wnd--2020-01-30--Actual intolerance vs. counterfeit intolerance

One of the most revealing things about the leftist mindset is the usual leftist 's lack of self-awareness about his own intolerance , hatefulness and inclusiveness – unless you distort all those terms to whitewash the reality .
I will never forget reading ( and writing about ) the unfortunate experience of professor Janice Price , an education instructor at DePauw University in Greencastle , Indiana .
The school suspended Price and cut her salary for subjecting her students to a `` hostile environment . ''
Her sin was placing issues of Teachers in Focus magazine on the table in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ articles written from a Christian viewpoint .
One of the articles offered suggestions on how teachers should approach the issue of homosexuality in public schools .
Price told the students they could read the magazines if they wanted to but were not required to and would not be given assignments on them .
The article on homosexuality offended one student , who filed a complaint with the administration .
The vice president of academic affairs sent Price a letter of reprimand , saying her `` reprehensible '' action of providing students with `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a hostile environment '' in violation of school policy .
This administrator said that the university `` can not tolerate the intolerable . ''
Savor that !
Price 's fellow professor and friend Dr. Mary English aptly described the university 's attitude .
`` We have to be tolerant and politically correct in all other areas except Christianity , '' said English .
`` So it 's OK to be intolerant of Christians as long as Christians are tolerant of everybody else . ''
Interestingly , DePauw was – and still is – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And , no , I 'm not kidding .
In the nearly 20 years since this unfortunate incident , the double standard and intolerance against Christians has only intensified .
Leftists have grown increasingly intolerant of an expanding universe of things they find intolerable .
They are just as lacking in self-awareness as they were then , and even less capable of self-reflection .
Their intolerance has , in many cases , turned to hostility and , in some cases , hate .
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Warren tweeted a link to a HuffPost article about a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a challenge to a Montana law that provides tax credits for donations to school scholarship organizations that use those donations to fund private schools , both religious and secular .
A provision of Montana 's constitution ( the Blaine Amendment ) prohibits the expenditure of public funds for religious purposes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down the tax credit program , even though the use of these funds is n't technically an expenditure of public funds and even though secular schools benefit along with religious schools .
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the Montana Supreme Court infringed on the people 's free exercise of religion under the First Amendment by invalidating the program .
The court is being asked to follow its precedent that states ca n't discriminate against religious organizations by allowing secular organizations to benefit and not religious ones .
Warren , of course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She is against school choice programs and does n't want any private schools to benefit .
But she 's especially against Christian schools benefiting , because in her view , they teach hate .
`` States should focus on funding public schools , not private ones – especially not ones that maintain anti-LGBTQ+ policies , '' Warren tweeted .
`` We must ensure every kid – especially LGBTQ+ kids – can get a high-quality education . ''
How does allowing people tax credits for donations to private Christian and secular schools jeopardize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that 's nonsense .
Her complaint is that some of the Christian schools that will benefit from the donations use a Christian-based curriculum .
She 's upset that their student handbooks teach that God created each person as male or female , and that He created marriage to be between one man and one woman .
She 's distressed that some of the schools require students and visitors to use restrooms and locker rooms that conform to their biological sex .
To have a snowball 's chance at the Democratic presidential nomination today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politically correct buttons and pander to the party 's leftist base .
Sometimes this means you at least have to pretend that you believe certain scriptural passages constitute hate speech .
It means you should n't tolerate the opinions of those who follow these biblical teachings .
Sadly , there is a growing hostility from the left toward certain biblical teachings and those who subscribe to them – an insistence on demonizing them for their beliefs .
Pretending this is n't true wo n't make it go away .
Calling your attention to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out intolerance and hate is not exhibiting intolerance and hate .
Rolling over and surrendering one 's principles to conform to society 's ever-changing norms is not courageous .
Pray for wisdom , understanding , peace and harmony .

One of the most revealing things about the leftist mindset is the usual leftist's lack of self-awareness about his own intolerance, hatefulness and inclusiveness – unless you distort all those terms to whitewash the reality.
I will never forget reading (and writing about) the unfortunate experience of professor Janice Price, an education instructor at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. The school suspended Price and cut her salary for subjecting her students to a "hostile environment." Her sin was placing issues of Teachers in Focus magazine on the table in the back of her classroom that contained articles written from a Christian viewpoint. One of the articles offered suggestions on how teachers should approach the issue of homosexuality in public schools.
Price told the students they could read the magazines if they wanted to but were not required to and would not be given assignments on them. The article on homosexuality offended one student, who filed a complaint with the administration. The vice president of academic affairs sent Price a letter of reprimand, saying her "reprehensible" action of providing students with "intolerant" material "served to create a hostile environment" in violation of school policy. This administrator said that the university "cannot tolerate the intolerable." Savor that!
Price's fellow professor and friend Dr. Mary English aptly described the university's attitude. "We have to be tolerant and politically correct in all other areas except Christianity," said English. "So it's OK to be intolerant of Christians as long as Christians are tolerant of everybody else." Interestingly, DePauw was – and still is – affiliated with the United Methodist Church. And, no, I'm not kidding.
In the nearly 20 years since this unfortunate incident, the double standard and intolerance against Christians has only intensified. Leftists have grown increasingly intolerant of an expanding universe of things they find intolerable. They are just as lacking in self-awareness as they were then, and even less capable of self-reflection. Their intolerance has, in many cases, turned to hostility and, in some cases, hate.
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Now turn with me, if you will, to present-day America, where Sen. Elizabeth Warren seeks the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Warren tweeted a link to a HuffPost article about a U.S. Supreme Court case involving a challenge to a Montana law that provides tax credits for donations to school scholarship organizations that use those donations to fund private schools, both religious and secular. A provision of Montana's constitution (the Blaine Amendment) prohibits the expenditure of public funds for religious purposes, and the Montana Supreme Court struck down the tax credit program, even though the use of these funds isn't technically an expenditure of public funds and even though secular schools benefit along with religious schools.
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the Montana Supreme Court infringed on the people's free exercise of religion under the First Amendment by invalidating the program. The court is being asked to follow its precedent that states can't discriminate against religious organizations by allowing secular organizations to benefit and not religious ones.
Warren, of course, stands with the Montana Supreme Court. She is against school choice programs and doesn't want any private schools to benefit. But she's especially against Christian schools benefiting, because in her view, they teach hate.
"States should focus on funding public schools, not private ones – especially not ones that maintain anti-LGBTQ+ policies," Warren tweeted. "We must ensure every kid – especially LGBTQ+ kids – can get a high-quality education."
How does allowing people tax credits for donations to private Christian and secular schools jeopardize LGBTQ+ kids' education? Warren knows that's nonsense. Her complaint is that some of the Christian schools that will benefit from the donations use a Christian-based curriculum. She's upset that their student handbooks teach that God created each person as male or female, and that He created marriage to be between one man and one woman. She's distressed that some of the schools require students and visitors to use restrooms and locker rooms that conform to their biological sex.
To have a snowball's chance at the Democratic presidential nomination today, you have to push all the politically correct buttons and pander to the party's leftist base. Sometimes this means you at least have to pretend that you believe certain scriptural passages constitute hate speech. It means you shouldn't tolerate the opinions of those who follow these biblical teachings.
Sadly, there is a growing hostility from the left toward certain biblical teachings and those who subscribe to them – an insistence on demonizing them for their beliefs. Pretending this isn't true won't make it go away. Calling your attention to it should not be controversial. Pointing out intolerance and hate is not exhibiting intolerance and hate. Rolling over and surrendering one's principles to conform to society's ever-changing norms is not courageous. Pray for wisdom, understanding, peace and harmony.


wnd--2020-01-30--Trump lawyer suggests 'whistleblower' had role in allowing Biden-Burisma

White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin believes the unnamed whistleblower who prompted the impeachment of President Trump may be implicated in the Obama administration 's decision to overlook the conflict of interest in Hunter Biden 's profiting from a Ukrainian company under investigation for corruption while his father was the point man for Ukraine policy .
In the question-and-answer session Wednesday , Philbin raised concern about reports of the whistleblower 's coordination with the staff of lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff , D-Calif. , PJ Media reported .
`` Manager Schiff or his staff had some role in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to this day and all attempts to find out about that , to ask questions about that , were shut down , '' Philbin said .
Investigative reporter Paul Sperry reported last week that just two weeks after Trump took office , the alleged whistleblower , Eric Ciaramella , was overheard in the White House discussing with future Schiff staffer Shawn Misko how to remove Trump , according to former colleagues .
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Both , Sperry reported , expressed anger over Trump 's new `` America First '' foreign policy , a dramatic change from President Obama 's approach to international affairs .
Schiff initially said the whistleblower would testify in the Senate trial .
But the House Intelligence Committee chairman changed his mind after he was caught falsely stating his office had no interaction with the whistleblower before the complaint was filed .
And since Sperry reported the whistleblower @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political bias and connections have been scrutinized .
Along with stating publicly that the whistleblower was politically biased , the intelligence community inspector general , who handled the complaint , said the whistleblower had once worked with a Democratic political candidate on Ukraine issues .
That candidate was later reported to be Joe Biden .
`` If the whistleblower , as is alleged in some public reports , actually did work for then-Vice President Biden on Ukraine issues , exactly what was his role ? ''
Philbin asked .
`` What was his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know from testimony that questions were raised — about the potential conflict of interest that the vice president then had when his son was sitting on the board of Burisma .
`` Was the alleged whistleblower involved in any of that and in making decisions to not do anything related to that ? ''
Hunter Biden was paid $ 83,000 a month over a period of three years by the Ukrainian firm , Burisma , while his father was President Obama 's point man on Ukraine matters .
Joe Biden later boasted openly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine to force Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko to fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin .
Shokin , at the time , was overseeing an investigation into Burisma .
Defenders of Biden 's contend the vice president was simply carrying out the will of the international community in ousting a corrupt prosecutor .
But the investigation into Burisma was dropped after Shokin was forced out .
Philbin asked the senators if the whistleblower had `` some reason to want to put the deep-six on any question raising any issue about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Burisma and firing Shokin and withholding a billion dollars in loan guarantees and enforcing a very explicit quid pro quo — you won ’ t get this billion dollars until you fire him . ''
`` We don ’ t know , and because Manager Schiff was guiding this whole process — because he was chairman in charge of directing the inquiry and directing it away from any of those questions — that creates a real due process defect in the record , '' the president 's lawyer said .

