect peaceful disruptions in American life for *some time*. Mass protests that block highways and buildings and shut down parts of cities; mass walkouts from jobs and schools; a media atmosphere in which only one story—this one—can be or is covered.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) December 16, 2017

Which got former Obama director of Government Ethics Walter Shaub all fired up:

I just registered. Join an event to say No One is Above the Law! https://t.co/nK1HnrMAXS

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 15, 2017

And finally the Hollywood resistance fighters got involved:

I’m ready! https://t.co/JcqTd9Bqub

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 17, 2017

If Trump fires Mueller, patriotic Americans would be well within their rights to shut the country down through massive and sustained protest.

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) December 16, 2017

Shit, if both Patton Oswald and George Takei are going to take down the country, America doesn’t stand a chance. Wait a second, these two couldn’t shut down a Starbucks, let alone the whole country.

Heres a few thoughts on this: If the Resistance actually thinks they can shut down the US by taking to the streets, they are as dumb as they are crazy. Even a massive protest would just be met by riot police and a temporary nuisance would be put down rather quickly. In a worse case scenario of widespread nationwide protests, Governors or even the President could declare martial law, send in the troops, and end the insurgency without much trouble.

And what these lefties are calling for is an attempt to overthrow the government. Talk like this is called sedition and is a very serious crime. I don’t think there is anyone out there who thinks snowflake liberals are actually going to do anything but bitch on Twitter, but even suggesting an overthrow of the government and/or encouraging others to do so is a federal offense.

I would say to the Resistance: Bring it fools. Though they are loud and obnoxious, the Resistance makes up a very small portion of the population. If they think they can take on every cop in the country, the entire military, and half the country who thinks they are idiots, they are in for one serious ass-whooping.

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Now that tax reform is only days away – barring another congressional catastrophe – the Democrats are steaming mad and none more so than closet communist Bernie Sanders.

In normal times, a blathering socialist from Vermont who once wrote an essay suggesting that women are turned on by rape would not merit the time of day on the Sunday morning gabfests.

But in these days of the war on President Trump, even Sanders is treated as a revered elder statesman as he spews DNC talking points and calls for wealth confiscation to finance his pipe dream free stuff scams.

This Sunday, the ersatz Eugene V. Debs dropped by CBS’s “Face the Nation” to promise that whatever tax cuts that have been negotiated will be subject to cancellation the minute the Dems regain control.

Sanders: Corporate taxes would roll back up if Democrats retake the Senate https://t.co/kg6zR0qfkw http://pic.twitter.com/4hqgd19AMN

— POLITICO (@politico) December 17, 2017

Via Politico “Sanders: Corporate taxes would go back up if Democrats retake Senate”:

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that corporate taxes would likely roll back up if Democrats retake control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm elections.

Congress is poised this week to pass a sweeping tax overhaul that would drop the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. But Sanders, an independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats, said that would change under a Democratic majority.

“Absolutely, yes. In my view, absolutely,” he said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”

“We’re going to take a very hard look at this entire tax bill and make it a tax bill that works for the middle class and working families, not for top 1 percent and large multinational corporations,” he said.

Opponents of the bill, Sanders said, “did everything that we could” to stop it.

Crazy Bernie is full of crap that it will only be corporate tax cuts that get reversed, he is a dyed in the wool Marxist who honeymooned in Russia and the only way that his socialist utopia of free shit for lazy, entitled millennials can be made possible is through sticking it to those who worked for their money to underwrite the indolent lifestyles of his young followers.

A chicken in every pot sounds nice but ignores that the man with more than one chicken will have them all stolen from him by corrupt and oppressive government goons. Communism 101 or as we call it here in America – Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution.

If the Democrats do flip the Senate next November, Republicans, business owners and corporations can thank Mitch McConnell for making sure that the Alabama seat ended up in the hands of a Democrat instead of an independent-minded outsider like Roy Moore.

Nevada democrat Harry Reid is thankfully retired, but his legacy of corruption and lunacy lives on. Thanks to a flurry of reports we now know that the former Senate Majority Leader wasted $22 million looking for UFOs. Not only is that a lot of money but that’s a lot of our money that went to essentially make the TV show The X-Files a real thing. The best news is, that much of this cash went to enrich a good friend of the lunatic liberal.

