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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Obama ‘Hopeful' Trump Will Not Prosecute HRC for Political Revenge
[Breitbart] The White House signals it is hopeful that President-elect Donald Trump will not prosecute Hillary Clinton, citing a tradition in America of not using the justice system to enact revenge on a political opponent.

"[W]e’ve got a long tradition in this country of people in power not using the criminal justice system to exact political revenge," spokesman Josh Earnest says. "In fact, we go to great lengths to insulate our criminal justice system from partisan politics."

When Obama took office, many leftists wanted to see George W. Bush and Dick Cheney prosecuted for what they called "war crimes," because of the use of enhanced interrogation techniques to question terrorists. But President Obama appeared reluctant to prosecute career law and intelligence officials in the Bush administration, citing in 2009 "a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards."

During a press conference, Earnest was reluctant to discuss potential pardons, insisting that it was improper to discuss them in advance. He did not rule out a potential pardon for Clinton but reminded reporters of Obama’s discussion of pardons in August.

When asked to reflect on his decision to commute the sentences of thousands of drug offenders, Obama indicated that he would not issue last-minute political pardons before leaving office. Any presidential pardons, he explained, would go through a rigorous legal process to avoid looking political.

"It’s going to be reviewed by the pardon attorney, it will be reviewed by my White House counsel, and I’m going to, as best as I can, make these decisions based on the merits, as opposed to political considerations," Obama said during a press conference.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 00:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This could (I say again could) be a signal that the Champ is not planning on giving the Beest a pardon before he cleans out his desk. Why burn a bridge.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 1:20 Comments || Top||

#2  He'll prosecute her, because she is a crook.

Revenge is just the political Lefts mindset.
Posted by: phil_b || 11/11/2016 3:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Donald "Barry, I know you went to high school in Hawaii - don't they teach about 'separation of powers' there?"

Barry "I was high throughout high school."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/11/2016 5:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Barry "I was high throughout high school." IMO he was high through his presidency too.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:29 Comments || Top||

#5  That is what Special Prosecutors are for?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/11/2016 8:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Barack: "Please don't prosecute Hillary."
Donald: "Why, did she commit a crime?"
Posted by: Steve White || 11/11/2016 10:03 Comments || Top||

#7  Would jimmuh have taken it easy on Nixon if Ford hadn't pardoned him?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/11/2016 10:28 Comments || Top||

#8  IMO he was high through his presidency too.

I bet it would be too damn easy to find marijuana residue in the White House these days.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/11/2016 10:29 Comments || Top||

#9  Go ahead and pardon her for Benghazi and the mail server. I want to see the Clinton Foundation taken down and its officers and directors indicted for racketeering and influence peddling.
Posted by: KBK || 11/11/2016 10:33 Comments || Top||

#10  "[W]e’ve got a long tradition in this country of people in power not using the criminal justice system to exact political revenge"

"Now using the IRS, BLM, EPA and the DoJ for political warfare, that's a different story."
Posted by: Pappy || 11/11/2016 10:58 Comments || Top||

#11  For rule of law, not for political revenge. Trump should make sure to keep his hands well clear of the thing and ensure its fair and on the up-and-up.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 11:09 Comments || Top||

#12  Ditto RJ, hence the graphic.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 11:29 Comments || Top||

#13  Bama talks of "revenge", the "Law" is not concerned with revenge, just truth........
Posted by: 746 || 11/11/2016 11:42 Comments || Top||

#14  "[W]e’ve got a long tradition in this country of people in power not using the criminal justice system to exact political revenge,"

He said that with a straight face?
Posted by: Raj || 11/11/2016 12:43 Comments || Top||

#15  What KBK said - revoke their tax-exempt status to whatever point in time, treat it as a C corporation and hand the Clintons the bill. That works for me!
Posted by: Raj || 11/11/2016 12:44 Comments || Top||

#16  "Voting is the best revenge."


--- Barack Obama, November 2, 2012
Posted by: charger || 11/11/2016 14:23 Comments || Top||


Another day, another fake hate-crime
A Louisiana college student has acknowledged she fabricated a report that she was assaulted and robbed of her wallet and Muslim headscarf by two men, one of whom she described as wearing a white "Trump" hat, police said Thursday.

The Lafayette Police Department said in a statement that it is no longer investigating the 18-year-old woman's claims, which were made within hours of Donald Trump's presidential victory.

Police said the student told investigators she was walking near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's campus Wednesday morning when she was accosted by two white men who drove up in a gray sedan. Police added the student had claimed the men shouted racial obscenities as they knocked her down and stole her wallet and the headscarf, known as a hijab.
Did she sign a complaint? If so she can and should be prosecuted for filing a false report.
Charlie Bier, a spokesman for the university, said a federal privacy law prohibits him from saying whether the student could be disciplined.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There was a page I found with incident after incident of graffiti and other incidents that were supposedly 'hate crimes' that happened after the election and I couldn't help but doubt nearly every one. Like the main stream media that cried hitler one too many times the Faux hate crime is far more common than the real one.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 13:35 Comments || Top||


‘Die Whites Die’: Anti-Trump Brownshirts Vandalize NOLA Monuments
[BREITBART] What started as a protest against President-Elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
soon turned to violent riots where one of New Orleans’ most famous monuments was covered in graffiti and glass windows were shattered out of a nearby bank.

Hundreds showed up to denounce the election of Trump‐but despite media reports of a peaceful gathering, the crowd grew increasingly hostile and violent, according to Breitbart Texas sources on the ground.

Students holding signs reading "End white supremacy" originally gathered on the steps of the Lee Circle monument before the demonstrations turned destructive.

Lee Circle was fully covered in graffiti with phrases like "Black Power" and "Dismantle White Supremacy".

Later, an effigy of Trump was burned while glass windows at a nearby bank were shattered.
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  First felony riot and hate crimes for the new AG
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/11/2016 20:38 Comments || Top||


Black Brownshirts Viciously Beats White Trump Voter
[INFOWARS] Shocking video out of reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
shows a mob of young black men viciously beating an older white man because he voted for Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, dragging him through the streets as he hangs out of the back of his car.

