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Outing Congressional Creeps Is a Must
by Arnold Ahlert
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Tuesday Top Headlines
Trump renews declaration of North Korea as state sponsor of terrorism (USA Today)
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Judge permanently blocks Trump sanctuary cities order (Associated Press)
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Keystone XL pipeline gets Nebraska’s approval, clearing a key hurdle in nine-year effort (The Washington Post)
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Another woman accuses Sen. Al Franken of groping (New York Post)
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Report: Democrat Rep. Conyers paid thousands to settle sexual misconduct complaint (Fox News)
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Charlie Rose suspended by CBS, PBS and Bloomberg amid sexual misconduct claims (The Hollywood Reporter)
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Glenn Thrush suspended by The New York Times for groping women (PoliZette)
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Democracy Alliance says sexual misconduct may exist “throughout progressive community” (The Washington Free Beacon)
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State Dept. marks “transgender day of remembrance” (CNS News)
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Humor: Breaking: Mike Pence confesses addiction to marital faithfulness (The Babylon Bee)
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Policy: Why we should still celebrate the Pilgrims at Thanksgiving (The Daily Signal)
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Policy: Let’s restart the adoption movement (American Enterprise Institute ~The Patriot Post
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What Democrats Are Doing Has 
Millionaires, Billionaires Ready To Jump Ship
{rickwells.us} ~ The MSNBC host asks her very rich, millionaire guest, who is a big donor to the Democrats and one who is very upset with the Democrat Party... “Are Democrats going after it in the right way?” She says, “Because, at the end of the day sun sets at 4:34 pm today in NYC, there are a lot of people who think President Trump is morally reprehensible but they think, ‘I want my taxes cut, I’m going to vote with him.” “And when Democrats continue to say ‘Down with the billionaires, we can’t stand the rich,’ a lot of people want to be rich. So is it the right message that the Democrats are going with?”... https://rickwells.us/democrats-millionaires-jump-ship/
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Nebraska regulators approve 
in-state route for Keystone XL pipeline
by Josh Siegel
{washingtonexaminer.com} ~ Nebraska regulators on Monday morning approved an in-state permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline... the last major regulatory hurdle facing the long-debated project. The Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3-2 in favor of the permit, but they rejected developer TransCanada's preferred route, approving an alternative that would move the pipeline further east. The ruling can be appealed to the state district court, with the Nebraska Supreme Court likely to have final say...  http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nebraska-regulators-approve-in-state-route-for-keystone-xl-pipeline/article/2641240?utm_campaign=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert&utm_source=Washington%20Examiner:%20News%20Alert%20-%2011/20/17&utm_medium=email
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FBI Finds 30 Pages of 
liar-Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting Documents 
{judicialwatch.org} ~ Judicial Watch was informed yesterday by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that the FBI has located 30 pages of documents related... to the June 27, 2016, tarmac meeting between former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President liar-Bill Clinton, and proposes non-exempt material be produced no later than November 30, 2017  The new documents are being sent to Judicial Watch in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed after the Justice Department failed to comply with a July 7, 2016, FOIA request. The FBI originally informed Judicial Watch they did not locate any records related to the tarmac meeting. However, in a related case, the Justice Department located emails in which Justice Department officials communicated with the FBI and wrote that they had communicated with the FBI. As a result, by letter dated August 10, 2017, from the FBI stated, “Upon further review, we subsequently determined potentially responsive documents may exist. As a result, your [FOIA] request has been reopened…”...https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/fbi-finds-30-pages-clinton-lynch-tarmac-meeting-documents-wants-six-weeks-turn-docs/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press%20release
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MUST WATCH: Hannity connects the dots…see how all roads in the current scandals lead right back to liar-Clinton

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5646824584001

Illegal Aliens Brutally Murder Border Patrol Agent

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5652019860001

Dem Rep. Jackie Speier: Bill Clinton's Victims "Should Have Been Believed"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/11/19/dem_rep_jackie_speier_bill_clinton_accusers_should_have_been_believed.html

Judge Jeanine: When are we getting answers on Uranium One?

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5651562547001

WSJ's Strassel: Fusion GPS '"Steele Dossier" A Political Dirty Trick for the Ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCOe54GKUtc
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Sexual harassment settlements in Congress paid by taxpayers

http://video.foxnews.com/v/5646895881001

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Outing Congressional Creeps Is a Must
by Arnold Ahlert:  It has often been said that Washington, DC, is Hollywood for ugly people. As Americans are learning, looks are the least of it. Over the last 20 years, Congress has shelled out more than $17 million to cover sexual harassment, discrimination claims and other cases against it members. And in a double-dose of reality that reeks of Ruling Class privilege, the names of those engaged in wrongdoing remain under wraps — and their settlements are paid for by the American taxpayer, courtesy of a secret slush fund managed by the Office of Compliance (OOC).

