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Monday, January 23, 2017
Favorite Books Thread
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Soros and the March of Hate
On Saturday, the nation’s capital was inundated with masses of loud, obnoxious, foul-mouthed Trump-hating women (and some men) at what was billed the “Women’s March on Washington.” The Guardian called the event a “spontaneous” action for women’s rights, while Vox spoke of a “huge, spontaneous groundswell” behind the march.
While the mainstream media bombarded news consumers with news stories claiming few Americans were interested in the inauguration festivities, television ratings for President Donald Trump’s inauguration were the second-highest Nielsen has recorded in 36 years, drawing 30.6 million TV viewers across 12 networks. Factoring in live streams provided by the networks, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and other online portals adds millions more viewers to the total. But what happened Saturday at the “Women’s March” was not spontaneous. No mass rallies are, especially on the Left.
This so-called “protest”, like the violent attacks orchestrated by the DisruptJ20 coalition on pro-Trump events such as Friday’s “DeploraBall” at the National Press Club, was not an organically generated demonstration.
The usual culprits were involved behind the scenes using the same fascistic tactics they used to shut down the massive Trump campaign rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago in March last year.
COMMENT O' THE DAY: An Open Letter to NBC's Clueless Executive Teeam
I honestly don't give a rat's ass about President Donald Trump's tax return. I highly doubt your claim that 70 percent of Americans want to review his return. Most people don't even know how to review a 1040 and supporting schedules. Besides, you were so accurate in your polls during the election and predicting who would win.
In fact, I have about zero percent confidence in your reporting. I took a statistics course in college. The first day of the course my professor said you can make stats say anything you want them to say. So every time you flash your "trusted" poll numbers up on the screen, I know you are spreading fake news and B.S. It's unfortunate that the poorly educated and low information Americans don't understand that. But that is your target audience isn't it?
Larwyn's Linx: The Looming Showdown Over Sanctuary Cities
Nation
The Looming Showdown Over Sanctuary Cities: Full MeasureThe Meltdown Games: Angry White Dude
It’s hard to argue with a million pussy-marchers: DailyMail
They Came. They Marched. They Left a Mess. They Accomplished?: Elephant
Many Arrested Inauguration Day Protesters Will Face Felony Rioting Charges: CBS-11
Trump inauguration rabbi attacked with antisemitic hate speech: Tamara Zieve
McConnell won't rule out nuclear option for Supreme Court nominee: Sarah Westwood
A Preview Of Trump's Seven Imminent Executive Orders: ZH
New Hampshire Senate Passes Constitutional Carry: Herschel Smith
The Long Civil War: The Z Man
Yes, America First: Chris Buskirk
Suddenly, The Permanent Campaign Is Problematic Because Trump: RWN
Why Those Who Wear ‘P***yhats’ Will Help Re-Elect Trump: Ben Shapiro
The Anti-Semite Who Organized the 'Women's March on Washington': John Perazzo
Animal Farming: Sondrakistan
Economy
Trump will meet leaders of Mexico and Canada to renegotiate NAFTA: Sarah WestwoodPresident Trump Pulls The US Out Of The Trans-Pacific Partnership: RWN
Brock Conference Organizers Embody Dems’ Big Money Problem: Lachlan Markay
Scandal Central
Why is Chicago so corrupt?: John RuberryClimate, Energy & Regulations
Obama Official Issues Ammunition Ban for Federal Lands on Last Day in Office: Stephen GutowskiMedia
Monday Morning In America: Christian MercenaryPriebus: Ex-CIA chief John Brennan is ‘bitter’ he wasn’t retained by President Trump: Times
Definitive CNN Gigapixel Image of Crowd During Trump Inauguration Speech Confirms...: Treehouse