White House deputy counsel Patrick Philbin believes the unnamed whistleblower who prompted the impeachment of President Trump may be implicated in the Obama administration's decision to overlook the conflict of interest in Hunter Biden's profiting from a Ukrainian company under investigation for corruption while his father was the point man for Ukraine policy.
In the question-and-answer session Wednesday, Philbin raised concern about reports of the whistleblower's coordination with the staff of lead House impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., PJ Media reported.
"Manager Schiff or his staff had some role in consulting with the whistleblower that remains secret to this day and all attempts to find out about that, to ask questions about that, were shut down," Philbin said.
Investigative reporter Paul Sperry reported last week that just two weeks after Trump took office, the alleged whistleblower, Eric Ciaramella, was overheard in the White House discussing with future Schiff staffer Shawn Misko how to remove Trump, according to former colleagues.
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Ciaramella and Misko at the time were Obama administration holdovers working in the Trump White House on foreign policy and national security issues. Both, Sperry reported, expressed anger over Trump's new "America First" foreign policy, a dramatic change from President Obama's approach to international affairs.
Schiff initially said the whistleblower would testify in the Senate trial. But the House Intelligence Committee chairman changed his mind after he was caught falsely stating his office had no interaction with the whistleblower before the complaint was filed. And since Sperry reported the whistleblower was Ciaramella, the CIA analyst's political bias and connections have been scrutinized.
Along with stating publicly that the whistleblower was politically biased, the intelligence community inspector general, who handled the complaint, said the whistleblower had once worked with a Democratic political candidate on Ukraine issues. That candidate was later reported to be Joe Biden.
"If the whistleblower, as is alleged in some public reports, actually did work for then-Vice President Biden on Ukraine issues, exactly what was his role?" Philbin asked. "What was his involvement when issues were raised — we know from testimony that questions were raised — about the potential conflict of interest that the vice president then had when his son was sitting on the board of Burisma.
"Was the alleged whistleblower involved in any of that and in making decisions to not do anything related to that?"
Hunter Biden was paid $83,000 a month over a period of three years by the Ukrainian firm, Burisma, while his father was President Obama's point man on Ukraine matters. Joe Biden later boasted openly that he threatened to withdraw $1 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine to force Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko to fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
Shokin, at the time, was overseeing an investigation into Burisma.
Defenders of Biden's contend the vice president was simply carrying out the will of the international community in ousting a corrupt prosecutor. But the investigation into Burisma was dropped after Shokin was forced out.
Philbin asked the senators if the whistleblower had "some reason to want to put the deep-six on any question raising any issue about what went on with the Bidens and Burisma and firing Shokin and withholding a billion dollars in loan guarantees and enforcing a very explicit quid pro quo — you won’t get this billion dollars until you fire him."
"We don’t know, and because Manager Schiff was guiding this whole process — because he was chairman in charge of directing the inquiry and directing it away from any of those questions — that creates a real due process defect in the record," the president's lawyer said.


wnd--2020-01-30--Dems radicalize on abortion amid increase in pro-lifers

Even in our era of politics without precedent , few things are as inexplicable as the Democratic Party 's decision to take increasingly extreme positions on abortion while so much of the country moves in a different direction .
The March for Life , held annually in Washington , D.C. , around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade , is one visible example of the country 's mood on the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion .
The number of participants in the march continues to grow each year .
Last week 's March for Life was notable not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are available , but video footage suggests well over 100,000 people ) but because Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to address the march , drawing additional national ( and international ) attention to the event .
Commentators have observed that fully half of the marchers are college-aged or younger .
( `` We are the pro-life generation '' is a popular sign seen at the march . )
This may well suggest a generational shift in perspective , which poses interesting electoral consequences for the future .
The number of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 30 years .
The Guttmacher Institute released a report in September of last year stating that the number of abortions had dropped 19 % between 2011 ( 1,058,000 abortions ) and 2017 ( 862,000 abortions ) , and the abortion rate ( number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 ) dropped by 20 % during the same time period .
This is part of a steady downward trend from the all-time high of over 1,420,000 abortions in 1990 .
Guttmacher 's policy stance is pro-abortion , and the report 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrictions passed by 32 states in recent years are not responsible for the decline in abortions .
Given that this trend started years earlier , that conclusion seems reasonable .
However , they can not definitively identify any other specific cause ( s ) for the decline .
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( A handful of children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) Fetal surgery has become a growing specialty , and surgeons can now repair heart defects and hernias , correct spina bifida and remove tumors while the child is still growing and developing in the womb .
Even those whose babies are not dealing with medical emergencies in utero or born prematurely can see the humanity of the unborn child in traditional ultrasound ( which did not exist when Roe v. Wade was decided ) or the more advanced 4D ultrasound .
Further , research on fetal neurological development suggests that the unborn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks ; this revelation has prompted a number of legislative initiatives to severely limit abortions after that gestational age .
The most recent work – conducted by a Planned Parenthood consulting physician – puts the fetal pain threshold even earlier , at 13 weeks .
Much better scientific knowledge about fetal development , therefore , might well be driving down the abortion rate .
So , too , might widespread shock and revulsion at some of the abortion industry 's horror stories exposed in recent years .
The corpses of over 2,000 dead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car of former Illinois and Indiana abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer after he passed away last year .
In 2015 , undercover journalist David Daleiden released a series of videos in which Planned Parenthood physicians and staff members appeared to be discussing the sale of fetal body parts , performing abortions so as to best preserve the organs of unborn children for sale and other ghastly practices .
In 2013 , Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was convicted of three counts of murder ( among other crimes ) in the deaths of babies born @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subsequently killed by cutting their spinal cords with scissors .
Gosnell 's trial exposed not only the grossly unsanitary conditions of his clinic , the illegal abortions performed by untrained staff members , and the grisly `` trophies '' he kept in jars and boxes but also – most disturbingly – the complete failure of government oversight .
Is it any wonder that a majority of Americans favor reasonable regulations on abortions , such as mandatory medical disclosures and ultrasounds , brief waiting periods , hospital admitting privileges for physicians performing abortions , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seeking abortions ?
So where is the Democratic Party on abortion ?
Last year , the Democratic-controlled New York Legislature passed the Reproductive Health Act , which permits abortion at any time until birth .
The law removed the restriction requiring abortions to be performed by a physician .
And it removed any references to an unborn child from New York 's penal code – meaning that someone who attacks a pregnant woman and kills her child in utero can not be prosecuted for the death of that child .
It also removes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a baby that survives abortion .
California and Illinois – both states controlled by Democrats – have also passed laws expanding abortion .
California now requires all private health insurers to cover abortion .
Illinois ' 2019 law removed its prior ban of partial-birth abortion and states that no `` fertilized egg , embryo , or fetus does not have independent rights '' under Illinois law .
Virginia 's legislature , controlled by Democrats since the 2018 midterm elections , is removing previous regulations including the requirement that abortions be performed by a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting period .
This year 's Democratic presidential candidates are just as strident .
At a town hall in Des Moines , Iowa , last Sunday , former South Bend , Indiana , Mayor Pete Buttigieg was asked by voter Kristen Day if the Democratic Party still has room for pro-life Democrats .
Day , the executive director of Democrats for Life of America , stated that this amounts to 21 million voters .
Buttigieg punted .
In later interviews , Day concluded that there is no longer any place for pro-life Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are n't interested in the views of a majority of Americans , or millions of their own voters , just whom are they trying to please ?

