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Cheer Up, Justin Amash! There’s No Need to Cry Over One Missed Vote.
Post Date: 2017-03-31 03:47:51 by Gatlin
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Rep. Justin Amash, far right, exits the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill on May 31, 2015. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan was speaking to the press about the GOP’s Obamacare replacement in the speaker's lobby of the House of Representatives when, as Politico reported Friday afternoon, a sudden realization dawned on him. He asked the gaggle the status of a vote on the floor. A reporter informed him that she believed a vote on an amendment was underway. Then this happened:Amash immediately sprinted into the chamber and tried to put his card in the voting slot to cast his yea or nay, but the vote had closed. Amash approached floor staff and leadership to ...
Amash-Trump feud continues in wake of Obamacare loss
Post Date: 2017-03-31 03:19:32 by Gatlin
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WASHINGTON — A word of warning before President Donald Trump decides to go after U.S. Rep. Justin Amash next year: It's been tried before and it didn't work out too well.On Thursday morning, Trump, apparently still smarting from being forced last week to drop a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act in the face of conservative intransigence, went on Twitter to say his supporters "must fight" members of the so-called Freedom Caucus that opposed the bill, presumably drumming up opposition for them in next year's elections if they "don't get on the team & fast."That would include Amash, a Republican from Cascade Township, who was clear in his ...
Congressman Justin Amash: Riding a fence made of razor wire
Post Date: 2017-03-31 03:04:03 by Gatlin
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Like many Palestinian Americans, I was ecstatic when Justin Amash was elected Congressman from the Michigan in November 2010. There have been several American Arab members of the U.S. Congress, but Amash was the first who was solidly identified as being Palestinian. He joined a besieged group of congressional members, American Arabs who have to battle against the powerful pro-Israel lobby and also win votes against often vicious opponents. Politics is no June afternoon picking strawberries. But the key difference is that Amash, 30, a former member of the Michigan State Legislature from the 72nd District and the second youngest ember of the U.S House behind 29 year old Aaron Schock of ...
The One House Republican Who Can’t Stop Criticizing Donald Trump [Justin Amash – Freedom Caucus]
Post Date: 2017-03-31 02:41:20 by Gatlin
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WASHINGTON ― Within the Republican rat race to shift core principles and cozy up to the Trump administration, there’s one Republican in the House who seems totally uninterested in running the maze. When Donald Trump proposed a year of jail or loss of citizenship for burning the flag, this congressman said no president should be allowed to “burn the First Amendment.”When Trump said only the media thinks his potential conflicts of interest are “a big deal,” he quote tweeted the president-elect to say that it was indeed a big deal, affixing Trump’s hashtag, #draintheswamp.And when Trump indicated he would nominate Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to be attorney ...
Senator John McCain nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Post Date: 2017-03-31 02:24:15 by Hondo68
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Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., who is of Palestinian and Syrian descent, is the only Arab-American GOP lawmaker to fully opposed Trump’s travel ban.
Post Date: 2017-03-31 02:21:50 by Gatlin
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Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) was born in the United States, the son of a Palestinian refugee father and a Syrian immigrant mother. So perhaps it’s no surprise that he is one of the GOP’s most outspoken critics of President Trump’s immigration order. “I’ve had both of those aspects in my life — the immigrant aspect and the refugee aspect,” Amash said in an interview Wednesday on Capitol Hill. “I believe it’s important that we remain a welcoming country, that people feel they have the opportunity to come here and start a new life.” Amash is one of six lawmakers of Arab descent suddenly thrust into the spotlight thanks to a heated national ...
Amash Hints at 2020 Presidential Run
Post Date: 2017-03-31 02:00:10 by Gatlin
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Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) hinted at a 2020 run during his speech at the Young Americans for Liberty National Convention. As one of the few libertarian Republicans in elected office, Amash is looking to continue the movement Ron Paul inspired. Amash is one of the few remaining left in the Never Trump movement and is actively looking to back someone besides the Republican nominee. Rare called him “the most high profile libertarian Republican in Congress after Senator Rand Paul” and one of the “two congressmen who are generally considered the most beloved by the Ron Paul-inspired liberty movement.” It’s important that we have a strong libertarian voice ...