          “I have had numerous meetings with phone calls with staffers, both present and former, women and men who have been subjected to this inexcusable and often illegal behavior,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) stated during the House Administration Committee’s first hearing to review that chamber’s sexual harassment policy. “In fact, there are two members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, right now, who … have engaged in sexual harassment.
          Who are they? We may never know. In 1995, Congress passed the Congressional Accountability Act, creating the OOC and extending workplace protections to legislative branch employees, giving them the right to file complaints against members of Congress regarding various types of discrimination and sexual harassment. Yet whether by accident or design, the process is so convoluted and arduous, many complainants forego it altogether.
          First, a written statement initiating a complaint must be made within 180 days of the incident. After that, victims must agree to go through a 30-day counseling period, during which one must meet with the OOC to learn about one’s rights and the required steps involved in pursuing a complaint. Another 30 days of mandatory “mediation” follows, during which the accuser and the accused, or their representatives, attempt to reach a settlement with a mediator’s help. After that, the complainant must wait an additional 30 days before filing a formal complaint with the OOC, or a lawsuit in Federal District Court.
          While this orchestrated ordeal is occurring, the complainant’s employer will be notified, and the resolution of the dispute can only be made public if it is settled in the complainant’s favor.
          Note that the resolution itself can be made public. The identity of the guilty legislator? He or she remains immune to public disclosure.
          “The so-called process was clearly drafted to protect the institution rather than the most vulnerable,” Speier said in a statement. “Survivors have to sign a never-ending nondisclosure agreement just to start the complaint process, which is unheard of in the private sector, then continue to work in their office alongside their harasser.”
          The process was apparently also designed to be obtuse. Because the OOC is not required to divulge information about the number of complaints, defendants, settlements or dollar figures, it’s almost impossible to discern the actual number of harassment reports.
          The OOC insists that compiling statistics on settlements by specific claims remains problematic “because settlements may involve cases that allege violations of more than one of the 13 statutes incorporated by the (Congressional Accountability Act).” Moreover, between 40% and 50% of harassment claims are settled following the mediation phase and, according to Speier spokeswoman Tracy Manzer, as many as 80% of people who brought allegations of sexual misconduct to their office chose not to follow up with the OOC. Those who did follow up labeled the process a “nightmare,” and many of them abandoned their efforts midway through.
          Alleged victims made political calculations as well. “I need these guys’ votes,” explained an unidentified congresswoman who said she has been sexually harassed by her male colleagues numerous times. “In this body, you may be an enemy one day and a close ally the next when accomplishing something. … So women will be very cautious about saying anything negative about any of their colleagues.”
          Such dubious rationalizations resemble the choices made by Hollywood actresses willing to endure harassment in exchange for career advancement. The gigantic difference? Actresses are making movies. Congresswomen are making law.
          Now that the Ruling Class’s dirty laundry has become public, both chambers of Congress have decided to “fix” it — beginning with a dose of political correctness. On Nov. 9, the Senate passed a resolution mandating sexual harassment training for senators, their staff and Senate interns. It must be completed within 60 days of the resolution’s passage, and each Senate office must present a certificate of completion for publication on the secretary of the Senate’s website.
          Five days later, House Speaker Paul Ryan followed suit with a mandatory training program for House members.
          Speier and Senate colleague Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who also claims she has also been harassed by an unnamed male colleague, are following up with legislation to reform the process itself. Its provisions include waiving the current 30-day requirements for both counseling and mediation, creating an optional in-house council for complainants, eliminating the required nondisclosure agreements for filing complaints (while retaining them as part of any settlement), and creating an online system to initiate complaints.
          All well and good, but ultimate reform remains hazy. While public disclosure of the employing office and the amount of a settled claim would be required, and lawmakers would be forced to pay out of pocket for any settled claim where they are identified as the harasser, “other claims” would still be underwritten by the taxpayer.
          Moreover, there’s a gigantic element of reform conspicuously missing: naming names. Speier insists the two members of Congress guilty of harassment remain anonymous because the “victims are the ones who do not want this exposed.”
          Really? Why? Just as it is with Hollywood, reality suggests the most plausible explanation is because victims believe there will be retaliation. And if a 2003 survey cited by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is even relatively accurate, there will be. It found that “75% of employees who spoke out against workplace mistreatment faced some form of retaliation.”
          By the same token, it is not unreasonable to assume many allegations are either outright lies, attempts to game the system for political gain, or the outgrowth of a “guilty until proven innocent” feeding frenzy engendered on college campuses by the liar-nObama administration, mercifully ended by current Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
          Yet if Congress is really serious about ending this nonsense — on both sides of the equation — genuine accountability ought to prevail. If the allegations turn out to be false, those making them should be subject to job termination. On the other hand, if guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt, Congress, not the victims themselves, should be required to publish the names of the offending lawmaker and precipitate efforts to oust him or her from Congress.
          For decades Congress has exempted itself from laws it imposes on the rest of the nation. And while some things government does should remain beyond public disclosure, outing congressional creeps isn’t one of them. Not by a long shot.  ~The Patriot Pos
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https://patriotpost.us/articles/52503

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