Many Dismissed Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Tweets. Big Mistake.

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President Donald Trump tweeted on July 26 that transgender individuals would not be allowed to serve in the United States military. Tweets alone don’t change policy, so some in the media assumed the president was just blowing smoke.

Today, it’s clear that Trump meant what he said and intends to carry it out. A White House memo was sent to the Pentagon on Wednesday directing Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to deny admittance to transgender individuals, and to stop paying for medical treatment regimens for currently enlisted transgender people.

The White House is expected to send additional guidance to the Pentagon in coming days to detail how to implement the ban. Mattis will have six months to get all of this done . . .

The White House memo gives Mattis and the Pentagon the discretion to consider an individual’s deployability when deciding whether or not to separate them from service.

Deployability is defined as the ability to serve in a war zone, participate in exercises or live on a ship for months at a time, and will be the legal basis used to make determinations on transgender individual’s fitness for military service. (Read more from “Many Dismissed Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Tweets. Big Mistake.” HERE)

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Hurricane Threatens the Gulf Coast With a Biblical Flood Disaster

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It’s the tropical storms you think are dead but come back to life that you need to be truly afraid of.

One such storm, soon to intensify into Tropical Storm Harvey, is poised to pick up copious amounts of moisture from the bathtub warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, before making a slow-speed collision with the low-lying Texas coast this weekend.

Like the meteorological equivalent of a White Walker from Game of Thrones, Harvey had previously been a named storm that dissipated as it crossed Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula earlier this week.

The storm has the potential to drop colossal amounts of rain from Corpus Christi, Texas to Lafayette, Louisiana, with the flood-prone city of Houston in the middle of the threat zone.

Rainfall totals could exceed 20 or even 30 inches in some places, since the storm is expected to meander along the Texas coast once it makes landfall, moving less than 500 miles from Friday through Monday morning. (Read more from “Hurricane Threatens the Gulf Coast With a Biblical Flood Disaster” HERE)

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The New Face of Islamic State Terror Is a 10-Year-Old American Boy

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A new face of the Islamic State is a 10-year-old American boy the terror army claims came to Syria two years ago with his mother from the United States.

In a new ISIL propaganda video, the boy is identified as an American citizen named “Yusuf” and says he is the son of a U.S. service member who deployed to Iraq.

“This battle is not going to end in Raqqa or Mosul. It’s going to end in your lands,” the boy says.

He looks straight at the camera lens to deliver an anti-Donald Trump diatribe, speaking in what sounds like Americanized English. He is shown living among the residences and destruction of Raqqa, the central Syrian city that ISIL claimed as the capital of its Muslim caliphate.

Scenes depict him with a male friend, Abdallah, 7, horsing around at home, walking among the rubble and learning how to fire a sniper rifle. (Read more from “The New Face of Islamic State Terror Is a 10-Year-Old American Boy” HERE)

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Where’s Coverage of Democratic Senator’s Corruption Trial?

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Government spending essential to eclipse viewing … Never let a crisis, or, seemingly, an astronomical observance, go to waste. That’s the message of Emily Atkin, who wrote in the New Republic, “Trump’s budget cuts could mess up your next solar eclipse viewing.” Apparently if the government doesn’t spend money it doesn’t have on satellites, you won’t be able to see an eclipse. This is absurd, unless her audience was astrophysicists who use the equipment.

Coverage gap … As I mentioned last week, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is scheduled for trial on corruption charges on September 6, 2017. The jury selection in that trial starts today. While local newspapers like the NY Times and local television stations have covered jury selection, cable networks have been eerily silent. American Commitment president Phil Kerpen asks an important question on Twitter: “Any networks doing stand ups outside Menendez’s jury selection this morning?” I wouldn’t hold my breath, Phil.

What bombing plot? … Yesterday, a man was arrested for allegedly trying to blow up a confederate statue in Houston. According to NewsBusters, none of the broadcast networks covered the case. If this was someone they could pin to the Right, you know it would have been covered.

