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After AG Barr and US Attorney John Durham reportedly expanded their investigation into the beginnings of Russia collusion after their trips to Rome in August and September.  At the same time, complaints of John Brennan holding a security clearance were back in the news.

Jeff Carlson at TheMarketsWork reported –

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In March several Democrats replaced the POW-MIA flag outside their Washington DC offices with the transgender flag.

Of course, veterans and military families took this as an insult and the latest attempt by Democrats to tear apart this great nation.

But President Trump righted this wrong earlier this month.
President Trump signed the the National POW/MIA Flag Act into law earlier this month.

The POW-MIA flag will now be displayed whenever the American flag is displayed on prominent federal properties, including the White House, U.S. Capitol, World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, every national cemetery, and more!

The VFW reported:

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) stood in solidarity with fellow members of the Veterans Service Organization (VSO) community as President Donald Trump signed the National POW/MIA Flag Act into law today.

“This is a historic victory for every man and woman who courageously defended this nation and remain unaccounted for,” said VFW National Commander William “Doc” Schmitz. “Today’s presidential signing and the daily display of the POW/MIA flag at all prominent federal properties now serves as a daily reminder that these heroes, and their families, are forever etched in our DNA.”

Law now requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed whenever the American flag is displayed on prominent federal properties, including the White House, U.S. Capitol, World War II Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, every national cemetery, the buildings containing the official offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs, office of the Director of the Selective Service System, each major military installation, each Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, and each U.S. Postal Service post office.

The National POW/MIA Flag Act was initially introduced by U.S. Rep. and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. (ret.) Jack Bergman and U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas March 7, 2019. The bipartisan bill received endorsement from the VFW, the National League of POW/MIA Families, and other veterans service organizations.

“Over 82,000 men and women who’ve served our nation in uniform are unaccounted for or listed as POW/MIA, including many Michiganders,” said Congressman Bergman. “Flying this flag at federal properties 365 days a year is just a small way that we can ensure their sacrifice and devotion to our nation is never forgotten.”

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On Thursday, 11/7/2019, the President signed into law:

S. 693, the “National POW/MIA Flag Act,” which honors service members who are Prisoners of War (POW) or Missing in Action (MIA) by increasing frequency of POW/MIA flag display on specified Federal properties.

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— Dan Scavino Jr.?? (@Scavino45) November 9, 2019

Thank you Commander Rege Riley and @AMVETSHQ for presenting me with a POW/MIA flag for my office in Washington. I’m proud to join the growing number of congressional offices on Capitol Hill honoring prisoners of war and those missing in action. Never forget. pic.twitter.com/18tg2rMAt5

— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) June 21, 2019

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As the Democrat controlled House of Representatives barrels toward impeaching President Trump before Christmas, the Associated Press published a news article that paints Democrats as victims of a Republican offensive as public support for impeachment has stalled.

A victim of the Republican impeachment offensive.

AP tweeted this description of the article: “Right now, Republicans are wielding impeachment mostly as an offensive weapon, and Democrats are generally playing defense or changing the subject as 2020 congressional races rev up. It’s unclear how potent the issue will be by Election Day.”

Right now, Republicans are wielding impeachment mostly as an offensive weapon, and Democrats are generally playing defense or changing the subject as 2020 congressional races rev up. It’s unclear how potent the issue will be by Election Day. https://t.co/yonM29cDP3

— The Associated Press (@AP) November 30, 2019

For the nearly three years of his presidency, Democrats and liberals in the media have been maneuvering to impeach President Trump over anything that might hold up in the court of opinion because they refuse to accept that he defeated their candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton. With the Ukraine phone call, they thought they finally had him. But as their false narrative of corruption has been exposed as a gossipy policy dispute by Deep State conspirators and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), support for impeachment has flatlined along sharp partisan divides with independents not persuaded to impeach. As Republicans seek to hold Democrats accountable after three years of a relentless assault using bogus scandals falsely accusing Trump of treason, bribery, obstruction and collusion with foreign governments, Democrats are now reported to be the victims.

Excerpt from the AP article:

Republicans aim to use the House drive toward impeaching President Donald Trump to whittle down Democrats’ majority by dislodging vulnerable incumbents from swing districts loaded with moderate voters.

It could work, especially in Democratic-held districts Trump carried in 2016 with throngs of independent voters who polls shows are closely divided over his removal. Or it could flop, in an era when news zooms by so swiftly that today’s concerns may be eclipsed in 11 months and many people are more focused on pocketbook issues such as health care costs.

