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SCOTUS Stumbles in Refusal
to Review Abortion Fundingby Thomas Gallatin
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President clashes with Pulosi,
scumbag/clown-Schumer on border wall
by ART MOORE
{wnd.com} ~ Meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday in an effort to avoid a government shutdown, President Trump... the incoming speaker of the House, Nancy Pulosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck scumbag/clown-Schumer, D-N.Y., engaged in a contentious exchange over funding the border wall. In front of reporters and TV cameras, tensions rose when Pulosi threatened a “Trump shutdown” if Democrats and Republicans couldn’t agree on a budget. Trump said he would be “proud” to shut down the government for the sake of border security. “If we don’t get what we want,” Trump said. “I will shut down the government.” When Pulosi argued Trump had the power to pass a budget — with Republicans in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress — the president pointed out that the legislation required 10 Senate Democrats to move to a final vote. Pulosi said they came to the White House to negotiate a budget in “good faith,” asking to keep the debate private. “That’s not bad, Nancy. It’s called transparency,” Trump said....
'Scary' That scumbag-Comey Doesn't See a Duty
to Give FISA Court Complete Information
by Susan Jones.
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Canada Grants Bail to Huawei Chief
Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou
by sundance.
Trump Admin. Declares War on Russian,
Chinese, Iranian Propaganda
by Adam Kredo
{freebeacon.com} ~ The State Department has launched a new effort to counter propaganda and disinformation campaigns launched across the globe by a host of rogue nations, including Russia, China, and Iran... according to senior U.S. officials who briefed the Washington Free Beacon on the new undertaking, which they say will put the United States "on the offense" against these countries. The State Department's Global Engagement Center, or GEC, which just received a $40 million cash influx, is refocusing its priorities on what senior Trump administration officials described as a global battle against propaganda that undermines the U.S. role in the world and its national security priorities. As the Trump administration undertakes efforts domestically to address Russian election meddling as well as efforts by Iran and China to disrupt the American political landscape, the GEC will focus outside the U.S. borders to disrupt a range of disinformation operations by rogue nations seeking to increase their influence in regional hotspots. While the GEC's operations largely focus on counterterrorism missions, such as the fight against ISIS, the recent cash allocation to the organization will enable it to expand its reach and put a renewed focus on global propaganda operations, U.S. officials say....
SCOTUS Stumbles in Refusal to Review Abortion Fundingby Thomas Gallatin: The Supreme Court declined Monday to review a lower court’s ruling that prevented two states from ending public Medicaid funding for abortion providers, with the obvious target of those states being the nation’s leading baby killer: Planned Parenthood. The refusal to hear the case came as a surprise to many, as only three of the five conservative justices voted in favor of reviewing the case; Chief Justice John Roberts and newly confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh sided with the Court’s left wing. The Court’s decision prompted an unusual chastisement from Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote, “What explains the court’s refusal to do its job here? I suspect it has something to do with the fact that some respondents in these cases are named ‘Planned Parenthood.’”
Thomas further argued, “It is true that these particular cases arose after several States alleged that Planned Parenthood affiliates had, among other things, engaged in ‘the illegal sale of fetal organs’ and ‘fraudulent billing practices,’ and thus removed Planned Parenthood as a state Medicaid provider. But these cases are not about abortion rights. They are about private rights of action under the Medicaid Act. Resolving the question presented here would not even affect Planned Parenthood’s ability to challenge the States’ decisions.”
The root question: Do Medicaid recipients have the right to challenge a state’s determination for who qualifies as a medical provider? Kansas and Louisiana determined that Medicaid recipients were not free to challenge the qualification for acceptable medical providers, specifically that Planned Parenthood failed to meet their qualifications. Thomas’s argument for accepting the case was sound, as he noted the appeals court split: “Five Circuits have held that Medicaid recipients have such a right and one Circuit has held that they do not.”
The Washington Post speculated that the reason SCOTUS refused review was that “a majority of the court may be steering clear of controversial issues — at least for now.” But does this dodge by Kavanaugh give a foreboding glimpse into the future with respect to any case impacting abortion? Time will tell, but it’s hard to see this as anything other than a big miss by SCOTUS.
A point of observation. Imagine the tone of the media coverage if the issue before the Court was half a billion in annual government funding of the National Rifle Association, an organization that, unlike Planned Parenthood, exists solely to defend an actual constitutional right.
On a final note, Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency for the past two years and could have tackled this issue by passing legislation to prevent government funding of Planned Parenthood. They failed to do so. ~The Patriot Post
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