Thursday, July 28, 2016

While Obama Was Speaking at the DNC, What Was Happening Outside Was Far More Explosive

While President Obama gave a sunshine and roses speech at the DNC tonight, let’s just say that what happened outside wasn’t quite so pretty.

The president said his party had helped put the American Dream within reach for more Americans, promising an even brighter future if people vote for Hillary.

Obama even promised that no wall could contain that dream:

“Hillary knows we can insist on a lawful and orderly immigration system while still seeing striving students and their toiling parents as loving families, not criminals or rapists; families that came here for the same reasons our forebears came – to work, and study, and make a better life, in a place where we can talk and worship and love as we please. She knows their dream is quintessentially American, and the American Dream is something no wall will ever contain.”

Meanwhile, outside the DNC, the gate had been breached:

Angry liberals were burning flags:

One even set herself on fire trying to put out the flames:

The chaos even took a violent turn:

And a racial turn:

Their message? We’re here for the revolution:

Hmm….

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8 Quotes at DNC Tonight Show Democrats Really, Really, Really Want to Disarm Law-Abiding Gun Owners

On Wednesday evening, the Democratic National Committee lined up a number of emotionally charged speeches to promote the party’s position on gun legislation. They included the victims of gun violence, survivors of gun violence, and those who lost loved ones to gun violence.

1. First came director Lee Daniels (“Precious”), whose father was a police officer who was shot and killed right there in Philadelphia:

2. He introduced Christine Leinonen, whose son Christopher “Drew” Leinonen and his boyfriend were killed at the Pulse nightclub attack in Orlando:

3. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy took the stage next, recalling his experience following the shooting in Sandy Hook:

4. Murphy introduced Erica Smegielski, whose mother was the school principal who was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School:

5. Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey followed her, noting that “we need more than grieving to protect law enforcement officers”:

6. Actress Angela Bassett spoke about the shooting in Charleston, and how Americans rallied against hate to take down the Confederate flag:

7. Astronaut Mark Kelly – whose wife, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, was shot by Jared Loughner in Tucson, AZ – spoke next:

8. He was followed immediately by his wife, who has undergone intensive speech therapy since she was shot in the head:

9. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wrapped up the gun control push with an attempt to rally the independent voters:

“I understand their dilemma. I know what it’s like to have neither party represent my views and values.

Many Republicans blame immigrants for problems, and they stand in the way of action on climate change and gun violence.”

Gun violence was also a theme on Tuesday evening, when featured speakers included the “Mothers of the Movement” – the mothers of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and others.

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11 Pictures of Bernie Sanders Supporters Crying at the DNC

After a tough Democratic primary ended with revelations that the party’s leaders had tried to undermine Bernie Sanders’ campaign, supporters of both candidates gathered for the DNC in Philadelphia.

When Sanders took the stage to put his support behind Hillary Clinton, his supporters couldn’t hold back their emotions:

And then after the roll call vote Tuesday, when Clinton officially secured the nomination, the tears just kept on flowing:

They just couldn’t contain their disappointment:

But hey, Bernie fans — you’re not alone. Senator Sanders himself got teary-eyed when his brother Larry delivered a touching message during Tuesday’s roll call vote.

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5 Bernie Sanders Supporters Say Exactly What They Think About Unity at the DNC

PHILADELPHIA — While thunderstorms raged outside the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, another storm brewed inside the arena as the supporters of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed.

Independent Journal Review interviewed pro-Sanders Democratic delegates at the convention about the infamous DNC emails, vindication, and the (im)possibility of party unity after such a contentious Democratic primary:

Adriana Sanchez, Illinois

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“It’s definitely tense. You can see the tension in the room and feel the tension in the room. We’re (Democrats) not quite (unified) yet.

The Wikileaks emails, Sanchez said, “pushed everyone over the edge:”

“I think things would have gone smoother if it wasn’t for that but we feel like the media has been portraying us as these crazy conspiracy theorists and the Wikileaks just proved we were right all along, what we thought was happening all along truly was happening.