Attkisson: Good reasons people don’t trust media … Sharyl Attkisson, the former CBS investigative journalist forced out for trying to uncover the truth, recently wrote an op-ed in The Hill about why Americans don’t trust the media. She writes about how the blurred lines between opinion and straight news and the spiking of stories that don’t match favored narratives have destroyed journalistic integrity. Her prescription? Journalists need to go back to being objective voices searching for the truth, no matter where it leads.

Journolist lives? … You remember Journolist, right? The email list that many journalists were on that provided them with left-wing narratives to follow? Is it, or something like it, back? Nick Short, a team member on CRTV’s “Michelle Malkin Investigates,” noticed something rather odd on Twitter over the weekend. A bunch of folks started tweeting a May 1, 2017, story about the possibility of Trump aide Seb Gorka leaving over the weekend. As if it came from a coordinated source. This is a perfect example of the Beltway echo chamber.

Shedding tears for Gawker … Here’s one to prove Attkisson’s point. University of Maine Journalism Professor Michael Socolow pines for the return of Gawker, the defamation factory shut down after it lost a lawsuit against Hulk Hogan. Why? Mainly because Gawker was courageously fighting people like Donald Trump. No, really. Read the whole thing in the Washington Post. (For more from the author of “Where’s Coverage of Democratic Senator’s Corruption Trial?” please click HERE)

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‘The View’ Co-Host Questions Hillary Clinton’s Aversion to Trump

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In her upcoming memoir, What Happened, former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton claims that future President Donald Trump made her “skin crawl” at a critical point in the 2016 election campaign.

But not everyone in the media is entirely convinced of Clinton’s aversion to Trump.

Jedediah Bila, cohost of The View, tweeted out Wednesday morning asking, “Did it crawl when you went to his 2005 wedding?”

Clinton is referring to the second presidential debate in St. Louis when Trump loomed close behind her and was very much in her physical space. The debate took place two days after an Access Hollywood tape revealed Trump boasting about groping and kissing women in 2005.

In excerpts read on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Clinton claimed the debate was “incredibly uncomfortable.”

Clinton said she wished she had asked the audience, “Well, what would you do?

“Do you stay calm, keep smiling and carry on as if he weren’t repeatedly invading your space? Or do you turn, look him in the eye, and say loudly and clearly: ‘Back up, you creep, get away from me! I know you love to intimidate women, but you can’t intimidate me, so back up’?” Clinton said.

Numerous critics found fault with Trump’s conduct during debates, when he hovered, interrupted and at some points became angry.

But as Bila pointed out on Twitter, images of Clinton and Trump together at his 2005 wedding to now-first lady Melania Trump are circulating.

Clinton said she “thought it would be fun” to attend the wedding but later found it “troubling” when Trump ran for president.

Clinton’s book is set for release on Sept. 12. (For more from the author of “‘The View’ Co-Host Questions Hillary Clinton’s Aversion to Trump” please click HERE)

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State Department Issues Travel Warning for Mexico

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The U.S. State Department put out a travel warning Tuesday for Americans traveling to parts in Mexico that have been deemed unsafe and dangerous.

The notice warns American citizens to avoid traveling to certain areas in light of an increase in violent crimes and robberies in various Mexican states.

“U.S. citizens have been the victims of violent crimes, including homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery in various Mexican states,” the travel warning said.

“Gun battles between rival criminal organizations or with Mexican authorities have taken place on streets and in public places during broad daylight,” the notice added.

Areas like Baja California Sur and Quintana Roo, where the popular tourist attraction Cancun is located, have seen dramatic increases in homicide rates and violence in 2017.

The warning said there was not any evidence that criminal organizations have targeted U.S. citizens based on their nationality.

“Resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico generally do not see the level of drug-related violence and crime that are reported in the border region or in areas along major trafficking routes,” the warning said.

U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico may be forced to go through government checkpoints, which are operated by military personnel or law enforcement officials.

The notice warned that in other areas, criminal organizations and cartels have created their own “unauthorized checkpoints” and have killed or abducted those who haven’t stopped.

The State Department said Americans “should cooperate at all checkpoints.”

The advisory replaces the Travel Warning for Mexico issued December 8, 2016 under the Obama administration.

