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2018_04 05 WH in bloom

JOB GAINS: Since Trump took office, unemployment has declined in every major demographic group, but the greatest drop has been for Americans with disabilities, a demographic that typically has a higher jobless rate than the average citizen.

CATCH AND RELEASE: President Donald J. Trump has signed a Presidential Memorandum that takes important steps to end “catch and release,” a dangerous practice whereby those who have violated our Nation’s immigration laws are released into the United States shortly after their apprehension.

EX-FEMINIST: A feminist comes to terms with the Men’s Rights movement: “We have to stop expecting to be offended.” This is an amazing talk and WELL WORTH YOUR TIME! My favorite line: “No one will ever listen to you more than someone who transcribes your words. You should write that down.”

FACEBOOK CEO:  Zuckerburg talks about Facebook “as if he’s running a kindly charity – his customers are ‘the community’, and all he does is ‘connect’ them, a word that means harvesting your personal information as Planned Parenthood harvests your body parts. Streamlining traditional business models by discreetly transforming the customer into the product has proved infinitely more lucrative than making widgets.”

PRAGER U: As the Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Richer

PRAGER U: Alejandro Chafuen of The Acton Institute conducted a study of think tank and other organizations that promote a free economy on such popular social-media platforms as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. He found PragerU the undisputed leader in short educational videos with over 340 million views on YouTube.

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Go Ahead; Make My Day

David Hogg Will Skip Year of College to Focus on ’18 Elections After UC-Irvine Offers Admission

Hogg’s mother told CNN on Monday that her son “will not be going to college this year because he’s decided to take a year off and work on the midterm elections.”
TMZ reported on Sunday that Hogg received an acceptance letter from UCI that partly read: “Students choose UCI to make a true difference in the world, we hope you will too.”
After Fox News host Laura Ingraham tweeted that Hogg, who told numerous outlets that he was “hurt” that some of California’s top public schools rejected him, had whined about not being accepted to various colleges, the left-wing teenage activist immediately called on Ingraham’s advertisers to drop her.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/09/report-david-hogg-will-skip-year-college-focus-18-elections-uc-irvine-offers-admission/

This smarmy little foul mouthed punk thinks he can influence the midterm elections. Maybe he can. Every Republican should point out this is the kind of miserable trash the Democrats embrace. Apparently he’s never heard of Cindy Sheehan or Sandra Fluke. When he’s not useful to the left anymore he’ll stop getting air time on CNN.


MSNBC’s Joy Reid: What If Trump Refuses To Be Arrested By Federal Marshals?
IF HE DID THAT HE’D BE A DEMOCRAT… THEY IGNORE LAWS WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT.
“Let’s say that Donald Trump decides he doesn’t want to give an interview with Mueller, but Mueller says ‘Oh, but you will.’ And he’s subpoenaed to [be] interview[ed] [by] Robert Mueller. And Donald Trump simply says, ‘I don’t recognize that subpoena.’ This is a president whose behavior is different as president of the United States. He doesn’t follow convention. Who would force him to comply with the subpoena ordering him to do an interview with Robert Mueller?” Reid asked.
JUST IN CASE YOU’RE WONDERING WHAT THESE VERMIN FANTASIZE ABOUT

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/04/08/msnbc_joy_reid_what_if_trump_refuses_to_be_arrested_by_federal_marshals.html

A George Soros-Backed Prosecutor Under FBI Investigation Indicts Republican Governor Eric Greitens—Because of a Dream
EVIDENCE? WE DON’T NEED NO STEENKING EVIDENCE! HE’S A REPUBLICAN. THAT’S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.
Here’s the story: In St. Louis, Missouri, in 2018, a man was indicted for a felony for allegedly taking a compromising photograph of his mistress. From the beginning, the details were sketchy: the woman wasn’t sure if she’d seen a flash or heard a phone click. Under cross-examination, she revealed even more uncertainty. Turns out, she’d never actually seen a phone. She’d never seen a camera. She’d never seen a photo.
Oh — and she might have dreamt the whole thing up. That’s right: when asked by the prosecutor whether she had seen a phone, she said it was something she may once have had a dream about.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/09/hantler-a-george-soros-backed-prosecutor-under-fbi-investigation/

Unremorseful ‘drunk judge’ works 1 day in whole year, gets raise to nearly 200k, and then this crazy rant 
New York taxpayers spend nearly $200,000 every single year to fund the salary of an obnoxious “drunk judge” who as of April had only worked one day thus far this year.
IT’S GOOD TO BE A PROTECTED MINORITY
Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio earned the nickname of “drunk judge” after a court convicted her of a DWI in 2017 for a driving incident that occurred a year earlier
WHAM noted that the state’s Commission on Legislative, Judicial and Executive Compensation recently approved a raise for all New York judges, including Astacio. As a result, the “drunk judge” now collects a whopping $187,200 salary, all at the expense of New York taxpayers.
“Why’s my name in the headlines?” she wrote Monday afternoon. “You’re mad because I’m a young minority getting paid.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/04/08/unremorseful-drunk-judge-works-1-day-in-whole-year-gets-raise-to-nearly-200k-and-then-this-crazy-rant-621800

Woman Sues Owner of Pennsylvania ‘Trump House’ Claiming it Caused Car Crash
In a lawsuit filed on Friday, a woman claims that a Pennsylvania house dedicated to then-candidate Donald Trump caused her to get into a car accident two weeks before the election.
Kellie Roadman of Ligonier claims that drivers were distracted by the patriotic house — which was painted to look like an American flag, had a 12’ cut out of Donald Trump and featured campaign decor in support of the then-candidate.
Roadman is now seeking more than $30,000 from Rossi and did not name the driver who actually hit her in the lawsuit.

