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Risk of mission creep high On the surface, it’s hard to see how anyone could have a problem with this. President Trump says he will create an office within the Department of Homeland Security to advocate on behalf of those who are victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens. There’s so much to root for there, it’s tempting to simply trumpet it as another fantastic idea that will leave liberal heads exploding. Here’s how the Daily Signal summarizes the proposal, which Trump highlighted on Tuesday night in his address to Congress:

Botched social engineering and big lie strategy have backfired. And no, we are not done judging their crimes yet. And all this, because actions speak louder than Left When it comes to big talk, leftists are in their element: grandiose speeches, propaganda sprees –you name it. Dems do not even care about “global warming” while trying to inflate the entire planet with hot air. In the last ditch to preserve their monopoly of the media, they are still operating according to their golden rule:” If we want your opinion we will give it to you”. Sabotage´s main ingredients: subversion, obstruction,...

I see a man aware and humbled by the job placed upon his shoulders, committed to getting it done; committed to keeping his campaign promises; committed to making America great again While piddling around in my work shop, I heard this sound bite on the radio of Trump talking about his upcoming speech to congress that evening. President Trump said, “All I can do is speak from the heart and say what I want to do.” I thought, “Wow, what a concept.” Involved as an activist in the business of politics since 2008, I can tell you that Trump has...

Welcome to the vast, mega-financed leftist astroturf campaign against President Trump A radical group linked to rogue billionaire George Soros has been providing scripts containing anti-Trump talking points for constituents to read aloud during congressional town hall meetings. One of the scripts distributed by the Revolutionary Love Project encourages town hall participants meeting with their member of Congress to accuse the Trump administration of – wait for it – “xenophobia, racism, and Islamophobia.” Constituents are urged to use those precise words to “forcefully condemn” President Trump’s immigration and border security initiatives, Aaron Klein reports at Breitbart News.

White-wearing spoiled, pitiable women should spend time discussing commonalities in American history which bring us together, rather than focusing obsessively on gender, racial, transexual, political, class differences, meant to divide country A group of Democrat Congresswomen attempted to make an impression in the House chamber Tuesday night for President Donald Trump’s first a joint session of Congress. Like giggling pre-pubescent girls, they decided to all dress alike… but in white, like Suffragettes of the late 1800’s.

Most democratic nations follow a system whereby two or more opposing parties vie for votes, receive a certain amount of representation based on their vote share, and spend their time trying to barter, cajole, or force through legislation that will either be better for their target demographic or ensure new votes in the next cycle. But what happens when the system breaks down? What happens when the purpose of power becomes the holding of power and nothing more? The Democrats have given up seeking votes; now they just want the power.

A policy of nationalizing chunks of an economy inevitably creates oligarchs who skim profits off the country’s natural resources. As such, you won’t be surprised to learn that the largest energy companies in the world are owned and operated by governments, and they include: Saudi Aramco, Russian Gazprom, China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), National Iranian Oil Co., Petroleos de Venezuela, Brazil’s Petrobras and Malaysia’s Petronas. How they’re run varies wildly—as does where their wealth goes. While we’ve all been inundated with the massive amount of press on the scandals engulfing Brazil’s Petrobras, there are a few that stand out for...

Citizen Obama’s sealed records should be released by the Trump administration and some 63 million patriots should start making use of #BACKOFFBARRY Barack Hussein Obama plans to pull off a had-to-be-put-down Honduran style coup d’état on an unsuspecting America. At the urging of his wife, Michelle and ,until January 20, close confidante Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama—unless cut off at the pass—aims to “force” President Donald Trump out of office or have him impeached, according to the Daily Mail.

Reportedly Mob-connected Democrat Marty Moylan wants a $100 FOID card February 28, 2017 Back when Rod Blagojevich busied himself introducing all manner of radical gun control schemes, Democrat Marty Moylan worked as an Electrical Union enforcer. His job, among other things, involved getting Electrical Union workers "out of jams". He's also got ties to the Chicago mob, per the "Chicago Clout" blog. Marty Moylan later became mayor of Des Plaines. Now, the guy "that will tell you anything to get elected" has wormed his way into the Illinois House. Democrat Marty Moylan stands as one of those Progressive Caucus Democrats...

With the introduction of two MSR-10 rifles for hunting and long-range shooting, Savage Arms gives shooters some excellent choices. Savage Arms' new line of next-generation semiautos comes to the marketplace with an attitude – the company has cleverly co-opted the MSR acronym for branding the guns, using the tagline "MSR now stands for Modern Savage Rifle" – but the guns are poised to deliver in the field and on the range as well, with everything from expanded caliber choices and badass designs to a full suite of custom upgrades packaged as standard features. Although the four-gun family includes two MSR-15...

OFFICIAL NOTICE: THIS CORPORATION HAS NOT GONE OUT OF BUSINESS BUT HAS REORGANIZED AND RELOCATED TO NEW HEADQUARTERS. PLEASE ADDRESS ALL FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE TO OUR NEW ADDRESS AT KALORAMA.What did you expect? The only job Barack Hussein Obama ever had before running for President from the U.S. Senate was Community Organizer. The community he sought to organize just grew along with his ego year after year.Just a word of caution: there’s a very thin line between “Deep State” and sedition. And you, sir, are a thin man; a very thin man indeed.Posted from: Michelle Obama’s Mirror

Kentucky seems a natural match for "permitless" or Constitutional carry. The state is very Second Amendment friendly.  But in the Kentucky Senate, the Constitutional carry bill was pulled from consideration a week ago. It was said that the votes for the bill were not there, and the Republican leadership did not wish to risk a loss.  The Senate bill is SB 7.  SB 7 has now been changed to conform to the House version of Constitutional carry, HB 316.  One of the changes was to limit Constitutional carry to adults who are 21 years old, or older. A Second...

Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham took part in a town hall hosted by CNN Wednesday night and gave Democrats plenty of fodder to keep bashing President Donald Trump over contact between his campaign and Russia. . . . A one point, the town hall became somewhat of a love-fest when Graham starting talking about his friendship with McCain, bring a tear to the eye of both men. “He is loyal to his friends. He loves his country. And if he has to stand up to his party for his country, so be it,” Graham said of his colleague. “He...

To be fair—given the perverse transgender agenda of the modern left—my idea was that men (like Bruce—“Dude Looks Like a Lady!”—Jenner) would compete as “women.” My idea was not that female athletes who want to pretend that they are men (or boys)—and thus take athletic performance-enhancing drugs such as testosterone to help live such a deluded fantasy—would compete as females. I did not imagine this because (I thought) virtually every female athletic association would not allow such an advantage. Of course, in most athletic associations this is the case, but at the high school level in the state of Texas,...

Last night, President Trump had very little to say to the Latino community, and what he did say wasn’t good. Clearly he has taken some of the criticism he has heard to heart. He did not shout during his speech or talk about “American carnage,” but spoke in a calm and gentle way. He made nods to the Democrats and talked about working in a bipartisan manner. Yet his moderated tone and soft overtures do not make the policies he champions any less harsh. They are still the same policies he has been touting since the beginning of his campaign,...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV/CNN) – A mother says comments by her son’s teacher about President Donald Trump’s immigration policies made some middle school students cry. Laura Llamas filed an incident report Monday after her son told her about his math teacher’s political remarks, which happened during a lesson. "He was like, 'My teacher mentioned that she supported Trump's policies on deporting illegals because illegals are the ones that bring drugs into the communities,'" Llamas said. Parents say the comments caused some kids to start crying, prompting the teacher to apologize. “Everyone was just shocked because they didn’t expect their teacher to...

“The Catechism in Six Parts: The Ten Commandments” Tonight we start a Lenten series on “The Catechism in Six Parts.” We’ll be following the six chief parts as Luther lays them out in the Small Catechism: The Ten Commandments, the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, Confession, and the Sacrament of the Altar. We begin tonight with the Ten Commandments. It’s fitting that today, on Ash Wednesday, we hear the Ten Commandments. For on this solemn and somber day of repentance, the Ten Commandments, God’s Law, will show us our sins and our need for God’s forgiveness,...

Via Newsbusters and RCP, go figure that the most affecting moment of the night, more memorable than anything in eight years of Obama SOTUs, would irritate the left more than any other. The claim here is that Carryn Owens was treated like a “prop.” Question: Was Khizr Khan a prop? Hillary Clinton benefited politically far more directly from his cameo at the convention than Trump will from this four years from now. Follow-up question: Should Owens not have been invited to the speech? Once she accepted the invitation, should Trump have refrained from thanking her? According to Sean Spicer, he...

President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress exceeded expectations among the pundit class on Tuesday night. CBS's Gayle King felt Trump's speech was authentic. (TWEET-AT-LINK) Fox News's Chris Wallace echoed King's sentiment. "I thought it was by far the best speech I've ever heard Donald Trump give," he said. "It was one of the best speeches in that setting I've ever heard any president give." Democratic strategist and CNN contributor Kirsten Powers echoed Wallace's sentiments, calling it Trump’s “best speech” ever....

Millions of Dutch citizens have simply had enough of the Islamization of our country. Enough of mass immigration and asylum, terror, violence and insecurity. Here is our plan: instead of financing the entire world and people we don’t want here, we’ll spend the money on ordinary Dutch citizens. This is what the PVV will do: 1. De-islamize the Netherlands - Zero asylum seekers and no immigrants anymore from Islamic countries: close the borders - Withdraw all asylum residence permits which have already been granted for specific periods, close the asylum centers - No Islamic headscarves in public functions - Prohibition...