2020 Presidential Election

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Brexit is finally happening.


www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/01/23/boris-uk-crossed-brexit-finish-line-bill-passes-parliament/


The government’s bill implementing the withdrawal deal has passed through both Houses of Parliament, meaning the UK will finally be leaving the EU on January 31st, 2020.

On Wednesday evening, MPs in the House of Commons rejected the amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill proposed by the House of Lords.

The upper house could have continued to push for their amendments to be passed, but agreed to end the “ping-pong” phase of passing the legislation, given the Conservatives’ 87-seat working majority would result in the amendments being defeated at every vote.

In a brief comment after the bill passed, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “Parliament has passed the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, meaning we will leave the EU on 31 January and move forwards as one United Kingdom.

“At times it felt like we would never cross the Brexit finish line, but we’ve done it.

Now we can put the rancour and division of the past three years behind us and focus on delivering a bright, exciting future — with better hospitals and schools, safer streets and opportunity spread to every corner of our country.”

It has been 1,309 days since Britons voted to leave the European Union.

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Brexit related:

www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/post-brexit-britain-eyes-new-forceful-role-asia

Post-Brexit Britain Eyes New Forceful Role In Asia

When Britain leaves the European Union (EU) later this month, it will be free to chart its own independent course in foreign affairs and fulfill years of promises to build a truly “global Britain.”



That will likely entail a historic realignment of its foreign policy interests from the Middle East and Africa to the “Indo-Pacific,” one of the three “primary centers of the global economy and political influence”, after North America and Europe, according to the United Kingdom’s last National Security Capability Review published in March 2018.


The Indo-Pacific is currently home to most of the world’s largest and fastest growing economies, as well as the center of US-China geopolitical competition, which isn’t likely to dampen down anytime soon.

Where and how a refocused UK will fit into the Indo-Pacific isn’t immediately clear. Australia and Japan are two of the UK’s closest security allies, while London is also apparently keen to raise its profile among Southeast Asia’s ascendant nations, some of which are former British colonies.

Britain opened its new mission to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta on January 15, and hopes to become an independent dialogue party to the 10-member bloc after it leaves the EU.

Unrestrained by the EU, London can soon design its own trade deals on its own terms with Indo-Pacific countries, and chart an independent foreign policy that isn’t constrained by the EU’s other 27 members.

At the same time, however, an independent Britain will be desperate for new trade deals, for which London might be forced to sacrifice some of its foreign policy goals and values.



Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech at the vote count center in Uxbridge, west London, December 13. Photo: AFP/Oli Scarff

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson secured a resounding victory at December’s general election and his majority in Parliament should give him the political support needed to refashion the nation’s foreign policy.

His chief special adviser, Dominic Cummings, has promised to lead a monumental shakeup of the Defense Department, while the Conservative Party-led government announced in December that it will oversee the largest Defense Review of Britain’s foreign policy since 1989.

“The very nature of the UK’s future profile as an international leading actor is likely to be defined in the Asia-Pacific as a result of the country’s choices on how to engage with its complex security landscape,” wrote Alessio Patalano, an East Asian security specialist at King’s College London, in a report last year.

“As the region continues to ascend to prominence in international affairs, the UK faces a hard choice. It has to decide whether it intends to actively shape the regional security landscape, or merely to contribute in managing its transformation,” he added.

There is clearly interest in an Indo-Pacific concept within Whitehall.

The aforementioned National Security Capability Review noted that “the Asia-Pacific region is likely to become more important to us in the years ahead,” while stressing that closer attention must be paid to Japan, with which the UK signed a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation in 2017.

A policy paper published in December 2018 by the Ministry of Defense, Mobilising, Modernising & Transforming Defence, stated that “the Pacific region is becoming ever more important to the UK, with growing trade links and regional security issues that have global implications.”

Such is the interest in a new “Indo-Pacific” strategy that a Commons Defense Committee inquiry on “UK Defense and the Far East” was held in June of last year.



A British Royal Marine looks out to sea. Photo: Crown Copyright 2019 / AFP

Patalano, who spoke at the inquiry, has advised London to formally change its terminology from the outdated “Far East” to the newer “Indo-Pacific”, just as the US has done since 2017.

Such a shift in focus wouldn’t be revolutionary. Britain still maintains a garrison of Gurkha troops in Brunei and a logistics station in Singapore, while there was talk last year of building a new base in Asia.

It is a member of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing organization, and also part of the Five Power Defense Arrangements (FDPA) with Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

It is also “the sole formal multilateral defense arrangement in the region… [and] the cornerstone of our security partnership in Southeast Asia,” according to a Ministry of Defense statement from last year.

Indeed, British personnel are stationed at the FPDA’s Integrated Area Defense Headquarters in Malaysia, and conduct regular exercises with Malaysian and Singaporean troops.

With that presence, Britain has not been shy to flex its military muscles.

In 2018, it deployed warships to the region for the first time in five years, when the HMS Albion took part in a freedom of navigation operation near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, a maneuver which Beijing labeled as a “provocative action.”

But building trade ties will be just as important as flexing military muscles. Asian states already account for roughly a fifth of Britain’s annual trade, according to UK data.



The HMS Albion sailing into a port in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City in a file photo. Photo: British Royal Navy

Almost half of Japanese investment in Europe goes to the UK, while Britain is also a major export destination for many smaller Indo-Pacific states which are keen not to see trade dip after Brexit.

But negotiating new free trade deals won’t be easy, and suggestions that Britain can simply copy-and-paste existing deals the EU has completed with other nations, such as with Japan, are optimistic at best.

Shifting Britain’s strategic focus towards Asia, at the expense of other parts of the world, won’t be easy or cheap, and will likely face some pushback within Whitehall.

A more active Indo-Pacific strategy might require a new military base in the area, perhaps in Australia, which appears keen on the idea. Australia’s defense chief suggested last year that Britain should be “more militarily engaged” in the region.

Nick Carter, head of the British armed forces, said last month that the government must be bold and prepared to “shatter some Shibboleths…[as] we have returned to an era of great power competition, even constant conflict.”

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has promised to lead a major defense review (“the biggest review… since the end of the Cold War,” according to Johnson) to “reassess the nation’s place in the world, covering all aspects of international policy from defense to diplomacy and development.”

It remains to be seen whether Johnson will also bring the Department for International Development, in charge of managing Britain’s international aid, under the management of the underfunded Foreign Office.

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Some experts warn that by merging the two departments, Britain’s recently successful aid program will become just another facet of its foreign policy, potentially replacing long-term ambitions for short-term geopolitical gains.

Still, Johnson says any changes won’t affect London’s commitment to spend 0.7% of gross domestic product (GDP) on overseas aid.

But reorienting Britain’s foreign policy to the Indo-Pacific won’t be easy, to be sure, even with the government’s large majority in parliament.



New British Prime Minister during a visit to China in 2013. Photo: Facebook

Any new and muscular Indo-Pacific strategy will have to deal with the issue of a rising China, one big reason why the US re-focused its interest in the region since 2012.

For years, London has spoken about the need for international law to be followed in the Indo-Pacific, an unsubtle nod to China’s expansionist occupation of parts of the South China Sea.

As the Indo-Pacific is slowly but surely carved into two competing spheres of influence between the US and
China, having a third option of Britain – especially given its close alliance with Japan, another moderator in regional geopolitics – could be desirable for the region’s smaller states.

Much will depend on whether Britain engages or repels China.

Britain remains one of the largest recipients of Chinese investment in Europe, yet China only accounts for 3.5% of British exports, according to UK data. London, no doubt, will be eager to push ahead with a free-trade agreement (FTA) with China.

But China only tends to sign FTAs with countries that have products, like minerals or specialist machinery, which it needs to import. Britain doesn’t offer many such goods, so Beijing will be in no rush to conclude a deal, Rana Mitter, director of the University of Oxford China Centre, noted this week.

Moreover, London is desperate to sign a FTA with the US, but Washington could demand that it include a “poison pill” clause, like that in the new US-Canada-Mexico trade agreement, which allows the US to pull out if the UK signs a trade deal with China, Mitter postulated.

Washington is also demanding that the UK pull out of any contracts with Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei due to spying concerns, a demand the Johnson government has so far tried to fudge.

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thefederalist.com/2020/01/24/how-a-hardworking-iowa-dad-exposed-a-major-democrat-handicap-in-2020/

How A Hardworking Iowa Dad Exposed A Major Democrat Handicap In 2020
JANUARY 24, 2020 By Emily Jashinsky

In about 30 seconds, one man in Iowa exposed a major weakness in the Democratic Party’s 2020 strategy. It’s a weakness, but it’s also a blindspot.

After a Monday town hall in Grimes, population 13,562, a father confronted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in a photo line. Warren, it should be noted, touts a higher education proposal that “cancels $50,000 in student loan debt for every person with household income under $100,000,” paid for by her 2 percent annual “Ultra-Millionaire Tax” on families worth $50 million and more.



“My daughter is getting out of school. I’ve saved all my money. She doesn’t have any student loans. Am I going to get my money back?” the man asked Warren, who breezily replied, “Of course not.”

“So you’re going to pay for people who didn’t save any money and those of us who did the right thing get screwed,” he continued. When Warren sought to protest that characterization, he kept going. “My buddy had fun, bought a car, went on vacations. I saved my money. He made more than I did. But I worked a double shift, worked extra. My daughter worked since she was 10. So, you’re laughing.”

