Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said on the Senate floor Thursday that he will not bow to pressure from Democrats to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court pick, D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland.
Grassley argued that the American people should decide the direction of the high court when they vote for the next president.
“It is no secret that the White House strategy is to put pressure on this chairman of the Judiciary Committee and other Republicans in the hopes that we can be worn down and ultimately agree to hold hearings on the nominee,” said Grassley.
“This pressure campaign, which is targeted at me and a handful of my colleagues, is based on the supposition that I and they will crack and move forward on the consideration of President Obama’s pick. This strategy has failed to recognize that I am no stranger to political pressure and to strong-arm tactics – not necessarily from more Democratic presidents, probably from more Republican presidents,” he said.
Grassley said the American people should weigh on the direction of the U.S. Supreme Court through their vote for the next president. (Read more from “Senate Judiciary Chairman: We Won’t Consider Obama Supreme Court Nominee” HERE)
More than three months after Republican presidential candidate Sen. Sen. Cruz criticized “New York values” as lived out by liberal government leaders, two media personalities have claimed that the remarks were anti-Semitic in nature.
The leap of logic eluded Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, who laughed off the comments from Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera during Rivera’s appearance Thursday night on The O’Reilly Factor.
As the pundits made their proclamations, Cruz himself enjoyed a warm welcome from orthodox Jewish supporters in Brooklyn . . .
“Aside from the stinking anti-Semitic implications that I see in that whole ‘New York values’ money- and media-coated message that he put out there pandering to those Iowa voters, he also voted against Hurricane Sandy relief. He also voted against compensation for 9/11 victims. This is a man whose interests are absolutely antithetical to New York,” Rivera said . . .
“If he says ‘New York Values’ to a bunch of Evangelicals, it’s not anti-Semitic,” O’Reilly said, noting that Cruz has made it clear he was referring to liberal New York Democrats.
“He could have very easily said that,” Rivera insisted. “There’s a million ways he could have said that that he did not.” (Read more from “Geraldo Makes Stunning Accusation Against Ted Cruz” HERE)
Thanks to the candidacy of Donald Trump the financial intersection of money and political opinion, as guided by the monetary motives therein, has brought some amazing revelations to the surface.
These financial/media relationships have largely, and historically, remained hidden. They have damned sure never been publicly, clearly, and regularly stated so the consuming audience would know the presentation was fraught with financial conflict.
♦ The Senate Conservatives Fund (PAC) purchasing massive quantities ($400,000) of Mark Levin’s books in exchange for favorable candidacy political opinion. Conveniently Hidden by the radio host who avoids mentioning the financial conflict created.
Then again, Levin never informed his audience of his family working within the Staff of Senator Ted Cruz either. Does Levin’s endorsement, when contrast against the crony-constitutional advocacy, clarify with a little sunlight? You decide.
♦ Or how about the Breitbart Media enterprise being run via an $11 million purchase from Billionaire Robert Mercer, who also funded Ted Cruz’s Super-PAC “Keep The Promise 1”, to the tune of $10 million. Little overlooked facts, never openly shared for news consumers to determine source motive. Pesky Sunlight
♦ Maybe the Ben Shapiro website “The Daily Wire“, being funded by the billionaire Wilks Brothers, Levi and Farris, in Texas. Who also fund Ted Cruz and his Super-PAC “Keep The Promise”. Shapiro never publicly disclosed the financial/content conflict, or the extent therein. Could Shapiro support any other candidate other than who his content owners approved of? Again, you decide. (Yep, Pesky Sunlight)
♦ The Chairman of Glenn Beck’s Mercury One charity, David Barton, jointly running the Pro-Ted Cruz Super-PAC “Keep The Promise”; also never put into the sunlight by Glenn Beck or his various media enterprises so the consuming audience could filter presented political opinion through the filter of fiduciary connections.
These are just a few of the politically motivated – financially dependent – revelations we probably would never have known about were it not for Donald Trump presenting a genuinely conservative America-First platform; and as a direct consequence, the faux-constitutionalists having to reverse opinion simply to retain income.
♦ So it perhaps shouldn’t come as a surprise to find out that Erick Erickson’s media venture “The Resurgent“, is taking Super-PAC money from the (formerly Scott Walker advocates and financial backers) Ricketts family of Wisconsin who fund OUR PRINCIPLES PAC to the tune of $3,000,000 in February alone.
Yes, it appears there’s another conservative voice who can be added to the list of those whose opinions are conveniently tied to a financial incentive therein.
In addition to all of those in the Salem Media Communications network, along with Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Ben Shapiro, Erick Erickson and anyone who is hosted upon the various media enterprises they front for…. all paid shrills dependent upon political graft.
Interesting indeed how the intersection of financial dependency drives the political ideology of these modern “conservative voices”. However, this does increasingly explain how those same voices will stand and cheer for Mr. No-Budget/Omnibus, House Speaker Paul Ryan.
