Dems unprepared for a partial government shutdown that lasts for months and months

Via Gleason Long

Conventional wisdom among the media and politician branches of the Democratic Party holds that President Trump and the Republicans will pay a serious price for the very partial (25%) "government shutdown" as it drags on.  The passage of a House budget bill with not even one dollar, as Speaker Pelosi averred, is supposed to increase pressure on President Trump in their view.  They seem to believe that the public so loves visiting national parks in the middle of the winter – one of the few aspects of the 25% of the federal government that affects ordinary voters – that Republicans will crack under public pressure.

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Trump ponders 'emergency' powers to build border wall: 'I can do it if I want'

Via Billy

President Trump said Friday he could declare a national emergency on the border and order his government to build fencing without needing to go to Congress for additional funding.

“I can do it if I want,” he said, adding, “I may do it.”

He said he’s still interested in trying to get a deal done with Congress on funding his border wall plans, but he made clear he hasn’t foreclosed other options for erecting the barrier he promised voters in 2016 would be built and paid for by Mexico.

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ISRAEL TRIP – Day One

Via David

This December I took the family to Israel; I hadn’t been in 25 years – and when I last went I was visiting my (now late) grandmother, so I didn’t see much.  Obviously pictures that have family members are not shown, but…

Arrival in Ben Gurion airport, and the mob to get through immigration:

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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

Via Billy

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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Ma & Pa's

 Via Trần Ngọc Hiếu

Special Services Depot, Phan Dinh Phung/Cong Ly, Saigon

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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