Organizer Of Protest That Left 5 Cops Dead Arrested For Felony Theft Officers of the Dallas Police Department arrested Dominque Alexander on Thursday, the black activist that organized the 2016 anti-police protest in Dallas that left 12 officers shot and five dead.
Alexander faces charges of felony theft, stemming from a previous employer who claims the activist received payments between $2,500 and $30,000 from clients without transferring them to the company, the Dallas Observer reported.
Alexander pleaded guilty in 2009 to causing serious bodily injury to a 2-year-old and was subsequently sentenced to probation, FOX 4 Dallas reported. His repeated probation violations led to a final sentence of two years in prison in August 2016, but a judge counted his years of probation against his two-year sentence, and he spent less than a month in jail.
LESS THAN A MONTH!
[CtH: I sincerely hope that judge gets called to account by God for letting a child abuser walk!]
After Siding With Dems, Trump Responds to GOP Criticism With a Reminder Trump, hearing the criticism, immediately pounced on the opportunity to send this reminder.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
Republicans, sorry, but I’ve been hearing about Repeal & Replace for 7 years, didn’t happen! Even worse, the Senate Filibuster Rule will….
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
…never allow the Republicans to pass even great legislation. 8 Dems control – will rarely get 60 (vs. 51) votes. It is a Repub Death Wish!
Michelle Obama outshines all Democratic prospects for 2020
As I’ve said before, the Democrats need an alternative plan to rebuild and unite the party if they have any hope in winning back seats in Congress in the 2018 midterms, nonetheless the White House in 2020. This alternative plan requires a new, united opposition, led by a political leader with widespread popularity. The only person I can see accomplishing this would be none other than the party’s most popular political figure: Michelle Obama.
Thrown off the gravy train: The new director takes a hard look at EPA boondoggles
Green groups are discovering that Donald Trump is not the same president as Barack Obama, whose EPA routinely engaged with them in corrupt deals flavored with an excess of sugar and grease.
The EPA had been awarding millions of dollars to environmental groups that could collect the swag by filing a law suit against the agency. “When the EPA settles or loses those suits, it then awards the groups millions more in attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act,” Walter Olson of the Cato Institute says.
Democrats’ top problem in 2018: The math is still against them Failing to appeal to working-class voters in key states won by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama was a key part of Hillary Clinton’s downfall. But Hillary’s problem went well beyond swing states; it was national. Overall, Trump won 2,622 counties, while Clinton only carried 490. Why does this matter? Because there are simply not enough coastal seats to be won for Democrats to win the House.
MSNBC: Menendez Can ‘Hang On’ to Senate Seat ‘Months’ After Corruption Conviction “Chris Christie’s term is up…he will be out of the office by the second week of January. So if you were to get a conviction of Menendez in the near-term future, the challenge for Menendez…is could he hang on for a couple months until a Democrat becomes governor of New Jersey?,” Kornacki wondered. He assured the show’s liberal panelists: “I’m almost sure he would do this and I’m almost sure Democrats in the Senate would have his back in doing this.”
Menendez Videos Portray Supporters, Fail to Disclose Ties to Embattled Senator
DeVos Takes on Lawless Campus Tribunals According to a study released this week by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, 73.6 percent of America’s top universities don’t guarantee students a presumption of innocence, fewer than half require that fact-finders be impartial, and a full 58.5 percent of institutions don’t “provide students with a meaningful opportunity to cross-examine witnesses” in cases of sexual misconduct. And this is a partial list of university legal failures. All told, 45 of the 53 rated colleges received a “D” or “F” for their commitment to due process.
Hillary Grants First Book Interview to CBS and Jane Pauley — Her Soggiest Sob Sister CNN’s Tom Kludt reported “the booking is a coup” – CBS Sunday Morning host Jane Pauley will get the first TV interview with Hillary Clinton since her defeat at Trump’s hands in 2016, airing Sunday. Then Kludt noted CBS owns Hillary’s publisher Simon & Schuster, so there’s really no “coup” there at all.
Brace Yourselves For IMPACT- Illegal Alien Sitcoms Headed To CBS And CW The shows, entitled Have Mercy and Illegal (not exactly subtle) focus on illegal aliens who are struggling to achieve their full potential in the United States.
Have Mercy will air on CBS, and stars a Latina doctor who cannot practice medicine after immigrating to Miami. After being denied the RIGHT to pursue her life’s passion, the aforementioned doctor gets to work in a shabby, makeshift clinic as a way to give back to her community. How heartwarming.