“We did the right thing and we get screwed,” he told the senator before walking away.

The man’s frustrations are extremely resonant, and will be extremely useful as Republicans make their case in 2020. Wiping out debt is an easy sell in a far left primary being covered by a broadly liberal media. But there’s a dark side to redistributive policies that Democrats will ultimately struggle to counter, particularly with key constituencies in key states–and Republicans know it. As Warren’s stammering response in Grimes suggests, Democrats aren’t entirely prepared to reassure skeptics.

Follow the logic of the father in Iowa: I paid into the system, I did things the right way, and my tax money is going to people who went on vacations instead of working double shifts. Warren’s loan bailout plan isn’t exactly the National Health Service, but it hits the same nerve.

Some people have student loan debt because of bad decisions, some do not have student loan debt because of good decisions. Warren pledges to begin the debt cancellation process through administrative authority “on day one” of her presidency. That would be before any “Ultra-Millionaire Tax” was seriously considered by Congress, meaning the cancellation would not actually be funded by the super rich unless such legislation passed.

Even if that happened, the government would still be rewarding those borrowers in debt for the wrong reasons while the people who picked up double shifts worked that much harder to get nothing from the pool of taxpayer money. In effect, the government would be retroactively covering up to $50,000 of an individual’s education costs, which non-debt holders paid on their own.

It all strikes people as unfair, and the same dynamic is at play in plenty of the other big government policy proposals on the Democratic table in 2020. With liberal audiences, and many in the media, “universal” everything sounds compassionate and plays well. In a general election, it will give Republicans cause to use the “socialism” label, which the party sees as a powerful weapon.

I asked RNC spokesman Steve Guest about Warren’s dust-up in Grimes. Pay attention to the messaging. “From top to bottom, 2020 Democrats are pushing a far-left agenda that will raise your taxes and destroy your job if you’re in an industry they don’t like, all while increasing government control over your daily life,” he said. “The American people will reject these socialist policies of the Democrat Party in 2020 and re-elect President Trump.”

If you’ve seen GOP leaders seek to tie Democrats to socialism lately, it’s because a) the party and its policies have genuinely shifted very far to the left and b) because they know it generally helps Republicans in the binary. They’ve already seen it move the needle.

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Can't hide this, but I am looking forward to the left's eventual tirade about this:

The Committee to Defend the President—one of America’s largest pro-Trump super PACs—is running a new billboard in New York City, criticizing Democratic candidate Joe Biden over the Ukraine scandal.
The billboard, located at 1500 Broadway and 43rd Street, is two-sided and both sides will feature the video of Biden admitting to withholding aid to Ukraine until its government fired the prosecutor investigating his son, Hunter.
Here is the video:



The billboard will also direct New Yorkers to visit SubpoenaBiden.com, where the Committee is now running a signature collection petition that will ultimately be sent to Senate Republicans, urging them to subpoena Biden for his Ukrainian corruption.
Committee chairman Ted Harvey sent The Gateway Pundit this statement on the project

“The Biden family name is synonymous with corruption, especially in Ukraine. Our goal is to educate Americans about the shady deals and ruthless power moves that ‘Quid Pro Joe’ executed on behalf of his son, Hunter, and at the expense of the Ukrainian government. The American people deserve to know the truth, and we are committed to sharing it with them.”

In terms of cost, the Committee will spend $40,000 to run the billboard until March 1st, in addition to spending at least $10,000 on Facebook advertising to spread the word.

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www.dailywire.com/news/watch-glenn-beck-reads-disturbing-letter-biden-campaign-sent-to-media-outlets-amid-new-burisma-reports

On his BlazeTV program Thursday, conservative host Glenn Beck read from a three-page memo issued this week by the Joe Biden campaign to media outlets and reporters instructing them about how to report on allegations of corruption involving the former Vice President, his son, Hunter Biden, and Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings. Beck’s reading of the “disturbing” letter — which presents the accusations as fully “debunked” and portrays the reporting of them without stating specifically that they are “discredited and debunked by authoritative sources” — comes amid new evidence reported by Fox News involving the Obama administration and Burisma.


“[N]o publishers, let alone two publishers, would ever publish books with these charges if you couldn’t back them up with facts, which makes this memo even more disturbing,” Beck stated in reference to the allegations that Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor because he was investigating Burisma, which was paying his son tens of thousands of dollars a month despite having no relevant background in the industry or Ukraine.

Beck then read from the memo sent by the Biden campaign to reporters and editors Wednesday: “This effort by President Trump to weaponize foreign and national security policy and in attempt to coerce a foreign country into lying about a rival presidential candidate must stop. … His objective was to pressure the Urkainian into spreading a malicious and conclusively debunked conspiracy theory that Vice President Biden engaged in wrongdoing when he executed official United States policy to remove a corrupt prosecutor from office. … Any media organization referencing, reporting on, or repeating these claims must state clearly and unambiguously that they have been discredited and debunked by authoritative sources, including America’s European allies, the IMF, leading figures of Ukraine anti-corruption community, and even the Republican members of the House and Senate testifying under oath. It is malpractice to ignore this truth.”

More details have recently come to light about the Obama administration’s handling of the Ukraine situation, particularly, fallout from then-Vice President Biden’s pressuring of the government to remove its top prosecutor at the time — an action which Biden has publicly boasted about.


As The Daily Wire reported, Fox News host Laura Ingraham read this week from newly obtained emails that “connect the alleged Ukrainian whistleblower with a 2016 meeting that the Obama administration held with Ukrainian officials about corruption involving Ukrainian gas company Burisma,” and “discussed whether the role that 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, had with the company could complicate any investigation.”

“The chain centers on a request from New York Times reporter Ken Vogel,” Ingraham reported. “[In] May of 2019, Vogel sends an email to State Department official Kate Schilling about a story he was working on regarding an Obama-era meeting with Ukrainian prosecutors. In his request, Vogel mentions a name who some have reported is the whistleblower. We have not yet confirmed this name, so we are blacking it out for here.” Ingraham then read an excerpt from Vogel’s letter:


We are going to report that State Department official Elizabeth Zentos attended a meeting on the White House on January 19th, 2016, with Ukrainian prosecutors and embassy officials. The subjects discussed included efforts within the United States government to support prosecutions in the Ukraine and United Kingdom of Burisma holdings and concerns that Hunter Biden’s position with the company could complicate such efforts.

“On May 1st, State Department official Kate Schilling forwarded Vogel’s email to her colleagues Elizabeth Zentos and George Kent. Remember him? He was one of the House Democrats all-star impeachment witnesses,” Ingraham explained.

Ingraham also said that her show was able to confirm that the meeting took place by examining archives of the Obama White House visitor logs, which showed that the alleged whistleblower “checked in numerous Ukrainian officials into the White House on January 19th 2016, the day Vogel claimed there was a meeting on Burisma and Biden.”

“Also at the meeting were Ukraine’s lead anti-corruption prosecutor and the head of the anti-corruption bureau, both of whom were there to discuss the complications of Hunter Biden’s sweetheart gig,” said Ingraham. “So what happened to that New York Times story about the 2016 meeting? Pretty hot, don’t you think? It was never published, we asked Ken Vogel, the reporter, why nothing ever came of it but he didn’t respond.”

“Now we have some questions,” said Ingraham. “Number one, why wasn’t the whistleblower concerned about Joe Biden overseeing Ukraine policy while his son was cashing in? Was it only troubling that Trump himself tried to get this thing investigated? Number two, why didn’t this story ever run? Did Biden’s team manage to put it down, fearing blowback from his son Hunter’s dirty dealings?”

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www.zerohedge.com/political/no-one-has-suggested-my-son-did-anything-wrong-joe-biden-doubles-down-denial

"No One Has Suggested My Son Did Anything Wrong" - Joe Biden Doubles Down On Denial

We have previously discussed the denials of former Vice President Joe Biden that his son did anything wrong in Ukraine.

As I have written, not only did Hunter Biden clearly enter into a corrupt (but arguably lawful) contract but Joe Biden did not do enough to confirm that his son was not engaging in influence peddling. Nevertheless, this week, Joe Biden continued this indefensible position and declared bizarrely that “no one has suggested my son did anything wrong.”

According to the Washington Post, Joe Biden declared on the campaign trail that"



“There’s nobody that’s indicated there’s a single solitary thing that he did that was inappropriate, wrong... or anything other than the appearance. It looked bad that he was there.”



He then curiously added:

“He acknowledges that he in fact made a mistake going on the board.”

So, in other words, he did nothing wrong but he apologized for it.

Joe Biden continues to maintain that “no one” has accused his son of wrongdoing when there is a chorus of such allegations. He seems to be drawing a distinction between what is criminal and what is not - as if the criminal code is the only measure of wrongdoing or unethical conduct.

Hunter Biden not only clearly engaged in influence peddling but he is clearly a relevant witness.



Ukraine was a virtual gold rush for Washington’s elite and Hunter Biden was one of the first in line to cash in. Biden’s quest for a Ukrainian windfall took him to one of Ukraine’s most controversial and corrupt associates, Mykola Zlochevsky, who leveraged his post as minister of ecology and natural resources to build a fortune. Before fleeing Ukraine, Zlochevsky paid Hunter Biden and several other Americans to be directors of his energy company, Burisma Holdings. Hunter Biden had no experience in the field — but he did have a notable connection to the vice president, who publicly has bragged about making clear to the Ukrainians that he alone controlled U.S. aid to the country.