Rep. Amash compares Trump to a 5th-grade child over attack on the Freedom Caucus
Post Date: 2017-03-31 00:47:11 by Gatlin
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Rep. Justin Amash said Thursday that President Trump was trying to bully the Freedom Caucus of conservative Republicans. Image Source: YouTube. President Trump appears to be putting the blame of the failure of the “American Health Care Act” that he backed on the Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) is pushing back. Amash told reporters that the president acted like a fifth-grade child Thursday. “Most people don’t take too well to being bullied,” he told reporters, laughing. “Do you think this is an actual negotiating tactic by the president,” a reporter asked, “though, or do you think, is this a constructive way to do it?” “I ...
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Videos Himself Deliberately Ignoring a “Gunshot Victim” Radio Call. ….But There Is Much More To The Story
Post Date: 2017-03-30 21:47:00 by cranky
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“Somebody Got shot right now….I Gotta Go, But I’m Not Gonna Go” In a troubling 51-second YouTube video that reportedly has gone viral among members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, an on duty LASD deputy appears to deliberately ignore a “gunshot victim” radio call. As the video opens, the deputy—who has been identified as 26-year-old Jeremy Fennell—lounges in what appears to be the driver’s seat of his stationary patrol car talking on camera to a female friend when, all at once, his radio screeches to life, and the voice of an LASD dispatch operator puts out a call to Lakewood patrol cars about a 417, person with a gun. ...
The House Un-Freedom Caucus
Post Date: 2017-03-30 16:30:43 by Gatlin
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After the health-care failure, it’s time for Republican voters and donors to rethink their political support. On the night of Nov. 8, 2016, after it was clear that Donald Trump had upset Hillary Clinton, there was broad agreement that one word described the American electorate’s purpose: change. Voters wanted change from the status quo. Last week, not 100 days into the Trump presidency, the members of the House Freedom Caucus decided that the 2016 election was not about change. It was instead about legislative gridlock, with the bitterly ironic difference that these 25 or so self-described conservatives have locked up their own party. Democrats need 24 pickups to regain control ...
Centrist group in House 'will never' meet with Freedom Caucus
Post Date: 2017-03-30 16:04:39 by Gatlin
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The centrist Tuesday Group affirmed at a meeting Wednesday that it will not meet with the conservative House Freedom Caucus to negotiate changes to an ObamaCare replacement bill, according to Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.). “I am not speaking for the White House; I'm not speaking for the Speaker; but I will speak for the Tuesday Group,” Collins, a member of the group, told reporters. “We have never negotiated with the Freedom Caucus. There was never a meeting scheduled with the Freedom Caucus. We will never meet with the Freedom Caucus, because it's not appropriate for a group of ad hoc members.” “It's not regular order, that's not our role,” ...
Republican moderates reject talks with House Freedom Caucus
Post Date: 2017-03-30 15:48:53 by Gatlin
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WASHINGTON — Moderate House Republicans have apparently rejected overtures from the conservative House Freedom Caucus — the most critical group in sinking the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare — which was seeking talks about whether a compromise repeal plan is possible. Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. — one of President Trump's closest allies in the House — told reporters Thursday that the moderates' caucus, called the Tuesday Group, met and "unequivocally" decided not to meet with the Freedom Caucus. “It’s not changing the opinions in our conference. We’ve moved on,” Collins said. “We have to move on to tax ...
BREAKING : Mexico President Has “Change of Heart” Wants New Relationship With Trump
Post Date: 2017-03-30 15:39:05 by Gatlin
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Well, we all knew this was coming. Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto has had a change of heart and wants to start a new relationship with President Trump and the United States. He wants a reset. Pena Nieto made the comments during a speech in Costa Rica, where he stressed the challenges regarding trade and reiterated his vow to President Trump to revise NAFTA. This is the first step towards the first payment on the Trump Wall. From Yahoo News San José (AFP) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Wednesday he is working on “a new relationship” with the US and thanked Latin American neighbors for support as Mexico faces “big challenges” with its ...