Even in our era of politics without precedent, few things are as inexplicable as the Democratic Party's decision to take increasingly extreme positions on abortion while so much of the country moves in a different direction.
The March for Life, held annually in Washington, D.C., around the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, is one visible example of the country's mood on the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. The number of participants in the march continues to grow each year. Last week's March for Life was notable not only for its size (no official numbers are available, but video footage suggests well over 100,000 people) but because Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to address the march, drawing additional national (and international) attention to the event.
Commentators have observed that fully half of the marchers are college-aged or younger. ("We are the pro-life generation" is a popular sign seen at the march.) This may well suggest a generational shift in perspective, which poses interesting electoral consequences for the future.
The number of abortions has dropped dramatically over the past 30 years. The Guttmacher Institute released a report in September of last year stating that the number of abortions had dropped 19% between 2011 (1,058,000 abortions) and 2017 (862,000 abortions), and the abortion rate (number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44) dropped by 20% during the same time period. This is part of a steady downward trend from the all-time high of over 1,420,000 abortions in 1990.
Guttmacher's policy stance is pro-abortion, and the report's authors take pains to state that abortion restrictions passed by 32 states in recent years are not responsible for the decline in abortions. Given that this trend started years earlier, that conclusion seems reasonable. However, they cannot definitively identify any other specific cause(s) for the decline.
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Perhaps it is the advent of modern medical technology, which has pushed fetal viability back to 22 weeks. (A handful of children born at 21 weeks have survived.) Fetal surgery has become a growing specialty, and surgeons can now repair heart defects and hernias, correct spina bifida and remove tumors while the child is still growing and developing in the womb. Even those whose babies are not dealing with medical emergencies in utero or born prematurely can see the humanity of the unborn child in traditional ultrasound (which did not exist when Roe v. Wade was decided) or the more advanced 4D ultrasound.
Further, research on fetal neurological development suggests that the unborn child can feel pain at around 20 weeks; this revelation has prompted a number of legislative initiatives to severely limit abortions after that gestational age. The most recent work – conducted by a Planned Parenthood consulting physician – puts the fetal pain threshold even earlier, at 13 weeks.
Much better scientific knowledge about fetal development, therefore, might well be driving down the abortion rate.
So, too, might widespread shock and revulsion at some of the abortion industry's horror stories exposed in recent years.
The corpses of over 2,000 dead fetuses were found in the home and car of former Illinois and Indiana abortion doctor Ulrich Klopfer after he passed away last year. In 2015, undercover journalist David Daleiden released a series of videos in which Planned Parenthood physicians and staff members appeared to be discussing the sale of fetal body parts, performing abortions so as to best preserve the organs of unborn children for sale and other ghastly practices. In 2013, Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was convicted of three counts of murder (among other crimes) in the deaths of babies born alive after abortion attempts, who Gosnell subsequently killed by cutting their spinal cords with scissors. Gosnell's trial exposed not only the grossly unsanitary conditions of his clinic, the illegal abortions performed by untrained staff members, and the grisly "trophies" he kept in jars and boxes but also – most disturbingly – the complete failure of government oversight.
Is it any wonder that a majority of Americans favor reasonable regulations on abortions, such as mandatory medical disclosures and ultrasounds, brief waiting periods, hospital admitting privileges for physicians performing abortions, and parental notification laws for minor girls seeking abortions?
So where is the Democratic Party on abortion?
Last year, the Democratic-controlled New York Legislature passed the Reproductive Health Act, which permits abortion at any time until birth. The law removed the restriction requiring abortions to be performed by a physician. And it removed any references to an unborn child from New York's penal code – meaning that someone who attacks a pregnant woman and kills her child in utero cannot be prosecuted for the death of that child. It also removes any requirement to provide medical care for a baby that survives abortion.
California and Illinois – both states controlled by Democrats – have also passed laws expanding abortion. California now requires all private health insurers to cover abortion. Illinois' 2019 law removed its prior ban of partial-birth abortion and states that no "fertilized egg, embryo, or fetus does not have independent rights" under Illinois law. Virginia's legislature, controlled by Democrats since the 2018 midterm elections, is removing previous regulations including the requirement that abortions be performed by a physician, mandatory counseling and a 24-hour waiting period.
This year's Democratic presidential candidates are just as strident. At a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, last Sunday, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was asked by voter Kristen Day if the Democratic Party still has room for pro-life Democrats. Day, the executive director of Democrats for Life of America, stated that this amounts to 21 million voters.
Buttigieg punted. In later interviews, Day concluded that there is no longer any place for pro-life Democrats in her party.
If leading Democrats aren't interested in the views of a majority of Americans, or millions of their own voters, just whom are they trying to please?


wnd--2020-01-30--Suppress that petulant kid inside you

Suppress that petulant kid inside you

We 're debt-free except for our home , and we 'll have our fully funded emergency fund of three to six months of expenses ( we 've agreed on six months ' worth ) saved up by the end of February .
We 're also setting aside a little each month to buy a newer car with cash later .
We 're about $ 5,000 from our car fund goal , but my husband is getting impatient .
He wants us to go ahead a finance the remainder , since it 's a relatively small amount .
He has tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do n't seem to have a problem with people borrowing money to buy a house .
Could you explain the difference ?
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I do n't like debt of any kind .
I do n't really like borrowing for a house , but I 'm not unreasonable .
I tolerate mortgage loans , as long as people use a 15-year , fixed-rate mortgage , with payments that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monthly take-home pay .
A house is often the largest purchase in a person 's life , and one most people ca n't achieve based solely on saving .
I still recommend , however , setting aside as much as possible for a down payment before taking out a mortgage .
Here 's the thing .
Cars go down in value , while traditional homes generally increase in value substantially over the years .
Plus , you can get an absolutely great , pre-owned car for $ 10,000 to $ 15,000 dollars .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ my mind , is doable over the course of several months through determined saving and living on a budget .
Depending on where you live , a good home can cost 10 to 20 times that much .
The best way to build wealth and have a secure financial life is to stay away from debt .
This means getting out of mortgage debt as quickly as possible , too .
You 're never going to win with money if you ca n't learn to delay pleasure .
Everyone has that little kid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wants everything he or she wants right now .
Your husband is asking a normal question , but he 's dangerously close to letting that immature little kid out .
It happens to all of us once in a while , but we have to grow to a point as adults where we tell that little kid no !
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Dear Dave,
We're debt-free except for our home, and we'll have our fully funded emergency fund of three to six months of expenses (we've agreed on six months' worth) saved up by the end of February. We're also setting aside a little each month to buy a newer car with cash later. We're about $5,000 from our car fund goal, but my husband is getting impatient. He wants us to go ahead a finance the remainder, since it's a relatively small amount. He has tried to justify this by mentioning that you don't seem to have a problem with people borrowing money to buy a house. Could you explain the difference?
Lana
Dear Lana,
OK, first things first. I don't like debt of any kind. I don't really like borrowing for a house, but I'm not unreasonable. I tolerate mortgage loans, as long as people use a 15-year, fixed-rate mortgage, with payments that are no more than a fourth of their monthly take-home pay. A house is often the largest purchase in a person's life, and one most people can't achieve based solely on saving. I still recommend, however, setting aside as much as possible for a down payment before taking out a mortgage.
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Here's the thing. Cars go down in value, while traditional homes generally increase in value substantially over the years. Plus, you can get an absolutely great, pre-owned car for $10,000 to $15,000 dollars. This is an amount which, in my mind, is doable over the course of several months through determined saving and living on a budget. Depending on where you live, a good home can cost 10 to 20 times that much.
The best way to build wealth and have a secure financial life is to stay away from debt. This means getting out of mortgage debt as quickly as possible, too. You're never going to win with money if you can't learn to delay pleasure.
Everyone has that little kid inside them, and that little kid wants everything he or she wants right now. Your husband is asking a normal question, but he's dangerously close to letting that immature little kid out. It happens to all of us once in a while, but we have to grow to a point as adults where we tell that little kid no!
Dave
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wnd--2020-01-30--Former gov hosts spaghetti fundraiser for woman, 95, scammed out of thousands

