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Friday, August 26, 2016
BIAS ALERT: New York Times finds latest Clinton Foundation bombshell unfit to print
If you look hard enough, you find there's usually a reason for everything -- even at The New York Times.
But whatever the reason -- maybe it was the story about a parasite jeopardizing fly fishing in Montana, or those Russian hackers who attacked the Gray Lady's Moscow bureau -- the latest Clinton Foundation bombshell couldn't be found among "All the News That's Fit to Print."
The Associated Press scoop Tuesday found that at least 85 of 154 people who got an audience with Hillary Clinton while she led the State Department had donated to her family charity. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million and included private citizens with business before the government. It’s as close to a “pay to play” smoking gun as has emerged to date.
“The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009,” the AP wrote. “But the frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton.”
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But whatever the reason -- maybe it was the story about a parasite jeopardizing fly fishing in Montana, or those Russian hackers who attacked the Gray Lady's Moscow bureau -- the latest Clinton Foundation bombshell couldn't be found among "All the News That's Fit to Print."
The Associated Press scoop Tuesday found that at least 85 of 154 people who got an audience with Hillary Clinton while she led the State Department had donated to her family charity. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million and included private citizens with business before the government. It’s as close to a “pay to play” smoking gun as has emerged to date.
“The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009,” the AP wrote. “But the frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton.”
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There’s one thing about our Olympics team NO ONE will discuss…so I will
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, issued a directive, shared here, that there will no longer be gender-biased duty descriptions; everything is gender neutral. You know, no more infantrymen or artillerymen…even no more corpsman. I tend to believe Barack Obama appreciated that since he had issues pronouncing the last one.
So if, when it comes to our national security where progressive socialists don’t recognize gender differences, why then is it the case in sports? I mean do we really need NBA and WNBA? Why not just have a single National Basketball Association where everyone gets to try out, male or female. I mean c’mon, if the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America can declare all duty positions in the U.S. military open to females — and Miss USA 2016, Deshauna Barber, an Army logistics officer, can declare women are just as capable as men in combat — why have separate teams?
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Chicago's detective force dwindles as murder rate soars
Every two weeks, Cynthia Lewis contacts the detectives investigating the homicide of her brother on Chicago's south side almost a year ago.
They have had no success finding who shot Tyjuan Lewis, a 43-year-old father of 15, near his home in the quiet Roseland neighborhood of single-family houses.
The death of Lewis, who delivered the U.S. mail for 20 years, is one of hundreds of slayings in 2015 that have gone unsolved as the number of homicides soared in Chicago, piling pressure on a shrinking detective force.
In a city with as many as 90 shootings a week, homicides this year are on track to hit their highest level since 1997.
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They have had no success finding who shot Tyjuan Lewis, a 43-year-old father of 15, near his home in the quiet Roseland neighborhood of single-family houses.
The death of Lewis, who delivered the U.S. mail for 20 years, is one of hundreds of slayings in 2015 that have gone unsolved as the number of homicides soared in Chicago, piling pressure on a shrinking detective force.
In a city with as many as 90 shootings a week, homicides this year are on track to hit their highest level since 1997.
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DSP: Portable Meth Lab Discovered in Felton
The preliminary investigation has determined the incident occurred around 6:52 a.m. Friday August 26, 2016, as troopers were dispatched to the location in the 5,000 block of Little Mastens Corner Road to investigate a domestic related complaint. Upon arrival, troopers found Lawrence D. Grimm had initially barricaded himself in a bathroom. He was later taken into custody without incident. At that time, it was determined that he had discarded an active one-pot meth bottle in a trash can outside the residence prior to troopers arriving to the residence.
Upon taking the Grimm into custody, the active one pot meth bottle began to smoke. The residence was subsequently evacuated and scene secured until the arrival of the Delaware State Police Kent County Drug Unit, Governor’s Task Force, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), and the Felton Community Fire Company who responded to assist with the investigation. A search was conducted which revealed equipment and component mixtures of the manufacturing stages of Meth along with key ingredients in making the drug.
Lawrence D. Grimm, 37 of Felton, was transported to Troop 3 in Camden where he was charged with Operating a Clandestine Lab and Possession of Schedule IV pills. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Court 7 and committed to James T. Vaughn Correctional Center on a $11,000.00 secured bond.
U.S. federal government to buy $20 million in cheese
According to the USDA, the government is buying approximately 11 million pounds of cheese from private inventories to reduce a surplus that is at an all-time high.
