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D-Day at 75 — They Paid a Heavy 
Price for Our Liberty
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Mark Alexander
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scumbag-Elijah Cummings’s Wife Used Her 
Charity To Enrich Her For-Profit 
Company, Documents Show  
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by Andrew Kerr
{dailycaller.com} ~ House Oversight Chairman scumbag-Elijah Cummings’s wife has funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars from her charity to her private for-profit organization... according to a previously undisclosed cost-sharing arrangement that multiple experts said raises red flags. Maya Rockeymoore scumbag-Cummings’s charity, the Center for Global Policy Solutions (CGPS), paid her for-profit venture, Global Policy Solutions LLC, over $250,000 in “management fees” between 2013 and 2015, according to the charity’s audited financial statements covering those years. The management fees were paid in addition to a cost-sharing agreement where the charity pays for its share of equipment, personnel and other expenditures. Rockeymoore scumbag-Cummings’s charity is funded by companies with interests before her husband’s congressional committee, according to the Washington Examiner. “It’s self-dealing. It’s taking the charity’s resources and turning them into personal profits,” National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) investigator Tom Anderson told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “IRS law doesn’t allow a charity for this purpose. This isn’t for the public interest, this is for her personal interest. You can’t do that.” scumbag-Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, listed his wife’s LLC on his most recent financial disclosure reports as an asset worth between $250,001 and $500,000. The NLPC filed an IRS complaint against Rockeymoore scumbag-Cummings’s charity and LLC in May, alleging that companies with interests before the House Oversight Committee are potentially buying favorable treatment from the congressman through their donations to the charity...  https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/05/elijah-cummingss-wife-charity/?utm_medium=email  
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The United States Is a Pacific Power
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{spectator.org} ~ Contrary to popular opinion, the United States has long been a Pacific potentate. Ever since the 19th century, when American settlers journeyed from their East Coast enclaves and into the great American West... the United States was destined to become a dominant force not only in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, but the Pacific Ocean as well. Years of cross-cultural ties, trade deals, and military alliances — as well as wars — have cemented America’s position as a Pacific power. The United States will need to emphasize these facts as it ramps up its Trade War against China. As the Trade War intensifies, Beijing will do — and say — anything it must to convince the world specifically, its Asian neighbors that its position is the legitimate one and the United States’ is not. Part of its claim will be that China is an actual Asian power whereas the United States is merely a poseur; another foreign, Western empire intent on colonizing and subjugating as much of Asia as it can. By reinforcing the claim that the United States is a Pacific power, Washington will be able to rebuff Beijing’s lies and solidify its Asian alliances. More importantly, there is a long history of mass immigration from the Asia-Pacific into the United States. Chinese immigrants helped to build the transcontinental railroad that permanently linked the American East Coast to its West Coast. After the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed in the United States, American industrialists began seeking out Japanese workers to replace their lost Chinese workers, prompting another explosion of immigrants from the Asia-Pacific. During this era, Japan was undergoing its Meiji Restoration, which culminated with Japan becoming the advanced imperial state that it was by the start of the Second World War. The political changes in Japan prompted some of its citizens to emigrate abroad — notably to the United States. The Japanese who emigrated to the United States not only became important industrial workers, but many of them were also superior farmers. Western American states, such as Hawaii, California, and Arizona, still enjoy the fruits and vegetables of the sophisticated irrigation methods that Japanese immigrants brought with them into the United States. Today, Asian-Americans comprise nearly six percent of the U.S. population. According to the most recent Census Bureau report, there are roughly 3.79 million Chinese-Americans, 3.41 million Filipino-Americans, 3.18 Indian-Americans, 1.73 Vietnamese-Americans, 1.7 million Korean-Americans, and 1.3 million Japanese. Asian-Americans are among the most productive American citizens today as well a fact that has apparently incensed Ivy League institutions, since many of these institutions have been caught discriminating against Asian-American students perceived to be too smart or “privileged”. In fact, the Asian-American population is among one of the fastest-growing, most important subgroups in the United States today. The various ethnicities and cultural inclinations of the Asian-American groups listed above have made an indelible mark on the wider American culture. They have made unique contributions — and continue to do so — and are highly influential for the socio-political makeup of the United States. As with so many other cultural subgroups in the United States, the Asian-American immigrants maintain close ties with their homelands and, because of these ties, the United States has deep cultural ties to the lands where these Asian-Americans emigrated from...
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The Transatlantic Relationship on 
the 75th Anniversary of D-Day
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gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ US President Donald Trump's attendance at this week's commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in northern France... comes at a time when the future of the transatlantic relationship between the US and Europe is under unprecedented strain. The Normandy landings, which began on June 6 and resulted in Allied forces achieving the remarkable feat of delivering 156,000 troops on to the shores of northern France, unquestionably represents the high water mark of the transatlantic relationship. Not only did it ultimately result in the defeat of Nazi Germany and end the reign of terror it had instituted over much of Europe. It also led to the formation of the close alliance between the Western democracies of the free world in the existential battle with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. And yet, despite the significant victories the alliance achieved against these two significant foes, serious concerns are now being raised as to whether the alliance has the resilience to meet future challenges, from the emergence of China to the destabilizing policies of rogue states like Russia and Iran. It is not just the personal dislike many Europeans claim to have for Mr Trump himself that threatens the future well-being of the relationship, although the childish antics of anti-Trump protesters in Britain this week, where the president is on a three-day state visit, hardly help the cause of transatlantic cooperation. While the British government literally rolled out the red carpet for the 45th US President, with Mr Trump receiving a warm welcome from the Queen at Buckingham Palace, the magnificent pomp and ceremony of the royal occasion will have been somewhat undermined by the appearance of the "Trump baby" balloon in the skies over London. If the balloon's re-appearance -- it made its debut during Mr Trump's brief visit to London last year -- signifies the deep dislike many left-wing politicians, such as Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn have for Mr Trump, there are other, more worrying trends, that raise questions about whether the alliance can survive in years to come...
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Space Force Nominee Warns Congress 
of Chinese, Russian Capabilities
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news.usni.org } ~ Strides Russia and China have made in space mean the United States can no longer take for granted its superiority in that domain... said the nominee expected to head the nation’s Space Force and an independent Space Command said Tuesday. “China particularly has been watching” how the United States integrated space into all its military operations, Gen. John Raymond, currently the commander of the Air Force’s Space Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a Tuesday hearing. Testifying with Raymond was the nominee to head the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Christopher Scolese, who has a background as a nuclear Navy officer and in NASA, he said. China has created reversible jamming capabilities that can disrupt global positioning and communications systems and the development of high-end operations involving directed energy are just some examples he listed of advances in space made by Beijing and Moscow, “It’s a threat that is concerning,” Raymond said. Raymond didn’t mention the threat to U.S. satellites’ orbits, but several senators noted in their questions that China and India have demonstrated their ability to destroy their own satellites, raising concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. satellites. Space debris from destroyed satellites also represents a potential to damage to orbiting American satellites. “We need to move fast” to keep an edge in space, Raymond said. Later, he added that the United States needed “to show we are constantly evolving” in carrying out operations in a domain that is 100 kilometers above the earth’s surface. The Space Force would be inside the Department of the Air Force in the same way the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy. Pending approval of the authorization bill and his nomination to head the new unified Space Command and Space Force, Raymond said he would wear one hat in the “organize, train and equip” role of the command and one as a warfighter heading the force, a status very similar to his current role the Air Force and with Strategic Command...
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Lawmakers Want Navy to Take New Look 
at Destroyer Hybrid Electric Drive
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news.usni.org } ~ Pushing the military to become more energy efficient is an emerging theme of the House Armed Services Committee Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act... For the Navy, this means taking a second look at installing hybrid electric drive systems on Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. Wednesday morning, the House Armed Services subcommittee on readiness approved its FY 2020 NDAA mark, which includes several policy priorities intended to encourage the Pentagon to address the effects of climate change, promote fuel efficiency and mitigate a host of environmental challenges, Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) the subcommittee chair said during the markup. “The committee understands that hybrid electric drive (HED) propulsion systems operate with greater efficiency and facilitate greater range and on-station time. Given these benefits, the committee believes the Navy should make maximum use of the HED technology currently in its inventory,” the committee mark states. The HED system, which the Navy started developing more than a decade ago, marries an electric motor to a Flight II Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer’s main reduction gear for use at low speeds of less than 13 knots. By using an electric motor, the ship’s operation consumes less fuel, which improves its overall fuel efficiency and lowers its costs, according to Naval Sea Systems Command officials when USNI News reported on the program in 2015. “Lowering the rate of fuel consumption during low-speed operation increases mission effectiveness through greater time on station,” read a statement from NAVSEA released in 2015. “In an operational context, using HED 50 percent of the time increases time on station by as much as 2.5 days between refueling.”  The Navy tested using HED systems on USS Truxtun (DDG-103) under a research and development contract with General Atomics using a DRS Technologies permanent magnet motor in 2012. The Navy ultimately selected L-3 to outfit 34 Flight IIA ships. However, the Navy did not ask for HED systems funding in its FY 2019 budget request. The Navy has spent more than $50 million developing and testing HED technology...
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D-Day at 75 — They Paid a Heavy Price
for Our Liberty
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Mark Alexander:  Today marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of France code named Operation Overlord, which commenced in the early hours of June 6, 1944. It was the beginning of the end for Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist Workers (NAZI) Party and its reign of terror across Europe — an epic battle in defense of American Liberty, and by extension, that of all mankind. On that day, and many bloody days that followed on the European and Pacific fronts, American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines purchased Liberty for the next generation at a very heavy human price. It is our sacred responsibility now to extend that inheritance to the next generation.