A stepson of former Secretary of State John Kerry also was asked to serve as a director but reportedly declined and warned Hunter Biden not to do it; Biden didn’t listen. He later told The New Yorker that “the decisions that I made were the right decisions for my family and for me.” His decisions certainly were profitable, but they were not “right” as an ethical matter for himself or his father.

The use of spouses or children in influence peddling schemes is a tried and true technique in Washington. You find some kid of a powerful politician and give them a windfall salary or contract. There is no direct bribe or criminal violation, just influence with the politician. Joe Biden seems to believe that, so long as it does not violation the criminal code, it makes it “right” or curiously somehow “not wrong.”

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www.dailywire.com/news/tough-luck-warren-pressed-after-clip-over-father-asking-for-college-reimbursement-goes-viral

‘Tough Luck’: Warren Pressed After Clip Of Father Asking For College Reimbursement Goes Viral

On Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was pressed by “CBS This Morning” host Tony Dokoupil about a viral moment between the senator and a father of a recent college graduate who confronted the Democrat about her student loan “cancellation” plan.


As noted by The Daily Wire, the video clip shows the father asking Warren if he could get his money back after “working a double shift” and dutifully saving so he could pay for his daughter’s college education under her plan for student loan “forgiveness.”

Warren essentially told the father “tough luck,” as Dokoupil described it on Friday.

Here’s the exchange:

“My daughter’s getting out of school, I saved all my money, so she doesn’t have any student debt,” the man says. “Am I going to get my money back?”

“Of course not,” the Massachusetts senator responds.

“So, we end up paying for people who didn’t save any money, then those who did the right thing get screwed,” the father says.

He goes on to describe the actions of his “buddy,” who he says makes more money than him but didn’t use his money responsibly. Meanwhile he worked a “double shift” and carefully put money away in order to make sure his daughter wasn’t burdened with debt.

“So, you’re laughing,” the man says in response to Warren’s reaction. “Yes, that’s exactly what you’re doing,” he says after the senator appears to protest. “We did the right thing — and we get screwed,” the frustrated father says before walking away.


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“Just last night, there was a video that surfaced, a lot of people are talking about it today” Dokoupil said to Warren on Friday. “It’s of a father who approached you at an event and said, ya know, it’s not fair, I’ve saved for my daughter’s college education and now you’re talking about forgiving and helping out all the people who didn’t save.”


“For Americans who are in that father’s position, who felt they did the right thing and you’re bailing out those who didn’t, what’s your response?” the host asked.

Warren seemingly acknowledged that her plan would indeed be unjust to folks who did the right thing regarding college tuition, while also claiming that her plan is the right path forward.

“Look, we build a future going forward by making it better. By that same logic what would we have done?” the senator responded. “Not started Social Security because we didn’t start it last week for you or last month for you.”

Dokoupil pressed, “Are you saying tough luck to these people, senator?”

“No,” Warren claimed, pivoting to a story about her college education.

“There was a $50 a semester option for me,” she said. “I was able to go to college and become a public school teacher because America had invested in a $50 a semester option for me. Today that’s not available.”

Under Warren’s proposal to transfer student loan debt to the American taxpayer, students and parents who did pay back loans or opted out of a pricey college experience because of the outlandish pricing would receive no relief. Of course, they would pick up others’ debts via taxation.

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thefederalist.com/2020/01/25/bernie-sanders-i-dont-know-how-much-my-plans-are-going-to-cost/

Bernie Sanders: ‘I Don’t Know How Much My Plans Are Going To Cost’
True to form, Sen. Bernie Sanders still can't tell us how much his progressive utopia is going to cost the U.S. taxpayer, should he be elected president in 2020.
JANUARY 25, 2020 By Tristan Justice

On Friday’s edition of CBS Evening News, Democratic presidential candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders admitted that he has no idea how much his package of progressive programs would cost the American taxpayer.

“Your agenda has promised free health care for everybody, free college tuition, and to pay off peoples’ college loans. The price tag for that is estimated to be $60 trillion dollars over ten years. Is that correct?” asked Norah O’Donnell of CBS Evening News.


“Well look, we have political opponents…” Sanders began before being cut off and pressed on the question.

“You don’t know how much your plan costs?” O’Donnell responded.

“You don’t know. Nobody knows. This is impossible to predict,” Sanders conceded, leaving O’Donnell stunned.

“You’re going to propose a plan to the American people and you’re not going to tell them how much it costs?” O’Donnell exclaimed.

Sanders’ comments follow previous statements he made last October, in which he argued that he doesn’t have to explain how to pay for socialized medicine.

When asked by then-CNBC’s John Harwood – who unsurprisingly now works at CNN – how a Sanders administration would generate the required revenue for the program, Sanders dismissed the question.

“You’re asking me to come up with an exact detailed plan of how every American – how much you’re going to pay more in taxes, how much I’m going to pay. I don’t think I have to do that right now,” Sanders responded.

Given Sanders’ latest interview, it doesn’t seem as if the Vermont senator has given Harwood’s question much thought.

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dailycaller.com/2020/01/27/don-lemon-cnn-panel-laugh-trump-voters/

Eighty seconds. That’s how long it took for a CNN panel to show just what they think of President Donald Trump’s supporters.

CNN anchor Don Lemon, frequent CNN guest Rick Wilson and New York Times op-ed writer Wajahat Ali (who is also a CNN contributor) rolled out nearly every possible stereotype about Republican voters in a segment that aired Saturday night but didn’t really catch the public’s attention until Monday.


Wilson got the party rolling by saying that “Donald Trump couldn’t find Ukraine on a map if you had the letter ‘U’ and a picture of an actual, physical crane next to it,” which sent Lemon into a hysterical fit of laughter. They were just getting started.

Wilson went on to sneer at “the credulous boomer rube demo that backs Donald Trump, the ones that think that” — and here he broke out into a Southern accent — “Donald Trump’s the smart one, and there all y’all, y’all elitists are duuuumb.” Lemon laughed even harder.

Ali chimed in: “You elitists, with your geography and your maps and your spelling.” At this point, Lemon was laughing so hard that he pulled out a handkerchief to wipe his tear-filled eyes.

Wilson, still in a faux Southern accent, added: “Your math and your readin!'”

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“Yeah, your readin’, your geography, knowing other countries, sipping your latte,” said Ali.

“All those liiines on the map,” said Wilson, continuing to use the fake accent.

“Only them elitists know where Ukraine is,” Ali shot back, before seeming to half-realize that the panel had gone too far. “Sorry, I apologize,” he said with a smile. (RELATED: CNN’s Chris Cillizza Perfectly Demonstrates Why Trust In Media Is So Low)

Lemon, meanwhile, was still laughing hysterically, only managing to say: “Oh my gosh!” in between cackles.


The anchor finally, slowly, regained his composure, but not before extending his gratitude for the sneers: “Rick, that was a good one, I needed that.”

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dailycaller.com/2020/01/27/republican-women-running-for-office-2020-trump/

Record-Shattering Numbers Of Republican Women Are Running For Office Under Trump: ‘Our Voices Are Not Being Heard’

The number of Republican women running for office is surging under President Donald Trump.
Two hundred women have filed for 2020 House races, a number that “shatters all previous records” according to the NRCC.
“We’re tired of politics as usual,” says North Carolina candidate Michele Nix. “Our voices are not being heard.”
Record-shattering numbers of Republican women are running for office under President Donald Trump, saying that they believe their voices are not being represented and that they must stand up to Democratic socialism.

The number of Republican women who have filed for 2020 “shatters all previous records,” National Republican Congressional Committee communications director Chris Pack told the Daily Caller News Foundation.


Two hundred women, 164 minorities, and 214 veterans have filed to run as Republicans in 2020 House races – and Pack says they expect more to file in states where filing is still open.

“Chairman Tom Emmer has placed a strong emphasis on recruiting a diverse slate of candidates that reflects the Republican Party at the grassroots level,” Pack explained. “These candidates see the extreme socialist agenda of the Democrat Party and are stepping up to the plate to do something about it.”

Record numbers of Republican women are running for office in the Trump era because they “recognize that President Trump’s policies are working for them,” Trump campaign deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews told the Daily Caller News Foundation. (RELATED: Muslim Refugee Journalist Challenges Ilhan Omar’s Congressional Seat: ‘She Does Not Speak For Me’)

“Affordable healthcare, support for paid family leave, more jobs, and safer communities, those are all women’s issues and that’s why President Trump and Republican candidates across the country will win big with women in 2020,” she said.


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Her words are echoed by the Republican women running for office.

Claire Chase, who is seeking the nomination for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District, says that Republican women are running for Congress this year because Americans are “sick and tired of Democrats hammering the president despite his pro-woman record.”

The New Mexico candidate adds that Trump has a long history of supporting women in his capacity as president, citing White House advisor Kellyanne Conway, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration Linda McMahon, and United States Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.

“A hallmark of the Trump Presidency has been hiring and elevating Republican women to the highest levels of government,” she told the DCNF.


“I’m running to help President Trump take on the establishment, secure our southern border, and protect life. Thanks to President Trump, female unemployment is at a 50 year low, female wages are rising, and we saw the child tax credit double.”

Michelle Nix, who is campaigning for the House in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, says that Republican women are running to make their voices heard.

“We’re tired of politics as usual,” she says. “Our voices are not being heard.”

Nix faces a tough race against Democratic Congressman G.K. Butterfield for North Carolina’s District 1, a district that has been held by a Democrat since 1883 – more than 100 years.

But a new analysis from the Washington Post has the race at D+3, which would mean that if a strong candidate wins the primary and faces Butterfield in the general election, a Republican could potentially win the district.

Nix believes she’s the Republican to flip that seat. “I can relate to the people that are in the district, having the backstory that I do have,” she said. “I can relate really to the people and more to the people in the first district than Butterfield can.”

“I’m just like they are,” she adds. “An ordinary person trying to do extraordinary things.”

Nix grew up in a middle class family with strong military ties, a family that valued hard work and conservative principles. She struggled through hard times as a young mother with two children and was forced to live off government assistance for a period.

But Nix, determined to pull her family out of destitution, began working waiting tables and working odd jobs until she launched herself into a banking career.

Now she is married with five children and three grandchildren and running for Congress.

After former President Barack Obama’s 2008 election, Nix said she realized she did not like where the United States was headed. She joined a local tea party group in the area and then became involved with the local Republican party.

“The county I live in is very small and we have more Democrats than we do Republicans,” she said. “So when I showed up for a meeting, they actually drafted me and put me on as a member at large to help out with the county party itself.”

Nix went from serving as a member of the Republican county party to becoming secretary, then treasurer, then vice chairman, and eventually chairwoman of the Lenore County Republican Party. And since Lenore County sat in three different congressional districts at the time, Nix got involved with these other district parties as well.

“I was really covering all of Eastern North Carolina,” she said. As she became more involved in the politics of these districts, Nix said she realized the need for someone like her to step up to the plate. She began engaging with people across the state, attending events, creating a Facebook account to engage with voters, and discussing her thoughts on politics with everyone she met.

“I have a rule that’s called my three-foot rule,” she explained. “Anyone within three feet of me gets to hear why I’m a Republican and why I think we’re the better party.”

Nix finally decided that she “had a story to tell” and stepped out onto the campaign trail. She has since been endorsed by Amy Kremer, co-founder of Women for Trump PAC and chair of Women for America First, as well as North Carolina state Sen. Bob Steinburg.

Michele Nixsigns the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, becoming the first in her district to do so. She met with Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, while in DC to discuss tax reform in the district.
Michele Nix signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, becoming the first in her district to do so. She met with Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, while in DC to discuss tax reform in the district. Photo courtesy of Michele Nix.

“The only voices you’re hearing are ‘the Democrat squad,'” she said. “What about the Republican squad? What about us women? You know, who is actually representing us in Congress? We are conservatives. We believe in pro-life. We believe in our gun rights. We don’t believe in socialism. Who’s representing us up here in Washington?”

Republican women value their male counterparts, Nix says, but there are some issues that require women’s attention. And the women currently in Congress “do not represent me,” she warns.

The candidate explains that she was one of the first Trump supporters in the state of North Carolina. Trump spoke as the featured speaker at a dinner Nix attended in January 2015 in South Carolina at a tea party coalition meeting. Nix turned to her husband and said, “You know, if Donald Trump gets the nomination, he’s gonna win.”

“My husband said to me, ‘you’re crazy. He ain’t gonna win,'” Nix said. “I said, ‘I’m telling you, if he gets the nomination, he’s gonna win.’ He said, well, you know what, I’ll bet you a cup of coffee on it.’ I said, ‘you’re going to owe me a pop.'”

She met the future president at a December 2015 rally and “never looked back.”

“President Trump has no idea who I am, but he’s going to find out shortly,” she said with a laugh.

She promises to represent the “silent majority” who oppose socialism.

“Their voices are not being heard. They’re being drowned out by the Democrats and by the media, they’re pushing all this socialized medicine. They’re pushing government dependency from cradle to the grave,” she said.

“That’s not what America is about. And that’s not what we were founded upon. That is not the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for anyone.”

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Captain Obvious here:

www.dailywire.com/news/watch-democrat-impeachment-manager-jason-crow-admits-impeachment-about-2020-election

WATCH: Democrat Impeachment Manager Jason Crow Admits Impeachment About 2020 Election

Democrat Rep. Jason Crow (CO) admitted on Monday night that the Democrats had a sense of urgency in wanting to push forward with their partisan articles of impeachment because of the upcoming 2020 presidential elections.


“Did the House move too quickly?” Chuck Rosenberg asked Crow on MSNBC. “Should they have called more witnesses there and do you feel any lingering effects on those decisions, right or wrong, on the current proceeding?”

“No, I think the House proceeded in the way that it should have proceeded,” Crow responded. “There was urgency, but it was also thoughtful and deliberate, it occurred over several months period of time.”

“There is some urgency here,” Crow continued, later adding, “it does have to do with the elections that are coming up later this year.”

WATCH:

Crow is notorious for his politicization of a school shooting in Colorado last year, where he went to a vigil the next day for the student who died and pushed Democrats’ radical gun control agenda, which is an anti-freedom agenda.

The Daily Wire reported at the time: “Democrat Rep. Jason Crow and Democrat Sen. Michael Bennet both politicized the tragedy by calling for new gun-control laws — even though no gun laws would have prevented the shooting, as the firearms used were illegally obtained — and neither Democrat called for protecting students at school.”


Students rejected Crow’s politicization of the tragedy and stormed out, chanting “mental health!”

On the issue of impeachment, Crow is far from the first Democrat, or even the first impeachment manager, to admit that Democrats’ partisan impeachment is about stopping President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.

Last week, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who is one of the Democrats’ impeachment managers, said during the Senate trial, “We are here today to consider a much more grave matter and that is an attempt to use the powers of the presidency to cheat in an election. For precisely this reason, the president’s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won.”

In May, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) said, “I’m concerned that if we don’t impeach this president, he will get re-elected.”

Also in May, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “We have to make sure — this will sound political but we have to make sure that the Constitution wins the next presidential election. We can’t be worrying about well, how long is this going to take? Well, that will take as long as it does. And we will press the case so that in the court of public opinion. People will know what is — is right. But we cannot accept a second term for Donald Trump if we are going to be faithful to our democracy and to the Constitution of the United States.”

In November, socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “At the end of the day, we have to be able to come together as a caucus and if it is this Ukrainian allegation that is what brings the caucus together, um, then I think we have to run with however we unify the House. We also need to move quite quickly because we’re talking about the potential compromise of the 2020 elections. And so this is not just about something that has occurred; this is about preventing a potentially disastrous outcome from occurring next year.”

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Nina Turner, the national co-chairwoman of the Bernie Sanders campaign, is absolutely furious over the appointment of Hillary Clinton lackeys John Podesta and former Rep. Barney Frank to the rules committee that will oversee the party platform at their nominating convention.
Appearing on the progressive podcast Status Coup, Turner said that the party should be “ashamed” and vowed that “if the DNC believes it’s going to get away in 2020 with what it did in 2016, it has another thing coming.”


“The DNC should be ashamed of itself, because it really is a slap in the face to folks who were asking for reform, and if the DNC believes that it’s going to get away in 2020 with what it did in 2016, it has another thing coming,” Turner said.



Sanders’s California political director Susie Shannon has also sent a formal letter to Perez requesting that paid employees or consultants to the presidential campaigns be excluded from the rules committee.

Sanders previously attempted to get Frank, a harsh critic of his, removed from the rules committee in 2016. The campaign described him as an “aggressive attack surrogate for the Clinton campaign.”

The backlash comes after Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez released a list of nominations for the standing committees over the weekend.

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Project Veritas on Tuesday released part 4 of its #Expose2020 series with an undercover video of two Bernie field organizers in South Carolina admitting the Sanders campaign attracts “truly radical people.”

In the recorded conversation, Mason Baird, a South Carolina Field Organizer elaborated on how he envisions a Bernie Sanders presidency, Veritas reported.

In Baird’s view, creating a militant labor movement that is institutionalized by the federal government would be the best route to consolidate Sanders’ power. Here are the statements Baird made during conversations with a PVA journalist:

“I’ve canvassed with someone whose an Anarchist, and with someone who’s a Marxist/Leninist so we attract radical, truly radical people in the campaign but obviously that’s not outward facing…”

“Um…well, I think the goal is just to build a…you know, build a coalition…so, a lot of people…their politics fall outside of the American norm, so their politics are Marxist/Leninist, they’re Anarchists, so these types of folks they have more of a mind for ‘direct action’ for engaging in politics outside of the electoral system.”

“Bernie said that – that the only way that we’re going to – the only way we’re going live is if – is if we have this mass movement going after the election.”

“For the first time, for the first time, in like, my life, maybe even, probably most of our lives in American history, we’re going to have – like if we have Bernie in the White House, we’re going to have, a real plan for dual power; where we’ll have the presidency and we’ll have a mass movement, right alongside it, that’s like going to be like institutionalized and supported…and I’d like to participate in it.”