The clip shows the thugs repeatedly screaming, "you voted Donald Trump" as they assault the victim from every angle while others steal his belongings.

"You voted Trump," the mob screams, "You gonna pay for that sh*t."

Another woman shouts "beat his ass," while another man is heard laughing before remarking, "Don’t vote Trump."

A second video of the incident which is dubbed with the "F**k Donald Trump" song, a phrase now being chanted by "protesters" across the country, shows one of the attackers driving away in the man’s vehicle while his hand is still stuck in the window as the car drags him down the street.

Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The 'new civility' demanded by the Donks?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:11 Comments || Top||

#2  So he voted for Trump because the mob was yelling so? Sure he just wasn't the first white person seen after being worked into the frenzy?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/11/2016 18:00 Comments || Top||


Former U.S. Rep Aaron Schock indicted on 24 criminal counts
[Chicago Tribune] Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock was indicted Thursday, accused of 24 alleged violations of federal law including theft of government funds, fraud, making false statements and filing false tax returns.
He's a Republican, but he's from Illinois, which explains it.
A Republican from New York could do the same things, I'm told...
Schock, 35, quit Congress in disgrace last year after first being elected in 2008.

James Lewis, the U.S. attorney in Springfield, said in a news release that Schock defrauded the federal government and his campaign committees and covered up his actions with false statements, claims and invoices.

"These charges allege that Mr. Schock deliberately and repeatedly violated federal law, to his personal and financial advantage," Lewis said. "Mr. Schock held public office at the time of the alleged offenses, but public office does not exempt him or anyone else from accountability for alleged intentional misuse of public funds and campaign funds."

Schock's alleged misconduct occurred from 2008 through October 2015, the prosecutor said.

The indictment says Schock "engaged in a scheme to defraud the government, his campaign committees, and others for his direct personal benefit and for the benefit of others," Lewis said.

The ex-lawmaker "allegedly repeatedly submitted and caused false and fraudulent claims, invoices, and vouchers" to the U.S. House for payment as well as to three different campaign committees: Schock for Congress, the Schock Victory Committee and the GOP Generation Y Fund, he said.

Schock allegedly generated income to himself, which resulted in a loss of more than $100,000 to the government, the campaign committees and others, Lewis said.
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Funny comparison with the Democrats. No Republicans are rallying around and protecting the criminal as far as I can tell.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 13:32 Comments || Top||

#2  He can decorate his prison cell as Downton Abbey
Posted by: Frank G || 11/11/2016 14:20 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm surprised nobody at 'burg is shocked.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/11/2016 15:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Why should anyone be Schocked?
Posted by: Grins Snese4215 || 11/11/2016 15:58 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
CNN's Camerota: 'Why Does President Obama Have to Be Gracious' to Trump?
CNN continues to lead the way...
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] On Thursday's New Day, during a panel discussion of the scheduled meeting at the White House between President Barack Obama
That’s just how white folks will do you....
and President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, and whether the two would be cordial despite their differences, co-host Alisyn Camerota at one point wondered why it is that President B.O. "has to be gracious" to Trump instead of just sending an intern to meet him.

Camerota: "Why does President B.O. have to be gracious? Why can't, I mean, I'm curious about the optics of this. Are he and First Lady Michelle going to the front door and going to glue smiles on their face and graciously open their arms and their home to Donald Trump, the man who questioned President B.O.'s birth, his citizenship, his family, his credentials, his legitimacy? Or can they just send an intern to the front door to let him in?"
Because it's what you do in a legitimate political system.
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No, it is what you do when you know your successor is going to rip up all your sh1t. Then when that happens, you can say, "Wow, what a d1ck. And we were so nice to him."
Posted by: rammer || 11/11/2016 1:12 Comments || Top||

#2  I am almost certain eight years ago a similar article topic was "the bushes better be nice the obamas..."
Posted by: Airandee || 11/11/2016 7:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Cause you can't pardon yourself?

Once out, the immunity of office protection evaporates and opens the person for prosecutions of high crimes and misdemeanors for the period of time of service.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:09 Comments || Top||

#4  Trump, the man who questioned President Obama's birth, his citizenship, his family, his credentials, his legitimacy?

Hey, it was Hillary who sent Blementhal to investigate all of this--she started the "birther" movement.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:16 Comments || Top||

#5  >Trump, the man who questioned President Obama's birth, his citizenship, his family, his credentials, his legitimacy?

Did we get any answers? Didn't people get tutted at for even looking?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/11/2016 7:39 Comments || Top||

#6  Met her once. She'd appeared to have applied her make up with a trowel.
Posted by: Regular joe || 11/11/2016 16:15 Comments || Top||

#7  The birther thing began when one of Obama's autobiographies had a blurb cover which said he was born in Kenya. Whoever wrote that was not Trump.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215 || 11/11/2016 16:15 Comments || Top||

#8  I wonder if Trump is going to surround himself with a staff of 'gingers'.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/11/2016 20:43 Comments || Top||

#9  "Met her once"

My deepest sympathy, #6 Joe.
Posted by: Barbara || 11/11/2016 21:07 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Boss says employees who agree with Trump's rhetoric should resign
[FOXNEWS] If you voted for Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, you may not feel welcomed at Grubhub.
Resign, sue for creating an "uncomfortable corporate atmosphere" for conservatives, calling them names.
The CEO of Grubhub, an online food delivery service, sent a company wide email Wednesday suggesting employees who agree with President-elect Donald Trump’s behaviors and his campaign rhetoric should resign.

"If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here," wrote Matt Maloney, Co-Founder of Grubhub. "We do not tolerate hateful attitudes on our team."

Maloney, a Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
supporter, sent the email Wednesday afternoon with the subject line, "So...that happened...what’s next?" He made it clear in the email statement that he is personally stunned and deeply concerned with the results of Tuesday’s election.

"I absolutely reject the nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful politics of Donald Trump and will work to shield our community from this movement as best as I can," Maloney wrote about Trump’s supporters.