Politico was one of the many sources to break this story yesterday:

The Pentagon, at the direction of Congress, a decade ago quietly set up a multi-million dollar program to investigate what are popularly known as unidentified flying objects—UFOs

The Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program, whose existence was not classified but operated with the knowledge of an extremely limited number of officials, was the brainchild of then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), who first secured the appropriation to begin the program in 2009 with the support of the late Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)

While the Politico story mostly focuses on how awesome they think Reid is for playing Agent Mulder with our cash, they slip this in like it’s an afterthought and not the most important point:

Reid initiated the program, which ultimately spent more than $20 million, through an earmark after he was persuaded in part by aerospace titan and hotel chain founder Bob Bigelow, a friend and fellow Nevadan who owns Bigelow Aerospace, a space technology company and government contractor. Bigelow, whose company received some of the research contracts, was also a regular contributor to Reid’s re-election campaigns, campaign finance records show, at least $10,000 between 1998 and 2008.

Hey, that’s not a bad investment for Bigelow. He gives Harry Reid 10 grand and gets millions back on a government contract. Who says democracy doesn’t work?

Because Reid is still a complete asshole, he tweeted out some support for this story, ignoring the corruption aspects of course:

The truth is out there.

Seriously. https://t.co/ytafycaZqe

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 16, 2017

If anyone says they have the answers, they’re fooling themselves.

We don’t know the answers but we have plenty of evidence to support asking the questions. This is about science and national security. If America doesn’t take the lead in answering these questions, others will.

— Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) December 16, 2017

Well, we have some of the answers. Reid stole our money in the name of “science” and “national security” to make his rich friend a little richer. The only ones fooling themselves about this are Reid and democrats who really believe that our money belongs to them to spend on whatever stupid thing they want.

In related news, Reid also “earmarked” 50 million taxpayer dollars to find Bigfoot. The program was suspended when all evidence pointed to former FLOTUS Michelle Obama.

Okay, maybe that last bit wasn’t entirely true. Maybe.

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After President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, jubilant Israelis flooded the streets. They were celebrating the massive stand taken by the United States in recognizing Israeli cultural heritage.

While they were cheering, worldwide protests erupted as Islamists violently rejected this decision. Now, according to The Associated Press, Trump just reaffirmed another major site that will undoubtedly be used as an excuse to riot.

For Muslims, this site is called the Buraq Wall. It’s near to where Muslim tradition maintains Muhammad hitched Buraq, the magical flying horse that carried him when he made the mythical, 1,500-mile journey from Mecca to Jerusalem in a single night. It was a steed that was said to stretch and shrink so Muhammad was always even, regardless of terrain.

We know the same site is as the Western Wall. It’s a holy place for Christians and Jews. It is the only vestige of the Second Temple, where Jesus spoke, and is widely held to be laid upon the foundations of the First Temple, which was built by King Solomon.

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According to the AP, Trump White House officials are making it clear that the Western Wall “ultimately will be declared a part of Israel” by the Trump administration. It certainly started that way, a long time ago.

In Jewish tradition, it was said to be spared the Roman ravaging of Jerusalem thanks to divine strength keeping it upright. The Western Wall is a place of prayer, and cracks between the stones are often seen packed with prayers written on tiny notes.

The wall itself is only a retaining structure, the westernmost supporting structure for the Temple complex. It was part of the expansion that redefined the Second Temple.

About 66 A.D.,  the Jewish citizens of Roman-controlled Jerusalem rebelled against Roman rule. The resulting siege and Roman re-conquest led to a Roman sack of the city in 70 A.D. and the destruction of many of the city’s Jewish monuments. The biggest target for looting was the temple, and there still exist engravings that depict Romans carrying treasure, including Jewish menorahs and other artifacts, out of the city.

Under Islam and Jordanian rule, the Wall faced even less mercy. It was renamed under the Islamic tradition, again linking it with Muhammad’s magical horse. A ceramic sign was affixed to the Wall itself to drive this point home.

The disrespect was so bad that Israeli soldiers who captured the wall in the Six-Day War in 1967 noticed that the previous rulers had affixed a toilet to it. It was promptly removed by the soldiers.

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Trump’s affirmation of Israeli ownership of the Western Wall does much to undo the wrongs that Islam has committed against the Jewish holy site. It’s also a safeguard that tells the world “never again.” Israel has come under attack by overwhelming forces before, but as long as the United States stands, the Western Wall will belong to the Jewish people.

The Wall is now visited by foreign dignitaries, as well as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims annually — Christians and Jews. For them, this can serve as a physical, unchanged symbol of their faith. God’s promise to help weather the storm can be seen in a simple wall that has endured the rise and fall of multiple empires.

Most important of all is how the site is now safely in Israeli hands. Anyone who wants to change that has the United States to deal with.

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During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Trump called for an end to chain migration and the visa lottery and argued the current immigration system “helps special interests, but hurts American workers, taxpayers, and national security.”