Illegal, in contrast, stars a teenage boy who is struggling to come to terms with his family’s status as illegal immigrants while also staying in school, making good grades, and dealing with puberty and all of the wonderful things that accompany being a teenager.
SCARY LIGHTS SEEN OVER MEXICO DURING 8.2 EARTHQUAKE SEPTEMBER 2017
[CtH: It looks like sheet lightning or intra-cloud lightning (IC) — i.e., lightning embedded within a cloud that lights up as a sheet of luminosity during the flash.]
One of the advantages of being retired is that you can take a nap any time you want to. I enjoyed my weekly breakfast with my uncles this morning and felt like lying down for a bit when I got home. Woke up a little while ago and saw on Facebook a dear friend who lives in Florida plans to ride out the storm. Still praying.
It’s late, but maybe the folks who visit here early can catch this in the morning. I want you to know how much I appreciate all of you. [CtH: Back atcha, Pete!]
Tim Kaine: ‘I Don’t Know Enough About Antifa’
THIS CLOWN COULD HAVE BEEN OUR VICE PRESIDENT. LET THAT SINK IN.
Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine says he does not know much about members of so-called “anti-fascist” groups but says it is unfair to paint them with a broad brush.
Kaine’s son, Linwood, was arrested back in March at a pro-Trump rally at Minnesota’s state capitol on misdemeanor charges in connection with lighting smoke bombs.
[CtH: Democrats never let a little thing like ignorance stand in the way of their having firm opinions about stuff.]
Hurricanes Irma, Harvey are nature’s ‘wrath’ for Trump victory, Jennifer Lawrence claims
THE CLIMATE CHANGE NITWITS ARE BESIDE THEMSELVES
“You know, it’s this new language that’s forming. I don’t even recognize it. It’s also scary to know that climate change is due to human activity, and we continue to ignore it, and the only voice that we really have is through voting.”
Hillary Accuses Matt Lauer of ‘Pointless Ambush’ in NBC Forum
Recalling the event in her self-serving account of the campaign, Clinton ranted: “Lauer had turned what should have been a serious discussion into a pointless ambush.” Why was she so upset with the morning show host who usually provided her a friendly forum? Apparently he asked too many questions about her e-mail scandal.
Kid Rock Gives EPIC ‘Stump Speech’ at Grand Rapids
Despite YouTube reportedly removing various copies of Kid Rock’s epic ‘stump speech,’ during his concert in Grand Rapids, TGP has obtained a copy of it. The rockstar goes on a fiery tirade against his critics, the KKK and deadbeat dads.
Rock said the issue of single parenthood was near to his heart, but that America should not reward women who can’t take care of themselves, but keep having “kid after f*cking kid.”
“Of course we should help them out, I don’t want to sound like a jerk,” he added. “But let’s help them out with childcare, job creating, and put their goddamn asses to work!”
I HAD A YOUTUBE COPY, BUT THEY’VE ALL BEEN REMOVED. THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE IT. THERE IS A COPY EMBEDDED AT LINK. SO SICK OF THIS CRAP.
Sanders: I Understand Clinton’s Upset for Losing to the ‘Most Unpopular Candidate in the History of this Country’
THIS SORRY OLD BASTARD MAY BE HAPPIER THAN ALL OF US THAT SHE LOST.
[CtH: I think he’s a tad confused about how “Most Unpopular” is determined. To my way of thinking, the woman who LOST should get that trophy. ]
Limbaugh: If Ryan and McConnell would Work with Trump “for Just 3 Months” to Pass His Agenda, “Dems wouldn’t have a Prayer for 25 Years”
But they have not listened to Trump. They have not enacted his agenda. They have fought him every step of the way. It’s totally insane. They don’t want Trump to get credit for anything. They would rather see the entire Trump agenda fail. But they may be about to find out Trump can get things done without them.
DoJ makes “shocking” flip in SCOTUS religious liberty case
JUST THINK…A PRESIDENT WHO DOESN’T DESPISE CHRISTIANS
In a major upcoming Supreme Court case that weighs equal rights with religious liberty, the Trump administration on Thursday sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a brief on behalf of baker Jack Phillips, who was found to have violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing to created a cake to celebrate the marriage of Charlie Craig and David Mullins in 2012.