Maloney stands by the email, which he said many of his employees appreciated.

"I want to reaffirm to anyone on our team that is scared or feels personally exposed, that I and everyone else here at Grubhub will fight for your dignity and your right to make a better life for yourself and your family here in the United States."

The CEO made it clear he’s particularly concerned Trump’s victory will empower others in his workplace to act out against marginalized groups.

"While demeaning, insulting, and ridiculing minorities, immigrants colonists, and the physically/mentally disabled worked for Mr. Trump, I want to be clear that this behavior -- and these views -- have no place at Grubhub," Maloney explained.

Adding, if it were up to him, Trump would have been fired a long time ago.

"Had he worked here, many of his comments would have resulted in his immediate termination."

Maloney tells Fox News that "almost 20 percent" of his employees have personally thanked him for the note. "I am not embarrassed by it," he said.

The CEO said that he deeply respects the right of people to vote for whoever they decide, but that he simply wanted to "reassure our employees that our company will actively support diversity and inclusion -- regardless of national politics."

This letter is noteworthy because it underscores the fine-line between the intersection of politics and business, especially given the divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
presidential campaign of the past year and a half.

Bruce Tulgan, Author of "It’s OK to be the Boss," calls the letter "extraordinary" because while a CEO has a right to build the kind of corporate culture he or she wants -- Tulgan advises business leaders to stay away from politics.

"Much of that message could have been communicated without making direct reference to the election," Tulgan said of Maloney’s email. "Anytime you are talking about things that are not work at work you’re risking potentially alienating people, making people feel uncomfortable or un-welcomed at work."
Charger submitted the same article, commenting:
Becuz Teh Tolerance.

The cog dis is strong in this one.

I'm thinking the Trump Justice Dept and IRS should take a good long at this company -- which is publically held, BTW.
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Investors should also take a second look and run away. Not to mention Trump's ICE.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/11/2016 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Since this company is about to lose half of its customers and most of its stock value, I think getting out now would be very wise. Those options and five bucks will buy you a latte at Starbucks.
Posted by: rammer || 11/11/2016 1:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Never heard the expression "Tolerance is a two way street"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/11/2016 1:12 Comments || Top||

#4  "Had he worked here, many of his comments would have resulted in his immediate termination."

But he's not working for you, so he enjoys the FREEDOM to express his opinions.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 1:16 Comments || Top||

#5  A novel way to kill your business.
Posted by: phil_b || 11/11/2016 3:14 Comments || Top||

#6  Notice how 'diversity' really works. It's all in their play book, 1984.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:21 Comments || Top||

#7  Yeah, and Macy's dropped their Donald Trump line of clothing. That's their right. But it's my right to never do business with them again.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/11/2016 10:35 Comments || Top||

#8  I wonder how the management structure is populated at Grub Hub? How many Caucasians and males? What about the rest of the work force?
Posted by: Grerong Bumble7816 || 11/11/2016 12:03 Comments || Top||

#9  Another business I'll never do business with.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/11/2016 12:05 Comments || Top||

#10  I wonder how many labor law violations this guy just committed?
Posted by: Raj || 11/11/2016 12:46 Comments || Top||

#11  Maloney must've lost a ton of money, betting on The Clinton Cartel™.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/11/2016 13:35 Comments || Top||

#12  Since this company is about to lose half of its customers and most of its stock value, I think getting out now would be very wise. Those options and five bucks will buy you a latte at Starbucks.
That assumes you still want to support the 'stunned' Starbucks elite.

I have now added Grubhub to the List of non vendors in the RET. household. Starbux, Target, Grubhub, Ben& Jerry's; Pepsi. (Mrs. Ret, still smuggles Cherry Garcia in occasionally)
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 11/11/2016 15:23 Comments || Top||

#13  Well, last I saw their stock was down 34% or so. So yeah, the SOB probably lost the company and any reputation he had built as reliable.
Posted by: Charles || 11/11/2016 22:54 Comments || Top||

#14  Take back my previous comment, went and checked. It was near $34 that it got quoted on. Granted it was a twitter account my previous comment was based on.

It's down 4.82 percent as of right now.

Posted by: Charles || 11/11/2016 22:59 Comments || Top||


Europe
EU invites Trump to summit, warns against ‘isolation’
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The EU’s top leaders on Wednesday invited US President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
to a summit as soon as possible as they warned of uncertainty in relations and a need to respect democratic values.

"I do not believe that any country today can be great in isolation," European Council chief Donald Tusk told news hounds in Brussels, referring to Trump’s campaign slogan of "Make America Great Again".

"Europe and the United States simply have no option but to cooperate as closely as possible."

Tusk and European Commission boss Jean-Claude Juncker said in a letter that they wanted to discuss "unprecedented challenges" including the ISIS group, the conflict in Ukraine, and a troubled EU-US trade deal under negotiation.

"We would take this opportunity to invite you to visit Europe for an EU-US summit at your earliest convenience. This conversation would allow for us to chart the course of our relations for the next four years," they said in a letter of congratulations to Trump.

But former Polish prime minister Tusk struck a more sober tone in a statement to journalists at the 28-nation European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
’s headquarters as he recalled that "Italians, Irish, Poles, Germans, Spanish" had helped build America.

"While respecting the democratic choice of the American people, we are at the same time aware of the new challenges that these results bring. One of them is this moment of uncertainty over the future of our transatlantic relations," he said.

Warning sign’
With the EU still reeling from the shock of Britannia’s recent vote to leave, Tusk added: "The events of the last months and days should be treated as a warning sign for all who believe in liberal democracy."

Juncker later said in a speech in Berlin that the EU should not "upend its relations with the United States" out of "annoyance" with the shock outcome of the presidential election.

"We remain partners because the world needs the United States and the European continent working side-by-side. That is why I strongly urge us to seek common ground," he said.

Following Trump’s victory, EU foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Brussels on Sunday at the invitation of the bloc’s foreign policy supremo Federica Mogherini.