The cheese, which will cost $20 million to purchase, will be distributed to food banks and pantries across the U.S. for families in need.
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Clinton to be questioned under oath on origins of email server
Hillary Clinton will soon face questions under oath about the reasons she set up and maintained a private email server during her four years as secretary of state.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, told the Washington Examiner that his group is preparing a set of written questions for Clinton as part of the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that has already extracted hundreds of documents from the State Department.
Fitton said the questionnaire, which Clinton will be forced to complete within 30 days of receipt, will drill down on the Democratic nominee's shifting stories about why she relied on an unauthorized email network.
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Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, told the Washington Examiner that his group is preparing a set of written questions for Clinton as part of the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that has already extracted hundreds of documents from the State Department.
Fitton said the questionnaire, which Clinton will be forced to complete within 30 days of receipt, will drill down on the Democratic nominee's shifting stories about why she relied on an unauthorized email network.
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Former DOJ Employee Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Traveling to Engage In Sex with a Minor
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; Special Agent in Charge Andre R. Watson of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); Worcester County Sheriff Reggie T. Mason, Sr.; and Special Agent in Charge Michael Tompkins, Washington Field Office, U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.
According to his plea agreement, Cicala was a career employee at the U.S. Department of Justice, providing information technology support. Cicala owned a beach house in Fenwick Island, Delaware. From March 2015 through at least July 21, 2015, Cicala placed multiple ads in the Delaware, Maryland and District of Columbia editions of an online marketplace, seeking females to engage in “daddy-daughter” relationships. On July 21, 2015, an undercover detective with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office who was investigating child solicitation on the internet responded to Cicala’s ad entitled “Daddy’s Little Girl.” The undercover detective identified himself as “Sydney,” a 15 year old female, and Cicala identified himself as a male in his late 40’s.
Cicala and the undercover detective posing as “Syndey” exchanged messages for several weeks, eventually agreeing to meet to engage in sexually explicit conduct. On August 1, 2015, Cicala traveled from his beach house in Delaware to Berlin, Maryland, to meet “Sydney,” who did not show up, later claiming that she was unable to get away. The texting continued and Cicala again made arrangements to meet Sydney on August 15, 2015, in Berlin.
Virtually all of the conversations Cicala had with the undercover officer occurred using Cicala’s DOJ-issued phone or work computer, sometimes during work hours. Cicala frequently attempted to engage “Sydney” in sexually explicit chat, instructing her to delete the message, and sent Sydney nude and partially nude photos of himself. However, throughout the text message exchanges “Sydney” refused to send sexually explicit photos or engage in sexually explicit chat.
Hillary Clinton’s run-out-the-clock strategy
The Democrat aims to ignore the email and Foundation controversies, seeing a shrinking calendar as her friend.
She is not planning on sitting for another televised armchair confessional to rehash regrets about a private email server. Nor is the campaign setting up the kind of war room employed last year to discredit a book that aimed to expose a quid-pro-quo relationship between Clinton Foundation donors and State Department officials.
With 75 days until Election Day and new emails once again casting a pall over her campaign, Hillary Clinton aims to “run out the clock,” confidants say, on the latest chapters of the overlapping controversies that have dogged her campaign since the start.
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She is not planning on sitting for another televised armchair confessional to rehash regrets about a private email server. Nor is the campaign setting up the kind of war room employed last year to discredit a book that aimed to expose a quid-pro-quo relationship between Clinton Foundation donors and State Department officials.
With 75 days until Election Day and new emails once again casting a pall over her campaign, Hillary Clinton aims to “run out the clock,” confidants say, on the latest chapters of the overlapping controversies that have dogged her campaign since the start.
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Emails show Clinton denied, then met with Ukrainian donor
Emails made public Tuesday show a Ukrainian businessman and major Clinton Foundation donor was invited to Hillary Clinton's home during the final year of her diplomatic tenure, despite her spokesman's insistence in 2014 that the donor never crossed paths with Clinton while she served as secretary of state.
Victor Pinchuk, who has given up to $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, appeared on the guest list that was sent between Dennis Cheng, an executive at the foundation, and Huma Abedin, then Clinton's deputy chief of staff at the State Department, ahead of a June 2012 dinner. Abedin noted in a subsequent email that the gathering would be hosted in Clinton's home.
