A 25-year-old staffer for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson died Tuesday in a car accident that also injured three campaign volunteers. Carson suspended his campaign for the remainder of the day and planned to travel to Omaha where Braden Joplin was being treated at Nebraska Medical Center’s trauma center.
The campaign confirmed Tuesday evening that Joplin died as the result of his injuries.
“Braden Joplin died following an auto accident on slick roads near Atlantic, Iowa,” the campaign said in a statement. “Three other passengers in the van were treated and released from a hospital in Atlantic, but Joplin’s injuries were severe, and he was brought to Nebraska Medical Center’s trauma center in critical condition for treatment.”
Carson released a statement Monday night saying it was a privilege to know Joplin.
“One of the precious few joys of campaigning is the privilege of meeting bright young men and women who are so enthusiastic about their country that they will freely give of their time and energy to work on its behalf. America lost one of those bright young men today,” Carson said. “I had the privilege of knowing Braden Joplin personally, and am filled with a deep and profound sadness at his passing.” (Read more from “Carson Staffer Dies in Tragic Iowa Car Accident” HERE)
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The Republican Party in the largest county in Arizona will not endorse John McCain, in part because he said he would be willing to vote to fund Planned Parenthood.
The Maricopa County Republican Party endorsed “anybody but McCain” on Saturday by a vote of 921-to-582.
County Chairman Tyler Bowler said “many activists” expressed their view that “Senator McCain’s recent vote to increase the national debt to more than $20 trillion, while fully funding Planned Parenthood, was a clear message that he is more inclined to choose President Obama and Harry Reid over the will of the Arizona voters in order to retain his D.C. Establishment power.” McCain has voted to raise the debt ceiling about half of the times the option has come before the Senate . . .
McCain’s mixed, moderate record is increasingly out-of-step in the socially conservative Arizona GOP.
After the Center for Medical Progress released undercover footage showing national figures in the abortion industry haggling over the prices of aborted babies’ body parts, Sen. McCain became an original co-sponsor of a bill to defund Planned Parenthood. “The appalling footage that has been released over the last several weeks has made it abundantly clear that taxpayers should not be forced to pay for such disturbing activities,” he said last July. “It is long past time we stop sending American tax dollars to this scandal-plagued group and start doing more to protect the health and well-being of women, mothers, and their families.” (Read more from “John McCain Shamefully Says He Would Vote for Planned Parenthood Funding” HERE)
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With the House on vacation this week, Mitch McConnell’s Senate Republicans will have the capitulation show all to themselves in Washington. As more news about the degree of betrayal on the Iran deal and the magnitude of the current border surge becomes available to the public, watch for Republicans to offer a lot of bluster but fail to craft a legislative agenda that truly speaks to the severity of the times.
Here is a quick look at what is on the agenda this week:
Liberal Judges
After another weekend of reports that Obama is committing acts of treason with Iran; namely, giving them $1.7 billion—Republicans are responding to him by … nominating a liberal judge! As we reported last week, the first vote on Tuesday will be to confirm Wilhelmina Marie Wright to the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. Wright is a hard-core leftist who evidently believes property rights are racist. Last week, almost every GOP senator voted to confirm a liberal public defender to a position on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Watch for this to become a growing pattern over the next few months as Obama is emboldened to nominate more judges.
Refugees
In December, the House pulled a bait-and-switch with funding for Obama’s Islamic refugee program. They fully funded the program to the tune of $1.67 billion in the omnibus bill, but passed a separate bill to block refugees. Except, even the standalone bill was an artifice. It merely requires the Obama administration to guard its own hen house and certify that any refugee accepted from Syria and Iraq is not a terrorist. And other problematic countries, such as Somalia, are not addressed at all. At the time, Paul Ryan blocked efforts by conservatives to vote on an amendment placing a temporary moratorium on the entire program.
This week, it’s the Senate’s turn to debate the phony refugee bill. This entire debate is an insult to the American people. This is not about “vetting;” it’s about defending our civilization from Sharia law, as witnessed by the events transpiring in Europe. As we saw during the last debate, establishment Republicans like Marco Rubio want to minimize the problem of Islamic supremacism to ISIS, as if to say as long as we can ensure the immigrants are not known professional ISIS operatives we can bring them in.
