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REPUBLICAN LEADERS ...RNC AND FOX NEWS ARE PLANNING A BROKERED OR CONTESTED CONVENTION ELECTION 2016NEWS AND UPDATES...etc etc
The RNC is preparing a brokered convention...to not allow Marco Rubio to win...They will bring in an establishment candidate to give it to that candidate...What can be done about that..We know it will be Jeb or Rubio..They can do this because of the ways that they have structured the riles...this is incredible.. the pick at a brokered convention never wins..they said FDR was the last to ever win a brokered convention.What they are really doing is saying they had rather elect Hillary than have Trump win............I AM TOO DISGUSTED FOR WORDS
UPDATE:
Cleveland Cliffhanger? Prospects of a Deadlocked GOP Convention
The big winner in Iowa’s Republican caucuses on Monday night might not have been Ted Cruz. It may have been a nominating process that fails to yield a clear winner. A clear winner being a candidate who goes to Cleveland this summer with the presidential nomination in hand.
At the end of Monday night, which count really mattered? Delegates acquired. As of this writing, Cruz has bagged eight delegates, Trump and Rubio, seven each, with four other delegates going to also-rans.
Raw vote totals are what most folk tend to watch and weigh. But in 2016, it pays to more closely follow the candidates’ delegate totals. Thanks to the Republican National Committee (RNC), caucuses and primaries held prior to mid-March mandate proportional distribution of delegates based on candidates’ vote totals in given contests. Most early caucuses and primaries impose threshold minimums to win delegates (say, Alabama, with a 20% threshold).
Prior to Mid-March, 25 States, along with DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico, will hold proportional contests. That accounts for 1,022 bound delegates (“bound” being delegates committed to a candidate for the first vote). 45% of the bound delegates will be picked proportionally or in “hybrid” formats, which include triggering provisions for larger delegate yields for candidates who meet higher vote percentage thresholds. There are WTA (winner-take-all) thresholds, but those will be quite difficult to achieve.
Starting with Super Tuesday, March 15, most of the remaining states have opted to hold winner-take-all contests, though a handful will continue to make proportional distributions. From mid-March forward, 1,238 bound delegates will be chosen (Colorado’s delegates declare at convention).
The number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination is 1,237. There are a number of unbound (3 per state) and unpledged delegates. The unpledged delegates are mostly establishment picks who would factor in at a deadlocked convention.
Short of a breakout by one the major contenders (Trump, Cruz, and Rubio), it’s not hard to imagine a scenario where the proportional phase of the nominating process yields tightly packed delegate counts among the three. Complicating matters is if new life is breathed into the Carson, Kasich, or Christe campaigns (as improbable as that appears).
But, say you, won’t the nomination fight be resolved with Super Tuesday and the subsequent contests?
That could happen, but consider this prospect. Cruz, Rubio, and Trump take roughly a third each of the delegates in the proportional phase. For illustration, say, 340 delegates per man. That means in the winner-take-all phase, one of the principals would need to capture 897 of the available 1,238 bound delegates to win. That’s about 73% of the total or three out of every four delegates. Possible, but how likely? This assumes, too, that the principals are competitive with one another, affording each the chance to pick off states.
Cruz, Trump, and Rubio have the resources to stay the course. Trump is self-funding. Cruz’s fundraising operation is already solid and benefits all the more from his Iowa win. Rubio’s stronger than anticipated finish in Iowa boosts his fundraising. And as Rubio consolidates establishment voters -- as he began doing in Iowa -- and lesser establishment candidates drop out, expect a significant upswing in his campaign’s financial fortunes.
Writes Michael Snyder at “Before It’s News”:
[I]f no candidate is able to secure enough delegates, that means that we would end up with a “brokered convention”. The mechanics of a brokered convention can get quite complicated, but on a practical level what that would essentially mean is that the party establishment would get to hand select the nominee. And in case you are wondering, that would not be Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
Snyder’s assessment is flawed in a couple of respects (though not his conclusion about the candidates).
“Deadlocked” versus a “brokered” convention, the more accurate designation is “deadlocked.” A brokered convention suggests that party bosses call the shots nearly exclusively. The party boss era in American politics is long past.
Though unpledged delegates -- who are likely establishment recruits -- will play a critical role at a deadlocked convention, it’s important to remember that bound delegates are only committed to their candidates on the first ballot.
Thereafter, they’re unbound. Candidates’ and, perhaps, dark horses’ (yes, a draft is possible) primary focus for vote gathering will be among all those plentiful unbound state delegates. If the convention deadlocks, it’s going to be the Wild West, with plenty of wheeling and dealing, barroom brawls, shoot-outs, shenanigans, and backroom deals. But all that will occur across delegations and not just among the establishment few.