Scams are annoying , and most of us have gotten a suspicious call , email or letter at some point in our lives .
But when a scammer targets the elderly and preys on their loneliness , that 's a special level of disgusting .
When 95-year-old Barbara Hinckley of Auburn , Maine , got a call informing her that she 'd won $ 2.5 million and a Mercedes , she did n't quite buy it , but the person who called had a name she remembered .
`` I was suspicious , but I bought stuff from Publishers Clearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the name David Sayer because he 's a prize director , '' she told WCSH .
`` He was never unkind to me , '' she said of the caller with the borrowed name .
`` He was always thoughtful . ''
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`` I was thrilled ; it all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Washington Post .
`` He sounded educated , and he had a nice voice .
He said there were some procedures that needed to be followed to get me my money and that he ’ d be back in touch .
He also told me not to tell anybody that I was the winner until I ’ d been awarded my money . ''
One of those procedures was that the caller eventually tricked her into giving him her entire life savings : roughly $ 18,000 ( though some reports have claimed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was all I had , '' Hinckley told WCSH .
`` I had $ 8.75 left in my checking account and that was it . ''
She was embarrassed after she realized she 'd been scammed -- but thankfully for her , someone who heard about her story decided to do something about the injustice .
John Baldacci , the former governor of Maine and a spaghetti connoisseur , was angered on her behalf and set out to help her .
`` I felt like I needed to do something , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make spaghetti , '' he told WCSH .
`` I just felt like she was my grandmother , like she was everyone 's grandmother .
And you would n't want that to happen to your grandmother . ''
So a spaghetti dinner fundraiser was set in motion , resulting in the Facebook page Baldacci Spaghetti Fundraiser Dinner for Barbara Hinckley .
`` The cost is $ 5 a person , '' the page posted on Dec. 24 .
`` Everything collected will go entirely to Hinckley , so larger donations are very much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hinckley immediately is welcome to send her a check through her church . ''
`` If you would like to donate a service or an item to be bid on that night , please let us know .
We ’ d like to encourage you to bring the service in an envelope or item with you on January 8th . ''
According to an update , the group managed to raise $ 18,000 for Hinckley -- an impressive sum that replenished her savings .
`` It 's just amazing to me to know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
Older people are often the target of these horrible scams .
Publishers Clearing House -- though a well-known name -- never charges for a win .
If you are contacted by someone who is offering you something that sounds too good to be true and requires any sort of monetary involvement on your behalf , it 's likely a scam , and it 's best to talk to someone else about the `` offer . ''
`` It ’ s the most disgusting thing .
People who prey on seniors are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Baldacci told The Post .
`` We wanted to make it a teachable moment and let people know that this is a common problem .
Nobody has to feel alone . ''
Now , Hinckley lets calls go to message and has advice for everyone : `` Do n't answer the phone ! ''
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Scams are annoying, and most of us have gotten a suspicious call, email or letter at some point in our lives.
But when a scammer targets the elderly and preys on their loneliness, that's a special level of disgusting.
When 95-year-old Barbara Hinckley of Auburn, Maine, got a call informing her that she'd won $2.5 million and a Mercedes, she didn't quite buy it, but the person who called had a name she remembered.
"I was suspicious, but I bought stuff from Publishers Clearing House since 1989, and I knew of the name David Sayer because he's a prize director," she told WCSH.
"He was never unkind to me," she said of the caller with the borrowed name. "He was always thoughtful."
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Despite the original red flags that Hinckley saw, over a month she was slowly convinced of the legitimacy of the winnings.
"I was thrilled; it all seemed very real," Hinckley told The Washington Post. "He sounded educated, and he had a nice voice. He said there were some procedures that needed to be followed to get me my money and that he’d be back in touch. He also told me not to tell anybody that I was the winner until I’d been awarded my money."
One of those procedures was that the caller eventually tricked her into giving him her entire life savings: roughly $18,000 (though some reports have claimed it was $25,000).
"It was all I had," Hinckley told WCSH. "I had $8.75 left in my checking account and that was it."
She was embarrassed after she realized she'd been scammed -- but thankfully for her, someone who heard about her story decided to do something about the injustice.
John Baldacci, the former governor of Maine and a spaghetti connoisseur, was angered on her behalf and set out to help her.
"I felt like I needed to do something, and all I knew how to do was make spaghetti," he told WCSH. "I just felt like she was my grandmother, like she was everyone's grandmother. And you wouldn't want that to happen to your grandmother."
So a spaghetti dinner fundraiser was set in motion, resulting in the Facebook page Baldacci Spaghetti Fundraiser Dinner for Barbara Hinckley.
"The cost is $5 a person," the page posted on Dec. 24. "Everything collected will go entirely to Hinckley, so larger donations are very much appreciated. Anyone who wants to help Hinckley immediately is welcome to send her a check through her church."
"If you would like to donate a service or an item to be bid on that night, please let us know. We’d like to encourage you to bring the service in an envelope or item with you on January 8th."
According to an update, the group managed to raise $18,000 for Hinckley -- an impressive sum that replenished her savings.
"It's just amazing to me to know how many people care," she said.
Older people are often the target of these horrible scams.
Publishers Clearing House -- though a well-known name -- never charges for a win.
If you are contacted by someone who is offering you something that sounds too good to be true and requires any sort of monetary involvement on your behalf, it's likely a scam, and it's best to talk to someone else about the "offer."
"It’s the most disgusting thing. People who prey on seniors are the lowest form of life," Baldacci told The Post. "We wanted to make it a teachable moment and let people know that this is a common problem. Nobody has to feel alone."
Now, Hinckley lets calls go to message and has advice for everyone: "Don't answer the phone!"
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-01-31--Mideast peace plan is a much-needed dose of reality

It 's unlikely that Donald Trump 's new Israeli-Palestinian peace plan will succeed .
Yet , it 's the best of any recent offerings because it dispels poisonous fictions that have held back negotiations for decades .
The reality is that there will never be a Palestinian `` right of return '' to Israel , since such a policy would destroy the Jewish character of the state .
Palestinians are not getting their great-granddads ' houses in Jaffa back any more than the hundreds of thousands of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Muslim lands after Israel 's 1948 war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The difference is that one of these groups accepted reality long ago .
Nor will Palestinians ever take control of Jerusalem proper .
Any Israeli politician who broaches the notion of handing over the fulcrum of Jewish cultural , religious and political identity to Fatah is engaging in an act of political suicide .
Palestinians have never administered Jerusalem , and they have no legitimate claim over Jerusalem .
The current state of affairs is the status quo , whether Palestinians decide they want a state or not .
Likewise , Israelis will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ giving up its claims to the West Bank , because no sane nation would reinstitute unsecure borders next to an unreliable potential terror state .
The vast majority of Israelis who now reside in towns ( `` settlements '' ) built in historically Jewish areas are n't going to be displaced because the United Nations or Ben Rhodes has declared Judea and Samaria a no-Jew zone .
Those towns are part of a de facto border whether Palestinians agree to a deal or not .
Finally , there is no way that Israel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security of its citizens , can hand over the Jordan Valley – an area with immense strategic importance irrespective of the Palestinian situation – to a newly created state that allies itself with unsavory nations and entertains the idea of entering into a unity government with Hamas , the theocratic terror group .
Perhaps , after peaceful coexistence for a few decades , this could change .
The Trump deal would simply codify these realities while allowing Palestinians to finally have a startup state .
Trump 's plan is the first to offer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ borders of the Palestinian nation might look like .
In it , Israel cedes around 70 % of the disputed territory in the West Bank to Palestinians but doubles its existing territory overall .
`` The sovereign capital of the State of Palestine , '' the plan states , would be the city of `` East Jerusalem . ''
In return , Palestinians would recognize the existence of Israel , agree to solve their refugee problem through integration in their new state and in host Arab counties , and renounce terrorism .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to conduct themselves as does any normal , functioning state .
The U.S. would also infuse $ 50 billion into the new Palestinian state .
Stateless peoples yearning for self-determination around the world – ethnic groups that Western elites do n't care a whit about – would , no doubt , be ecstatic for such an opportunity .
Palestinians , however , happen to have chosen the right enemies .
They just have the wrong leaders .
President Mahmoud Abbas has n't faced an electorate in 15 years and counting .
His title @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abbas is the duly elected leader of a nation .
Neither is true .
And while that is his own fault , Abbas and his deputies will no doubt sit in their U.N.-funded mansions while the Palestinian people suffer , waiting out Trump for more advantageous terms from a friendlier president such as Joe Biden – or Bernie Sanders , who could put Linda Sarsour in his administration .
But they wo n't be able to wait out Israel .
A nation with an open and vibrant economy has no reason to enter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most Israelis – I hate to break this to everyone – are n't obsessed with the Palestinians .
Hamas is largely contained .
Fatah is contained .
Israel 's existence is n't contingent on the creation of a Palestinian state , only on security .
Israel , in fact , probably feels less external pressure than ever to enter into a deal .
Anyone who 's followed this issue understands the historic significance of Bahrain , UAE and Oman sending envoys to White House unveiling of Trump 's peace deal .
Arab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality of the Jewish State in ways that Americans progressives have not .
Nor is there more internal political pressure to enter into a bad deal .
Benny Gantz , the Kahol Lavan leader and chief rival to Benjamin Netanyahu , `` hailed '' the Trump plan because , despite the effort of the American left to cast Netanyahu as the sole impediment to peace , no major Israeli party on either the right or the left is going to agree to a right of return , a return to pre-1967 lines , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the past , Palestinian negotiators sat back and rejected one concession after the next .
They offered ever-growing lists of grievances while American leaders tried to pacify them .
It 's about time someone injected a dose of this reality into this situation .
Trump 's plan allows Palestinians to have a state in the world that exists .
Or not .

It's unlikely that Donald Trump's new Israeli-Palestinian peace plan will succeed. Yet, it's the best of any recent offerings because it dispels poisonous fictions that have held back negotiations for decades.
The reality is that there will never be a Palestinian "right of return" to Israel, since such a policy would destroy the Jewish character of the state. Palestinians are not getting their great-granddads' houses in Jaffa back any more than the hundreds of thousands of Sephardic Jews who were expelled from Muslim lands after Israel's 1948 war of independence are reclaiming their property. The difference is that one of these groups accepted reality long ago.
Nor will Palestinians ever take control of Jerusalem proper. Any Israeli politician who broaches the notion of handing over the fulcrum of Jewish cultural, religious and political identity to Fatah is engaging in an act of political suicide. Palestinians have never administered Jerusalem, and they have no legitimate claim over Jerusalem. The current state of affairs is the status quo, whether Palestinians decide they want a state or not.
Likewise, Israelis will never pull back to pre-1967 lines, giving up its claims to the West Bank, because no sane nation would reinstitute unsecure borders next to an unreliable potential terror state. The vast majority of Israelis who now reside in towns ("settlements") built in historically Jewish areas aren't going to be displaced because the United Nations or Ben Rhodes has declared Judea and Samaria a no-Jew zone. Those towns are part of a de facto border whether Palestinians agree to a deal or not.
Finally, there is no way that Israel, a liberal democracy responsible for the security of its citizens, can hand over the Jordan Valley – an area with immense strategic importance irrespective of the Palestinian situation – to a newly created state that allies itself with unsavory nations and entertains the idea of entering into a unity government with Hamas, the theocratic terror group. Perhaps, after peaceful coexistence for a few decades, this could change.
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The Trump deal would simply codify these realities while allowing Palestinians to finally have a startup state. Trump's plan is the first to offer a map laying out what the final borders of the Palestinian nation might look like. In it, Israel cedes around 70% of the disputed territory in the West Bank to Palestinians but doubles its existing territory overall. "The sovereign capital of the State of Palestine," the plan states, would be the city of "East Jerusalem."
In return, Palestinians would recognize the existence of Israel, agree to solve their refugee problem through integration in their new state and in host Arab counties, and renounce terrorism. In other words, Palestinians would be asked to conduct themselves as does any normal, functioning state. The U.S. would also infuse $50 billion into the new Palestinian state.
Stateless peoples yearning for self-determination around the world – ethnic groups that Western elites don't care a whit about – would, no doubt, be ecstatic for such an opportunity. Palestinians, however, happen to have chosen the right enemies.
They just have the wrong leaders. President Mahmoud Abbas hasn't faced an electorate in 15 years and counting. His title of "president" falsely suggests that Abbas is the duly elected leader of a nation. Neither is true. And while that is his own fault, Abbas and his deputies will no doubt sit in their U.N.-funded mansions while the Palestinian people suffer, waiting out Trump for more advantageous terms from a friendlier president such as Joe Biden – or Bernie Sanders, who could put Linda Sarsour in his administration.
But they won't be able to wait out Israel. A nation with an open and vibrant economy has no reason to enter into a deal that upends its security. Most Israelis – I hate to break this to everyone – aren't obsessed with the Palestinians. Hamas is largely contained. Fatah is contained. Israel's existence isn't contingent on the creation of a Palestinian state, only on security.
Israel, in fact, probably feels less external pressure than ever to enter into a deal. Anyone who's followed this issue understands the historic significance of Bahrain, UAE and Oman sending envoys to White House unveiling of Trump's peace deal. Arab nations are coming to terms with the reality of the Jewish State in ways that Americans progressives have not.
Nor is there more internal political pressure to enter into a bad deal. Benny Gantz, the Kahol Lavan leader and chief rival to Benjamin Netanyahu, "hailed" the Trump plan because, despite the effort of the American left to cast Netanyahu as the sole impediment to peace, no major Israeli party on either the right or the left is going to agree to a right of return, a return to pre-1967 lines, or a surrender of Jerusalem.
In the past, Palestinian negotiators sat back and rejected one concession after the next. They offered ever-growing lists of grievances while American leaders tried to pacify them. It's about time someone injected a dose of this reality into this situation. Trump's plan allows Palestinians to have a state in the world that exists. Or not.