Woman Sues Owner of Pennsylvania ‘Trump House’ Claiming it Caused Car Crash

Trump To Replace Liberal Lion Of The Ninth Circuit
Fearing a conservative jurist would replace Judge Stephen Reinhardt, the liberal lion of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a prominent progressive legal scholar quietly urged him to retire in the spring of 2014.
Reinhardt refused the overtures. Months later, Republicans assumed control of the Senate, effectively ending former President Barack Obama’s judicial confirmations. President Donald Trump’s election forced the judge into an awkward actuarial battle, an increasingly common phenomenon as judicial appointments become highly politicized. He died on March 29 at 87.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/08/stephen-reinhardt-ninth-circuit-trump/

China’s Xi announces plans to ‘open’ China, including lowering tariffs on imported autos
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the Boao Forum for Asia on Tuesday.
He discussed plans to further open up the Chinese economy, including “significantly” lowering import tariffs for autos, decreasing duties on other products, enforcing the legal intellectual property of foreign firms and improving the investment environment for international companies.
TRUMP CALLS CHINA’S BLUFF AND THEY BACK DOWN.
NAME ANOTHER POLITICIAN WITH THE NERVE TO DO THAT.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/09/chinese-president-xi-jinping-speaks-at-boao-forum-for-asia.html

Tuition Rates About to ‘Triple’ for Some DACA Students in Arizona
With the court’s reversal, some say their dreams of getting college educations have been buried.
“We are an asset,” said Karina Ruiz, the president of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition. “We contribute. For this state to not give us a chance to continue to do so, it’s wrong.”
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said that while he’s sympathetic to these kids and their hopes for higher education, he commended the court for cracking down on universities who were violating the law.
“It’s about time someone held them accountable, and that’s my job,” Brnovich said. “My role as AG is to make sure you’re following the law.”
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/04/09/tuition-rates-about-to-triple-for-some-daca-students-in-arizona-n2469295


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Undeterred, He Persisted

Bright, sunshiny, cold as a titch’s wit. Winter just won’t go away.

Texas official triggered by teen’s TRUMP shirt, faces charge for allegedly berating group of ‘scared’ girls
A Texas councilwoman is facing misdemeanor charges after a MAGA shirt sparked an anti-Trump outburst.
West University Place Councilwoman Kellye Burke was accused of yelling obscenities Saturday at a group of teenage girls over a Trump T-shirt
The girls, who did not want to be identified for fear of retaliation, were confronted by the councilwoman while they waited on line to buy cookies at a local shop, according to KPRC2.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/04/05/texas-official-triggered-by-teens-trump-shirt-faces-charge-for-allegedly-berating-group-of-scared-girls-620783

Massachusetts’ Ban On Assault Weapons Doesn’t Violate 2nd Amendment, Fed Judge Rules

A judge in Massachusetts on Friday ruled against a lawsuit that questioned the state’s ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, declaring that the weapons were not protected by the Second Amendment.
Assault weapons are considered to be military firearms, U.S. District Judge William Young said in his ruling, therefore disqualifying them from being included in a citizen’s right to “bear arms.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/06/massachusetts-ban-on-assault-weapons-doesnt-violate-2nd-amendment-judge-rules.html

DOJ Announces New Zero Tolerance Enforcement For Entering the U.S. Illegally
The announcement and directive comes just two days after President Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard to the southern border with Mexico. According to the White House, 2000-4000 troops will be sent until the border wall is completed. Based on recommendations from local governors and Border Patrol agents, additional guards could be deployed if extra resources are necessary.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/04/06/sessions-announces-new-zero-tolerance-enforcement-for-entering-us-illegally-n2468520

Rand Paul: ‘Scott Pruitt is Likely the Bravest and Most Conservative Member of Trump’s Cabinet’
Sen. Paul tweeted on Thursday morning, “Scott Pruitt is likely the bravest and most conservative member of Trump’s cabinet. We need him to help Donald Trump drain the regulatory swamp”
CNN, the Washington Post, and other outlets have attacked Pruitt for renting out a condominium owned by lobbyists. Pruitt leased a room for roughly $50 a night, paying a total of $6,100.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/05/rand-paul-scott-pruitt-likely-bravest-conservative-member-trumps-cabinet/

Obama-Era Clean-Air Rule on Methane Emissions Blocked Again
An on-again, off-again effort to restrict harmful methane emissions on federal lands is off — again.
A federal judge in Wyoming has halted the clean-air rule indefinitely, saying it “makes little sense” to force oil and gas companies to comply with the Obama-era rule when the Trump administration has moved to roll back the 2016 regulation.
The Interior Department is accepting comments on its proposed rewrite and expects to issue a final rule this summer
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-04-05/obama-era-clean-air-rule-on-methane-emissions-blocked-again

Bank Tip Exposes Illegal Workers at Meatpacker
The federal immigration raid on a Tennessee meatpacker was prompted by a bank alert showing large cash withdrawals for payrolls, according to a federal affidavit.
The cash payments since 2008 “were in excess of $25 million,” according to the federal affidavit posted by a local TV station, WATC.com.
Ninety-seven people were detained in the raid on Tennesee-based Southeastern Provisions, including 10 people arrested on federal charges and one person who was arrested on state charges. Of the remaining 86 people, 54 were detained, likely for deportation, while 32 were released.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/06/bank-tip-exposes-illegal-workers-meatpacker/

Trump Blasts U.S. Anchor Baby Policy: ‘You’re Violating Something Very Sacred, You’re Violating a Border’
President Trump blasted the United States’ birthright citizenship policy whereby the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are given automatic American citizenship, noting that illegal aliens are “violating a border.”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/06/trump-blasts-u-s-anchor-baby-policy-youre-violating-something-very-sacred-youre-violating-a-border/

Mo Brooks Calls The Surge Of Illegal Immigrants ‘Invasion By Foreign Nationals,’ And It Drove CNN’s Alisyn Camerota Up A Wall
Camerota took issue with this part of his statement:
“I fully support President Trump’s use of our military to secure the border against invasion by foreign nationals. Recent highly publicized caravans of thousands of foreigners heading for America’s borders emphasize that it is past time for Congress to reform laws that entice and reward foreign nationals who illegally invade America.”
Camerota asked Brooks why he used the word “invasion.” He said it was the best word to fit the current circumstances.
“Because that’s the word that applies,” he said. “If you go to Webster’s dictionary, it absolutely fits that definition.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbhNwrE-Ll8
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/06/mo-brooks-alisyn-camerota-illegal-immigration/

100,000 California teenagers are now pre-registered to vote
WHAT DID YOU THINK THOSE MARCHES WERE FOR?
California’s effort to get 16- and 17-year-olds to pre-register to vote has now enlisted 100,000 teenagers, according to information released on Friday by Secretary of State Alex Padilla.
“This is a big milestone,” Padilla said. “I’m optimistic it’s going to translate into action at the ballot box.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-california-teenagers-preregister-voting-1523032069-htmlstory.html

Michelle Obama: My Husband Was ‘The Good Parent’ Compared To Trump
At the Simmons Leadership Conference in Boston, Obama appeared to take shots at President Trump’s administration in remarks first reported by local TV station WBZ.
The Obama administration “was like having the ‘good parent’ at home,” the former first lady said. “The responsible parent, the one who told you to eat your carrots and go to bed on time.”
“And now we have the other parent,” Obama added. “We thought it’d feel fun — maybe it feels fun for now because we can eat candy all day and stay up late and not follow the rules.”

Michelle Obama: My husband was ‘the good parent’ compared to Trump

Trump To Skip Unfunny, Fake-News Filled, White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Again)
“So bad and so fake.” It’s a sentiment that can be echoed by most of America, with a recent survey citing only 32 percent of Americans would even claim they have either “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the mainstream media. It certainly doesn’t help that this is the second year in a row that the White House Correspondents’ Association enlisted an incredibly unfunny comedian; last year, they had the Daily Show’s tone-deaf Hasan Minhaj attempt to deliver a series of anti-Trump jokes, this year they hired (you guessed it) the Daily Show’s Michelle Wolf.

GOOD: Trump To Skip Unfunny, Fake-News Filled, White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Again)

Cook Report Changes Ratings in 13 Districts in Democrats Favor
Every GOP incumbent will have a Democrat opponent.
“While Republicans have been left floundering without a coherent message, Democratic momentum is growing stronger by the day,” said DCCC Spokesperson Tyler Law. “Democratic candidates across the country are ready to harness this energy, while many Republicans incumbents have been caught woefully unprepared.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/04/cook-report-changes-ratings-in-13-districts-in-democrats-favor/

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San Fran Nan

If it were not for the political power she wields and the money she rakes in, her family would probably have her institutionalized. It seems like she’s suffering from a bad case of dementia.

Nancy Pelosi slams Trump for ‘wasting resources on pointlessly sending troops’ to border

THE ONLY TIME THEY GRIPE ABOUT COST IS WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE IS SPENDING IT
The California Democrat wrote: “@realDonaldTrump is using every cynical political trick in the book to ignite anti-immigrant fervor. Needlessly militarizing our southern border won’t make Americans more safe – it’s just another political calculation.
“Instead of wasting resources on pointlessly sending troops to our border, @realDonaldTrump should work with Democrats to pass the DREAM Act & #ProtectDREAMers,” she added.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nancy-pelosi-slams-trump-for-wasting-resources-on-pointlessly-sending-troops-to-border

Pelosi: If We Win, We’re Going to Turn Back the Clock By Repealing the New Law and Massively Increasing Taxes
THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH VOTES TO OVERRIDE A PRESIDENTIAL VETO.
Uprooting the entire tax law would inflict massive tax increases on nearly every American family. Approximately nine-in-ten taxpayers are experiencing a reduction in their tax burden thanks to the new policy, on which every last Democrat in Congress voted ‘no.’ Republicans’ parallel programs of de-regulation and tax relief have helped fuel and sustain a sizzling US economy, the positive effects of which are simply undeniable.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/04/05/pelosi-you-bet-democrats-are-going-inflict-massive-middle-class-tax-increases-if-we-win-n2467855

A huge champion of the poor, Nancy Pelosi’s $22 million Napa home boasts tennis courts and a Bocci ball court. She is lucky enough to also have a helicopter landing pad.

Being poor is GREAT! Just not for Nancy
A political creation of unions, she employs ZERO union people at her vineyard and at her luxurious bed & breakfast, Auberge de Soleil, where a burger and fries will set you back $22 before tax and tip.
The same is true of the 16-branch, upscale restaurant chain Pelosi partners in, Piatti, located in 5 states in the USA, shown below. Of the nearly 1,000 employees working there, ZERO are members of a union.

