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Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 3, 2018 at 12:47pm

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 Here’s the bottom line: obuma had no constitutional or statutory authority to create DACA and provide what amounted to an administrative amnesty program for illegal immigrants.

 It is bizarre for judges in Mexifornia, New York, and elsewhere to hold that a president cannot reverse the executive actions of a prior president—particularly when they were improper to start with. It is time the courts recognized that.

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Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 11:59pm

Trump Escalates with the DOJ.
May/2/18 True Daily Staff
President Trump lashed out at his own Justice Department again on Wednesday, tearing into officials for not cooperating with document requests from congressional Republicans while warning he could “use the powers” of the presidency to intervene in the dispute.
“A Rigged System – They don’t want to turn over Documents to Congress,” the president tweeted, in an apparent swipe at the Justice Department.
Trump said, “What are they afraid of? Why so much redacting? Why such unequal ‘justice?’
At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!”
The president didn’t specify the documents he says the DOJ won’t release.
He also didn’t say which presidential powers he is referring to, though it could be anything from declassifying files to extracting documents sought by Congress to perhaps intervening in the Russia probe.
Trump’s tweet comes as Fox News confirmed that the Department of Justice sent a letter on Monday to two Republican lawmakers declining to provide the full “scope memo” related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, saying it pertains to an ongoing criminal investigation.
In the memo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein lays out the scope of the investigation to Mueller. Lawmakers want to know the scope of the investigation, and whether Mueller is investigating matters outside of the scope.
Last week, Trump said during an interview on “Fox and Friends” that he tries to "stay away" from the Justice Department's affairs, "but at some point I won't." He suggested the DOJ hasn't adequately scrutinized former FBI Director James Comey and others amid the focus on the Russia probe.
"Our Justice Department should be looking at that kind of stuff, not the nonsense of collusion with Russia. There is no collusion with me and Russia, and everyone knows that,” Trump said in the interview.
Trump’s tweet follows the House Freedom Caucus drafting articles of impeachment for Rosenstein as a "last resort" if the Justice Department continues "slow walking" its response to document requests.
"Despite his repeated promises to cooperate, Mr. Rosenstein’s supervision of the Department of Justice has been sorely inadequate," North Carolina GOP Rep. Mark Meadows, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said Tuesday. "Valid investigative requests from Congress have been slow-walked, stonewalled, and impeded at each step of the way under his watch."
Rosenstein on Tuesday fired back at those lawmakers, saying the Justice Department is "not going to be extorted.”
ROSENSTEIN FIGHTS HOUSE GOP IMPEACHMENT PUSH
"I can tell you there are people who have been making threats privately and publicly against me for quite some time and I think they should understand by now: The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted," Rosenstein said at a Tuesday event. "We’re going to do what is required by the rule of law and any kind of threats that anybody makes are not going to affect the way we do our job."
Also on Wednesday, the president decried the latest tactics in the special counsel’s Russia probe as a “setup & trap” after it emerged that Mueller suggested to Trump's legal team that he could subpoena the president to appear before a grand jury if he refuses an interview with investigators.
"There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch Hunt!" Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 11:05pm

