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Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 23, 2018 at 2:51pm

Border Security To Be Included In NAFTA?
4/23/18 Washington Free Beacon by: Haris Alic
President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration may make tougher border security measures a condition for the United States supporting any modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The president took to Twitter to declare Mexico, "whose laws on immigration are very tough," needs to step up its efforts to prevent illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump added the country could not accept "what is happening" and that his administration would explore any option available, including the ongoing NAFTA negotiations, to ensure the security of America's southern border.
"Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S. We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast," the president tweeted. "Mexico, whose laws on immigration are very tough, must stop people from going through Mexico and into the U.S. We may make this a condition of the new NAFTA Agreement. Our Country cannot accept what is happening! Also, we must get Wall funding fast."
The president's tweet comes as the U.S., Canada, and Mexico continue eight months of negotiations to modernize NAFTA. Mexico has expressed interest in coming to an agreement before July 1 so the issue does not become a topic in the country's upcoming presidential election.
Read more at http://trumptrainnews.com/articles/border-security-to-be-included-i...

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 23, 2018 at 2:43pm

President Trump's BIG Move To Block Illegal Caravan.
4/23/18 Fox News by: Brooke Singman
President Trump said Monday he has “instructed” Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen not to allow “large caravans of people” into the U.S. as a group of Central American migrants starts to reach the border, calling the situation a “disgrace.”
“Despite the Democrat inspired laws on Sanctuary Cities and the Border being so bad and one sided, I have instructed the Secretary of Homeland Security not to let these large Caravans of people into our Country. It is a disgrace. We are the only Country in the World so naïve! WALL,” Trump tweeted early Monday.
Donald J. Trump Apr/23/18
The president’s directive came as a group of about 50 Central American migrants who left southern Mexico in March reportedly reached the U.S. border, planning to seek asylum. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, asylum seekers must “demonstrate they have suffered persecution or fear that they will suffer persecution due to” five factors: race, religion, nationalist, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion."
The group left the Guatemala-Mexico border in late March and grew to more than 1,000 migrants. More migrants will reportedly be arriving at the U.S. border in the coming days. Last week, Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said its agents found hundreds of migrants packed into trucks in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, in the north-central state of Hidalgo, and in central Mexico.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 23, 2018 at 2:29pm

Sent to me by an old Patriot friend.~~~
The Ant & the Grasshopper:
OLD VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.
The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he
dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE OLD STORY:
Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold and starving?
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on 'oprah' with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green ..'
'Occupy the Anthill' stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the black Lives Matter Splatter group singing, We shall overcome.
Then Retard al sharpton has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper while he damns the ants. He later appears on MSNBC to complain that rich people do not care.
Former resident obuma condemns the ant and blames Donald Trump, President Bush 43, President Bush 41, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope for the grasshopper's plight.
nancy pukelosi & chuck schumer exclaim in an interview on The View that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper , and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity &
Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having; nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the 'Government Green Czar' and given to the grasshopper .
The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his free-loading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which, as you recall, just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident, and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of leeches who terrorize the ramshackle, once prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood.
The entire Nation collapses, bringing the rest of the free world with it.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Be careful how you vote in 2018.
I've sent this to you because I believe that you are an ant not a grasshopper !

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 23, 2018 at 2:39am

What is Earth Day?
Ever wondered how Earth Day started?
This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues.
In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a grassroots demonstration. McConnell chose the spring equinox (March 21, 1970) and Nelson chose April 22.
Millions of people participated, and today, Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated (mostly on April 22).
Common Earth Day activities include planting trees, cleaning up litter, or simply enjoying nature through hiking, gardening, or taking a stroll in a local park.
When is Earth Day?
Earth Day is always celebrated on April 22. It’s followed closely by Arbor Day, which falls on the last Friday in April.
Year Earth Day
2018 Sunday, April 22
2019 Monday, April 22
2020 Wednesday, April 22
Earth Day Activities and Ideas:
Celebrate Earth Day by enjoying nature.
Here are some ideas to inspire you!
•Plant wildflowers! Read our article on native wildflowers.
•Go native! Plants thrive when they’re natural to your area. See our article on native plant landscaping and 10 tips for an eco-friendly garden.
•Bring nature into the garden with plants that attract butterflies and plants that attract hummingbirds!
•Invite native bees to your garden.
These are the bees that pollinate your plants for more flowers and food!
Perhaps add a native bee house!

