​2-18-19, Since the conservatives retook the White House and Donald Trump wanting to make ‘America Great Again;’ the liberal's fake “hate crimes” apparently to stimulate hate against conservatives who are: Christians, white people and Pres Trump. The good news is that because these things are not happening ... the frantic, lunatic, leftist liberals are faking them. List follows:

1. Jan 2019, Chicago IL liberal actor Mr Jussie Smollett apparently, with the help of two friends, staged or lied about a racist & anti-gay attack on himself blaming the phony event on supporters of Pres Trump.
2. Jan 2019, Washington DC ‘March for Life’ Covington Catholic High School student falsely accused by Nathan Phillips who originally told Washington Post the students swarmed him – in reality the kids were just waiting for their bus and Phillips confronted a boy beating a drum in his face.
3. Nov 2018, New York, Anti-Semitic Vandal Exposed As Democrat Activist.
4. July 2018, Waiter Fakes Note Calling Himself A Terrorist  - Khalil Cavil claimed a customer had left a note on the receipt, in lieu of a tip calling Cavil a “terrorist.” Initially the restaurant, Saltgrass Steak House banned the customers for life -  waiter had wrote it himself.
5. July 2018, Texas, Waitress Fakes Racist Note, Blames Law Enforcement – she apologized & later admitted to writing the note herself.
6. Sept 2018, New York woman was charged after she fabricated a story about white teens yelling racial slurs at her and leaving a racist note on her car.
7. Nov 2017, Missouri, racist graffiti hoax - high school racial slurs were left on a bathroom mirror - the student responsible was “non-white.”
8. April 2017, Muslim student at Beloit College wrote anti-Muslim graffiti on his own dorm room door.
9. April 2017, Israeli Man Behind Anti-Semitic Bomb Threats in the U.S. A former reporter for The Intercept was also charged in March 2017 with making several copycat threats.
10. May 2017, Minnesota students at St. Olaf college protests & boycotted classes after racist notes targeting black students were found around campus – perp a black student.
11. Sept 2017, Air Force Academy horrific racist notes were found. The perp one of the students targeted by the notes.
12. Nov 2017, Kansas, K-State report of racist graffiti left on car. “Go Home N***** Boy” and “Whites Only.” Perp was owner of the car himself.
13. Nov 2016:
    1. Racist Blaze At Black Church Was Carried Out By Black Church-goer (Nov. 2016)
    2. Michigan, anti-Muslim Hate Crime hoax - a Muslim woman at the University of Michigan claimed a drunk 20-something man threatened to light her on fire if she didn’t remove her hijab – it was a lie.
    3. Student Miss Taylor Volk, an openly bisexual senior at North Park University lied about hateful notes and emails.
    4. Philadelphia, Ashley Boyer claimed she was harassed at a gas station by white Trump supporting men one who had a weapon. Police Debunked It as she lied.
    5. Louisiana, White Men Rob Muslim Woman Of Her Hijab And Wallet hoax - An 18-year-old Muslim woman that two white men, one of whom was wearing a Trump hat, attacked and robbed her, taking her wallet and hijab while yelling racial slurs. She lied.
    6. St David’s Church Organist Vandalizes Own Church
    7. Sarah Harvard’s fictitious story about Native American claimed to have been harassed by an alleged Trump supporter who thought she was Mexican. Daily Caller Source