Moreover, Obama is abusing the program as it relates to Central American migrants. Last week, Secretary of State John Kerry announced the administration would expand the program to bring in thousands more Central Americans. The Department of Justice’s Immigration Judge Benchbook section 101(a)(42) clearly states that the bedrock basis for refugee status is a credible fear of persecution based on race, religion, or nationality. While all of these people are living in dismal conditions compared to our standard of living, this is true of most of the third world. Latin America is actually one of the most homogenous parts of the world and there is no religious or ethnic persecution. They are not eligible for refugee or asylum status.
Additionally, Obama is clearly telegraphing the message to Central America that our border is wide open. It’s no surprise that the numbers of Central American migrants coming over the border are beginning to surpass the surge of 2014. The number of unaccompanied alien children crossing the border for the first three months of FY 2016 is up 117% relative to the same period last year. This must be shut down immediately.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate will vote on cloture to proceed with the House refugee bill, H.R. 4038. Democrats might not filibuster the motion to proceed with debate, thereby allowing a series of votes on amendments. Democrats will attempt to vote on amendments that, in their mind, will embarrass Republicans. They will attempt to resurrect the Leahy amendment, which expresses the sense of the Senate that nobody should be excluded from this country’s immigration system on account of religion. Senator Leahy already forced a vote on this amendment in the Judiciary Committee last month and only four Republicans had the sense to vote against it. Codifying such language into our laws would essentially open the door to endless lawsuits from any of the 7.2 billion people in the world who want to immigrate here.
At the same time, watch for conservatives like Sen. Jeff Sessions to offer real amendments dealing with the broader immigration issue. It will be interesting to see if McConnell is, once again, more favorable to Democrat amendments than offered by his Republican colleagues.
School Lunch Program
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee is planning to mark up a bill on Wednesday that would reauthorize a host of child nutrition programs and the WIC (Women, Infants and Children) program through fiscal year 2020. This bill is being lauded as a bipartisan breakthrough, but in reality it is likely to codify the nanny-state Michele Obama-style federal nutrition guidelines into law. Moreover, the federal government should not be involved in such a multitude of programs dealing with child nutrition. These programs should be devolved to the states. Furthermore, even if Republicans do not think they can make significant reforms with Obama in the White House, it makes no sense to reauthorize the program for more than two years, especially given that there is no effort being made to combine duplicative programs. (For more from the author of “This Week in Congress: The Sellout on Judges and Refugees” please click HERE)
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None of the Iranians freed in the prisoner swap have returned home and could still be in the United States, it has been reported.
The seven former inmates, who were released as part of a deal with the Islamic republic, did not show up to get a flight to Geneva, Switzerland, where the exchange was set to take place on Sunday.
Three of the Iranians have decided to stay in the United States, ABC reported, with some moving in with their families. However it is not known where the other four are.
Three of the Americans who had been detained in Iran – Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati and Christian pastor Saeed Abedini – left Tehran at around 7am the same day, but weren’t met by their counterparts in Switzerland . . .
Six of the seven have dual citizenship and all of them had been convicted or charged with crimes related to selling sensitive equipment to Iran. (Read more from “NONE of the Seven Iranians Freed in the Prisoner Swap Have Gone Back to Iran” HERE)
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2016-01-19 23:57:352016-04-11 10:53:39NONE of the Seven Iranians Freed in the Prisoner Swap Have Gone Back to Iran
According to a report by CNSNews, the United States has approved the resettlement of 483 Syrian refugees since the terrorist attacks in Paris last November, and only one is a Christian.
The lone Christian constitutes 0.2 percent of all of the Syrian refugees approved for resettlement in the United States since Nov. 13, 2015 . . .
The overwhelming majority — 470 — of the refugees Sunnis, three are Shi’ites and nine were identified as “Moslem.”
A single refugee was identified as a member of the Greek Orthodox Church . . .