wnd--2020-01-31--4,309-foot-long tunnel in San Diego is longest ever discovered along Southwest border

( PALM SPRINGS DESERT SUN ) Authorities have uncovered a cross-border tunnel that stretches more than three-quarters of a mile @ @ @ @ @ of its kind ever discovered along the Southwest border , the U.S. Border Patrol announced @ @ @ @ @ starts in Tijuana , in an industrial area about a half mile west of the @ @ @ @ @ , according to the Border Patrol .
It ends in California , in the Otay @ @ @ @ @ Diego , where agents discovered several hundred sand bags blocking what they suspect was the @ @ @ @ @ said .
An offshoot from the main tunnel ended without breaching the surface .
The @ @ @ @ @ 1/2 ?
feet tall and 2 feet wide , and is an average of 70 @ @ @ @ @ agency said .
It includes an elevator at the entrance , an extensive rail and @ @ @ @ @ ventilation , high-voltage electrical cables and a complex drainage system .

(PALM SPRINGS DESERT SUN) Authorities have uncovered a cross-border tunnel that stretches more than three-quarters of a mile, making it the longest of its kind ever discovered along the Southwest border, the U.S. Border Patrol announced Wednesday.
The 4,309-foot tunnel starts in Tijuana, in an industrial area about a half mile west of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, according to the Border Patrol. It ends in California, in the Otay Mesa warehouse district in San Diego, where agents discovered several hundred sand bags blocking what they suspect was the former exit, the agency said. An offshoot from the main tunnel ended without breaching the surface.
The tunnel is about 5 ?1/2? feet tall and 2 feet wide, and is an average of 70 feet below ground, the agency said. It includes an elevator at the entrance, an extensive rail and cart system, forced air ventilation, high-voltage electrical cables and a complex drainage system.
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wnd--2020-01-31--Bernie's wealth tax would raise $1 trillion less than he estimates

( CNBC ) A new study from the University of Pennsylvania ’ s Wharton School finds that Sen. Bernie Sanders @ @ @ @ @ the richest Americans will generate $ 1 trillion to $ 1.5 trillion less than what @ @ @ @ @ results , if accurate , could undercut the critical funding needed to support his plans @ @ @ @ @ , education and hosts of other government-back programs .
The analysis also found that former @ @ @ @ @ s plan would raise $ 600 billion to $ 900 billion less than his campaign @ @

(CNBC) A new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School finds that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ proposed wealth tax on the richest Americans will generate $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion less than what the campaign claims.
The results, if accurate, could undercut the critical funding needed to support his plans to develop public health care, education and hosts of other government-back programs.
The analysis also found that former Vice President Joe Biden’s plan would raise $600 billion to $900 billion less than his campaign estimates.
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wnd--2020-01-31--Fox won't run pro-life Super Bowl ad, but approves ad featuring drag queens

( NEW AMERICAN ) Pro-life advocates are infuriated after Fox repeatedly ignored requests for ad space during the 2020 Super @ @ @ @ @ of Choice after giving the group the “ runaround , ” while approving a commercial @ @ @ @ @ and LGBTQ activists .
Fox is now claiming it is out of ad space , @ @ @ @ @ the network deliberately delayed approving its application for airtime so that they would run out @ @ @ @ @ to issue a response to the request .
The commercial in question features more than @ @ @ @ @ varying stages of their lives from all around the world , who ask , “ @ @ @ @ @ the eye and say I should have been aborted ?
” The advertisement ’ s @ @ @ @ @ Zechariah Hagan , one of the first abortion pill reversal ( APR , a treatment @ @ @ @ @ an initial dose of an abortion drug ) success stories .

(NEW AMERICAN) Pro-life advocates are infuriated after Fox repeatedly ignored requests for ad space during the 2020 Super Bowl from pro-life group Faces of Choice after giving the group the “runaround,” while approving a commercial that will feature drag queens and LGBTQ activists. Fox is now claiming it is out of ad space, but Faces of Choice contends the network deliberately delayed approving its application for airtime so that they would run out of air space before having to issue a response to the request.
The commercial in question features more than a dozen abortion survivors in varying stages of their lives from all around the world, who ask, “Can you look me in the eye and say I should have been aborted?” The advertisement’s youngest abortion survivor is seven-year-old Zechariah Hagan, one of the first abortion pill reversal (APR, a treatment to reverse the effects of an initial dose of an abortion drug) success stories.
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wnd--2020-01-31--Pelosi defies Senate's authority, says even if Senate votes to acquit, Trump won't actually be acqui

Pelosi defies Senate's authority, says even if Senate votes to acquit, Trump won't actually be acquitted

The Democratic Party is so deep in its Trump Derangement Syndrome that the things its leaders say and do often defy reason .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood in front of microphones on Thursday and declared that if President Donald Trump is acquitted by the Senate ( a likely scenario ) , he will not actually be acquitted .
Pelosi was responding to a reporter who had asked what she would do in the case of the president ’ s acquittal .
“ We are right now prayerful and hopeful that the Senate will have the courage to hear the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then we 'll see what we do next , ” she said , according to a transcript on her website .
But when another reporter asked a similar question , Pelosi had one of her famous temper tantrums .
“ When this is over , do you think that President Trump will be chastened and understand that he 's got a Congress watching him ?
Or will he be emboldened because the Senate will have acquitted him ?
” the reporter asked .
“ Well , he will not be acquitted .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ do n't have a trial , and you do n't have a trial if you do n't have witnesses and documentation and that , ” Pelosi replied .
“ I would hope that the Senators , if it comes to a tie , or if there 's a question of hearing testimony or receiving documents , would leave it up to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court – Republican‑appointed , in a Republican majority court .
“ I would think that they would have confidence in the Chief Justice of the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And that 's interesting to me -- that they 're afraid of breaking a tie with a Chief Justice of the United States .
“ Does the President know right from wrong ?
I do n't think so .
That 's all I can say to you , ” she said .
The Constitution explicitly states that the Senate , not the Speaker of the House , has the sole authority to handle an impeachment trial of the president .
Pelosi ’ s work is done , but she is struggling to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when the House was conducting its impeachment inquiry .
Apparently , in her mind , not only is she the leader of the House ; she is also the entire Senate and the Supreme Court too .
An acquittal is an acquittal .
It is that simple .
If and when the Senate acquits Trump , he will forever be acquitted .
That can not stop the speaker and her colleagues from impeaching him again , but this one has been so destructive for their party that it just would not be wise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Western Journal .