Amid scrutiny of Clinton's ties to Pinchuk in 2014, the Democratic nominee's spokesman, Nick Merrill, said Pinchuk had never met with Clinton during that time. He told the New York Times that, "from Jan. 21, 2009, to Feb. 1, 2013," the Ukrainian businessman "was never on her schedule."
Merrill did not return a request for comment.
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Victor Pinchuk, who has given up to $25 million to the Clinton Foundation, appeared on the guest list that was sent between Dennis Cheng, an executive at the foundation, and Huma Abedin, then Clinton's deputy chief of staff at the State Department, ahead of a June 2012 dinner. Abedin noted in a subsequent email that the gathering would be hosted in Clinton's home.
Amid scrutiny of Clinton's ties to Pinchuk in 2014, the Democratic nominee's spokesman, Nick Merrill, said Pinchuk had never met with Clinton during that time. He told the New York Times that, "from Jan. 21, 2009, to Feb. 1, 2013," the Ukrainian businessman "was never on her schedule."
Merrill did not return a request for comment.
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Los Angeles VA Hospital Lost 30 Cars, Then Fired Worker Who Reported It
Robert Benkeser, manager at the Greater Los Angeles VA, fired whistle-blower Anthony Salazar after Salazar tried to bring the theft to light. The department convened an “administrative investigation board” (AIB) that resulted in “a letter of counseling” to Benkeser for mismanaging the motor pool. Benkeser then fired Salazar several months later.
he Office of Special Counsel (OSC), a government-wide agency that protects whistle-blowers, said earlier this month that VA blocked Salazar from showing that he was being retaliated against. The Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) imposed “an overly rigorous” standard of proof to show prohibited retaliation.
Rep. Mike Coffman, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, demanded Aug. 18 to know what happened to the missing vehicles, how the AIB worked, and the position top VA management took before the MSPB in the matter of Salazar’s job.
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Hillary Clinton staffer's magazine claims Jews 'adept at working political system'
An Islamic journal where Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton's top aide, was assistant editor published an article accusing Jews of 'working the American political system' – and being aided by the 'memory of the Holocaust'.
Abedin, who is vice-chair of Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, spent 12 years as an assistant editor for Journal of Minority Muslim Affairs.
Her mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, is the journal's editor-in-chief and has been accused of espousing the views of the Muslim Brotherhood through the publication.
Huma Abedin's brother, Hassan, is an associate editor and her sister, Heba, is an assistant editor.
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Abedin, who is vice-chair of Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, spent 12 years as an assistant editor for Journal of Minority Muslim Affairs.
Her mother, Saleha Mahmood Abedin, is the journal's editor-in-chief and has been accused of espousing the views of the Muslim Brotherhood through the publication.
Huma Abedin's brother, Hassan, is an associate editor and her sister, Heba, is an assistant editor.
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Look what just happened in WASHINGTON D.C. after minimum wage hike
Leftists refuse to acknowledge the universal facts of economics and continue believing in the fairy tale of total equality — monetarily speaking — that drives them to support measures such as the redistribution of wealth.
Well, perhaps they’ll listen to the facts emerging from places where the minimum wage has been raised and is wreaking havoc on the employment rate…right in our nation’s capital.
A new report indicates restaurants in D.C. are being hit super hard and are now losing eight jobs per DAY.
Truth Revolt is reporting, Thus far, Washington, D.C. has lost 1,400 jobs in just the last six months alone, many of them in the restaurant services industry. The Washington Free Beacon reports:
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A Viewer Writes: 8-26-16
Obama admin: Deficits are now next president's problem
With federal budget deficits on the rise again, the White House Wednesday officially kicked the problem down the road to the next president.
Asked about Congressional Budget Office projections that the federal deficit will spike 33 percent this year, White House press secretary Josh Earnest cited reasons including an aging population and Republican-sponsored tax cuts.
Then he added, “There’s certainly a lot money that can be saved, and this will be a challenge that the next president and the next Congress will have to do.”
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Asked about Congressional Budget Office projections that the federal deficit will spike 33 percent this year, White House press secretary Josh Earnest cited reasons including an aging population and Republican-sponsored tax cuts.
Then he added, “There’s certainly a lot money that can be saved, and this will be a challenge that the next president and the next Congress will have to do.”
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Utility worker's submerged photo goes viral
"I've shut down my Facebook, turned off my email. I had a call from a lawyer in Atlanta that wanted to use the photo," she said.
