Thursday, March 8, 2018
Trump says he's 'looking at' Oakland mayor over ICE crackdown warning
Via Billy
Schaaf, a Democrat, says she believes her Feb. 24 warning was “both legal and moral,” but the Justice Department is reviewing the matter, amid claims she may have obstructed justice.
“Instead of taking in 1,000, they took in a fraction of that, about 150,” Trump continued. “And they were all set, this was long in the planning, and she said get out of here. She’s telling that to criminals .....President Trump amplified his administration’s criticism of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf on Thursday, saying his administration was “looking at” her warning to illegal immigrants about a looming crackdown.
Schaaf, a Democrat, says she believes her Feb. 24 warning was “both legal and moral,” but the Justice Department is reviewing the matter, amid claims she may have obstructed justice.
More @ Washington Examiner
Collapse of pro EU centre as Italian voters embrace parties opposed to the EU establishment
Via Billy
What the Italian election in fact shows is the gathering pace across Europe of the swing against establishment parties which are strongly identified with the EU.
The Italian elections have resulted in the predicted swing against the centre-left pro-EU Democratic Party, the successor of Italy’s once mighty Communist Party – the party of Togliatti and Gramsci – and today the Party of outgoing Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
From a position in 2008, when the Democratic Party won 37% of the vote in the parliamentary elections of that year, it fell to 25% of the vote in the elections of 2013, and has no fallen further to just 19% of the vote in the elections which have been held now.
Good news
......his Forza Italia Party winning only 14%, less than its alliance partner, the considerably more right wing Northern League, which won 17.7% of the vote, and which is now clearly established as a powerful force in Lombardy and the Veneto.
What the Italian election in fact shows is the gathering pace across Europe of the swing against establishment parties which are strongly identified with the EU.
The Italian elections have resulted in the predicted swing against the centre-left pro-EU Democratic Party, the successor of Italy’s once mighty Communist Party – the party of Togliatti and Gramsci – and today the Party of outgoing Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
From a position in 2008, when the Democratic Party won 37% of the vote in the parliamentary elections of that year, it fell to 25% of the vote in the elections of 2013, and has no fallen further to just 19% of the vote in the elections which have been held now.
More @ LRC
AFL-CIO chief defends Trump move: 'Tariffs won't start a trade war'
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday argued there is no danger President Trump's new tariffs will start a trade war, siding with the president on tariffs that have angered the GOP.
"Tariffs won't start a trade war, there's 435 of them in place today to fight trade cheaters. People may not like how Pres Trump rolled these out, but I applaud him for trying," the union boss tweeted.
Trumka, the leader of the nation's largest trade union association, has become a staunch advocate for Trump's new tariffs, which Republicans have criticized.
More @ The Hill
Two Miramar SWAT officers suspended for heading to Parkland massacre
Via Billy
When a gunman started shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, two Miramar SWAT team members did what comes naturally: They went to help.
Now they’ve been suspended for it.
The officers did not have permission to respond to the shooting at Parkland on Feb. 14, when 17 people were killed.
And that created an officer safety issue and left them unaccountable for their actions, according to their police department.
But their union reacted differently.
When a gunman started shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, two Miramar SWAT team members did what comes naturally: They went to help.
Now they’ve been suspended for it.
The officers did not have permission to respond to the shooting at Parkland on Feb. 14, when 17 people were killed.
And that created an officer safety issue and left them unaccountable for their actions, according to their police department.
But their union reacted differently.
More @ Sun Sentinel
'Collusion' with Chicago officials and 13 other problems locals have with Obama Presidential Center
Via Billy
A panel of national and local experts, comprised mostly of African-Americans, lambasted Chicago city officials in a meeting Wednesday night for how they have worked closely with the Obama Foundation to build the Obama Presidential Center on public land despite criticism and serious concerns from representatives of the South Side neighborhood.
"You have all this talk about collusion between Trump and Russia, right? To me, that sounds like collusion between the city and the university, and we see the same thing happening in relation to this," one of the panelists, Jawanza Malone, executive director of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, said.
A panel of national and local experts, comprised mostly of African-Americans, lambasted Chicago city officials in a meeting Wednesday night for how they have worked closely with the Obama Foundation to build the Obama Presidential Center on public land despite criticism and serious concerns from representatives of the South Side neighborhood.
"You have all this talk about collusion between Trump and Russia, right? To me, that sounds like collusion between the city and the university, and we see the same thing happening in relation to this," one of the panelists, Jawanza Malone, executive director of the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, said.
More @ Washington Examiner
San Diego Schools Ordered To Reveal Correspondence With Muslim Advocacy Group
A federal judge ordered the San Diego Unified School District on Tuesday to hand over evidence detailing its correspondence with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) about the implementation of a controversial anti-Islamophobia bullying initiative at San Diego public schools.
The development is the latest in a long-running saga concerning school officials in San Diego coordinating with CAIR, an American-Muslim civil rights and religious organization with known links to a number of anti-Israel groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
More @ The Daily Caller
Addicts - Inspired by Bill Whittle
Walter Williams: We Are Now Moving Step by Step Towards Totalitarianism
I got to thinking... always dangerous. That's the same for Progressives / Socialists / Leftists / Democrats / Liberals (I repeat myself, they're all the same, varying only in degree of fervor). If you ask them how much power they want, their answer - if they're honest - is "All of it".
More @ Red Pill Jew
Jeff Sessions ‘Seriously’ Considering Second Special Counsel
Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Fox News’ Shannon Bream Wednesday that he “will consider” naming a second special counsel to probe the FBI and Justice Department’s investigations into possible collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia.
“Well, I have great respect for Mr. Gowdy and Chairman Goodlatte, and we are going to consider seriously their recommendations,” Sessions told Bream in an interview that ran late Wednesday night.
“I have appointed a person outside of Washington — many years at the Department of Justice — to look at all of the allegations that the House Judiciary Committee members sent to us and we are conducting that investigation.”
More @ The Daily Caller
I AM APPALLED -- Defacing of monument on South Mountain
Via Rick
I saw this monument a little over a year ago. Even though I am a diehard Unionist, this monument to North Carolina soldiers is very well-done and very moving, and I have a special affection for it. It is located in a beautiful, out-of-the-way spot that you have to hike about a quarter-mile to get to. I felt like I'd discovered a hidden treasure.
It's not hidden enough, I guess. I'm just amazed that vandals even knew about this monument, much less would take the trouble to get there. But then, vandals are cowards, and the monument's placement at a site that can't be seen from main roads would make their nasty deed easier, wouldn't it?
This kind of thing really grieves me.
I saw this monument a little over a year ago. Even though I am a diehard Unionist, this monument to North Carolina soldiers is very well-done and very moving, and I have a special affection for it. It is located in a beautiful, out-of-the-way spot that you have to hike about a quarter-mile to get to. I felt like I'd discovered a hidden treasure.
It's not hidden enough, I guess. I'm just amazed that vandals even knew about this monument, much less would take the trouble to get there. But then, vandals are cowards, and the monument's placement at a site that can't be seen from main roads would make their nasty deed easier, wouldn't it?
This kind of thing really grieves me.
More with pictures and history @ Civil War Talk
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