2-18-19, Following is a list of some unusual facts about eleven past and present presidents:
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1. George Washington's [1789] false teeth were not wood; they were made of hippopotamus ivory, bone, animal and human teeth, lead, brass screws and gold wire. Historians believe that Washington's fondness for dark wine stained the fractures in his false teeth, giving off the look of grainy wood.
2. President John Adams & Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
3. James Madison was the smallest president stood at 5'4" and weighed around 100 pounds.
4. Martin Van Buren president #8 was the first president born [1782] in the USA.
5. William Henry Harrison shortest tenure in office; in 1841 gave the longest inauguration speech ever over 90 minutes on a wet, cold day; he fell ill of pneumonia and died 31 days into his presidency.
6. Zachary Taylor in 1850 while celebrating the Fourth of July he snacked on a bunch of cherries with iced milk. Apparently bacteria was present in either the cherries or the milk, leading to his death a few days later.
7. William Henry Harrison in 1891 was the first president to have electricity in the White House.
8. Grover Cleveland served as president in two non consecutive terms as #22 [1885-1889] and #24 [1893-1891]
9. Richard Nixon in 1970 had a one lane bowling alley installed in the White House basement.
10. Gerald Ford’s real name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr. More here
11. President Donald John Trump is a germophobe [he doesn’t like to shake hands], he or his companies have been sued approximately 3500 times and he doesn’t drink alcoholic beverages; never had a beer. Because of Grover Cleveland's two non consecutive terms ... Pres Trump is actually #44.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faces questions after her boyfriend Riley Roberts receiving House email account
2-15-19, The Democrat Socialist waded into the issue in response to a tweet from Luke Thompson alleging boyfriend Riley Roberts had been put on staff. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is facing ethics questions after revelations the freshman lawmaker's office gave her boyfriend a congressional email account. Cortez claims her 'partner' needs access to her Google calendar ...  Jason Chaffetz, former chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said Ocasio-Cortez' claims don’t stack up. It’s totally naïve and inappropriate – you wouldn’t allow it in most companies, let alone the House of Representatives. There should be real consequences.” 

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2-15-19, Pres Trump Rose Garden - 49 min announcement of 'NATIONAL EMERGENCY' [he expects to go to court and win] and Spending bill - he even took a question from Jim Acosta ... he discussed North Korea and China plus...
Video here

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• In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson was first to issue an emergency proclamation over the insufficiency of maritime tonnage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, to their consumers abroad and within the United States.
• In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 declared emergencies without limiting their scope or duration, without citing the relevant statutes, and without congressional oversight.
• In 1976 under Pres Jimmy Carter, Congress passed the official National Emergencies Declaration Act; since then there's been 58 declarations by eight presidents; 31 still in effect.

Bill Clinton Declared EIGHTEEN National Emergencies
1-13-19, Pres Trump's potential declaration of a national emergency for the security on the US southern border's ​not unusual or rare. During his presidency, Bill Clinton from January 1993 through January 2001, declared a national emergency 18 times, the Washington Post reported; many of  declared sanctions on various foreign entities as a condemnation of their actions.

NYPD Officers Again Turn Backs to De Blasio at Slain Cop's Funeral
7-11-17, For the second time in recent memory, rank-and-file NYPD officers turned their backs in a show of solidarity against Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Republican Lawmakers Got Played
2-14-19, Details of Border Deal was announced by a group of lawmakers led by Republican Sen. Richard Shelby and Democrat Rep. Nita Lowey, after a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. However, the Democrats slipped a “poison pill” into the deal that will prevent the 55 miles of wall or any wall from being built - reported by Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky): ​pic.twitter.com/q2porHboEI

1. Funds can only be used to make steel bollard design… no concrete wall, no prototypes. Same thing as what Bush and Obama built… just a little bit taller.
2. The bill secures more than $3.1 billion in foreign health services, more than twice for the wall more than twice for the wall pic.twitter.com/2eIbweTl9V
3. Sec. of DHS cannot increase border crossing fees. pic.twitter.com/5fDW6No9dI
4. Border "Wall" construction is only allowed in the Rio Grande Valley Sector pic.twitter.com/xXE4BJFZdE
5. The bill DOES expand Catch and Release by reducing the number of border beds from 49,060 to 40,520
6. No funding for additional enforcement and removal field personnel. – that means no more ICE agents to deport people already in the country.
7. Expands the Alternatives to Detention program from 82,000 to 100,000… so instead of housing family units at the border- they get moved into the interior where they almost always stay in the country permanently.
8. Provides $40 million for additional ICE staffing dedicated to overall ATD case management, particularly for asylum seekers… so no new ICE agents, but money to ICE to help illegal aliens settle in a non-detention center in the country
9. $3.4 billion in refugee assistance – $74 million more than last year
   $4.4 billion in international disaster assistance – $100 million more than last year
10. Does not eliminate any foundations that Trump wanted to get rid of including: The Asia Foundation, the U.S. African Development Foundation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Once again the Republicans in Congress got outplayed; at this point it should be clear that the GOP may be playing for the other side.