“Right now, (Clinton supporters) are just looking at us like, ‘back Hilary,’ but we’re 1900 delegates who were elected by our districts. We’re not just here to cause problems, we’re voting our conscience.”

On Wasserman Schultz, Sanchez said: “I am happy she has not made an appearance.”

Diana Fogel, California

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As a result of the emails, Fogel said, “I think a lot of people felt confirmed.” After being considered “nut-cases, conspiracy theorists, and fringe people,” Sanders supporters can finally point to something showing “they were not given enough respect.”

“When you discuss this with Hillary supporters, they act like ‘Oh, it’s no big deal.’ And to me it’s like a window to what’s been going on. It’s not like we made up those emails.”

Aaron Jones, Washington state

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“[Convention speakers] immediately said we need to ensure the election of Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine and that immediately struck a chord because we have not voted yet for these people. We are here to elect the democratic nominee for president, whoever that may be.

When we hear these politicians up here speaking about party unity its hard to take that at face value because we saw behind the scenes the continual undermining of the political revolution of progressive values.”

Ariana Flores, Pennsylvania

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“It is a little difficult for us to come out and say ‘Go Hillary,’ especially given the last 24 hours — the Wikileaks (emails), how Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other high ranking leaders at the DNC have pretty much been conspiring against Bernie Sanders.

But to use that word ‘conspiring’ — we’re not conspiracy theorists, this actually happened. The DNC is supposed to be unbiased because technically there hasn’t been anyone officially nominated yet.

We suspected, of course, that things were rigged again our favor, Bernie’s favor, so it’s just hard for us to rally behind and clap every time Hillary is mentioned.”

Bruce Fealk, Michigan

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“It’s tense, definitely for Bernie supporters.

I’ve felt, especially since the Wikileaks emails came out, very disrespected by the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton. […] The fact that Hillary brought [Wasserman Schultz] on to her campaign five minutes after resigning was like poking us with a stick as far as Bernie supporters are concerned.”

When asked if the DNC speakers should address the Wikileaks emails, Fealk responded:

“I think they should. I don’t think they will. I’m embarrassed by what happened, as a Democrat. They got caught, if it hadn’t been for Wikileaks we would never have known. We suspected it, but now we have proof.”

When asked if he had had any tense conversations with Clinton supporters, Fealk laughed and said “a few.” Clinton’s supporters, Fealk said, “brush off” the DNC’s emails. “No big deal, just like all the other Hillary stuff, the scandals.”

Instead, the focus is on party unity, Fealk said: “The main thing seems to be beating Donald Trump. That’s all they are concerned about. They are scared to death that she is going to lose, and I am too, frankly.”

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Michelle Responds to Critics Who Think Barack Obama is Muslim–And Takes a Shot at Trump

Michelle Obama received a raucous welcome at the Democratic National Convention.

Following remarks about the difficulties of parenting two children while living at the White House, she took a clear shot at Donald Trump:

Donald Trump, before running for president, made several comments about the “birther” controversy, which claims Barack Obama was actually born in Kenya. The reasoning goes that if Barack Obama were born in Kenya, he would not be a “natural born” citizen, and therefore, would not be eligible for President.

In 2012, Donald Trump even offered President Obama five million dollars to release his passport and college records. The White House responded to birther critics by releasing Barack Obama’s “long form birth certificate.”

Barack Obama has faced his fair share of accusations that he is actually a Muslim. In 2011, Donald Trump said the following:

“He doesn’t have a birth certificate. He may have one, but there’s something on that, maybe religion, maybe it says he is a Muslim,” Trump told Fox News in 2011. “I don’t know. Maybe he doesn’t want that.”

It’s clear that the controversy aggravated Michelle Obama so much she felt compelled to address it during the DNC speech.

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Monday, July 25, 2016

Another Deadly Attack in Germany is Tragic Proof Gun Control is Not Going to Stop All Brutal Murders

The nation of Germany is on high alert after being rocked by a string of terror attacks in recent days.