Of all of the refugees admitted since the beginning of fiscal year 2016 in October, the United States has admitted 774 of a planned 10,000 Syrian refugees. Of those 774 refugees, six are Christian. In addition to the lone member of the Greek Orthodox Church, three were identified as Catholic, one as “Orthodox” and one simply as “Christian.” (Read more from “Here’s How Many Christian Syrian Refugees the United States Has Admitted” HERE)
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2016-01-19 23:57:042016-04-11 10:53:39Here’s How Many Christian Syrian Refugees the United States Has Admitted
The tax-cut deal inked by President Obama and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan last month has put a major dent in the federal budget, helping send the deficit soaring by 24 percent, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.
The $544 billion deficit projected for 2016 marks the first year since 2009 that the red ink has grown, and it powers the deficit back up over the half-trillion mark, where it had been for most of Mr. Obama’s tenure.
CBO projections contained some good news, with the economy showing signs of solid growth in 2016 and 2017, finally overcoming some of the “slack” that built up during the 2008 Wall Street collapse and the Great Recession. Analysts said more people will be enticed back into the labor force, but inflation and interest rates will also rise as the economy ticks along.
But spending and taxes remain the biggest problem for the budget, with the twin deals at the end of last year to break the sequester budget caps that had held spending in check, and to extend a series of special interest tax breaks.
Combined, they meant the government needed more money than ever — but had less flowing in. (Read more from “Federal Deficit to Soar in 2016 After Ryan-Obama Tax Deal” HERE)
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2016-01-19 23:56:342016-04-11 10:53:39Federal Deficit to Soar in 2016 After Ryan-Obama Tax Deal
Parents, beware — Big Brother is coming for your kids. Buried deep inside the mammoth “bipartisan” so-called “education” legislation approved last month, dubbed the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA), is a radical expansion of what the statute refers to as “full-service community schools.” The controversial institutions, more accurately described as parental replacement centers, seek to oversee every aspect of your child’s life, ranging from their “mental health” and “well being” to nutrition and even dentistry. You are in the crosshairs, too, as the Obama administration defines parents as “equal partners” in child rearing. And those are just some of the many unconstitutional provisions in the bill and beyond that aim to turn government schools into parents, and parents into pariahs.
In short, an increasingly out-of-control Uncle Sam — with support from the leadership of both major political parties — wants to raise your child. And with the support of virtually every education-related special interest group you can think of, the latest federal education statute, passed by the GOP Congress and cheerfully signed as a “miracle” by Obama last month, is among the primary means by which the feds plan to further undermine and attack your role as parents. The implications of the accelerating assaults on families, parental rights, constitutionally limited government, the future of America’s children, and the future of the nation itself cannot be overstated.
Consider, for example, that these community schools are supposed to provide what the legislation refers to as “pipeline services.” The statute defines it like this: “The term ‘pipeline services’ means a continuum of coordinated supports, services, and opportunities for children from birth through entry into and success in post-secondary education, and career attainment.” Those “services” must include, at a minimum: “early childhood education;” school and out-of-school programs and “strategies”; support for children’s “transitions”; family “supports,” including “at home”; career counseling; “Social, health, nutrition, and mental health services and supports”; “crime prevention and rehabilitation programs”; and much more. In other words, everything that families once provided for children will become the responsibility of “community schools.” All that is missing now is hugs and bedtime stories from Big Brother.
Students will not be the only ones targeted, however. In a section dealing with what the statute describes as “promise neighborhoods” targeted for additional federally funded “services,” the statute calls for the targeting of everyone with these “pipeline services.” Bureaucrats and institutions, including government schools funded under the scheme, will be charged with providing “social, health, nutrition, and mental health services and supports, for children, family members, and community members.” Family members and community members, in other words, will be targeted for government intervention, up to and including “mental health services.” That means you. Language calling for home visitations appears to have been removed from the bill prior to final passage, but that hardly means it will not be pursued anyway. (Read more from “Obama and GOP Unleash ‘Community Schools’ to Replace Parents” HERE)
Confidence in race relations in America continues to fall, with hopes for the future at their lowest level yet.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 50% of American Adults now think race relations in this country are getting worse, up from 44% a year ago and 30% as recently as January 2014. Only 20% believe race relations are getting better, a new low that compares to 38% five years ago. Twenty-six percent (26%) say race relations are staying about the same.
