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"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
Featuring:
SleazeBob Menendez’s
36DD Visa Program
MICHELLE MALKIN
"Rise up together as one voice"
"Be careful where you stand"
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nObama Joked at Nerd Prom While Baltimore Rioted 
The Wisconsin Left Tried to Criminalize Free Speech
Once again, Hollywood celebrities and DC politicians gathered in Washington Saturday for the White House Correspondents' Dinner — AKA nerd prom. It's an opportunity for Nancy Pulosi to rub shoulders with the likes of Jane Fonda and for Barack nObama to further his agenda and take down political opponents by dishing out punch lines. This year, the dinner only showed how out of touch the two institutions are with the rest of the nation, because while attendees were slurping down Foraged Wild Mushroom Ragout and Seared Alaskan Halibut protests became violent in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray, who died because of injuries he received while in police custody.
While the baseball game at Baltimore's Camden Yards went into lockdown because of protests outside, three big television networks — CNN, MSNBC and CSPAN — kept their cameras trained on the White House Correspondents' Dinner because nObama was going to start his jokes soon. Never mind that the latest chapter in the debate over modern day policing was being punctuated by vandalized police cars and smashed storefronts an hour away.
nObama was once again selling the tired issue of "climate change," trying to make it matter to everyday Americans. "I am determined to make the most of every moment I have left," nObama said. "After the midterm elections, my advisors asked me, 'Mr. President, do you have a bucket list?' And I said, 'Well, I have something that rhymes with bucket list.' Take executive action on immigration? Bucket. New climate regulations? Bucket. It's the right thing to do." But as executive editor of the Washington Free Beacon Sonny Bunch pointed out in a piece titled "This Is Why They Hate Us," no one except those inside the Beltway cares about nerd prom. -The Patriot Post
Clinton Foundation Refiles Taxes as Media Grows Suspicious
On Sunday, the Clinton Foundation admitted it did not properly disclose which foreign governments donated to the organization while Hilly Clinton served as secretary of state. As a result, it is refiling taxes because of the "mistakes." Acting CEO of the nonprofit Maura Pally issued a statement, saying, "So yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don't happen in the future." This comes as liberal media organizations become increasingly suspicious of Clinton because of reports she favored foreign bureaucrats and oligarchs who donated to the Clinton Foundation during her time as madam secretary. This admission of fault from the Clinton Foundation is a way of damage control. If they own up to it and appear to fix the problem, then maybe they can move past the nasty headlines. But as the talking heads at The New York Times editorial board, ABC's "World News Tonight," MSNBC's "Morning Joe," and CNN all said last week: These allegations are not about to go away. More... -The Patriot Post
Study Finds Significant Economic Effects of Immigration Surge
A new study from the Congressional Research Service discovered an interesting interrelation between depressed middle class incomes and increased immigration. The Washington Examiner reports that in 1945 the foreign-born population of the United States stood at 10,971,146, but by 1970 it slid to 9,740,000 for a net loss of 1,231,146 foreigners. At the same time, says the CRS, "The reported income of the bottom 90% of tax filers in the United States increased from an average of $18,418 in 1945 to $33,621 in 1970 for an aggregate change of $15,202 or a percent increase of 82.5% over this 25 year period." In contrast, from 1970 to 2013, the foreign-born population blossomed from 9,740,000 to 41,348,066, a 324.5% increase. However, "The reported income of the bottom 90% of tax filers in the United States decreased from an average of $33,621 in 1970 to $30,980 in 2013 for an aggregate decline of $2,641 or a percent decline of 7.9% over this 43 year period." There's no question high-skilled emigrants who go through the system legally contribute positive economic effects. The issue is that our basically open borders has allowed the population of unskilled illegal immigrants to swell, which undoubtedly strangles the overall economy. Border security must be Congress' top priority to fix the overarching issues affecting America's middle class. -The Patriot Post
Anyone still wondering how low the American Left will sink in pursuit of its agenda should turn their gaze toward Wisconsin. In a blatant attempt at political intimidation masquerading itself as legitimate investigation, police conducted a series of early morning raids at the homes of several Wisconsin conservatives. Dozens of armed officers showed up for pre-dawn raids with battering rams, swarming into houses and threatening the people inside with arrest if they didn’t cooperate, even as they seized personal property. And on the way out, the invaders gave every person they encountered the same warning: Don’t call your lawyer, and don’t tell anyone about what happened, because a gag order is in place.