They will have an "informal dinner to exchange views on the way forward in EU-US relations following the US elections," a spokeswoman for Mogherini said.

Separately Martin Schulz, the head of the European Parliament, urged Trump to show "responsibility" after a divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
campaign, adding that he had "managed to become the standard-bearer of the angst and fears of millions of Americans."
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  EU invites Trump to summit, warns against ‘isolation’

TRANSLATION: "Sorry about all those things we said about you, all just in fun don't you know, and while we're here we need some money."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 11/11/2016 5:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Donald "I have good news and bad news gentlemen. The good news: Vlad and I are not going to fight a nuclear war in Europe. The bad news: better make peace with Russia because USA is not playing 'bait the bear' anymore."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/11/2016 5:54 Comments || Top||

#3  warns against ‘isolation’

Warns? You have no business tell us what to do after we've carried you since 1945 following something you idiots dragged us into.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:15 Comments || Top||

#4  Mike, you magnificent bastard, you stole used my comment!
Grrr!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 11/11/2016 8:38 Comments || Top||

#5  Trump should just ignore the EUSSR.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/11/2016 9:01 Comments || Top||

#6  "I do not believe that any country today can be great in isolation," European Council chief Donald Tusk told news hounds in Brussels...

Yes, we're watching your Euro 'inclusion' Mr. Tusk. Very interesting. Very interesting indeed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 9:10 Comments || Top||

#7  Norway, England, Switzerland
Posted by: 746 || 11/11/2016 12:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Cutting new deals is hardly isolation.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 13:33 Comments || Top||

#9  "Europe and the United States simply have no option but to cooperate as closely as possible."

Possibly. But on our terms, not yours, going forward.
Posted by: Secret Master || 11/11/2016 14:59 Comments || Top||

#10  Right after you eat the corn out of my shit, Tuskie...
Posted by: Raj || 11/11/2016 15:26 Comments || Top||

#11  Unfortunately I've just washed my hair. Maybe next year, if you're still viable
Posted by: Regular joe || 11/11/2016 16:22 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Chelsea Clinton being groomed to run for Congress
While some pundits are declaring the Clinton political dynasty dead, sources tell us that it is far from over. Chelsea Clinton is being groomed for the New York seat held by Rep. Nita Lowey.
You have to have a Clinton running for an office, or planning to run, in order to keep the Clinton Foundation in business. The day you have no Clinton running for anything, there's no influence to peddle...
Chelsea could run for the seat in NYC’s 17th Congressional District once Lowey, a 79-year-old respected career politician with nearly 30 years in office, decides to retire, we have exclusively learned.

Lowey’s district includes parts of Rockland and Westchester counties and, conveniently, Chappaqua, the Clinton family home base.

In August, Hillary and Bill Clinton purchased a home next door to their primary residence in Chappaqua for $1.16 million, which is intended for Chelsea, her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, and their two children, Charlotte and Aidan. While Chelsea currently lives, and is registered to vote, in Manhattan, she could easily make Chappaqua her legal residence in order to run for Lowey’s seat when it becomes vacant.

A source told us, "While it is true the Clintons need some time to regroup after Hillary’s crushing loss, they will not give up. Chelsea would be the next extension of the Clinton brand. In the past few years, she has taken a very visible role in the Clinton Foundation and on the campaign trail. While politics isn’t the life Hillary wanted for Chelsea, she chose to go on the campaign trail for her mother and has turned out to be very poised, articulate and comfortable with the visibility."
And dumb as a bag of hammers...
The source continued, "There has been a lot of speculation within New York Democratic circles about Lowey’s retirement and Chelsea running for the seat. There is a belief that Chappaqua is a logical place for Chelsea to run, because it would be straightforward for her to raise money and build a powerful base."

A spokesperson for Lowey -- who is serving her 14th term in Congress and was first elected to the US House of Representatives in 1988 -- declined to comment.
They were too busy checking the good Congressman's food...
A spokesperson for Chelsea didn’t get back to us.
The Pubs won a hard fought victory. The inauguration for the new POTUS will occur Jan. 20th. Already, the Donks are considering how to extend the Clinton dynasty. Already, the Soros funded rent-a-riot crowd is out in the streets in full force across the country stirring up trouble and protesting the legitimate outcome of the 2016 election. The Pubs had better not be having notions of love, compassion, compromise, ignoring criminality, Kumbaya and reaching across the aisle because I can assure you the left is already plotting to "Take back their country" and turn the USA into a progressive nightmare for the rest of us. They assiduously and clandestinely gnaw away at the fabric of the country. If they had their way, the country would have a stacked SCOTUS and they would try to shift the demographics to ensure a Democrat dictatorship for the next 50-100 years. As Trump said, this was the last chance...he was right. It is best to push forward with investigations and not forget the rule of law. Those who have broken the law should be reminded that there are not two sets of laws; one for the wealthy and powerful and another for the rest of us. Push ahead on the Clinton Foundation investigation.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 06:14 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yet another reason the Clinton Foundation investigation must continue. Any bug man will tell you the job is not complete until the larvae are also destroyed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 7:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Grooming guy standing back and taking a good long look at this mutt; "I dunno. Gonna takes a LOT of grooming, might not be enough grooming materials on the planet".
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 11/11/2016 7:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Grooming guy to assistant: "Get the hose, Charlie. Yeah, the industrial one..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/11/2016 10:26 Comments || Top||

#4  Time to shut down that "charity" under RICO and revoke its status permanently. Chelsea's right in the middle of it. Let's see Obama give *her* a prospective pardon.
Posted by: KBK || 11/11/2016 10:27 Comments || Top||

#5  Grooming.

And a lot of molding clay.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/11/2016 10:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Time for a little bit of unity, healing of the wounds, compromise and all that horse manure. So here's the deal: Chelsea doesn't run for office and Hillary doesn't get prosecuted. Take it or leave it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/11/2016 10:42 Comments || Top||

#7  ...but Bill is on his own.
Posted by: Capsu78 || 11/11/2016 13:12 Comments || Top||

#8  I suspect this planning was all pre-election planning and Clinton allies wills scurry now that they are seen as damaged goods.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 15:12 Comments || Top||

#9  I suspect this has been a goal anyways, just now that mother is not going to be president, the time table has been forwarded.