The first came on Monday, when a 17-year-old Afghan man with ties to the Islamic State yielded an axe on a crowded train in the state of Bavaria, injuring several passengers before he was fatally shot by police:

Then, on Friday, a mass shooting took place at a mall in nearby Munich which claimed the lives of nine people and injured dozens more:

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…only to be followed by a second shooting later that day at a train station also in Munich:

Now, reports are spreading of a machete attack by a Syrian refugee near Stuttgart, which left one dead and two others injured:

An eyewitness noted that:

“The attacker was completely out of his mind. He ran with the machete behind a police patrol car.”

The BBC reports that a massive blast killed a suicide bomber and injured 12 people in Ansbach, Germany on Sunday night. It is yet another heinous way that murderers can strike civilians, and especially disarmed ones:

They said a man – “according to our current knowledge the perpetrator” – had died in the blast.

The intended target was not clear but about 2,000 people have been evacuated from a nearby open-air music festival, the Bavarian interior ministry said.

It is third attack in the state of Bavaria in the past week.

The striking thing about these deadly attacks, besides their geographical location, is that only two of them involved firearms.

In fact, far fewer murders in the United States are being committed today by rifles than they are knives, blunt objects or other personal weapons.

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Yet Democrats in Congress remain set in their push for additional gun control laws nationwide, including a renewed assault weapons ban.

As this chart from the Crime Prevention Research Center show, having an assault weapons ban doesn’t necessarily decrease the death count in mass shootings.

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Many European countries – including Norway and France – have assault weapons bans, yet also have higher death rates from mass publish shootings than the United States.

The sad truth is that mass murders are going to happen worldwide, regardless of what type of weapon the perpetrator wants to use. And that could be an assault weapon, a bomb, or even a machete.

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DNC Infuriates Left AGAIN: New Chair Gets Booted from CNN Over Trashing Bernie in Leaked Emails

It hasn’t been a very good day for the Democratic Party, to say the least.

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention this week, the former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, long suspected of backing Hillary Clinton in the primary election campaign, resigned abruptly after growing pressure resulting from leaked emails courtesy of Wikileaks.

The Wikileaks email dump, happening right before the convention, first got Schultz removed from the speaker’s list at the DNC.

In a surprisingly swift move, DWS stepped down as the DNC Chair on Sunday. Then, in a supreme act of hubris, she joined Team Hillary.

Now, it’s already going to be an interesting Democratic National Convention. But as if to kick the giant hornet’s nest that is already the Bernie Sanders hive, the interim chair replacing Schultz at the DNC, Donna Brazile, was busted in the same Wikileaks dump for trashing Bernie Sanders.

Brazile, a CNN contributor, responded to queries about the Sanders campaign in quite…saucy language. RedState reports and exposes the email:

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In regards to a question about the CNN commentator discussing a fight between the Sanders camp and the DNC over “adequate representation” on the platform committee ahead of the convention, Brazille replied:

“I have no intention of touching this. Why? Because I will cuss out the Sanders camp.”

This is not the only occurrence, incidentally. Another email:

In response to a query from the DNC over a Sanders statement, Brazile replied:

“I saw it this am. How stupid. Don’t know how to respond to Bernie anymore.”

Subsequently, CNN cut ties with Donna Brazile as she is in line for the DNC Chair position. CNN announced, via Hot Air:

“With news of Donna Brazile stepping in as interim chair for the Democratic National Committee, CNN and Brazile have mutually agreed to temporarily suspend her contract as a contributor for the network effective immediately. As a valued voice and commentator, CNN will revisit the contract once Brazile concludes her role,” a CNN spokeswoman said in an email on Sunday.

If there were another more direct way to kick Sanders supporters in the teeth, it’s hard to imagine one.

The Democratic National Convention in Philly should be “fun” this week.

UPDATE:

Brazile responds to the email controversy on CNN.

When asked about the ramifications of the email leak, Brazile tells Anderson Cooper: “But I do know there’s lot of stuff that we might have to apologize for.”

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DNC Chair Fired Off a Smartass Tweet to GOP Before She Quit –And It is Simply Hilarious

Debbie Wasserman Schultz isn’t having a good week, but before it went south, she talked a little trash.

