Federal Appeals Court Hands Trump a Big Win, Allows Transgender Military Ban To Stand

 

A federal appeals court upheld President Donald Trump’s military transgender ban on Friday, lifting an injunction that prevented the government from limiting transgender military service.

The court ruled that the partial ban, which was announced but not implemented by the Pentagon, should not have been challenged, USA Today reported.

“The District Court made an erroneous finding that the (administration’s policy) was the equivalent of a blanket ban on transgender service,” the appeals court wrote, according to The Washington Post.

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CORSI CASE TO PROCEED! Judge Rules Jerome Corsi’s Case Against Robert Mueller to Move Forward to Random Judge

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Author and Trump supporter Jerome Corsi is suing Robert Mueller for $350 million over prosecutorial misconduct, leaking confidential information to press, and unconstitutional surveillance.

Corsi has a strong case.

The judge today reassigned the case.

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Giuliani tells Hannity why Mueller should be investigated

In Huge Surprise News Conference, Border Patrol Leaders Endorse Gov’t Shutdown To Get Wall

In a surprise appearance in the White House news room, members of the National Border Patrol Council — the largest union of Border Patrol members — endorsed the president’s partial shutdown of the government over border fence funding and sent a two-word message: “Walls work.”

While the president didn’t take questions during the Thursday event, it did mark his first appearance before the media in the James S. Brady Press Briefing room — and, while Nancy Pelosi was being elected speaker over on Capitol Hill, the president and his allies were making their case for their side in the shutdown battle.

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Mexican Pres. Bows to Trump. Announces 2,000-Mile ‘Zone’ To Help Stop Illegals

 

In a rather surprising move, the new left-wing populist president of Mexico — Andrés Manuel López Obrador — just announced a dramatic new plan for the border region his nation shares with the United States that actually supports and coincides with President Donald Trump’s overall agenda on border security and immigration.

No, the Mexican president didn’t sign a check to fund construction of the proposed border wall or deploy the military and minefields to discourage cross-border excursions to the north, but rather announced an economic “free zone” along the border that would attract investment and create new jobs and provide an economic incentive for migrants to remain in Mexico instead of illegally crossing into the U.S. for economic reasons.

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North Carolina Sheriffs, Dealing With Cartel Violence, Call for Congress to Fund Wall

 

More than 1,400 miles north of the southwest border, sheriffs are battling drug trafficking, overdoses, gang and cartel violence, and human trafficking.

“If something gets through the border, within a few days, two or three days, it’s across this country,” said Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page.

Sheriffs in North Carolina are calling on Congress to approve funding for a border wall and better border security.

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The Bulge

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New Documents Suggest The Steele Dossier Was A Deliberate Setup For Trump

 

A trove of recently released documents sheds further light on the scope and logistics of the information operation designed to sabotage an American election. Players include the press, political operatives from both parties, and law enforcement and intelligence officials. Their instrument was the Steele dossier, first introduced to the American public two years ago.

A collection of reports compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, the dossier is now engraved in contemporary U.S. history. First marketed as bedrock evidence that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election, the dossier’s legitimacy took a hit after reports showed the Hillary Clinton campaign paid for the work.

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Vietnam criticised for 'totalitarian' law banning online criticism of government

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Law forces internet providers to censor content deemed ‘toxic’ by the ruling communist government and hand over user data


Vietnam has introduced a new cybersecurity law, which criminalises criticising the government online and forces internet providers to give authorities’ user data when requested, sparking claims of a “totalitarian” crackdown on dissent.

The law, which mirrors China’s draconian internet rules, came into effect on 1 January and forces internet providers to censor content deemed “toxic” by the ruling communist government. Vietnam’s ministry of public security said it will tackle “hostile and reactionary forces”, but human rights groups said it was authorities’ latest method of silencing free speech

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