Employing union people is FANTASTIC!!! Just not for Nancy
Pelosi also played a critical role in exempting American Samoa, where 80% of the island works for Starkist Tuna, from a mandatory minimum wage hike, from $5.35 per hour. Advocate For The Poor Pelosi is a major Starkist shareholder, you see.
Bad working conditions, and $5.35 each hour. Sorry Charlie..!
In a single year the bar tab for Pelosi’s huge government plane exceeded $100,000 — one time she diverted it over 1,000 miles in order to pick up a single order of chocolate-dipped strawberries.
In Feb 2018 Chris Matthews claimed the GOP’s strategy to maintain its congressional majority was to relentlessly attack Nancy “because she is an ethnic sort of person”.
Behold the highly ethnic, hardscrabble Pelosi clan below, decked out in gangsta finery in South Central Napa Valley:


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50 Years Ago Today

Anybody at least my age remembers the day it happened. I was a senior in high school. The principal came on the PA system during homeroom and asked just for that day for the white kids and the black kids not to talk to each other. It was far different back then. Drugs hadn’t become a scourge, there was not a problem with violence and teen pregnancies. It was before the teachers, who unionized in the early 60s, had switched from educating students to pushing a far left liberal agenda the way they do now.
What sickens me is that the far left liberals and race baiters use his birthday to shout their racial hatred ‘in his name.’ In truth, King would be shunned by today’s Democrat party. He was a Republican who the Kennedy brothers had the FBI wiretap. He was not perfect. There was talk about him having extramarital affairs. A lot of people did, but it was not widely heard about thanks to the fact there was no alternative to the leftist media.
He preached pacifism and nonviolence but it seemed to follow wherever he went. White supremacy was much more pronounced then, especially in the South. Those white power advocates WERE DEMOCRATS — a fact glossed over in today’s telling of history. I heard a sound bite this morning of some black person, in a calm voice, talking about Black Lives Matter and Colin Coppernuts carrying on King’s legacy. His was a legacy of peace and racial harmony. Today’s racialists have no interest in coexistence. Their power lies in the feeble-minded who trust them strictly on the basis of their skin color who feed them the philosophy of hatred and resentment.
I recall rumors of Jesse Jackass being with him when he was killed. He allegedly took his shirt off, dipped it in King’s blood, and waved it like a bloody flag. That elevated him to some stature in the black community where he honed his skills in extorting money from white corporations and commanding his army of followers.
From Wiki:

Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. He was rushed to St. Joseph’s Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. He was a prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was known for his use of nonviolence and civil disobedience.
James Earl Ray, a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary, was arrested on June 8, 1968, in London at Heathrow Airport, extradited to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. He later made many attempts to withdraw his guilty plea and be tried by a jury, but was unsuccessful; he died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

There are many accounts in the media on this day, none of which are a true reflection of the man and tend to blame the Caucasian race for his death and all the ills in our society. I’ll not post any of it here.

Trump Supporter Attacked By 2 Women At DC Restaurant, Police Say
IF YOU SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP YOU DARE NOT MENTION IT IN PUBLIC. MENTIONING HIS NAME TRIGGERS EXTREME VIOLENCE IN A LOT OF FOLK.
Cops are looking for two females who allegedly perpetrated the attack around 1 a.m. on March 16, outside the Surfside restaurant in northwest D.C.
According to Fox 5, the victim reported to police that she was involved in a conversation with the two women and a man who was with them, and at one point she stated, “I support Donald Trump.”
The victim said she drove herself to Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, for treatment of her injuries, according to police.
A silent, 43-second surveillance video clip from police shows a woman wearing a white jacket and crop top lunging toward a person off-camera who appears to be recording her. The woman apparently tries to snatch the camera as the video image shook.
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/04/02/trump-supporter-attacked-by-2-women-at-dc-restaurant-police-say.html

Walker warns GOP ‘at risk of a #BlueWave’ after Democratic win in Wisconsin court race
THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAD BEEN 5-2 CONSERVATIVE. THEY UPHELD THE LAW STRIPPING UNIONS OF THE POWER TO FORCE MEMBERS TO PAY DUES, EVEN IF IT WENT TO POLITICAL IDEALS THEY DID NOT APPROVE OF. THE REPUBLICANS SPENT $400,000 ON THE RACE, THE DEMOCRATS SPENT MILLIONS. THEY TRIED TO DEFEAT WALKER UNSUCCESSFULLY 3 TIMES IN 4 YEARS. THEY HATE HIM ALMOST AS HOTLY AS THEY HATE THE PRESIDENT.
Liberal Rebecca Dallet trounced conservative Michael Screnock in the race for a 10-year term on the state’s high court. Screnock conceded the race, and results continued to trickle in late Tuesday showing Dallet with a double-digit lead.
Walker, who is up for re-election to a third term next fall, tweeted that the results were another sign that the GOP is in trouble.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/04/04/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-democrats-win/index.html

New York Times Buries Surprise Study Results To Stoke Racism
A hallmark of the modern Democratic Party and Progressive Left in America is keeping racial tensions high. Whether affirmative action reverse discrimination — which is just discrimination — or college quotas or disparate impacts of any variety, the Left sees and lives through a prism of race either for social justice purposes or for cultural power purposes or electoral purposes.
The goal of racial harmony most certainly does not fit anywhere in the spectrum.
A recent New York Times article demonstrates this dynamic perfectly, and adds to the overflowing pot of evidence that most traditional media organizations can simply not be trusted to report honestly on race, along with the pantheon of other political and cultural issues.
“Tonight’s results show we are at risk of a #BlueWave in WI. The Far Left is driven by anger & hatred — we must counter it with optimism & organization. Let’s share our positive story with voters & win in November,” he tweeted.
https://therevolutionaryact.com/new-york-times-stokes-racism/

NBC Faces Backlash for Publishing Claim That Christianity Is Used to ‘Prop Up’ White Supremacy on Easter
Wilson-Hartgrove, who authored the 2018 book Reconstructing the Gospel: Finding Freedom From Slaveholder Religion, warned that Christians must “reclaim redemption from those who would use it to prop up white nationalism and bigotry.”
Although faith played a major role for abolitionist and civil rights heroes throughout United States history such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass, Wilson-Hartgrove explained that history shows that stories of faith have also been used for “evil in our world.”
https://www.christianpost.com/news/nbc-faces-backlash-for-publishing-claim-that-christianity-is-used-to-prop-up-white-supremacy-on-easter-222371/

Trump Administration Urged to End Obama-Era ‘Misstep’ of School Leniency Rules for Minority Students
Under the Obama policy, in place now in more than 50 school districts throughout the country, students whose behavior would have previously drawn an arrest or a suspension are instead referred to “teen courts” or “restorative justice talking circles.” Students who receive such referrals could still be able to purchase a firearm even though they may have a history of violent behavior or threats.
This “disparate impact” policy is based on the assertion that minority students are disciplined at higher rates because of systemic racism by teachers and school administrators.
JUST A WILD GUESS… MAYBE THEY’RE TAUGHT CRIMINALITY IS ACCEPTABLE WHEN YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/03/trump-administration-urged-end-obama-era-misstep-school-leniency-rules-minority-students/

Superheroes Fawn Over Young ‘Barry’ Obama in ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’
In the April 2 episode “Guest Starring John Noble,” the time-traveling superheroes set out to protect the first black president during his college years when he’s targeted by a telepathic gorilla known as Grodd who actually utters the phrase “time to make America Grodd again.”
Yes, everything in the show, including a young Barack Obama, is just as on the nose as that.
Team leader Sara (Caity Lotz) later even goes to college-aged Barry for advice since he’s “someone who can think straight when the whole world has gone crazy.” Right. That’s Barack Obama (pictured during his college days in the image to the right), so honorable and wise that even as a college student he’s beyond reproach.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2018/04/02/heroes-fawn-over-young-obama-dcs-legends-tomorrow

Graham: Dems roll out welcome mat for caravan

“We demand of the United­ States … that they open the border to us because we are as much citizens as the (American) people are.” — Pueblo Sin Fronteras, on behalf of the caravan of illegal immigrants from Central America headed to the U.S. border.
A little tip if I may, mi amigos, as you caravan your way to the land of free milk and honey (not to mention housing and health care): Drop the “demand” lingo. It’s counterproductive. And besides, you don’t have to “demand” anything. America’s Democrats are more than happy to give it to you.
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/04/graham_dems_roll_out_welcome_mat_for_caravan

Donald Trump Proposes Guarding Southern Border with the Military
THIS INVADING ARMY OF PARASITES DON’T BELIEVE THEY CAN BE STOPPED FROM JUMPING ON THE GRAVY TRAIN
Trump confirmed in an afternoon press conference on Tuesday that he does intend to use military force to secure the border.
“We are preparing to have the military to secure our border between Mexico and the United States,” Trump said when reporters questioned him for more details. He said he would be meeting with Mattis and other security officials to discuss the issue soon.

THEY WILL NOT BE DEPLOYED IN TIME TO STOP THESE INVADERS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/04/03/trump-proposes-guarding-southern-border-military/

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Pete’s Pieces

That was borrowed from one of the smartest women I know, Clarice Feldman, who writes for American Thinker and is a Facebook friend. Like they say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A COUPLE DAYS OLD, BUT STILL WORTH PONDERING
On Easter Sunday, here’s why Christians are giving thanks that Obama’s out of the White House


Lest we forget, here are the Obama administration’s many assaults on Christianity during what felt like a never-ending eight years.
Forcing Christians to fund abortion-causing drugs
Supporting the nationwide adoption of gay marriage
Letting men into the girl’s restroom
Corrupting the military
Attacking Biblical values
Obama’s Justice Department defunded a Louisiana Young Marines chapter because their oath mentioned God
Slighting Christian leaders
Obama thrice nominated pro-abortion ambassadors to the Vatican. All were rejected by the Roman Catholic capital
A soft spot for Islam
The military burned unsolicited Bibles sent to Afghanistan, but Obama apologized to Afghanistan after the military burned copies of the Koran
The Obama administration ordered the purging of national security strategy documents to remove terms offensive to Muslims, including “jihad,” “terrorists,” and “radical Islamic.”

THE MEDIA WHORES TWISTED THEMSELVES IN KNOTS TRYING TO CONVINCE US THIS ASSCLOWN WAS A CHRISTIAN.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/31/on-easter-sunday-heres-why-christians-are-giving-thanks-that-obamas-out-of-the-white-house-619002

NEVER IN THEIR WILDEST DREAMS WOULD THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR MESSIAH TO THE VILE ABUSE THEY HEAP ON PRESIDENT TRUMP ON A DAILY BASIS. CONSIDER NEW YORK MAGAZINE, IN THE MOST DISGUSTING DISPLAY OF OUTRIGHT CONTEMPT I’VE EVER WITNESSED.
New York magazine cover depicts Trump as a pig

ANYBODY WHO HAD TREATED OBAMA THIS WAY WOULD BE DOING PRISON TIME.
THIS IS FROM THE HILL WEBSITE, CERTAINLY NO FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT.
The cover story, “Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump’s Greatest Political Liability,” hits Trump for what it claims is “corruption” and “greed” in nearly all aspects of his presidency, from his political appointees to his decision to let his sons take over his business after he took office.
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/381205-ny-magazine-cover-depicts-trump-as-a-pig

Jim Acosta Yelled At Trump While He Was Coloring With Children At White House Easter Egg Roll


While Trump sat at the table, CNN’s White House correspondent Jim Acosta began yelling at him.
“What about the DACA kids?” he shouted at POUTS. “Should they worry about what’s going to happen to them?”
Trump responded, saying “The Democrats have clearly let them down.” Then Trump turned back to coloring at the table with his son, wife and other young children.
Acosta persisted, repeating “Didn’t you kill DACA? Didn’t you kill DACA?” at the president’s back.
THEY SHOULD PULL THIS PATHETIC LITTLE TWERP’S CREDENTIAL. HE DOESN’T WANT TO REPORT THE STORY, HE WANTS TO BE THE STORY.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/02/acosta-yells-trump-white-house-easter-egg-roll-daca/

Mexican Immigration Authorities Say They Plan on Disbanding Caravan of Illegal Aliens by Wednesday After Trump Hammers Mexico on Twitter
Monday evening, embedded Buzzfeed reporter Adolfo Flores reported the Mexican immigration authorities said they are planning on disbanding the caravan of illegal aliens by Wednesday in Oaxaca.
Flores tweeted: Mexican immigration authorities said they plan on disbanding the Central American caravan by Wednesday in Oaxaca. The most vulnerable will get humanitarian visas

Update: Defiant caravan organizers plan to march ahead: Gina Garibo, an organizer with Pueblos Sin Fronteras, said the caravan was not over. They will continue to travel towards the US with asylum seekers.
THIS IS THE STATEMENT THAT WAS RELEASED.
ANY GUESSES WHO’S FINANCING THIS INVASION? WHY ARE THEY MENTIONING RELIGIONS AND GENDER EXPRESSIONS? REFUGEES IS REFUGEES… EXCEPT WHEN THEY’RE NOT.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/04/mexican-immigration-authorities-say-they-plan-on-disbanding-caravan-of-illegal-aliens-by-wednesday-after-trump-hammers-mexico-on-twitter/

Politifact Aborts the Facts About Abortion Being the Leading Killer in Black Community

Abortion-induced deaths of the unborn in the black community are 69 times higher than HIV deaths, 31 times higher than (all other) homicides, 3.6 times higher than cancer-related deaths, and 3.5 times higher than deaths caused by heart disease.
Selby, preferring euphemisms over the literal meaning of words, explains: “But it’s worth noting for starters that Isaac’s characterization of abortions as killing babies is disputed.”
Disputed by whom?
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2018/04/02/politifact-aborts-the-facts-about-abortion-being-the-leading-killer-in-black-community-n2466958

Obama Is Reportedly ‘Relieved’ To Not Be President Anymore
THAT MAKES 63 MILLION AND ONE OF US.
“It’s obvious to most people who are watching that he is relieved to no longer be bearing the burden of the presidency,” former Obama press secretary Josh Earnest claimed, The Hill reported Monday.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/02/obama-relieved-not-be-president/

“Turn Back To The Revolution”: Black DNC Official Calls For Dems To Use ‘Black Panther’ Tactics To Win 2018 Midterms
In a speech Saturday, the Democratic National Committee’s Black Caucus chairwoman Virgie Rollins called on the Democrat Party to adopt tactics once used by the Black Panther Party to win the 2018 midterm elections.
“We’ve got to be out here in masses in the midterms,” she continued. “It’s all about changing the Congress now.”
“They cannot win without black folks and women, so it’s up to us.”
“We’re going to do grassroots organizing in this election,” Rollins closed. “That is so important.”
“We’ve got to turn back to the revolution, because it’s important. They depend on us.”

SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO BE ITCHING FOR WAR. THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY WISH FOR.

“Turn Back To The Revolution”: Black DNC Official Calls For Dems To Use ‘Black Panther’ Tactics To Win 2018 Midterms (VIDEO)

FROM THE BABYLON BEE:
Google Pays Respect To Jesus’s Empty Tomb With Empty Homepage

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—While Christians have often complained of bias in the selection of which days Google honors with its “Google Doodles,” believers around the country were reportedly ecstatic to find that the search and advertising giant chose to honor the empty tomb of Jesus on Easter morning with an empty homepage.
While many significant holidays like International Women’s Day, Labor Day, and “Celebrating Pad Thai” are honored with a specially designed Google logo for the day, the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection was given the highest honor, with a completely unaltered Google homepage.
http://babylonbee.com/news/google-pays-respect-to-jesuss-empty-tomb-with-empty-homepage/

High School proudly adopts ‘Africentric Math’ to draw in black students
ANY COMMENT I MAKE WOULD BE DELETED, SO I’LL JUST LEAVE IT ALONE
Nova Scotia’s Auburn Drive High School math teachers are skipping their previous eurocentric approach to teaching mathematics so black students will gain more interest in the subject, the CBC reported. Teachers are adopting an Afrocentric lens to teach mathematics, based on incorporating African history and culture to make math classes resonate with their students.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/31/high-school-proudly-adopts-africentric-math-to-draw-in-black-students-618913

NY Times Calls New Roseanne Show Dangerous Because It’s “Normalizing Trump”
OH, NO… NOT THAT!


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Invasion of the Welfare Snatchers

They’re coming — 1,500 invaders from Central America, marching through Mexico, being given food and water and helped out by the natives. They are fleeing violence and poverty, running to a country where they can live as relative royalty: free food, housing, the best medical in the world, free education and pocket money, all provided by the taxpayers who have virtually no one to stand up for them.

Caravan of Illegal Migrants Marching to US Border Looks More Like Army of Young Male Invaders

The photos are always careful to show the poor women and children, just like the Syrian “refugees” who are nothing more than military age men fleeing their country to avoid having to fight, leaving their families to an uncertain fate. They infest Europe already, committing gang rapes to propagate the species.