I invite you to learn more about D-Day in my column, “D-Day at 75: Two Flags and a Son’s Promise Kept.” Take time to view D-Day — Freedom Is NOT Free.

To mark the occasion, President Donald Trump spoke today at Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He said, “We are gathered here on Freedom’s Altar. On these shores, on these bluffs, on this day 75 years ago, 10,000 men shed their blood, and thousands sacrificed their lives, for their brothers, for their countries, and for the survival of Liberty. Today, we remember those who fell, and we honor all who fought right here in Normandy. They won back this ground for civilization. … 9,388 young Americans rest beneath the white crosses and Stars of David arrayed on these beautiful grounds.”

Appropriately, Trump noted, “More powerful than the strength of American arms was the strength of American hearts.”

On Memorial Day just past, I offered this advice to those who genuinely want to demonstrate their gratitude to all who paid the highest price for their Liberty and those who want to thank active-duty and veteran military personnel today for the freedom they have, and continue to defend, at great cost: Strive to be, first and foremost, an American citizen worthy of their sacrifice.

Watch composer John Williams’ moving “Hymn to the Fallen” while taking a visual tour of the only real estate Americans kept after WWII — just enough land to bury our dead. Listen to Taps at Arlington National Cemetery.

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” —John 15:13

On this and every day, please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces now standing in harm’s way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.  ~The Patriot Post

VIDEO:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhOMVlQxapY
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