“…Once we break up Google, YouTube, Facebook, nationalize these things, then that would be a huge thing forward so far as education stuff goes.”

“We would need a federal government and labor union movement that is working together to strip power away from capitalists and preferably directing violence toward property. At the end of the day, this kind of stuff will come out through practice, through the work and it’s hard for me to talk about it in the moment we live in cause I think China today is not what Mao envisioned, right it was through the practice of Chinese people doing the work to create the China today. So, it never – we’re never going – I think a lot of the stuff – a lot of these answers are going to come through practice – we’re going to try things – things aren’t going to work – we’re going to move on to the next thing, and we’re going to try to be as conscious and intentional about those things, but when you get into a certain level of detail, and depth, it’s like, that’s kind of my ‘cop out’, it comes through the work, you know. The answers come through the work.”

“It would, it’s gonna take, you know, it’s gonna take militancy…like a militant labor movement that’s willing to…strike, and if necessary, you know, just destroy property and things like that.”

“A militant labor movement is kind of our last – our last real chance before we try…other means.”

“…After we abolish landlords, we don’t have to kill them, that’s my feeling I think it’s damaging to the soul, but um, there were plenty of excesses in 1917 (Russian Revolution) I would hope to avoid. Labor, I think that’s a big source of power for us, and just try to gain as much leverage and power in the short time that we have. You know, Lenin didn’t have the internet, they were a peasant society, and I mean it was like, so you know I would hope that like, that we would – we’d have – we’d be doing a bunch of prep work before the capitalists got hip to what we were doing, I guess. That’s my best uh, I’m not excited about the prospect of armed struggle…”

“…And so I think that, um, I think if we pay attention to, to the lived experience of people in post-Soviet States and in Russia and things like that, then we do find that, yeah, like a lot of the stories we’re told in the United States about, you know, the Gulags and the persecution of the Kulaks and things like that are exaggerated…we certainly don’t have, uh, uh, a straight perspective on that stuff here in America.”

Daniel Taylor, also a Sanders Field Organizer in South Carolina, hinted at how there are preparations underway for “extreme action” regardless if Sanders wins or loses the election. Taylor speaks of the “extreme organizations” that would participate in such actions:

“For me personally, I have no problem going all in on the campaign stuff because you’re planting a seed…yeah, the whole socialist thing four years ago was a whole lot more toxic than it is today…”

“We don’t want to scare people off, you first have to feel it out before you get into the crazy stuff…You know we were talking about more extreme organizations like Antifa, you were talking about, Yellow Vests, all that but we’re kinda keeping that on the back-burner for now.”

“We have all this momentum, where do we go, regardless of the outcome, after it’s all over? Change won’t come easily, regardless. Even if Bernie is elected, change will not come swiftly or easily, so the connections we make now in the campaign with people, and volunteers, it’s important we retain that regardless of the outcome. It’s unfortunate that we have to make plans for extreme action but like I said, they’re not going to give it to us even if Bernie is elected.”

“Oh yeah, he (Sanders) has a history of protest and that’s what makes him so attractive to the younger people and those fed up with the bureaucracy. Bernie has been out there standing on the picket lines and doing that uncomfortable stuff…and I absolutely think he’d definitely endorse that kind of action because sometimes that’s what you have to do to get it done.”

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www.dailywire.com/news/panic-on-the-left-as-democrats-realize-bernie-could-actually-win-nomination

The Democratic socialist from Vermont, who has been running for president for more than five years, is suddenly rising fast in the polls as voters in Iowa and New Hampshire prepare to cast their ballots in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. And that’s making plenty of Democrats nervous.

“Bernie Sanders could be the nominee of our party,” fellow candidate Pete Buttigieg’s campaign said in a recent email to supporters. “Bernie’s campaign is out-raising and out-spending us. If this continues, there’s a good chance he wins the Iowa caucuses.”

As he rises to the top, Sanders is enjoying the chance to needle the establishment that controls the Democratic Party. “They’re looking at recent polls in New Hampshire and in Iowa, and they’re saying, ‘Oh my God, Sanders can win!'” the senator told a packed auditorium in Ames, Iowa.

“Suddenly, we have the Democratic establishment very nervous about this campaign. We got Wall Street nervous,” Sanders told a crowd of roughly 1,100 Sunday night in Sioux City. “They’re starting to think, could this really happen?”

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A slew of new polls for Iowa and New Hampshire — the first two states to cast ballots in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — show Sanders is surging. Iowa’s caucuses are next Monday, while the N.H. primary is a week from today.

The very latest poll for Iowa by Emerson put Sanders at 30%, former vice president Joe Biden at 21% and Sen. Elizabeth Warren at 11%. Sanders is leading in Iowa in the latest New York Times/Siena poll, too, at 25% to former South Bend, Indiana Buttigieg’s 18% and Biden’s 17%. That was a six-point gain for Sanders.


In New Hampshire, a poll released Thursday by WBUR-TV gave Sanders a commanding 12-point lead over his rivals, with Buttigieg in second and Biden in third. Biden is dropping in all the latest polls, but not as much as Warren, who is plunging late.

And another N.H. poll, this one by CNN/University of New Hampshire released on Sunday, showed Sanders has pulled out to a nine-point lead over Biden (at 16%) and Buttigieg (15%). An NBC/Marist poll published over the weekend also gave Sanders a 5-point lead over his rivals.

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RealClearPolitics.com keeps a running average of all polls. In Iowa, Sanders has gone from 18% on December 1, 2019, to 25% this week, giving him a 3-point lead. Meanwhile, Warren has gone from 22.5% on November 1 to 13.5% this week.

But Sanders’ far-left proposals — massive new taxes, free health care for all, free college, more open borders — have some in the center worried.

“We issued a warning a year ago that Sanders could win the nomination and would likely lose to Trump. And we’ve been the only ones really taking the fight to him,” Matt Bennett, the vice president of the centrist Democratic think tank Third Way, told NBC News.

“It’s past time for other Democrats to come off the sidelines and for the media to start doing its job to vet a serious contender for the nomination,” he added. “We simply can’t stand by while there’s a threat that Democrats could nominate a guy who would hand such nuclear-level ammunition to the Trump campaign.”

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www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/28/joe-bidens-sister-valerie-sent-millions-of-joes-campaign-dollars-to-her-own-consulting-firm/

Joe Biden’s Sister Valerie Sent Millions of Joe’s Campaign Dollars to Her Own Consulting Firm

Valerie Biden Owens, the sister of former vice president Joe Biden (D), who served as the campaign manager for his past presidential campaigns, directed $2.5 million from “Citizens for Biden” and “Biden for President Inc.” to her own consulting firm during her brother’s 2008 presidential bid alone, Breitbart senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President Peter Schweizer’s investigative blockbuster Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite reveals.

Biden’s political tenure, as Schweizer’s book extensively details, has largely remained a complicated family affair, resulting in little-known financial benefits for not just his son Hunter Biden, but for his sister Valerie.




Her role as a senior partner in the political messaging firm Slade White & Company coincided with her participation in Biden’s various political campaigns. She was only one of two executives – the other being Joe Slade White – at the firm and has remained the Executive Vice President for 15 years.

However, the lines between her role as leading her brother’s political campaigns and working at the firm blurred, as the firm “received large fees from the Biden campaigns that Valerie was running,” Profiles in Corruption reveals:

The firm received large fees from the Biden campaigns that Valerie was running. Two and a half million dollars in consulting fees flowed to her firm from Citizens for Biden and Biden For President Inc. during the 2008 presidential bid alone. Keep in mind that Joe Slade White & Company worked for Biden campaigns over eighteen years.

The report demonstrates a pattern, as Schweizer’s book shows, of the complex, albeit largely unknown, dynamics of the Biden family and the financial benefits reaped, which purportedly stem from the presidential hopeful’s varying positions in government throughout his life.

“These are not a few disparate enterprises, but rather moneymaking ventures that appear to be part of a well-organized family business,” Profiles in Corruption details.

Biden has previously denied, particularly on the campaign trail, the allegations that his family members have cashed out in various ways over the course of his political career.

“I’ve never discussed with my son or my brother, or anyone else anything having to do with their businesses, period,” Biden told reporters in August 2019 amid further allegations of his family members using his political leverage for personal gain.

“As we will see, this is an impossibility, “ Schweizer writes.

The latest revelation, detailing Valerie’s direction of millions of her brother’s campaign dollars to her consulting firm, follows the eye-opening discoveries detailed in Schweizer’s New York Times #1 bestseller Secret Empires, which effectively “blew the lid off the Biden-Burisma scandal in Ukraine, wherein Hunter Biden made up to $83,000 a month with Ukrainian energy giant Burisma as his father led U.S.-Ukraine policy while vice president,” as Breitbart News detailed.

Profiles in Corruption also exposes “the Biden 5,” detailing how Hunter Biden’s firms scored business deals with figures and entities tied to the governments of Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It also reveals how Biden’s brothers seemingly benefited from his political stature. As Schweizer reveals, James Biden’s firm received $1.5 billion in government contracts despite a lack of experience in the international development industry. Profiles in Corruption also details Frank Biden’s connection to projects receiving millions in taxpayer loans over the course of the Obama administration.