The day the Republican National Convention kicked off, Schultz tweeted to Reince Priebus, the chair of the RNC:

It’s screenshotted below, just in case she deletes it:

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Eerily, one Twitter user even responded by saying she would regret it “next week”:

In the last 72 hours:

WikiLeaks has revealed that Wasserman Schultz was pushing for Hillary to win the Democratic nomination and that she couldn’t stand Bernie Sanders.

First, Sanders called for Wasserman Schultz to step down. Then, it was announced that she won’t be acting as chair at the DNC Convention this week. In fact, the backlash was enough to prompt her to announce her resignation as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Schultz has been the Chairman of the DNC since 2011.

Now, she will be working as an honorary chair for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

Will she need help keeping her convention in order? We’ll find out. Protests are expected during the DNC, as Bernie supporters are outraged by the email revelations. In addition, Black Lives Matter and related groups have vowed to have a presence at the DNC, and it being a meeting of Democrats, some disarray has to be expected.

So, as a Twitter user put it in response to this seeing her tweet:

The DNC starts Monday, and runs through Thursday.

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Leaked Email Shows DNC Official Replying “Amen” to Using Bernie’s Religion Against Him in the South

The Democratic National Convention is only a few days away. However, as Hillary prepares to accept her party’s nomination for president, all eyes are on WikiLeaks.

On Friday, WikiLeaks published 20,000 private emails from the Democratic National Committee:

One email that’s grabbing headlines all over is about her former opponent, Bernie Sanders.

In the email, the DNC’s Chief Financial Officer, Brad Marshall, proposes the idea of using Sander’s religious beliefs to hurt his image in the South:

It reads:

“It might [make] no difference, but for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in God. He had skated on saying he has a Jewish heritage.

I think I read he is an atheist. This could make several points difference with my peeps. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist.”

On the subject of the email, The Intercept revealed that:

The email was sent to DNC Communications Director Luis Miranda and Deputy Communications Director Mark Paustenbach.

Marshall emails to say “I do not recall this. I can say it would not have been Sanders. It would probably be about a surrogate.” We have asked him who that surrogate could possibly be.]

And although Sanders is not mentioned by name, he was the only Jewish candidate from either party — an apparent weakness that Marshall believed the party could exploit in favor of Hillary Clinton.

DNC CEO Amy Dacey was also among the recipients of Marshall’s email. She replied with a just one word response: “Amen.”

To say people are upset about it, would be a serious understatement:

Even Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump weighed in:

ABC News interviewed Bernie Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver about the controversy:

He said:

“Someone does have to be held accountable. We spent 48 hours of public attention worrying about who in the [Donald] Trump campaign was going to be held responsible for the fact that some lines of Mrs. Obama’s speech were taken by Mrs. Trump.

Someone in the DNC needs to be held at least as accountable as the Trump campaign.

We have an electoral process. The DNC, by its charter, is required to be neutral among the candidates. Clearly it was not.”

Weaver added, “We had obviously pointed that out in a number of instances prior to this, and these emails just bear that out.”

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People Wondered When Texas’s 10 ‘Most Wanted’ Were All White Guys. Then They Got a Closer Look.

When people got a look at the Texas ‘Ten Most Wanted’ list of bad guys, there was a collective ‘Whuuut…?’

The ‘rogues gallery’ of murderers, child rapists, and gangsters on the list appeared to be overwhelmingly Hispanic. However, as The Washington Times reported, all of the criminals were listed as white:

“An eagle-eyed Redditor posting in a Donald Trump thread late Tuesday night noted how TDPS lumps all Hispanic suspects under a ‘white’ designation. The same criteria, however, is not applied to victims in the Bureau of Justice’s Criminal Victimization Report, which reports to the U.S. Department of Justice. Victims can be separated by race and ethnicity.”

The Reddit user posted a compilation photo of the Ten Most Wanted:

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And, as the news traveled, the befuddlement grew:

Independent Journal Review confirmed the top ten list with state records and asked the Texas Department of Public Safety why it would label Hispanics as white. Ten days later, spokeswoman Summer Blackwell told us:

“The concept of race and ethnicity are complicated issues, and many people get these two categories confused. For instance white is a category of race, while Hispanic is an ethnicity.”