Women's March in DC leaves millions of cats hungry at home: Cube
SNL Writer Katie Rich Allegedly Fired After Barron Trump School Shooter Tweet: Retort
An elite group of lawyers and lawprofs is suing POTUS for violating the Emoluments Clause: Althouse
World
It Flopped Like a Failed Souffle: TABPope warns populism could lead to 'saviours' like Hitler: EUobserver
British Army: Russia could completely destroy our lone fighting unit in just an afternoon: DailyMail
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
The Infrastructure Behind Twitter: Scale: TwitterAI system performs better than 75% of American adults on standard visual intelligence test: Kurzweil AI
A Critical Shift in Thinking About AI and Big Data: Lee Beardmore
Cornucopia
Having a VaJayJay is NOT a Thoughtful Political Position: SondrakistanCar explodes, firefighter doesn’t flinch: HolyKaw
The highly unusual company behind Sriracha, the world’s coolest hot sauce: Roberto A. Ferdman
Sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "When asked how she felt about being the first woman to “break the glass ceiling,” Conway responded, “I want everybody to remember, that it was Donald J. Trump who elevated a woman to the highest position in his campaign, much like he has done in the Trump Corporation for a number of decades– it is he who gave women responsibilities.”" --Qpolitical
Sunday, January 22, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: The Cigar-Pussyhat Project Tops Off Massive Anti-Clinton Women's March in Washington
Seriously, folks: what kind of man abuses an intern with a cigar? And, more importantly, what kind of twisted political ideology ignores actual sexual abuse, conflating it with an off-the-record audio recording of someone bragging about sexual exploits?
And that's how you got President Trump, leftists.
COMMON SENSE, 2017: Part II
In Part One of this article I explored Thomas Paine’s critical role in the creation of our nation. His Common Sense pamphlets inspired the common people to uncommon acts of courage and heroic feats of valor; leading to the great experiment we call the United States of America. Paine, Franklin and the other Founding Fathers produced a republic, if we could keep it.
John Adams championed the new Constitution precisely because it would not create a democracy, as he knew a democracy “soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself.” Their herculean efforts, sacrifices, and bloodshed have been for naught as we allowed our republic to devolve into a democracy and ultimately into our current corporate fascist warfare/welfare surveillance state. Sadly, we were unable to keep the republic Franklin and his fellow revolutionaries gave us.
LET THE HEAD CRACKINGS BEGIN: DHS Whistleblower Ready To ‘Drain The Swamp’ With Trump
A road-worn, devoted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower and author is uniquely positioned to help President Donald Trump do the forensics on what is on the bottom of the swamp.
Since Phil Haney’s book, “See Something Say Nothing,” came out, he saw, felt and witnessed the rising up of Americans who coalesced at the ballot box to turn this country away from willful blindness, excessively loose immigration policies and failed counter-terrorism policies in the name of civil rights. Haney says, “people knew intuitively that something wasn’t right” in our government’s policies to keep Americans safe.
“I know where the valves are and people like me do,” the soft-spoken Haney — who traveled to 90 cities starting in Indianapolis, Ind. in April to Omaha, Neb. on Nov. 7, speaking to millions of worried Americans — says in this exclusive video interview for The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Larwyn's Linx: Deprogramming Snowflakes During Trump
Nation
Deprogramming Snowflakes During Trump: Den WarrenDonald Trump is a realist. His speech was all about problem solving: Adam Garrie
I Am Mad As Hell About The Protests and The Press: Steve Berman
The #WomensMarch: Why Trump Won: R.S. McCain