Biden will continue to face mounting questions surrounding the benefits his family reaped as a result of his political influence as the Iowa caucuses kick off the Democrat primary election next week. While he is thought by some to be the Democrat party frontrunner, the RealClearPolitics average shows Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slowly closing the gap. The socialist Sanders has overtaken him in key early state polls over the last week.

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www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/27/nyt-begrudgingly-admits-profiles-in-corruption-revelations-contain-building-blocks-for-scandals/

NYT Begrudgingly Admits ‘Profiles in Corruption’ Revelations Contain ‘Building Blocks for Scandals’

The New York Times on Friday begrudgingly acknowledged that Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite, the latest blockbuster investigative work by Breitbart News senior contributor and Government Accountability Institute President Peter Schweizer, contains “building blocks for scandals involving a number of 2020 Democratic hopefuls.”

The Times featured a piece by Nicole Hemmer, who, throughout the piece, charges conservative media with minimizing “not just impeachment but the full array of President Trump’s misconduct.”




“But minimization is only half the strategy to protect Republican control of the White House. The other half is scandalization: an effort to create an air of nonstop scandal around previous Democratic presidents and presidential hopefuls,” she contends.

She directly cites Schweizer’s latest book Profiles in Corruption in an effort to build her case but appears to do the opposite, admitting that the investigative work — which contains a number of bombshells on top progressive leaders, candidates and non-candidates, like Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Mayor Eric Garcetti — provides “building blocks for scandals involving a number of 2020 Democratic hopefuls,” albeit with a dismissive tone.

Hemmer writes:

www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/sunday/impeachment-fox-news.html

The Breitbart contributor Peter Schweizer followed “Clinton Cash,” a book that helped spread the Uranium One conspiracy, with “Secret Empires,” which targeted Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. Mr. Schweizer’s most recent book, “Profiles in Corruption,” provides building blocks for scandals involving a number of 2020 Democratic hopefuls, like the daft tidbit that Senator Elizabeth Warren’s son-in-law produced a film with support from two Iranian organizations. The investors, Mr. Schweizer wrote, “might appear at first glance to be innocuous cultural organizations — but they are not. Both are funded and controlled by the Islamist Iranian government.” It may not seem like much, but as the birtherism conspiracy shows, scandals have been rooted in less.

However, Hemmer’s attempt to equate Schweizer’s book to wild conspiracy theories falls flat, as his work contains 1,126 endnotes with concrete evidence stemming from corporate and legal records, lobbyist disclosures, property records, White House visitor logs, tax liens, and federal bankruptcies, among other documents.

Breitbart News has detailed several of the bombshell revelations featured in Schweizer’s book, including Warren’s son-in-law’s ties to the Iranian regime via his production company, Tricolor Films.

In 2008, Warren’s son-in-law, Sushil Tyagi, produced a film called The Song of Sparrows, which was directed by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi. As Schweizer discovered, the movie’s chief investors were “funded and controlled by the Islamist Iranian government.”

As Profiles in Corruption details:

The full credits of the film, for some reason, seem to also have been scrubbed from the internet. We obtained a copy by using the Wayback machine and made a startling discovery: the movie’s chief investors included none other than the social deputy of the State Welfare Organization (SWO) of Iran (SWO-“معاونت اجتماعی سازمان بهزیستی کشور”) as well as the Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran. (“سازمان فرهنگی و هنری شهرداری تهران”)

These two investors in the film might appear at first glance to be innocuous cultural organizations—but they are not. Both are funded and controlled by the Islamist Iranian government.

The Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran states: “This organization was founded in 1996 and [does] its activities under the supervision of a board of trustees composed of various cultural institutions such as IRIB and Islamic propaganda organization.”

Breitbart News broke down the revelation further:

The Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran’s page promotes cultural events such as one for school children entitled “The Seal of Hostages,” attended by several top Iranian officials, according to the book.

Another event is the inherently antisemitic Quds Day on the last day of Ramadan. The organization also arranges marches, as well as organizes posters and other materials, for Quds Day. Its site says, “A new plan for the destruction of Israel will be launched, and the Quds Cultural Radio station will be located at the Radio Station. Also, the ‘I love the fight against Israel’ is distributed among the people.”

Schweizer notes, “Quds Day typically features massive crowds organized by the Iranian government chanting ‘death to America’ and burning effigies, with full media coverage.”

He writes Tyagi’s The Song of Sparrows has film credits that read like “who’s who of prominent Iranian government institutions.” For example, there is a thank-you to the “Iranian Revolutionary Guards Air Force.”

The revelation is just one of many on Warren, as well as the other prolific progressives featured in the book, as the Hemmer acknowledges in her op-ed for the Times.



“I think there’s a lot of things about Elizabeth Warren that are troubling, about how she was actually a government consultant in the 1990s rewriting bankruptcy laws, and in a typical Washington move, she took that position and cashed in,” Schweizer said during a recent appearance on Fox News’s Special Report.

“She basically went to corporations and said, I will consult for you and advise you in how to use the law that I wrote to your maximum advantage,” he added.

Profiles in Corruption also contains a number of detailed discoveries regarding “the Biden 5,” including how James Biden’s firm received $1.5 billion in government contracts, despite having no experience, as well as Frank Biden’s connection to projects receiving millions in taxpayer loans during the Obama administration. It also examines Hunter Biden’s firms scoring business deals with people and entities tied to the governments of Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, as well as revelations on the former vice president’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, purportedly directing $2.5 million from “Citizens for Biden” and “Biden for President Inc.” to her own contracting firm during her brother’s last presidential bid in 2008.

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www.dailywire.com/news/politico-exposes-land-deal-between-bidens-brother-and-lobbyist-biden-spokesman-blasts-politico

Politico Exposes Land Deal Between Biden’s Brother And Lobbyist; Biden Spokesman Blasts Politico

In an exclusive report Tuesday, Politico revealed a previously undisclosed land deal involving Joe Biden’s brother that the left-leaning outlet presents as furthering “a pattern in which members of the Biden family have engaged in financial dealings with people with an interest in influencing the former vice president.”


The newly reported deal, which began in 2005, involved Biden’s brother James Biden and Scott Green, who was a staffer in the 1980s and ’90s for then-Senator Biden before becoming a lobbyist, and whose clients, Politico underscores, “benefited from Biden’s support and appropriations requests” both “before and after” the deal with his brother.

“In 2005, Joe Biden’s brother bought an acre of land with excellent ocean views on a remote island in the Caribbean for $150,000,” Politico’s Ben Schreckinger reports. “He divided it into three parcels, and the next year a lobbyist close to the Delaware senator bought one of the parcels for what had been the cost of the entire property. Later, the lobbyist gave Biden’s brother a mortgage loan on the remaining parcels.”

The lobbying firm Green co-founded, Schreckinger explains, “specializes in federal contracts for niche law enforcement and national security programs for which Biden long advocated.” It also makes a point of featuring Biden on its website, including a quote from the former Senator praising Green’s “emotional investment” in his work.

Many details surrounding the deal are “unclear,” Schreckinger writes, including whether Joe Biden was aware of the transactions at the time. But it is clear that after the deal Green “continued to lobby on issues over which Biden wielded influence and to meet with Biden’s staff” and “continued to land government contracts related to federal programs for which Biden advocated.”


Biden’s campaign declined a request for comment from Politico, but spokesperson Andrew Bates offered a blistering response: “Joe Biden was wrong. Politico does have a sense of humor. Because this story is an absolute joke.”

Politico notes that the property in question “remained vacant and undeveloped.” Why Green purchased it from James Biden and why Biden took out a loan with the lobbyist rather than a bank remain “unclear,” Schreckinger writes. Also unclear is why Green paid a “dramatically higher price” for the property.


In the report, Schreckinger also provides a brief bio sketch of James Biden that includes some unflattering details:

James Biden, six years Joe’s junior, served as finance chairman on his older brother’s first Senate campaign in 1972. He went on to pursue an entrepreneurial career that regularly intersected with Joe’s public duties. He once sought to launch a Washington lobbying firm, but the venture was cut short when his would-be partners were convicted of attempting to bribe a judge in an unrelated matter. He has previously been accused by former business contacts of seeking to exploit the former vice president’s clout for financial gain in court proceedings in New York, Kentucky, and Florida, though he has denied such claims.


(Read Politico’s full report here.)

www.politico.com/news/2020/01/28/james-biden-lobbyist-virgin-islands-099318

The issue of corrupt dealings among the Bidens is at the heart of the impeachment trial, as Trump’s camp maintains that the president’s urging of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “look into” corruption allegations involving Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden was based on legitimate concerns.

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www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/28/working-class-voters-betrayed-by-globalization-turn-to-trumps-gop-democrats-werent-looking-out-for-me/amp/

Working Class Voters Betrayed by Globalization Turn to Trump's GOP

Working-class Americans who have been betrayed by globalization of the United States’ economy are turning to President Trump’s economic nationalist Republican Party for support.