She told Independent Journal Review that someone who is Hispanic can “self-identify as white or another category”:

“Therefore, to say we are misidentifying Hispanics as whites shows a lack of understanding of the concept of race and ethnicity, and glosses over the complexities of race and ethnicity in a multi-cultural society.”

The people on Reddit wondered if Texas was pulling a fast one to make it look like whites committed more crimes and thus skew the crime statistics. As The Washington Times reported, the state and federal governments don’t seem to have consistency in labeling bad guys and victims:

“For victimization the Bureau of Justice releases a Criminal Victimization Report (2014), which includes racial categories of black, white, Hispanic and other,” wrote user Reborn. “This obviously makes it appear that whites are responsible for a much greater share of violence than is actually the case.”

Blackwell said there’s nothing hinky going on:

“We categorically deny the article’s allegations that the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) intentionally misrepresents someone’s race or ethnicity in order to skew crime statistics.”

But Texas apparently got so much flak for ‘calling Hispanic people white,’ that in the ten days between our question to TDPS and Blackwell’s answer to Independent Journal Review, the state changed its website:

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Here’s a close-up:

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Raul Ambrosio Jimenez, Jr. used to be identified only as white. Now, the phrase “Hispanic” is included as part of his identity.

The FBI already uses both designations for its “Most Wanted” list.

Not since George Zimmerman have people been so confused about Hispanic people being called white.

Blackwell told Independent Journal Review that no matter what you call “these ruthless thugs” on the Ten Most Wanted list, Texas law enforcement is focused on capturing them.

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CNN Commentator Learns Real Quick Why You Don’t Bring Up an ‘AK-15’ to Push Gun Control

When it comes to guns, many Americans don’t know the difference between a clip and a magazine. And some are under the impression that the ‘AR’ in AR-15 stands for assault rifle, not ArmaLite rifle.

Pair that with media personalities weighing in on firearms and gun control, and gaffes are bound to pop up.

CNN’s Sally Kohn took to Twitter Thursday evening to fire off her own gun control tweet. She said:

Her tweet reads:

What about the mothers and fathers who have lost their violence to white guys with AK-15s conducting mass shootings? Why not profile them?

While it was probably a typo, claiming that AK-15s are used in mass shootings didn’t do Kohn any favors.

She was called out for pushing gun control and not being able to identify which gun is which:

This commenter found humor in her message:

Others tried to imagine what an AK-15 would look like:

Even a person who has never owned a gun went after Kohn:

Despite the fact that Kohn probably meant AR-15, some didn’t see any excuse for her typo:

To be clear: She likely mixed up the AK-47 and AR-15.

Based on the reactions, Kohn may want to learn something about firearms before firing off any more gun control tweets.

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Friday, July 22, 2016

6 Reasons Why Ivanka Stole the Show at the Republican National Convention

Even though the Republican nominee for the 2016 presidential race – Donald Trump – spoke on Thursday evening, it was his daughter Ivanka who stole the show.

Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination Thursday, promising to lead a national populist revolution, pledging:

“I AM YOUR VOICE.”

His daughter was far more restrained and humble.

She began by talking about her father circling names in newspapers, finding people who needed help, and being that help. Finding them jobs. Making sure they had opportunity. Bringing them that opportunity.

Ivanka talked about her father as a champion for women, vowing to help combat wage inequality by gender:

She said:

“Politicians talk about wage equality, but my father has made it a practice at his company throughout his entire career,” she said. “He will fight for equal pay for equal work, and I will fight for this right alongside of him.”

Ivanka later added:

“At my father’s company, there are more female than male executives. Women are paid equally for the work we do, and when a woman becomes a mother, she is supported, not shut out.”

Ms. Trump reminisced about time spent in her father’s office, building with Legos while he built city skylines. Ivanka, a 34-year-old mother of three, is an executive at Trump Industries. She has a book coming out in March of 2017, which she teased in a humorous video earlier this year.

She got cheers for her comments on how her family approaches equality. As she put it, it’s a meritocracy, and people who are talented and work hard will get ahead.

