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The Press Is Not Above Reproach
by David Limbaugh
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Monday Top Headlines
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Texts between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page: AG Lynch knew how the liar-Clinton email case would end (Hot Air)
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Justice Department says it will retry Sen. Robert Menendez following mistrial on bribery charges (The Washington Post)
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Terror concerns prompt stricter TSA scrutiny of air cargo from five mostly-Muslim countries (CBS News)
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Judge Jeanine, Gaetz – Pressure Building –
64 Reps Sent Letter To Nunes To Release
by rickwells.us
{rickwells.us} ~ Judge Jeanine Pirro wants to see the memo that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes wrote to... the other members of the House detailing the extent and nature of the criminal activities and sedition engaged in by the liar-nObama administration in concert with the DOJ and FBI. To get input, in as much as he can, given the restrictions in place, Rep Matt Gaetz joins her to discuss the information contained and the potential ramifications as well as the timeline and mechanisms for releasing the information to the American people. Gaetz says not only were there horrific abuses during the liar-nObama regime but that he believes they continue to pose a threat to Donald Trump’s Presidency today. It’s a simple process to have the information released. Gaetz says, “At any moment in time, the Intelligence Chairman, who has done an excellent job, Devin Nunes, can schedule a vote in the Intelligence Committee.”... https://rickwells.us/judge-jeanine-gaetz-memo/.
215,000,000 Christians Persecuted,
Mostly by Muslims
by Raymond Ibrahim
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ "215 million Christians experience high levels of persecution" around the world, according to Open Doors... a human rights organization. On its recently released World Watch List 2018, which ranks the world's 50 worst nations wherein to be Christian, 3,066 Christians were killed, 1,252 abducted, and 1,020 raped or sexually harassed on account of their faith; and 793 churches were attacked or destroyed. The Islamic world had the lion's share of this persecution; 38 of the 50 worst nations are Muslim-majority. The report further cites "Islamic oppression" behind the "extreme persecution" that prevails in eight of the 10 worst nations. In short, the overwhelming majority of persecution that these 215 million Christians experience around the world — especially the worst forms, such as rape and murder — occurs at the hands of Muslims... https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/11775/persecuted-christians-open-doors.
Democrats Just Put 800,000 Illegal Immigrants
Ahead Of America’s Active Duty Military
by Robert Donachie
Democrats are threatening to hold national security hostage, potentially costing the economy billions... and forcing hundreds of thousands of federal government employees to go without pay in exchange for securing legal protections for 800,000 illegal immigrants. Congress has several days to strike a deal to keep the government funded through October. If members fail to come to an agreement by Jan. 19, all “non-essential” government employees and active U.S. military personnel will be working with out pay including troops currently deployed. Funding for agencies like federal museums or national parks will also be cut off. Congressional Democrats are apparently content with allowing military and law enforcement personnel to go without pay to secure protections and benefits for illegal immigrants and members of their extended families... https://www.westernjournalism.com/democrats-rather-protect-800000-illegal-immigrants-pay-americas-active-duty-military/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=weeklyam&utm_content=western-journal.
Report: Bombshell memo could finally
end Robert Mueller’s investigation
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California to register illegal
aliens to vote – automatically
by wnd.com
{wnd.com} ~ California will take the next step in blurring the lines between citizens and non-citizens beginning April Fool’s Day... when the state complies with a court order to begin automatically registering to vote all those who are granted driver’s licenses. The state has long provided driver’s licenses to all who simply claimed, without proof, that they were citizens of in the country legally. There were no checks made or documentation required. “We are very pleased that Californians will have easier access to voter registration,” said Jeremiah Levine, an attorney with Morrison Foerster who represented the voting-rights groups. “We are especially satisfied that changes will be made before California’s statewide and federal primary elections.”...What California is doing is illegal and is against our Constitution. Where is Session? http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/major-state-to-register-illegal-aliens-to-vote-automatically/.
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The Press Is Not Above Reproach
{townhall.com} ~ At the risk of sending the left into a state of apoplexy, a monolithic, biased, renegade, politicized press is a far greater threat to liberty than a president criticizing the media.