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 22, 2018 at 11:36pm

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Hillary’s Deleted Emails Have Been Found, Court Orders Them RELEASED!
Apr/19/18 By Patrick Howley
WASHINGTON — killary clinton’s deleted emails will be released to the public in Sept. 2018, in accordance with a court ruling pertaining to the contents of clinton’s “backup” email device.
It turns out that fired FBI director james comey HAD killary clinton’s definitive backup email device the ENTIRE election and BEVER searched it. !!
Thanks to the work citizen researcher Larry Kawa, the coverage of Big League Politics, the determined congressional work of Rep. Ron DeSantis, and the lawyers of Tom Fitton’s "Judicial Watch", a court ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss orders the State Department to hand over the contents of the backup device by Sept. 2018, right before the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails will be released to the public in September 2018, in accordance with a court ruling pertaining to the contents of clinton’s “backup” email device.
It turns out that fired FBI director james comey had killary clinton’s definitive backup email device the entire election and never searched it.
Thanks to the work citizen researcher Larry Kawa, the coverage of Big League Politics, the determined congressional work of Rep. Ron DeSantis, and the lawyers of Tom Fitton’s Judicial Watch, a court ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss orders the State Department to hand over the contents of the backup device by September 2018, right before the midterm elections.
MAGA Movement Finds killary’s Deleted Emails, Court Orders Them RELEASED.
Big League Politics exclusively learned that killary clinton’s email storage company, Platte River Networks, subcontracted to a company in Connecticut called Datto, which backed up the vast majority of clinton’s deleted emails, text messages and other electronic communications. Datto handed six disks containing information to the FBI in Oct. 2015.
One of those disks contains at least a great many of her missing emails. comey turned the disks over to the State Department, which has been compelled to search them and release the contents.
“We don’t know what the FBI did once they had the device and the information on it. What we know is since the investigation ended in July of last year the material found on that device has been forwarded from the Justice Department to the State Department,” Michael Bekesha, a Judicial Watch senior lawyer working the case, told Big League Politics in an exclusive interview.
Rep. Ron DeSantis grilled FBI director Christopher Wray about the Datto device in a hearing, marking the only time a lawmaker has mentioned the device on the record.
FBI director Wray dodged the question about why the FBI never searched the device.
DeSantis is now leading the charge to hold obuma administration officials legally accountable for their actions during and after the 2016 campaign.
Datto backs up everything, even if, presumably, as in clinton’s case, the emails were Bleach-Bitted and her phones were destroyed with a hammer.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 22, 2018 at 11:35pm

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As we reported, killary clinton also took the SIM cards out of three of her phones BEFORE she gave them to the FBI, according to FBI documents.
Judge Randolph Moss ordered the Datto device to be released by September. The case is now in the court of U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg. Here is the information about the case, including the schedule for releasing the information on the devices. Judicial Watch provided this information to Big League Politics:
“The documents are part of the accelerated schedule of production ordered by U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg, which requires the State Department to complete processing by September 28, 2018, the remaining documents of the 72,000 pages recovered by the FBI in its investigation into killary clinton’s illicit email server. These new classified and other emails appear to be among those that clinton had attempted to delete or had otherwise failed to disclose.”
History"
State (15-00687) now with Judge James E. “Jeb” Boasberg
FOIA lawsuit for clinton’s emails during her tenure at the State Dep’t, records about the 55,000 emails HRC returned to the State Dep’t, and records about HRC’s use of a non-state.gov email address.
Complaint Filed 05/06/15;
Two Requests at Issue: Non-HRC Records and HRC Records; Def’s Answer Filed 06/17/15;
Production Schedules Entered 08/03/15;
Def’s Final Production of Non-HRC Records Rec’d 02/04/16;
Def’s Final Production of HRC Records Rec’d 02/29/16;
Def’s Draft Vaughn Index (NonHRC Records Only) Rec’d 04/08/16;
Schedule for Non-HRC Records: Def’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Granted After In Camera Review 02/21/17 Schedule for HRC Records: Def’s Vaughn Index of Records Withheld under Exemption 4 Rec’d 09/15/16;
Def’s Vaughn Index for Exemption 5 Withholdings Identified by Plf Rec’d 10/28/16;
Def’s Production of Records Recovered By FBI Underway;
Def’s Latest Status Report Filed 11/29/17;
Latest Status Conference Held and New Processing Schedule Entered 11/30/17;
Monthly Productions Underway;
Def to Complete Processing of Discs 1 and 4 by 01/31/18, Discs 2 and 7 by 03/30/18, and Discs 3 and 5 by 09/28/18;
Def’s Latest Production of FBI Recovered Records (29th) Rec’d 02/05/18; Def’s Next Production of FBI Recovered Records (30th) Due 03/05/18 (Not Yet Rec’d);
Next Status Conference Scheduled for 04/06/18
FYI – the datto docs are on disk 5.
State is processing disks 5 and 7 now!
All Datto docs should be released/produced by Sept 28.”