She pointed out the difference between politicians and her father:

Donald Trump’s speech Thursday vows to be different than Hillary Clinton. He said:

“My opponent asks her supporters to recite a three-word loyalty pledge. It reads: “I’m With Her”. I choose to recite a different pledge.

My pledge reads: “I’M WITH YOU – THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.”

I am your voice.”

(She couldn’t help but point out that her Dad won):

And Ivanka asked that her father be judged not by his promises, but by his results.

She left a few people asking one simple question:

Watch her full speech below:

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DOJ Accuses Dem of Taking Cash from Fake Charity. She Responds by Dragging in Dead Orlando Victims.

Florida representative Corrine Brown has been indicted by The Feds for allegedly using a fraudulent charity as a personal slush fund.

The 69-year-old Democrat appeared in federal court “on charges of mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, obstruction, and filing of false tax returns, according to the Associated Press.

A high-ranking official at The Department of Justice gave the seedy details:

“Congresswoman Brown and her chief of staff are alleged to have used the congresswoman’s official position to solicit over $800,000 in donations to a supposed charitable organization, only to use that organization as a personal slush fund,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, chief of the Justice Department’s criminal division, said in a statement.

Obviously, she pled “not guilty.”

Elias “Ronnie” Simmons, Brown’s chief of staff, was also indicted in the scheme to route thousands of dollars into private accounts. Carla Wiley, the President of the “charity” One Door, has already confessed to one count of “conspiracy to commit wire fraud” and allegedly deposited $800,000 into the foundation’s account over four years.

Brown, who has represented her Florida district since 1993, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on lavish gifts at taxpayer expense, such as Beyonce concerts, golf tournaments, Redskins games (no less), and vacations to the Bahamas.

As reported by The AP:

According to the indictment, more than $200,000 in One Door funds were used to pay for events hosted by Brown or held in her honor, including a golf tournament, lavish receptions during an annual Washington conference and the use of luxury boxes for a Beyonce concert and an NFL game between the Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars.

One Door money was also used for such things are repairs to Brown’s car and vacations to locations such as the Bahamas, Miami Beach and Los Angeles. In addition, House of Representatives money was used to pay a “close family member” of Simmons identified as “Person C” more than $735,000 between 2001 and 2016 for a job in Brown’s office that involved little or no work, according to the indictment. Simmons allegedly benefited from some of that money.

If you thought that Brown would fess up to the wrongdoing, she has an extremely familiar explanation for the DOJ’s persecution:

“I’m not the first black elected official to be persecuted and, sad to say, I won’t be the last.”

That’s right. The race card — played against black Attorney General Loretta Lynch, no less.

But adding insult to taxpayer injury, was her reference to Orlando shooting victims, which came by way of her insult to investigators:

“These are the same agents that was not able to do a thorough investigation of [Orlando shooter Omar Mateen], and we ended up with 50 people dead.”

Let’s reconstruct this: A Democratic representative implied that the Orlando shooting wouldn’t have happened if federal investigators weren’t so obsessed with a racist witch hunt to persecute her instead of tracking suspected terrorists.

An article in the Orlando Sentinel by reporter Scott Maxwell pinpoints what actually went wrong in Brown’s case:

For starters, the feds say Brown’s chief of staff also controlled her campaign committees. That’s a wicked conflict when the same person who’s helping craft laws that special interests want is also handling the money special interests give.

Brown is notorious for getting fat wads of campaign cash from the industries she helps regulate. She sits on the transportation committee and — surprise! — gets big checks from the transportation industries. (Railroads, trucking companies and transportation unions account for three of her top four industry donors and $95,000 of the $356,000 she got this cycle alone, according to OpenSecrets.org.)

Nancy Pelosi called the indictment of Corrine Brown “deeply saddening.”

Not as saddening as “public servants” who use fraud to fatten their wallets, claim any official inquiry into their corruption is fueled by “racism,” then drag in the deceased to score cheap political points against their accusers.