The Democratic Party is so deep in its Trump Derangement Syndrome that the things its leaders say and do often defy reason.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood in front of microphones on Thursday and declared that if President Donald Trump is acquitted by the Senate (a likely scenario), he will not actually be acquitted.
Pelosi was responding to a reporter who had asked what she would do in the case of the president’s acquittal.
The speaker stealthily avoided the question.
“We are right now prayerful and hopeful that the Senate will have the courage to hear the truth about the President's action, and then we'll see what we do next,” she said, according to a transcript on her website.
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But when another reporter asked a similar question, Pelosi had one of her famous temper tantrums.
“When this is over, do you think that President Trump will be chastened and understand that he's got a Congress watching him? Or will he be emboldened because the Senate will have acquitted him?” the reporter asked.
.@SpeakerPelosi: If the Senate votes to aquit Pres. Trump, he “will not be acquitted” pic.twitter.com/3ovJZA1NrX — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 30, 2020
“Well, he will not be acquitted. You cannot be acquitted if you don't have a trial, and you don't have a trial if you don't have witnesses and documentation and that,” Pelosi replied.
“I would hope that the Senators, if it comes to a tie, or if there's a question of hearing testimony or receiving documents, would leave it up to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court – Republican‑appointed, in a Republican majority court.
“I would think that they would have confidence in the Chief Justice of the United States. That's really his title. And that's interesting to me -- that they're afraid of breaking a tie with a Chief Justice of the United States.
“Does the President know right from wrong? I don't think so. That's all I can say to you,” she said.
The Constitution explicitly states that the Senate, not the Speaker of the House, has the sole authority to handle an impeachment trial of the president.
Pelosi’s work is done, but she is struggling to let go of the power she had when the House was conducting its impeachment inquiry.
Apparently, in her mind, not only is she the leader of the House; she is also the entire Senate and the Supreme Court too.
An acquittal is an acquittal. It is that simple. If and when the Senate acquits Trump, he will forever be acquitted.
That cannot stop the speaker and her colleagues from impeaching him again, but this one has been so destructive for their party that it just would not be wise.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


wnd--2020-01-31--Watchdog sues for details of Burisma communications, 'whistleblower' meeting

Two lawsuits have been filed against the State Department that could `` confirm that President Trump had every right to be concerned about Ukraine and the Biden corruption . ''
Washington watchdog Judicial Watch said Thursday it has sued the State Department for records of communications from the U.S. Embassy in Kiev related to Burisma , the Ukrainian company that paid Hunter Biden some $ 3 million while his father was the point man for Ukraine policy .
In a second case , Judicial Watch is seeking the records of a Jan. 19 , 2016 , meeting at the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officials and CIA employee Eric Ciaramella .
Ciaramella is the CIA analyst reported to be the `` whistleblower '' who submitted hearsay evidence that triggered the Democrats impeachment of the president .
`` These lawsuits could confirm that President Trump had every right to be concerned about Ukraine and Biden corruption – and that the impeachment against him was an shameful attempt to cover up these scandals , '' said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton .
Ciaramella reportedly worked on Ukraine issues while on detail to both the Obama and the Trump White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the State Department did not respond to separate FOIA requests for `` all cables/teletypes or e-mails sent or addressed to any official , employee , or representative of the Department of State stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv containing the term 'Burisma , ' all records regarding the January 19 , 2016 , meeting at the White House that included State Department Ukrainian Resident Legal Advisor Jeff Cole and U.S. Embassy Kyiv employee Svitlana Pardus , [ and ] all records of communication between State Department Resident Legal Advisor Jeff Cole and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Also included in the request were records of communication between U.S. Embassy Kiev employee Svitlana Pardus and Ciaramella and emails sent by or addressed to State Department Resident Legal Advisor Jeff Cole and/or U.S. Embassy Kiev employee Svitlana Pardus between Jan. 10 , 2016 , and January 30 , 2016 .
Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings in April 2014 .
`` He served on the board until early 2019 .
Burisma , which was under investigation by the Ukrainian government stated at the time of his hiring that Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holdings ' legal unit and will provide support for the Company among international organizations , ' '' Judicial Watch said .
Hunter Biden had no previous experience in the industry .
`` In November 2019 , through analysis of Obama-era White House visitor logs , Judicial Watch broke the story of Ciaramella 's White House meetings .
Ciaramella was detailed to the Obama White House in 2015 and returned to the CIA during the Trump administration in 2017 .
The list of persons Ciaramella met with includes , but is not limited to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director of the Soros-funded Anticorruption Action Center ( AntAC ) in Ukraine ; Gina Lentine , formerly the Eurasia program coordinator at Soros funded Open Society Foundations ; and former Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland , who had extensive involvement with Clinton-funded dossier .
The logs also reveal that Alexandra Chalupa , a contractor hired by the DNC during the 2016 election who coordinated with Ukrainians to investigate President Trump and his former campaign manager Paul Manafort , visited the White House 27 times , '' Judicial Watch said .
Then last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalist Ken Vogel was investigating the Jan. 19 , 2016 , meeting at the White House .
Vogel had contacted the State Department via email for comment , specifically mentioning concerns about Hunter Biden 's position with Burisma .
That communication said : `` We are going to report that [ State Department official ] Elizabeth Zentos attended a meeting at the White House on 1/19/2016 with Ukrainian prosecutors and embassy officials as well as … [ redacted ] from the NSC … The subjects discussed included efforts within the United State government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United Kingdom , of Burisma Holdings … and concerns that Hunter Biden ’ s position with the company could complicate such efforts . ''
Judicial Watch last month sued the Department of Justice and the CIA for all communications in the government records to or from Ciaramella .
The lawsuit explains the DOJ failed to respond to a November 2019 FOIA requests seeking communications between Ciaramella and former FBI agent Peter Strzok , former FBI Attorney Lisa Page , former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe , and/or the special counsel 's office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a similar demand for all of Ciaramella 's emails .
`` Ciaramella 's name appears in Special Counsel Robert Mueller 's report on the 2016 presidential election , in reference to two emails Ciaramella sent to then-Chief of Staff John Kelly and other officials , describing a meeting between President Trump , Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak , '' Judicial Watch said .
Information from some of Ciaramella 's emails eventually was leaked to the New York Times , the complaint explains .
Ciaramella 's name , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ privately in impeachment depositions , according to officials with direct knowledge of the proceedings , as well as in at least one open hearing held by a House committee not involved in the impeachment inquiry . ''

Two lawsuits have been filed against the State Department that could "confirm that President Trump had every right to be concerned about Ukraine and the Biden corruption."
Washington watchdog Judicial Watch said Thursday it has sued the State Department for records of communications from the U.S. Embassy in Kiev related to Burisma, the Ukrainian company that paid Hunter Biden some $3 million while his father was the point man for Ukraine policy. In a second case, Judicial Watch is seeking the records of a Jan. 19, 2016, meeting at the White House that included Ukrainian prosecutors, embassy officials and CIA employee Eric Ciaramella.
Ciaramella is the CIA analyst reported to be the "whistleblower" who submitted hearsay evidence that triggered the Democrats impeachment of the president.
"These lawsuits could confirm that President Trump had every right to be concerned about Ukraine and Biden corruption – and that the impeachment against him was an shameful attempt to cover up these scandals," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
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Ciaramella reportedly worked on Ukraine issues while on detail to both the Obama and the Trump White House.
The cases were filed after the State Department did not respond to separate FOIA requests for "all cables/teletypes or e-mails sent or addressed to any official, employee, or representative of the Department of State stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv containing the term 'Burisma,' all records regarding the January 19, 2016, meeting at the White House that included State Department Ukrainian Resident Legal Advisor Jeff Cole and U.S. Embassy Kyiv employee Svitlana Pardus, [and] all records of communication between State Department Resident Legal Advisor Jeff Cole and National Security Council staffer Eric Ciaramella."
Also included in the request were records of communication between U.S. Embassy Kiev employee Svitlana Pardus and Ciaramella and emails sent by or addressed to State Department Resident Legal Advisor Jeff Cole and/or U.S. Embassy Kiev employee Svitlana Pardus between Jan. 10, 2016, and January 30, 2016.
Hunter Biden joined the board of Burisma Holdings in April 2014.
"He served on the board until early 2019. Burisma, which was under investigation by the Ukrainian government stated at the time of his hiring that Biden would, be 'in charge of the Holdings' legal unit and will provide support for the Company among international organizations,'" Judicial Watch said.
Hunter Biden had no previous experience in the industry.
"In November 2019, through analysis of Obama-era White House visitor logs, Judicial Watch broke the story of Ciaramella's White House meetings. Ciaramella was detailed to the Obama White House in 2015 and returned to the CIA during the Trump administration in 2017. The list of persons Ciaramella met with includes, but is not limited to, Daria Kaleniuk, co-founder and executive director of the Soros-funded Anticorruption Action Center (AntAC) in Ukraine; Gina Lentine, formerly the Eurasia program coordinator at Soros funded Open Society Foundations; and former Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who had extensive involvement with Clinton-funded dossier. The logs also reveal that Alexandra Chalupa, a contractor hired by the DNC during the 2016 election who coordinated with Ukrainians to investigate President Trump and his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, visited the White House 27 times," Judicial Watch said.
Then last month it was reported New York Times journalist Ken Vogel was investigating the Jan. 19, 2016, meeting at the White House. Vogel had contacted the State Department via email for comment, specifically mentioning concerns about Hunter Biden's position with Burisma.
That communication said: "We are going to report that [State Department official] Elizabeth Zentos attended a meeting at the White House on 1/19/2016 with Ukrainian prosecutors and embassy officials as well as … [redacted] from the NSC … The subjects discussed included efforts within the United State government to support prosecutions, in Ukraine and the United Kingdom, of Burisma Holdings … and concerns that Hunter Biden’s position with the company could complicate such efforts."
Judicial Watch last month sued the Department of Justice and the CIA for all communications in the government records to or from Ciaramella.
The lawsuit explains the DOJ failed to respond to a November 2019 FOIA requests seeking communications between Ciaramella and former FBI agent Peter Strzok, former FBI Attorney Lisa Page, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and/or the special counsel's office.
The CIA had refused to respond to a similar demand for all of Ciaramella's emails.
"Ciaramella's name appears in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the 2016 presidential election, in reference to two emails Ciaramella sent to then-Chief of Staff John Kelly and other officials, describing a meeting between President Trump, Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak," Judicial Watch said.
Information from some of Ciaramella's emails eventually was leaked to the New York Times, the complaint explains.
Ciaramella's name, Judicial Watch said, was "raised privately in impeachment depositions, according to officials with direct knowledge of the proceedings, as well as in at least one open hearing held by a House committee not involved in the impeachment inquiry."


wnd--2020-02-03--Hail to the Chiefs: Comeback win over 49ers in Super Bowl LIV

( FOX NEWS ) -- MIAMI GARDENS , Fla. – Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter @ @ @ @ @ Chiefs to a comeback victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV , @ @ @ @ @ Chiefs were down 20-10 heading into the fourth quarter .
The quarterback threw a 1-yard @ @ @ @ @ with 6:13 left to cut the score .
Then , with 2:44 left , Mahomes @ @ @ @ @ 5-yard touchdown pass to put the Chiefs ahead .
Williams would then put the dagger @ @ @ @ @ 49ers with a 38-yard rushing touchdown to put the game out of reach .

(FOX NEWS) -- MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a comeback victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, 31-20.
Mahomes and the Chiefs were down 20-10 heading into the fourth quarter. The quarterback threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Travis Kelce with 6:13 left to cut the score. Then, with 2:44 left, Mahomes found Damien Williams on a 5-yard touchdown pass to put the Chiefs ahead.
Williams would then put the dagger into the hearts of the 49ers with a 38-yard rushing touchdown to put the game out of reach.
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wnd--2020-02-03--After impeachment, what's the Democrats' next outrage?

Although the Democrats ' cynical and disgracefully insincere impeachment charade is finally flaming out , new leftwing insanity is bursting forth all around us .
Elizabeth Warren has now vowed that if elected president , her secretary of education – that 's the person in charge of what tens of millions of precious American children will be taught in school – will be interviewed and vetted for her by a 9-year-old transgender child .
Folks , that 's not liberal , left , `` woke '' or even radical – it 's just flat-out insane .
We now have actual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Joe Biden , when he 's not making up `` Walter Mitty '' -type stories about his past heroic adventures that never happened , is either forgetting what state he 's in or defending his son Hunter .
Both Joe and Hunter are obviously guilty of one of the most egregious , high-profile , textbook cases of political corruption in memory , yet the former vice president insists , `` Not a single person 's ever suggested there 's anything I did that was anything other than completely in the interest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Uh huh .
But fasten your seat belts .
Bernie Sanders increasingly looks like he could become the Democrats ' nominee .
Americans need to face the possibility that a deranged , perpetually enraged old communist could become president of the United States .
In addition to his promised total socialist transformation of our nation – turning America into another Venezuela , where inflation approached 1 million percent and there is almost no toilet paper – Bernie plans on Day One as president to issue executive orders reversing Trump 's key policies – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border wall construction , eliminating any limit on accepting refugees , and reinstating Obama 's DACA program .
To today 's Democrats , you see , it 's necessary that racist America should be entirely overrun with poor , unvetted , unassimilable immigrants – legal or illegal does n't matter – including tens of thousands of criminals and gang members like MS-13 .
( But remember , Bernie insists incarcerated terrorists , specifically including Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , should be allowed to vote , so I guess MS-13 would qualify as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if Sanders does NOT become the Democrats ' nominee , his supporters and campaign workers are making it clear they think America is due for a violent revolution .
Several Sanders campaign workers said recently in separate hidden-camera interviews captured by Project Veritas that they are plotting major violence in America if Bernie loses .
On Friday , another Sanders supporter was arrested for breaching two security checkpoints near President Trump 's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida , and of course , it was a Bernie supporter that shot and almost killed Rep. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when asked by journalists for a response to their campaign workers ' repeated calls for burning and bombing of American cities ( `` f**king Milwaukee will burn , '' said one campaign staffer on hidden camera ) , the Sanders campaign either ignores media requests or , in one case , called the police on journalists pushing for an official response to the shocking hidden-camera videos .
Friends , how on Earth did America get to such a bizarre place ?
And where does this epic conflict ultimately end ?
As I have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` the left '' – code for a godless , revolutionary movement steeped in pathological anger and churning rebellion against America as a uniquely blessed Judeo-Christian , constitutional republic – is at war not just with the Trump administration , but with America herself .
Many have likened the current state of American society to a `` second civil war . ''
Thus , after three years of Donald Trump 's first term as president , we are experiencing a time of nonstop lying and disruption by the desperately unhinged left , aided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Democrats ' impeachment farce has just been the latest phase of a deeply un-American , unconstitutional , immoral and never-ending coup d'etat .
Yet , of all the factions arrayed against real America – including the permanent Washington `` deep state , '' the newly insane Democratic Party , unhinged Marxist college professors , the powerfully intimidating LGBT lobby , big-mouth `` woke '' Hollywood celebrities and pro athletes , and super-wealthy Big Tech with its increasing surveillance and stranglehold on information – who is still arguably the most important player @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this new civil war ?
After all , stop and consider that everybody in Washington , D.C. , knew from the start that Trump would not be removed from office by impeachment .
EVERYBODY .
Constitutionally , it takes a two-thirds supermajority of U.S. senators to convict in an impeachment trial .
That means as many as 19 of the current 53 Republican senators could have theoretically defected to the dark side – a total impossibility – and Trump still would not have been removed from office .
Therefore , the TRUE PURPOSE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like the true purpose of the Trump-Russia collusion charade before it – and the Trump-locks-children-in-cages charade – and the Trump-is-a-racist/fascist/Nazi/Hitler/KKK/white supremacist charade – and all the rest of the left 's cynical charades since Americans chose Trump as their president in 2016 – has been to poison voters , to try to make sure Trump loses his re-election bid to one of the lunatic Democrat presidential hopefuls this November .
And who or what is MOST RESPONSIBLE for how the American voting public interprets the madness now unfolding , not just in Washington @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The answer , of course , is the news media .
I have been in the news business for almost 40 years , and can say unequivocally that today 's `` mainstream '' news establishment is largely a gigantic , cynical hoax – populated in great measure by leftwing activists and sycophants loyal to the permanent governing elite ( aka `` the swamp '' ) .
They just PRETEND to engage in journalism , while in reality they are little more than a craven propaganda ministry for the Democratic Party .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
With all this in mind , consider that we are rapidly approaching a point of no return in our country this November .
If one of the Democratic Party 's deranged and corrupt candidates – including Hillary Clinton , who recently admitted that she has a strong `` urge '' to run again against Trump – becomes president in a few months , say goodbye to America .
What can you do ?
Jefferson was right when he wrote to Lafayette in 1823 , `` The only security of all is in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free , strong and vibrant press , where truth is daily `` shouted from the rooftops '' so to speak , there is real hope .
I am asking you once again to please help WND – whose motto since 1997 has been `` A Free Press for a Free People '' – to continue , indeed to grow and expand , in its longtime and utterly genuine journalistic mission to report the truth , without fear or favor , every single day .
Truth is exactly what America desperately needs right now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the media world .
It 's one of the oldest and most influential online journalism organizations in America .
It is staffed by experienced professional journalists from all the major broadcast and print organizations , but who are also committed Christians ( one key editor even spent years helping smuggle Bibles behind the Iron Curtain ! )
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Others have left big news outfits like the Associated Press , CNN and MSNBC because those organizations were becoming more and more anti-Christian .
However , since online , independent news organizations like WND are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the major advertising that once supported online journalism ( Google and Facebook having vacuumed up 90 % of all digital advertising ! )
, we very simply need your help .
Friends , WND can not survive without you partnering with us .
It 's as simple as that .
If you help us , we will be able to boldly report , like no one else , on the gathering forces of anarchy , insanity and spiritual darkness that threaten to wash over our beloved republic .
Let 's not let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with us ?
Whatever you can donate , just know that you are deeply appreciated by all of us at WND , just as , in turn , WND 's special brand of journalism is appreciated by millions of readers .
Please help keep the flame of America 's free press alive .
Everything is riding on this November 's election .
If the Democratic candidate wins , America will go dark for a very long time , if not forever .
Great civilizations live and die , they do n't last forever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laws of God and common sense and economics and morality and the lessons of history .
That , unfortunately , pretty well summarizes the platform of today 's Democratic Party .
What else can I say ?
If you value WorldNetDaily , help us .
WND is blessed with a large and loyal readership ; millions of people have freely benefited from its tireless and courageous journalism for over two decades .
Please consider helping us with the most generous donation you can manage .
2020 is here .
The election is in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time for action – for all of us .
Our adversaries are not holding back , and we need to not hold back either .
I pray you will be inspired to join with us .
Thank you so much , and God bless you .
David Kupelian Vice President and Managing Editor , WND Editor , Whistleblower magazine Author , `` The Marketing of Evil , '' `` How Evil Works '' and `` The Snapping of the American Mind ''