A 1500-strong army of illegal migrants is marching to the US border through Mexico this month with the blessing of the Mexican government.
The Pueblos Sin Fronteras, an international group against borders, is behind the invading army.
If you look at the makeup of the group it looks like most of the marchers are young men between the ages of 15 and 35. Maybe 20-30% of the migrants are female.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/04/caravan-of-illegal-migrants-marching-to-us-border-looks-more-like-army-of-young-male-invaders-video/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2QJW75lYrc

Mexico aids Easter invasion of over 1,000 illegals into US
Mexican officials have aided a “Holy Week” caravan of over 1,000 migrants headed to the U.S. border to demand Easter asylum, according to reports.
Mostly Hondurans, they posted celebration videos on Facebook and chanted “We are migrants. We are not criminals. We are workers.”
“Additionally, the group practiced security protocols, including formations which called for the men of the group to form a wall around the women and children
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/mexico-aids-easter-invasion-of-over-1-000-illegals-into-us

Trump declares ‘NO MORE’ DACA deal after report of caravan with Central Americans heading to US
The president had given Congress six months to pass legislation enshrining the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which protects about 800,000 young immigrants brought to country illegally as children from deportation.
“Border Patrol Agents are not allowed to properly do their job at the Border because of ridiculous liberal (Democrat) laws like Catch & Release. Getting more dangerous. ‘Caravans’ coming. Republicans must go to Nuclear Option to pass tough laws NOW. NO MORE DACA DEAL!” the president tweeted.
“First off, you have got a Mexican government entity that is assisting these individuals that are coming up to the United States,” Judd told “Fox & Friends.” “These individuals do not have passports or legal documents to be in Mexico, yet you got an agency that’s helping them get to our [U.S.] border.”
Judd said border patrol agents do not have the ability to stop the migrants at the border even if they only step one foot on U.S. soil.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/01/trump-calls-for-tough-immigration-reform-after-report-caravan-with-central-americans-heading-to-us.html

We are as helpless to stop this as the people of the Gulf states were when, with the BP oil slick drifting toward their shorelines to destroy all the business in the area, Obama would not give the governors permission to try to stop it. He WANTED the devastation as an excuse to declare a moratorium on oil exploration. He didn’t care about the thousands of small businesses and tens of thousands of people who lost their jobs. Most of them didn’t vote for him anyway, so f*** ’em.

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Hits and Mrs.

Grannyism: no matter how thin you slice it, it’s still baloney.

Jeff Flake: “Only Constitutional Remedy” For Trump Firing Mueller is Impeachment
This punk is leaving in January. Until then he intends to be a major pain in the ass.
If the Democrats get Congress back, the first item of business will be impeachment. That’s no secret. They’d have to rush to the Senate before this jerk leaves office for a chance to actually remove him. There’s virtually no chance of that.
Flake, who is not seeking re-election in 2018 but has flirted with a 2020 run for president, joins at least one other high-profile Republican who has brought up the prospect of impeachment should Trump fire Mueller.
“Probably so, if he did it without cause, yeah,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told radio host Hugh Hewitt when asked if firing Mueller would be an impeachable offense.
http://www.hapblog.com/2018/03/jeff-flake-only-constitutional-remedy.html

Trump: “There’s No Such Thing As A Blue Dog Democrat – They’re All Pelosi Democrats”
IT’S THE TRUTH. THERE ARE NO MODERATE DEMOCRATS ANYMORE. THEY JUST HAVE DIFFERENT PRICE TAGS. THE OBAMACARE VOTE PROVED THAT.

Nevada GOP Rep Rides The ‘Rumor Mill’ To A Possible Paul Ryan Resignation
I WILL PROMISE YOU HERE AND NOW, PAUL RYAN ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE. HIS SEAT IS AS SAFE AS GASOLINE MAXINE’S OUT THERE IN THE L.A. GHETTO.
“If I was just guessing, he wanted to do the tax bill,” said the Nevada Congressman. “You know, John Boehner said the same thing: ‘Hey, when I checked all of the boxes I thought were important and I’m moving on to whatever else.’”
“The speaker is not resigning,” said Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong in a Monday statement directly refuting Amodei’s comments.
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/26/nevada-gop-rep-paul-ryan-resignation/

No, Hillary Clinton: It’s the Red States That Are Dynamic
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT PIECE CO-WRITTEN BY STEPHEN MOORE AND ART LAFFER
While giving a speech in Mumbai, India, Clinton boasted that she “won the places that represent two-thirds of America’s gross domestic product.” She went on: “So I won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward.”
The outpouring of residents from blue to red states almost has been one of the biggest demographic stories in American history, with a thousand people making the move every day on average. If you go to states such as Arizona, Florida, Tennessee and Texas these days, you’ll see many blue-state license plates.
https://townhall.com/columnists/stephenmoore/2018/03/27/no-hillary-clinton-its-the-red-states-that-are-dynamic-n2464886

Obama: I Hope to Create ‘A Million Young Barack Obamas’

WHY WON’T HE JUST GO AWAY??
“If I could do that effectively, then I would create a hundred or a thousand or a million young Barack Obamas or Michelle Obamas, the next group of people who could take that baton in that relay race that is human progress and continue to build on the work that we have done,” Obama said.

Obama: I Hope to Create ‘A Million Young Barack Obamas’

Holder group will fight citizenship question on census
HOW DARE THEY ASK IF CITIZENS ARE CITIZENS!
A Democratic group headed by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will go to court over a decision by the Commerce Department to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census.
“We will litigate to stop the Administration from moving forward with this irresponsible decision,” Holder said. “The addition of a citizenship question to the census questionnaire is a direct attack on our representative democracy.”