Police: Arrested leftist Charney featured in Project Veritas inauguration video: Times
Trump to CIA: 'You're going to get so much backing': Sarah Westwood
President Trump Gets a 5 Minute Standing Ovation at CIA Headquarters: Sara Noble
Pelosi: the Lord's work includes killing babies about to be born: Twitchy
Jared Kushner, Beware of Jamie Gorelick: Jack Cashill
Stunning Admission from Obama on Wikileaks: Craig Murray
Obama Shows His True Colors as He Leaves Office : Charles Krauthammer
Trump signed a stack of executive orders moments after taking office: Olivia Becker
Like ISIS: Antifa Releases Propaganda Video Showing Inauguration Day Attacks: Retort
Trump to sign Executive Order defunding International Planned Parenthood: RWN
Paul Ryan Has Some Words Of Farewell For His ‘Least Favorite President’: RWN
Economy
The Cruelest Tax Of All: Willis Eschenbach"Travesty... We Have 23.5 Million Americans Aged 25-To-54 Outside The Labor Force": ZH
Foxconn CEO: Investment For Display Plant In U.S. Would Exceed $7 Billion: OAN
Scandal Central
WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton Bribed Republicans to Influence Election: Douglas V. GibbsHow This CEO Got Caught Up In the Clinton Email Scandal: Adam Penenberg
Guess who was left unpardoned!: Russ Vaughn
Climate, Energy & Regulations
Mainstream Media Ignores New Study Showing "Indistinguishable" Temp Changes: Bob TisdaleMedia
The Strange Anti-Trump Ignorance of PolitiFact: Jeff DunetzMultiple Anti-Trump Supporters Assault Lauren Southern: MagaFeed
Ashley Judd’s: Trump Is Hitler with ‘Nazis’ for a Cabinet, Ivanka Is His Top ‘Sex Symbol’: NB
The Race to Weaponize Empathy: John Robb
Madonna calls for violence and hate, “blowing up The White House”: TheDuran
White House slams 'shameful' media reports downplaying inauguration crowds: Sarah Westwood
What Does “Drain the Swamp” Mean at Your Local Level?: Kevin DuJan
You gotta love James Woods: Daley Gator
Nielsen: 31 Million Viewers Saw Trump's Swearing-in: NBC-4
Media Has Decided Obama Had Zero Scandals But We Found a Few: Sara Noble
George Will dumps on Trump’s inaugural speech: James Longstreet
Fox News will not renew George Will's contract: The Hill
World
Israel is the legal occupant of the West Bank, says the Court of Appeal of Versailles, France: dreuzNew Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives at the Pentagon, gets to work: Dan Lamothe
The Muslim Taxi-Cab Rapists: Average 22 Rapes Per/Week in London: Unveiled
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
An AI Is Finally Trouncing The World's Best Poker Players: SlashdotTesla Autopilot update now rolling out with new semi-autonomous features: Adam Westlake
Real-life adventure tale details search for legendary city: Erin Wayman
Cornucopia
I Feel Your Pain; Now Go Home and Shut Up: MOTUSThe Struggle Is Real: Treehouse
Tweet of the Day: Man Gives Trump Protestors Verbal Slap Down: Bluegrass Pundit
Image: New Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives at the Pentagon, gets to work
Sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "If we want to give government back to the people, we must first take it away from the corrupt media." --Steve Berman
Saturday, January 21, 2017
BOOM: POTUS Signs Executive Order That Could Gut Obamacare's Indivdiual Mandate
One of Mr. Trump’s first acts as President was to sign an order on Obamacare:
(The Hill) President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “ease the burden of ObamaCare.”The order did not direct any specific actions, instead giving broad authority to the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies to take actions available to them under the law to ease regulatory requirements from ObamaCare.
It pushes agencies to target provisions that impose a “fiscal burden” on a state or a “cost” or “regulatory burden” on individuals or businesses.
It is not clear what practical effects will come from the order.
But, they can guess:
Larwyn's Linx: Trump: If You Thought I Was Kidding, Think Again!
