Dick’s Sporting Goods Reloading on Gun Issue, Now Lobbying Congress on Gun Control

/0 Comments/in , /by

For Second Amendment supporters, Dick’s Sporting Goods, the Pennsylvania-based retailer, went over to the dark side with the announcement it would no longer sell so-called “assault-style” rifles, high-capacity magazines or any rifles to anyone under 21 years of age following the Feb. 14 shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school.

“We’re staunch supporters of the Second Amendment – I’m a gun owner myself,” company CEO Ed Stack said on “Good Morning America.” “We don’t want to be a part of this story, and we have eliminated these guns permanently.”

Stack’s claim of “staunch” support for the Constitution’s right to keep and bear arms, already under fire, has taken another dive following a new report in the Federalist revealing Dick’s has terminated its relationship with CSA Strategies LLC, a Republican-linked lobbying firm, and hired three lobbyists – two Democrats and one Republican – from the Glover Park Group to lobby for gun control.

The three lobbyists who began their work April 27 are listed by name in federal disclosure forms, as required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, noted the Federalist. They are Joel Johnson, who worked for both President Bill Clinton and Senate Democrat leadership; Andrew King, who worked for Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C.; and Christina Brown, a former staffer for Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.

Glover Park’s disclosure form lists only “lobbying related to gun control” as the work it was hired to do. Previously, CSA Strategies focused on tax reform, cyber security and patent-litigation reform on behalf of Dick’s. (Read more from “Dick’s Sporting Goods Reloading on Gun Issue” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Democrat Proposes Bill to Let Illegal Aliens Hold Office

/0 Comments/in , /by

By Breitbart. California State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) is co-sponsoring a bill that would make clear that illegal aliens may serve in state office.

The bill, SB 174, would amend an old provision in the state code that was originally drawn up in 1872 “to exclude Chinese immigrants and other ‘transient aliens’ from holding appointed civil positions,” the Los Angeles Times notes.

However, Lara’s changes would not restrict state offices to citizens or legal residents, but rather allow anyone present in the state to serve, regardless of immigration status.

California has already allowed at least two illegal aliens to serve in state office. Most recently, State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) appointed Lizbeth Mateo to the California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee.

Mateo is an illegal alien who was brought to the U.S. as a minor by her parents but is not eligible for deferred deportation under DACA because she returned to Mexico and attempted to re-enter the U.S. in 2013 as part of a protest. She was detained at the border and requested asylum — after spending several weeks in Mexico with family. (Read more from “Democrat Proposes Bill to Let Illegal Aliens Hold Office” HERE)

____________________________________________________

California Appoints Illegal Alien to Office

By Breitbart. California has its first “unprotected” illegal alien in state office, after Senate President pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) appointed Lizbeth Mateo to the California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee.

Mateo, an attorney, was born in Mexico and came to the U.S. illegally at the age of 14 with her parents, who are also illegal aliens, according to the Sacramento Bee.

(Read more from “California Appoints Illegal Alien to Office” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Mueller May Subpoena Trump

/0 Comments/in , /by

By LMT Online. In a tense meeting in early March with the special counsel, President Donald Trump’s lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

But Special Counsel Robert Mueller responded that he had another option if Trump declined: He could issue a subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury, according to four people familiar with the encounter.

Mueller’s warning – the first time he is known to have mentioned a possible subpoena to Trump’s legal team – spurred a sharp retort from John Dowd, then the president’s lead lawyer.

“This isn’t some game,” Dowd said, according to two people with knowledge of his comments. “You are screwing with the work of the president of the United States.”

The flare-up set in motion weeks of turmoil among Trump’s attorneys as they debated how to deal with the special counsel’s request for an interview, a dispute that ultimately led to Dowd’s resignation. (Read more from “Mueller May Subpoena Trump” HERE)

__________________________________________________

Mueller’s Former Assistant Says Grammatical Errors Prove Leaked Questions Came from Trump

By The Hill. Michael Zeldin, a CNN legal analyst and former assistant to Robert Mueller, said Tuesday he believes President Trump leaked the list of nearly 50 questions the special counsel allegedly wants to ask Trump.