Line Item Veto and Why Presidents Still Can't Do It | More here
2-14-19, No line item veto power for Pres Trump that's a partial veto to cancel an individual provision or provisions - line-items - in spending, or "appropriations" bills, without vetoing the entire bill. Virtually every president since the 18th Ulysses S. Grant in 1876 has asked Congress for line-veto power. President Bill Clinton actually got, but did not keep it long. In 1996 Clinton signed the 1996 Line Item Veto Act and used it for the first time to cut three measures from an expansive spending and taxation bill. He it two more times in 1997, cutting one measure from the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and two provisions of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Almost immediately, groups aggrieved by the action, including the City of New York, challenged the line-item veto law in court. In 1998, the US District Court for the District of Columbia declared the 1996 Line Item Veto Act unconstitutional and the Clinton administration appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 ruling issued on June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court, in the case of Clinton v. City of New York upheld the District Court's decision, overturning the 1996 Line Item Veto Act as a violation of the "Presentment Clause," (Article I, Section 7), of the U.S. Constitution. However, by the time the Supreme Court took the power away from him, President Clinton used the line-item veto to cut 82 items from 11 spending bills.

​Drug Cartel 'Sinaloa' Should Pay for the US Security Border Wall - Senator Ted Cruz
2-13-19, FoxNews -- The Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz urging his colleagues to pass the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act – or El Chapo Act – which would divert drug proceeds from cartel bosses to fund border security. The Sinaloa drug cartel boss 'El Chapo' was convicted on drug trafficking, weapons violations and money laundering charges in a  federal courtroom in Brooklyn, N.Y. sentenced to life in prison. Cruz tweeted: “America’s justice system prevailed today in convicting Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka El Chapo, on all 10 counts. U.S. prosecutors are seeking $14 billion in drug profits & other assets from El Chapo which should go towards funding our wall to #SecureTheBorder.”
​ #SecureTheBorder. https://t.co/hPwEUVM6SP @SenTedCruz

The Democrat Rebuttal of President Trump's Speech by Georgia woman Stacey Abrams, I don't know where she gets her information, but she clearly was misinformed about the jobs in America she said: 

"The Republican tax bill rigged the system against working people. Rather than bringing back jobs, plants are closing, layoffs are looming and wages struggle to keep pace with the actual cost of living. We owe more to the millions of everyday folks who keep our economy running: like truck drivers forced to buy their own rigs, farmers caught in a trade war, small business owners in search of capital, and domestic workers serving without labor protections. Women and men who could thrive if only they had the support and freedom to do so." Transcript here

Her mantra is speaking of times past when Obama just stumbled along. The obstructionists are deluded and blind to truth as they contrive to destroy America by way of Pres Trump ... they hate his accomplishments. Makes me sick. 
Jobs report here: November jobs report, December 7, 2018 - finance.yahoo.com
November 2018 jobs report showed the U.S. labor market continues to hum along. In October, the economy created 250,000 new jobs and wages grew at the fastest pace in over nine years. In the third quarter, the economy grew at an annualized pace of 3.5%; the back-to-back quarters of growth in the middle of 2018 were the best stretch for the economy since 2014. And consumers remain in good shape. ​More here