Nation
Trump: If You Thought I Was Kidding, Think Again!: John HinderakerPOTUS: ‘Open Your Heart to Patriotism, No Room for Prejudice’: Tammy Bruce
The Winners of 2016: AmInt
America's Long National Nightmare is Finally Over: Daley Gator
Trump trashes the establishment to their faces in inaugural address: W. James Antle III
Hope & Change Comes Eight Years Into the Obama Presidency: Daniel J. Flynn
Senate votes 98-1 to confirm Mattis as Trump's defense secretary: Jacqueline Klimas
Senate confirms John Kelly to lead Trump's DHS in a 88-11 vote: Joel Gehrke
'Mad Dog … is back’: Sec. Mattis gives a shout out to the Intelligence Community: Twitchy
Dear FBI: Please Check These Assassination Threats On POTUS: NoisyRm
What I saw at the anti-Trump riot in DC: Philip Wegmann
LA Officer Killed Execution Style While Helping Injured Woman: PoliceMag
Economy
Trump Signs Obamacare Order Potentially Gutting The Mandate: RWNReport: Average Obamacare Deductible Will Jump 20% in 2017: Ali Meyer
Trump Pays Complete Stranger’s $1000 Bill Without A Second Thought: RWN
Climate, Energy & Regulations
Why NYT Hid The Numbers For The 'Hottest Year On Record': Robert TracinskiTrump signs executive order on Obamacare; enacts regulatory freeze: CNN
All References to Climate Change Have Been Deleted From the White House Website: Vice
Media
A New Type of Republican — Jeff Giesea’s Remarks At The #Deploraball: D&PThe Classic First Couple: Treehouse
Bill Gets in Hot Water With Hillary After She Catches Him Staring Lustily at Ivanka: Ralph Retort
MSNBC's Chris Matthews Refers to Trump's Inaugural Address as "Hitlerian": RS
HBO’s Sinatra Documentary Acknowledges JFK’s Racism: Brent Baker
Facebook’s Zuckerberg sues to force land sales: Andrew Gomes
World
U.S. B-2 bombers 30-hour round trip mission to pound Daesh in Libya aircraft : AviationistSurprise, Russia’s Anti-Aircraft Missiles in Syria Are Not as Capable as Believed: Guy Plopsky
Man said to steal $1.6M in gold flakes in NYC arrested in Ecuador; had been deported 4 times: Fox
How Trump Could Rerrange the National Security Matrix: John McLaughlin
Obama slams Congress for blocking Guantanamo closure: DailyMail
2016 was the bloodiest in Tijuana's history, with 910 homicides: Fox
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Keefe Report: SIG Sauer Wins U.S. Army XM17 Modular Handgun System (MHS) Contract: American RiflemanQualcomm Calls Apple's Claims 'Baseless' in Response to $1 Billion Lawsuit: MacRumors
Best apps for learning a language: Jen Karner
Cornucopia
The Chalice of Magdalene – Is this the Holy Grail?: Ancient OriginsSecret Service Ushers Obamas Safely Out of Washington: Diogenes
Look Who's Back in the Oval Office: BNI
Image: The Classic First Couple
Sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "Donald Trump’s inaugural address was historic. Not because it was good, although it was very good indeed. But because it didn’t give an inch. Trump’s message to the world was: if you thought I wasn’t serious; if you thought I might go native; if you thought the weight of responsibility might force me to accept the conventional wisdom; forget it. I meant every word I’ve been saying for the last two years.
There were very few fancy turns of phrase, and those felt slightly false. For the most part, Trump’s sentences were like sledgehammers. He appealed strongly for unity among the American people, but he didn’t back off from his critique of the Washington establishment, most of which was assembled before him. Washington has enriched itself at the expense of the American people, Trump said, but that will end." --John Hinderaker
Friday, January 20, 2017
Day One
In the first days of 2017, Washington D.C. was empty. It was a city holding its breath. Secret Service police officers in balaclavas waited at the White House as a black SUV carrying departing staffers passed. It had not been so long ago that they came into the city as if they owned it and the entire country. Now the same men and women who ran and ruined the lives of millions were scrolling through job postings on their smartphones. They watched Obama speak from faded screens at sports bars and they cried.They knew it was coming. Day 1.
FULL TEXT: Donald Trump's Powerful Speech That the Left Immediately Labeled Hitlerian or Something
Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people.
Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come.