Bannon on 60 Minutes: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell ‘Trying to Nullify 2016 Election’
Former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon believes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) are trying to “nullify” the 2016 election because they do not believe in the economic nationalist agenda that got President Donald Trump elected.
When Is A Scandal Not A Scandal? When There’s A Democrat Involved
Corruption: A sitting U.S. Senator is currently on trial for bribery, and if he’s found guilty it could have major political ramifications. Haven’t heard about this case? That’s because the Senator in question is a Democrat.
A CNN story this week about the opening of the trial against New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez noted that “Democrats are eager to avoid the subject of Menendez’s bribery trial.”
The New York Times wrote an entire piece without identifying Senator Menendez as a Democrat from New Jersey, only later admitting that Menendez is a Democrat in updated version of the story two days later. AP and NBC both tweeted out a story that Bob Menendez is a Republican.
Trump’s Justice Department Lets Lois Lerner Off The Hook
IT’S NOT WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE’S GUILTY, BUT CAN YOU PROVE IT? HOW I LOATHE THIS ARROGANT BITCH
The Justice Department says it will not prosecute former IRS executive Lois Lerner for targeting conservative groups during the 2010 and 2012 elections.
“After this process, the Department determined that reopening the investigation would not be appropriate based on the available evidence,” Boyd wrote Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam, the chairman of the subcommittee on tax policy.
First I’d like to offer my sincerest prayers for the safety of the founder of this blog (I think), Mafia Rose. She lives in Florida, which is in the cross hairs of not one but two devastating storms, Irma and Jose. Western Mexico suffered an 8.1 earthquake overnight. Fires still rage in the Pacific Northwest. Auntie Lib lives in Montana and I’m including her in my prayers. Lefties scream about climate change. I think it’s more like a warning from Almighty God. It’s a warning that He alone is in control.
Tens of thousands of witches around the world join forces every month to cast a ‘binding’ spell on Donald Trump and ‘protect’ us from his actions. Hollywood witch Vicky Adams says she has been inundated with people wanting to learn the spell and buy ingredients. Vicky, who runs a renowned occult store in tinseltown, says the spell aims to stop the US President from reaping “harm and destruction” across the globe.
[CtH: As Christians, we have authority over demons. If you do not already pray often for binding of evil spirits, I encourage you to begin doing so. Also, add President Trump to your daily prayers. Jesus defeated Satan, but we must be willing to use the weapons He provides us (like prayer and fasting) and not be like the troops Obama ordered to stand down when Benghazi was under attack.]
Pro surfer, 16, dies catching a wave during Hurricane Irma in Barbados
Zander Venezia, 16, died while surfing in Barbados during Hurricane Irma. The Barbados native was surfing with other pros who flew in to surf Irma’s swell. He was knocked over by a wave and hit a reef.
GETS KILLED SURFING IN A HURRICANE — DARWIN’S LAW IN ACTION
Texan Nabbed For Lewd Encounter With A Fence
Man, 32, facing indecent exposure rap http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex/illicit-fence-tryst-563829
Veiled Woman Attacks Shop Owner In RAGE For Selling Lingerie Near Headscarves Ironically, the victim was a 40 year-old Arabic immigrant. She said she saw a tattoo on the neck of her attacker and blonde hair under the niqab. That would indicate it is a convert. There are none so maniacally devout as those who are converted to Islam. Police say the woman had entered the shop once before and insulted the saleswoman in both German and Turkish before being told to leave.
Nolte: Civil Rights Lawsuit Claims Gifted Black Girl Bullied by Black Students for ‘Acting White’
The motivation all appears to be racial. On top of the physical bullying, the lawsuit says the “verbal bullying and harassment began almost immediately.” Taunts included “Oreo,” “white girl,” “wannabe white girl,” and “black white bitch.” The lawsuit adds that she was “generally maligned” for “acting white.”
The suit is specifically directed at Richland School District 1 over the school’s apparent failure to do anything to the protect the girl, despite repeated complaints from her parents. The lawsuit also claims to have witnesses and/or video from surveillance cameras of a number of the incidents.
[CtH: This stuff happened in my high school way back the dark ages of my teen years.]
Pilot Rock City Council looks to ODFW for turkey solutions
DATELINE: EASTERN OREGON After residents complained of ruined gardens and ubiquitous turkey scat — the birds are accused of covering a pickup truck with their nightly droppings — the Pilot Rock City Council has decided to call in the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to lay out options for dealing with wild turkeys.