Downtown Los Angeles sees US military hold unexpected war drill - Sott
2-5-19, Monday night, 2-4-19 downtown Los Angeles saw and heard US military hold unexpected war drill. Dozens of Black Hawk helicopters descended on downtown LA at night. Residents reported explosions and scrambled to find out if they were looking at a military invasion. The sinister flock of military helicopters hovered and zoomed through the high-rise canyons of downtown, accompanied by strange explosions and military maneuvers – and zero explanation from the authorities as to what was going on for what must have seemed like hours.
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Loud booms shake Los Angeles as US Army conducts training exercise
Military Drills Taking Place In LA, Long Beach Areas – CBS ...
2-4-19, Military Drills Taking Place In LA, Long Beach AreasThe U.S. Army began training drills Monday night in the Los Angeles and Long Beach areas that are scheduled to last until Saturday.
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Comments: Not the first recent 'urban training;' the war machine can never "remember" to inform the public in advance; because they don't want to take a chance on advertising the real thing (martial law) when it happens.

Reportedly the military exercise involved Special Forces that will continue through Saturday, 2/9/19. While the choice of downtown Los Angeles is supposed to “simulate urban environments the service members may encounter when deployed overseas,” more than a few are worried they were training for a mission closer to home.

2-6-19, * -- Crying “hate” is a lazy way to debate; but in the Beltway, where honest discussion and vigorous deliberation are desperately needed, the rhetorical sloth is so thick you need a Big Foot circular saw to cut it.

Take Minnesota Democrat [Muslim] Rep. Ilhan Omar, who thrust a Liberian immigrant, Linda Clark, into the limelight as her State of the Union special guest and poster child. Omar lamented, “She has lived here over 18 years, and there’s no reason she should be taken from her family.” Ahead of the annual address to Congress on Tuesday, 2-5-19, Omar blasted Pres Trump for “threatening to deport” Clark and “thousands of Liberians for no reason other than hate.”[..snip]

Sigh. This is why the White House cannot deal in good faith with the unreasonable party of “abolish ICE!” “no walls!” “amnesty for all!” and “deportation equals hate!” The Democrats have weaponized America’s grace against itself.

President Trump is the first commander in chief to challenge the temporary-in-name-only farce since the 1990 creation of the Republican humanitarian program. At least 3,700 Liberians like Clark have been here since 1991 on TPS because of civil wars that ended 16 years ago. Instead of thanks and farewell, the beneficiaries of our country’s largesse, bitterly cling and hurl invectives at leaders who take our laws and borders seriously. The disgruntled “victims” have an army of ACLU lawyers helping them sue to avoid deportation and a phalanx of open borders journalists to drum up public sympathy for their plights.

What other nation in the world has been so foolishly tolerant of so many foreign ingrates and agitators overstaying their welcome?  If President Trump can’t pull the plug on this interminable charade, no one can. Once again, my old adage will prove true: There is no such thing as a “temporary” amnesty

*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Michelle Malkin here

Mueller Investigations Pervert America's Rule of Law
2-6-19, Nancy Thorner, Illinois Review -- “We are in a war for the heart and soul of America.  Under siege from every single front with sixteen on-going investigations, President Trump is fighting for his life in an all-out assault on everything he is trying to do.”  Chilling words from the perspective of Ms Sidney Powell, an experienced federal appeals attorney who has served in three different U.S. attorneys' offices and as Appellate Section Chief in two Texas districts. Powell is the author of "Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice," topics cover current events and how our Dept of Justice has perverted the rule of law.  There is a great disconnect between the Robert Mueller described by the mainstream media as a model of public propriety, and the Robert Mueller documented by independent researchers which show a career characterized by cover-ups, corruption and unconscionable conduct as an ever-willing instrument of Deep State dissimulation. When it comes to protecting covert operations or advancing secret agendas, human beings are collateral damage to Mueller.  More here

Battle to Protect America's Electoral College Heats Up

​2-4-19, Nancy Thorner & Bonnie O'Neil, Illinois Review -- A nation's governing system will not be truly a democratic republic unless its citizens are able to choose their representatives through elections that are free and fair. We must be aware of the way Democrats operate and what they have in mind for 2020; there's no limit to what they'll do to turn this nation blue in places which were formally red.  In the 2018 mid-term election it happened in Orange County, CA where there was election fraud and plenty of it!  

