Trump Administration Denies Permit for Pebble Mine

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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has denied a permit for the Pebble Mine on Wednesday, likely dealing a lethal blow to the controversial project in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.

The decision on the proposed gold and copper mine is a victory for environmentalists, Native American groups, and the state’s commercial fishing industry, all of which opposed the project.

In a statement, the Corps said it “determined that the applicant’s plan for the discharge of fill material does not comply with Clean Water Act guidelines and concluded that the proposed project is contrary to the public interest.”

Opponents had argued the open-pit mine would leach sediment into nearby waters, harming the state’s salmon population while scarring pristine wilderness.

“Sometimes a project is so bad, so indefensible, that the politics fall to the wayside and we get the right decision. That is what happened today,” Tim Bristol, executive director of SalmonState, which promotes Alaska’s salmon industry, said in a statement. (Read more from “Trump Administration Denies Permit for Pebble Mine” HERE)

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Trump Campaign Says Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan to Hold Public Hearings on Election, States Push Back

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The Trump campaign on Monday claimed that state legislatures in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Michigan would hold public hearings on the 2020 presidential election, however, officials in those key states have disputed any such hearings taking place.

The Trump campaign said that the first “hearing” will be held by the Pennsylvania state Senate on Wednesday in Gettysburg, Pa., and will feature testimony from witnesses “who have filed affidavits attesting to 2020 election fraud.”

The “hearing” Wednesday will also feature a presentation from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who serves as President Trump’s personal attorney and is leading the campaign’s legal challenges surrounding the election.

But the Pennsylvania Senate Majority tweeted Monday evening, referring to this as an “informational meeting on 2020 election issues,” not a hearing.

Meanwhile, the Trump camapign claimed that next Monday, Nov. 30, the Arizona legislature would also hold a hearing, followed by one in the Michigan legislature on Dec. 1. (Read more from “Trump Campaign Says Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan to Hold Public Hearings on Election, States Push Back” HERE)

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Antifa Leader Threatens ‘Armed’ Action Against Trump Supporters; Biden’s New WH National Security Adviser Downplayed Antifa Threat

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By WND. A self-designated Antifa leader in Pittsburgh threatened “armed” action against supporters of President Trump if the president didn’t concede the election, vowing to block roads in “conservative areas.” . . .

The Gateway Pundit noted other tweets from Rahuba, including: “If you have children and you let them see their MAGA grandparents, I don’t respect you” and “This attitude is why I’m done targeting conservative politicians and have begin (sic) operations directly against MAGA voters.”

Rahuba also said he was offering people rides to the polls on Election Day.

Conservative activist Robby Starbuck created a video he posted on Twitter to show Biden and his supporters that Antifa is a well-organized, violent domestic terror group.

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Biden’s New WH National Security Adviser Downplayed Antifa Threat

By Fox News. Jake Sullivan, the Democratic aide tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to be the next White House national security advisor, previously downplayed Antifa, calling them “a loose collection of people on the internet.”

Over the summer, Sullivan opposed President Trump’s earlier pledge to classify the left-wing group as a terrorist organization, the Daily Caller reported in June.

“First of all, the United States has the capacity to designate foreign organizations as terrorist organizations, not domestic organizations,” Sullivan said during a Foreign Policy conference call. “So we can start with the fact that this is not a kind of credible announcement that was made, it was a purely political announcement.

“I’m not a deep expert on Antifa such as it is, but from what I do know, I think Antifa is probably better described as a loose collection of people on the Internet who share tactics and tools and, you know, people individually identify as part of this loose network, not so much an organization with the structure and leadership and funding and so forth,” he added. (Read more from “Biden’s New WH National Security Adviser Downplayed Antifa Threat” HERE)

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Twitter Says Antifa-Aligned Group Cheering Alleged Arson at Police Officer’s Home Is Allowed

By Fox News. An Anitfa-aligned group’s tweet that seems to celebrate arson doesn’t violate the site’s policies because the post’s language is too vague, according to Twitter.

Fox News noted Monday that Pacific Northwest Youth Liberation Front tweeted “this is so cool” in response to an article about officials investigating alleged arson targeting a law enforcement officer. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported on Friday that federal law enforcement agencies were investigating the issue, although the Washington County Sheriff’s Office already claimed the incident was arson.

A law enforcement official reportedly said that there was a “concern in this case that the officer was surveilled and followed home.”

Twitter’s Elizabeth Busby told Fox News on Tuesday that the tweet didn’t violate its rules and linked to its policy on safety and other issues. (Read more from “Twitter Says Antifa-Aligned Group Cheering Alleged Arson at Police Officer’s Home Is Allowed” HERE)

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Mueller Investigator Calls for Biden DOJ to Prosecute Trump

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Andrew Weissmann, an MSNBC contributor and top deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller, is calling on former Vice President Joe Biden to prosecute President Donald Trump, assuming he will be inaugurated in January.

Weissmann, in an op-ed for the New York Times that the next Department of Justice “should investigate Mr. Trump and, if warranted, prosecute him for potential federal crimes.”

“Mr. Trump’s criminal exposure is clear,” he said, adding that there is “ample evidence to support a charge that Mr. Trump obstructed justice,” in the Mueller probe, which cleared the president of any criminal wrongdoing between himself and the Russian government during his White House transition.