“I think these are notes taken by the recipients of a conversation with Mueller’s office where he outlined broad topics and these guys wrote down questions that they thought these topics may raise,” Zeldin said on CNN’s “New Day.”

“Because of the way these questions are written … lawyers wouldn’t write questions this way, in my estimation. Some of the grammar is not even proper,” he continued. “So, I don’t see this as a list of written questions that Mueller’s office gave to the president. I think these are more notes that the White House has taken and then they have expanded upon the conversation to write out these as questions.” (Read more from “Mueller’s Former Assistant Says Grammatical Errors Prove Leaked Questions Came from Trump” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Trump’s Former Physician Makes a Confession After Revealing His Office Was Raided

/0 Comments/in , /by

By The Blaze. The president’s personal physician admitted Tuesday to CNN that he did not write the medical letter that was released to the press about Trump in 2015, but that then-candidate Trump dictated the letter to him.

It was revealed Tuesday that associates of the president “raided” the offices of Dr. Harold Bornstein and seized documents relating to Trump’s health after the doctor told the New York Times about a hair growth product he prescribed to the president.

After that report, Bornstein told CNN that he did not write the infamous letter about Trump’s health that was widely panned by the skeptical media in 2015.

“He dictated that whole letter,” Bornstein said to CNN. “I didn’t write that letter.”

The letter had a glowing review of Trump’s health, but the language it contained had many questioning whether Trump himself wrote it. (Read more from “Trump’s Former Physician Makes a Confession After Revealing His Office Was Raided” HERE)

________________________________________________________

Trump’s Old Doctor Says President’s Men Raided His Office; White House Calls It ‘Standard Procedure’

By The Blaze. Three men from the White House allegedly went to the office of President Donald Trump’s former doctor and confiscated the president’s medical records. The doctor said he felt “raped, frightened, and sad” following the February 2017 event. The White House called it “standard procedure.” . . .

Dr. Harold Bornstein was Trump’s personal physician for decades before he ran for office. In 2015, during the campaign, Bornstein became notorious after he signed a statement that stated, in part, “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”

He also referred to Trump’s health as “astonishingly excellent.”

Bornstein later told NBC News that he had written that statement in five minutes while a limousine sent by Trump waited for him. (Read more from “Trump’s Old Doctor Says President’s Men Raided His Office; White House Calls It ‘Standard Procedure’” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Starbucks Trainers Sends Shock Message to Jewish Group

/0 Comments/in , /by

Starbucks recently came under heavy fire from the left for its allegedly racist behavior after two black men in a Philadelphia store were arrested after they took up a table and refused to order any drinks while waiting on a friend, all of which was caught on a viral video.

That led Starbucks to announce it would close all of its stores for one day so every employee and manager could receive anti-bias and anti-discrimination “diversity” training. However, in the company’s zeal to prove how unbiased and non-discriminatory it is in its treatment of blacks, Starbucks managed to show bias and discrimination toward another minority group.

According to Politico, Starbucks appears to have caved to pressure from progressive black activists and removed the predominately Jewish Anti-Defamation League — which has long led the fight against anti-Semitic discrimination against Jews — from the top tier of the company’s lineup of anti-discrimination trainers for its upcoming “diversity” sessions.

Instead, the ADL has been demoted to a lower tier of advisers to the training and will be excluded from assisting in developing the curriculum that will be used to train Starbucks employees on how not to discriminate against members of the liberal base.

Initially, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt had been invited by the coffee chain to be one of four leaders of the diversity training sessions, but Greenblatt’s name was conspicuously absent in an April 24 press release about the training event, which only mentioned in passing that Starbucks would “consult with” the ADL on anti-discrimination training, among an array of other advisory groups. (Read more from “Starbucks Trainers Sends Shock Message to Jewish Group” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

‘We Got a Crip Alert for Kanye’: Rapper Calls on Gangs to Violently Attack West for Pro-Trump Stand

/0 Comments/in , /by

By The Daily Caller. Kanye West may need to watch his back next time he hits the town in Los Angeles after a rapper called on the city’s gang members to assault him because of his support for President Donald Trump.

The threat came over Instagram from Daz Dillinger, a former member of Snoop Dogg’s 1990s rapping entourage, Tha Dogg Pound duo.

“Yo national alert, all the Crips out there, y’all f— Kanye up,” Dillinger said, referring to the infamous Los Angeles-area street gang.

The video also features Dillinger (real name Delmar Drew Arnaud) warning West to not enter Long Beach and California generally, suggesting the famous hip-hop artist stays in the wealthy Calabasas.

“Better not ever see you in concert. Better not ever see you around the LBC. Better not ever see you around California,” the video continues. “Stay in Calabasas, ya hear me? Cuz we got a Crip alert for Kanye.” (Read more from “‘We Got a Crip Alert for Kanye’: Rapper Calls on Gangs to Violently Attack West for Pro-Trump Stand” HERE)

______________________________________________________

Rapper Issues ‘Crip Alert for Kanye’, Warns West to ‘Stay in Calabasas’ After Supporting Trump

By CBS Los Angeles. . .A message reading “F— KANYE UP” was also posted on Dillinger’s verified Twitter account.

Dillinger’s posts were an apparent reaction to West for his recent and perhaps unexpected online support of Trump.

There was plenty of reaction from celebrities across social media, including from rappers Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, YG, and Nipsey Hussle, who shared an image of a recent performance in Washington, D.C.

Captioned “Picture Speaking A thousand Words”, the post includes a shot of the stage displaying photos of West wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

Performed #FDT in Washington D.C Picture Speaking A thousand Words 🏁

A post shared by Nipsey Hussle (@nipseyhussle) on

(Read more from “Rapper Issues ‘Crip Alert for Kanye’, Warns West to ‘Stay in Calabasas’ After Supporting Trump” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Kyle Kashuv Takes down Far-Left Parkland Activist in One Tweet

/0 Comments/in , /by

On Monday, conservative Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Kyle Kashuv responded to a tweet from a far-left Parkland activist in epic fashion.

Lauren Hogg, sister of far-left provocateur David Hogg, tweeted: “I’m tired of people saying, “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.“ Fighting fire with fire never got anything done. It just burned everything down. It is the same reason why we must never fight hate with hate. Only love can drive out hate.”

. . .

(Read more from “Kyle Kashuv Takes down Far-Left Parkland Activist in One Tweet” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Journalist Posts Dossier Timeline, Confirms Deep State and Media Colluding to Trounce Trump

/0 Comments/in , , /by

By Conservative Tribune. For more than a year, the liberal mainstream media — and particularly CNN — have gleefully perpetuated a conspiracy theory regarding alleged collusion between the Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government as an explanation for Hillary Clinton’s surprising electoral loss in 2016. The centerpiece of that claim are the contents of a “salacious and unverified” anti-Trump dossier.

That dossier was believed to have been compiled during the lead up to the election by former British spy Christopher Steele in association with a liberal opposition research firm known as Fusion GPS, with funding supplied by Clinton’s campaign and the Democrat National Committee.

Unfortunately for them, its veracity has increasingly become even more dubious as more information about its creation and introduction to the public have been uncovered.

Indeed, it now appears that the only “collusion” that took place during the 2016 election was between Trump-hating “deep state” government employees — namely former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and fired FBI Director James Comey, among others — and their willing anti-Trump allies in the liberal media.

Sean Davis of The Federalist laid it all out last week in a timeline after scouring through the 253 pages of a declassified House Intelligence Committee report on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and comparing that knowledge with what has already been gleaned from other sources. (Read more from “Journalist Posts Dossier Timeline, Confirms Deep State and Media Colluding to Trounce Trump” HERE)

_________________________________________________

Leaked Questions Reveal What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump About Russia

By The Guardian. Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the US election, wants to ask Donald Trump about contact between his former election campaign manager Paul Manafort and Russia, the New York Times reported on Monday.

The paper said it had obtained a list of nearly 50 questions that Mueller, investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, wants to put to the US president. More than half relate to potential obstruction of justice.

“What knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by Paul Manafort, to Russia about potential assistance to the campaign?” is one of the more dramatic questions published by the Times.

The pointed reference to Manafort breaks tantalising new ground, since there was no previous evidence linking him to outreach to Moscow. Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution thinktank in Washington, tweeted: “This is very interesting – strong evidence that there are still collusion threads that are not yet public.”

Manafort and his deputy, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty last October to a 12-count indictment accusing them of conspiring to defraud the US by laundering $30m from their work for a Russia-friendly political party in Ukraine. (Read more from “Leaked Questions Reveal What Mueller Wants to Ask Trump About Russia” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Special Session to Be Called, Considering First Impeachment of a Governor in the State

/0 Comments/in , , /by

By The Blaze. Members of the Missouri legislature have acted to schedule a special session for the first time in the state’s history, with the purpose of considering disciplinary actions against their governor. If the result ends with impeachment, it would be another first for the “Show-Me” state.

Republicans run both the House and Senate in Missouri, making the move noteworthy as many members have called for the resignation of GOP Governor Eric Greitens.

Greitens is in the midst of three investigations, facing two felony counts: one for the alleged blackmail of a former mistress, and another for the alleged use of his former non-profit’s donor list for campaign solicitations . . .

In announcing the decision to call the special session, Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson said, “This path is not the one that I would have chosen for Missourians or my colleagues. I have hoped from the beginning of this process that the committee would find no wrongdoing so we could bring this issue to a close…unfortunately, this is where the facts led.” . . .

Proceedings are scheduled to commence on May 18, now that the General Assembly has collected (and surpassed) the required three-quarters of the signatures needed from members to call the special session. In the past, special sessions have only been called by the governor. (Read more from “Special Session to Be Called, Considering First Impeachment of a Governor in the State” HERE)

________________________________________________

Missouri Lawmakers Seeking Special Session for Impeachment Proceedings Against Greitens

By CNN. Missouri House and Senate leaders announced Thursday night that they have gathered enough support from lawmakers to call the state legislature into a special session for impeachment proceedings against Gov. Eric Greitens.

The announcement follows a series of dire developments for Greitens, a former Republican rising star, including two felony charges: one stemming from a photo he allegedly took of a woman with whom he had an affair and another relating to his campaign’s alleged procurement of a nonprofit donor list without the charity’s knowledge.

But the decision by state lawmakers to consider impeaching the governor adds a new layer to Greitens’ woes given that the Statehouse is firmly controlled by his own party.

“This path is not the one that I would have chosen for Missourians or my colleagues,” said Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson, a Republican. “I have hoped from the beginning of this process that the committee would find no wrongdoing so we could bring this issue to a close. … Unfortunately, this is where the facts led.” (Read more from “Missouri Lawmakers Seeking Special Session for Impeachment Proceedings Against Greitens” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.

Senator: ‘Liberals Would Kill Themselves’ If Trump Wins Nobel Peace Prize

/0 Comments/in , /by

By The Daily Caller. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said liberals would have a meltdown and commit suicide if President Donald Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

“I want to be there. It may be the first time the Nobel Peace Prize was given and there was mass casualties because I think a lot of liberals would kill themselves if they did that,” Graham said on “Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo.”

“The bottom line is by any objective measure what President Trump has done is historic,” Graham added. “He made the decision early on Maria and this was his most important decision about North Korea. He took containment off the table. He said to me and others early on, I’m not going to let them get a nuclear weapon that can hit America and contain the threat by threatening to blow North Korea off the map if they use it.” (Read more from “Senator: ‘Liberals Would Kill Themselves’ If Trump Wins Nobel Peace Prize” HERE)

___________________________________________________

Trump Deserves Nobel for Role in Talks with North, South Korea’s Leader Says

By CNN. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that US President Donald Trump would be a worthy winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement in the warming of relations with North Korea.

A former South Korean President, Kim Dae-jung, won the prize in 2000 for his role in setting up a previous summit with North Korea, and his widow suggested Monday that Moon should also get the award.

Moon demurred in response, saying the US President ought to get it instead. “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. The only thing we need is peace,” Moon said during a Cabinet meeting on Monday, according to the Blue House, the South Korean presidential office.

His remarks come three days after a historic summit that saw North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cross the border into South Korea for talks with his southern counterpart. (Read more from “Trump Deserves Nobel for Role in Talks with North, South Korea’s Leader Says” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE.