Miss Puerto Rico Destiny Velez has been suspended indefinitely from Miss America competition after she fired off a series of anti-Muslim tweets in response to the “We Are All Muslim” protests led by director Michael Moore.
The 20-year-old Velez directed her angry tweets at the film director — who created a buzz last week when he held up a sign reading “We Are All Muslim” outside of Trump Tower and shared an open letter online claiming that, unlike Trump, “we are not a country of angry white guys” . . .
Velez’s remarks prompted the Miss Puerto Rico Organization to issue a statement calling her comments a poor representation of “the integrity and esteem of our program.”
“Miss Velez’s actions were in contradiction to the organization, and therefore as a consequence of her actions, she has been suspended indefinitely,” the statement read. “The Miss Puerto Rico Organization will not tolerate any actions or behavior contrary to the Miss Puerto Rico Organization.” (Read more from “Miss Puerto Rico Suspended After Speaking out Against Muslims” HERE)
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Phyllis Schlafly, an icon of the conservative movement who has been active for half a century, is warning the nation: Donald Trump is the last hope for America . . .
“This is a betrayal of the grassroots and of the Republican Party,” Schlafly said in an exclusive interview with WND. “We thought we were electing a different crowd to stand up for America, and they didn’t. We’re extremely outraged by what Congress has done. Nancy Pelosi couldn’t have engineered it any better. I think the people are going to react by electing Donald Trump.”
Trump put out a statement Friday to ABC News saying, “If anyone needs more evidence of why the American people are suffering at the hands of their own government, look no further than the budget deal announced by Speaker Ryan. In order to avoid a government shutdown, a cowardly threat from an incompetent president, the elected Republicans in Congress threw in the towel and showed absolutely no budget discipline.”
Trump continued, “Congress cannot seem to help itself in bending to every whim of special interests. How can they face their constituents when they continue to burden our children and grandchildren with debts they will never be able to repay? Our government is failing us, so we must do something about it. Who knows how bad things will be when the next administration comes in and has to pick up the pieces?” . . .
Schlafly applauded the GOP front-runner’s fighting spirit. (Read more from “Top Conservative: Trump Is Last Hope for America” HERE)
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[Donald] Trump said [on NBC’s “Meet The Press”], “Nobody has been able to back that up. It’s nonsense. Just another Hillary lie. She lies like crazy about everything. Whether it’s trips where she was being gunned down in a helicopter or an airplane, she’s a liar and everybody knows that. But she just made this up in thin air.”
He continued, “I think my words represent toughness and strength. Hillary’s not strength. Hillary’s weak, frankly, she’s got no stamina, she’s got nothing….she couldn’t even get back on the stage. Nobody even knows what happened to her. It’s like she went home and went to sleep….She couldn’t get back on the stage last night I’ll tell you why. Because we need a president with great strength and stamina and Hillary doesn’t have that. We can not have another bad president like we have right now. We need a president with tremendous intelligence, smarts, cunning, strength, and stamina.”
(Read more from “Trump: Hillary Lies About Everything” HERE)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi explained her support for the $1.2 trillion spending bill that the Republican Congress passed yesterday and President Obama signed into law by pointing out to reporters that the Republicans “were willing to concede so much” to get the bill passed.
The bill, Pelosi noted, did not stop funding of Planned Parenthood, and the Republicans “had to take out their provisions to destroy ACA”—the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare.
Pelosi argued that the Republican leaders were so intent on getting a provision to allow exports of U.S. crude oil that they were “willing to give up so much.”
“The fact that the Republicans wanted big oil so desperately really argues for voting for the bill because they were willing to concede so much,” said Pelosi.
In the end, more House Democrats voted for the bill than House Republicans. It passed 316 to 113 with 5 members not voting. Those voting for the bill included 166 Democrats and 150 Republicans. Those voting against it included 95 Republicans and 18 Democrats. (Read more from “Pelosi Explains Support for Ryan’s Spending Deal” HERE)
Friday on ABC’s “The View,” actor Kurt Russell explained his view on the reasoning for the Second Amendment, saying in part it was established by the Founding Fathers for certain protections of its people.
Russell said, “In reality, when we’re dealing with things like, terrorism, whatnot, we’re all going to have different opinions on how to do it. How to deal with it. Mine happens to be that, I think there’s a very strong reason the Founding Fathers had for the Second Amendment. And that is that no government ever hasn’t had to fight its own people, and its own people hasn’t had to fight its own government. We had our civil war. If that Second Amendment hadn’t have been there, those people wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do what they considered defending their life, their way, their style of living. So I agree with that. I think that’s an important part of our existence. It’s basically that simple.”
(Read more from “Kurt Russell to ‘The View’: Founding Fathers Had Very Strong Reason for Second Amendment” HERE)
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The nation’s most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park.
Thousands of people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, home of the world’s first full-sized nuclear reactor, near Richland, about 200 miles east of Seattle in south-central Washington.
They won’t be allowed anywhere near the nation’s largest collection of toxic radioactive waste. (Read more from “Polluted Nuclear Weapons Site to Become Tourist Destination” HERE)
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Perhaps it is coincidence, or maybe even providence, that the seventh film in both the Rocky and Star Wars franchises are in theaters now, nearly 40 years after they first made cinematic history.
In the case of the original Rocky, art actually imitated life. Just as Rocky Balboa, a no-name club fighter from Philly, beat the odds and went the distance with the champion of the world, Apollo Creed, the little, low-budget film that could did very well at the box office (nearly $500 million in today’s dollars) and won the Oscar for best picture in 1976.
I happened to be in Philadelphia shortly after the Star Wars release in 1977. Somehow, as a 10-year-old kid, I had not heard of what would become the most successful box office franchise of all time. Lining the sidewalk for what seemed like at least a city block, were people waiting to get in to the theater. I remember seeing “Star Wars” on the marquis and asking my uncle, what it was about. He was amazed at the question.
Needless to say, shortly thereafter our family went. And from the moment the John Williams-written theme boomed into the theater and the giant words appeared on the screen, I was in rapt attention for what turned out to be a great ride. The film took in over $300 million at the box office, which would be $1.2 billion in today’s dollars, when the population of the United States was 100 million fewer. It was a phenomenon.
Why were these two films about the down and out guy triumphing and good winning against all odds so right for their times and why are they still resonating now, decades later? Well certainly nostalgia plays a role, but art is not created in a vacuum.
Those themes, of course, have played into the story of America since its inception, from the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock colonizing the barren New World to the Founders at Independence Hall declaring a new nation.
Needless to say, shortly thereafter our family went. And from the moment the John Williams-written theme boomed into the theater and the giant words appeared on the screen, I was in rapt attention for what turned out to be a great ride. The film took in over $300 million at the box office, which would be $1.2 billion in today’s dollars, when the population of the United States was 100 million fewer. It was a phenomenon.
Why were these two films about the down and out guy triumphing and good winning against all odds so right for their times and why are they still resonating now, decades later? Well certainly nostalgia plays a role, but art is not created in a vacuum.
Those themes, of course, have played into the story of America since its inception, from the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock colonizing the barren New World to the Founders at Independence Hall declaring a new nation.
Perhaps it is not surprising that Americans turned to a Hollywood actor for their next president to shake off the fear and uncertainty of the 1970s. After all, Tinseltown still believed in and was selling hopeful stories like Rocky and Star Wars.
As the decade was drawing to a close, former California Gov. Ronald Reagan announced his candidacy in a television address, not sitting behind a desk, as Carter had a few months earlier, but standing confidently in front of one. He was telling new story, which was really the old story of America.
“Someone once said that the difference between an American and any other kind of person is that an American lives in anticipation of the future because he knows it will be a great place,” Reagan observed. “Other people fear the future as just a repetition of past failures.”
The Gipper (Reagan’s nickname from a popular movie role) was not willing to accept the latter for the land he loved. The boy from the Midwest had made good, living out the American dream first in Hollywood in 1940s and ’50s and going on to become governor of the most populous state in the union in the 1960s and early ’70s.
“I don’t believe that” the United States has reached its zenith and must inevitably decline, Reagan said. “And, I don’t believe you do either. That is why I am seeking the presidency. I cannot and will not stand by and see this great country destroy itself.”
The American people believed in the Californian’s hopeful vision for the country and elected him to office in a landslide: 44 states to Carter’s 6.
As the former actor, took the stage at his inauguration, he pronounced, “We have every right to dream heroic dreams…after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans.”
During Reagan’s time in office both the Rocky and Star Wars’ franchises continued to flourish, with films released from each in 1982 and 1985. However, now the victorious, hopeful dreams they were selling were becoming a reality, as Americans went back to work, and the economy soared to unprecedented heights.
“I don’t believe that” the United States has reached its zenith and must inevitably decline, Reagan said. “And, I don’t believe you do either. That is why I am seeking the presidency. I cannot and will not stand by and see this great country destroy itself.”
The American people believed in the Californian’s hopeful vision for the country and elected him to office in a landslide: 44 states to Carter’s 6.
As the former actor, took the stage at his inauguration, he pronounced, “We have every right to dream heroic dreams…after all, why shouldn’t we believe that? We are Americans.”
During Reagan’s time in office both the Rocky and Star Wars’ franchises continued to flourish, with films released from each in 1982 and 1985. However, now the victorious, hopeful dreams they were selling were becoming a reality, as Americans went back to work, and the economy soared to unprecedented heights. (For more from the author of “Why Americans Crave the Return of ‘Rocky’ and ‘Star Wars’ Now” please click HERE)
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I have often said and written that there are two political parties in America, Big Government Party #1 and Big Government Party #2.
There is one party who is honest enough to admit that they are for big, bloated, and largely unconstitutional government. Then, there is another party, whose politicians campaign as conservatives in order to get elected, but once elected, vote precisely like the Democrats they promised to oppose . . .
Here are the 27 RINO traitors who voted for the 2009-page, $1.1 trillion Ryan-Obama Omnibus spending bill, furthering the elimination of the congressional power of the purse, effectively giving that power, willingly, to wannabe dictator Barack Obama . . .