SHOCK: Liberals Turn On elizabeth warren!
11/29/17 AAN by: Remington Strelivo
The liberal media continues to eat its own.
Next up? Sen. elizabeth warren – who is finally under fire from the left for falsely claiming she was a Native American Indian, to get a job as a law professor at Harvard University back in the 1990s.
President Trump reignited the controversy by calling warren "Pocahontas" at an event for World War II Navajo Code Talkers – but factions in the liberal media, shockingly, seem to have taken his side.
US News and World Report published an article, debating warren's "Pocahontas pickle," suggesting that Trump could successfully use her fake heritage claims "to paint warren as an inauthentic phony" if she tries to run against him in 2020.
But even harsher words came from the host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah.
Noah, who is biracial, referenced Trump's nickname, stating, "When Trump says 'Pocahontas,' you might be thinking, 'Trevor, I'm confused. Is elizabeth warren Native American?' And you see, that's the question. Because for a long time, she said she was."
Noah played clips of the blonde-hair, blue-eyed Massachusetts senator claiming – without evidence – that she was of 'Cherokee descent' and discussing how Harvard mainly hired her because their faculty was under scrutiny for being predominately white and too male.
"Wow," Noah said. "How white is your college that when you get called out for being too white, your response is, 'Nuh-uh, we've got her!'"
Noah also discussed Warren's recipe contributions to a 1984 Native American cookbook called "Pow Wow Chow." warren, in the past, had pointed to her recipes as evidence that she had 'Cherokee ancestors', but reputable sources have also accused her of plagiarizing those recipes from French chef Pierre Franey.
"I mean, that would be like finding out I'm completely white, I have no African blood, and yet I wrote the book
'Snacks For Blacks,'" joked Noah.
Noah concluded: "elizabeth warren did something problematic, the kind of thing we rightfully call each other out for every single day."
He also, albeit tepidly, acknowledged Trump for drawing attention to it, adding, "So as weird as it is to say, in his own way, Donald Trump was being woke. Yeah, and that's, unfortunately, the truth."
warren has not confirmed or denied her alleged "heritage" since Trump's comments, but she has slammed him for using Pocahontas as a "racial slur."
Navajo Code Talker DESTROYS Warren's Crocodile Tears.
One of the World War II Navajo Code talkers honored by President Donald Trump on Monday weighed in on Trump’s decision to mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at the event.

President Trump was in the middle of honoring the veterans when he said, “We have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas.”
Trump's remark was obviously directed at warren, whom he has mocked before for lying about her Native American ancestry so she could obtain a teaching position at Harvard, where she was paid $350,000 per year.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 10:50pm

Is This the Chief of Staff Trump Wants?
4/30/18 The American Conservative by: Curt Mills
President Donald Trump is getting the gang back together—or at least he’d like to. He’s certainly well on his way to assembling the team he’s always envisioned.
He’ll have plenty of cover as he puts on the finishing touches: his frenemy speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, just last week hailed the president’s “darn good” cabinet following the installation of Mike Pompeo at the State Department and John Bolton at the National Security Council.
Ryan even went so far as to defend the beleaguered Ronny Jackson, now withdrawn from Veterans’ Affairs secretary, calling the allegations against the admiral “baseless!”
Now the president can accomplish the coup de grace: installing Corey Lewandowski, his first campaign manager and continual confidante, as his chief of staff, sources familiar with the matter tell TAC.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 10:35pm

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau hilariously blames U.S. for his illegal immigration problem.
10:41 am May/2/18 Jazz Shaw
Over the weekend we looked at a spot of trouble that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has run into on the illegal immigration front. There are significant numbers of primarily Nigerian “tourists” who are obtaining visitor visas to come to the United States and then promptly heading to an obscure, unofficial border crossing on the northern end of New York state. Once there, they cross into Canada illegally and request refugee status.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 10:35pm

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Up until now, the Canadians have claimed it as a point of pride to quickly accept and resettle the new arrivals while bashing President Trump for his “immigrant unfriendly” policies.
But now Canada is running out of room and resources to take them all in and the Prime Minister would like us to do a better job of screening them.
That announcement provoked a lot of questions for Trudeau in his country’s Parliament yesterday. People were demanding answers as to how the situation has gotten so far out of hand and what Trudeau planned to do about it.
All he seemed to have for an answer is that it’s the fault of the United States.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers faced questions in parliament on Tuesday a day after Reuters reported that Canada wants the legal authority to turn back thousands of asylum seekers crossing the border illegally.

A Canadian official familiar with the matter told Reuters that Canada wants to amend a bilateral agreement to allow it to block border-crossing refugee claimants but that the United States is not cooperating.

Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, or STCA, asylum seekers who arrive at a formal Canada-U.S. border crossing going in either direction are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first country they arrived in.

Canada wants the agreement rewritten to apply to the entire border.

This question is no longer limited to simply the Nigerian asylum applicants. Canada is vast in territory, but tiny compared to the United States when it comes to population and resources. There are simply too many people taking advantage of their widely advertised generosity and now the legislature wants Trudeau to do something about it. He’s hoping to rely on the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), a deal reached between the U.S. and Canada which says that asylum seekers should petition the first safe country they arrive in for asylum before moving on to another nation.