We have free elections in the U.S., but what about fair elections?  With the 2020 presidential race now under way and - given Democrats' desire to take back the White House by any means possible - the 2020 election could be the most corrupt and unscrupulous American election ever held.
 
Robert Knight's, Jan 27, 2019 article in the Washington Times: How Tolerance Goes Out the Window when the Left Takes Over explains about California's automatic voter registration system; automatic mailing of unrequested ballots, same-day registration, extended early voting, difficult removal of ineligible voters from the rolls, 'ballot harvesting' and millions of illegal aliens on public assistance who can be turned into reliable kleptocratic voters. [..snip]

There is a new bill being proposed by a Maryland Democrat HR 1 'Incumbent Protection Act' destroys free election  - Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md. represents arguably the most gerrymandered congressional district in the country, and he wants to keep it that way... More here and here
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​1.8 Million Dead People Still Registered To Vote - Dogs too! 
Approximately one in eight U.S. voter registrations are invalid or inaccurate. People have been prosecuted ... More here

Two videos showing construction in progress

See 4 minute drone video from January 28, 2019 here 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oakrCh4cEks
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Border wall underway in Texas | Christian Forums
September 2018 - Video shows border wall construction underway in Texas We hope they get working on the wall real soon here in Southern California. Just the other day ICE went out and picked up a whole lot more of MS-13 gang members. ​
September 2018 El Paso - “El Paso Sector continues to experience a high number of apprehensions of illegal aliens and drug smuggling,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. “In fiscal year 2017, El Paso Sector apprehended 25,193 illegal aliens, seized 34,189 pounds of marijuana and 140 pounds of cocaine,” the release continued. "Additionally during that fiscal year, there were 54 assaults against El Paso Sector agents.”  Video from The Hill here

1-30-19, At a hearing of the House Armed Service Committee,  Defense Dept official, Under Secretary of Defense John Rood agreed with two Republican lawmakers that President Trump doesn't need to declare a national emergency to get military assistance in building a border barrier. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) pointed to Title 10, Section 284 of the U.S. Code, that authorizes the Defense Dept to provide support for counter-drug activities, if such help is requested by appropriate federal or state officials.

John Rood was asked: "Has President Trump, to your knowledge, ever used 10 U.S.C. 284 to direct the military to build the wall that is necessary for border security?"

Rood replied: "No, not to my knowledge, Congressman."

Rood was asked: "If President Trump were to direct the Pentagon, the United States military, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 284 to build such barriers as are necessary to secure our Southern border from drug trafficking and international crime cartels, would the United States military obey that order?"

Rood replied: "If we judge it to be a lawful order, yes, Sir. And I assume it would be."
More here

1-30-19, Nancy Thorner* -- On Wednesday evening January 23, 2019, I attended the annual ‘GATHERING OF EAGLES’ [1] conference where Andrew Andrzejewski entrepreneur, CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.com [2] spoke at The Heartland Institute headquarters in Arlington Heights, IL. He spoke about the importance of government's transparency that stems from our Founders' recognition that our rights come - not from government - but from God.
 
Louis Brandeis wrote in 1914, "Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman." 

Today because of the Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] and internet, it's possible see and post government’s spending records online. Andrew Andrzejewski explained that, for the first time ever, the 2011 salaries and pensions of all Illinois public employees - at every level of government - has been revealed; a sample follows:

• Lyon's Township treasurer in one year increased from $163,000 to $296.000.  Because people raised their voices, the former Lyon's Township treasurer is now serving eight years in a penitentiary.
• 2014 incident at the College of DuPage in Illinois, over seven years, $100 million was hidden in a special account.  Some of it was spent on an upscale French restaurant and a first-class wine cellar.   
• In Illinois 94,000 public employees either earn six figures salaries (over $100.000) or will retire on a six-figure pension.