John Barrasso (RINO-WY)
Roy Blunt* (RINO-MO)
Shelley Moore Capito (RINO-WV)
Dan Coats (RINO-IN) retiring in 2016
Thad Cochran (RINO-MS)
Susan Collins (RINO-ME)
Bob Corker (RINO-TN)
John Cornyn (RINO-TX
Cory Gardner (RINO-CO)
Lindsey Graham (RINO-SC)
Orrin Hatch (RINO-UT)
Dean Heller (RINO-NV)
John Hoeven* (RINO-ND)
Jim Inhofe (RINO-OK)
Johnny Isakson* (RINO-GA)
Ron Johnson* (RINO-WI)
Mark Kirk* (RINO-IL)
James Lankford* (RINO-OK)
Mitch McConnell (RINO-KY) *Senate Majority Leader*
Lisa Murkowski* (RINO-AK)
Jack Perdue (RINO-GA)
Pat Roberts (RINO-KS)
Mike Rounds (RINO-SD)
Thom Tillis (RINO-NC)
Roger Wicker (RINO-MS)
(Read more from “The 27 Senate RINO Traitors, Including Lisa Murkowski, Who Voted for the Anti-American Obama-Ryan Omnibus Bill” HERE)
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By Ben Kamisar. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) campaign sued the Democratic National Committee in federal court Friday evening following the suspension of his campaign from the DNC’s voter database after a security breach.
The suit claims that the campaign is losing $600,000 in donations each day that it does not have access to the data, and adds that the “damage to the campaign’s political viability as a result of being unable to communicate with constituents and voters, is far more severe, and incapable of measurement.”
The DNC barred Sanders from accessing the party’s voter file, which includes much of his campaign’s voter data, after a campaign staffer improperly accessed private data belonging to front-runner Hillary Clinton’s campaign. The vendor hired by the party to maintain the data accidentally created the security vulnerability during an update, the DNC says.
The Sanders campaign fired a supervisory staffer involved in the incident and has gone on the warpath Friday claiming that the DNC overreacted and is trying to aid Clinton’s campaign.
The suit claims that the loss of the voter file could “significantly disadvantage, if not cripple, a Democratic candidate’s campaign for public office.” It also argues that the agreement between the candidate and the DNC mandates that a candidate get 10 days written notice to fix any issue before the party can restrict access. (Read more from “Democratic Party SUSPENDS Bernie Sanders Campaign; Sanders Sues… The Question Is, Will He Do a Third Party Run?” HERE)
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Sanders Campaign Blames Software Vendor for Glitch
By Rosalind S. Helderman, Anne Gearan and John Wagner. Officials with the Democratic National Committee have accused the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of improperly accessing confidential voter information gathered by the rival campaign of Hillary Clinton, according to several party officials.
Jeff Weaver, the Vermont senator’s campaign manager, acknowledged that a staffer had viewed the information but blamed a software vendor hired by the DNC for a glitch that allowed access. Weaver said one Sanders staffer was fired over the incident.
The discovery sparked alarm at the DNC, which promptly shut off the Sanders campaign’s access to the strategically crucial list of likely Democratic voters.
The DNC maintains the master list and rents it to national and state campaigns, which then add their own, proprietary information gathered by field workers and volunteers. Firewalls are supposed to prevent campaigns from viewing data gathered by their rivals.
NGP VAN, the vendor that handles the master file, said the incident occurred Wednesday while a patch was being applied to the software. The process briefly opened a window into proprietary information from other campaigns, said the company’s chief, Stu Trevelyan. He said a full audit will be conducted. (Read more from “DNC Penalizes Sanders Campaign for Improper Access of Clinton Voter Data” HERE)
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By Todd Starnes. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a Ramadan song – at least in Blaine, Minnesota.
There was a big controversy after Thursday’s holiday concert at the local high school – when the teenagers belted out a praise song to Allah . . .
Television station WCCO first reported on the holiday dustup – quoting several moms and dads who were not all that happy their children were singing about the glories of Islam.
Check out some of the lyrics of “Eid un Sa’ Eid – Zain Bhika”:
“Ramadan has come and gone/Eid has dawned up us/Thank you Allah for this blessed day/This is a time of happiness, a time of joy/Thank you Allah for this blessed day.” (Read more from “Outrage as Students Are Forced to Sing ‘Allah Akbar’ at Holiday Concert” HERE)
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Parents Question Choice to Sing ‘Allahu Akbar’ at Holiday Concert
By John Lauritsen. Some parents in the Anoka-Hennepin School District are questioning a choir teacher’s decision to use a song about Ramadan performed in Arabic at a holiday concert.
At Thursday night’s concert at Blaine High School, one of the songs students will be singing includes Arabic words, including the phrase “Allahu Akbar,” which means “God is great.”
Christian and Jewish songs will be performed as well, but the Ramadan song is getting all the attention.
It started with a post on Facebook. A parent of a ninth-grade Blaine choir student posted the lyrics to the song the choir has been practicing. When others learned students would be singing the song on Thursday, the comments took a turn.
One person posted, “No child should be forced to sing a song about the Muslims and the religion of hatred.” (Read more from “Parents Question Choice to Sing ‘Allahu Akbar’ at Holiday Concert” HERE)
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