Dear friend of WND,
Although the Democrats' cynical and disgracefully insincere impeachment charade is finally flaming out, new leftwing insanity is bursting forth all around us. Elizabeth Warren has now vowed that if elected president, her secretary of education – that's the person in charge of what tens of millions of precious American children will be taught in school – will be interviewed and vetted for her by a 9-year-old transgender child. Folks, that's not liberal, left, "woke" or even radical – it's just flat-out insane. We now have actual insane people running for president.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, when he's not making up "Walter Mitty"-type stories about his past heroic adventures that never happened, is either forgetting what state he's in or defending his son Hunter. Both Joe and Hunter are obviously guilty of one of the most egregious, high-profile, textbook cases of political corruption in memory, yet the former vice president insists, "Not a single person's ever suggested there's anything I did that was anything other than completely in the interest of the United States of America." Uh huh.
But fasten your seat belts. Bernie Sanders increasingly looks like he could become the Democrats' nominee. Americans need to face the possibility that a deranged, perpetually enraged old communist could become president of the United States. In addition to his promised total socialist transformation of our nation – turning America into another Venezuela, where inflation approached 1 million percent and there is almost no toilet paper – Bernie plans on Day One as president to issue executive orders reversing Trump's key policies – including, for example, immediately halting border wall construction, eliminating any limit on accepting refugees, and reinstating Obama's DACA program. To today's Democrats, you see, it's necessary that racist America should be entirely overrun with poor, unvetted, unassimilable immigrants – legal or illegal doesn't matter – including tens of thousands of criminals and gang members like MS-13. (But remember, Bernie insists incarcerated terrorists, specifically including Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, should be allowed to vote, so I guess MS-13 would qualify as Bernie voters as well.)
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
However, if Sanders does NOT become the Democrats' nominee, his supporters and campaign workers are making it clear they think America is due for a violent revolution. Several Sanders campaign workers said recently in separate hidden-camera interviews captured by Project Veritas that they are plotting major violence in America if Bernie loses. On Friday, another Sanders supporter was arrested for breaching two security checkpoints near President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida, and of course, it was a Bernie supporter that shot and almost killed Rep. Steve Scalise in 2017. Yet, when asked by journalists for a response to their campaign workers' repeated calls for burning and bombing of American cities ("f**king Milwaukee will burn," said one campaign staffer on hidden camera), the Sanders campaign either ignores media requests or, in one case, called the police on journalists pushing for an official response to the shocking hidden-camera videos.
Friends, how on Earth did America get to such a bizarre place?
And where does this epic conflict ultimately end?
As I have written before, what we cryptically call "the left" – code for a godless, revolutionary movement steeped in pathological anger and churning rebellion against America as a uniquely blessed Judeo-Christian, constitutional republic – is at war not just with the Trump administration, but with America herself. Many have likened the current state of American society to a "second civil war."
Thus, after three years of Donald Trump's first term as president, we are experiencing a time of nonstop lying and disruption by the desperately unhinged left, aided by the rest of our ruling class. The Democrats' impeachment farce has just been the latest phase of a deeply un-American, unconstitutional, immoral and never-ending coup d'etat.
Yet, of all the factions arrayed against real America – including the permanent Washington "deep state," the newly insane Democratic Party, unhinged Marxist college professors, the powerfully intimidating LGBT lobby, big-mouth "woke" Hollywood celebrities and pro athletes, and super-wealthy Big Tech with its increasing surveillance and stranglehold on information – who is still arguably the most important player of all in determining the OUTCOME of this new civil war?
After all, stop and consider that everybody in Washington, D.C., knew from the start that Trump would not be removed from office by impeachment. EVERYBODY. Constitutionally, it takes a two-thirds supermajority of U.S. senators to convict in an impeachment trial. That means as many as 19 of the current 53 Republican senators could have theoretically defected to the dark side – a total impossibility – and Trump still would not have been removed from office.
Therefore, the TRUE PURPOSE of the entire impeachment charade – just like the true purpose of the Trump-Russia collusion charade before it – and the Trump-locks-children-in-cages charade – and the Trump-is-a-racist/fascist/Nazi/Hitler/KKK/white supremacist charade – and all the rest of the left's cynical charades since Americans chose Trump as their president in 2016 – has been to poison voters, to try to make sure Trump loses his re-election bid to one of the lunatic Democrat presidential hopefuls this November.
And who or what is MOST RESPONSIBLE for how the American voting public interprets the madness now unfolding, not just in Washington, D.C., but around the nation?
The answer, of course, is the news media.
I have been in the news business for almost 40 years, and can say unequivocally that today's "mainstream" news establishment is largely a gigantic, cynical hoax – populated in great measure by leftwing activists and sycophants loyal to the permanent governing elite (aka "the swamp"). They just PRETEND to engage in journalism, while in reality they are little more than a craven propaganda ministry for the Democratic Party. They are an incredible embarrassment to genuine journalism.
With all this in mind, consider that we are rapidly approaching a point of no return in our country this November. If one of the Democratic Party's deranged and corrupt candidates – including Hillary Clinton, who recently admitted that she has a strong "urge" to run again against Trump – becomes president in a few months, say goodbye to America.
What can you do?
Jefferson was right when he wrote to Lafayette in 1823, "The only security of all is in a free press." With a free, strong and vibrant press, where truth is daily "shouted from the rooftops" so to speak, there is real hope.
I am asking you once again to please help WND – whose motto since 1997 has been "A Free Press for a Free People" – to continue, indeed to grow and expand, in its longtime and utterly genuine journalistic mission to report the truth, without fear or favor, every single day. Truth is exactly what America desperately needs right now.
WND is an unusual entity in the media world. It's one of the oldest and most influential online journalism organizations in America. It is staffed by experienced professional journalists from all the major broadcast and print organizations, but who are also committed Christians (one key editor even spent years helping smuggle Bibles behind the Iron Curtain!). Others have left big news outfits like the Associated Press, CNN and MSNBC because those organizations were becoming more and more anti-Christian.
However, since online, independent news organizations like WND are now largely dependent on reader support instead of the major advertising that once supported online journalism (Google and Facebook having vacuumed up 90% of all digital advertising!), we very simply need your help.
Friends, WND cannot survive without you partnering with us. It's as simple as that. If you help us, we will be able to boldly report, like no one else, on the gathering forces of anarchy, insanity and spiritual darkness that threaten to wash over our beloved republic. Let's not let it happen! Won't you join with us?
Whatever you can donate, just know that you are deeply appreciated by all of us at WND, just as, in turn, WND's special brand of journalism is appreciated by millions of readers. Please help keep the flame of America's free press alive.
Everything is riding on this November's election. If the Democratic candidate wins, America will go dark for a very long time, if not forever. Great civilizations live and die, they don't last forever – not if they continually violate the laws of God and common sense and economics and morality and the lessons of history. That, unfortunately, pretty well summarizes the platform of today's Democratic Party.
What else can I say? If you value WorldNetDaily, help us.
WND is blessed with a large and loyal readership; millions of people have freely benefited from its tireless and courageous journalism for over two decades. Please consider helping us with the most generous donation you can manage.
2020 is here. The election is in just nine months. This is a time for action – for all of us. Our adversaries are not holding back, and we need to not hold back either. I pray you will be inspired to join with us.
Thank you so much, and God bless you.
David Kupelian
Vice President and Managing Editor, WND
Editor, Whistleblower magazine
Author, "The Marketing of Evil," "How Evil Works" and "The Snapping of the American Mind"


wnd--2020-02-03--Beyoncé and Jay-Z caught disrespecting national anthem at Super Bowl

Musicians Jay-Z and Beyoncé sparked a bit of controversy Sunday by not standing during the pregame playing of the national anthem at the Super Bowl .
The married couple was caught on camera remaining seated just prior to kickoff between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers .
Protesting during the national anthem became a trend in 2016 , when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling to protest police brutality and alleged racial injustice in the U.S .
The protest spread around the league , though Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers at the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the NFL since .
It was not clear if Jay-Z , whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter , or Beyoncé , who 's full legal name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter , were protesting by remaining seated .
The video of Jay-Z and Beyoncé sitting during the national anthem caused quite a stir on social media : Jay-Z has previously spoken in support of Kaepernick 's protest .
But Roc Nation , the entertainment agency Jay-Z founded , recently entered into a partnership with the NFL , leading some liberals to criticize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Times reported , `` Roc Nation has asked [ NFL commissioner Roger ] Goodell to commit the league to spending $ 100 million over the next 10 years on social justice outreach and causes . ''
“ No one is saying he hasn ’ t been done wrong , ” Jay-Z told The Times , referring to Kaepernick .
“ He was done wrong .
I would understand if it was three months ago , '' he added .
`` But it was three years ago and someone needs to say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ -- because people are still dying ?
’ ” This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Musicians Jay-Z and Beyoncé sparked a bit of controversy Sunday by not standing during the pregame playing of the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
The married couple was caught on camera remaining seated just prior to kickoff between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.
Protesting during the national anthem became a trend in 2016, when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling to protest police brutality and alleged racial injustice in the U.S.
The protest spread around the league, though Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers at the end of the 2016-17 season and has not played in the NFL since.
It was not clear if Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Corey Carter, or Beyoncé, who's full legal name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, were protesting by remaining seated.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
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The video of Jay-Z and Beyoncé sitting during the national anthem caused quite a stir on social media:
I don’t give a damn whether Beyonce and Jay Z agree with the current administration. They should stand up for the men and women who are fighting each and every day for their ability to rake in millions from the American people. Absolutely pathetic! https://t.co/EzcMQOhs62 — Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) February 3, 2020
Beyonce and Jay Z hate @realDonaldTrump more than they love this country. Absolutely disgusting. RT!#SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/Ty5kkQXvlz — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) February 3, 2020
WATCH: While thousands of proud Americans stood in-allegiance for the National Anthem, Jay-Z and Beyonce sat in silence. America has no place for unpatriotic scum like these two. Kick them and Colin Kaepernick right down to Mexico!#fixit pic.twitter.com/4JlEAKhd4i — Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) February 3, 2020
Jay-Z has previously spoken in support of Kaepernick's protest.
But Roc Nation, the entertainment agency Jay-Z founded, recently entered into a partnership with the NFL, leading some liberals to criticize the rapper.
Still, as The New York Times reported, "Roc Nation has asked [NFL commissioner Roger] Goodell to commit the league to spending $100 million over the next 10 years on social justice outreach and causes."
“No one is saying he hasn’t been done wrong,” Jay-Z told The Times, referring to Kaepernick.
“He was done wrong. I would understand if it was three months ago," he added.
"But it was three years ago and someone needs to say, ‘What do we do now -- because people are still dying?’”
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.