“It will be part of the mosaic, but hardly the overriding issue,” GOP pollster Whit Ayres predicted about impeachment’s impact next November. “It will have faded by then and it will also have simply reinforced the preexisting attitudes and made them more intense.”

What’s clear is that for now, Republicans are wielding impeachment mostly as an offensive weapon and Democrats are generally playing defense or changing the subject as 2020 congressional races rev up. House Democrats will be defending their 233-197 majority, with four vacancies. Republicans will try preserving their 53-47 Senate control.

…After an initial uptick in support for ousting Trump over his efforts to pressure Ukraine to seek dirt on his Democratic political rivals, voters’ views have jelled.

About 9 in 10 Democrats support removing Trump and similar shares of Republicans back him, while independents are roughly evenly divided. Trump seems certain to be impeached, or found worthy of removal, by the Democratic-led House but likely acquitted by the GOP-majority Senate and kept in office.

Last fall’s elections left Democrats in control of 31 seats in districts Trump carried in 2016. GOP lawmakers hold just three seats in districts Democrat Hillary Clinton won. Democrats also outnumber Republicans 62-30 among freshmen, who are often more vulnerable targets…

As AP articles do, this article contains some valuable horse race information on what the two parties and outside groups are doing targeting vulnerable office holders with impeachment as a 2020 campaign issue. However, the framing of Republicans wielding impeachment as an offensive weapon against the Democrats is rich.

As one observer noted, “”Republicans are wielding impeachment mostly as an offensive weapon”? Democrats have been using impeachment as a weapon since January 20th, 2106. (sic) It started 19 min after Trump’s inauguration.”

"Republicans are wielding impeachment mostly as an offensive weapon"?

Democrats have been using impeachment as a weapon since January 20th, 2106.

It started 19 min after Trump’s inauguration.

— BadgerBob (@BadgerBob81) November 30, 2019

A more accurate election analysis would note that going into 2020 Trump and the Republicans have a stellar record of accomplishment to run on while the Democrats have a record of accomplishing nothing but obsessing over impeachment by any means.

The AP article ends with one hard truth, though. It quotes Republican pollster Glen Bolger on the fate of any swing state Republican senator who votes to remove Trump from office:

“You can’t vote for removal,” Bolger said. “You’ll have just totally collapsed your base, your ability to raise money, to get volunteers.”

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Seems counterintuitive. Are we or are we not in the middle of a protracted trade war between the U.S. and China engineered by the president? For years, American politicians talked tough about making China pay for its unfair trade practices and did next to nothing to actually stop them.]]>

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Today’s cringe moment is brought to you by this deranged leftist, who confronted a small group of people holding pro Trump signs and flags. This woman (?) immediately began shouting how her brother was Hillary’s attorney and her niece was Chelsea’s babysitter.

“MY BROTHER WAS HER LAWYER! HE WAS LAWYER OF THE YEAR! HE REPRESENTED HILLARY!” shouts this person of undetermined gender, before they (?) continued with “MY NIECE BABYSAT CHELSEA! YOU GUYS DON’T HAVE A CLUE WHAT’S GOING ON!… MY BROTHER PROTECTED HILLARY! HILLARY HILLARY HILLARY! YES!…. TRUMP’S A CROOK! IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH!”

Best part is her voice, which comes off like a bad impression of Mickey Mouse.

Video, courtesy of Gays Love President Trump:

We were having such a great when this angry #Liberal lady came from nowhere to bother us!#AngryDemocrats#DemocratsAreBullies pic.twitter.com/ixUz1TpYXK

— GAYS LOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP (@trump_gays) November 29, 2019

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On November 16, two CNN reporters wrote about a student protest at Syracuse University over a series of alleged racist incidents on campus.

Competent readers will note that every instance of alleged racism on college campuses has turned out to be a hoax, yet media outlets still jump at every accusation. The latest allegation claims that a swastika was found painted on a wall, an unknown student was shouting racial epithets, more racist graffiti was found, and a racist manifesto was sent to several students’ cellphones.

Syracuse University is, of course, a liberal college campus located in one of the most liberal states in America, yet its students maintain it is a hotbed of racism. Students naturally took the allegations as fact and started protesting the university and demanding Chancellor Kent Syverud resign.

But just a few days after CNN and other media outlets spread news of the alleged racism at Syracuse, the manifesto story was debunked. CBS News reported last week that Syverud told the University Senate that authorities couldn’t find anyone who had received the manifesto, which was apparently a copy of the one written by the man who allegedly killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand earlier this year.