Larwyn's Linx: A Consuming Fear of Small Government
Nation
A Consuming Fear of Small Government: Noah RothmanWhat the Obama years represent about our political order: Bruce Thornton
Dem blockade frustrating Trump team; 'beachhead' units ready to go: Byron York
The Disloyal Opposition: Stuart Schneiderman
And Now The Left’s War On Normal Americans Truly Begins: Kurt Schlichter
Inauguration Day Protests or Tantrums?: Gail Boer
The Day at the DMV: The Z Man
New Border Terror Threat: JW
Trump Gets to DC...: RWN
Brennan, the Russian Dossier and Obama's Grand Political Strategy: Lee Smith
A New Dawn, A New Don: Mark Steyn
Judge From Trump’s SCOTUS List Issues Major 2nd Amendment Ruling: RWN
Economy
Report: Trump Planning Massive Budget Cuts, Federal Downsizing: Mark HemingwayOooops! $1.9 Billion Medicaid Error Adds to California's Deficit Woes: Rick Moran
Illinois taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to bail out politicians’ failures: Illinois Policy
Scandal Central
Obama grants 330 commutations on last full day in office: Kelly CohenObama Commutes Life Sentences of Four Mexican Cartel Leaders: Breitbart
Obama sends 3 more Gitmo jihadis to UAE, 1 to Saudi Arabia: Creeping
Climate, Energy & Regulations
Good News: Marxist Terrorist Freed by Obama Wants to Establish Think Tank to Fight Climate Change: JWFAt Last Minute, Obama Flushes $500 Million of Our Money Down “Green Climate Fund”: MB
Media
This is CNN: Assassinating Trump Could Keep Obama Administration in Power: Warner Todd HustonOpen Letter To Those Who Just Don’t Get It Yet: Mitch Berg
CNN Hires Valerie Jarrett’s Daughter To Report On Trump’s Justice Department: Lookout
Up Next … The Supreme Court Can Stop Trump: Dan Phillips
The Obama Era Tarnished the Press: Noah Rothman
Accused Orlando Cop Killer Goes Nuts, Shouts Profanities at Judge: Chris White
The Real Story Of 2016: 538
Fox News’s ratings at 9 p.m. rise after Tucker Carlson replaces Megyn Kelly: Hot Air
4 Recent Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media Coverage Of Trump: Mollie Hemingway
World
My Journey Out of Radical Islam: Ammar AnwerIn Italy: Muslim Art Appreciation: Hugh Fitzgerald
Hyperinflation renders Venezuela a nation of broke millionaires: Fox
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
Tesla’s crash rate was reduced by 40% after introduction of Autopilot: Fred LambertDesigner Babies Dilemma in Sharp Focus With Fast Moving Fertility Tech: Edd Gent
IS turns hobby drones into remote-control bombs: Lisa Vaas
Pentagon plans for 'doomsday' artillery shell to cripple an entire city's electronics revealed: DailyMail
Cornucopia
Psst Obama, this is how it’s done: TwitchyPizzagate XVI: Herschel Smith
Turn Out the Lights, Obama’s Party’s Over.: MOTUS
Image: Psst Obama, this is how it’s done
Sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
POTD:#TrumpInauguration
— Influence Agent JP (@JaynePenelope) January 19, 2017
Best pic of the night. pic.twitter.com/4sUGmEuqGN
Thursday, January 19, 2017
CENSORSHIP AT THE HILL: Spencer article pulled after pressure from Leftists and Islamists
The Hill published my piece on Lindsay Lohan’s possible conversion to Islam yesterday; you can read it in its entirety here, but you can’t read it at The Hill. It was a minor piece about a minor celebrity, but it caused the foes of freedom major agitation. All day today, Leftists and Islamic supremacists have been tweeting at The Hill, outraged that they published the “racist” “hatemonger” Robert Spencer.