Like their First Amendment counterparts -- the freedom of religion, the freedom of assembly and the right to petition the government -- the freedoms of speech and the press are an important part of what has made the United States the freest and greatest nation in world history. It is fitting, then, that we elevate them to such venerated status in this country.
But it's important that we distinguish these constitutionally guaranteed liberties from the press itself, which theoretically serves as a watchdog against governmental excesses and abuses. There's no question that a free press acting in that capacity can function as a vital check on government.
We must remember, however, that the institution of the press is not itself sacrosanct like the liberties that undergird it. It is made up of individuals and entities subject to the flaws that inhere in all human beings.
Just being a news network and journalists doesn't make them sacred or above criticism and accountability. Just as the Framers separated governmental powers among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government and pitted them against one another to deter encroachments and usurpations by one branch against the others or against individuals, the Framers also conferred the freedom of expression on individuals and non-journalistic entities, as well. One does not have to be a journalist or a member of the media to possess the freedom of expression. Individuals, other entities and even officeholders have just as much a right to hold the press accountable as the press has to hold the government and government officials accountable. Let's not lose sight of that as we examine this ongoing clash between the media and President Trump.
The insular echo chamber that is the mainstream liberal press has a very high opinion of itself. Many journalists seem to believe that merely being a member of that group invests them with unique moral authority and entitles them to condescend and treat rudely people and especially politicians and government officials with whom they disagree ideologically.
Have you watched, for example, how insolently CNN's smug Jim Acosta treats White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and, when he gets a chance, President Trump himself? I suppose he has a right to be as insulting and annoying as he wants, but Trump, Sanders and the rest of us have an equal right to call him out for behaving this way.
The constitutional guarantees under which Acosta and media institutions operate do not contain a corollary that prohibits others from critiquing and criticizing them and holding them accountable. And they often need to be held accountable, especially considering how much power and influence they have and how egregiously biased they are.
If you have any doubt as to the collective misbehavior and excesses of the liberal media, just review their hysterical witch hunt against President Trump's medical condition. In questioning Trump's physician, these people acted like 5-year-olds. I don't know about you, but I'm going to exercise my right to lampoon them for their ludicrousness.
President Trump not only has every bit as much a right to criticize the media as they do to criticize him but also does not represent a threat to their liberty or to anyone's individual liberty by issuing such criticism. Those, like Sen. RINO-Jeff Flake, who compare Trump to Josef Stalin for criticizing the press or for calling for tougher libel laws are in danger of oxygen deprivation and mental confusion from such hyperventilation.
I don't happen to agree with President Trump that we need stricter libel laws, but that doesn't mean I believe he's flirting with tyranny for advocating them. That he is recommending a legislative solution to the problem demonstrates, by definition, that he is operating constitutionally, not autocratically. He is suggesting that the law be changed through proper democratic processes.
If the whining Sen. Snow-RINO-Flake is so distressed over Trump that he would grossly compare him to the mass-murdering Stalin, then maybe he should either have the courage to run for re-election so he could continue to try to be a thorn in the president's side or start a blog when he retires, where he could continue to exercise his First Amendment right to bellyache about President Trump and nauseate his former constituencies.
For decades, conservatives have had it with the incorrigibly biased liberal media's cherry-picking and distorting the news to serve their political aims, and you can be sure that many of us are happy that we now have an alternative media to counter their excesses. Nor are most of us troubled by President Trump's exercising his freedom to take them to task.
If you don't like that Trump criticizes the media, whose main reason for existence seems to have been reduced to destroying him and his presidency, then criticize Trump -- which you will anyway. But please, let's not hear any more nonsense about how he's abusing or exceeding his constitutional authority by challenging them. When you continue down that road, you just make my case stronger. No one in this nation, no matter how big his megaphone or how prestigious her journalistic credentials, is above criticism. So, liberal media, please get over yourselves -- and in the meantime, why don't you try to be a bit fairer, more objective, less biased, truly journalistic and, not least, less rude?
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