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 The Events of the Week -- Featuring: 
Most Dems regard Israel as a 'burden' on US with too
much influence over policy: prestigious lib think tank
by Shibley Telhami
 
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 SHORT CUTS 
The Gipper: "Government is like a baby. It is an alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and a no sense of responsibility at the other."

Magnanimity: "Don't forget — I hit Mitt [Romney] pretty hard also, I mean, before the fact. And so I understand how it all works." —Donald Trump on why he's considering Romney for secretary of state

Demo-gogues: "I don't think that people want a new direction. Our values unify us. And our values are about supporting America's working families." —Nancy Pulosi on winning the Democrat leadership post again (Boy did she miss the point of the 2016 election.

Color us skeptical: "I don't think liar-Hillary has any interest in running again." —Gov. Terry McAuliffe (The liar-Clintons are incapable of avoiding the spotlight.)

Journalism: "Some Americans have found a new folk hero in a familiar face: liar-Hillary Clinton, comfortably dressed suburban retiree." —New York Times

And last... "To my knowledge, no one has ever burned a flag at a trade school. I wonder why that is?" —Mike Rowe 
~The Patriot Post
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Priebus – Yeah, Millions Of Illegals Could
Have Voted In CA And Elsewhere
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ CBS News is no friend of the Trump administration so it’s not surprising that their “Face the Nation” program would include an assertion by its host John Dickerson that Donald Trump is a liar... It would be surprising if he had similarly identified Hussein liar-nObama, for even one of the innumerable times his mouth was moving, but that’s not going to happen. He’s also not going to allow anything to diminish the claim of the Democrats that liar-Clinton won the popular vote. It’s a critical component of their effort to de-legitimize and diminish Mr. Trump’s landslide victory, one that he pulled off in spite of their fraud. Ignore the size of their crowds and the years-long campaign to outlaw voter ID requirements and to flood the country with illegals. Ignore the fact that there were people on their own and George Soros’ payroll, directed by the White House and liar-Clinton, who beat up Trump supporters and incited riots. Democrats would never do anything dishonest to “win” and election. Just ignore all of it, you sorry excuse for journalists...  http://rickwells.us/priebus-yeah-millions-illegals-voted-ca-elsewhere/
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liar-nObama Legacy Smothering Americans
In Regulations – Even As He Hits The Curb
by Rick Wells
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{rickwells.us} ~ Fox News’ James Rosen reports on the regulation push by the control freak in the White House, noting that his replacement, President-elect Trump has stated that his biggest surprise as a politician is the fact that regulation, not taxation, is cited by business leaders as the biggest drag on growth... In his speech announcing that some jobs would be remaining from Carrier, he noted that over the course of the last six years 260 new federal regulations have gone into effect, 53 of them that impacted that facility. The government is running employers out of the country. Rosen says the liar-nObama regime is on pace to enact over 3,700 new rules and regulations this year, which would be a new record. The Federal Register is on pace to exceed 87,000 pages. White House spokesliar Josh Earnest defends the regulatory inundation by the regime, saying it won’t “be characterized by a last minute rush on the way out the door.” Instead, it’s a constant tsunami that never ends...  http://rickwells.us/obama-legacy-smothering-americans-in-regulations-even-as-he-hits-the-curb/
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Veterans center employees resign
after gruesome discovery
by Sara Gonzales   
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{theblaze.com} ~ A total of four staff members employed at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Talihina, Oklahoma, have resigned after maggots were discovered in the wound of a resident who had been hospitalized at the facility... The resident, who later died, was originally hospitalized at the facility for an unspecified infection. Executive Director Myles Deering said last week that although the maggots were found in the man’s wound before he died, his cause of death was sepsis and was determined to be unrelated to the parasites. “He did not succumb as a result of the parasites. He succumbed as a result of the sepsis,” Deering stated. Three nurses, including the director of nursing, and a physician’s assistant resigned after the investigation started. Shane Faulkner, a spokesman for the department confirmed, “All four chose to resign before the termination process began.”...  http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/04/veterans-center-employees-resign-after-gruesome-discovery/
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Trump Assembles a War Cabinet
to Meet Foreign Threats
by Cliff Kincaid
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{aim.org} ~ With the selections of General James N. “Mad Dog” Mattis as Secretary of Defense and Lt. General Michael T. Flynn as national security adviser, President-elect Donald J. Trump has indicated that he is prepared to meet foreign threats from Russia, China, and global Islam... Indeed, Flynn argues in his book, The Field of Fight, that the U.S. is facing a “working coalition” of enemies that includes radical Islamists, Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua. The subtitle, How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies, suggests that radical Islam is the main enemy. But the content of the book suggests something else—that Russia and China are behind this “enemy alliance” of countries and movements trying to destroy us. “We face a formidable group of terrorists and hostile countries, and we’ve got to be better prepared to compete or we will need to be ready to destroy them,” says Flynn...  http://www.aim.org/aim-column/trump-assembles-a-war-cabinet-to-meet-foreign-threats/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=email120516&utm_medium=email
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White House (not the Army) halts Dakota
Access Pipeline work yet again
by Jazz Shaw
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{hotair.com} ~ Remind me again… how many more days is it until this administration is finally gone? Throwing yet another wrench into what has long since been settled law in the courts... the Army Corps of Engineers (CoE) issued another conflicting announcement this weekend in which they claimed that an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline to go under Lake Oahe would not be granted. This, of course, had the professional protesters in the area celebrating and the company building the project shaking their heads in disbelief. (CNN)). As NBC News was reporting yesterday, both Energy Transfer Partners (the owners of the project) and both of the state’s senators called foul and said that these delays and harassment would end once liar-nObama leaves office...  http://hotair.com/archives/2016/12/05/white-house-not-the-army-halts-dakota-access-pipeline-work-yet-again/?utm_source=hadaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl
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Most Dems regard Israel as a 'burden' on US with too
much influence over policy: prestigious lib think tank
by Shibley Telhami
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{jewishworldreview.com} ~ President liar-nObama is considering what legacy to leave for Trump towards a key U.S. ally, including whether to take any action on the conflict during his remaining weeks in office. Brookings Institute Nonresident Senior Fellow Shibley Telhami conducted two surveys -- one before and one after the U.S. elections -- on American public attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Below are several key findings:

Is Israel an Ally or a Burden to the United States?
  1. Most Americans, 76%, across party lines, agree that Israel is a strategic asset to the U.S. At the same time, a majority of Democrats (55%), say that Israel is also a burden.
  • A large majority of Americans (76%) agree that Israel is an important ally to the United States as it provides essential military and intelligence cooperation and plays a regional

*A large majority of Americans (76%) agree that Israel is an important ally to the United States as it provides essential military and intelligence cooperation and plays a regional role that's helpful to American interests.

*A majority of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents agree that Israel is an important ally to the United States, however, Republicans (85%) are more likely than both Democrats (70%) and Independents (68%) to agree with this. Democrats and Independents (26% for both) are more than twice as likely as Republicans to disagree with this statement.

*Americans who are 55 years of age or older and more likely to say that Israel is an important ally to the United States (86%). A majority of 18 to 34 year olds and 35 to 54 year olds also feel this way with 70% and 71% respectively.

*Slightly more than half of Americans (54%) disagree with the concept of Israel being a burden to the U.S. as Israel's actions in the region generate hostility toward the United States in Arab and Muslim-majority countries whereas 40% of Americans feel this way.

*Across party lines, significantly more Republicans disagree with this (71%) compared to Democrats (39%) and Independents (52%). Less than a quarter of Republicans agree that Israel is a burden (24%) whereas more than half of Democrats do (55%). Just about more than half of Independents (52%) disagree that Israel is a burden and 41% agree that it is.

*Sixty-one percent of people who are 55 years of age or older disagree that Israel is a burden to the U.S. and 31% agree that it is a burden. More than half of 35 to 54 year olds disagree with this (51%) and slightly less than half of 18 to 34 year olds do (49%).

Israeli Influence on American Politics and Policies

  1. Americans remain highly divided with 55% of Democrats saying Israel has too much influence compared with 54% of Republicans who say that Israeli influence is at the right level.

*Overall, 44% of Americans say that the Israeli government has about the right level of influence, 39% say it has too much influence, and 15% say it has too little influence.

*When broken down by party, more than half of Democrats believe that Israel has too much influence (55%) and more than half of Republicans believe that it has about the right level (54%). Republicans are evenly split in their opinion on whether Israel has too little or too much influence with 22% believing it has too much and 22% believing it has too little influence.

*Compared to one year ago, the number of Republicans who agree that Israeli influence is at about the right level slightly increased from 52% to 54%. For Democrats, the percentage who agree that Israel has too much influence increased from 49% to 55%.

President liar-nObama and the United Nations
  1. Pluralities of the American public support liar-nObama Administration action at the United Nations on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict before leaving office.