How is it that people can be forced to remain silent even as police conducted large, noisy raids more suitable to taking down a drug kingpin right in front of their neighbors? Because law enforcement officials in Wisconsin are allowed to conduct John Doe investigations, defined as "an independent, investigatory tool to ascertain whether a crime has been committed and if so, by whom.” And unlike other investigations that require probable cause to pursue, John Doe investigations are conducted to establish the existence of probable cause itself.
Under the rubric of looking for campaign-finance violations, the investigations were initiated by Milwaukee district attorney John Chisholm, a partisan Democrat — whose wife is a teachers’ union shop steward — and a man determined to find anything that could undermine the political career of rising Republican star Gov. Scott Walker. Walker has thwarted Wisconsin leftists at every turn, winning three elections, including a recall effort, in just four years. -The Patriot Post
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Clinton Cash Author Not Backing Down
(rickwells.us) - Longtime Democrat Party operative and Clinton insider George Stephanopoulos interviewed Peter Schweizer, author of the book, “Clinton Cash,”...which has inflicted exposed some serious questions about the honesty and viability of the presumed frontrunner for the Democrat presidential nomination. Schweizer is asked how his reporting indicates that Clinton is unfit for the presidency. He points to a question of the appropriateness of the flow of funds to the intertwined mess that is the Clinton personal, political interests and how they interact with contributions to their foundation. He points to a pattern of favorable decision making to individuals who have funneledmoney in the direction of the Clintons, that the “dozens of examples” of that having occurred point beyond a coincidence and towards a trend. http://www.rickwells.us/clinton-cash-author-not-backing-down-in-spite-of-partisan-interviewers-attempts-to-discredit/
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Enemy Mexican Govt Attacking Border Patrol Agents
(rickwells.us) - Citizens of our enemy to the south, the invading civilian army of the parasitic sub-nation of Mexico, were indisputably at fault in a boating accident on the Rio Grande River on April 19th...A private boat cut in front of a Border Patrol vessel, causing a collision which ejected two agents into the water and reportedly also injured a child on the Mexican boat. As rescue efforts were underway and with the agents trying to make their way to land, Mexicans on shore reportedly began to throw large rocks at the injured agents as well as DPS officers attempting to assist them. In the process less than lethal force was used by DPS in self-defense and in defense of their fellow law enforcement officers. It’s not bad enough that our own government is facilitating an invasion of our country by our enemy to the south. Their partner in treason, the criminal organization known as the “Mexican government,” has since come out with a letter condemning the faultless American agents involved. The fact that they were themselves innocent victims of both the reckless ignorance of the Mexicans as well as their total disregard for American sovereignty and our laws apparently is of no significance to either government on either side of the border. http://www.rickwells.us/enemy-mexican-govt-attacking-border-patrol-agents-who-were-innocent-victims-of-reckless-invaders/
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After 6+ Years, W Finally Unloads on nObama
(nicedeb.wordpress.com) - It’s interesting that he would come out now to criticize nObama. One wonders what finally set him off, or if this is political posturing for his brother...After reportedly expressing his distaste for re-entering the political fray, Bush started blasting nObama on Iran: Bush said that nObama’s plan to lift sanctions on Iran with a promise that they could snap back in place at any time was not plausible. He also said the deal would be bad for American national security in the long term: “You think the Middle East is chaotic now? Imagine what it looks like for our grandchildren. That’s how Americans should view the deal.” Bush then went into a detailed criticism of nObama’s policies in fighting the Islamic State and dealing with the chaos in Iraq. On nObama’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops in Iraq at the end of 2011, he quoted Senator Lindsey Graham calling it a “strategic blunder.” Bush signed an agreement with the Iraqi government to withdraw those troops, but the idea had been to negotiate a new status of forces agreement to keep U.S. forces there past 2011. The nObama administration tried and failed to negotiate such an agreement. https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2015/04/26/after-6-years-w-finally-unloads-on-obama/
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Breitbart.com Shocker: Democrats Control the Senate
(Mark Horne) - The votes don’t lie; despite the Republican victory the Democrats control the Senate. So who does Mitch McCon-nell work for?...This is one of the most profound pieces of news analysis I have seen on exactly what the massive Republican victory has meant for the Senate. What did you win by voting for Republicans? The most important of these, of course, was the confirmation of Loretta Lynch. When he was running for re-election, Mitch McCon-nell promised that no Attorney General would be confirmed who agreed with Barack nObama’s executive amnesty. Now that he is not running for re-election for several years, he led some Republicans and all Democrats in voting for her confirmation. Or rather, dinky Harry Reid and the few remaining Democrats led McCon-nell and a large number of Republicans to confirm Lynch. http://politicaloutcast.com/2015/04/breitbart-com-shocker-democrats-control-the-senate/
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Saudi Arabia Lies, Rents U.S. Military to Help Kill Yemenis