Snyder’s guess that the nominee won’t be named “Cruz” or “Trump” should a deadlock occur is reasonable. Deadlocked conventions -- if past brokered conventions are any guide -- tend to nominee candidates who at least appear more centrist or moderate. At a deadlocked 2016 Cleveland affair, the buzz word may be “electable.” Right now, Marco Rubio seems to fit the bill. As Snyder pointed out in his article, that’s not an endorsement; it’s merely an observation.
If the Republican field narrows to two principal candidates, then the chances for a deadlocked convention melt away. But if, as anticipated, Cruz, Trump, and Rubio (and possibly one or two others) remain in the race, then a deadlocked convention moves from “maybe” to “probable” with each passing primary, caucus, and state convention. The Republican presidential nominee who emerges will have done so after the fight of his political life – and ours.
The big winner in Iowa’s Republican caucuses on Monday night might not have been Ted Cruz. It may have been a nominating process that fails to yield a clear winner. A clear winner being a candidate who goes to Cleveland this summer with the presidential nomination in hand.
At the end of Monday night, which count really mattered? Delegates acquired. As of this writing, Cruz has bagged eight delegates, Trump and Rubio, seven each, with four other delegates going to also-rans.
Raw vote totals are what most folk tend to watch and weigh. But in 2016, it pays to more closely follow the candidates’ delegate totals. Thanks to the Republican National Committee (RNC), caucuses and primaries held prior to mid-March mandate proportional distribution of delegates based on candidates’ vote totals in given contests. Most early caucuses and primaries impose threshold minimums to win delegates (say, Alabama, with a 20% threshold).
Prior to Mid-March, 25 States, along with DC, Guam, and Puerto Rico, will hold proportional contests. That accounts for 1,022 bound delegates (“bound” being delegates committed to a candidate for the first vote). 45% of the bound delegates will be picked proportionally or in “hybrid” formats, which include triggering provisions for larger delegate yields for candidates who meet higher vote percentage thresholds. There are WTA (winner-take-all) thresholds, but those will be quite difficult to achieve.
Starting with Super Tuesday, March 15, most of the remaining states have opted to hold winner-take-all contests, though a handful will continue to make proportional distributions. From mid-March forward, 1,238 bound delegates will be chosen (Colorado’s delegates declare at convention).
The number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination is 1,237. There are a number of unbound (3 per state) and unpledged delegates. The unpledged delegates are mostly establishment picks who would factor in at a deadlocked convention.
Short of a breakout by one the major contenders (Trump, Cruz, and Rubio), it’s not hard to imagine a scenario where the proportional phase of the nominating process yields tightly packed delegate counts among the three. Complicating matters is if new life is breathed into the Carson, Kasich, or Christe campaigns (as improbable as that appears).
But, say you, won’t the nomination fight be resolved with Super Tuesday and the subsequent contests?
That could happen, but consider this prospect. Cruz, Rubio, and Trump take roughly a third each of the delegates in the proportional phase. For illustration, say, 340 delegates per man. That means in the winner-take-all phase, one of the principals would need to capture 897 of the available 1,238 bound delegates to win. That’s about 73% of the total or three out of every four delegates. Possible, but how likely? This assumes, too, that the principals are competitive with one another, affording each the chance to pick off states.
Cruz, Trump, and Rubio have the resources to stay the course. Trump is self-funding. Cruz’s fundraising operation is already solid and benefits all the more from his Iowa win. Rubio’s stronger than anticipated finish in Iowa boosts his fundraising. And as Rubio consolidates establishment voters -- as he began doing in Iowa -- and lesser establishment candidates drop out, expect a significant upswing in his campaign’s financial fortunes.
Writes Michael Snyder at “Before It’s News”:
[I]f no candidate is able to secure enough delegates, that means that we would end up with a “brokered convention”. The mechanics of a brokered convention can get quite complicated, but on a practical level what that would essentially mean is that the party establishment would get to hand select the nominee. And in case you are wondering, that would not be Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.
Snyder’s assessment is flawed in a couple of respects (though not his conclusion about the candidates).
“Deadlocked” versus a “brokered” convention, the more accurate designation is “deadlocked.” A brokered convention suggests that party bosses call the shots nearly exclusively. The party boss era in American politics is long past.
Though unpledged delegates -- who are likely establishment recruits -- will play a critical role at a deadlocked convention, it’s important to remember that bound delegates are only committed to their candidates on the first ballot.
Thereafter, they’re unbound. Candidates’ and, perhaps, dark horses’ (yes, a draft is possible) primary focus for vote gathering will be among all those plentiful unbound state delegates. If the convention deadlocks, it’s going to be the Wild West, with plenty of wheeling and dealing, barroom brawls, shoot-outs, shenanigans, and backroom deals. But all that will occur across delegations and not just among the establishment few.