Weissmann then floated the possibility that President Trump could “pardon not just his family and friends before leaving office but also himself in order to avoid federal criminal liability.” (Read more from “Mueller Investigator Calls for Biden DOJ to Prosecute Trump” HERE)

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Mattis’ Call to End ‘America First’ Prompts Swift Backlash

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President Donald Trump’s first former Defense Secretary, James Mattis, prompted a swift backlash from conservatives after he penned an article that called for eliminating “America First” from the nation’s national security strategy — a direct attack on his former boss’s world view. . .

Trump responded in a tweet Tuesday morning: “That says it all about Mattis. Obama fired him. I should have fired him sooner. Did best work after he was gone. World’s most overrated general!”

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Report: Trump Plans to Pardon Michael Flynn

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President Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.

Behind the scenes: Sources with direct knowledge of the discussions said Flynn will be part of a series of pardons that Trump issues between now and when he leaves office.

The big picture: Flynn’s pardon would be the culmination of a four-year political and legal saga that began with the FBI’s investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 election. . .

The backdrop: Flynn’s legal troubles began during the 2016 presidential transition, when he urged former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in a phone call not to escalate in response to the Obama administration imposing sanctions on Russia for election interference. (Read more from “Report: Trump Plans to Pardon Michael Flynn ” HERE)

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Conservative Group Says They Discovered 150,000 Fraudulent Ballots

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The Thomas More Society’s Amistad Project on Tuesday filed an emergency petition with the Wisconsin Supreme Court over the swing state’s unofficial election results. The conservative group claims to have identified more than 150,000 ballots that have the potential for fraud, something they believe could have an impact on the state’s declared winner.

“We have identified over 150,000 potentially fraudulent ballots in Wisconsin, more than enough to call into question the validity of the state’s reported election results, ” Phill Kline, director of the project, said in a statement.“Moreover, these discrepancies were a direct result of Wisconsin election officials’ willful violation of state law.”

The lawsuit claims election officials counted ineligible ballots, failed to count ballots that should have been counted, and that a number of counting errors and irregularities allegedly took place.

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WATCH: Dem Governor Tells People to Call Cops on Neighbors if They Have More Than 6 for Thanksgiving

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Possession of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other lethal drugs is no longer a crime in Oregon, but inviting too many loved ones to Thanksgiving dinner could result in up to 30 days in jail.

And Oregon Democratic Gov. Kate Brown is urging state residents to call the cops if they find out that their neighbors have more than six people sitting around the turkey.

“This is no different than what happens if there’s a party down the street and it’s keeping everyone awake,” Brown said in an interview Friday with KGW-TV in Portland. “What do neighbors do? They call law enforcement because it’s too noisy. This is just like that. It’s like a violation of a noise ordinance.”

The governor’s two-week order, restricting both indoor and outdoor gatherings to six people, also stipulates that people from no more than two households be in a home at one time.

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Biden Taps Staffer Who Described Palestinian Suicide Bombing as ‘Last Resort of a Desperate People’

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An incoming senior Biden staffer who is also poised to be the first Palestinian-American staffer in the White House seemingly justified Palestinian suicide bombings in 2002, describing them as “the last resort of a desperate people.”

Reema Dodin, who was born in North Carolina to Jordanian-Palestinian immigrants, was a student at the University of California at Berkeley in 2001 when she participated in demonstrations at the university that compared Israel to apartheid South Africa and called for the institution to divest from Israel, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Dodin was a student during the Second Intifada, or Al-Aqsa Intifada, which was a Palestinian uprising against Israel that lasted from 2000 to 2005, during which she apparently offered the reasoning of Palestinians who commit suicide bombings against Israelis. She did an interview in 2002 with the Lodi News-Sentinel, which stated, “The suicide bombers were the last resort of a desperate people,” Dodin said.” (Read more from “Biden Taps Staffer Who Described Palestinian Suicide Bombing as ‘Last Resort of a Desperate People’” HERE)

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Court Rules States Can Drop Planned Parenthood From Medicaid

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A circuit court ruled Monday that Texas and Louisiana can exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding, a win for the movement to deprive the abortion provider of federal funding.

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled a district court’s preliminary injunction preventing the exclusion of Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding. The court of appeals ruled in an 11-5 majority that Planned Parenthood did not have the right to challenge the state’s decisions regarding who receives Medicaid benefits.

Medicaid beneficiaries “have no right under the statute to challenge a State’s determination that a provider is unqualified,” the court’s chief judge wrote in the majority’s opinion. Because Planned Parenthood, or its patients, did not have the right to challenge Texas or Louisiana’s decision to remove it from Medicaid benefits, the states are allowed to proceed with removing the organization from Medicaid funding.

The legal battle over Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in the two states began in 2015 after the release of controversial undercover videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood employees discussing the sale of fetal tissue. Texas and Louisiana state officials moved to kick the abortion provider out of Medicaid funding, citing the videos as evidence that the organization showed a willingness to profit off the sale of fetal tissue. In 2017, a lower court blocked the states from cutting off the Medicaid funding.

The loss of Medicaid funding comes after Planned Parenthood withdrew from Title X funding because of a Trump administration rule forbidding participants in the program from providing direct abortion referrals. The organization cannot receive federal funding for abortion services but does receive Medicaid funding for other health care services it provides. (Read more from “Court Rules States Can Drop Planned Parenthood From Medicaid” HERE)

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