In Case You’re Not Keeping Up

There’s a battle raging in D.C. that you may not be aware of or even fully understand. Here’s an attempt to simplify things a bit.

Consumer Protection Finance Bureau … that’s the last time I type that because pecking away at this keyboard I’m 8 thumbs and two middles fingers. Henceforth it is now simply CFPB.

This dirty little deed came about during the Dodd-Frank disaster that ruined the economy and led to the ascent of one Barack Obama. Lieawatha Warren was once the head of this thing.

Rush can summarize it far better than I can:

Democrats Set Up Unconstitutional CFPB to Launder Money for Liberal Causes

 

Rush:  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. This is another little liberal enclave that was established by liberal Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, that was set up as an agency that was unaccountable to anyone. It even had a budget that was unaccountable to the U.S. budget. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd set this thing up and Elizabeth Warren was the real driver of this particular organization, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

This was an independent agency set up to be able to legally get money from the financial industry and then turn around and give it to left-wing activist groups. And that’s what they were doing with it. And that’s why they are so desperate to hold on to it. The point is, it’s unconstitutional, and that’s the only thing that matters.

RICHARD CORDRAY, WHO IS STEPPING DOWN TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO, ILLEGALLY APPOINTED HIS UNDERLING, LEANDRA ENGLISH, AS ACTING DIRECTOR.  HE HAS NO AUTHORITY TO DO THAT.

Rush:  There’s something called the Federal Vacancies Reform Act which allows the president, who runs the executive branch, to appoint successors to people in federal agencies under the executive branch umbrella leaving. This thing was set up to be an independent agency accountable to no one. Its very existence is unconstitutional. The left knows it. That’s why they’re hell-bent, Cordray named this Leandra English to succeed him.

The money went to unions. The money went to states and teachers and union members to keep them employed during the Great Recession. The reason for that is, those people need to be employed in order to pay union dues. Union dues are collected from what they make and are sent in a circuitous route back to the Democrat Party in the form of campaign donations. So the stimulus was a substitute for Obama walking over to the Treasury and writing a check for $800 billion to the Democrat National Committee.

Democrats Set Up Unconstitutional CFPB to Launder Money for Liberal Causes

Consumer Bureau execs, workers gave 593 donations to Democrats, 1 to GOP

A quick count of donations found:

•$46,611 to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
•$13,190 to Sen Elizabeth Warren.
•$19,988 to President Obama.
•$10,075 to Democratic campaign committees.
•$1,129 to Sen. Bernie Sanders.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/consumer-bureau-execs-workers-gave-593-donations-to-democrats-1-to-gop/article/2641781

CFPB Joins Justice In Shaking Down Banks For Democrat Activist Groups
The CFPB plans to create a so-called Civil Penalty Fund from its own shakedown operations targeting financial institutions. Through ramped-up (and trumped-up) anti-discrimination lawsuits and investigations, the agency will bankroll some 60 liberal nonprofits, many of whom are radical Acorn-style pressure groups. It says these organizations will provide “financial coaching” for low-income homebuyers, as well as “housing and social services.”

Obama’s Department of Housing and Urban Development is also getting in on the act.

In a $200 million settlement with Associated Bank, which the agency accused of lending discrimination, HUD is forcing the Wisconsin bank to funnel tens of millions in “donations” to “community groups.”

This is extortion of private business by government. Congress’ new leadership must call on the agency’s inspector general and the Government Accountability Office to audit these pernicious payola schemes.

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/cfpb-diverts-civil-penalty-funds-to-democrat-activist-groups/

It turns out that Cordray, quite illegally, on his way out named his deputy, Leandra English, as the temporary director. When Mulvaney arrived at work Monday morning, he was forced to issue a memo saying “Please disregard any instructions you receive from Ms. English in her presumed capacity as acting director.”

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/in-draining-the-cfpb-swamp-trump-finds-monsters/

Who is Deepak Gupta? Ex-CFPB employee emerges as leading anti-Trump litigator

This week, Gupta was in court representing Leandra English, who claims she is acting director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. When Trump picked Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to fill the position, English sued, arguing that as deputy director the law puts her in charge.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/who-is-deepak-gupta-ex-cfpb-employee-emerges-as-leading-anti-trump-litigator/article/2641882

Secret Donors Are Financing Leandra English Lawsuit Against Trump

The D.C. lawyer appeared caught off guard when CNBC hosts asked who was financing his effort. He stumbled over his words in his first answer and said some form of unidentified “structure” was being put in place to accept funds from anonymous donors.

