[DAILYCALLER] The Department of Justice did not want to discuss why the agency refuses to investigate alleged harassment and death threats toward Electoral College voters in states that went for Donald Trump.
“The department will decline to comment,” DOJ deputy press secretary David Jacobs told The Daily Caller in an email Wednesday afternoon. Perhaps they'll be more interested after the inauguration.
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I'm not a lawyer so I don't know when the statute of limitations run out on these offenses, but I'm willing to bet it won't be before January 21, 2017.
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They probably figure the threats are just talk, and not worth much effort. Now if one of the electors gets murdered ...
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[PAGESIX] Anthony Carlos Danger Weiner ...aka Hot Dog Tony, the remarkably offensive sex maniac six-term New York congressman who resigned in 2011, then decided everybody had forgotten by 2013, when he decided to run for mayor of New York City... is apparently so broke that he had to cut short his rehabilitation for sexting addiction at a Tennessee ranch.
"His family wanted him to stay 90 days, but he had to leave because he ran out of money," one source told me.
Couldn't he just apply for a grant from the Clinton Foundation?
It is believed Weiner -- known as Carlos Danger by some crotch-shot recipients -- was billed $25,000 for the 35-day program at the Recovery Ranch.
"His parents took out a mortgage on their house to pay for his rehab," my source said.
The former congressman is unemployable and potentially in debt. The Post reported Friday he’s been hit with $65,000 in fines for improper use of campaign funds -- money it sounds like he doesn’t have.
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End of the line for a sick pervert. He won't be missed.
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"His parents took out a mortgage on their house to pay for his rehab," my source said.
#5
This dovetails nicely with the Kerry post above. Carlos was the very democrat definition of real. Up n comer in a power marriage with connections out the wazoo. Then the reality of his schwanz portraiture hobby cancelled out all the aforementioned reality. Really real, ya know...
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Missuer Clinton simply sends the 'bill' to the Foundation. I believe the treatment is like the new hire at a ice cream parlor. Let'm eat as much as they want till the get sick and avoidance kicks in. Unfortunately, Bill has no such response in his lower brain stem group.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... lamented Friday that technology has allowed the quick spread of false information to the point that people are struggling to "know what's real and what isn't."
"This is one of our chief challenges today, is to manage information and to do it in a way that average folks at home can know what's real and what isn't, what's true, what's false, and try to build consensus around a common set of understandings," Kerry said during the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference in Rome. "Technology has brought the world closer, yes; but it's also enabled bigots and demagogues to spread messages of divisive ...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled... ness and hate with the click of a button, with the push of a finger."
Have 'em post it on Rantburg -- our people quickly clarify whether something is fact or fiction.
That focus on misinformation was apparent whether he was talking about the risk of jihadist recruiters propagandizing young Moslems or pushing back against the trade skepticism now regnant in the United States. "Now, none of us should have any illusion about the challenges that we face. They are real, and frankly, they require our collective courage," Kerry continued. "And, I might add, they require all of those things based on truth."
He offered counterarguments to such ideas throughout his talk, beginning with the problem of terrorist propaganda. Kerry argued, contrary to jihadists, that all the great religions of the Mediterranean world share a common set of ethics.
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This is one of our chief challenges today, is to manage information and to do it in a way that average folks at home can know what's real and what isn't,
Literally cries out for a Goebbels graphic. Anyone hear it besides me ?
The globalists / statists were born in the days of a central media monopoly of the airwaves. The big three owned the narrative and the "facts" and the "truth".
Much easier to control the plebs when there is only one source of information and you control it.
Now? Not so much and as people have heard more from more sources the bubble was broken and can't be put back together again.
I think that in the fullness of time Rathergate will be seen as a major milestone in the destruction of the elite.
“After we came out of the church, we stood talking for some time together of Bishop Berkeley's ingenious sophistry to prove the nonexistence of matter, and that every thing in the universe is merely ideal. I observed, that though we are satisfied his doctrine is not true, it is impossible to refute it. I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it: "I refute it thus.”