“It was apparent that this rumor was probably a hoax,” Syverud said, “but that reality was not communicated clearly and rapidly enough to get ahead of escalating anxiety.”

The university, according to Syverud, couldn’t respond appropriately to the manifesto claims due to the late hour of the allegations. The claim was that someone attempted to AirDrop the manifesto onto several students’ cell phones using the library wi-fi range. The next day, local, city, campus, state, and federal authorities held a news conference about the allegations.

The day after the press conference, students marched to Syverud’s house and demanded he resign if he didn’t give in to all their demands, which included an additional $1 million spent on diversity and combating racism.

The other incidents have not been debunked, as the manifesto has, but in the past, racist and derogatory graffiti has typically been painted by students wanting to “start a dialogue” for the alleged issue they had to fabricate. Racist graffiti is usually painted by African-American students, or College Democrats attempting to frame America and white people as racist. Threats to members of the LGBT community are usually sent by the person claiming victimhood.

At Syracuse, social activities at all fraternities were suspended after an African-American student said she was “subjected to a verbal racial epithet from a group of students and visitors.” An investigation is still ongoing into all allegations of racist behavior on campus.

Despite the near constant hate crime hoaxes on college campuses, media outlets continue to report that American college students are some of the most racist and bigoted people in the country. The New York Times recently published a lengthy, dramatic article titled “Racial Slurs, and the 15 Days That Shook Syracuse,” with only a brief mention of the manifest with the claim that it simply had not been confirmed to have happened.

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The father-daughter dance is one of the most emotional parts of a wedding. Many people are tempted to cry when the bride walks down the aisle, but unless the dance is lighthearted, it’s often the second-most teary segment of the wedding.

But they’re good tears, and when the opportunity for that special moment is ripped away, it’s devastating.

Kourtney Young, now Krietemeier, lost her father 14 years ago, when she was just 13. He was a police officer, and he was shot and killed on the job.

“We did everything together,” Kourtney told NBC’s “Today.”

“He was my best friend. So, not having him here for big moments is always really hard.”

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One of those biggest moments took place in October, when Kourtney married Tanner Krietemeier, and she once again felt an emptiness.

“Of course, it’s super happy,” she explained, “but at the same time, there’s this sadness, there’s that thing that’s missing.”

“I had my dad’s necklace wrapped around my bouquet,” Kourtney told KDVR. “Tanner and I did a shot of Patron during the ceremony in his honor. We tried to make it fun — smiles, happy memories.”

The couple did their best to honor Donnie Young’s memory, and meanwhile, unbeknownst to Kourtney, her mother was planning something extra-special for the father-daughter dance that Kourtney thought would never happen.

Kourtney knew that two of her father’s colleagues would be walking with her down the aisle, and she was happy to have them there, as she said not having her dad to walk her down the aisle was a “really hard thing to think about.”

“So I was excited to have my mom walk me down because she’s everything to me,” she explained. “But having Jeff and Chris behind me was it really solidified everything and made me feel like he was a part of it.”

“I was excited to dance with my mom, but I kept thinking about my dad,” she told NBC. “I wanted him there too. I was kind of dreading that moment.”

So when her mom revealed her big surprise — that she’d chosen a song that had been special to Kourtney and her dad and asked seven of Donnie’s closest friends to dance with her — Kourtney got (understandably) emotional.

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“I was shocked,” she told KDVR. “The look on my face in the video was like, ‘Oh no.’ I just knew the tears were going to be flowing.”

“When I was super young, my dad got me small replica of his badge with his number on it for Christmas. He played that song when he gave it to me.”

As the officers danced with her, they told her how much her dad had meant to them and how proud of and excited they were for her and her new husband.

Officer Danny Veith noted that the bride wasn’t the only one ready to cry.

“Being the first to dance with her, I got to see every other officer walk out, very proud, happy fathers,” he told KDVR. “And then as they turned their back to Kourtney to return to our group, every single one of them was crying. At that moment, I was just so proud of these guys and how far they have come in the last 14 years.”

“There is no way I would’ve missed that. I’ve been talking with them since the day it happened, and I’ve tried to be there to support them every step of the way. This was a small part we could do to make sure he is never forgotten,” Officer Jeff Baran added.

While the dance was unexpected, it was a perfect way to honor her late father and not have to miss out entirely on the important moment.

“These are good, amazing people that put their lives on the line for us every single day,” Kourtney said, speaking of the officers. “You never know what’s going to happen, you never know if they will be there tomorrow, so make sure you tell them how much you appreciate them.”

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