(Doug Bandow) - After killing hundreds of Yemenis, including many civilians, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced that it was halting its bombing campaign. Then Riyadh restarted bombing the next day...The nObama administration is part pf Saudi Arabia’s ten-member “coalition” against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Said Secretary of State hanoi John Kerry: “we’re not going to step away from our alliances and our friendships.” Alas, the entire campaign is built on a lie. Contrary to Riyadh’s claims, the Houthis are not directed by, and seem only barely supported by, Iran. Even British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond admitted that “the Houthis are clearly not Iranian proxies.” Instead, the rebels have been fighting for years. America’s then-ally, President Ali Abdullah Saleh battled the Houthis a decade ago. http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20173
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Clinton Foundation Put On Charity ‘Watch List’
(gopthedailydose.com) - The Clinton Foundation has joined Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network on a list of naughty nonprofits maintained by Charity Navigator, a prominent charity monitor...The Clinton Foundation was put on Charity Navigator’s “watch list” last month, The New York Post reported on Sunday. The foundation has come under intense scrutiny of late amid revelations it received millions of dollars in donations from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton served as secretary of state. Money also flowed to the foundation from companies and businessmen who benefited from their relationship to the Clintons. http://gopthedailydose.com/2015/04/26/clinton-foundation-put-on-charity-watch-list-along-with-al-sharptons-shady-nonprofit/
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Hilly on the brink of collapse
(Michael Goodwin) - A passage from Ernest Hemingway fits the moment. In “The Sun Also Rises,” one character asks, “How did you go bankrupt?” and another responds: “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”...The exchange captures Hilly Clinton’s red alert. She’s been going politically bankrupt for a long time, and now faces the prospect of sudden collapse. If she’s got a winning defense, she’d better be quick about it. The ghosts of scandals past are gaining on her and time is not on her side. The compelling claims that she and Bill Clinton sold favors while she was secretary of state for tens of millions of dollars for themselves and their foundation don’t need to meet the legal standard for bribery. She’s on political trial in a country where Clinton Fatigue alone could be a fatal verdict. http://nypost.com/2015/04/25/hillary-on-the-brink-of-collapse/
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Islamic State captures dam, overruns base in western Iraq
(Bill Roggio & Caleb Weiss) - The Islamic State seized control of a dam and overran a military barracks in the Thar Thar area in western Iraq over the past several days. Over 120 Iraqi soldiers and a senior general were killed during the Islamic State offensive...In a video released by ‘Amaq News, the Islamic State’s unofficial news agency, the jihadist group claimed to have taken control of the Thar Thar dam, which is located northeast of Fallujah in Anbar province. Islamic State fighters attacked the complex with “explosive-laden vehicles,” or suicide car bombs, before engaging with Iraqi troops in a firefight, Reuters noted. Also, the jihadist group was able to take over a nearby military barracks. The Islamic State video supports the news report. In the video, several fighters can be seen inside the dam complex showcasing different areas. The video shows fighters in control of a security checkpoint before the video switches to the military barracks. Several Humvees are seen to have been abandoned, while the Islamic State’s flag flies on a radio tower above. After looking at the video, it sure doesn't look wealth it. http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/04/islamic-state-captures-dam-overruns-base-in-western-iraq.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29
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Media’s Ongoing Attempts to Downplay VA Scandal
(Roger Aronoff) - While some in the media have demonstrated they are willing to challenge the narrative emerging from the nObama administration that downplays ongoing abuses by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)...others on the far left such as MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow have cast the administration’s chronic disservice to ailing veterans as a vast right-wing targeting conspiracy. VA Secretary Bob McDonald recently aided Maddow’s agenda by claiming during his appearance on her show that the VA was becoming “transparent” and desires “sunshine.” “It’s hunting season at the VA,” VA Secretary Bob McDonald told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on April 24, announcing a special medical advisory group to fix the VA’s problems. “Nobody wants to talk about the good things. We’re the largest medical system in the country, so when something goes wrong, it becomes news.” More than a few “somethings” are going wrong at the VA if the ongoing scandals in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Denver, Phoenix and Tomah, Wisconsin are any indication. Yet, as I noted in a previous column, when President nObama recently traveled to Phoenix, Arizona he asserted that “there were deficits with the way the VA is being run” but then called this a “case of bad apples and systems run awry.” http://www.aim.org/aim-column/medias-ongoing-attempts-to-downplay-va-scandal/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=email042715&utm_medium=email
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How Western Corruption Helps Fuel Radical Islam
(Michael Widlanski) - The Clintons made millions of dollars from private firms and governments when Mrs. Clinton was still in office as Secretary of State (and presumed to be on the road to being president.)...In 2011 alone, Bill Clinton earned more than $13 million dollars in lecture fees. Foreign government gave millions more in foundation donations. Bill Clinton expected to collect a huge lecture fee (later a donation) for speaking at a birthday celebration for then-Israeli President Shimon Peres, who himself now collects $360,000 a year for advising an Israeli bank: Bank HaPoalim. Bill Clinton may be a good speaker and Shimon Peres may have accrued much experience in his long lifetime, but is there something else going on here? http://www.aim.org/guest-column/how-western-corruption-helps-fuel-radical-islam/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=email042715&utm_medium=email
SleazeBob Menendez’s
36DD Visa Program
MICHELLE MALKIN
Call it the 36DD Visa.