The photo is an image Adams snapped a week ago, when a utility worker from the Acton Municipal Utility District went above and beyond trying to plug a one-inch pipe that had burst.
"When I walked back outside, the kid was in there," she exclaims, still in disbelief.
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MSNBC Host: Hillary's Foundation Is 'No Longer A Beltway Problem'
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell said on Wednesday that Hillary Clinton’s campaign should want to clean up the problems emanating from the Clinton Foundation scandal and the 15,000 more emails released.
Appearing on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” referring to the newly released 15,000 emails from Clinton, Mitchell said, “This is no longer a Beltway problem. This is becoming part of the narrative. We’re seeing it in the polling where it’s following her around.”
Mitchell went on to argue that the Clinton campaign “should want to clean this up.”
“Especially now if Trump is suddenly getting it together and is going to just laser focus only on this issue,” host Chuck Todd added.
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Appearing on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” referring to the newly released 15,000 emails from Clinton, Mitchell said, “This is no longer a Beltway problem. This is becoming part of the narrative. We’re seeing it in the polling where it’s following her around.”
Mitchell went on to argue that the Clinton campaign “should want to clean this up.”
“Especially now if Trump is suddenly getting it together and is going to just laser focus only on this issue,” host Chuck Todd added.
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Presidential Campaign Budgets
Donald Trump's Campaign Budget
Bumper Stickers $3,000,000
Hats $4,000.000
Handheld signs $1,000,000
Yard Signs $7,000,000
Stadium Rental $30,000,000
Jet Fuel/ Maintenance $5,000,000
Miscellaneous $2,000,000
Total $51,000,000
Bumper Stickers $40,000
Hats $6,000
Handheld signs $14,000
Yard Signs $0
Moose hall rentals (donation) $0
School gym rentals $0
Jet fuel/ travel (Air Force) $0
Miscellaneous Armani coats $1,000,000
Total $1,060,000
So, wait, there's more
CNN $42,000,000
ABC $38,000,000
CBS $23,000,000
NBC, MSNBC $68,000,000
27 Pollsters Companies $145,000,000
Gannett $30,000,000
Total $347,060,000
Bumper Stickers $3,000,000
Hats $4,000.000
Handheld signs $1,000,000
Yard Signs $7,000,000
Stadium Rental $30,000,000
Jet Fuel/ Maintenance $5,000,000
Miscellaneous $2,000,000
Total $51,000,000
Hillary Clinton's Campaign Budget
Hats $6,000
Handheld signs $14,000
Yard Signs $0
Moose hall rentals (donation) $0
School gym rentals $0
Jet fuel/ travel (Air Force) $0
Miscellaneous Armani coats $1,000,000
Total $1,060,000
So, wait, there's more
CNN $42,000,000
ABC $38,000,000
CBS $23,000,000
NBC, MSNBC $68,000,000
27 Pollsters Companies $145,000,000
Gannett $30,000,000
Total $347,060,000
A girl was drugged with meth, sexually assaulted and killed. One of the suspects: Her mother.
Instead, they saw the body of a 10-year-old girl, brutally killed.
She had been drugged and sexually assaulted, police said. According to the Albuquerque Journal, she was killed hours before her 10th birthday party.
The suspects: her mother, 35-year-old Michelle Martens; Martens’s boyfriend, 31-year-old Fabian Gonzales; and 31-year-old Jessica Kelley.
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Ann Coulter says any Republican who works with Clinton is a 'traitor'
Donald Trump supporter and bestselling author Ann Coulter warned Wednesday that any Republican in Congress who works with President Hillary Clinton would be seen as a "traitor."
Her comments were made in an interview with the Washington Examiner, soon after Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said that if Clinton were to win, he could see himself cutting a deal with her. "I've sat across the table with Hillary Clinton eye-to-eye, and when you're working outside of staff and outside of the press, she is somebody I can work with," he said in August.
But Coulter said it can't work that way.
"Any Republican who says he can work with Hillary Clinton is a traitor to the nation," she said. "It's finished."
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Her comments were made in an interview with the Washington Examiner, soon after Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said that if Clinton were to win, he could see himself cutting a deal with her. "I've sat across the table with Hillary Clinton eye-to-eye, and when you're working outside of staff and outside of the press, she is somebody I can work with," he said in August.
But Coulter said it can't work that way.
"Any Republican who says he can work with Hillary Clinton is a traitor to the nation," she said. "It's finished."
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