Supreme Court allows full Trump travel ban to take effect

Via Billy

The Supreme Court on Monday gave President Trump another major win by granting his administration’s request to fully reinstate the third version of his travel ban.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and a federal district court in Maryland had said the president could only block nationals from the six majority Muslim countries — Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad — if they lacked a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States. The high court’s decision now puts those rulings on hold.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Sonia Sotomayor said they would have denied the government’s request.

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Alan Dershowitz: 'You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power'

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Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz on Monday said President Trump was within his rights as commander in chief when he fired former FBI director James Comey, and warned Democrats trying to take him down on obstruction of justice charges that they won't succeed.

"You cannot charge a president with obstruction of justice for exercising his constitutional power to fire Comey and his constitutional authority to tell the Justice Department who to investigate, who not to investigate. That's what Thomas Jefferson did, that's what Lincoln did, that's what Roosevelt did.

We have precedents that clearly establish that," Dershowitz told Fox News' "Fox and Friends" Monday morning.

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Another emerging White ethnostate: Franklin

Via Nancy

In addition to Ozarkia, the product of The ShieldWall Plan, and New Albion in upper New England, and the Northwest Front’s Pacific Northwest call, there is a seedbed White ethnostate organizing for the coming balkanization in the Appalachians, called The State of Franklin.

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Vietnam: Douglas A-26 invader

 

Pilot Major James Sizemore was flying the aircraft the night the two airmen were shot down
Flags ordered to fly at half-mast as remains of two airmen killed in Vietnam war in 1969 are flown home for Arlington burial

 Douglas A-26 invader, used through 1969 in Vietnam

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Air Commando: Inside The Air Force Special Operations Command

Whilst approaching the base an engine fire forced the crew, Captain James McCleskey, pilot, and Captain Mike Scruggs, navigator, to bale out. Tragically the ... The pick-up of the first crew was to be the last successful rescue of an A-26A crew member for the remainder of the Nimrod's time in Southeast Asia. 

 

(Mike flew 35 combat missions as a navigator in the A-26K fighter-bomber. On February 22, 1967, he was one of few to bail out of a burning. propeller-driven A-26 attack bomber at night over enemy territory and live to tell about it.  He was hospitalized for five months. BT)

 

 Amazon 4 1/2 stars.

In Lessons from the Vietnam War, Mike Scruggs offers a unique overview of America's military involvement in Southeast Asia from 1960 to its tragic conclusion in 1975. A decorated Air Force combat veteran, he lived through the hellish anti-aircraft environment of low-level armed reconnaissance and attack missions over the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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Flynn’s Case Proves It’s Time to Fire Mueller

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Petraeus, Obama’s CIA Director, lied to FBI agents about passing classified materials to his mistress. Despite being caught in the lie on a recording, he was never charged for it, as Flynn was. Instead he only pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information and received a slap on the wrist.

While Justice Department personnel had wanted to hold Petraeus accountable, the final decision was made by Attorney General Holder and FBI Director Comey. Lawyers for Petraeus insisted that he couldn’t be charged with lying to the FBI because DOJ guidelines recommend not charging “in situations in which a suspect, during an investigation, merely denies guilt in response to questioning by the government.” Petraeus admitted making false statements, but was never charged over them.
That’s what makes Flynn’s case so striking.

General Petraeus lied about committing a crime. His mishandling of classified information was a serious issue. And yet he was never charged for it.

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After Steinle verdict, rep unveils bill to imprison officials who shelter illegal immigrants

A Republican congressman plans to introduce a bill Monday that would threaten huge fines and prison time for elected officials accused of sheltering illegal immigrant criminals from deportation, in the wake of the not-guilty verdict in the Kate Steinle murder trial.

Indiana Rep. Todd Rokita’s bill is one of the most aggressive pieces of legislation to date aimed at sanctuary city policies, going beyond the Justice Department’s threat to cut off grants to those jurisdictions. 

“Politicians don’t get to pick and choose what laws to comply with,” Rokita told Fox News.

“Americans are dying because politicians sworn to uphold the law refuse to do so.”

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Acting ICE chief: Trump 'has done more for border security and public safety' than past 6 presidents

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Thomas Homan, acting chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Monday that immigration enforcement is thriving under President Trump's leadership unlike any recent commander in chief.

"This president has done more for border security and public safety than any of the six presidents I've worked for. Just since his leadership in January, border crossings are at a 45-year low. Now that's not a coincidence. That's because this president has let the men and women of Border Patrol and ICE do their job," Homan told Fox News' "Fox and Friends."

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Iran prepared for WAR: World on brink as tensions with Saudi Arabia reach breaking point

Via David "t's a shame they can't both lose. If it were them ALONE, go for it.  But they'll drag in others; not just Israel, but the whole area."

 

The regions of Qatar, Yemen, Syria and Lebanon are also embroiled in the bitter conflict.

Relations between the Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia and the Shia-dominated Iran have deteriorated recently due to the ongoing civil war in Yemen and the political crisis in Lebanon.

Tensions increased a few weeks ago between the two countries when Saudi Arabia accused Iran of being behind a ballistic missile attack on a Riyadh airport.

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Corey Lewandowski: Michael Flynn won't take down Trump

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President Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Monday said he does not expect former national security adviser Michael Flynn to turn on President Trump even though he has agreed to cooperate with the investigation into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election.

NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie asked Lewandowski and deputy campaign manager David Bossie if Flynn may take Trump down in an attempt to get a better deal.

"I don't think so and let me tell you why," Lewandowski said. "Michael Flynn came to the campaign fairly late, actually Michael came after I left. ... What we know as it relates to the national security component and specifically, when it related to the transition, that entire component was segregated out. And the president and the campaign side really had nothing to do with the national security thing whatsoever."

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Trump endorses Roy Moore: 'We need his vote' in Senate

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President Trump on Monday tweeted support for GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore, ending a weeks-long refusal by the White House to explicitly endorse the judge.

"Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!" Trump tweeted Monday morning.

"Putting Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in Alabama would hurt our great Republican Agenda of low taxes, tough on crime, strong on military and borders...& so much more," he said in a separate tweet. "Look at your 401-ks since Election. Highest Stock Market EVER! Jobs are roaring back!"

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