“Smaller government”? Yeah, sure. (For more from the author of “Erick Erickson Website “Resurgent” Paid by Pro-Cruz/Anti-Trump “Our Principles PAC”…” please click HERE)
Republican presidential contender Donald Trump’s frequent and sustained use of his nickname for rival Ted Cruz seems to have paid off, as thousands shouted “Lyin’ Ted” in an intense chant during the front-runner’s first New York rally Wednesday.
Following Cruz’s major victory in Wisconsin Tuesday night, Trump sought to knock the wind out of his sails, reminding his 10,000-person audience in Bethpage, New York, about the Texas senator’s slam against “New York values” earlier this year.
“Do you remember, during the debate, when he started to lecture me on New York values, like we’re no good?” Trump said. “And I started to talk to him about the World Trade Center, the bravery — the incredible bravery of everybody, the police, our firemen, everybody.”
Trump continued, telling the crowd that he told Cruz about New York’s “incredible” police and firefighters and the Empire State’s “unbelievable” construction workers . . .
Seconds later, the large audience of supporters broke out in an epic chant: “Lyin’ Ted! Lyin’ Ted! Lyin’ Ted!” (Read more from “Check out the Epic Chant That Broke out During Trump’s First Rally in New York” HERE)
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New Yorkers got a chuckle on Thursday morning when Hillary Clinton rode the subway. On her way into the station, Clinton had a little bit of trouble swiping her MetroCard: it took five goes for her to finally get the green light and pass through the turnstile.
This little incident became the cause of much mirth. “Clinton struggles to get through subway entrance,” said Politico. “Former New York Senator Hillary Clinton Struggles to Swipe Her Subway MetroCard,” reported ABC. “Video Shows Hillary Clinton Struggling With MetroCard At Bronx Subway Station,” said the local CBS affiliate’s website.
There was another problem with Clinton’s ride aboard the 4 Train, one that the media all but ignored: Hillary Clinton broke the subway rules, and did so not only within full sight of New York City officials and law enforcement, who stood around and watched her do it . . .
However, Section 1050.6(c)1 of the subway rules states unequivocally that none of these activities may be performed on the actual subway cars.
This is the rule Clinton broke. Clinton’s defenders might think the short subway trip wasn’t actually campaigning, but I’d urge them to watch a video of her two-stop ride – from Yankee Stadium to 170th Street – that clearly shows Clinton glad-handing on the train itself. (Read more from “Hillary Clinton Broke the Rules on the NYC Subway. That’s Not Fair” HERE)
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North Korea said Saturday it has successfully tested the booster capability of a new intercontinental ballistic rocket engine that could give it the power to target the United States with nuclear strikes.
“We have learned from North Korea’s official Central News Agency’s news that North Korea has conducted another test in securing another technical step in developing its intercontinental ballistic rocket (ICBM) engine,” said a South Korean military official from the Ministry of National Defense . . .
The test, if true, would mean that North Korea made another step towards an ICBM program that could be used in an attack on U.S. soil, according to a North Korean expert in South Korea.
“North Korea seems to be trying to tell the world that their repeated recent threats about launching nuclear strikes on the U.S. are not bluffing,” Uk Yang, a North Korea expert at Korea Defense and Security Forum. “By disclosing their ICBM technology bit by bit and today’s test, if successful, confirms that they have booster technology for ICBM missile.” (Read more from “North Korea Claims Successful Test of ICBM Engine” HERE)
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Just when you thought Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has hit rock bottom, it surprises with novel ways to break the barriers of unprecedented politicization of our nation’s law enforcement.
Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sided with illegal aliens amnestied by Obama and forced the state of Arizona to offer them driver’s licenses. But the illegal aliens and the corrupt legal profession weren’t alone in the war against Arizona’s sovereignty and security. Early on in this case, the Obama Administration filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs, arguing that Arizona is obligated to provide the illegal aliens with driving privileges, even though the entire issue is within the purview of “core police powers” of the state.
However, as my friend Ian Smith of the Immigration Reform Law Institute has told me, this is the complete opposite position they take in Texas v. US, the multi-state case against Obama’s second executive amnesty which will be appearing before the Supreme Court this very month. DOJ is arguing that Texas has no standing to challenge the DAPA amnesty because they have no legitimate grievance or state interest. In order to arrive at that conclusion, DOJ explicitly argued that a state does NOT have to issue driver’s licenses to recipients of Obama’s executive amnesty.
DOJ argued before the district court that “[F]ederal law establishes a presumption that certain categories of aliens, including the recipients of deferred action, are ‘not eligible for any State or local public benefits.” It further admitted that “[S]tates have a choice to issue driver’s licenses to deferred action beneficiaries, so the costs of doing so are “self-inflicted injuries”.