Snyder’s guess that the nominee won’t be named “Cruz” or “Trump” should a deadlock occur is reasonable. Deadlocked conventions -- if past brokered conventions are any guide -- tend to nominee candidates who at least appear more centrist or moderate. At a deadlocked 2016 Cleveland affair, the buzz word may be “electable.” Right now, Marco Rubio seems to fit the bill. As Snyder pointed out in his article, that’s not an endorsement; it’s merely an observation.
If the Republican field narrows to two principal candidates, then the chances for a deadlocked convention melt away. But if, as anticipated, Cruz, Trump, and Rubio (and possibly one or two others) remain in the race, then a deadlocked convention moves from “maybe” to “probable” with each passing primary, caucus, and state convention. The Republican presidential nominee who emerges will have done so after the fight of his political life – and ours.
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This is a great photo for a caption contest from Trump’s rally last night in Massachusetts: A+ Reuters photo from Trump's rally yesterday in Lowell,...
Ben Carson was confronted at a town hall in New York by someone who was apparently still upset up his comments from early last year where he suggested that people choose...
Good find by BuzzFeed, where Ted Cruz tells a questioner that the difference between he and Trump on illegal immigration is that, while they both will deport illegals,...
Once again all the gun control talk has gun sales at unexpected levels, according to Smith and Wesson, who say their sales are simply going gangbusters: BUSINESS...
Trump is leading the GOP pack in a new national poll that happens to be the first national poll for 2016. The poll is by NBC News and puts Trump in the lead with a...
In a really horrific report from Germany, a gang of a thousand young Arab or North African males sexually attacked women on New Year’s Eve, and liberals are making...
Ted Cruz has released a new TV ad this morning called ‘Invasion’, dealing with his promise to stop illegal immigration. But I must warn you it’s a bit...
According to Washington Post reporter Jenna Johnson, Donald Trump is getting huge turnout in Lowell Massachusetts tonight at his rally: Thousands and thousands packed...
Mark Levin discussed the new gun control proposals that are being leaked by the White House on his show tonight and slammed the main proposal as a backdoor attempt to...
(UPDATED BELOW) Via Breaking News, here are some of the proposals from Obama on his lawless gun control agenda: White House: President Obama to propose overhaul to...
Pay close attention because this is the kind of mentality we are bringing into the country when we allow Muslims refugees from the Middle East to settle in...
Of all the bizarre things to say when you are running for president, this one might take the cake: THE HILL – Hillary Clinton says that aliens may have already...
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Sessions Rallies Opposition To Obama’s Back-Door Plan To Import Mor...
Sen. Jeff Sessions blasted the White House’s latest effort to increase the inflow of foreign white-collar workers into the already swamped market for U.S. college-grads.
Sessions Rallies Opposition To Obama’s Back-Door Plan To Import More Foreign College-Grads
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blasted the White House’s latest effort to increase the inflow of foreign white-collar professionals into the already swamped market for U.S. college-grads.
“The President has announced another brazen, illegal executive action… In a proposed federal rule published on New Year’s Eve, President Obama decreed that hundreds of thousands of additional foreign workers will be licensed to replace American workers at lower pay,” said the Jan. 4 statement.
“Congress must act with urgency to stop him,” said the statement, which criticized features of the new open-door plan that was first described by Breitbart on Dec. 30.
Here is how the scheme works: under current law, there is a statutory cap on the number of aliens who can receive green cards based on sponsorship from their employers, and thus a cap on the number who can receive the all-purpose work authorization those green cards provide. Under this new rule, the administration can bypass those caps with two easy steps. First, it would simply approve as many aliens as it wishes to seek green cards in excess of the cap. Then, it would give those workers – and their spouses and children – a renewable all-purpose work permit while they wait for their green cards to become available, nullifying Americans’ statutory protections against job-threatening flows of excess foreign labor….
Brazenly, the proposed rule would also result in the automatic renewal of work permits for aliens who, among other things, merely file applications to have their deportations cancelled or asylum granted. It is as if these policies were designed to create chaos and disorder.
This lawless action comes at a time when immigration is already at an all-time high. The total foreign-born population is at record-breaking 42.4 million, having more than quadrupled since immigration caps were raised five decades ago. Excess labor supply has already helped drive down today’s median household income more than $4,000 beneath levels at the turn of the century.
Sessions, however, also noted that GOP leaders — including House Speaker
— want to import more low-wage workers for GOP donors.
Instead of answering the public’s demand to curb the intake of foreign workers, Congress has worked with the President to expand it – most recently in the omnibus spending bill. In fact, provisions I offered that would have helped to prevent this and other executive actions were rejected by those crafting the omnibus legislation. Instead, the omnibus dramatically expanded the supply of H-2B foreign workers to fill positions in construction, hospitality, truck driving, and many other blue collar jobs.
Sessions also hinted that the increased flow of foreign workers is powering Donald Trump’s primary drive.
Voters want immigration growth halted. The more the governing class ignores these demands the more they lose their authority to govern.
In 2013, Obama used his executive power to add 2 million foreign workers to the U.S. labor market — roughly 1 million legal immigrants and provisional immigrants, plus 700,000 guest-workers and and several hundred thousand illegal migrants — even as 4 million young Americans began looking for work. Predictably, Americans’ wages flatlined, company profits soared and Wall Street spiked.
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Conservative GOP Candidates, Breitbart News To Attend 2016 South Carolina Tea Party Convention
4 Jan, 2016 4 Jan, 2016
Breitbart News and several GOP presidential candidates will attend the 2016 South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention, set for January 16 to 18 at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump,
, Dr. Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum are all set to appear at the conservative gathering.
Breitbart News will be covering the three day event, and broadcast interviews on Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM.
Other featured speakers include:
Saturday: Joe Dugan, Stephen K. Bannon, David Azerrad, KrisAnne Hall, Jenny Beth Martin, AWR Hawkins, Ph. D., Gov. Mike Huckabee, (11:20am), U.S. Senator
(R GA), Maj. Gen Gary Harrell, Lt, Col. Bill Cowan, USMC (Ret.), U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, (2:20pm), Adam Andrzejewski, Peter Schweizer, Donald J. Trump, (4:30pm)
Sunday: David Webb, Clare Lopez, Admiral James A. Lyons, Jr., USN (ret),
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, Carly Fiorina, (11:20am), Jessica M. Vaughan, James O’Keefe, AnnMarie Murrell, Fmr. Sen. Rick Santorum, (2:20pm), Kevin Freeman, Trevor Loudoun, Becky Gerritson.
Monday: Ambassador Henry Cooper, Tom DeWeese, Colin Heaton, Matt Robbins, Dr. Ben Carson, (11:20am), SC AG Alan Wilson, AnneMarie Lewis, Suzanne Shattuck, Wild Bill For America, Lauren Martel and more.
In addition to the GOP presidential candidates and expert speakers, there will be critical issue panels, book signings, meet and greets, as well as question and answer sessions.
Information on tickets and more details can be
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/04/conservative-gop...
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Christie: N. Korea, Syria, Crimea Examples of ‘What Weak American L...
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) took aim at the Obama administration in the wake of the news of a North Korea nuclear test on Tuesday. Christie pinned the blame President
Donald Trump: Make China And South Korea Fix North Korea Nuclear Pr...
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Trump: Press Is ‘Starting to Like Me’ — ‘They’re Starting to Get It’
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski sat down for wide-ranging interview with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. During the interview, the topic of former President Bill Clinton was brought up and if whether
Chris Christie: Obama And Hillary ‘Playing Footsie’ With Iran And I...
Chris Christie is blaming Hillary Clinton after North Korea’s claim it tested a hydrogen bomb. The New Jersey Governor says the former Secretary of State failed to properly respond to the dictatorship’s nuclear activity when she was in office.
Why Ted Cruz Is Vulnerable on Canadian Birth Issue
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Marco Rubio: North Korea ‘Run By A Lunatic’
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Carly Fiorina: North Korea Bomb Test ‘Another Hillary Clinton Forei...
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina calls North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test “another Hillary Clinton foreign policy failure.”
Jason Richwine: Cost of Amnesty – $6 Trillion And The End of Conser...
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North Korea Nuke Could Blow Up Hillary Clinton’s Campaign
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Newsweek Senior Writer Compares Ted Cruz’s Iowa Supporters to Nazis
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Chris Christie ‘Not All That Interested’ in Attacking Bill Clinton’...
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DC Media Cover-Up: Actually, Obama and Hillary Have Said They Want ...
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Chris Christie Ridicules Marco Rubio for Cowardly Amnesty Push
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The Nuclear Option — High Comedy: With Dirty Dog Bill on Campaign Trail, Hillary Clin...
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Ted Cruz Campaign Rolls Out ‘Homeschoolers for Cruz’ Coalition
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Donald Trump: Ted Cruz’s Birthplace ‘Very Precarious’ Issue
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Watch: Hillary Dodges On Difference Between A Democrat and Socialist
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Franklin Graham Launches 50 State ‘Decision America 2016’ Tour in Iowa
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Trump: Bill Clinton Should Be Asked If He’s Like Bill Cosby
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EXCLUSIVE — Ted Cruz: Democratic Process Will Reveal Truth About Bi...
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R-TA-Wide_2 Obama Spies on His Enemies in Congress American Thinker, by Jeannie DeAngelis Original Article Posted By: ScarletPimpernel- 1/6/2016 7:50:03 AM Post Reply Remember when Obama, the guy with big plans to resettle America´s neighborhoods, clashed with Bibi Netanyahu for refusing to abandon construction and resettlement plans in East Jerusalem? The president was so incensed that Netanyahu hesitated to comply with his demands that he left the prime minister sitting in a room alone while he went upstairs to eat. That’s when, out of fear of being wiretapped, Netanyahu and his delegation chose not to use White House phones. As usual, Bibi’s discernment was on target because recently it was revealed that Obama, concerned about his nuke deal with Iran, directed the National Faithless PJ Media, by Richard Fernandez Original Article Posted By: Hazymac- 1/6/2016 6:38:36 AM Post Reply One of the reasons faith is so durable is because of its utility a labor-saving device. Without it the cost of verifying facts from first principles would be so high there would be no time to get on with our lives. Rational ignorance, according to economist Anthony Downs, is the practice of deliberately delegating substantive knowledge to others, "refraining from acquiring knowledge when the cost of educating oneself on an issue exceeds the potential benefit that the knowledge would provide", relying instead on faith or trust in a professional or acknowledged authority. Without rational ignorance we´d have to learn medicine to Desperate, Dishonest Donald
Trump Goes Birther on Ted CruzPJ Media, by Michael Van Der Galien Original Article Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/6/2016 6:26:57 AM Post Reply You knew it was coming! Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace was a “very precarious” issue that could make the Texas senator vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee. “Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’ That’d be a big problem,” Trump said when asked about the topic. This is how Donald Trump operates: whenever he´s threatened by someone in the polls, he tries to smear his opponents. He did so with Dr. Ben Carson, calling him pathological, Obama´s gun control lies American Thinker, by Michael Filozof Original Article Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/6/2016 6:25:41 AM Post Reply In what was surely the most sickening display of presidential demagoguery in the history of the United States, President Obama wept – wept – crocodile tears in a calculated effort to gain the support of the ignorant, the clueless, and the stupid while announcing multiple violations of the Bill of Rights yesterday. Obama´s speech alternated between effeminate weeping, pleading, and sanctimonious, holier-than-thou indignation as he presented a litany of falsehoods, straw man arguments, and outright lies as justification for his plan to strip the American public of constitutionally enumerated rights: 1.The "Gun Show Loophole" Lie: There is no "gun show loophole." Contrary Christie hits back: Rubio can’t ‘slime
his way to the White House’Washington Post, by Philip Rucker & Robert Costa Original Article Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/6/2016 6:17:13 AM Post Reply MANCHESTER, N.H. — As Chris Christie’s establishment rivals seize on his blue-state governing record, the New Jersey governor punched back here Tuesday with the kind of bluntness that had been his trademark but in this presidential campaign has been the domain of Donald Trump. Signaling a turn among center-right candidates into a tougher phase, Sen. Marco Rubio charged that Christie has been too closely aligned with President Obama on gun control, health care and Common Core education standards, echoing twin attack ads aired here by his allied super PAC. Meanwhile, allies of Ohio Gov. John Kasich filled mailboxes in New Hampshire Marco Rubio in 2004: Cheap College
for Undocumented ImmigrantsDaily Beast, by Tim Mak Original Article Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/6/2016 6:15:54 AM Post Reply What do you get when you combine Rubio’s slimy friend David Rivera and their joint push to make sure undocumented immigrants receive in-state tuition in Florida? Nothing good for Marco Rubio. When Sen. Marco Rubio was in the Florida state house, he teamed up with his scandal-plagued pal David Rivera to co-sponsor legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates. This issue combines the dual ghosts of Rubio´s past, both of which he is trying to escape as he navigates his way through a tough GOP presidential primary: his relationship with Rivera, a former congressman under investigation as the The American Left and the
Death of Political DiscourseAmerican Thinker, by Steve McCann Original Article Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/6/2016 6:11:03 AM Post Reply Much has been made of the precipitous decline and near death of political discourse in the United States. Many attribute this to the coarsening of the language. However, this factor is a symptom of a current underlying and foundational dilemma: the inability of not only the general public but nearly all of the so-called societal leaders and opinion makers to generate an original thought, as well as a stubborn refusal, because of a rapidly evolving totalitarian mindset on the Left and their total domination of the Democratic Party, to use reason and logic when confronted with irrefutable facts and arguments. These The owner of CNN and TNT wants to
transform commercial breaks into
3-minute-long native adsBusiness Insider, by Lara O´Reilly Original Article Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2016 5:25:59 AM Post Reply Turner Broadcasting — which owns TV networks including CNN, TNT, and Cartoon Network — has a plan to transform its commercial breaks to make them more like its programming. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Turner is showcasing its “Native Plus” product, which will see it replace some commercial breaks that tend to showcase anywhere between five and 10 different 30-second ads a with 2-to-3-minute-long “native” ad for a single advertiser. Turner will work with the advertiser to create the longer-form content, which it says will be more “powerful and impactful to the viewer.” The thinking, The Pallid Prince:
Bill Can’t Save HillaryWhite House Dossier, by Keith Koffler Original Article Posted By: Tianne- 1/6/2016 5:08:37 AM Post Reply Monday was the day the Hillary campaign unleashed Bill Clinton, once again sending him out to stump for his wife. While she is the Democratic front-runner, email investigations are swirling and her favorability ratings are down in the dumper, so it was thought the better-liked Bubba could add some pleasant pizzazz to his bland wife’s bland campaign. But the Great Unveiling was more like a viewing. The rail-thin Clinton, 69 but looking far older, stood there in New Hampshire appearing as a kind of muted version of his old self. His voice was thin, his delivery flat and dull, the music of days Obama’s Dream For Gun Control
Would Take More Away Than Your GunDaily Caller, by Scott Greer Original Article Posted By: StormCnter- 1/6/2016 5:03:31 AM Post Reply President Obama is making one last attempt at enacting gun control legislation before his final term in office expires. And this time, he’s not worrying about going through Congress to get it done. Obama announced to the nation Tuesday his executive order to implement new restrictions without congressional approval in a speech that brought him to tears. The main thrust of the White House plan is to expand background checks for buyers of firearms — a move long desired by liberals. An emotional Obama explained that even if his measures don’t prevent the next mass shooting, they’re still worth doing. NKorea’s bomb test further
imperils relations with ChinaAssociated Press, by Staff Original Article Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2016 5:01:57 AM Post Reply BEIJING— China sees North Korea’s claim to have conducted its first hydrogen bomb test as yet another act of defiance, and will likely retaliate by joining tougher United Nations sanctions and could possibly even impose its own trade restrictions. Wednesday’s test was staged close enough to the border to send palpable tremors into northeastern China, prompting schools to be evacuated. The political reverberations in Beijing will likely be just as dramatic, boding ill for a relationship already under strain. “Relations will become colder than ever,” said Lu Chao, director of the Border Studies Institute at the Liaoning Academy of Social As Obama Cries at the White House, US
Special Ops are Trapped in AfghanistanTownhall, by Justin Holcomb Original Article Posted By: StormCnter- 1/6/2016 4:57:55 AM Post Reply In the town of Marjah, Afghanistan, near the Helmand Province, as many as 20 US Army special forces soldiers are trapped inside of a compound. Surrounded by the Taliban and other Islamic terrorists, one soldier was killed and others were wounded. Apparently, there has been some sort of evacuation for the dead and wounded, but there are still others on the ground engaged in combat. One HH-60 helicopter was grounded due to damage and two others were sent to help with the rescue. Meanwhile, at the White House, Obama was crying during his address to the public regarding his executive Obama and the Insanity of the Liberal Mind American Thinker, by Lauri B. Regan Original Article Posted By: JoniTx- 1/6/2016 4:53:32 AM Post Reply In his masterpiece, Common Sense, Thomas Paine observed: ~Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions. ~Paine may have been discussing the British monarch circa 1776, but his insight is equally applicable to Obama and Co., Many experts are already skeptical of North
Korea’s claims of a successful hydrogen bomb testBusiness Insider, by Harrison Jacobs Original Article Posted By: StormCnter- 1/6/2016 4:53:26 AM Post Reply North Korea announced on state television Wednesday that it had successfully detonated a "miniaturized" hydrogen bomb. The announcement came hours after South Korean officials reported an "artificial earthquake" 30 miles north of Kilju, where North Korea´s primary nuclear test site is located. The US Geological Survey measured the magnitude of the quake as 5.1, the same magnitude reported after North Korea´s last confirmed nuclear test in February 2013. Despite North Korea´s announcement, many geopolitical experts remained skeptical of the claims of successful hydrogen-bomb test, undoubtedly due to North Korean state media´s tendency to exaggerate or outright lie about happenings in the isolated nation. Karl Rove catches two illegals
while hunting near the borderWashington Examiner [DC], by Anna Giaritelli Original Article Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/6/2016 4:51:07 AM Post Reply Karl Rove´s quail hunting trip to the Texas-Mexico border over the Christmas holiday took an unexpected turn when he ran into two men hiding in the brush. The former adviser to President George W. Bush said he and a couple friends had been hunting near the southern border when they discovered the men lurking in a small grove of trees, according to a Tuesday interview with Fox News´ Bill O´Reilly. They immediately called in Border Patrol officials, but attempted to detain the men while they waited for law enforcement. "One of them was in very bad shape. After our truck surrounded the mott, If Marco Rubio Is ‘Establishment’