Political appeal, she is still A league and is going to be call to pitch in the majors.

Still, offer Lowey a retirement package she can't refuse, put the machine to work in a solid dem district, get her in the House until a similar Senate position opens. In the meantime, a plum House assignment to learn the ropes of selling political power.

Thing is, she really isn't gifted in anything other than foundation receipts. Imagine trying to give advice to her. Say what you will about mother, she went through the hoops. This is spoiled brat untalented Hillary.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/11/2016 16:28 Comments || Top||

#10  A good friend once said (paraphrased) "they'd like to mold her into a politician but there's just not enough clay"
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 11/11/2016 17:20 Comments || Top||

#11  @#6 That's too generous. Hillary & Bill plead guilty to felony charges, pay an enormous fine with no jail time, your family leaves politics forever and we won't prosecute and jail Chelsea.
Posted by: Chantry || 11/11/2016 18:44 Comments || Top||

#12  Which kennel is the grooming being done?
Posted by: Elmoth Black9155 || 11/11/2016 18:55 Comments || Top||

#13 
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 11/11/2016 20:39 Comments || Top||


Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia may have finally seen the light
[Daily Caller] West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced during the election Tuesday that he might be jumping on the Trump Train become a Republican if the Senate is evenly split.

Manchin is a conservative-leaning Democrat who has repeatedly clashed with other Democrats over coal power and environmental regulations.

Coal is a critical industry in West Virginia. America has 83,000 fewer coal jobs and 400 coal mines than it did when President Barack Obama was elected in 2008, showing the president has followed through on his pledge to "bankrupt" the coal industry.
Con't.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 01:39 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wouldn't have anything to do with Manchin’s daughter, Heather Bresch, who is the CEO of Mylan, which manufactures EpiPens? No, probably not.

The company is under fierce criticism [and who knows what other unpleasantness] for raising the prices on the emergency allergy drug by 500 percent while giving raises to its executives, including Bresch.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 1:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Good observation Besoeker.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Donk Senator huh? How about instead a job as head of the EPA? Opens the seat in Washington and puts someone in charge of an agency that has systematically killed his state. And its 'bi-partisan'!
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 9:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Wouldn't have anything to do with Manchin’s daughter, Heather Bresch, who is the CEO of Mylan, which manufactures EpiPens? No, probably not.

Let Manchin become a Republican but clean house at FDA.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/11/2016 10:45 Comments || Top||

#5  He'd be middle of the road on the Republican side. A sad state of affairs for Republicans.
Posted by: Big Bonaparte7762 || 11/11/2016 12:34 Comments || Top||

#6  He might find the Republicans are less willing to provide cover for his daughter than the Democrats were.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 13:37 Comments || Top||


SF Bay area high schoolers cut class to protest election
No mention in this rolling report from SF Gate as to who organized the "spontaneous" rally from several high schools, but I'm guessing it wasn't the freshman class.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Cut class? Sure, I'm game! what're we protesting?
Posted by: Goober Gonque8143 || 11/11/2016 1:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Don't know nothing about any protests - but Dafna is going, so I'm going too.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/11/2016 5:50 Comments || Top||

#3  High School is about getting HIGH, right?
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/11/2016 9:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Teachable moment missed.
Posted by: KBK || 11/11/2016 10:34 Comments || Top||

#5  No mention in this rolling report from SF Gate as to who organized the "spontaneous" rally from several high schools, but I'm guessing it wasn't the freshman class.

I'd guess the local branch of the CTA.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/11/2016 10:47 Comments || Top||

#6  Yeah, pot is legalized and they are cutting class. Sure they are cutting class to protest the election.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 15:09 Comments || Top||


DNC Staffer Screams At Donna Brazile For Helping Elect Donald Trump
[HUFFINGTONPOST] On Thursday, Democratic Party officials held their first staff meeting since ... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
’s stunning loss to Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
in the presidential race. It didn’t go well.

Donna Brazile, the interim leader of the Democratic National Committee, was giving what one attendee described as "a rip-roaring speech" to about 150 employees, about the need to have hope for wins going forward, when a staffer identified only as Zach stood up with a question.

"Why should we trust you as chair to lead us through this?" he asked, according to two people in the room. "You backed a flawed candidate, and your friend [former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
...Congresswoman from Florida, the abrasive chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. She has been a politician since 1992, and prior to that was in training as a political science major. Her primary accomplishment seems to be that she's Jewish...
] plotted through this to support your own gain and yourself."

Some DNC staffers started to boo and some told him to sit down. Brazile began to answer, but Zach had more to say.

"You are part of the problem," he continued, blaming Brazile for clearing the path for Trump’s victory by siding with Clinton early on. "You and your friends will die of old age and I’m going to die from climate change. You and your friends let this happen, which is going to cut 40 years off my life expectancy."
Independent Sentinel - Inconsolable, blamed Champ and Comey.

Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, they are eating their own now, leave them be.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 11/11/2016 0:29 Comments || Top||

#2  They have to blame somebody besides themselves, their policies, or their criminal actions!
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/11/2016 0:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Blamed Obama. Well she's smart enough to figure that one out. Credit her with that. Of course she probably doesn't own a mirror.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 0:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Of course she probably doesn't own a mirror.
Posted by: Besoeker


Probably doesn't show UP in a mirror.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 11/11/2016 4:59 Comments || Top||

#5  You and your friends will die of old age and I’m going to die from climate change

To paraphrase Archie Bunker:

"Would you feel any better, little one, if you were pushed out a window?"
Posted by: no mo uro || 11/11/2016 5:44 Comments || Top||

#6  I’m going to die from climate change

Considering the human race has been through warmer times and 2 (and a half) ice ages, adaptation works. Well, maybe not for everyone, as you are demonstrating which is probably a good thing for the human race overall.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:19 Comments || Top||

#7  Hillary's problem was Hillary. It is a surprise the election was as close as it was. The Dems had a bad candidate--or maybe I should say lying criminal. She really is crooked.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:34 Comments || Top||

#8  I shouldn't say that it was a "surprise" that is was so close. Trump ran against everyone and won; the MSM, the Donks, the RINOs--he was constantly being hammered from all sides. Had there been an honest MSM, the election would have been a landslide.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:37 Comments || Top||

#9  Ancient, weak and chronically ill, lacking in credibility, chained to a tainted spouse, surrounded by questionable advisers, manipulative, lacking in political skills, and vindictive... but she still garnered the popular vote.

