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Acting AG Won’t Fire Robert Mueller Says Sen. Lindsey Graham
by Sara CarterHezbollah Is Ramping Up South of the US
{clarionproject.org} ~ Iran’s terror proxy Hezbollah is ramping up south of the US border, as witnessed by arrests of its operatives in Bolivia and Peru... Information revealed by the State Department’s top counter terror official Nathan Sales confirmed the increased presence of Iran and Hezbollah in Latin and South America. In Bolivia, “large caches of military equipment and explosives” belonging to Hezbollah jihadis were found in the La Paz area. Jihads have also been dispatched to Peru, where prosecutions of operatives by the government is ongoing. Last year in Paraguay, a number of Hezbollah-linked individuals – some with connections to the U.S. were arrested for money laundering and drug trafficking, according to the State Department. Panama also worked with the U.S. on a number of counter-terror efforts with suspects linked to Hezbollah. A House panel last spring heard testimony that Iran has “converted and radicalized thousands of Latin Americans” over the years through sending imams to the region and establishing mosques and “cultural centers.”... https://clarionproject.org/hezbollah-is-ramp-up-south-of-the-us/
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First Muslim Women in US Congress
Misled Voters About Views on Israel
by Soeren KernElection Officials Accused of Intentionally Missing
Recount Deadline to Aid Democrats
by Rusty
{thepoliticalinsider.com} ~ GOP Senate candidate Rick Scott and a host of others are accusing a pair of Florida counties of intentionally missing a recount deadline... a move that actually helped Democrats avoid losing more votes. In what has been described as a “stunning development,” election officials in Broward County submitted their recount results two minutes after the deadline, meaning the state will not use those numbers. All recount efforts in Broward this past week have thus been invalidated. Scott had gained votes in the county by virtue of his opponent, incumbent Sen. scumbag-Bill Nelson, losing more. By submitting the results past deadline, numbers from Tuesday’s election will stand until manual recounts can be done. Because of this, Scott actually lost the 779 votes he would have gained in this recount....
Laura Ingraham to End Radio Show for Daily Podcast
by Jon Levine
{thewrap.com} ~ Fox News host Laura Ingraham announced Wednesday that she will end her longtime syndicated radio show... and transition into a new career in podcasting. “While hosting a prime-time television show and raising three children on my own, continuing a three-hour morning radio show was no longer feasible,” Ingraham said in a statement, saying that the demands of her Fox News program and early morning radio were too much. “Although I will greatly miss my radio listeners and affiliates, working late nights and early mornings has taken a toll on my family life. Plus, my radio audience is smart, savvy and committed, and I know most will follow my new show in the format that is revolutionizing the audio world — digital podcasting,” she said. The podcast, to be known as “The Laura Ingraham Show” will launch this January and be hosted by PodcastOne. “Due to her huge success on the Fox News channel, daily podcasts are a much better fit for Laura’s hectic schedule and provides her listeners in all markets access at any time to the new Laura Ingraham Show podcast,” PodcastOne chief Norm Pattiz said in a statement. “She’s at the top of her game and her new original podcasts will fit perfectly on PodcastOne.”....
San Fran Bilks Corporations to 'Help the Homeless'by Political Editors: It’s ironic that leftists continuously decry the increasing amounts of money spent in politics and yet at the same time believe that giving the government more money is the primary means to solving all of society’s problems. This logic was clearly on display last week, when 60% of voters in San Francisco said yes to Proposition C, a ballot initiative that levies a special tax on certain large corporations. Proponents estimate it will bring in $300 million a year, which will be spent on the city’s growing homeless/vagrancy problem. This $300 million is in addition to the $380 million the city is currently spending on a vagrant population of around 7,500.
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, was not pleased with the proposition, pointing out the inherently uneven nature of the tax. He wrote, “We’re happy to pay our taxes. We just want to be treated fairly with respect to our peer companies, many of who are 2-10 [times] larger than us. Otherwise we don’t know how to practically grow in the city. That’s heartbreaking for us as we love [San Francisco] and want to continue to help build it.”
Even Mayor London Breed came out against Prop C, which would be the largest tax hike in San Francisco’s history, though her concern stems more from questions regarding the law’s legality. Breed wrote, “If it passes, Proposition C will likely immediately become part of an ongoing lawsuit to invalidate it. … The City could be left balancing its budget with a $300 million unknown baked in.”
According to California law, “special taxes” — taxes that fund a specific government program — must garner at least two-thirds of the vote in order to be legally instituted. Clearly, 60% of the vote is a sizable majority but it’s not two-thirds; thus, lawsuits are bound to be raised should the city go forward with the tax.
But the economic impact may be more damaging to the city in the long run. City economists estimate that Prop C would cost San Fran $200 to $240 million in GDP annually and 14,700 to 17,500 jobs over the next two decades. How exactly will that make the city any more able to deal with the problem of vagrants on the streets? How about ending government-financed welfare programs and encouraging private individuals, churches, and nonprofits to engage the problem instead? True generosity can never be achieved through confiscated and redistributed wealth.
~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/articles/59484?mailing_id=3871&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.3871&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body
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