Also US Federal Govt spending sample:

• In 2018 a million federal bureaucrats received bonuses that totaled over 1 billion.
• The average federal worker annually receives 43 days of paid time off equaling $20+ billion
• Grant: $180,000 to create a mobile app to teach Chinese children how to cross the street.
• Grant: $1.1 million spent by HHS on a study as to where it hurts most to get stung with a bee.
• Nearly $5 billion over payments of farm subsidies

In 1787 Ben Franklin was asked what had been accomplished at the Constitutional Center? He replied, "A Republic if you can keep it." 

OpenTheBooks.com [2] offers a free app to view specific government spending documents. American citizens, by asking questions and demanding answers from our elected officials' about their spending decisions, will produce results. You and I must hold the political class accountable for their tax and spend choices.

[Note: After reviewing the above list ... sure makes the Democrat's argument against the southern security barrier ridiculous - revealing that indeed their opposition is only a political one, because in the past they were in favor of a wall. Sickening.-- Annette]
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​*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Nancy Thorner here - comments welcome & sharing encouraged
[1] Eagle Forum website: https://www.phyllisschlafly.com/
[2] Open the Books interactive map here: https://www.openthebooks.com/
Full video of event at Heartland Institute here

​Those Vatican walls? Designed to repel Muslims - WND
​Feb 2016, WND.com -- The pope’s sovereign city-state, Vatican City, in Rome Italy is surrounded by giant walls. What’s more, the walls were specifically built by a prior pope to repel invading Muslims. History shows back in 846 AD Muslim raiders known as the Saracens looted Old St. Peter’s Basilica and the Papal Basilica of St. Paul outside the walls. The pirates took priceless treasures from the shrines. Shocked by the sack of some of the most sacred sites in Christendom, Pope Leo IV created the Leonine Wall, completely surrounding the Vatican Hill. Additional defenses were added in the 15th and 16th centuries.

​Pardoned ranchers - after 4 yrs in prison and six years battle with BLM - Win back grazing rights
1-29-19, A Bureau of Land Management spokesman confirmed that the agency had reinstated grazing permits for Hammond Ranches in Harney County, Oregon, who after spending appx four years in prison, received full pardons from President Trump in July 2018. More here

Oregon cattle ranchers pardoned by President Trump
Jul 10, 2018 - In a statement, the White House said Dwight Hammond Jr. and family pardoned.

​Federal Showdown Looms in Oregon After BLM Abuse and Vendetta of Local Cattlemen ...​
Jan 4, 2016 - A new front has just opened up in the long battle between America's small rancher Dwight Hammond and family. In what can only be described as a federal vendetta against the local family. 
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Backstory:
​Oregon Father-son ranchers convicted of lighting fires to kill invasive weeds ...www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index...
June 22, 2012, The US BLM government agency alleged the Hammonds set the range fires to reduce the growth of invasive juniper trees and sagebrush and to accelerate the production of rangeland grasses for cattle feed. Ranchers across southeastern Oregon have often complained about the time needed by BLM for environmental studies before it attacks invasive weeds and juniper, and about limits on the agency's use of herbicides. Weeds often provide little nutrition to cattle, while juniper sucks moisture from already-parched desert soils. More here

Robert Finicum's family sues U.S. over death in Oregon standoff
1-26-18, Family of Arizona rancher killed in Oregon standoff sues U.S. police & FBI. Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, an Arizona rancher who was killed in what was called a 'traffic stop' One of the most damning bits of information regarding the indefensible decision by authorities to set up the ambush in which LaVoy Finicum was killed is found on page 33 of the complaint. It points out that at the time of the so-called “traffic stop”: "There was still no arrest warrant, sworn affidavit or probable cause statement, criminal complaint or indictment against LaVoy Finicum, or any of the passengers in these vehicles." In the 2016 trial members of both the FBI and Oregon State Police testified that resulted in the acquittal of Ammon Bundy and six other defendants that they could not identify specific legal reasons for the stop. More here
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Finicum family’s wrongful death lawsuit moves forward
July 2018, Finicum family’s wrongful death lawsuit names the United States as a defendant, along with the FBI, federal agents, the state of Oregon, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, Oregon State Police, Harney County, and more — including 100 law enforcement “John Does.” The suit seeks more than $5 million in damages for Finicum’s estate, his wife Jeanette Finicum and each of their 12 children.

