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Blame Us for Government Shutdown
by Cal Thomas
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scum-Adam Schiff and Dianne Fein-stein
Demand Twitter Investigate #ReleaseTheMemo
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Senate confirms Alex Azar
to be Trump's health secretary
by Kimberly Leonard
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Trump nominee Alex Azar to be the next Health and Human Services secretary... Azar, who was confirmed 55-43, is a former health official at HHS, where he served as deputy secretary under former President George W. Bush. He also is a former top executive for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly. He has cited several priorities in his new role, including lowering the price of health insurance for liar-nObamacare customers, tackling the opioid epidemic, and finding ways for healthcare providers to be reimbursed based on patient outcomes rather than the number of tests or procedures that they run... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senate-confirms-alex-azar-to-be-trumps-health-secretary/article/2646953?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert%20-%2001/24/18&utm_medium=email.
The Problem Isn’t Just Corruption at the
FBI and Main Justice, It’s Also The Media
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Former Fiancée of Amb. Chris
Stevens Killed in 'Battle of Benghazi'
by JIM KOURI
{familysecuritymatters.org} ~ Joining the critically-acclaimed, All-Access TV Network established by media professionals whose roots began with The Chicago Tribune... and One America News Network (OANN) is French actor, fashion model, writer, and best-selling author Lydie Denier. Premiering on her new weekly talk show on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, the actor -- who starred in the CBS-TV hit Tarzan, Silk Stalkings, and Alcapulco H.E.A.T. and a number of other motion pictures and television series -- is unafraid to rip back the layers of how the world sees America and how Americans see themselves with social issues worldwide. While the face and name of Lydie Denier is known to many as a first-rate actress and stunning model, Denier is practically being ignored by the U.S. news media because she was at one time the fiancée of Ambassador Chris Stevens. Yes, that Chris Stevens: Secretary of State liar-Hillary Clinton's "friend" who was left to die in 2012 at a diplomatic mission in one of the world's most dangerous cities, Benghazi, Libya... http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/former-fiance-of-amb-chris-stevens-killed-in-battle-of-benghazi-launches-tv-talkfest-time-to-get-real-with-lydie-denier?f=must_reads.
TUCKER: DACA recipients block path to Disneyland in protest
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5717956541001
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5717956541001
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New California policy: Illegal immigrants voting?.
Vice President Pence Delivers Joint Statements with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israelhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6kntfAGmnM
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Reps. Gowdy, Ratcliffe on FBI losing key anti-Trump textshttp://video.foxnews.com/v/5717030035001
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Weekend Update: clown-Schumer Shut Down - Briefing with Director Marc Short and Director Mick Mulvaney.
Bombshell Memo on FISA Surveillance Shows Abuse of Power 'Far Worse Than Watergate'.
Attorney general Sessions: President Trump's principles on immigration have not changedhttp://video.foxnews.com/v/5714847312001
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Blame Us for Government Shutdown
{townhall.com} ~ If we don't like what is happening in Washington -- and few do -- the blame must be placed squarely where it belongs. It is "we the people" who send these people here.
We send people of different and often opposing viewpoints to Washington and expect them to get along. Many quickly turn opportunities to represent us into opportunities to represent themselves. They become careerists, statists and hypocrites, first supporting one cause or policy when it suits them and then with whiplash intensity turning around and supporting its opposite when it is politically expedient. It is why my favorite lecture circuit laugh line is "I'm happy to be here tonight from Washington, D.C., where the only politicians with convictions are in prison."
Is that too cynical? Perhaps. There are a few good men and women in Washington, but they are often overtaken by the swamp, which is more like quicksand, dragging everyone down. If re-election and fundraising become primary goals rather than promotion of the general welfare, everything else becomes secondary.
The greatest frustration for voters comes from knowing how a problem can be solved, but then witnessing politicians refusing to solve it because they prefer to retain the issue as a weapon in the next election, and the one after that.
Perhaps a cynic would say that the refusal by Senate Democrats to pass a continuing resolution last week, much less a budget, is a device to turn attention from the great economic successes attributed by many to the Trump administration. But it is not cynical when one has observed how the "game" is played here. And to many it is a game, which serves only those who are playing it, not the rest of us.
The appeals to the "base" on the left and right rob the nation of a real debate on issues and an eventual resolution that benefits the majority. Is gaining and holding political power by a handful of politicians worth the sacrifice of faith in our government? And is this government, whether headed by Democrats or Republicans, what the Founders had in mind? Any high school history student, if taught the facts, must conclude it is not.
The Founders wanted limited government so that the people could be unlimited in pursuing their aspirations, consistent with their abilities and desire to take reasonable risks. What passes for government and governing today is a sham, a ruse, an embarrassment to their intentions and to ourselves, if we could be embarrassed about much these days. Even China mocks our dysfunction.
Hypocrisy is practiced by both parties and is the exclusive property of neither one. Republicans are now quoting Democrats, who spoke out against a government shutdown when it was politically advantageous and who now are for it. Democrats have their own list of quotes about Republicans.
The only benefit from this, if one can call it a benefit, is that Republicans are at last fighting back. During previous threats to shut down government, Republicans have cowered and allowed Democrats and the media to blame them. It's nice to see them refusing unconditional surrender this time.
There must be a better way. There is, but the public must demand it. Given the divisions in the country, which are reflected in the Congress, don't look for that to happen anytime soon.
This is why we need term limits. Meantime, here's one idea: shut Congress down and don't pay them until they start behaving like adults and serve American citizens first.
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