Then ‘Establishment’ Has Lost Its MeaningNational Review Online, by David French Original Article Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/6/2016 4:46:10 AM Post Reply I must confess that I’m confused. I still have vivid memories of the tea-party revolution of 2010, when insurgent conservative candidates toppled incumbents and establishment favorites from coast to coast. This was the year of Rand Paul in Kentucky, Ron Johnson in Wisconsin, and Nikki Haley in South Carolina. Perhaps most momentous of all, it was the year of Marco Rubio, who overcame long odds to beat Charlie Crist, a man who’s since proven himself to be exactly the kind of soulless politician the tea party exists to oppose. Since his election, Rubio has delivered, becoming one of the most Heated debates, a logjam of candidates —
for the Baseball Hall of FameWashington Post, by Barry Svrluga Original Article Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/6/2016 4:43:17 AM Post Reply The Baseball Hall of Fame will unveil its newest class Wednesday evening, an annual announcement that for eight decades was cause for rote ceremony and celebration. But over the past 10 years, the selection process has become more contentious, thanks largely to the inclusion on the ballot of some of the game’s greatest stars who are linked to performance-enhancing drugs, and this year’s voting may be the most talked-about yet. The reason is not just the logjam of candidates created by the ongoing debate over whether to include steroid-tainted players, but also the Hall’s decision to cull some 150 voters who The Massive, Empty Federal
Lands of the American WestAtlantic, by Andrew McGill Original Article Posted By: StormCnter- 1/6/2016 4:40:13 AM Post Reply When a handful of armed protesters occupied a remote Oregon wildlife refuge on Sunday, most Americans probably scratched their heads. Their cause—that the government relinquish control over federal grazing lands—is not exactly a national hot-button issue. That’s because the angry ranchers, in many ways, are living in a different world. In most of the Northeast and South, where the only federal presence is the occasional military base or national park, complaints that the government owns too much land seem laughable. But out west, the government lays claim to huge, state-sized swaths of land—more than 630 million acres, greater than the landmass of Texas, ‘Rahm, I tried to warn you’ Washington Times, by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Original Article Posted By: StormCnter- 1/6/2016 4:38:00 AM Post Reply Chicago has always struck me as one of the most affluent cities in the world. Growing up in Chicagoland I saw little poverty in the city at the foot of glistening Lake Michigan. I am sure poverty was there, but Chicago in the 1960s seemed rich and abundant with opportunity. Alas, that was long ago. Chicago is still affluent, at least on its north side and in the environs around Michigan Avenue, the city’s Magnificent Mile. Yet, statistics tell us something different when we consider Chicago as a whole. Its poor neighborhoods are desperate. Read the headlines from the city that
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Post New Article Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret
Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?Vanity Fair, by William D. Cohan Original Article Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/6/2016 11:26:24 AM Post Reply Faced with an unending scandal about her use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton decided last September to “reset” her presidential campaign. The new Hillary would display her “humor” and her “heart,” the qualities that her friends say rarely come across in public appearances. (Snip) Over the years Huma has served in several positions, with increasingly important-sounding titles. She has been Hillary’s “body woman,” her traveling chief of staff, a senior adviser, and a deputy chief of staff when Hillary was secretary of state. Marine arrested in New Year’s
slaying of Texas college studentCNN, by Staff Original Article Posted By: Ribicon- 1/6/2016 10:27:38 AM Post Reply A U.S. Marine was arrested Tuesday at his base in an Arizona city near the Mexican border, some 1,100 miles from where he allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old college student who’d just rung in the new year. Eric Jamal Johnson was taken into custody in Yuma “for killing Sara Mutschlechner,” Denton, Texas, police spokesman Shane Kizer told CNN. (Snip) “It was an amicable conversation to begin with, but quickly went downhill and some derogatory statements were made toward the female occupants of that vehicle,” the Denton Police spokesman told reporters. Kizer described those “very derogatory” remarks as being of a “sexual Bernie Sanders Attacks Hillary Clinton