​FBI Looks Terrible in Killing of Rancher Finicum
In the 2016 killing of LaVoy Finicum the FBI appears to have again practiced their abuse of power. Several issues of concern have surfaced: the FBI agent lied about shooting Mr. Finicum and firing at the truck, the FBI asked the State police to not wear their ...

1-25-19, About 100 Marines and sailors began working on California's Catalina island's private Catalina's Airport in the Sky this month under an agreement with the I Marine Expeditionary Force at California's Camp Pendleton and the Catalina Island Conservancy. It is partially being paid for by $5 million privately donated to the nonprofit land trust group. However, the group isn't paying for the Marines and sailors; they are still on tax payers payroll, which the military considers valuable training. ... The airport is scheduled to reopen April 2020. More here

Stone Speaks: ‘No Circumstances I Would Plead Guilty’
1-25-19, Roger Stone Released $250,000 bond speaks: ‘No Circumstances I Would Plead Guilty’ To ‘Bogus Charges’ ... in the dark of night the FBI’s pre-dawn raid included 29 FBI agents with 17 vehicles with all their lights flashing ... Roger Stone, arrived at the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was shackled, dressed dark blue polo shirt and jeans. He is the sixth Trump associate charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign and possible coordination with Russian efforts to sway the 2016 election. ALTHOUGH, The charges against him do not accuse him of participating in any conspiracy with Russia.
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​CNN Tipped Off: Video shows armed FBI agents storming Roger Stone's house
1-25-19, NYPost -- New CNN video shows the moment President Trump's longtime political adviser was taken into custody 1-25-19. Roger J. Stone Jr. has been charged as part of the investigation by the Democrat special counsel, Robert Mueller. He was arrested in a pre-dawn F.B.I. raid in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and is expected to appear in court Friday, Jan 25, 2019.

​Mr. Stone was charged with seven counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, making false statements and witness tampering.

​Roger Stone indicted: Live updates - CNN | More here
1-25-19, Roger Stone: The longtime Donald Trump political adviser has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller CNN was there!

President Trump Showed True Patriotism Reopening the Government
1-25-19, Several pro-Trump commentators have been pretty unhappy about President Donald Trump caving on his shutdown demand for border wall funding, but Sean Hannity is standing by him. Ann Coulter called Trump a “wimp” and even Lou Dobbs said Nancy Pelosi “whipped” the President, but Hannity said on his radio show today that Trump will eventually get that wall money one way or another. On his 1/25/19 radio show, Sean Hannity sent a message to people upset at POTUS for caving: “Anyone out there, by the way, thinking President Trump caved today ... He right now holds all the cards. He will secure the border one way or another.” Hannity called Trump’s announcement today “an extraordinary act of patriotism. ‘He’s Going to’ Get Wall Money...” ​More here

Congress sets border talks as Trump threatens unilateral ..
1-25-19, AJC.com -- While President Donald Trump backtracked on Friday, 1-25-19 ending the controversial 35 day partial government shutdown, Congressional leaders kick started work on a border security funding agreement, even as the White House threatened to use a national emergency declaration if no border wall money is approved by a February 15, 2019 funding deadline. Some more conservative GOP voices in the Congress seemed ready to sign on to that option. Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), a key Senate ally of the President said: “If Democrats refuse to work with us to tackle this national priority over the next few weeks, President Trump will do what is necessary to protect America.” Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), maybe the closest Trump ally in the House said: “Compromise is important, but not required, to secure our border and protect American families.” The decision by President Trump to allow the government to be funded capped five weeks of turmoil for 800,000 federal workers, as they missed a second paycheck on Friday, Jan 25, 2019 and will likely have to wait well into next week to receive their back pay.