President Trump Threatens War on the House Freedom caucus
Post Date: 2017-03-30 14:48:54 by Gatlin
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Gohmert suspects Priebus authored Trump anti-Freedom Caucus tweet House Freedom Caucus member Louie Gohmert said he suspects White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus authored President Trump's Thursday tweet threatening the HFC with 2018 political repercussions, and he warned that wiping out the faction could hurt Trump eventually. Gohmert, R-Texas, said Trump may regret the tweet, since many of the same lawmakers came to his defense when others attacked him. "I hope the president will realize the friends his tweet condemns are actually the ones that stood by him and were very vociferous in defending him in October when all of the Republican elected leaders in the House were ...
Matt Drudge: "Rand Paul Is America's Best Senator"
Post Date: 2017-03-30 14:36:17 by Hondo68
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Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge does not personally tweet too often, so when he does, it is either when something has infuriated him or, more rarely, when he has words of affirmation. Today it was the latter, when Drudge praised Senator Rand Paul, tweeting that he had an "Intriguing lunch in hill office of America's best senator, Rand Paul. He's bold, brave and has somehow kept his heart in such a corrupt city." Intriguing lunch in hill office of America's best senator, Rand Paul. He's bold, brave and has somehow kept his heart in such a corrupt city — MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) March 30, 2017 While according to many, Drudge was a driving force behind the ...
No, wealth isn’t created at the top. It is merely devoured there
Post Date: 2017-03-30 13:46:37 by A Pole
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Bankers, pharmaceutical giants, Google, Facebook ... a new breed of rentiers are at the very top of the pyramid and they’re sucking the rest of us dry ====== Rutger Bregman This piece is about one of the biggest taboos of our times. About a truth that is seldom acknowledged, and yet – on reflection – cannot be denied. The truth that we are living in an inverse welfare state. These days, politicians from the left to the right assume that most wealth is created at the top. By the visionaries, by the job creators, and by the people who have “made it”. By the go-getters oozing talent and entrepreneurialism that are helping to advance the whole world. Now, we ...
Trump = Obama = Bush = Clinton On 4 Core Issues
Post Date: 2017-03-30 12:43:49 by Deckard
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On a superficial level, Trump and Bush couldn’t be more different from Clinton and Obama. Indeed, pollsters say that many people voted for Trump because they wanted change … Just like they voted for Obama because he promised “hope and change” from Bush-era policies. But beneath the surface, Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton are all very similar on 4 core issues.More War Bush intentionally lied us into the Iraq war … a war which had no relation with U.S. security or defense. Clinton and Obama intentionally lied us into various “humanitarian wars” … which had nothing to do with our security or defense. And the same idiots who lied us into the Iraq ...
Trump Is Beating Previous Presidents At Being Unpopular
Post Date: 2017-03-30 08:03:07 by Deckard
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President Trump reached a new low on FiveThirtyEight’s job-approval tracker this week, when his approval rating hit 41.3 percent. It’s a low for Trump, but how good or bad is a 41 percent approval rating two months into a president’s tenure in historical terms? To help put Trump’s ratings in perspective, we’ve added a new section to our tracker: Charts for each of the previous 12 presidents, showing approval, disapproval and net approval ratings compared with Trump’s at the same point in their presidencies. We’ve included every president back to Harry Truman — the first commander in chief for whom we have approval polls starting near the beginning ...
Cops Break into Wrong House, Arrest Innocent Children, Kill Their Dog — Taxpayers Held Liable
Post Date: 2017-03-30 05:50:09 by Deckard
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Las Vegas, NV — Kenya and Henry Brian Rodriguez were playing video games and watching TV with their two friends Jordhy Leal and David Madueno when all of the sudden cops rushed into their home, held them all at gunpoint, killed the family dog, and unlawfully arrested them and their father. After going to the wrong home, murdering the family dog, and kidnapping and terrorizing innocent children, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department still maintains that they did everything by the book. Now, because of America’s cruel system of ‘justice,’ the officers responsible were never held accountable and it is the taxpayers who are taking responsibility. On ...