Over Regulating Wall StreetNew York Times, by Yamiche Alcindor and Alan Rappaport Original Article Posted By: garnet- 1/6/2016 10:13:15 AM Post Reply Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in a fiery speech on Tuesday laid out his plan to break up “too big to fail” commercial banks and pointedly attacked Hillary Clinton for taking speaking fees from the financial industry and, in his view, not going far enough in her plan to regulate Wall Street. The criticism of Mrs. Clinton was some of Mr. Sanders’s strongest to date, and came after he had frequently refrained from such direct attacks. “My opponent says that as a senator, she told bankers to ‘cut it out’ and end their destructive behavior,” Mr. Sanders said of Mrs. Clinton. “But, R-G6-LC Teenage victim of Cologne ´African
and Arab´ sex mob reveals how she
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30 men and groped as officials admit
the city is a ´no-go´ area for womenDaily Mail [UK], by Corey Charlton Original Article Posted By: Ribicon- 1/6/2016 10:10:30 AM Post Reply An 18-year-old victim of the sex attacks in Cologne has described being surrounded by a group of 30 ´angry´ men who groped her and her friends then stole their belongings as they fled. The teenager, named only as Michelle, appeared on German TV to recount the harrowing ordeal she endured during the city´s New Year´s Eve celebrations last week. Police say the wave of attacks - which has so far seen 90 women report being assaulted - were perpetrated by groups of ´Arab or North African´ men in the city centre. Michelle´s shocking testimony comes as the city´s own council Cruz Won´t Bite on
Trump´s Birther BaitReal Clear Politics, by Rebecca Berg Original Article Posted By: garnet- 1/6/2016 10:08:53 AM Post Reply As Donald Trump once again raises questions about Ted Cruz’s Canadian birth and his eligibility to run for president, Cruz is keeping the gloves on. “As others have thrown rocks and others have tossed insults, I haven’t reciprocated,” Cruz told reporters prior to an event in Sioux Center on Tuesday, part of a six-day bus tour across Iowa. “And I don’t intend to start now.”Cruz was slightly less restrained on Twitter, responding with a “Happy Days” clip in which Fonzie jumped a shark during a waterskiing jaunt. But he told reporters that would be the extent of his retort. Want to Know The Real Reason Obama´s
Pushing Gun Control? Here It Is.Daily Wire, by Ben Shapiro Original Article Posted By: Drive- 1/6/2016 9:25:53 AM Post Reply On Tuesday, President Obama unveiled his rather minor executive actions on gun control with great fanfare, applause, and tears. We laughed; we cried; we questioned why exactly he was wasting political capital on a series of initiatives that largely mirror already-present federal law. Here’s the answer: he’s trying to mobilize his hard-core base. Obama said during his press conference, “I’m not on the ballot again. I’m not looking to score some points.” But his party is. Leftist columnist Greg Sargent of The Washington Post explains that the gun control issue drives hard lefties to the polls. He quotes Ron Brownstein of National Journal A tale of two Bills: Cosby,
Clinton and predatory menUSA Today, by Kirsten Powers Original Article Posted By: Drive- 1/6/2016 9:20:40 AM Post Reply Much has changed since Bill and Hillary Clinton were swept into the White House amidst sordid tales about the Arkansas governor’s extra-marital sex life. Back then, a senior campaign aide (Betsey Wright) on a Democratic campaign could utter the phrase “bimbo eruptions” to demean women claiming to have had an affair with Bill Clinton. Today, such utterances would be rightly deemed unequivocally sexist. It was a time when a top Democratic loyalist (James Carville) unabashedly sneered at Paula Jones’ allegations of unwanted sexual advances by then-Gov. Clinton with the infamous quip, “If you drag a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park,
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Apparently Donald Trump has reconsidered his stance that Ted Cruz is eligible to run for president after noticing that he’s kicking his butt in the Iowa polls,...
Mark Levin opened his radio show with a brilliant monologue today responding to Obama’s crocodile tears today, pointing out Obama’s own actions that expose...
Uh oh it looks like el Trumpo has been reading some far right fringe blogs because now he’s bringing up doubts around Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be...
It really appears as if officials are trying to cover up what happened on New Year’s Eve in Cologne, Germany, and other cities where mobs of Muslims were attacking...
Today on The View, Joy Behar summed up the real problem with America in her defense of voting for Bill Clinton and Teddy Kennedy. While many like to point to uninformed...
Ted Cruz sits atop a new California poll at 25% with Donald Trump virtually tied with him at 23%, considering the margin of error is over 5%. Here’s the rundown....
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Careful Mr. Trump..You are messing with the repub base here..He is one of our own..up to now we have been with you as well...tread lightly with Cruz or we will not back you...You need us for the General and we want you to name Cruz as VP...up to now we had believed you would...
All of a sudden Donald Trump is so worried about Ted Cruz getting taken to court over his eligibility to run for president, that now he’s saying he’d like to...
Apparently Donald Trump has reconsidered his stance that Ted Cruz is eligible to run for president after noticing that he’s kicking his butt in the Iowa polls,...
Read more: http://therightscoop.com/#ixzz3wU3YZTPb
Uh oh it looks like el Trumpo has been reading some far right fringe blogs because now he’s bringing up doubts around Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be...
Read more: http://therightscoop.com/#ixzz3wU424q3U
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