Transcript as Follows: 

“My Fellow Americans,

This week I signed the National Defense Authorization Act – a historic step forward to rebuild our military. Now, it is critical for Congress to pass the Clean Government Appropriations Bill that fully funds our Military Needs. We must not play politics with our troops – we should pass a clean funding bill and leave the politics aside. We must protect our nation.

I’d also like to take a moment today to discuss our immigration system, and how we can reform it to make it work for everyday Americans.

Our current immigration system helps special interests, but hurts American workers, taxpayers, and national security.

For decades now, U.S. immigration rules have been based on an outdated system known as Chain Migration. Under chain migration, foreign nationals can come to the United States and bring in unlimited numbers of foreign relatives. A single immigrant can begin a chain that could ultimately bring in dozens of increasingly distant relations.

Because these individuals are admitted solely on the basis of family ties – not skill or not merit – most of this immigration is lower-skilled, putting great strain on federal welfare.

And because there is no real selection criteria, the current system is totally incompatible with national security.

This week, a terrorist exploded a pipe bomb on a busy subway passage during rush hour in New York City, injuring innocent Americans. This individual arrived through chain migration.

In October, another terrorist drove a truck into pedestrians and cyclists in New York City, killing 8 people and wounding many others. That individual came through a visa lottery.

It is time to create a merit-based immigration system that makes sense for a modern economy – selecting new arrivals based on their ability to support themselves financially and to make positive contributions to U.S society. Base it on love of our country. We want people that come in, that can love our country.

This process begins with Congress passing a bill to end chain migration and also end the visa lottery.

I have called on Congress to do exactly that. Ending chain migration and also ending the visa lottery will allow us to have commonsense immigration rules that promote assimilation and wage growth. It also promotes, most importantly, safety. It’ll help Americans both old and new to thrive, flourish and prosper.

Thank you, and God Bless America.”

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There’s more trouble for special counsel Robert Mueller.

A lawyer for President Donald Trump’s transition team has accused Mueller of illegally obtaining transition documents as part of his probe into alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

According to Fox News, attorney Kory Langhofer of the group Trump For America said the General Services Administration engaged in “unlawful conduct.”

Here’s what happened:

Langhofer told Fox that the GSA turned over thousands of emails to Mueller’s investigation when it had no legal authority to do so. The GSA “did not own or control the records in question,” Langhofer said.

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For the government agency to give them to the investigation team, and for the special counsel’s team to accept them, could constitute a violation of the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures, Fox News reported.

In a letter Langhofer wrote to House and Senate committees — and obtained by Fox News — the lawyer claimed the special counsel’s investigation had used information it did not have a right to legally.

According to Fox, The Associated Press reported that the GSA had turned over a flash drive after receiving a request from Mueller’s office on Sept. 1. Among those documents were emails written by or to Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor in the Trump White House who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and is now cooperating with Mueller’s investigation.

“We understand that the special counsel’s office has subsequently made extensive use of the materials it obtained from the GSA, including materials that are susceptible to privilege claims,” Langhofer wrote in the letter to the congressional committees, according to Fox.

Langhofer told Fox News on Saturday that the transition team is closely monitoring any new developments.

“This morning we sent a letter to Congress concerning the unauthorized sharing of private and transition emails with the Mueller team,” he noted.

But Mueller’s office denies any wrongdoing.

Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller’s office, said “When we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner’s consent or appropriate criminal process.”

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On the other hand, Trump transition lawyers say they have proof that the documents were obtained without permission.

In the letter to Congress, which was published by Politico, the Trump team claimed it never received any requests from the GSA to obtain the documents. And it explained why there is a problem with the GSA’s cooperation with the special counsel’s office.

“As discussed above, the GSA’s unlawful production of TFA’s internal records was exacerbated by the Special Counsel’s Office failure to preserve and respect the legal privileges that attach to a large number of those documents,” the letter stated. “More generally, however, the GSA’s and the Special Counsel’s Office’s misconduct in this matter demonstrates why investigators and government attorneys, who in many cases are not entirely neutral, should not be trusted to decide without proper oversight which records belonging to private parties are privileged. “

That last sentence “should not be trusted” is damning.

This new development comes amid ongoing trouble for Mueller’s team.

At the beginning of December, the news became public that Peter Strzok, a senior FBI agent, was removed from Mueller’s Russia probe over the summer after it was revealed that he sent anti-Trump text messages while on the job to an FBI lawyer with whom he was engaged in an adulterous affair.

At one point, Strzok even called Trump an “idiot.”

Rumors are already flying around Capitol Hill that Mueller could be fired by Trump. Whatever the political fallout of that could be, news that Mueller’s office might have been skirting the law in its already questionable investigation isn’t going to help Mueller’s case — or the Democrats’ who engineered his appointment.

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