*A plurality of Americans (46%) say that they either strongly or somewhat support the liar-nObama administration backing or sponsoring a United Nations resolution that outlines the parameters for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before liar-nObama leaves office. A quarter of Americans neither oppose nor support this resolution, while 27% either strongly or somewhat oppose it.

*Democrats are far more likely than both Republicans and Independents to support this resolution. Seventy percent of Democrats support it compared to 22% of Republicans and 37% of Independents.

*On the issue of President liar-nObama supporting or sponsoring a United Nations resolution to end Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank before he leaves office, a plurality of Americans (40%) either strongly or somewhat support this. Twenty-three percent of Americans neither oppose nor support and 33% either strongly or somewhat oppose this resolution.

*When asked what they believe the new Trump administration will in fact do, the differences in numbers are not as great. Sixty-two percent of Republicans believe that it will lean toward Israel and 55% of Democrats and 46% of Independents believe that this is what the new administration will in fact do. Independents are more likely to say that the new administration will in fact lean toward neither side (42%) with 35% of Republicans and 27% of Democrats believing this.

President-Elect Trump and the Israeli-Palestinian Issue

  1. Most Americans want President Trump to lean towards neither side in mediating the Israel-Palestinian conflict, but most expect him to lean toward Israel.

*Most Americans want the new Trump administration to be even handed on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, with 57% saying that he should lean toward neither Israel nor the Palestinians in mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, when asked what they believe the new Trump administration will in fact do, most Americans said that they believed he would not be even handed and would instead lean toward Israel (57%).Across party lines, there are significant differences in what side Americans believe the new Trump administration should lean in mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

*A majority of Republicans believe that the new administration should lean toward Israel (56%), which is more than three times the amount of Democrats (17%) and almost double the size of Independents who say this (29%). A majority of both Democrats and Independents believe that it should lean toward neither side with 69% and 66% respectively. Forty-two percent of Republicans believe that it should lean toward neither side and less than one percent of Republicans believe that the new administration should lean toward the Palestinians.

*When asked what they believe the new Trump administration will in fact do, the differences in numbers are not as great. Sixty-two percent of Republicans believe that it will lean toward Israel and 55% of Democrats and 46% of Independents believe that this is what the new administration will in fact do. Independents are more likely to say that the new administration will in fact lean toward neither side (42%) with 35% of Republicans and 27% of Democrats believing this.

Reaction of the United States to Israeli Settlements

5.The American polarization on how to react to Israeli settlements has expanded over the past two years as 60% of Democrats now support imposing economic sanctions or more serious action.

*Americans continue to be highly polarized along party lines on imposing some economic sanctions or taking more serious action on Israeli settlements but the gap has widened over the past year. In November 2016, a majority of Democrats (60%) supported imposing some economic sanctions or taking more serious action compared with 49% in November 2015. Looking at Republicans over these years, 31% supported imposing sanctions and taking more serious actions in November 2016 and 26% supported this in November 2015.

*In November 2016, when asked how they believed the U.S. should react to new settlements, a majority of Americans (52%) supported the U.S. doing nothing or limiting opposition to words. Republicans and Independents were more likely to agree with this (68% and 54% respectively) than most Americans and Democrats were less likely (37%).

*Over the past year, the support for imposing economic sanctions and taking more serious measures has gone up overall. In November 2015, 37% of Americans supported this compared to 46% November 2016.

UN Security Council and the Establishment of a Palestinian State
6. Overall, Americans supporting a U.S. veto of a UN resolution on Palestinian statehood remain a minority (31%), including 51% of Republicans but only 16% of Democrats.
 
*When asked what they think the U.S. should do as a member of the UN Security Council if the UN considers a plan to endorse the establishment of a Palestinian state, 32% say that the U.S. should abstain from voting, 31% say that the U.S. should vote against endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state, and 34% believe the U.S. should vote in favor of endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state.
 
*Independents are more than twice as likely (59%) than both Republicans and Democrats to think that the U.S. should abstain from voting (29% for both). A majority of Republicans (51%) think that the U.S. should vote against endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state and a majority of Democrats (51%) think the U.S. should vote in favor of endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state.
 
*Compared with last year (November 2015), the percentage of Democrats who support the establishment of a Palestinian state has increased from 39% to 51%. In addition, the number of Democrats who believe the U.S. should abstain from voting has decreased from 42% to 29%. For Republicans, there has been a decrease in support for abstaining from voting, which dropped from 37% to 29% in the past year. The number of Republicans who think the U.S. should vote against endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian state increased from 43% to 51%.
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