Both a celebratory defeat and painful reality which must be dealt with.

Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 7:43 Comments || Top||

#10  "I’m going to die from climate change"

The snow will be heavy this year. It always seems to be the more they spout
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 11/11/2016 7:44 Comments || Top||

#11  I’m going to die from climate change.


Wishful thinking Zach.

You couldn't even commit suicide by climate change.
It's just not possible. And it's not going to be possible.

Not in your lifetime anyway.
Posted by: junkiron || 11/11/2016 9:41 Comments || Top||

#12  Really, we should encourage the left's climate change superstition. It cuts into time they have for critical thinking, thus making them a softer target.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/11/2016 10:30 Comments || Top||

#13  I’m going to die from climate change

"It's always about you, isn't it?"
Posted by: Pappy || 11/11/2016 11:05 Comments || Top||

#14  Why is the left so opposed to all the new species that might appear and thrive with a warmer climate?
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 11:11 Comments || Top||

#15  I’m going to die from climate change

That level of stupidity would be funny if it wasn't so pitiful.
Posted by: Raj || 11/11/2016 12:48 Comments || Top||

#16  Lol MK
Posted by: Shipman || 11/11/2016 13:11 Comments || Top||

#17   "I’m going to die from climate change"

Promises, promises . . . .
Posted by: Barbara || 11/11/2016 15:20 Comments || Top||

#18  Mirror?

Only if it has an industrial strength ugly filter on it.

And with Howard Dean making screeching noises about wanting to be the DNC's MFWIC, should make for entertaining times....
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 11/11/2016 15:28 Comments || Top||

#19  That level of stupidity would be funny if it wasn't so pitiful.

No, it's funny anyway. I think about how much it sucks to be him, and I smile. It's like when Obi Wan detected a disturbance in the force. I can feel the waves of Leftist anguish reverberating through the cosmos.

Well, not really, but you know what I mean.
Posted by: Elmoth Black9155 || 11/11/2016 18:47 Comments || Top||


Trump election victory prompts protests across US
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Thousands of protesters rallied across the United States Wednesday expressing shock and anger over Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s election, vowing to oppose divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
views they say helped the Republican billionaire win the presidency.

In Washington, several hundred gathered in front of the White House for a candlelight vigil on a damp, chilly evening, criticizing what they called Trump’s racism, sexism and xenophobia, and carrying signs reading "We have a voice!" and "Education for all!"

One of the organizers, Ben Wikler ‐ Washington director of the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org
...a Democratic Party front organization funded by George Soros founded in the wake of the Clinton impeachment. It provides money, muscle, and astroturf as required...
‐ told the crowd that others were coming together in hundreds of communities around the country. "People are justly frightened," he said. "We are here because in these darkest moments, we are not alone," he added, before leading chants of "We are not alone!" Ethan Miller of the workers’ rights group Jobs with Justice said organizers held the vigil to show that civil society was resilient.

"It’s a hard time for a lot of Americans," he told AFP. "We saw a campaign that was filled with racism and misogyny and whole host of other terrible tactics that ultimately were successful for winning the electoral college." "But we’re not going to let a Donald Trump presidency stop the progress in this country," he added. "We’re going to continue to organize and fight for the rights of all people and to protect the safety of our brothers and sisters." Supporters attending the rally appeared less optimistic.

Joanne Paradis, 31, who was born in Mexico and works in international communications for a non-profit group in Washington, said she attended the rally to "share some solidarity." "I feel pretty down," she said. Asked if the country could weather a Trump presidency, she said, "I don’t know."

Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Soros picture is perfect since he's funding some of this (at least the buses spotted a block or two away from the Austin protests seem that way). The rest is probably mental children having a spasm.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 0:43 Comments || Top||


Hillary Clinton Couldn’t Stop Crying, Blamed Comey and Obama for Her Stunning Loss
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] Author Ed Klein joined Steve Malzberg on Newsmax TV on Wednesday after Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
shocked the world by winning the US presidency in his first ever political race.

Klein said Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
called a friend and couldn’t stop crying.

She blamed FBI Director Comey and Obama for the loss.
That's fair. If she hadn't been part of the Obama team, the email problems and Benghazi and such never would have happened. And if Director Comey hadn't been caught between the outrage of his agents and that of his bosses -- and if Wikileaks hadn't existed -- people would not have been so outraged by her scofflaw attitude as to come out to vote against her in such overwhelming numbers. That's too much cumulative outrage for even a Hillary Clinton to overcome.
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hillary can't accept responsibility for anything. Thank God her coronation and fireworks are cancelled. Someone better inform Newsweek.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Klein should have captured the 'Hillary crying' moment on his phone. I would love to see it.
Posted by: lord garth || 11/11/2016 9:04 Comments || Top||

#3  ...the lamentations of their women.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 9:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Cry me a river, bitch.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/11/2016 10:25 Comments || Top||

#5  The left's game plan involves the cultivation of "the sense of entitlement" among their plantation dwellers. All good drug dealers know you simply do not use what you sell. It never ends well.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/11/2016 10:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Crying in a red fury I'll bet.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/11/2016 16:22 Comments || Top||

#7  Well at least she conceded the election instead of lawyering up and trying to contest every election..
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 11/11/2016 17:25 Comments || Top||

#8  Uncontrolled emotions are common among drunks.

As much as she hate blacks, surprised Powell didn't make the list. But I guess Obama could have campaigned instead of golfing, and Comey could have just flat ignored the painfully obvious, but hey, at least Bernie got a new mansion out of it all.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/11/2016 17:53 Comments || Top||

#9  I don't want to sound like this. The comment I'm about to make is going to be so bad. But...


Pics or it didn't happen.
Posted by: Charles || 11/11/2016 23:01 Comments || Top||


Team Trump having trouble finding recruits for natsec positions
Oh Fred, TW and Badanov, I hear some positions are available...

Not interested in working in a snake pit.

'Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.' Prov 26-11
Posted by: Steve White || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Excellent.

Hey, if Obama/Clinton Democrats, Bernie Sanders Socialists, and Republican Never-Trumpers find it in their hearts to self emasculate themselves from the natsec bureaucracy... I say, "Go for it !

President Trump promised to cull your dead weight asses anyway.
Save him the trouble and see if anybody cares (or even notices) when the exit door hits ya where the Good Lord split ya.
Posted by: junkiron || 11/11/2016 8:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Hey, if Obama/Clinton Democrats, Bernie Sanders Socialists, and Republican Never-Trumpers find it in their hearts to self emasculate themselves from the natsec bureaucracy... I say, "Go for it !

Seppuku, also known less formally as harakiri, is a form of ritual suicide that was practiced by the samurai and daimyo of Japan.  It usually involved cutting the abdomen open with a short sword, which was believed to immediately release the samurai's spirit to the afterlife.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 8:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Not interested in working in a snake pit.

Can we telecommute?

One obvious solution is to crowdsource the job to Rantburg. Fred can create Page 7 - The NatSec Daily Briefing and away we go!
Posted by: SteveS || 11/11/2016 9:42 Comments || Top||

#4  One obvious solution is to crowdsource the job to Rantburg. Fred can create Page 7 - The NatSec Daily Briefing and away we go!
Posted by SteveS


Most excellent idea Steve, a Rantburg fusion effort. Can I add a 'kicker charge.' A separate analytic worm hole for bad guy bio's and photographs.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/11/2016 9:58 Comments || Top||

#5  Are we talking about the geniuses who allowed the likes of Bradley/Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden to walk away from secure buildings with CDs and laptops full of classified information? The same geniuses who got caught flat footed by 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, the Orlanda gay bar shooting and who knows how many others?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/11/2016 11:35 Comments || Top||

#6  Yes, those geniuses. And I for one do not want a Daily Natsec for the Trump Admin. That would mean cordoning off the site in a secure manner for only Administration Officials.

I'm selfish, I want my Rantburg.
Posted by: Charles || 11/11/2016 23:04 Comments || Top||


New York Times executive editor: 'New York is not the real world'
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
Executive Editor Dean Baquet said his newspaper's insular world view is at fault for so wrongly misreading the election that saw Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
become the president-elect.

In an interview with Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg, Baquet said he and his publication on the lam did not see Trump's coming success on Election Day because they do not understand much of the country's voters.

"If I have a mea culpa for journalists and journalism, it's that we've got to do a much better job of being on the road, out in the country, talking to different kinds of people than the people we talk to -- especially if you happen to be a New York-based news organization -- and remind ourselves that New York is not the real world," he said.

Baquet's apologia was a refrain of what many journalists and news hounds have said since it was clear that Trump would likely win the nomination in the early months of 2016. But even up until Election Day, most news outlets predicted a win for Clinton.
If the NYT had openly admitted that they were the newspaper of record for Midtown, no one would mind. It's just that they claimed to speak for every "enlightened" citizen in the country, when in fact they didn't...
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe they should just stick to crossword puzzles
Posted by: Cheaderhead || 11/11/2016 5:54 Comments || Top||

#2  If the NYT had openly admitted that they were the newspaper of record for Midtown, no one would mind.

The advertisers looking and paying for a larger (re: national) market would mind when paying the freight for that service.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 9:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Steve, the Times DOES speak for evert 'enlightened' citizen of the country. Kind of by definition - if they read the Times, they're 'enlightened.'
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/11/2016 9:57 Comments || Top||

#4  I still like the remark about the NYT being a Manhattan local rag owned by a Mexican billionaire.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/11/2016 11:09 Comments || Top||

#5  California is not the real world either.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 11:13 Comments || Top||

#6  They always trot out these think pieces when the Dems do badly.

And then promptly forget the lessons "learned" in the next election cycle.
Posted by: charger || 11/11/2016 11:38 Comments || Top||

#7  tightly packed Urbanites are the group most missing the mark on America..... they live for their own orgasms and self gratification.

Country Folk ( that basket of deplorables ), on the other had, help each other, understand that unbridled greed is a "bad" thing, and that ones immediate gratification comes from charity and selflessness.
Posted by: 746 || 11/11/2016 12:23 Comments || Top||


MoveOn Petition Asks Electoral College to Vote Hillary Clinton
[PJMEDIA] A petition on MoveOn.org
...a Democratic Party front organization funded by George Soros founded in the wake of the Clinton impeachment. It provides money, muscle, and astroturf as required...
asks the Electoral College to vote for Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
, in spite of the clear outcome of Tuesday's election. While the returns are still coming in, it seems that Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
has won the presidency but Hillary Clinton has won the popular vote. Democrats and proponents of absolute democracy are furious that this can happen.

More than 3,000 Clinton supporters have signed a petition urging the Electoral College to dismiss the state-by-state results of the election and instead cast their votes for Clinton.

"For the second time in sixteen years the presidential candidate with the fewer votes won the national election. This is due to the Electoral College," wrote Thomas Reich, the petition's author. "When an anti-democratic candidate wins without national popular support in conjunction with authoritarian tendencies it's incumbent on the Electoral College to decide if said candidate is a threat to democracy. I encourage them to consider this issue seriously before casting their votes for Donald Trump."