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

RNC Attendees Drop Strong Feelings On Open Carry of Guns Ban Proposed by Cleveland Cop99th

CLEVELAND — Outside the secure perimeter of the Republican National Convention, the possibility of violence hangs over head.

The potential danger, coupled with yet another high profile shooting Sunday of law enforcement personnel in the United States, prompted Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Stephen Loomis to demand that Governor John Kasich temporarily suspend the right to open carry personal firearms.

Loomis told CNN that Kasich “could very easily do some kind of executive order or something — I don’t care if it’s constitutional or not at this point,” adding:

“They can fight about it after the RNC or they can lift it after the RNC, but I want him to absolutely outlaw open-carry in Cuyahoga County until this RNC is over.”

But RNC attendees and local residents had mixed opinions on the possibility of an open carry ban on the streets bordering the Republican National Convention in downtown Cleveland.

Larry O’Connor, a conservative talk radio host and Editor-at-Large of the Hot Air blog, opposed such a ban. He said that turning downtown Cleveland into a “gun-free zone” would only increase the potential for a dangerous shootings because “that’s where shootings occur — in gun-free zones.”

Larry O'Connor — Image Credit: Rob Groulx for Independent Journal Review

Larry O’Connor — Image Credit: Rob Groulx for Independent Journal Review

O’Connor added that the benefits of an armed group of RNC attendees would serve as a deterrent to nefarious individuals.

“We got bunch of conservative Republicans in this area and if they’re carrying, it means that they’re well trained and responsible with their firearms. To me, if someone was to trying to do something horrible with a gun down here, in the back of their mind they’re gonna know that there’s a whole bunch of people — conservative delegates — all carrying — who would take them out like that.”

Cleveland resident Demetrius Coleman, however, supports a temporary ban on open carry. He said that because of the current violent outbursts against and at the hands of police, carrying personal firearms “most likely wouldn’t be a good idea.”

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Demetrius Coleman — Image Credit: Rob Groulx for Independent Journal Review

Coleman added that the vast array of activist groups preparing to stage protests at the RNC could serve as a breeding ground for problems, especially if firearms are involved.

“You have a lot of interest groups and a lot object to each other’s interests. And if you’re bearing arms — brandishing a firearm — it could escalate anger.”

In contrast to both O’Connor and Coleman, Bob Kunst of Florida said, “Everybody should have a gun. It’s maybe the only way to save ourselves from with what’s going on. On the other hand, you have to be an idiot to wear gun here.”

“It seems to me — look I understand that everybody could do it — I’m from Florida, they do it there too,” Kunst said. “But if you’re gonna carry a firearm in the middle of this tense situation, it’s not very smart.”

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Bob Kunst — Image Credit: Rob Groulx for Independent Journal Review

The Daily Beast reported that Kasich will not implement such a ban.

“Ohio governors do not have the power to arbitrarily suspend federal and state constitutional rights or state laws as suggested,” a spokesperson for Kasich’s office said.

Larry O’Connor is a contributor to Independent Journal Review.

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Cops Find 19-Year-Old Sleeping in Tent at College. After They Hear His Story, His Life Turns Around

Police officers in Georgia found a 19-year-old sleeping in a tent on the campus of Gordon State College last weekend. Instead of kicking him off the campus or ticketing him for trespassing, they listened to his story.

The officers discovered that Fred Barley had ridden his little brother’s bicycle six hours — 50 miles — from his hometown to register for classes, and planned to camp out until he could move into a dorm in August.

Not only did the officers put Fred up in a motel, he’s now receiving support from people across the nation.

As reported by ABC Eyewitness News in Barnesville, Georgia, people have donated clothes, school supplies, shoes, a new bike, and he was even offered a job at a local pizza shop.

Debbie Adamson, owner of DB’s Pizzeria told the station:

“I created a position for him before he walked in my door. I didn’t know his name. I didn’t know the color of his skin. I didn’t care. I’ve been there so I guess I had a soft sport for anyone who is that determined to succeed in life.”

Fred is a second-semester biology major who wants to go on to medical school. As for the color of his skin, he said of one of the officers:

“The stuff that’s happening with police officers, I am black and he didn’t care what color I was. He just helped me, and that meant a lot.”