Only 18% rate race relations in America today as good or excellent, unchanged from last year at this time but down from 34% two years ago. Thirty-three percent (33%) now consider race relations poor, up from 15% in 2011 and 29% last January.
Interestingly, unlike most questions related to race, there isn’t a wide difference of opinion on these questions between blacks and whites. Other minority Americans are the least pessimistic.
But blacks are much more likely than whites and other minorities to believe the United States is headed in the right direction. (Read more from “50% Say Race Relations in America Getting Worse” HERE)
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Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, will endorse Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, officials with his campaign confirmed. The endorsement provides Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state’s caucuses.
“I’m proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for president,” Ms. Palin said in a statement provided by his campaign.
Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far.
“I am greatly honored to receive Sarah’s endorsement,” Mr. Trump said in a statement trumpeting Mrs. Palin’s decision. “She is a friend, and a high-quality person whom I have great respect for. I am proud to have her support” . . .
”Over the years Palin has actually cultivated a number of relationships in Iowa,” said Craig Robinson, the former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa and publisher of the website The Iowa Republican. ”There are the Tea Party activists who still think she’s great and a breath of fresh air, but she also did a good job of courting Republican donors in the state,” he added. (Read more from “Breaking: Sarah Palin Just Endorsed a Presidential Candidate – This Is Very Surprising” HERE)
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2016-01-19 13:07:452016-04-11 10:53:40Sarah Palin Just Endorsed a Presidential Candidate; Here’s Her Statement
By Jack Davis. A woman who has accused former President Bill Clinton of rape said Sunday night that Clinton was trying to strike up a date with her weeks after he had sexually assaulted her. She also described an interaction with Hillary Clinton that she interpreted meant Hillary Clinton knew about the incident and was covering it up.
Juanita Broaddrick, who said Clinton raped her in 1978, recounted the incident on Aaron Klein Investigative Radio. She has said that the rape took place in the spring of 1978, when she met him at a Little Rock, Ark., event while he was running for governor of Arkansas. She has gone public with her story again as Clinton has emerged to play a role in the campaign of his wife, Hillary Clinton, as she pursues the Democratic nomination for president.
On Sunday, she disclosed for the first time that after the rape, Bill Clinton called her to get together again.
“He called the nursing home that I owned and they patched the call through to my office and I didn’t know that it was him. And he immediately said, ‘Hi, this is Bill Clinton. I was just wondering when you were coming back to Little Rock again,’” she said.
“This just caught me so off guard. I had not expected anything like this at all. And I told him I would not be coming back to Little Rock again and definitely would not ever be seeing him again. And I hung up,” she said.
Apparently, Clinton did not give up. Broaddrick said Clinton placed several calls to her over the next six months, and that she had her staff field them and tell Clinton she was not available. (Read more from “Woman Steps Forward With Major Claim: After Clinton Raped Me He Had ‘the Audacity to…'” HERE)
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Linda Tripp: ‘Bill Clinton Had Affairs With Thousands of Women’
By Breitbart News. In a rare interview, Linda Tripp, a pivotal figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, revealed on Sunday it was common knowledge while she worked in the West Wing that Bill Clinton had affairs with “thousands of women.”
Speaking on “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio,” Tripp for the first time divulged that she personally knew another White House staffer aside from Lewinsky who was also having an affair with Clinton. That unnamed staffer was mentioned by Tripp in various depositions but she has not spoken about it publicly.
She charged that Hillary Clinton not only knew about her husband’s exploits, “She made it her personal mission to disseminate information and destroy the women with whom he dallied.”
Tripp says she cringes at the sight of Clinton presenting herself as “a champion of women’s rights worldwide in a global fashion, and yet all of the women she has destroyed over the years to ensure her political viability continues is sickening to me.”
Tripp documented evidence of Lewinsky’s phone calls about her relationship with Bill Clinton and submitted the evidence to independent counsel Kenneth Starr, leading to the public disclosure of the affair. She explained to Klein that she did so because she believed her own life and Lewinsky’s were in danger, saying that Lewinsky was threatening Clinton with outing the relationship. (Read more from “Linda Tripp: ‘Bill Clinton Had Affairs With Thousands of Women'” HERE)
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