(August 6th 1763, as told in James Boswell’s 'Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol 3'; 1791)
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Like this mutt could tell.
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People can't tell 'what's real and what isn't'
Christmas in Cambodia, anyone?
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People can't tell 'what's real and what isn't'
Mr. Kerry probably shouldn't speak ill of his "rice bowl."
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People can't tell 'what's real and what isn't
That may or not be the case, Liveshot, but most of us deplorables can spot fake and phony from a mile away, like certain former Massachusetts Senators who managed to marry two rich widows.
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Then there was that time that Liveshot got a free Buick from then local car dealer Bob Brest, skipped the first 16 payments, then claimed he paid the money back. This same car was also the car Kerry was sleeping in before he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
[Hot Air] He’s been the biggest celebrity in the world since spring 2008. Was there really any doubt which field he’d choose after public office?
A month ago it looked like we’d be getting a third Obama term as president along with Trump TV. A month later it turns out we’re getting a first Trump term along with ... Obama TV?
President Barack Obama has been discussing a post-presidential career in digital media and is considering launching his own media company, according to multiple sources who spoke on background because they were not authorized to speak for the president.
Obama considers media to be a central focus of his next chapter, these sources say, though exactly what form that will take -- a show streaming on Netflix, a web series on a comedy site or something else -- remains unclear. Obama has gone so far as to discuss launching his own media company, according to one source with knowledge of the matter, although he has reportedly cooled on the idea of late...
Depending on what form it takes, a hard dive into media could also put Obama at odds with presidential precedent. For decades, former presidents have followed a tradition of remaining quiet about their successors in public. During his recent visit to Peru, Obama said he would uphold that convention after leaving office, but also hinted he might speak out when he feels necessary. "If there are issues that have less to do with the specifics of some legislative proposal or battle or go to core questions about our values and ideals, and if I think that it’s necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, I’ll examine it when it comes," Obama told reporters.
"A web series on a comedy site." Imagine this guy replacing Zach Galifianakis on "Between Two Ferns." We’re approaching a media singularity in which the only faces we ever see on a screen are Obama’s and Trump’s, with O destined to interview President Trump for his new platform circa 2018. And afterward that’s the only thing that American television will show. Forever.
His "media company" will be based online, I’m sure. Cable TV is far too stodgy and passe for a guy whose brand is being "next stage," especially after Al Gore tried and failed miserably to turn Current TV (remember that?) into a leading voice of the left. There’s also a question of whether O would want a leading role or if he’d prefer to operate behind the scenes, as figurehead. If his face is the face of the platform and it fails, that opens him up to "America’s tired of Obama" storylines. And at the moment, his personal invincibility is really all that’s left to his legacy. His party lies in ruins at the federal and state level and his signature domestic achievement is on the chopping block, but he’ll always have those two landslides in 2008 and 2012. America loves Obama, even if it hates pretty much everything he touches. If he’s going to start handling media properties, maybe he’ll want to leave as few fingerprints as possible.
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This is the financial genius who a few years ago was talking about a little-used financial metric called the "profit and earnings ratio" (which has a tendency to equal 1.)
CFO: "So, as you can see, the company does not have enough cash to meet payroll this Friday."
BO: "Then print some more, you idiot. Do I have to think of verything?"
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The 'proggier' version of the Associated Press.
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The Champ will host a panel of senior commentators headed by Keith Ellison, Maxine Waters, Al Sharpton, and Jeremiah Wright. Consult your local listings for dates and times.
#11
I never really thought I’d have a positive comment about the Champ or his legacy. But, after some serious soul-searching, I must admit that I do – The Champ’s presidency DID leave us with a very positive legacy:
1. Republican President
2. Republican Vice President
3. Republican control of the Senate
4. Republican control of the House
5. Republican control of 31 state houses
6. A majority of Republican governors (36 of 50)
7. Republican control of a majority of county governments
8. Republican control of a majority of city governments
Now THAT is “Hope and Change.” He did for us what we couldn't to ourselves.
#21
Another opportunity for Progressives to empty their savings for the eventual benefit of the economy, money that won't be spent on more mischievous projects. I approve.
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Maybe he and Megan Kelly can do back to back look-at-me hours? Champ cannot go a day without adoration so this should be an amusing drift into absurdity once no one gives a shi*t about what he thinks. Wonder where ValJar lands?
#23
Wise business move to jump into an industry on its last gasps. Hope he burns a lot of Soros money trying to rebuild the Liberal media complex that burned down this last election.
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Minutes after President-Elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s "Thank You Tour" rally in Cincinnati, Ohio Thursday night CNN commentator, and former White House adviser, David Gergen voiced his displeasure for the man during Anderson Cooper 360. "I think there was any doubt that we’re putting an end in one chapter in American history and moving on to a new one he dispelled that doubt tonight," he whined after bemoaning, "The alpha male reappeared tonight."
Host Anderson Cooper seemed taken aback by Gergen’s direction since he originally went to Gergen to discuss Trump’s use of teleprompter and "conversational style which has always been incredibly effective certainly for his supporters on the campaign trail."
"I'm talking about announcing who his defense secretary pick is. You know, in a sort of charming way," Cooper explained trying to get Gergen back on track.
Gergen then went on a small rant about how America’s path is going to change under a Trump presidency:
This is goodbye to American leadership in the world. It’s goodbye to globalization. He's bringing America home. He's going to lead a nativist, nationalistic, populist movement and if you want to join up with him fine, if you don't, forget it.
Cooper countered by noting that American history is full of presidents pulled into foreign engagements, "But I got to say, a lot of presidents have started out saying, "You know what? I'm not talk about nation-building. I'm focusing here at home." And world events have led them elsewhere."
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"I think there was any doubt that we’re putting an end in one chapter in American history and moving on to a new one he dispelled that doubt tonight," he whined after bemoaning, "The alpha male reappeared tonight."
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Globalism was a silly thing promoted by people who think that a few tech trinkets can cause a complete redo of human nature. And that they can profit and be the ones with all the money, and in charge, in the process.
Inherent fear of nationalism is as ridiculous and dangerous as seeing nationalism as the end-all and be-all.
Our species might be ready for the concept of "world citizen" in a thousand generations, but probably never. One of the many genius ideas from the Founding Fathers was the notion of balance between centralization and atomization. Subsidiarity is inherently necessary for optimum life among humans. The globalists went to great lengths to convince everyone otherwise and it has blown up in their face.
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See - "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world": it was George Washington's Farewell Address to us. The inaugural pledge of Thomas Jefferson was no less clear: "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none."
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GW Bush was going to concentrate on the domestic stuff, then 9-11 drove the entire neocon contingent entirely mad. let's hope history does not repeat.
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David Gergen - "the talking thumb"
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I wish that this was good-bye to globalism but it's not.
The sun will come up tomorrow and the slime will continue to ooze.
I first encountered the globalist mind 50 years ago as a college freshman and the World Federalists were recruiting. Sounded reasonable for a while then as I got older (like about 2 months) I realized that utopia just ain't in the cards. The New Soviet Man is just the same old polish on a turd.
Doesn't matter though, Hope springs eternal that utopia is just around the corner.......if we can just find the right corner.
[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] Michigan's attorney general, Bill Schuette, announced Friday he would file suit to stop a recount in the state requested by Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein, CNN reports.
"Today I am filing suit to stop @DrJillStein's frivolous, expensive recount request," Schuette wrote on Twitter.
The state's top law enforcement official said that he had "filed an emergency motion with the Mich Supreme Court to bypass the Court of Appeals to ensure a timely process."
Stein on Wednesday officially filed a request for a recount in Michigan, where Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... was named the winner earlier this week.
In a statement announcing the move, Stein said the recounts are necessary to build trust in the country's election system.
Schuette's office later put out a statement explaining the motion.
"Michigan voters rejected Stein's candidacy by massive margins but her refusal to accept that state-verified result poses an expensive and risky threat to hard-working taxpayers and abuses the intent of Michigan law," Schuette said, according to CNN.
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[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Friday’s Good Morning America quickly got heated during a hostile interview with anchor George Stephanopoulos and Trump’s Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway. Right from the start, Stephanopoulos parroted the same argument Clinton’s team has been using, that Trump needed to heal the divide in America because he lost the popular vote. Stephanopoulos bristled after Conway noted that the media is only questioning Trump’s camp about the election results, instead of Clinton’s, after hyping the importance of the electoral college pre-election. "No one is questioning the victory," the ABC anchor complained to Conway, trying to change the topic when Conway brought up the recount effort led by the left.
The interview began with ABC playing a clip of Trump and Clinton aides arguing with each other last night in a leaked audiotape. In the tape, Clinton aides argue with Conway that they should’ve won the election since they had more of the popular vote. Stephanopoulos took off from there, using the Clinton’s camp same argument to ask Conway the following question:
STEPHANOPOULOS: It is a fact that president-elect trump lost the popular vote. How does president-elect trump reach out to that majority of voters who did not support him?
Conway responded that Trump was reaching out to people in "many different ways" and keeping on his promise from election night to be "president of all Americans" before noting that Clinton and Obama had previously harped on Trump to accept the election results but once Clinton lost, they can’t accept the results themselves. Stephanopoulos then shifted gears and demanded Conway answer for making a "false statement" about millions of illegal aliens voting in the election:
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He could reach out by helping California secede. That way in the next election he'll win both votes. Art of the deal and all that - keep Carrier and boot California (and I live there).
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Enuf of that inconsequential, smarmy pieletjie Stephlocockolos.
Palin can secure her pie hole and comments about Trump's handling of 'Carrier Air' and 'Crony Capitalism' as well.
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The stabilization of Carrier would be more significant if it wasn't in Pence's home state. Now it just seems like a Fed guarantee of property tax payment for perpetuity.
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STEPHANOPOULOS: We also heard a lot from president trump this week on Twitter. He sent out the tweet saying he would have won the popular vote if millions of illegal voters had not voted. That claim is groundless. Isn't it irresponsible for a president-elect to make false statements like that?
It's been estimated that there are 12 million illegal aliens in this country. That number is most likely lower than the real number and the real number is growing every day. Does Stephanopoulous, the smarmy pieletjie, really expect us to believe that none of them voted? This is the type of fork tongue creep who would scream bloody murder if we try to pass a law that requires proof of citizenship to register to vote and then requires photo ID to actually vote.
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I did worry that Trump would be the friend to rentier classes and not to the public.
Cutting taxes on profits and sales and putting them on property, patents and copyrights titles would go a long way to solving economic problems in the country.
#3
As I've seen pointed out, the purpose isn't to win the recount. It's to take so long that the elector's can't be awarded in time to Trump for the Convention.
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Expensive recount for one vote but then again Soros' money is most likely financing the recount.
Wisconsin recount Day 2 totals
Clinton gained 89 votes but lost 86 for a net gain of 3 votes.
Trump gained 98 votes but lost 92 for a net gain of 6 votes.
OVERALL
Clinton gained 3 votes
Trump gained 6 votes
Net Trump gain of 3 votes on Day 2
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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[Hot Air] He’s been the biggest celebrity in the world since spring 2008. Was there really any doubt which field he’d choose after public office?
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Minutes after President-Elect 
[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] Michigan's attorney general, Bill Schuette, announced Friday he would file suit to stop a recount in the state requested by Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein, CNN reports.
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Friday’s Good Morning America quickly got heated during a hostile interview with anchor George Stephanopoulos and Trump’s Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway. Right from the start, Stephanopoulos parroted the same argument Clinton’s team has been using, that Trump needed to heal the divide in America because he lost the popular vote. Stephanopoulos bristled after Conway noted that the media is only questioning Trump’s camp about the election results, instead of Clinton’s, after hyping the importance of the electoral college pre-election. "No one is questioning the victory," the ABC anchor complained to Conway, trying to change the topic when Conway brought up the recount effort led by the left.