[CtH: This being Oregon, I’m thinking they’ll not like it when the ODFW suggests turkey for dinner as the best option.]
Judge to wiseguy: You should’ve thought before joining the mob A no-nonsense Manhattan federal court judge blasted an aged wiseguy Thursday before sentencing him to seven years in prison — saying he should have thought beforehand about joining the mob if he didn’t want to die behind bars.
“There’s a long history of capos who have died in prison,” Judge Richard Sullivan coldly told 73-year-old Pasquale “Patsy” Parrello before handing down the sentence — which brought audible gasps of disbelief from the packed courtroom.
One of Trump’s nominees for appeals court is Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame Law School professor and a Roman Catholic. Democrats Feinstein, Hirono, and Durbin made her religious convictions an issue during her confirmation hearing.
Republican Sen. Ben Sasse noted that this line of questioning violated the Constitution’s religious test clause.
Durbin said that, because Barrett has been “outspoken” on the topic of “how a person with strong religious beliefs becomes a judge and looks at American law”, the questions were legitimate.
I think it’s more to the point to say that Democrats can’t stand conservative Christians, especially not the Catholic ones, and that they have zero qualms about making religion an issue when it suits them. You KNOW they’d be screaming bloody murder if Republicans asked a Muslim jurist how his faith would influence his judicial conduct.
Remember when long-time Leftist Sonia Sotomayor said she’d be a good SCOTUS judge, because she was a “wise Latina”?
Obama et al. didn’t care that she had never issued any important decisions, made a name for herself as a legal scholar or particularly respected jurist, and that 60% of her lower court decisions had been overturned on appeal. They only cared that she could be relied on to ignore the law in favor of promoting Progressive causes.
Barrett herself said, “It is never appropriate for a judge to apply their personal convictions, whether it derives from faith or personal conviction. My own personal church affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge of my duties as a judge.”
Not that they believed her. Personally, I think they assume everyone is as willing to prostitute themselves for politics as they themselves are.
Donald Trump is a businessman, not a politician. That fact, as much as perhaps any other, is why he bested 16 other primary foes and stunned the nation by besting the heir apparent, a sociopathic liar who never met a dollar she didn’t covet. Make no mistake, he is a far, far better alternative to the evil Cankles was prepared to wreak. Still and all, Trump’s forte is making deals. The republicans gave him nothing. He did away with a lot of onerous regulations and the climate change scheme through executive order, but was so eager to appear presidential he’d have signed any legislation they sent him.
They gave him nothing. No border wall funding, no tax cuts, not even the so-called ‘skinny repeal’ of Obamacare. Whether out of spite or cowardice, they have fought him on almost anything. So, Trump decided if they won’t deal with him, the democrats will. And they did. Democrats had absolutely no power to stop anything, and Trump handed them the power to attach amendment to any legislation while denying anything to republicans. DACA will be the first amendment rider with making Obamacare permanent close behind. The dems now have the best of both worlds… they get to have their own way and trash Trump like they always do. Witness the savagery displayed after Sessions announced the ending of the DREAM act, only to have Trump gave Congress 6 months to fondle each other after which he will “revisit” it.
Will Democrats Take ‘Yes’ For An Answer on DACA, or Demagogue Compromises to Protect a Wedge Issue? IF YOU DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER YOU’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION
Unforgivable: Donald Trump just made Chuck Schumer POTUS The president’s total capitulation occurred in a Wednesday meeting with congressional leaders from both parties. Earlier, Minority Leaders Pelosi and Schumer proposed a plan to tie Hurricane Harvey relief to a short-term debt ceiling increase until mid-December. President Trump agreed to support the Democratic plan. To make matters even worse, the president said Wednesday that his administration will always “automatically” agree on increasing the debt ceiling.
YOU CAN KISS THE 15% CORPORATE TAX RATE GOODBYE. DEMOCRATS WANT NO PART OF IT AND THE REPUBLICANS CAN NO LONGER DO ANYTHING.
GOP leaders ‘shocked’ following Trump deal with Democrats Several Republicans briefed on the meeting said that Trump, who has been absent a major legislative achievement for his first seven months in office, was hungry for a deal.
“The President was in deal-cutting mode,” a Republican familiar with the meeting told CNN. “He was sick of this fight.”
TRUMP Goes Around Do-Nothing Republican Leaders and Strikes Debt Limit Deal with Pelosi-Schumer
During a meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, Trump surprised his GOP colleagues when he granted Democrats’ request that Republicans pass a Hurricane Harvey relief package with a three-month debt increase. Top White House officials and GOP leaders had spent the past few days urging Republicans to raise the debt ceiling through the 2018 midterm election.