While the text of the petition does not explicitly call for the Electoral College to vote Clinton, the headline does: "Tell the Electoral College to cast their votes for Hillary Clinton." It is important to note that MoveOn as an organization is merely serving as a platform for this petition, and the organization itself "has not reviewed" it. Nevertheless, I highly suspect the organization would support it.
Does anyone know if MoveOn is connected to the Clintons in any way? My memory is rather hazy on that one...
Remember we were supposed to "move on" from Bill's impeachment?
Posted by: Fred || 11/11/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nothing like delegitimatize the national government there boys. Beyond their comprehension you might end up with a Franco instead.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Does anyone know if MoveOn is connected to the Clintons in any way? My memory is rather hazy on that one...

Who knows? These progressive groups are as thick as thieves. Probably something here. Discover the Networks.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/11/2016 7:26 Comments || Top||

#3  Just another bunch of Soros funded commies. Screw them.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 11/11/2016 7:49 Comments || Top||

#4  So they want to subvert the electoral college if they can and eliminate it if they can't.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/11/2016 10:34 Comments || Top||

#5  shouldn't MoveOn.org just, uh move on
Posted by: lord garth || 11/11/2016 11:01 Comments || Top||

#6  Probably something here. Discover the Networks.

And here it is.
Posted by: Pappy || 11/11/2016 11:11 Comments || Top||

#7  Can you imagine how illegitimate she'd be as President if she won in this fashion and was facing a Republican majority in the Senate and the House.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 11/11/2016 11:25 Comments || Top||

#8  They know this won't go anywhere. The point is to cater to their base, which is mentally ill. Normal people take bad news, shrug and get on with their lives. Leftoids can't do it.
Posted by: Big Bonaparte7762 || 11/11/2016 12:36 Comments || Top||

#9  Or are they betting it only takes 3% to run a revolution?
Posted by: Bobby || 11/11/2016 13:39 Comments || Top||

#10  Anti-gun hippy vegans talking about revolution. Yeah, that'll work.
Posted by: Iblis || 11/11/2016 17:20 Comments || Top||


Government
'Excellent' first meeting for Obama, Trump
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] In a cordial beginning the transfer of power, President Barack Obama
They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them...
and President-elect Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
met at the White House Thursday. Obama called the 90-minute meeting "excellent," and his successor said he looked forward to receiving the outgoing president's "counsel."

Afterward, Obama said to Trump, "We now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed because if you succeed the country succeeds."

The two men, who have been harshly critical of each other for years, were meeting for the first time, Trump said. The Republican said he looked forward "to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel."

Obama blasted Trump throughout the campaign as unfit to serve as a commander in chief. Trump spent years challenging the legitimacy of Obama's presidency, falsely suggesting Obama may have been born outside the United States.

But at least publicly, the two men appeared to put aside their animosity. As the meeting concluded and journalists scrambled out of the Oval Office, Obama smiled at his successor and explained the unfolding scene.

If Trump makes good on his campaign promises, he'll wipe away much of what Obama has done during his eight years in office. The Republican president-elect, who will govern with Congress fully under GOP control, has vowed to repeal Obama's signature health care law and dismantle the landmark nuclear accord with Iran.

First lady Michelle Obama also meet privately in the White House residence with Trump's wife, Melania, while Vice President Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
The former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body...
prepared to see Vice President-elect Mike Pence later Thursday.

Trump traveled to Washington from New York on his private jet, breaking with protocol by not bringing journalists in his motorcade or on his plane to document his historic visit to the White House. Trump was harshly critical of the media during his campaign and for a time banned news organizations whose coverage he disliked from his events.

Also on Trump's schedule were meetings with House Speaker Paul Ryan
...U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999. He is a member of the Republican Party. He proposed an alternative to President Obama's 2011 budget and made himself the target of both Democrat and Republican verbal pies...
of Wisconsin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to discuss the GOP legislative agenda. Ryan, who holds the most powerful post in Congress, was a sometime critic of Trump, was slow to endorse him and did not campaign with the nominee. Pence intended to join both meetings.

As scores of journalists waited to be admitted to the Oval Office to see Obama and Trump together, they saw White House chief of staff Denis McDonough walking along the South Lawn driveway with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law. A handful of Trump aides trailed them.

The anticipated show of civility at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue contrasted with postelection scenes of protests across a politically divided country. Demonstrators from New England to the heartland and the West Coast vented against the election winner on Wednesday, chanting "Not my president," burning a papier-mache Trump head, beating a Trump pinata and carrying signs that said
"Impeach Trump."

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#1  Wonder if Trump got a word in between all the I, me and myself's of the host?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/11/2016 7:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Let's hope there were no "You wouldn't want these photos to make it back to Melania, right?" moments.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 11/11/2016 23:15 Comments || Top||


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Cincy man among Obama's 72 latest commutations
[Cincinnati.com] A Cincinnati man serving a life sentence for drug offenses was one of 72 commutations granted by President Barack Obama
It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person....
on Friday.

Donald L. Graham, 38, was serving a life sentence with 10 years' supervised release for distribution and intent to distribute crack cocaine and two counts of aiding and abetting. Graham was one of 17 inmates serving a life sentence commuted by Obama.

With the commutation, Graham's sentence is now set to expire on March 4, 2017, with all terms of a supervised release and other related conditions still intact.

Obama has now granted 170 commutations in the past eight days — the largest in any single year in history — bringing his total to 944.
"What President B.O. has done for commutations is unprecedented in the modern era." Neil Eggleston, White House Counsel, said in a news release. "The president is committed to reinvigorating the clemency authority, demonstrating that our nation is a nation of second chances, where mistakes from the past will not deprive deserving individuals of the opportunity to rejoin society and contribute to their families and communities."

Over the years after his conviction, Graham tried repeatedly to appeal his sentence or have it reduced, unsuccessfully, according to court documents.

Commutations come from the president's constitutional power to "grant pardons and reprieves for offenses against the United States." They differ from a pardon, however, because it leaves intact the other consequences stemming from a conviction.

According to USA TODAY, Obama has now granted 170 commutations in the past eight days -- the largest in any single year in history -- bringing his total to 944.
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#1  Kind of like Saddam emptying the prisons before he bugged out.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/11/2016 16:53 Comments || Top||



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