“Well, uh, it’s, it’s not, um, Miss, um English, um, ah. There are ethics lawyers that we’ve consulted, and we have a structure set up that is with ethics rules and, um, we’ll and we’ll be talking about that once we have that,” he told CNBC.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/28/secret-donors-are-financing-leandra-english-lawsuit-against-trump/

Elizabeth Warren leads protest to block Trump’s CFPB appointment

The CFPB, an agency created by the Dodd-Frank banking law that passed during former President Barack Obama’s first term, has become the focal point of a new fight over presidential authority in recent days

Maria Langholz of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which helped organize the Tuesday protest, added in a statement that “Trump is trying to undermine the CFPB by breaking the rules to install a guy who is wholly unfit for the office and has numerous conflicts of interest.”

Daily Headlines: June 11

The CFPB Coup Attempt Is Over, Court Rules In Favor Of Trump Administration

A U.S. District Court judge in Washington handed a big victory to President Donald Trump, ruling in favor of the administration in its bid to install White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Judge Timothy Kelly denied a request by Leandra English, who was named last week as acting director by outgoing CFPB chief Richard Cordray, for a temporary restraining order to block Mulvaney from taking the post.

Kelly said there was not a substantial likelihood that the case would succeed on its merits.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2017/11/28/the-cfpb-wouldbe-coup-is-over-court-rules-in-favor-of-trump-administration-n2415353

Court Rules with POTUS TRUMP – Tells Far Left Hack to Clear Contents of Her Office into Box and Evacuate the Premises

Recent Trump appointee ruled today in favor of President Trump and rejected a lawsuit from an official who claims that she, and not President Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney, is the rightful director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

THANKS AGAIN TO HARRY REID FOR ALLOWING TRUMP TO APPOINT HONEST JUDGES… WINNING!

Court Rules with POTUS TRUMP – Tells Far Left Hack to Clear Contents of Her Office into Box and Evacuate the Premises

CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney Orders 30-Day Hiring, Regulatory Freeze

Mulvaney declared that President Trump “wants me to get it [the agency] back to the point where it can protect people without trampling on capitalism.”

The hiring freeze came amidst a feud between current director Mulvaney and deputy director Leandra English, an Obama-era appointee to the CFPB, who argued that she remains the rightful director of the financial regulatory agency.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/28/cfpb-acting-director-mick-mulvaney-orders-30-day-hiring-regulatory-freeze/

Former Rep. Frank: Dodd Frank Bill Vacancy Act ‘Not As Clear Cut As I Wish It Was’

WE SURE SCREWED THE PEOPLE OVER WITH THAT ONE, DIDN’T WE?

IN SHORT, THIS WAS AN ILLEGAL DEMOCRAT MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION THAT THE DEMOCRATS WERE DESPERATE TO HANG ON TO.  THEN ALONG CAME DONALD TRUMP.

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Just Havin’ Fun

The president gets a perverse joy out of tweaking the democrats and the enslaved press. He plays them like a virtuoso.

It was on display again yesterday at a ceremony to honor the Navajo Code Talkers who played a huge part in winning the war in the Pacific. The code spoken in their native tongue is the only one the Japanese never cracked.

President Trump just couldn’t resist poking fun at Dizzy Lizzy Warren. Talk about a target rich environment.

Trump Knocks ‘Pocahontas’ at Event Honoring Native American Veterans

“You were here long before any of us were here,” Trump said to the three Navajo veterans who helped the U.S. Marine Corps develop a secret code during World War II. “Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas.”

Warren slammed the president over the “racial slur” moments after he made it.

“It is deeply unfortunate that the president of the United States can’t even make it through a ceremony honoring these heroes without throwing out a racial slur,” the Massachusetts senator said during an appearance on MSNBC shortly afterward.

[CtH: Bless your heart, honey, but that wasn’t a racial slur.  It was a well deserved kick in the butt to FAKES like you who try to steal honor.  My guess is that actual Native Americans find you and others like you truly offensive and laughed at Trump’s joke.]

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump’s remark, saying it was not a racial slur.

“I think what most people find offensive is Sen. Warren lying about her heritage to advance her career,” she told reporters.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/11/27/trump-on-warren-at-native-american-event-n2414772

AND IN OTHER NEWS:

Keith Olbermann: ‘I am retiring from political commentary’

OLBERPUKE WAS WORKING FOR GQ FOR FREE.  MAYBE HE WAS ANGRY BECAUSE THEY NAMED COLON COPPERDICK THEIR MAN OF THE YEAR OR MAYBE HE’S MAD BECAUSE NO ONE HAS ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUAL IMPROPRIETY.

GQ special correspondent Keith Olbermann announced Monday that he is “retiring from political commentary in all media venues” during his online program “The Resistance.”

The former ESPN, MSNBC, Current TV and Fox Sports host said he was “confident” President Trump’s presidency would end soon, thereby making it the “correct moment” to exit from making further political commentary.

[CtH: Oh dang!  I thought he meant he was going to actually GO AWAY, not just focus on his own show.  Pblt.]

