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An ICE Agent's Quest for Justice
by Michelle Malkin
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Veterans Day 2017
by Patriot Post Staff: Veterans Day is set aside in honor of American Patriot Veterans who have carried the banner of Liberty forward since the first shots at Lexington and Concord. And it is now time for us to deliver this banner to the next generation.
by Patriot Post Staff: Veterans Day is set aside in honor of American Patriot Veterans who have carried the banner of Liberty forward since the first shots at Lexington and Concord. And it is now time for us to deliver this banner to the next generation. Millions of Patriots — American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coastguards men — have for generations honored their oaths to “support and defend” Liberty, as “endowed by our Creator” and enshrined in our Constitution.
Today, and every day, we formally honor them. We remain a free people because they have stood bravely in harm’s way, and because millions remain on post today. For this, we, the American People, offer our heartfelt thanks.
“Mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions.” —1 Chronicles 12:8
“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn.” —Gen. Douglas MacArthur
“War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.” —John Stuart Mill
“It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.” —Army Veteran Charles M. Province
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” —John 15:12-14
We invite you to read Mark Alexander’s most recent Veterans Day essay, Patriot Veterans, Then and Now, and look back at the history of the Revolutionary War’s Overmountain Men. ~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/52360
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Iran Enabler hanoi-Kerry Scolds Trump –
“Deal Doing Exactly What It’s ‘Set Up To Do'”
by rickwells.us
{rickwells.us} ~ hanoi-John Kerry continues to sell out the United States to benefit Iran and to lie about it... when President Trump puts the sweetheart deal he made for his Iranian sweethearts at risk for what Trump has portrayed as their non-compliance. hanoi-Kerry stubbornly states that is not the case in the secret deal that we still do not know all of the conditions for. He utters a full-throated defense of the his sellout agreement with the terrorist regime, that consists of a blatant, demonstrably false foundation, that we even know what the “worst deal ever made” contains. Speaking in London at the Chatham House think tank, hanoi-Kerry droned, “The Iran Nuclear Agreement is working. It is doing precisely what it was set up to do,” which is apparently to allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons at secret military locations out of reach of the IAEA inspectors... https://rickwells.us/iran-enabler-kerry-scolds-trump/.
Moore Will Step Aside If Charges True
by newsmax.com
{newsmax.com} ~ The White House says President Donald Trump believes Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore "will do the right thing and step aside"... if sexual misconduct allegations against him are true. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters traveling with Trump in Asia that the president believes a "mere allegation" — especially one from many years ago — shouldn't be allowed to destroy a person's life... http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/US-Alabama-Senate-Moore-The-Latest/2017/11/10/id/825302/.
Egyptian Islamist Uses
New Jersey Base to Stoke Christian Hatred
by Hany Ghoraba
{investigativeproject.org} ~ Inciting sectarian strife against Egypt's Coptic Christians is not a novelty. Islamist propaganda targeting the Coptic Church, businesses and doctrine thrived for decades... and often led to violence and prosecution. Earlier this month, a young Islamist killed a Coptic priest in the streets of Cairo. A new incitement campaign was launched against Copts last year, but what is surprising is that it originates from a cozy home in a peaceful New Jersey suburb. Ayat Oraby is an Egyptian Muslim immigrant, wife, and mother of two children. Generally, Islamists such as Oraby do not believe in freedom of speech except as a tool in western countries to provoke hatred, propagate Jihadist rhetoric, and fantasize about their Islamist utopia i.e. Sharia ruled caliphate... https://www.investigativeproject.org/6908/egyptian-islamist-uses-new-jersey-base-to-stoke.
scum-Holder Unleashes on ‘Orange Man’
Trump: ‘We Want the America of Barack liar-nObama’
by Trey Sanchez
{truthrevolt.org} ~ Former Attorney General Eric scum-Holder is wishing for the good ol’ days to come back when his pal and boss Barack liar-nObama was in charge of the country... As Douglas Ernst at The Washington Times put it, scum-Holder seems to enjoy being “unshackled from his old job” so that he can tell us how he really feels about Republicans. Now that he is the chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and supporting Democratic candidates in state elections, like Ralph Northam for Virginia governor, scum-Holder no longer has to hold his tongue. During a podcast entitled “Eric scum-Holder is Tired of Being Polite,” the former AG said he is fully committed to taking down the Right and continuing President liar-nObama’s legacy...To corrupt. http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/holder-unleashes-orange-man-trump-we-want-america-barack-obama.
Former liar-Clinton advisor angrily walks
out of Fox News debate over Trump tax plan
by Carlos Garcia
{theblaze.com} ~ A heated debate between a Fox News host and a former liar-Clinton advisor ended up with the latter saying he would never appear on the show again... Simon Rosenberg objected to host Melissa Francis framing her question to ask what Democrats could change in the Trump tax plan to make it more palatable to them. “I don’t think that’s the issue, Melissa,” he said before being interrupted immediately by Francis. “We’re not gonna do talking points!” she exclaimed... http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/09/former-clinton-advisor-angrily-walks-out-of-fox-news-debate-over-trump-tax-plan/.
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An ICE Agent's Quest for Justice
by Michelle Malkin
{truthrevolt.org} ~ "Betrayed."Victor Avila is a survivor. Soft-spoken but iron-willed, he dedicated his life to law enforcement and to his country. Yet, the feds are now fighting tooth and nail to bury the full truth about the 2011 ambush by Los Zetas drug cartel thugs in Mexico that left him gravely wounded and his partner, special agent Jaime Zapata, dead.
This week, two of the Mexican gangsters convicted in the horror on Highway 57 between Mexico City and Monterrey were sentenced to double life terms in prison.
"HSI Special Agents Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila were in Mexico to protect and serve our country when they were ambushed by these ruthless criminals, who will now spend the rest of their lives in a prison cell," Acting Assistant Attorney General Blanco announced on Monday.
"This case serves as a reminder, that if you harm a U.S. agent, the U.S. government will pursue you to the ends of the earth to ensure that you are brought to justice."
Five others received lesser sentences of 35, 34, 30, 28 and 12 years for murder and attempted murder, which Avila on Tuesday called a "complete and utter disappointment." As he described in his victim impact statement, "I was shot in three places and had shrapnel and glass imbedded in my body in too many places to count. Not only did I have to undergo multiple surgeries to remove the bullets and shrapnel and stitch together my shredded muscles and skin, but I also had to learn to walk again."
Avila's wife, who also worked for the government, lost her job. The ICE agent's health care costs and other bills related to the attack's aftermath piled up, leaving the family nearly $200,000 in debt and his wife and two children traumatized. "To this day, the government has not reimbursed my out-of-pocket expenses related to my work injuries," he told U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth.
Another disgraceful indignity: This week, the feds refused to cover the Avilas' $3,000 in travel and lodging costs from Texas to D.C. for the sentencing hearing, but did provide humanitarian parole for several of the Zetas' family members from Mexico to attend the trial.
Even more disappointing, however, is the callousness of Beltway bureaucrats obstructing the Avilas' and Zapatas' search for answers. The families want to know who ordered the agents to travel through Zetas-infested territory unprotected to pick up equipment from another agent; why their superiors ignored a State Department security warning banning travel by U.S. personnel on Highway 57; and what the liar-nObama administration hid as evidence mounted that the semi-automatic weapons ad handguns used in the ambush came from one of its botched gun-walking operations that echoed the infamous and deadly Operation Fast and Furious scheme.
"The significant importance here," Avila explained on an upcoming episode of my CRTV.com show, "Michelle Malkin Investigates," is that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives "had identified the arms traffickers, had them under surveillance, and had the opportunity to arrest them months before, and did nothing. They still allowed these individuals ... the Osorio brothers, to continue trafficking in arms, and allowing the weapons to be walked south into Mexico. Once the weapons went south into Mexico, there is no trace of them. They were long gone. They were lost."
While the feds have paid lip service to Zapata's sacrifice and Avila's courage, their actions have administered a collective slap in the face. The families' public records requests have been stymied every step of the way. Not a single Justice Department official has been punished for President liar-nObama's deadly gun-walking failures. Instead, Avila was ostracized, transferred against his will and issued a "3R" letter to "resign, retire or relocate."
As Avila's wife, Claudia, told my program: "He had to give up his passion ... he loved his job. And the government ended that. I think more than anything we feel betrayed. We feel like complete outcasts ... Very unfair. If you didn't know any better, you would think that Victor was this criminal person that did something very wrong in his line of duty and is being punished for it. I mean, we're outraged. We're very disheartened. The government has most definitely turned their back on us. And not only us but the Zapata family. I mean, they lost their son. They're still trying to find answers; they are overwhelmed.
Where is Congress? Where is President Trump? True justice for the Avila and Zapata families requires full accountability and real consequences -- not just for the triggermen but for the crapweasels who enabled them.
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