But here’s the catch: the agreement only applies to migrants presenting themselves for admission at a legal border crossing station. It doesnt’ apply to those entering either country illegally. And while that crossing in upstate New York may look like a sanctioned crossing station since Canada set up trailers and help desks to assist all the new arrivals, it’s not an actual border crossing. The people walking across at that location are still technically emigrating from the United States illegally. But it remains a unique situation because the Canadians haven’t been turning them away and we obviously have no incentive to stop them from leaving.

Trudeau would like the United States to alter the STCA so it also applies to people crossing the border illegally. That way they can turn them back in good conscience and tell them they need to apply for refugee status in the U.S. But why would we do that? We’ve got too many to deal with as it is. Trudeau is the one who put out the welcome mat for the entire planet so it should be up to him to figure out how to deal with them.

While we’re on the subject of the STCA there’s a pertinent exit question which deserves an answer. Why don’t we have that sort of firm agreement with Mexico? Trump has been pushing for just such an agreement to be included during the renegotiation of NAFTA. He needs to push harder. If we can put that deal in place and declare Mexico a safe third country, then we don’t need to worry about any more “caravan” incidents. Anyone arriving at the U.S. border after having traveled through Mexico can simply be told to apply for refugee status back there.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 10:21pm

Fire sends thick smoke over Mexico's Juarez and into US.
May/2/18 6:32 PM AP News
MEXICO CITY: — A fire broke out at a recycling plant on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, sending thick clouds of heavy black smoke billowing across the border city and into El Paso, Texas.
The Juarez municipal government said via Twitter that the fire was reported at 2:30 a.m. on a 911 call.
Mayor Armando Cabada said via Facebook that there were no injuries, but he added the blaze was creating "environmental damage" with winds carrying the smoke northward.
Juarez authorities declared an environmental emergency due to harmful particulate matter in the smoke, and people in its path were advised to stay inside, shut windows and doors and not use air conditioners.
Firefighters sprayed water on burning piles, but Juarez civil defense chief Efren Matamoros described as highly flammable, compacted bales of plastic, cardboard and other material. "When these bales catch fire, it is impossible to extinguish them until they consume themselves," Cabada said.
He added that authorities were investigating whether the recycler has been operating with the proper permits.
"We are tracking down the owner of the lot, the owner of that recycling plant, to press charges because it is causing severe damage to our environment," Cabada said
"Regrettably, the wind today has a south-to-north direction, and it's contaminating practically the whole city."

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 9:30pm

Anti-Gunners Plan To Protest NRA Convention, President Trump In Dallas.
6:00 pm May/2/18 by Tom Knighton
It seems 'leftists' don’t want either the National Rifle Association or President Trump in town this week. Big shock, right? I mean, it’s not like the anti-gun left doesn’t vehemently hate both with a burning passion.
Well, unsurprisingly, there are plans in place to protest both.
There’s a calm in downtown Dallas as the Convention Center gets set up for the NRA Convention.
However, a storm may be on its way.
President Trump will be speaking on Friday, and the protestors are getting ready.
“It’s really scary to have this man in our city,” Dominique Alexander, president of Next Generation Action Network said. The organization is planning a protest at 6:30 pm on Friday. Alexander says, “We are going to make sure that the NRA knows they are not welcome here in Dallas,” Alexander said. They are expecting thousands of people.
There is also a petition signed by more than 40,000 people asking the city of Dallas to revoke the funds it put towards hosting the convention.
They really think they can pull this in Dallas, Texas? Seriously?
Oh, I have no doubt they got the signatures they said they did. And I suspect they’ll get the numbers they say they will. That’s not what I find incredulous.
No, what I find funny is that they think they can convince either Trump or the NRA that Texas isn’t in their corner.
'Texas has a reputation as the most pro-gun state in the country!' Texans love their guns!
Yet these anti-gunners think they can gather in a single place–probably requiring every anti-gun person in the entire state and most from out of state–and convince the NRA and President Trump that they’ve lost Texas.
What’s next? Trying to convince us that Mexifornia is a pro-gun Mecca?
One thing we can count on is the likelihood that this will be a very peaceful protest. While the anti-gun left has a fondness for throwing rocks, bottles, and Molotov cocktails, I suspect there won’t be much of that this time around. After all, this is the NRA we’re talking about here. People will have guns!
Rocks count as deadly weapons by most people’s estimation. (And probably Texas State Law.)
Not to mention anti-gunners already think gun owners are unstable and looking for any reason to shoot people.
In this case, that misrepresentation may well help keep the protest nice and peaceful.
However, let’s also note how they’re talking about how terrified they are that the President will be in Dallas.
I’m just wondering how someone afraid of someone else’s geographical location and the mere presence of people who are pro-gun is going to muster the courage to actually confront anyone they disagree with.
Just goes to show, anti-gun nuts, ARE NUTS!

