Posted on 08/31/2020 10:42:22 PM PDT by weston
BREAKING: Officer Shot Outside Federal Courthouse In Downtown Phoenix; Manhunt Underway For Gunman - https://t.co/Oy1N7TxZ48 pic.twitter.com/glkCbWdRAw— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 15, 2020
BREAKING: "Climate Change" caught on camera setting fire to Kelso, WA. pic.twitter.com/y6wH5DifX1— Kirk Smith (@SavingAmerica4U) September 15, 2020
Have you noticed, no comments from Bushes, Clintons, and Romney on the peace deal.
OMG 😂
Kamala Harris just visited a Venezuelan restaurant in Doral — unannounced.
The angry restaurant owner said that Kamala was “not welcome” and furious customers were even calling for a boycott, until they realized that the owner was on their side.— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) September 15, 2020
Westmoreland sheriff: ‘I have not left the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party has left me’
PAUL PEIRCE
Declaring that he feels disenfranchised by the Democratic Party, Westmoreland County Sheriff James Albert announced he changed his affiliation to Republican.
“It was a really difficult decision and I’ve thought long and hard about it, but I feel I stand for the ideals of the Republican Party platform more than the Democrats today,” Albert said.
Albert, 70, said he officially changed his party affiliation Monday.
“I’ve been a lifelong Democrat, but a conservative Democrat at that,” he said. “I’m pro-life, a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, a lifetime member of the NRA (National Rifle Association) and, today, I feel my ideals are closer to the Republican Party than Democrats.”
Albert was elected county sheriff in 2019.
“I was saddened and enraged by the murder of David Dorn, a 77-year-old African American retired police captain, who was shot by a pawn shop looter during a protest in St. Louis,” Albert said. “These outrageous, lawless acts have been met with silence, acquiescence and, in some instances, outright support from the local, state and national leadership of the Democratic Party.”
He added that he believes the Republican Party stands for “unwavering support for our law enforcement and first responders.”
“As a lifelong public servant and member of law enforcement, I have not left the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party has left me,” Albert said.
Commissioner Gina Cerilli, a Democrat, admitted she is surprised with the political move. Albert and Cerilli regularly campaigned together in 2019.
“First, if he says one of the reasons he is changing parties is because of violent acts that occurred elsewhere around the country, his reasoning has no bearing on Westmoreland County. And if he is really concerned about the African American community, is that (GOP) truly the party he wants to join?” she asked. “On a national level, the Republican Party is not the party that stands up for the African American community.”
Cerilli said she also is surprised that Albert “would turn his back” on the union support “he sought and enjoyed over the years when he ran for office.”
The Pennsylvania State Democratic Party had no comment on Albert’s move, said spokesman Brendan Welch.
Bill Bretz, new chairman of the Westmoreland County Republican Party, said Albert is a welcome addition.
“That’s tremendous news. I’ve known the sheriff for awhile and I’m sure he’s been a traditional Democrat. But as the national party has drifted further to the left, particularly on the lack of support of law enforcement, he decided now was the best time to make the move to join Republicans and we’re seeing a lot of that,” Bretz said.
“I expect some people will be upset, but I’ve always helped people in both parties my entire career. It was a personal decision, not a political decision,” Albert said.
Albert of New Alexandria said he has not decided whether he will run for re-election in 2023..............NIKK..I edited the article..to shorten
unbelievable! They love riots and war more than peace.
No crowds to see and welcome him.
What a world we live in!
Guns just up and kill people on their own.
Climate Change sets cities and forests ablaze.
Yet no one has managed to produce a verifiable photo of Bigfoot, Sasquatch or Yeti!
(I mean the real Sasquatch, not Stacey Abrams)
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Hmmm, thanks. Do you know about the torturing and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena? It was featured on “Narcos” and I did some research on his life and wonderful family.
Well now there’s an Amazon movie out “The Last Narc” that suggest the CIA was involved. I wonder if that has any truth to it?
https://nypost.com/2020/08/01/the-last-narc-suggests-cia-helped-kidnap-murder-dea-agent/
I have read Melania’s birth name, etc. I just wonder why she has MELANIAJTRUMP on her twitter. I’m just wondering if she moved the “j” from her original spelling (Melanija) to follow the “a” rather than before it. It does look like a middle initial, but maybe it isn’t.
True. And he didn’t bribe Iran. He paid them planeload of cash for nothing, no peace.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/us-justice-department-opens-criminal-inquiry-into-john-bolton-s-book-1.4355689
Lawyers for the National Security Council and the justice department expressed reservations about opening a criminal case, in part because Mr Trump’s public statements made it seem like an overtly political act, according to two officials briefed on the discussions. Others noted that a federal judge this summer said that Mr Bolton may have broken the law and that the case had merit.
Mr Bolton had agreed to let national security officials review any book he might eventually write before publication in order to make sure that it contained no classified information. The department accused Mr Bolton of giving Simon & Schuster permission to publish his book before he had official sign-off that his pre-publication review was complete. It also sued to halt publication.
But the department sued Mr Bolton just a week before his book was set to hit retailers in June, and a federal judge said that it was too late to keep the book out of the hands of readers.
“With hundreds of thousands of copies around the globe – many in newsrooms – the damage is done,” wrote Judge Royce Lamberth of the US district court of the district of Columbia.
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But in his opinion, Judge Lamberth also suggested that Mr Bolton could be criminally prosecuted if he did indeed allow the book to be published before he received final official notice that the government’s review was complete.
“Bolton has gambled with the national security of the United States, ” Judge Lamberth wrote. “He has exposed his country to harm and himself to civil [and potentially criminal] liability. But these facts do not control the motion before the court.”
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After viewing classified declarations and discussing them in a closed hearing, Judge Lambert also said that he was “persuaded that defendant Bolton likely jeopardised national security by disclosing classified information in violation of his nondisclosure agreement obligations”.
prayers for the officer, and that they find the perp.
How long are we going to put up with this sh!*?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7dZMKXfFhY
President Trump remarks on the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House today
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