Keith Olbermann: ‘I am retiring from political commentary’

Gutierrez to Announce He Won’t Seek Re-Election
EITHER HE’S ABOUT TO BE ACCUSED OF SLIPPING THE OLD JALAPENO INTO SOMEBODY’S TACO OR HE GOT A REAL GOOD DEAL ON A BURRITO STAND.

NBC 5 has learned Congressman Luis Gutierrez will announce Tuesday he is not running for re-election after 24 years on Capitol Hill, sources say. Gutierrez telephoned key Democratic leaders late this afternoon to let them know of his plans. Calls to Gutierrez Monday evening have not been returned.

Already printing petitions Monday night– to begin the process of getting signatures before next Monday’s deadline — is Cook County Commissioner Jesus Chuy Garcia. Ald. Carlos Ramirez Rosa is considering a congressional race. This will also leave an opening on the county board should Garcia opt for Gutierrez’s seat.

Those interested in running for Gutierrez’s seat besides Garcia and Ramirez Rosa include Ald. Joe Moreno and Ald. George Cardenas.

[CtH: Can someone explain to me why the news has to do a story about how he’s going to do this, then another one when he actually does it?]

Gutiérrez Will Not Seek Reelection

Congressman Slept With And Then Sued Allegedly Drug-Addicted Staffer
CONGRESSMAN GEICO CAVEMAN

Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with a staffer who he said was a drug addict and then sued her when she threatened to go public with claims she suffered a hostile work environment, saying he “will not be extorted or blackmailed.”

[CtH: Yeah, that makes total sense.  He had a staffer he believed was a drug addict AND he sexually abused her?  Lemme think about that one for a minute.]

http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/27/congressman-slept-with-and-then-sued-allegedly-drug-addicted-staffer/

Conyers scandal shows what Dems really think about harassment
WITH ALL THE TAX MONEY HE’S STOLEN YOU’D THINK HE COULD AFFORD A BETTER JACKET.

There are sexual harassers, and then there is John Conyers, the Democrat from Detroit who made his congressional office an adjunct of his libido.

The evidence suggests Conyers believed that as a 27-term congressman, he was entitled to the Washingon, DC, equivalent of the Ottoman Imperial Harem.

He routinely hit on his female staffers and his office was a den of sexual intrigue — allegedly featuring a jealous wife and a vindictive mistress — that properly belongs in a Bravo reality show if the network ever extends its “Real Housewives” franchise to Capitol Hill.

https://nypost.com/2017/11/27/the-case-of-john-conyers-shows-what-democrats-really-think-about-harassment/

Dating Tips For Prominent Democrats
HMMM…HE MUST ONLY HAVE ONE JACKET

[CtH: Or the same jacket in different shades, kinda like the Rhinestone Cowpie’s vast array of gaudy “cowgirl” hats?]

Being a Democrat leader has always been a traditional path to making special new friends for guys who can’t cut it on looks and personality. Face it – no one ever said, “You know who’s hot? Al Franken. I bet he can bench his body weight.”

You have a right to extracurricular activities; why, liberal women will tell you themselves that the mere fact that you are quite willing to kill babies by the millions entitles you to all sorts of fringe benefits!

Now, there may to be some ungrateful ladies who make some allegations about you for whatever reason, most likely their participation in the vast right wing conspiracy. This puts you in a tough place because you have to balance the liberal principle of believing the victim with the liberal principle of liberals not being held accountable for the terrible things they do.

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/11/27/dating-tips-for-prominent-democrats-n2414342

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White House Christmas: Then and Now

As usual, CtH got here first. Thinking of the dichotomy between the Obama clan pretending to be Christian to keep up appearances, and the Trump family, who truly love God. Contrast and compare the two. It’s unfair, I know, to compare the grace and beauty of the First Lady with the lumbering amazon she replaced.

Here’s how the Obama family decorated the White House for their last holiday

THE NORMAL FAWNING OVER ANYTHING THE OBAMAS DID

Dec. 23, 2016, 11:25 AM  No one decks the halls quite like the Obama family.  The White House has been transformed for the family’s last holiday living there, complete with snowball arches, a 19-foot Douglas fir tree, and a gingerbread replica of their famous address.  Step inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to see how the First Family celebrates Christmastime.

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES PLUS TWO LINKS TO PHOTO ARRAYS OF THE WHITE HOUSE,  CAN’T FIND ANY REFERENCE TO GOD, JESUS, OR THE VIRGIN BIRTH. JUST HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY.