The New York Post recounted this weekend how Menendez and his staff pressured the State Department to expedite the foreign tourist and student visa approval processes for a bevy of buxom foreign beauties. One of them, Brazilian actress and nudie model Juliana Lopes Leite (a.k.a. “Girlfriend 1″), had her F-1 student visa application moved to the top of the Mount Everest-high heap in 2008 as a favor to Menendez’s now-indicted donor pal and accused Medicare fraudster Salomon Melgen.
A senior Menendez staffer emailed a State Department staffer that Girlfriend 1 “has her visa application appointment in Brasilia, Brazil, tomorrow. … Sen. Menendez would like to advocate unconditionally for Dr. Melgen and encourage careful consideration of (Girlfriend 1)’s visa application.”
Oba! “The State Department responded within hours, and the woman got her visa the following day,” the Post reported. Sugar daddy Melgen set up a shady nonprofit to help fund Lopes Leite’s education, according to the indictment. The IRS-approved “foundation” for “helping with the educational needs of disadvantaged persons” also subsidized college costs for a second woman “romantically linked to Menendez.”
Here’s my question: Menendez played visa-fixer in 2008. Lopes Leite graduated with a law degree from the University of Miami in 2010, but spent most of her time jet-setting around the world with Melgen. According to the Post, she is still here and now practicing law in Miami — seven years after obtaining her 36DD visa. Why and how is she still here?
The F-1 is supposed to be a temporary visa. Applicants have to prove to consular officials that they plan to go back home after their studies as a condition of getting into our country and availing themselves of our educational system. The deal was that they’d gain a positive attitude about the U.S. and serve as ambassadors of our values and principles when they returned to their native lands. Aside from the extreme abuse and corruption involved in the Menendez scheme, this case spotlights the wider everyday systemic failures to enforce the original intent and rules of the program.
Nearly 500,000 F-1 foreign students come to the U.S. every year. Despite repeated warning flags involving foreign students on F-1 visas who slipped through the cracks — the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the 9/11 plot, the Times Square bombing plot, the Boston Marathon bombing — Washington refuses to hit the pause button and get the program under control. By the federal government’s own admission in multiple independent audits and inspector general reports, officials at the Departments of Homeland Security and State cannot efficiently police and monitor the flood.
Those assessments show that we have failed to carefully vet the student applicants overseas; failed to screen out the fly-by-night “schools” certified to enroll them in the U.S.; failed to keep tabs on the “designated school officials” entrusted to track their compliance; failed to verify that the employers who are approved to sponsor F-1s for education-related “job training” are not exploiting the program as a pipeline for cheap foreign labor undercutting American workers; failed to ensure that F-1s go home when their visas expire; and failed to track and eject overstayers and violators who break the rules.
Under federal corruption law, it is a crime to trade “things of value” with politicians to influence official acts or commit fraud. Yet, for decades, America has recklessly traded away one of its most precious “things of value”: entry into this country. It’s clear what Menendez and Melgen got out of F-1. But what about the rest of the country? Each and every temporary visa program is supposed to enhance the national interest — not just the naked demands and desires of universities, corporations and dirty old men.
Instead of stemming the tide and making enforcement a priority, politicians in both parties are pushing forward with various schemes to radically expand and extend the foreign student visa racket. It’s proof positive that Brazil’s got nothing on the biggest boobs in Washington.
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