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 22, 2018 at 11:07pm

**** IT'S ABOUT TIME! ****
HUGE: james comey Officially Under Investigation for Leaking Classified Intel.
Apr/20/18
At least two memos that comey gave to a friend named Daniel Richman, a professor at Columbia Law School, contained classified information.
According to the Wall Street Journal, The Justice Department inspector general is now conducting an investigation into classification issues related to the comey memos.
President Trump has repeatedly bashed comey for leaking classified intel to the press, including memos that predicated the hiring of a special counsel and the never-ending “Russian collusion” investigation.
comey has begun a very public and very stupid book tour to peddle “A Higher Loyalty,” basically a diary of his time dealing with Trump in White House, which reads as if written by a pre-teen girl.
Apparently, comey is unaware that he has the right to remain silent. Much of what he has said during the tour has shed light on information contained in his memos and he has even contradicted under-oath testimony that he made to Congress!
This story is developing.

By Peter D'Abrosca -

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 22, 2018 at 9:53pm

Rep. John Ratcliffe
Hi Landel,
As a strong defender of the rule of law, one of my top priorities in Congress is closing the gaps in our legal system that may prevent justice from being properly served.
This week, I introduced a new bill to address loopholes in U.S. Code that allow criminal aliens to receive shockingly light sentences for crimes committed after their unlawful reentry to the United States.
The Peter, Ellie, and Grayson Victims of Illegal Criminal Entry (VOICES) Act of 2018 (H.R. 5526) is named after the victims of a fatal car crash caused by an illegal alien, Margarito Quintero Rosales, who was driving without a license after unlawfully entering the United States two separate times.
Despite this, Rosales received only a two-year sentence for negligent homicide, which counted toward his already existing sentence for illegal reentry. This effectively allowed him to receive no additional punishment for causing the death of Peter, Ellie and Grayson.
The VOICES Act aims to ensure that stronger sentences would be served for such offenses, so we can finally crack down on illegal aliens who commit crimes on top of unlawful reentry.
I firmly believe this bill is an important step forward on behalf of the deeply missed victims of this tragedy and others like it. After all, the victims’ family deserve nothing less.
Sincerely,
John Ratcliffe
U.S. Representative for Texas’ Fourth District

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 22, 2018 at 2:18pm

HERO: Meet the Man Who Tackled the Waffle House Shooter.
Apr/22/18 1:25 PM Timothy Meads
Earlier today, a madman with a gun opened fire on a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. But one hero ran towards the bullets instead of away from them. Police say James Shaw Jr.’s actions saved many lives.
From The Tennessean:
"James Shaw Jr., 29, said after feeling cornered he saw an opportunity to tackle the man shooting into an Antioch Waffle House. He said he doesn’t feel like a hero.
Police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters Sunday morning that the Waffle House hero rushed the suspected shooter, disarmed him and threw the assault rifle he was carrying over the counter.
“I don’t really know, when everyone said that (of being a hero), it feels selfish,” Shaw Jr. “I was just trying to get myself out. I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it.”
Shaw Jr. said he was at a fraternity house party before heading to the Bell Road Waffle House at about 2:30 a.m. with some friends. They left soon after because it was too packed, he said."
Shaw Jr. was determined to stop the shooter.
"I remember I was like ‘Dang, I’m basically in a barrel,’ ” Shaw Jr. said. “There is no place for me to go.”
As the suspect came through the door, he needed to reload, Shaw Jr. said. That’s when he said he rushed him.
“When he came in, I distinctively remember thinking that he is going to have to work for this kill,” Shaw Jr. said.
“I had a chance to stop him and thankfully I stopped him.”
He added: “I grabbed the gun and kept it down. He had one hand on it. I pulled it away and threw it over the bar.”
The suspect then ran outside and escaped. Shaw Jr. did not follow him because he did not know if the suspect had any other weapons on his body.
After suffering a few scrapes on his elbow and being discharged from the hospital, Shaw Jr attended church with his mother.
Police spokesman Don Aaron told reporters Sunday morning that the Waffle House hero rushed the suspected shooter, disarmed him and threw the assault rifle he was carrying over the Waffle House counter.

Comment by Bullheaded Texan on April 22, 2018 at 1:53pm

Calls For Nobel Peace Prize For Trump Intensify.
4/21/18 Town Hall by: Timothy Meads
The North Korean state media made a historic announcement Friday evening that Kim Jong-un and the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea would be suspending its nuclear missile and long range missile testing. In addition they will also be closing down their nuclear test site.
The announcement comes ahead of President Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un, a potbellied dictator he once nicknamed "Rocketman," in May.
By all accounts, President Trump has been the driving force behind North Korea's sudden change in their willingness to stop their nuclear weapon program.
Now, Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) is calling for President Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace prize if North Korea decides to disarm all together.
“If North Korea disarms, President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize,” Messer said in a statement released Saturday morning.
“President Trump’s peace through strength strategy is making America safer and delivering results!
This is more progress in North Korea than we saw during the entire obuma administration, and it’s a direct result of President Trump’s strong leadership on the world stage,” he added.

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