How Trump Caved To Dems Over Debt Ceiling, Govt. Funding “We had a very good meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. We agreed to a three-month extension on debt ceiling, which they consider to be sacred — very important — always we’ll agree on debt ceiling automatically because of the importance of it,” Trump told reporters Wednesday aboard Air Force One.
Trump’s Deal with Democrats Is a Warning to Republicans — Establishment and Conservative Alike The deal is a warning to Republicans — primarily to the party establishment, which has fought Trump at every turn, but also to conservative Republicans, who have long worried about Trump shifting leftwards.
By working with Democrats, Trump can bypass the Republican leadership, GOP moderates, and personal foes like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). However, it also means that he can cobble deals together between liberal Republicans and the Democrat minority, leaving conservatives out in the cold.
BANNON IS GONE, GORKA IS GONE; NO CONSERVATIVES LEFT. UBER-LIBERAL IVANKA NOW TRUMP’S MAIN ADVISER.
Ivanka Trump Pitches Conservative Leaders on Doubling Child Tax Credit Trump did not provide numbers on what the policy would cost overall, or whether it would apply to all taxpayers or just those who are below a certain income bracket. The initiative is one previously alluded to in an April White House document that outlined the administration’s vision for tax reform. Part of the appeal of the tax credit is that it benefits regular working families, according to meeting attendees who spoke to Politico.
Schumer: Debt Ceiling Deal “A Really Good Moment of Some Bipartisanship”
[CtH: So says the man for whom “bipartisanship” means “our side gets everything we want.”]
McConnell on Debt Limit Deal: ‘The President Agreed With Sen. Schumer and Congresswoman Pelosi’
HE COULD HAVE ADDED: ‘WE DON’T CARE AS LONG AS WE KEEP OUR JOBS AND GET OUR SHARE OF THE MONEY.’
Meet the Swamp: Donald Trump Punts September Agenda to December After Meeting with Congress
CHECK THE SMUG LOOK ON SCREWMER’S FACE.
[CtH: Wait, what? I thought anyone who agreed to sit in the same room with Trump was a traitor to the Resistance.]
Congress has to pass an emergency funding bill for the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Louisiana and Texas and raise the debt ceiling. They also need to pass a budget or a continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown. The group also discussed the future of DACA recipients and Trump’s six-month window allowing Congress to come up with a solution before the program ends.
Ann Coulter: We Made Donald %#&@ Trump PRESIDENT — What Else Can We Do?
Congress has tried to sneak through amnesties three times in a little more than a decade. Every time, the American people somehow found out — despite the best efforts of the press — rose up in a rage and killed the proposed bills.
I was adding extras to Pete’s post, but it got so it was taking too long to refresh, so here’s the rest.
AfterTrump announced he would donate $1 million of his own money to hurricane relief, Trump haters griped that it was “chump change” and why did he have to make it all about him and was he really going to do it at all?
After the White House issued a written statement detailing the twelve organizations he and Melania had chosen, Trump haters griped that it was “a lot of religious (and only Christian) groups” and “they just want to make [us] call 12 different places to confirm the donations” and, again, “so what, he’s a billionaire.”
I’m kinda wondering how many of these jerks have donated anything. Also, how many non-Christian groups are out there providing aid? Muslim groups? Progressive groups? Black Lives Matters? Antifa? Hello? Anybody?
USA Today proudly reported that it had ID’ed 4500 Trump golf-club membersthrough their social media accounts as well as an online service that lets golfers track their handicaps. Apparently, it’s okay to dox* people for the horrible crime of playing golf, because Trump isn’t all transparent-y the way Obama was. Or something.
dox: search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the Internet, typically with malicious intent.
This from Alert Reader ZMalfoy: “There are 3 Coronal Mass Ejections heading our way, the first to impact this evening. None are “kill shots”, but the effect of three big ‘uns so close together could cause electrical grid disruptions (in addition to various health issues and boosting the power of current storms). Like getting shot with a smaller caliber bullet, one might not do you in, but three close together can do serious damage. This info is from guys whom I have monitored for years, and they never panic, never spread rumors. They are calm and solid, and they’re a bit concerned, like . . . 10% concerned.”
14th Largest Flare Ever Recorded, Largest in 12 Years