Holder group will fight citizenship question on census

Calif. sheriff revolts against Sanctuary State law with bold new move
As of Monday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department’s online inmate database includes the date and time of a prisoner’s release, a change that agency officials say will improve communication with federal law enforcement partners.
While the database will include release dates for all inmates, not just illegal immigrants, the newly public information is aimed at helping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) take removable criminal aliens into custody after they serve local jail time.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/03/27/calif-sheriff-revolts-against-sanctuary-state-law-with-bold-new-move-617860

Kathy Griffin to Attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner
THEY REALLY THINK THE PRESIDENT WOULD GET DOWN IN THE GUTTER WITH THIS TWO BIT TRAMP?
Deadline confirmed, “A potential showdown looms next month between comedian Kathy Griffin and President Donald Trump.” The extremely vocal comedienne has tried to make a comeback in her field with her provocative international tours titled “Laugh Your Head Off.” Recently, she announced several shows in the United States, and sold out tickets to her show in Carnegie Hall.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/corinne-weaver/2018/03/26/yikes-kathy-griffin-attend-white-house-correspondents-dinner

Man on the Street: March For Our Lives Protesters Call For Confiscation of Guns
Ban them, fine the people who own them, confiscate them. That’s just a few.
THESE IDIOTS DON’T HAVE A CLUE

Gohmert: Massive Omnibus Bill Could Cost Republicans the Majority

IF THE VOTERS HAND CONGRESS OVER TO THE DEMOCRATS TO TEACH THE REPUBLICANS A LESSON IT’S DEAD BANG CERTAIN THAT THE DEMS WILL TRY TO UNDO EVERYTHING TRUMP HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
“I’m afraid this could end up costing us the majority, in which case you will have total new leadership in the House,” Gohmert said of the budget signed by Trump last Friday. “I don’t know, the Senate likes to hang onto their bad leadership no matter what happens, but it would probably mean new leadership there.”

Gohmert: Massive Omnibus Bill Could Cost Republicans the Majority

This Budget Was Designed to End the Trump Presidency
“Well, I’m telling you, it’s the deep state, I don’t care where you go, it’s the establishment trying to get rid of Donald Trump any which way they can.
You know what? There isn’t gonna be a wall and there isn’t gonna be anything serious on immigration and so having Trump be president is meaningless.”
That’s what this budget is designed to make you think, but after it’s signed into law. It’s 2,200 pages. There is no way anybody could have read all of it and digested it in the limited time they had before the vote.

This Budget Was Designed to End the Trump Presidency

The Nuclear Option — Collapsing News Network: CNN, MSM Hope Raunchy Sex Scandal Ends Trump

ALL DURING THE CLINTON YEARS WE WERE TOLD ‘IT WAS ONLY SEX’; IT WAS A PRIVATE MATTER; HE CAN GET ORAL SEX FROM A 22-YEAR-OLD AND STILL SCREW THE COUNTRY.
Frustrated, exhausted and completely out of ideas, the Grand Cyclops of the Washington Swamp has finally resorted to the only thing that has resulted in a presidential impeachment since Reconstruction: a raunchy sex scandal.
So they dredge up old stories from President Trump’s colorful past as a tabloid titan, real-estate showman and reality-TV star. Old stories — stories that keep evolving and remain unverified — about alleged affairs from long before he ever got into politics.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/26/nuclear-option-collapsing-news-network-cnn-msm-hope-raunchy-sex-scandal-ends-trump/

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Bits & Bytes

If you can make that gesture you're not oppressed

AUSTIN MAIL BOMBS: A fifth package has exploded, this time at a FedEx facility about 60 miles southwest of Austin. Thankfully, it was on an automated conveyor belt and noone was injured.

PRO-LIFE: Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant today signed a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. This is the earliest such law in the U.S. and will surely be tested in the courts.

REPENTANCE: Powerful pro-life testimony by a former abortionist. “I don’t believe a woman can remain unscathed after killing her child.”

PATHETIC: The Dominicans who run Providence College have refused to condemn the thugs who have threatened and harassed a student for affirming Catholic teaching on marriage. All they’ve done is move the victim to new housing in an undisclosed location!

JESUS: A low budget, independent, Christian message film is outperforming an expensive, highly touted, big studio production about a high school boy ‘coming out’ as gay. In their first week-ends, I Can Only Imagine took in about $14 million while Love, Simon took in about $12 million despite opening on 800 more screens.

INSOMNIA: “Scientists are beginning to suspect there is a strong, if as yet unproven, link between gut health – the diversity and well-being of bacteria in the stomach, small and large intestines – and sleep health.

COMMIEFORNIA: Los Alamitos, a small Orange County, California, town has decided to opt out of the state’s new sanctuary laws, which keeps cities and towns from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.

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Bits & Bytes

2018_03 14 Bitch Hillary by Stilton

Thanks to tax reform, the NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey optimism index hit a record high of 107.6 in February.

Yesterday, President Trump inspected eight border wall prototypes. He said he preferred taller walls and walls that allowed Border Patrol agents to see through the barrier.

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, Trump $18 billion “big beautiful wall” will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole.

The 5th Circuit Court has upheld Texas’ Sanctuary Cities Ban, declaring it lawful and constitutional.

President Trump has fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. CIA director Mike Pompeo will take over at State. This is good news for pro-life and pro-family advocates since Pompeo has a lengthy record in support of a right to life and in opposition to the homosexual agenda.

Gina Haspel, who became deputy director of the agency last month, will become the first woman director of the CIA. (Don’t hold your breath waiting on the Feminist Left to applaud.)

The White House has fired Steve Goldstein, the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, after contradicting the account of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s dismissal.

House Intelligence Committee Republicans announced Monday that they found “no evidence of collusion,” between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the panel’s ‘Russia probe.’ The Deep State and Democrats aren’t taking the news well.

The abortion debate is over for the Democratic Party. Nine months from Election Day, political veterans eyeing the House landscape struggle to even identify a single Democratic House hopeful — of the hundreds running — who openly opposes abortion rights.

A month after her disparaging comment against Vice President Mike Pence, talk show host Joy Behar finally apologized.

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