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 9:20pm

Members of Congress Nominate President Trump for Nobel Peace Prize.
May/2/18 4:30 PM Lauretta Brown
A group of 18 House Republicans officially nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize Wednesday.
The initiative was led by Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN), who is in a close primary for a Senate seat.
"Since taking office, President Trump has worked tirelessly to apply maximum pressure on North Korea to end its illicit weapons program and bring peace to the region," they write in a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. “His Administration successfully united the international community, including China, to impose one of the most successful international sanctions regimes in history. The sanctions decimated the North Korean economy and have been largely credited for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table.”
Many conservative members joined Messer’s letter including Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Rep. Diane Black (R-TN).
South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed Monday that “President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize" for his efforts in securing peace for North and South Korea.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Fox News Sunday "that Trump would deserve the prize if his peace efforts succeed and said he would want to witness it.
“I want to be there,” he said. “It may be the first time the Nobel Peace Prize was given and there was mass casualties because I think a lot of liberals would kill themselves if they did that.”

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on May 2, 2018 at 9:12pm

TRAGIC: Military Plane Fatally Crashes in Georgia.
May/2/18 5:30 P Timothy Meads
The Associated press reports that all 9 passengers have died after a 60 year cargo plane crashed today.
All 9 passengers were Puerto Ricans.
"A crew of nine Puerto Ricans were flying an Air National Guard C-130 into retirement in Arizona when it crashed onto a highway in Georgia on Wednesday, and authorities said there appeared to be no survivors.
The plane crashed onto state highway 21 moments after taking off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, narrowly missing people on the ground and sending an orange and black fireball into the sky.
“It miraculously did not hit any cars, any homes,” Effingham County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Gena Bilbo said. “This is a very busy roadway.”
"The plane was more than 60 years old, said Isabelo Rivera, Adjutant General of Puerto Rico’s National Guard. Belonging to the 156th Air Wing, it was used to rescue U.S. citizens stranded in the British Virgin Islands following Hurricane Irma and ferry supplies to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria last year.
“The planes that we have in Puerto Rico — it’s not news today that they are the oldest planes on inventory,” Rivera said. Puerto Rico’s National Guard has five other similar planes, two of which are not in use because they require maintenance, he said."
The names will not be released until the next of kin notification process has been completed within 24 hours.
ORIGINAL:
Another fatal military accident has shocked the nation as nine people on board National C-130 crashed nearby Savannah, Georgia. However, the military has not released numbers on how many individuals have died.
"There were airmen on the plane who were deceased, but we're not giving out any numbers at this time," Master Sgt. Roger Parsons of the guard said.
The plane accident was recorded via a security camera miles away. The plane is seen going down before a fireball of black smoke erupts from the scene.
Witnesses told CNN that the pilot's calculated emergency landing saved many lives.
From CNN:
"Truck driver Roger Best works for a transportation company in Garden City, about 4 miles south of the crash, and saw the plane overhead before it plummeted to the ground. It was so low when it passed over that it rumbled the ground beneath his rig, he said.
His company handles hazardous materials, he said, expressing gratitude that the aircraft didn't crash in his immediate vicinity. "If he did this area is a giant bomb and this whole five-mile radius would have blown up," he told CNN over Facebook, calling the pilot a hero for avoiding the area. "He barely made it over the tree line and it looked as if he tried to turn and nose dive straight into the ground right in front of me."
There have now been several fatal military accidents on American soil this year, with 16 members of the military being killed. It is unclear what caused this crash.

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