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-Land of the Free
South Florida Man Who Had Drug Sentence Commuted By President Obama Arrested Again
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Criminals commuting criminals. We've not seen the last of this despicable, communist separatist kaffir Soetoro. He's still out there, stirring stuff up, awaiting his chance to step forward again and lead the revolution.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2017 6:54 Comments || Top||

#2  A headline you will never see in the MSM, Obama'a Catch and Release Program a Failure. For that matter, you will never see any criticism of "O." The MSM is too busy beating up on Trump.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/07/2017 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  The poor dude is just being singled out because of the color of his skin! He was profiled! Entrapped! Nothing rises to the level of prosecution! If the glove fits, you must acquit!

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Posted by: Bobby || 06/07/2017 11:53 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
TRUMP SUPPORTERS FIGHT BACK! CA Congresswoman Walks Off Stage After Trump Supporters Shout "We love Trump"…"Respect Our President" [VIDEO]
When Rep Nannette Barragán (D-CA) held a town hall in her district, she was surprised by a large number of patriots who showed up to challenge her agenda and her anti-Trump rhetoric. Trump supporters began by demanding she open the meeting with the pledge of allegiance. When Barragán refused to honor our flag, Trump supporters took it upon themselves to start the meeting with the pledge to our flag. Things turned ugly when the congresswoman chose to use her opening comments to trash our current president...

Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA), a first-year congresswoman from the 44th congressional district, abandoned a town hall meeting on Friday evening in the city of Carson in Los Angeles County after she was faced with an overwhelmingly pro-Trump audience.

According to video filmed by one of the protesters, very few of Rep. Barragán’s constituents showed up for the meeting at a local school, and even fewer of her supporters. Meanwhile, dozens of Trump supporters filled the front rows. ‐Breitbart

When the congresswoman decided to walk off the stage, she was followed out by Trump supporters who were peppering her with legitimate questions about her support for illegal aliens and climate change. She refused to answer the questions. Barragán even went as far as to move the meeting to another location where she could speak to only those who agree with her positions.

It’s time to take our country back and Americans can’t rely on President Trump to do it all by himself...

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 06/07/2017 13:11 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And she hadda be escorted from the venue by several, burly sheriffs to protect her! (From the 50-60 people sitting in their seats inside the middle school.)

I'm sure it was horrifying, poor dear!
Posted by: Bobby || 06/07/2017 14:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Good. Long past time to be nice about things.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/07/2017 14:51 Comments || Top||

#3  I sincerely hope she was extremely uncomfortable.
Posted by: Crusader || 06/07/2017 17:56 Comments || Top||


Nunes on Unmasking Subpoenas: 'Oh, This Is Only the Beginning'
In a recent broadcast of the John Batchelor Show, Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) of the House Select Intelligence Committee confirmed that all three subpoenas his committee sent to senior Obama administration officials seek details about the unmaskings of American citizens. He also said that it was "very unusual" for an ambassador like Samantha Power to unmask names of American citizens "under any circumstances." The chairman made clear that he and his colleagues would not be requesting the information if they didn’t have "probable cause that there was an abuse of power" and that his investigation into possible illegalities was just beginning.

"Oh, this is only the beginning," Nunes said. "There are many more officials that we have concerns about abusing the intelligence programs."

Nunes joined Batchelor and Mary Kissel of The Wall Street Journal editorial board last Thursday to discuss the subpoenas sent to former CIA director John Brennan, former national security adviser Susan Rice, and former UN ambassador Samantha Power.

Via John Batchelor at The Daily Beast:

"The subpoenas," Nunes explained, "actually went to the NSA, the CIA, and the FBI, requesting specifically, of those three individuals that were named, the unmaskings they have done, that they did, from the time period of 2016, the entire year, leading up to Jan. 20 of this year."
Quickly Nunes focused on the politics of the unmaskings.

"I can’t get into why we chose those individuals, but clearly this is just further escalation in the concern we have of the unmaskings of Americans by the senior leaders of the Obama administration. Americans that didn’t know about it, and, of course, potentially Trump transition officials."

Nunes clarified his concerns.

"Every American is masked. The intelligence agencies are bound by law to mask all American citizens that get picked up in foreign collection. What has to happen, if you want to find out who the American is--there’s a process and procedure in place for that. It’s actually very uncommon in most cases, and seldom happens. But the concern I have had, that I expressed publicly, quite publicly, actually, a couple months ago, was that it became excessive. That Obama administration officials were unmasking people in the Trump transition, and it made me quite uncomfortable."
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 06/07/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I want a subpoena on this and all "whistle-blowers" bringing forth information.
Protection for them as well.
Posted by: newc || 06/07/2017 1:38 Comments || Top||

#2  "I can’t get into why we chose those individuals"

A really well focused wild guess involving tens of thousands of people, or the trail led directly to them. I'll go with back-tracking.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/07/2017 5:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Congress has got to reestablish its place in the government. Put all the executive lackeys in their place and rediscover the constitution. Maybe this can be a first step. Otherwise we'll wind up as an authoritarian cabal as we were for the past 8 years.
Posted by: AlanC || 06/07/2017 8:47 Comments || Top||

#4  The evil that Obama and his good did is coming back to him. Trump will have to pardon him or he will not only be the first black president, he will be the first to go to prison for crimes against our nation while in power.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/07/2017 12:39 Comments || Top||

#5  I just hope those in office now don't go wimpy and limp on us. Not only was there a huge amount of corruption during the Obama administration but there was also a huge amount during the Clinton ad. min. Currently, we have been experiencing the consequences of this legacy of criminals. Toss a few in jail and it might provide a deterrent for others who might have similar notions.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/07/2017 13:57 Comments || Top||

#6  The Pubs have a chance to put a huge crimp in the corruptocracy in D.C. for the next 20-30 years if they have the will and don't blow it. But then again, maybe many are more than a witness to this corruptocracy. The voters gave them the green light but they still seem stuck on red.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/07/2017 14:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Mods, please delete #6 post.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/07/2017 14:11 Comments || Top||

#8  #6 deleted as requested.

;-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/07/2017 18:27 Comments || Top||


Government
Clapper sez Trump-Russia Worse then Watergate
The Watergate scandal, considered one of the greatest political scandals of the twentieth century, refers to the U.S. government's involvement in a range of illegal activities under the Nixon administration, including a break-in at the Democratic National Committee's Watergate headquarters.

In a speech to Australia's National Press Club Wednesday, Clapper said, "I have to say though that I think when you compare the two, Watergate pales, really, in my view, compared to what we're confronting now."
A little premature, wouldn't you say, General? Weren't the Watergate burglars caught by the police doing something illegal? Anybody caught Trump on the wrong side of a locked door?
Posted by: Bobby || 06/07/2017 11:45 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  On the other hand, I thought Watergate was way overblown, not significantly different than things done by administrations before and since; it's just that media/people cared.
Posted by: Glenmore on the road (again) || 06/07/2017 12:30 Comments || Top||

#2  He's right, the fact that Obama allowed the demasking of Trump surveillance under the Russian pretext is a crime far worse than Watergate.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/07/2017 21:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Further proof that Clapper was a traitorous political asshole, not actually service to his country, but to his ideology instead. His deliberate blindness to Obama's use of intel and ignoring the law is abominable and unforgivable. In a just world, we would have left office head first through the window of the upper floot.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 06/07/2017 23:29 Comments || Top||



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Wed 2017-06-07
  Iran's parliament and Khomeini mausoleum attacked by gunmen
Tue 2017-06-06
  Shaboobs go into that good night softly after attempt to raid KDF camp
Mon 2017-06-05
  Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE sever ties to Qatar over 'terrorism'
Sun 2017-06-04
  20 die in funeral attack in Kabul
Sat 2017-06-03
  BREAKING: Terror attacks reported at, around London Bridge
Fri 2017-06-02
  ISIS-loving Air Force vet gets 35 years at weepy sentencing
Thu 2017-06-01
  Philippines hotel on lockdown after suspected ISIS attack
Wed 2017-05-31
  Kabul Blast in Diplomatic Area Kills 80
Tue 2017-05-30
  Puntland sentences Five militants members to death
Mon 2017-05-29
  52 LNA soldiers die in Tripoli fighting
Sun 2017-05-28
  Russian airstrikes smoke 120 ISIS Bad Guys in Raqqa
Sat 2017-05-27
  Student sentenced to 15 years for planting bomb on London tube
Fri 2017-05-26
  31 Maute group members killed in Marawi gunbattles
Thu 2017-05-25
  Younger brother of Manchester bomber was planning terrorist attack in Tripoli, SDF says
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