Snowmen line the corridor, where a portrait of Hillary Clinton hangs.

http://www.businessinsider.com/photos-white-house-holidays-2016-12/#it-wont-be-easy-for-santa-to-get-through-the-librarys-fireplace-17

https://www.npr.org/2016/12/03/504044509/for-the-holidays-the-obamas-open-up-the-white-house-one-last-time

Merry Christmas is back at the White House: Trumps unveil their card with no repeat of the Obamas’ Happy Holidays

On Monday, the Trump family debuted the 2017 holiday card, which wishes Americans a ‘Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year’

This is a departure from President Obama’s politically correct card of 2016, which wished Americans a ‘joyous holiday season’

Both cards now are on display at the ‘Bookseller’s’ area of the White House, which is now decorated for the busy holiday season


The cartoon version of Barron Trump is shown trying to grab a book off the tree completely made of tomes used as decoration in the downstairs White House library



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5122435/Trump-Christmas-card-DOESNT-say-Happy-Holidays.html#ixzz4zjuEJVOZ

Trump Brings Christ Back to Christmas: First Lady Melania Promotes Nativity Scene — Removes Mao Balls

 http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/video-trump-brings-christ-back-christmas-nativity-scene-returns-white-house/

Barron Trump Plays Christmas Guide In Official Booklet Given To Tourists Who Come Through The WH

Breaking News – Trump Christmas card DOESN’T say Happy Holidays

Compare Melania Trump to Michelle Obama’s White House Christmas decor

Christmas Alive at White House as Melania Trump Welcomes Children
EXPECT “GASOLINE” MAXINE TO CARP ABOUT MELANIA BEING PHOTOGRAPHED WITH PO’ BLACK CHIRRENS

After watching the dancers perform from the entry and into the hall, Mrs. Trump walked down to the State Dining Room, where three tables of children were decorating small wreaths. One young girl handed her wreath to the first lady, who held it up and remarked, “So beautiful.”


http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/27/christmas-alive-white-house-melania-trump-welcomes-children/

2017_11 29 Melania

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Christmas at the Trump White House

Wow! The decor is stunning!

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Awesome Rant!

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Keeping Promises

2017_11 25 PieGate

While the White House Press Corps pretends that pie is a big issue, the Trump economy continues to boom.

Under President Trump, consumer confidence has hit a 17-year high, while unemployment has hit a 16-year low.

No surprise then that Americans spent nearly $3 billion online on Thanksgiving and a record $5 billion online on Black Friday, which was a whopping 17 percent increase over last year.  Cyber Monday’s total is expected to surpass that.

But please, Lame Stream Media. Continue to blat out your FAKE NEWS cuz, frankly my dears, we no longer give a damn.

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Dance with God

I rewatched one of my favorite movies, “Babe”, recently and got the song stuck in my head. Often when that happens, I make up prayer lyrics. I figure if a tune is going to play itself in my head over and over, I might as well glorify God with it. 🙂

God has the words to make a day for you;
He sings each morning golden and true.
He made you to live always;
To dance with Him through eternal days.

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Conservativism Begins with Gratitude

In case you were wondering why conservatives celebrate Thanksgiving, while liberals denigrate it …

Conservatives tend to begin from gratitude for what is good and what works in our society and then strive to build on it, while liberals tend to begin from outrage at what is bad and broken and seek to uproot it.” — Yuval Levin

Gratitude by Piglet

H/t Bluebird of Bitterness

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#Pie Gate? RU Kidding Me?

Real pie, fake news? 

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared a maybe too good to be true photo of a pecan pie she says she made for Thanksgiving.  Internet conspiracy theorists jumped in saying it was a stock photo of a pie.

White House correspondent April Ryan egged on the sweet debate calling on Sanders to show her cooking and people eating the said pie.  In the end, Sanders never offered definitive proof of an actual pie, but she offered something rather sweet to get the press pool off her back.

WHY DOES APRIL RYAN STILL HAVE A PRESS CREDENTIAL?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5115965/Piegate-White-House-Press-head-accused-stock-pie-pic.html#ixzz4zbqMhclD

‘OF COURSE I MADE THE PIE’: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Speaks to Todd Starnes About April Ryan #PieGate Accusations

Ryan went so far as to demand Sanders bake her a pie to prove herself but said she would not eat it, accusing Sanders of wanting to poison White House reporters.

Sanders’ father, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, spoke out about #PieGate earlier Saturday, using his trademark political humor: “Did @PressSec really bake the pie? YES! But Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the pie and @WhiteHouse counsel and @realDonaldTrump are expected to be interrogated as will members of @SarahHuckabee family.”

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/11/course-made-pie-sarah-huckabee-sanders-speaks-todd-starnes-april-ryan-piegate-accusations/

Sarah Sanders’ holiday baking sparks ‘piegate’

Joy Reid on ‘#PieGate’: ‘When You Spend Every Day Lying to the Press,’ People Don’t Believe You

Joy Reid Goes Bonkers When Republican Raises Franken During Roy Moore Discussion

JUST FOR THE RECORD, APRIL RYAN DIDN’T COOK THANKSGIVING DINNER… SHE HAD IT CATERED.

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Top Ten Disney Hero Songs

FUN video by Voice Play (acapella)

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