YOUR MAINSTREAM MEDIA: CNN Engages in Assassination Fantasies That Would Keep Obama in Power
During most of George W. Bush’s two terms, there was a constant fantasy about him being assassinated, especially starting around the time of the 2004 general election. Michelle Malkin did a great job in highlighting this through the years, and noted the big return back in November aimed at Trump. Now we get this:
Larwyn's Linx: The Ghost of Robespierre
Nation
The Ghost of Robespierre: The Z ManWhy Term-Limiting People Like John Lewis Would be Good for the Nation: Jen Kuznicki
Border town residents face daily threat from trafficking: Fox
The Left's Nutty Tactics Almost Make Me Want to Switch Sides: CoyoteBlog
Close the border Donald!: Ann Corcoran
Michigan: CAIR shakes down Dept of Corrections over sharia meals: Creeping
Trump says he's working on a plan to accommodate DREAMers: DailyMail
Obama to respond if Trump threatens Dreamers, rights: DailyMail
Law would cut off aid to countries that refuse to accept illegal immigrant criminals: Fox
Obama Predicted To Pre-Pardon Hillary If She Isn’t Charged Before His Leave: RWN
Saul Alinsky Leaves the White House: Quin Hillyer
Clinton Family Friend Arrested for Threatening to Kill Trump: RWN
Economy
Here’s why Moody’s is warning of an Illinois death spiral: Illinois PolicyBetsy DeVos vs. the education status quo: Chicago Tribune Editorial Board
What Happens to Cities Overrun With Democrats?: Down Trend
Scandal Central
Report: John Lewis didn't pay taxes on his nearly $1 million DC downhouse: GotNewsDawnna Dukes Indicted on 15 Counts, Faces 28 Years in Jail: BattleSwarm
Is Pizzagate ‘fake news’? Maybe…Maybe not.: Breaking 911
Climate, Energy & Regulations
Navajo Nation vows to fight EPA for toxic mine spill: Fox NewsMedia
Dear press corps: We don't believe you.: Don SurberCNN Smears Tom Price With Fake News: EIB
College Dem exec jumps ship as Party drifts to extreme left: Kassy Dillon
Dear Rosie: EveryJoe
Bill Maher puts Hollywood ‘bubble’ on notice: ‘We’re the losers now’: Times
Krauthammer on the hypocrisy over the Manning commutation: Fox News Video
World
Keith Ellison Lies to CNN: IPTFt. Lauderdale Airport Killer Did It for ISIS: Sara Noble
Canada: Syrian Refugee Sexually Assaults 14-Year Old School Girl: Creeping
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
When Invisible Borders Trump the Real Ones: Richard CaliforniaHere Come The AIs To Make Office Workers Superfluous: TechDirt
Uber Versus the World: Cash Edition: The Information
Cornucopia
Discoverers of Lost City of Monkey God Almost Lose Their Faces to Flesh-Eating Parasite: Ancient OriginsClinton, 1995, immigration, SOTU: C-Span
One by one, 3 utility workers descended into a manhole. One by one, they died: Breaking 911
Image: Avalanche in Italy Buries Hotel, Leaving up to 30 Missing
Sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "As a person with four decades in newspapering, now retired, I do not blame [newspaper] readers in the least.
This election cycle has shown that the news business is dominated by social justice warriors who push a narrative rather than tell stories in a fair and balanced manner.
From John Harwood asking Trump in a debate if he was running a comic book campaign, to John Harwood secretly asking questions from the Clinton campaign, to Donna Brazile giving the Clinton campaign debate questions ahead of time, no intelligent voter should trust the news media to deliver news that is fair, impartial, and balanced.
I thank you, personally, for opening our eyes once and for all to the folly of the Fourth Estate." --Don Surber
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
ONE CHART TO RULE THEM ALL: You'll never guess which political party leads in poverty and crime
Their policies are based on emotion, not facts. Feelings, not human experience.Their policies are those of a cult, not a real political party.
Most political parties recognize when, for example, six decades of failure have left some of their primary consitituency groups in ruins.
Democrats don't.
They never learn because they're incapable of learning.