A report by the New York Times details the shift among U.S. voters. Trump’s GOP is increasingly made up of the working and lower-middle-class devastated by the free trade policies of 30 years, while Democrats represent affluent suburbia and major cities that have bounced back since the Great Recession.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/27/business/economy/republican-party-voters-income.html

Shawn Hoskins, for example, of Dayton, Ohio was a staunch Democrat voter until 2012, when he switched parties. Hoskins told the Times he “liked the way things were going” when he worked at General Motors’ (GM) Moraine Assembly plant until his livelihood was upended by GM’s decision to close the plant in 2008:

In a way Mr. Hoskins feels betrayed: In the face of economic insecurity, his loyalty to the union and the Democratic Party did not protect him. And the Republicans were an increasingly attractive alternative. [Emphasis added]

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But at the end of the day, “when it came time for the doors to shut at G.M., the Democrats weren’t looking out for me,” Mr. Hoskins said. “Losing my job opened my eyes. I had to pay attention to other things going on in the world.” [Emphasis added]

For the first time since 1988, a Republican presidential candidate won Montgomery County, Ohio — where Hoskins lives in Dayton. Trump won the county by eight percentage points, committing to throwing out the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade deal, pushing for a national infrastructure plan, and placing tariffs on cheap foreign imports to end decades-long job-killing free trade policies.

Former union activist Lela Klein told the Times that while Columbus, Ohio — an economically stable college town — has “become bluer,” communities like Dayton that have been left behind “have become redder.”

That change, the Times notes, can be seen across the nation. In Macomb County, Michigan, for instance, Trump secured 54 percent of the vote with his economic nationalist message. At the same time, Macomb County “income per person has dropped from 110 percent of the national average to 87 percent in the last two decades,” the Times reports.

Columbus County, North Carolina has likewise shifted towards the GOP as working and middle-class communities were devastated when manufacturers fled the region to outsource overseas. In 2016, Trump won more than 60 percent of the vote. Income per person in Columbus County has dropped to 61 percent of the national average.

“By 2016, the nation’s political map corresponded neatly to the distribution of prosperity: Mr. Trump won 58 percent of the vote in the counties with the poorest 10 percent of the population. In the richest, his share was 31 percent,” the Times reported.

Local Dayton union director Stacey Benson-Taylor told the Times that “There were a lot of union votes that did flip” in the 2016 election.

Even voters like Will Minehart, a 45-year-old Dayton-Phoenix machinist, who has continuously voted for Democrats, told the Times that his party loyalty is long gone since he was laid off by GM.

“I am not a Republican nor a Democrat,” Minehart said. “I’m working class.”

Breitbart News has chronicled Trump’s shifting of the party to one that looks out for the needs of the nation’s working and middle-class workforce with fair trade, tight labor markets, and an anti-outsourcing agenda — far from the party’s business-centric, economic libertarian platform that helped lose the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections.

Meanwhile, Democrat voters — increasingly concentrated in large metropolises — and their elected officials have become a party opposed to protecting American workers from the negative impacts of free trade.

The latest Economist/YouGov poll finds that the overwhelming majority of Republican voters, nearly 7-in-10 or 69 percent, say tariffs on foreign imports “help” or “neither help nor hurt” the U.S. economy. The plurality of those Republicans, 43 percent, said tariffs help the U.S. economy. Only 16 percent of Republicans today say tariffs “hurt” the U.S. economy.

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thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/480434-republican-wins-texas-special-election

Texas Republicans will hold a key suburban seat in the state House after their candidate cruised to a surprisingly easy win in the Houston area on Tuesday.

Gary Gates, a businessman who spent nearly $2 million on his own campaign, scored 58 percent of the vote in the runoff election to outpace Eliz Markowitz, a Democrat and an education expert making her second run for office.

Democrats had spent heavily on Markowitz's behalf in a district that seemed to be trending their way. Groups like Forward Majority and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee invested more than $600,000 in her campaign, a startling amount for an election in which the winner would not even get to serve in Austin before the next election in November.


Democrats had hoped to deliver a message that Texas is in play in the presidential election, thanks to its rapidly changing suburbs. President Trump won the suburban Fort Bend district by 10 points, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R) won there in 2018 by just 3 points. Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) and several presidential candidates campaigned with Markowitz.

"Today, voters resoundingly rejected the Democrats' socialist ideology and took a major step toward keeping Texas red. As we look ahead to the 2020 election, we must be prepared to replicate this success across the state if we are to secure a more prosperous future for Texas," Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said in a statement.

Democrats privately admitted that the election became more about O'Rourke, who ended his presidential bid in November, than about Markowitz or Gates. O'Rourke's presence was ubiquitous, pushing Republican voters to the polls.

Republicans ran four advertisements linking Markowitz to hot-button issues like gun control, church tax exemptions, immigration and to O'Rourke's vote against Hurricane Harvey tax relief in Congress, issues aimed at getting base voters to the polls in what would otherwise be a sleepy special election.

Once Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s power base, Fort Bend County has added more than 200,000 new residents since the 2010 census, making it the 10th-fastest growing county in America in the past decade.

It is increasingly diverse, thanks to influxes of African American and Asian American residents, who each make up about a fifth of the local population. About a quarter are Hispanic, and about a third are non-Hispanic whites.

Democrats made inroads in Fort Bend County, winning the county judgeship in 2018 for the first time in modern memory. And Rep. Pete Olson (R), whose district covers Fort Bend County, is one of the six Texas Republicans who have said they will not seek reelection this year.

Democrats tried to spin the results of Tuesday's vote in a positive light, pointing to trends they say favor their party over the long run.

"This result is an extension of the trendline of improving Democratic performance across Texas in crucial swing districts. The district also typifies the type of tough but winnable district where Democrats need to compete aggressively in order to get to legislative majorities," said David Cohen, the co-founder of Forward Majority.

Democrats need to pick up a net of nine seats to win back control of the Texas state House in November, a chamber they have not controlled since the 1990s. If they make those gains, the party would win a seat at the table for the redistricting process that will begin after the 2020 census, when Texas is expected to grow its congressional delegation by two or three seats.

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www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-new-jersey-wildwood-rally-impeachment

President Trump headlined a jam-packed rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, on Tuesday night, hours after his attorneys wrapped up their opening arguments in his Senate impeachment trial -- and minutes after sources told Fox News that Republicans don't have the votes yet to block additional witnesses who could extend the proceedings.

An elevated level of enthusiasm was evident in the larger-than-normal crowd sizes inside and outside the Wildwoods Convention Center, and Fox News spoke to several attendees who had been waiting more than 24 hours to ensure they would be seated.

"While we are creating jobs and killing terrorists, the congressional Democrats are obsessed with demented hoaxes, crazy witch hunts, and deranged partisan crusades," Trump said. "We will make sure they face another crushing defeat in the next election."

Hotels ordinarily closed for the winter were open for business and largely sold out. Bars and restaurants offered drink specials like the "MAGA-Rita" and the "subpoena-colada" -- bringing to life what was normally a ghost town in the cold days of January on the Jersey Shore.

"We have tens of thousands of people outside," Trump said to chants of "Four more years!" and other cheers. "If anyone would like to give them your place, please let us know."

Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said that the campaign had received 158,632 requests for tickets at the event, including 92,841 distinct signups, and had identified a total of 73,482 voters --10.4 percent of whom didn't vote in 2016, and 26.3 percent of whom were self-described Democrats.

Garden State native Kellyanne Conway: 'South Jersey is Trump country'
Garden State native Kellyanne Conway: 'South Jersey is Trump country'
The president, again and again, touted the "blue-collar boom" in the economy -- including historically low unemployment, rising wages especially among low-income workers, and soaring markets.

"Earnings for the bottom 10 percent are rising faster than earnings for the top 10 percent, for the first time ever," Trump said. "Since my election, the net worth for the bottom half of wage-earners has increased by 47 percent, three times faster than the increase for the top one-percent. Median household income is at an all-time high; for President Bush, in eight years it was $450. Under President Barack Hussein Obama, for eight years, it was $975. ... Under your favorite president, and when you include the tax cuts, the regulation cuts ... under President Trump, for three years, the number is almost $10,000 -- and it's going up. That's a big difference."

Trump added: "The United States is now the number-one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. We don't need anybody else's energy anymore. It's so nice." The U.S. recently achieved energy independence and became the top producer of crude oil, though it has reportedly been the largest petroleum producer since 2012 and natural gas producer since 2015.

Democrats, by contrast, would "demolish" the U.S. economy, Trump said, noting that their health care plans -- including proposals to pay for the health care of illegal immigrants -- simply were too expensive and inefficient.

"We are saving your health care while the Democrats are trying to take away your health care, take away your doctors," Trump said.

Touting his administration's recent victory in a key Supreme Court case on the so-called "public charge rule," Trump remarked, "We will now finally be able to enforce federal law and ensure that those seeking admission to our country are able to support themselves financially and not abuse taxpayer-funded programs."

He continued, "On no issue have Washington Democrats more thoroughly betrayed the American people than the issue of immigration."

Trump also hit Democrats for largely opposing restrictions on even late-term abortion, saying, "every child is a sacred gift from God." Trump recently became the first president to speak at the pro-life March for Life rally in Washington.

"I got it done, and I mean I solely got it done," Trump said to applause later, referring to the passage of his landmark criminal justice reform bill. "You have to thank yourself, because nobody else is going to do it."

'You're Fired': Trump warns unethical doctors entrenched in Veterans Administration
'You're Fired': Trump warns unethical doctors entrenched in Veterans Administration
The event in blue New Jersey was the capper on a busy day, which also included the historic unveiling of a new Middle East peace plan and a Los Angeles Times report that California Sen. Dianne Feinstein was considering a vote to acquit the president. Feinstein later said she was "misunderstood," and an Axios report accused the Times of having the story "backwards."

The chaos unfolded with the backdrop of looming Iowa caucuses next week, marking the first big milestone of the 2020 presidential campaign.

WATCH: DERSHOWITZ CALLS OUT HOUSE DEMS, LAYS OUT CONSTITUTIONAL CASE AGAINST IMPEACHMENT

Trump was holding the rally along the beach in Wildwood in support of New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who flipped to the Republican party last month after opposing House Democrats' impeachment of the president.

"We are privileged to be joined tonight by a courageous leader who left the Democrat Party because he has had enough of their extremism, enough of their socialism, enough of their vile hoaxes and scams," Trump said.

"This year, this very year is a flashpoint election," Van Drew said after Trump's introduction. "Are we going to allow ourselves just to be like any other nation in the world, or are we going to keep America great?"

Van Drew said at the event that there had been approximately 175,000 requests for seats at the venue, which typically holds 7,500.

The setting for the rally was atypical for Trump: a Jersey Shore city where people camped out overnight on the beach to get a spot in line for the rally being held at a boardwalk convention center. Campaign officials touted the raucous crowd, one that did not have many chances to see Trump in person and may draw in voters from the nearby battleground state of Pennsylvania.

Local reports also showed the lines started forming Sunday afternoon and had grown to hundreds by early Tuesday morning.

"Welcome to 2 am the night BEFORE rally! Impeach this," Trump campaign Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted, along with a video of bundled-up Trump supporters in American flag-adorned attire.

Cape May County on the southern tip of New Jersey reflected just how much loyalty Trump has commanded with voters outside the industrial heartland. Over 65 percent of its economy has come from tourism. The population has boomed from 90,000 year-round to over 670,000 in July and August.

However, the county has been seen as reliably safe swimming for Republicans — and a Trump event bringing in thousands of guests into a community largely shuttered for winter could be seen as an economic bonus for the hotels, motels and restaurants.

SLIDESHOW: SEE THE CROWDS IN WILDWOOD, NJ

Trump celebrated Van Drew’s defection as a sign of cracks within the Democratic Party over impeachment, and during the rally, pointed to his switch as a sign that the inquiry was purely partisan.

"We believe Van Drew personifies a lot of Democrats in this country who have become disillusioned with their party over impeachment," a Trump campaign source told Fox News.

"South Jersey’s forgotten about sometimes," Van Drew said.

The event likely will resonate beyond the Jersey Shore, drawing in suburban Philadelphia voters at a moment when Pennsylvania is a must-win for the president in 2020, said Seth Grossman, an attorney who ran against Van Drew in 2018 as a pro-Trump Republican.

MASSIVE CROWDS FORM AHEAD OF TRUMP RALLY AMID IMPEACHMENT FIGHT

"He's sending a message that it's OK for Democrats to embrace Trump and Republicans, as opposed to feeling obligated to stay in the Democratic Party," Grossman said.

A crowd standing in the cold in front of the Wildwoods Convention Center as they waited to enter the rally. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
A crowd standing in the cold in front of the Wildwoods Convention Center as they waited to enter the rally. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Meanwhile, in Washington, Trump's legal team wrapped up its defense earlier in the day, setting up a 16-hour question period on Wednesday. Although Trump's acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate is all but assured, his team has tried to minimize the political damage.

And, the president apparently was hoping to use impeachment to motivate his political base and independents disenchanted with impeachment to turn out in greater numbers this fall.

President Donald Trump supporters John Walker, left, and Mike Kufta stand on the Wildwood boardwalk as they wait to attend a campaign rally with Trump, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
President Donald Trump supporters John Walker, left, and Mike Kufta stand on the Wildwood boardwalk as they wait to attend a campaign rally with Trump, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in Wildwood, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Jay Sekulow, one of his lawyers, used his time before the Senate to offer a list of attacks against Trump's perceived foes — from ousted FBI agents to secret federal courts — and to highlight what he saw as politically driven maneuvering by the Democrats to oust the president.

"Danger, danger, danger," he told senators. "That's politics. You're being called upon to remove the duly elected president of the United States. That’s what these articles of impeachment call for."

White House counsel Pat Cipollone, also part of the defense, added: "What they are asking you do is to throw out a successful president on the eve of an election, with no basis, and in violation of the Constitution."

"Why not trust the American people with this decision? Why tear up their ballots?" Cipollone continued. "The election is only months way. The American people are entitled to choose their president."

Supporters of President Trump supporters in a crowd near the iconic Wildwoods sign Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Supporters of President Trump supporters in a crowd near the iconic Wildwoods sign Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
The lawyers' presentation came a day after liberal Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz presented a lengthy constitutional argument against impeaching Trump.

In a dramatic primetime moment, the liberal constitutional law scholar reiterated that although he voted for Hillary Clinton, he could not find constitutional justification for the impeachment of a president for non-criminal conduct, or conduct that was not at least "akin" to defined criminal conduct.

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"I'm sorry, House managers, you just picked the wrong criteria. You picked the most dangerous possible criteria to serve as a precedent for how we supervise and oversee future presidents," Dershowitz told the House Democrats, including head House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

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Far left Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled a new campaign plan Tuesday. She must have come up with this idea while sitting through hours of sham impeachment testimony in the US Senate. Warren’s plan calls for the creation of a Justice Department task force to investigate and prosecute corruption and immigration “violations” committed by the Trump administration. This plan is hatched while the Democrats/media excuse the Biden corruption entirely.

Warren threw red meat to her fascist followers.

She is promising to persecute Trump officials.

www.nationalreview.com/news/warren-proposes-new-doj-task-force-dedicated-to-retroactively-investigating-trump-admin-violations/

The Massachusetts senator says she will move to establish a task force to probe whether Trump officials broke any “federal bribery laws, insider trading laws, and other anti-corruption and public integrity laws” during their time in office.

Warren also proposed a DOJ task force to investigate possible violations of law committed in the course of enacting the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.

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www.dailywire.com/news/elizabeth-warren-bashes-christian-schools-with-anti-lgbtq-policies

On Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) bashed Christian schools she deemed to have “anti-LGBTQ+ policies.”


According to CNS News, Warren tweeted out an article from HuffPost that highlighted a U.S. Supreme Court case out of Montana where a law has been challenged that grants tax credits to donations to private and religious schools — many of which the Left would deem anti-LGBT for having such policies as bathrooms corresponding to students’ biological sex and faculty who live according to biblical sexual morality.

“States should focus on funding public schools, not private ones—especially not ones that maintain anti-LGBTQ+ policies,” Warren said in her tweet. “We must ensure every kid—especially LGBTQ+ kids—can get a high-quality public education.”

States should focus on funding public schools, not private ones—especially not ones that maintain anti-LGBTQ+ policies. We must ensure every kid—especially LGBTQ+ kids—can get a high-quality public education. t.co/hxKap5Ofjm

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 26, 2020


Here’s how leftist HuffPost described the current situation in Montana:

Nearly a third of the schools that participated in a Montana education tax credit program at the center of a controversial Supreme Court case maintain explicitly anti-LGBTQ policies, according to a HuffPost analysis.


The program at the center of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which the Supreme Court is hearing later this month, provided tax credits to individuals and corporations that donated to private school scholarship groups. However, because Montana has a constitutional provision barring public dollars for religious schools ― and nearly all of the schools participating in the program were religious ― the Montana Supreme Court found the program unconstitutional and shut the program down in 2018.

The “anti-LGBTQ policies” on the books in these schools include student handbooks that say “God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female” and “God created marriage to be exclusively the union of one man and one woman.” Some schools, such as Stillwater Christian School, even demand that “students and campus visitors must use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing facilities conforming with their biological sex.” Other schools, such as Foothills Community Christian School, says homosexual behavior is “sinful and offensive to God” while barring non-Christians from teaching.


“Religious schools, in general, are not subject to the same anti-discrimination policies as public schools and are thus allowed to exclude students and employees based on sexual orientation or on religious grounds,” continued HuffPost. “Only one school voucher program in the country, in Maryland, forbids participating schools from discriminating based on sexual orientation.”

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, told reporters that the case could flip America’s supposed understanding of “separation of church and state” on its head.

“It will basically change over 200 years of practice in the United States,” said Weingarten. “It will basically change over 200 years of practice in the United States.”

The question over whether such private schools violate the civil rights of students and faculty has become a major controversy in recent years. Marcia McCormick, a professor of law and gender studies at Saint Louis University, argued to NBC News that such institutions can be sued if Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act were to be interpreted as including sexual orientation.

“Title VII has an expansive definition of religion — not just of beliefs but also practices,” she explained. “There are a lot of rules in a lot of religions about how people ought to behave when it comes to what it means to be male and female, or to sexual or romantic activity.”

The Supreme Court has taken up consolidated cases this term that could decide whether Title VII indeed covers sexual orientation.

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Let the liberal tears flow!!!!

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amp.dailycaller.com/2020/01/31/joe-biden-impeachment-not-partisan-party-line-vote-video

Former Vice President Joe Biden repeatedly told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Friday that the impeachment of President Donald Trump is “not a partisan impeachment.”

Stephanopoulos first pointed to Biden’s own prior comments during the 1998 impeachment of former President Bill Clinton, when he said a a “partisan” impeachment was “wrong.”