Barnesville resident Casey Blaney heard about the story and sought out Fred at the motel. She established a GoFundMe page titled “Success for Fred,” which had raised $141,701 as the writing of this post.

Fred has been overwhelmed by the whole experience:

“I was shocked by how much support people will give from Lamar County and counties all over and even people across the country that I’ve never met just wanted to help so much in my life. I was just so shocked and grateful.”

Given the problems facing both America and the world, the story of Fred Barley — and the outpouring of love and support given a young man who simply wants to succeed in life — perhaps we should also be grateful, and take stock in the things that truly matter.

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A Couple Refuse to Sit by Cops at Pennsylvania Restaurant. They End Up Grateful Before They Leave

In the eyes of many Americans, the recent events in Dallas changed the tone of the national conversation about police.

For one group of Pennsylvania officers, though, an experience at a local restaurant — just days after a gunman killed 5 of their brothers in blue — proved that this certainly isn’t the case for everyone.

Rather than hold a grudge against two strangers that had just plainly slighted them, WTAE reports that the four instead chose to use it as an opportunity to show exactly what kind of men they are.

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Image Credit: Screenshot/WTAE

Homestead Police Officer Chuck Thomas was enjoying a meal with three of his fellow cops over the weekend when a couple walked into the Eat N’ Park diner.

Server Jesse Meyers, who was working that day, explained that the couple was about to be seated next to the policemen when:

“The guy looks over at one of the police officers and was like, ‘Nah I don’t want to sit here.’

So they got moved completely opposite, away from the police officers.”

Close enough to overhear the exchange, Thomas says he instinctively looked over at the man — adding that he could tell from his body language that he “wanted nothing to do with police” — and sought to reassure him:

“I looked over at him and said, ‘You don’t have to worry about it. We won’t hurt you,’” Thomas said.

“He said, ‘No, I’m good. I don’t want to sit there.’”

Fully aware that there was “tight air through the community” in the wake of the Dallas shootings and nationwide protests, Thomas and his friends knew just how to respond:

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Rather than respond in kind, the officers decided to pay for the couple’s meal, even adding a note to their receipt that read:

“Sir, your check was paid for by the police officers that you didn’t want to sit next to. Thank you for your support.

I left a $10.00 tip too.”

Since writing about the experience on his Facebook page, the officers’ gesture of kindness quickly spread, making headlines across the country.

While it remains unclear exactly why the couple didn’t want to be seated next to the officers, Thomas explains that:

“It just dawned on me, I should do this real quick just to show this guy look, I don’t know if you had bad experience with the police in the past — you may have you may have not — but I just want you to know I never had an experience with you and I’m not here to do anything to you.

And neither will my partners.”

He adds that he hopes his gesture will make some small headway to break the “us-against-them mentality” that seems to affect so many police departments in the U.S.

At least in the case of this couple, these officers’ effort certainly seems to have paid off, as they say they got a smile and a thank you from the duo as they walked out.

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Fox Host Shep Smith’s ‘Derogatory’ Comments on ‘All Lives Matter’ Have Plenty of Americans Furious

It’s probably safe to say that Shepard Smith angered a lot of die hard Fox News fans on Sunday.

Smith was speaking with former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal on the phone Sunday afternoon about the deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge hours earlier when he took offense to part of Jindal’s remarks.

Jindal, who briefly ran for president last year, told Smith (emphasis added):

“We’ve gotta say that all lives matter, it doesn’t matter what color you are, black – white, brown, red – It doesn’t matter, all lives matter…”

Smith immediately took offense to Jindal’s use of the controversial slogan, calling it “derogatory” and asking him why he would use the phrase when many consider it to be insulting.

What he probably wasn’t expecting, however, was the reaction on social media to his OWN remarks:

Some people even suggested a petition demanding that Fox News fire the longtime host in light of his comments:

And the calls for his dismissal kept coming:

All-in-all, it appears that there may be more trouble a-brewing for the “Fair and Balanced” network, which is already in hot water over the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former host Gretchen Carlson.

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