Trump’s 2018 Farm Bill: ‘Work Is Pathway to Self-Sufficiency’ for Food Stamp Recipients

JD Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:51

The Trump administration unveiled its 2018 Farm Bill Wednesday, proposing pathways for food stamp recipients to get back to work.

The four-page document released Wednesday emphasized the need for “work” to be “the pathway to self-sufficiency” for many food stamp users.

North Korea Calls For A Unified Korea, Tells The US To Go Kick Rocks

JD Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:42

North Korea made an unusual call to “all Koreans at home and abroad” to push for unification while urging the South to ditch its American ally.

Trump Allies Consider Suing The DOJ Over Mueller Investigation

JD Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:33

Witnesses subpoenaed by Congress to answer questions about alleged collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign now say they want to explore legal options against certain persons involved in the investigation.

Several Republicans in Congress are claiming text messages between FBI agents appear to reveal a conspiracy of players within the Justice Department who wanted to protect Hillary Clinton and find ways to go after Donald Trump and his incoming team.

COMEY, ROSENSTEIN, MCCABE ALL NAMED IN FISA MEMO, ACCORDING TO FIRST LEAK

JD Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:26

If Trump needed an excuse to drain the swamp without the appearance of partisan politics, it’s just been handed to him on a silver platter

A bombshell four-page “FISA memo” alleging egregious surveillance abuse by the FBI, DOJ and Obama administration, specifically names FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to the Daily Beast.

HANNITY: DOJ IS RECOVERING STRZOK’S MISSING FBI TEXTS

JD Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:13

Think of how stupid and arrogant you would have to be to use your government issued phone to text with your mistress about conspiring against the Republican nominee for president

Fox News host Sean Hannity said Wednesday that the “walls are closing in on the deep state” as multiple sources within the DOJ informed him they’ve begun recovering missing texts from FBI agent Peter Strzok and his mistress Lisa Page.

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MAKES LAST DITCH EFFORT TO BLOCK RELEASE OF FISA MEMO

JD Thu, 01/25/2018 - 08:07

Stephen Boyd argued that it would be “extraordinarily reckless” for the committee to release the memo without first consulting the Justice Department and FBI

The Justice Department is making a last-ditch effort to prevent the release of a controversial memo alleging surveillance abuse involving the infamous Steele dossier.

China Just Banned Hip-Hop Culture and Tattoos From Television

Ron Aldof Wed, 01/24/2018 - 22:25

"China has banned hip-hop culture and actors with tattoos from appearing on television.

The country’s top media regulator — the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT) — now “specifically requires that programs should not feature actors with tattoos [or depict] hip hop culture, sub-culture (non-mainstream culture) and dispirited culture (decadent culture),” Sina, a Chinese news outlet, reports."

Trump issues stern warning to Turkey over Syria operation

Ron Aldof Wed, 01/24/2018 - 20:01
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Which side of this conflict are our allies on and who are our allies?

"President Trump urged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday to scale back his country’s assault on Kurdish positions in Syria, signaling mounting American anxiety that Ankara’s latest military foray will jeopardize the U.S. campaign against the Islamic State and undermine hopes for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Syria.

Better days

Gardener Wed, 01/24/2018 - 18:33
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I used to blast this outside with my son while we threw a baseball back and forth for practice. I'm sure this put me on the "do not fly list". We laughed the whole time imagining what the neighbors thought.

Have a great week everybody. Good days ahead.

Trump Says He’s Open to U.S. Citizenship for DACA Illegal Aliens

JD Wed, 01/24/2018 - 18:24

President Trump told mainstream media reporters on Wednesday that he was open to breaking his immigration commitment by giving a pathway to U.S. citizenship to nearly 800,000 illegal aliens shielded from deportation by the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

In statements outside the White House, Trump told the Associated Press (AP) that he would be open to giving U.S. citizenship to DACA illegal aliens, saying “It’s going to happen.”

Trump: Would ‘love to’ face Mueller questions _ under oath

JD Wed, 01/24/2018 - 18:20

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared late Wednesday he’s “looking forward” to being questioned — under oath — in the special counsel’s probe of Russian election interference and possible Trump obstruction in the firing of the FBI director.

Trump said he would be willing to answer questions under oath in the interview, which special counsel Robert Mueller has been seeking but which White house officials had not previously said the president would grant.

Is Freedom Watch back? Napolitano: Is Turkey a friend or enemy to US?

Kelldor Wed, 01/24/2018 - 17:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyXCUIkAD3Q

"Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano: Judge Napolitano and former ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, discuss President Erdogan of Turkey warning that Turkey would extend its military operation in Syria, which could potentially bring their forces into confrontation with the U.S.at the same time Turkish forces are fighting Kurds, whom the U.S. has armed. Is Turkey our friend or our enemy?"

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