Hence, when it helps the Obama Administration’s argument to assert that states are free to choose (in order to deny Texas standing), the DOJ admits that states have full power over driver’s licenses. At the same time, when it helps Obama’s cause to assert that states must issue driver’s licenses (in order to screw over Arizona), the DOJ has no shame in countermanding its original argument.
And guess what? The same DOJ lawyer listed on the amicus brief in the Arizona case, Acting Assistance AG Joyce Branda, is also listed as an attorney-of-record in the Texas case.
In a little over a week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Texas case on Obama’s executive amnesty. In a rational world governed by the rule of law, all eight justices would laugh this case out of court and uphold the 5th Circuit’s inunction on the illegal power grab. Yet, there are at least four justices who share the view of Obama’s inJustice Department: choose a desired outcome first, select the jurisprudence later – even if they contradict each other to get the desired political result. (For more from the author of “Unreal: Obama Admin Takes BOTH Sides on Driver’s Licenses for Illegals” please click HERE)
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Thousands of U.S. military personnel who served on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan recall the dense black smoke from burn pits where everything from IEDs to human waste was incinerated.
Now many have died, and more are gravely ill. Those battling a grim menu of cancers, as well as their loved ones and advocates, trace their condition to breathing in the toxic fumes they say could be the most recent wars’ version of Agent Orange or Gulf War Illness.
“The clouds of smoke would just hang throughout the base,” Army Sgt. Daniel Diaz, who was stationed at Joint Base Balad, in Iraq’s Sunni Triangle from 2004-2005, told FoxNews.com. “No one ever gave it any thought. You are just so focused on the mission at hand. In my mind, I was just getting ready for the fight.”
Diaz returned from duty in 2008. A year later, he started developing health problems including cancer, chronic fatigue and weakness, neuropathy and hypothyroidism. Nearly every base he was stationed at during his four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan had burn pits nearby – and pungent smoke everywhere . . .
During the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the burn pit method was adopted originally as a temporary measure to get rid of waste and garbage generated on bases. Everything was incinerated in the pits, say soldiers, including plastics, batteries, appliances, medicine, dead animals and even human waste. The items were often set ablaze with jet fuel as the accelerant. (Read more from “Thousands of Iraq, Afghan War Vets Sickened After Working at ‘Burn Pits'” HERE)
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Just one year after scientists in China made history by modifying the DNA of human embryos, a second team of Chinese researchers has done it again. Using CRISPR/Cas9, the researchers introduced HIV-resistance into the embryos, showcasing the tremendous potential for gene-editing.
In that earlier work, the Chinese scientists modified a gene responsible for a fatal blood disorder, but the embryos were quickly destroyed after the experiment. It was a watershed moment in biotechnology, showcasing the tremendous potential of CRISPR—a powerful gene editing tool—to alter our offspring at the genetic level. Should this technology ever reach the clinical stage, it could be used to eliminate all sorts of genetic diseases, but it could also be used to introduce entirely new capacities.
Now, as reported in Nature News, a research team led by Yong Fan at Guangzhou Medical University has used CRISPR to introduce a beneficial mutation that cripples an immune-cell gene called CCR5. Some humans naturally have this built-in immunity to HIV, making it impossible for the virus to infiltrate human immune cells.
For the study, the researchers collected 213 fertilized human eggs, donated by 87 patients. All of the embryos were unsuitable for in vitro fertilization because they contained an extra set of chromosomes. The researchers destroyed the embryos after three days. (Read more from “Chinese Scientists Genetically Modify Human Embryos—Again” HERE)
The Indiana Republican primary scheduled for May 3 is a winner take-all-delegates race (57). But already the cards are being stacked against Donald Trump, even if he wins in the primary.
That may end up being good news for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Based on interviews conducted by Politico, the Indiana Republican Party has plans to offer its delegates to anyone but billionaire and Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
Party insiders revealed they are in the process of selecting 27 delegates Saturday to represent Indiana at the convention in July. And those delegates are almost certain not to vote for Trump if the expected contested convention takes place.
Craig Dunn, a local GOP leader running to represent Indiana’s 4th Congressional District at the national convention, told Politico, “If Satan had the lead on him and was one delegate away from being nominated as our candidate, and Donald Trump was the alternative, I might vote for Donald Trump,” Dunn said. “I’ve always wanted to own a casino, but he couldn’t give me a casino and have me vote for him.”
Kyle Cheney of Politico reports, “Indiana GOP insiders are working to engineer slates of delegates — three from each of nine congressional districts — that will turn their backs on Trump at a contested convention in July. Another 27 [at-large delegates] will be elected at a state committee meeting next week.”
Doing the math, that means 54 of the 57 total delegates are being hand-selected to vote against Trump in the second vote of a contested convention. (Read more from “Indiana Choosing State Delegates Today, It’s Looking VERY Good for This GOP Candidate” HERE)
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