DEA Seized $4 Billion From People Since 2007. Most Were Never Charged with a Crime
Post Date: 2017-03-30 05:34:37 by Deckard
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A new government watchdog report finds the DEA grabs cash just for the sake of grabbing cash, raising civil liberties concerns.The Drug Enforcement Administration seized more than $4 billion in cash from people suspected of drug activity over the last decade, but $3.2 billion of those seizures were never connected to any criminal charges. A report by the Justice Department Inspector General released Wednesday found that the DEA's gargantuan amount of cash seizures often didn't relate to any ongoing criminal investigations, and 82 percent of seizures it reviewed ended up being settled administratively—that is, without any judicial review—raising civil liberties concerns. In ...
Taxing (and Antiquing) Them Off the Road
Post Date: 2017-03-30 05:26:12 by Deckard
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For planned obsolescence to work, you’ve got to keep the conveyor belt rolling. And most of all, prevent anyone from getting off. It is a problem if people “cling” to their old cars instead of regularly trading them in – ideally, to be crushed – for new ones – hopefully, heavily financed.But how to get rid of the old cars when people decline to get rid of them voluntarily?Democratic politicians in Oregon have just the thing.It is House Bill 2877 and – if it becomes law – it will impose heavy taxes on cars 20 years old or more to the tune of $1,000 payable every five years, in perpetuity – unless the owner obtains Antique Vehicle ...
Rep Massie lays out a plan for successful health care reform
Post Date: 2017-03-30 00:54:40 by Hondo68
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Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joined Dana Loesch on “Dana” tonight to discuss health care reform: past, present, and what the future may bring. Massie criticized the different elements in last week’s Republican health care bill: “This bill is three bills inside of one: it was a ‘repeal’ bill, it was a ‘replace’ bill, and it was a Medicaid reform bill,” Massie said, suggesting that if they would split the bills apart and hold separate votes, that a “repeal” bill and a Medicaid reform bill could pass, leaving only a replacement bill to be ironed out. They went on to discuss the dismal poll numbers for the health care bill, only ...
To Overcome The Obamacare Repeal’s Failure, Let’s Understand Its Causes
Post Date: 2017-03-29 23:42:45 by Tooconservative
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Like the British evacuation of Dunkirk more than seven decades ago, Friday’s abrupt decision to halt proceedings on the American Health Care Act (AHCA) prior to a House vote represented victory only in that it averted an even costlier defeat—an embarrassing floor vote seemingly destined to fail, or passage of a bill unloved by wide swathes of the public and lawmakers alike.Whether that decision is ultimately viewed as a “deliverance”—as Winston Churchill dubbed the 1940 Dunkirk evacuation—will depend in no small part on whether lawmakers can, both individually and collectively, learn the right lessons from an entirely predictable defeat.“What went ...
Miami police arrest 19-year-old suspect in ambush of two detectives
Post Date: 2017-03-29 22:48:22 by Justified
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - A 19-year-old man suspected of ambushing two Miami detectives in an unmarked car during a lookout for gang activity was arrested on Wednesday on attempted murder charges, police said. Damian Thompson of Miami is accused of wounding the plainclothes officers when he opened fire Monday night on their vehicle outside an apartment complex, Miami-Dade police said in a statement. He was taken into custody on Tuesday after investigators received a tip and raided a hotel near Miami International Airport, police said. Thompson is charged with first-degree attempted murder, battery on a police officer and resisting an officer with violence. It was not immediately ...
Liz Peek: Time for the Freedom Caucus to climb aboard the Trump train [Reposted to Correct the Picture Size]
Post Date: 2017-03-29 22:11:24 by Gatlin
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Oops, this is the wrong picture….sorry about that. Here is the correct picture [Correct picture with the article….and now corrected to TC’s size requirement] … Can hardly tell the difference? I couldn’t either. An easy mistake to make. Moving along now, to continue with the article … This is the truth: the Freedom Caucus has breathed new life into the demolished Democratic Party. It is Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer who are celebrating the breakdown of efforts to pass the Affordable Care Act – not the country. For eight years Democrats have accused Republicans of being the “Party of ...
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