The Trump administration issued a travel advisory in March to those visiting certain parts of Mexico for spring break, warning that rampant crime has made travel dangerous for Americans. (For more from the author of “State Department Issues Travel Warning for Mexico” please click HERE)

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Violent Leftist Group Plans to ‘Shut Down’ Berkeley March Against Marxism

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Two weeks after violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia and one week after violent protests in Boston, another violent clash is shaping up to take place in Berkeley, California.

Violent leftist group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) is rallying forces to “shut down” a planned march against Marxism in Berkeley, California. Berkeley has already been the site of repeated instances of political violence this year, predominantly by far-left actors.

BAMN is organizing to shut down what it claims is a “Neo-Nazi” rally in Berkeley on Saturday. The rally is titled “No to Marxism in America.” The rally organizer, a biological man who identified himself as a transgender woman to media outlets, claims the rally is not a “right-wing” rally, embraces diversity and is meant to oppose the spread of Marxism in Berkeley.

BAMN, which was founded by the openly-Marxist Revolutionary Workers League, has previously been involved in violent clashes in Berkeley and elsewhere. The group’s members are unapologetic about their use of violence as a political tactic. (Read more from “Violent Leftist Group Plans to ‘Shut Down’ Berkeley March Against Marxism” HERE)

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College Republican Says He Got Violent Threats After He Asked Muslim Group to Condemn Terror Attacks

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The president of a student Republican club at San Diego State University (SDSU) said he received anonymous threats of violence and calls for his resignation after he penned a letter asking for the school’s Muslim association to condemn the recent terror attack in Barcelona.

The Republican club’s president, Brandon Jones, posted the letter to Facebook on Aug. 17 addressed to the SDSU Muslim Student Association (MSA), calling for its leaders to condemn last week’s terror attack — or resign.

The letter — referred to as a “formal request” — calls for the MSA to abide by its mission statement, which the letter claims reads: “The Muslim Student Association is an organization dedicated to creating a sense of community and an inclusive environment for ALL students on campus…” . . .

Other groups on campus — the Young Democratic Socialists and Transfronterizo Alliance Student Organization, neither of which responded to requests for comment by Fox News — have taken to Facebook to condemn the letter by College Republicans.

The Young Democratic Socialists called Jones’ letter a “cruel and bigoted attack” against the MSA, and claimed the College Republicans group was “making Muslim students feel even more unsafe on their own campus” by suggesting MSA members “will be considered terrorist sympathizers unless they condemn an attack they had nothing to do with.” (Read more from “College Republican Says He Got Violent Threats After He Asked Muslim Group to Condemn Terror Attacks” HERE)

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DHS Issues Warning to Four Countries Refusing to Cooperate on Deportations

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The Trump administration is threatening to halt some travel from four countries refusing to cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security on deportations.

DHS officials confirmed to Fox News that letters have been sent to the State Department seeking the suspension of visas for some of those countries’ citizens.

A State Department official explained to Fox News that “when we receive such notification, the Department of State works to implement a visa suspension as expeditiously as possible in the manner the secretary determines most appropriate under the circumstances to achieve the desired goal.” (Read more from “DHS Issues Warning to Four Countries Refusing to Cooperate on Deportations” HERE)

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Gay Prostitute Dies at Prominent Democrat Donor’s Home

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A probe has been launched into the death of man at a prominent Democratic donor’s home after it was previously ruled an accidental meth overdose.

The circumstances surrounding the death of 26-year-old Gemmel Moore are being questioned after people came forward with ‘incriminating information’ about Ed Buck, whose West Hollywood home Moore was found dead in on July 27.

Buck, 62, who has given money to names such as Hillary Clinton and Jerry Brown, has been accused by other escorts of instructing them to ingest dangerous amounts of drugs for pay.

Buck’s attorney has repeatedly denied the accusations.

The LA County Sheriff’s Office, at a city council meeting on Monday, said it was investigating the death but needed the cooperation of other alleged victims. (Read more from “Gay Prostitute Dies at Prominent Democrat Donor’s Home” HERE)

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