Larwyn's Linx: Hackers are so dangerous to our democracy that Obama will free Chelsea Manning
Nation
Hackers are so dangerous to democracy Obama will free Chelsea Manning: Jon GabrielClinton Inc exposed for what it was: Exam
Politico: The largely unremarked Democratic civil war still percolating: Ed Morrissey
Support for Al Qaeda preached at New England’s largest mosque: Robert Spencer
Just another guy from tne neighborhood: NYC bomber freed: WZ
Trump Meets With Possible Supreme Court Pick – The Left Hates Him: RWN
The Providers Will Be Paid!: Oregon Guy
Trump was right: New reveals a politicized CIA under Obama: RWN
NYC’s Bill de Blasio uses official Twitter account to organize Trump protests: BPR
The Left loses its mind over Betsy DeVos: Jennifer Kabbany
New Congress, Old Rule Means Bad Federal Employees May Get Boot: Dan Spencer
Who’s Afraid of Betsy DeVos?: WSJ
Economy
Trump Considering Cutting Budget by 10%, Federal Workforce by 20%: AceUnions Bankrolling School Choice, DeVos Opposition: Bill McMorris
Social Security has a looming $11 trillion shortfall: CNBC
Scandal Central
580 students speak 42 languages at Buffalo, NY high school: Victor SkinnerDNC chair choice: Muslim Brotherhood Congressman enemy of free speech: Robert Spencer
John Brennan wants legacy to be the work he did for LGBTQ community: Times
Climate, Energy & Regulations
Statistician: UN climate treaty will cost $100 trillion – To Have No Impact: Climate DepotMr. Trump: For Science Advisor, You Can't Do Better Than Dr. Judith Curry: Ace
Obama gives another $500 million to Green Climate Fund: Exam
Media
WaPo savages Trump after he grants interview, called 'hellish': Paul BedardA particularly ugly Martin Luther King Day op-ed: T. Becket Adams
Yes, Anti-Trump Republicans Deserve To Be Blacklisted: CHQ
Napolitano on meeting with Trump to discuss Supreme Court: Fox
Marc Lamont Hill: 'Bunch Of Mediocre Negroes' Meeting Trump: TheDC
Note last line about paid line-standers at DeVos hearing: NewsDiffs
World
Cuba: US to share law enforcement info with the regime: FaustaA real killer elite: Michael Smith
We voted for Brexit to regain control. It's that simple: Matthew Ellery
Shock: Widow of Orlando Nightclub Shooter Was Terror Wife: Ace
Germany: Muslim translators deliberately misinterpreting Christians to get them deported: Christine Williams
Iraqis Who Escaped Islamic State Grapple With Trauma: Stephen Kalin
Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)
World Subway Map Shows What a Hyperloop-Powered Future May Look Like: Mike BrownGravity Waves Might Be Lighting Up Venus’ Atmosphere : WIRED
Earth’s atmosphere can be turned into massive surveillance system using lasers: TheSun
Cornucopia
Former president George H.W. Bush hospitalized: KHOUThe Stress of Victimhood Denial: MOTUS
Report: Roger Stone 'Poisoned by Polonium-210': InfLib
Image: Dissent is no longer racist, it's patriotic again!
Sponsored by: Senate Conservatives Fund
QOTD: "Democrats are searching for a cabinet nominee to defeat, andit’s telling that progressive enemy number one is Betsy DeVos. Donald Trump’s choice to run the Education Department has committed the unpardonable sin of devoting much of her fortune to helping poor kids escape failing public schools.
Progressives and their media allies have spent the last week roughing up Mrs. DeVos in preparation for her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, which will feature the charms of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Liberals claim that Mrs. DeVos, wife of former Amway president Dick DeVos, is unqualified to lead the Education Department because she’s never been a teacher.
Yet the same crowd howls that bankers shouldn’t be regulating banks. Which is it? Managing a bureaucracy isn’t like running a classroom, though both require a steely resolve. Most Education secretaries have been former teachers or school superintendents—not that student test scores are better for it." --WSJ
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
UNEXPECTEDLY: Foreign-Inspired Domestic Terrorist Attacks Spiking During Obama Era
How’s that hope and change working out?
(NJ.com) The greatest terrorism threat facing New Jersey is likely already here, according to an annual counter-terrorism report that found domestic attacks across the U.S. were on the rise.
ANALYSIS - TRUE: Obama Ethics Office Chief Breaks New Records for Unethical Behavior
Ever since NPR uncovered that Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub used the OGE Twitter account to attack Trump, questions about Shaub’s motivations have grown more prominent. This morning, The Hill moves that story forward with reporting on the how Shaub’s latest public criticism broke with “[OGE’s] longstanding practice”:









