D’oh! See Where ‘Fake News’ Got Started

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Aug. 12, 2013: WND reported how the HBO series “The Newsroom” actually faked a news story to portray the real-life news site WND as fabricating the news.

“The Newsroom” TV series, which starred Jeff Daniels as the main anchor for Atlantic Cable News, centered on the everyday exploits of network TV journalists.

In its fifth episode of the season, the plot had its executive producer Don Keefer (played by actor Thomas Sadowski) dealing with an out-of-control joke about an Obama appointee that supposedly was taken seriously by WND.

“The Newsroom” used real WND graphics to forge its fabricated story whenever it displayed the site’s content on the air.

In the storyline, Keefer said he never called any WND editor, not even being sure whether the news agency would even have an editor. (Read more from “D’oh! See Where ‘Fake News’ Got Started” HERE)

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Social Justice Warriors Furious as Internal Google Manifesto Slams Company for Political Intolerance

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Following the circulation of an internal memo criticizing Google’s restrictive PC workplace environment, employees have freaked out, calling for the memo’s author to be fired.

A software engineer at Google published a ten-page memo where he criticized “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” resulting in controversy amongst employees within the Google+ internal social network. The author argues within the memo that women are underrepresented in tech fields not because of discrimination, but because of inherent psychological differences between men and women, echoing a similar argument made by former Breitbart senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos in 2016. When discussing Google’s educational guidelines for young women, the memo’s author writes, “We need to stop assuming that gender gaps imply sexism.”

The allegations of political intolerance come shortly after YouTube, a Google-owned platform, announced it would manipulate search results, artificially promote socially progressive videos, and censor non-rulebreaking content that is considered “potential hate speech.” The company is also partnering with the ADL and other left-wing organizations to identify “hate speech” on the platform (Read more from “Social Justice Warriors Furious as Internal Google Manifesto Slams Company for Political Intolerance” HERE)

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PRO-COP Atlanta Gym Shows up Neighbor’s Pathetic Anti-Cop Gym

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The owners of an Atlanta gym are the victims in a case of mistaken identity, as criticism mounts for neighboring EAV Barbell Club and its controversial “No Cop” policy.

Jim Chambers, owner of EAV Barbell Club, has an explicit “no cop” policy at his gym, where cops and active members of the military are not allowed to join.

“We’ve had an explicitly stated ‘no cop’ policy since we opened, and we also don’t open membership to active members of the military,” Chambers said. His position has ignited a firestorm of outrage from Americans who have been calling the gym and demanding an end to the policy.

But WXIA reports that many people have been calling the wrong gym, because the first result after searching Google for “East Atlanta Gym” is “Village Fitness,” not “EAV Barbell Club.”

You can imagine how the owners of Village Fitness were quite confused when they began receiving calls and had people walking in asking about a “no cop” policy.

“I’m like, wait a second — that’s definitely not us,” Tara Perry of Village Fitness told WXIA. “We do not feel that way.”

But instead of righteous indignation, Village Fitness is happy to clear things up by openly declaring its support for the police and the military. The gym put out a sign in front of its building Wednesday, declaring “We Support Police and Our Military,” and in a Facebook post reiterated its support for “the whole village.”

“When you think of an EV gym, people think of us — Village Fitness. We’ve been here so long, we’re established with the community,” Perry said. “We support our local police and military. We offer discounts for them.”

The owner of Village Fitness told WXIA he plans to keep the sign up for the foreseeable future. (For from the author of “Pro-COP Atlanta Gym Shows up Neighbor’s Pathetic Anti-Cop Gym” please click HERE)

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Trump Hasn’t ‘Given Any Thought’ to Firing Special Counsel in Russia Probe

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President Donald Trump said he doesn’t intend to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and possible ties between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign

“I haven’t given it any thought. Well, I’ve been reading about it from you people,” Trump said Thursday during an impromptu press conference that followed a national security briefing with his team at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

“You say, ‘Oh, I’m going to dismiss him.’ No, I’m not dismissing anybody,” Trump told reporters, referring to Mueller, a former FBI director.

“I mean, I want them to get on with the task. But I also want the Senate and the House to come out with their findings. Now, judging from the people leaving the meetings, they leave the meetings all the time and they say, ‘We haven’t found anything.’”

Trump has called the Russia investigation a “witch hunt” and repeatedly denied any collusion.

Reports surfaced last week that Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in Washington. On Wednesday, news broke that FBI agents had made a predawn raid on the home of Paul Manafort, Trump’s one-time campaign manager, late last month.

“He was with the campaign, as you know, for a very short period of time, relatively short period of time, but I’ve always known him to be a good man,” Trump said of Manafort.

He expressed disappointment that the FBI conducted a surprise search of Manafort’s residence in the wee hours, saying, “they do that very seldom. ”

“So, I was surprised to see it,” he added. “I’ve always found Paul Manafort to be a very decent man.”

Trump said he and his administration have cooperated with Mueller, but seemed to suggest minor paperwork problems could turn up. He said:

We have an investigation of something that never took place. And all I say is ‘Work with them,’ because this is an event that never took place. Now, as far as somebody else, where did they file the right papers, or did they forget to file a paper.

You know, like I guarantee that if we went around and looked at everybody who made a speech or whatever these people did, that’s up to them. Did they do something wrong because they didn’t file the right document or whatever? Perhaps, you’d have to look at them, but there are probably a lot of people in Washington who have done the same thing.

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Trump: Maybe Warning to North Korea ‘Wasn’t Tough Enough’

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that his “fire and fury” warning to North Korea’s dictator may not have been strong enough.

He also turned up the heat on Kim Jong Un’s threats toward the U.S. territory of Guam.

“Let’s see what he does with Guam. He does something in Guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody’s seen before, what will happen in North Korea,” Trump said, adding:

It’s not a dare. It’s a statement. It has nothing to do with dare. That’s a statement. He’s not going to go around threatening Guam and he’s not going to threaten the United States and he’s not going to threaten Japan and he’s not going to threaten South Korea.

During two press conferences at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey—one before and another after a national security briefing—Trump also pressed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to pass more GOP agenda items such as health care and tax reforms, and vowed to address the opioid drug crisis.

One reporter asked at the first press conference whether the Trump administration is considering a pre-emptive strike against North Korea, which intelligence officials believe has developed a miniaturized nuclear warhead to mount on an intercontinental ballistic missile.

“We don’t talk about that. We never do,” Trump said, explaining he didn’t want to reveal plans to an enemy, as he said other administrations have.

“I’m not like the other administration that would say we’re going into Mosul in four months. I don’t talk about it,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. But I can tell you that what they’ve been doing and what they’ve been getting away with is a tragedy, and it can’t be allowed.”

Trump added: “We’re always considering negotiations, but they’ve been negotiating now for 25 years.”

He referred to his three immediate predecessors, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton:

Clinton folded on negotiations, he was weak and ineffective. You look what happened with Bush, you look what happened with Obama. Obama, he didn’t even want to talk about it. But I talk. Somebody has to do it.

When asked whether his Tuesday promise of “fire and fury” to North Korea if it doesn’t behave was too much, Trump responded: “Maybe it wasn’t tough enough.”

Asked what’s tougher, he replied: “You’ll see.”

Trump praised Russia and China for joining a 15-0 vote in the U.N. Security Council to place new sanctions on North Korea, and Nikki Haley for her related work as U.N. ambassador.

The president also sought to calm the nerves and fears of worried Americans:

The people of this country should be very comfortable, and I will tell you this. If North Korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very, very nervous. I’ll tell you why. And they should be very nervous. Because things will happen to them like they never thought possible, OK? He’s been pushing the world around for a long time.

Trump, without naming him, was referring to Kim, head of the communist regime.

Trump already had been tough on McConnell in tweets earlier that day, responding to the Republican Senate leader’s criticism that the president had unrealistic expectations.

“But I said, ‘Mitch, get to work and let’s get it done,’” he said of McConnell.

“They should have had this last one done,” Trump said, referring to the Senate’s failure to make progress on getting rid of Obamacare. “They lost by one vote. For a thing like that to happen is a disgrace.”

A reporter asked whether McConnell should step down as majority leader, on which Trump was noncommittal.

“Well, I’ll tell you what. If he doesn’t get [Obamacare] repeal and replace done, if he doesn’t get taxes done, meaning cuts and reform, and if he doesn’t get a very easy one to get done—infrastructure—if he doesn’t get that done, then you should ask me that question,” Trump said during the first press conference.

During the second press conference, Trump compared McConnell’s effort with that of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, the wife of the Senate majority leader.

“Elaine is doing a very good job. We’re very proud of Elaine as secretary of transportation, as you know,” Trump said. “She’s doing a very good job. I’m very disappointed in Mitch. If he gets these bills passed, I’ll be very happy with him, and I’ll be the first to admit it.”

The president said opioid addiction is a national emergency, and a problem across the world.

“The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I’m saying officially right now it is an emergency,” Trump said. “It’s a national emergency. We’re going to spend a lot of time, a lot of effort, and a lot of money on the opioid crisis.” (For more from the author of “Trump: Maybe Warning to North Korea ‘Wasn’t Tough Enough'” please click HERE)

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Anti-Trump Nutjob Arrested for Murder of GOP Committeeman Neighbor

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A man described by neighbors as “quarrelsome” and who placed large anti-Trump signs in his yard is in police custody for the murder of his next-door neighbor – a GOP committeeman.

Police in West Goshen Township, PA, charged Clayton Carter, 51, in the shooting death of his next-door neighbor, G. Brooks Jennings in the early morning hours on Tuesday, according to ABC Philadelphia.

The conflict began on Monday evening when police officers responded to a dispute between Carter and Jennings that involved cursing and video recording in one of their backyards. Police de-escalated the conflict around 8 p.m. and left.

Shortly after midnight, police say another conflict erupted between the two neighbors as Carter claims that Jennings shined a light into his eyes. Carter purportedly told police that he then drove his car onto his lawn and shined the car’s high beams towards Jennings.

Investigators say it was at this point when Carter went into his home and grabbed a .380 semi-automatic pistol and confronted Jennings. Carter allegedly shot Jennings in the head, knocking him to the ground, and then stood over his body and shot him in the head again. Police say the victim Carter shot Jennings on Jennings property. (Read more from “Anti-Trump Nutjob Arrested for Murder of GOP Committeeman Neighbor” HERE)

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Judge Orders New Searches of Hillary’s Benghazi Emails

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A federal judge has ordered the State Department to search government email accounts of Hillary Clinton’s aides for information concerning the Sept. 11, 2012, Benghazi attacks that took the lives of four Americans.

Washington D.C. District Court Judge Amit Mehta ordered the State Department on Tuesday to search government email accounts belonging to Clinton former deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin, former chief of staff Cheryl Mills and former director of policy planning Jake Sullivan. The ruling was made in response to a lawsuit filed by government watchdog Judicial Watch.

The accounts are expected to contain communications between Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, and her staff.

“The court finds that State’s search was inadequate insofar as it did not search the official state.gov e-mail accounts of Secretary Clinton’s three aides, and orders State to conduct a supplemental search of those accounts,” the ruling stated.

Judge Mehta, an Obama appointee, explained that the State Department is unlikely able to “adequately” access emails sent from Clinton’s private server. However, he said, the department “has an obligation to search its own server for responsive records.” (Read more from “Judge Orders New Searches of Hillary’s Benghazi Emails” HERE)

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Transgender Military Personnel Sue Trump

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Five transgender members of the U.S. military including Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans sued President Donald Trump on Wednesday, challenging his ban on transgender people serving in the armed forces.

Trump said on Twitter on July 26 that the U.S. government “will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity” in the military, a reversal of Pentagon policy that the lawsuit said was made without consulting senior military commanders.

The surprise announcement, citing healthcare costs and unit disruption, appealed to some in Trump’s conservative political base but created uncertainty for thousands of transgender service members, many of whom came out after the Pentagon said in 2016 it would allow transgender people to serve openly.

Trump’s tweets appeared to dismiss findings from a RAND Corporation study commissioned by the Pentagon that found allowing transgender people to serve would “cost little and have no significant impact on unit readiness.”

The White House and the Pentagon said they do not comment on pending litigation. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. (Read more from “Transgender Military Personnel Sue Trump” HERE)

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How Did the Democrats’ IT Scandal Suspects Get Here?

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Here is a radical proposition: The public has a right to know the immigration status and history of foreign criminal suspects.

Their entrance and employment sponsorship records should not be treated like classified government secrets—especially if the public’s tax dollars subsidized their salaries.

In March, I contacted the D.C. offices of House congressional Democrats Joaquin Castro of Texas, Sander Levin of Michigan, Marcia Fudge of Ohio, Greg Meeks of New York, and Ted Deutch of Florida.

These public officials have at one time or another employed one of three Pakistani Muslim brothers or their family and friends caught up in a criminal theft and hacking probe of the House Democrats’ information security systems.

In all, IT worker Imran Awan and his family and friends hoovered up an estimated $4 million in government funds over a period of 13 years.

For months, the D.C. Capitol Police have probed allegations that the Awan ring stole equipment from more than 20 congressional offices and accessed the House IT system without members’ knowledge.

Investigative reporter Luke Rosiak at The Daily Caller News Foundation has done excellent work on the case—most recently breaking the news of Imran Awan’s arrest in late July at the airport for alleged bank fraud, mortgage scams, and shady wire transfers of nearly $300,000.

Awan was headed to Pakistan to join his wife, Hina Alvi, and three children, who had hastily fled America in March after Alvi was fired by Meeks. This reeks.

My question to the House Democrats was simple: Were the Awans and their family and friends H-1B tech workers—like so many of the 650,000 “temporary” foreign guest workers imported into America under that program over the past quarter-century and predominantly working in IT?

And if they’re not H-1Bs, how exactly did Awan and company get here, when did they get here, and who brought them over here and why?

These are simple questions. Given that these foreign IT workers now under investigation were paid for with our tax dollars, Americans deserve to know their path to the public trough.

This is especially true when so many members of Congress in both parties continue to clamor for expanding foreign guest worker programs like H-1B and refuse to enact freezes on corrupted visa programs exploited by foreign tourists (B visas), students (F-1 visas), and workers (H visas) acting in bad faith.

Moreover, U.S. tech workers have grown increasingly vocal about being forced to train underqualified, shoddily vetted foreign replacements before getting pink-slipped—and increasingly alarmed at their access to sensitive personal, financial, and health data.

Awan first landed a job with former Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., as an “information technology director” in 2004 at the ripe age of 24 or 25.

His younger brother is reportedly only 23 years old, yet has pulled in a salary of nearly $160,000 a year since 2014 (when he was 20) as an information technology worker for Rep. Julia Brownley, D-Calif.

That’s 3.1 times greater than the median salary for a House IT worker, according to InsideGov.

Who sponsored these young foreign techies and chose them to do work in our nation’s capital doing a job that countless young Americans are qualified to do?

If not H-1B, did they arrive first as students on foreign visas (who are supposed to return home after their course of study), then game the system to work through the cheap labor loopholes, such as the Optional Practical Training program?

Or did they switch visa categories? Did they pull strings through their well-connected Democratic employers?

The communications official in Castro’s office, which employed Awan’s younger brother, responded that she would “touch base with some colleagues” and keep me posted.

No word since. The others didn’t bother to answer at all, nor did they respond when I followed up last week.

As for defiant Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., who only fired Awan after his arrest two weeks ago, it’s apparently un-American to question how foreign criminal suspects got to America and stayed here.

Wasserman Schultz last week cited “racial and ethnic profiling concerns that I had” to deflect from her eyebrow-raising handling of the matter, which now involves smashed hard drives seized from Awan’s home by the FBI.

The good news is that Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday asked the Department of Homeland Security for all immigration summaries and detainers for Awan, his wife, his brothers, and his friends/associates, Natalia Sova and Rao Abbas.

But it shouldn’t take a Senate demand letter to penetrate the Democrats’ partisan protectionism. We paid the salaries of their suspect foreign IT minions. They answer to us. (For more from the author of “How Did the Democrats’ IT Scandal Suspects Get Here?” please click HERE)

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Gun Owners Warned to Stay Away From 1 State

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Some states have been more willing than others to allow citizens to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

But there’s one state that is considered dangerous even to visit due to its restrictions on that constitutional right.

The Second Amendment Foundation has issued a travel advisory warning gun owners not visit California.

“The state’s restrictive laws literally leave residents and visitors defenseless,” the group stated in a report.

SAF warns “law-abiding armed citizens that their civil rights could be in jeopardy due to that state’s restrictive gun control laws.” (Read more from “Gun Owners Warned to Stay Away From 1 State” HERE)

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