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Omarosa Acted Dishonorably by Recording
Confidential White House Conversations, 
but Here’s the Bigger Problem 
by Hans von Spakovsky

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White House Rejects Turkey's
Trade Offer to Release Andrew Brunson 
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by Samuel Smith 
{ christianpost.com } ~ The Trump White House has turned down an offer from the Turkish government to release imprisoned evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson... The Wall Street Journal reported  Sunday that the White House rejected an offer from Ankara to release the imprisoned North Carolina native in exchange for the United States' forgiveness of billions of dollars of fines against one of Turkey's largest state lenders, citing an unnamed senior White House official.  According to the official, Turkey offered to release Brunson if the U.S. drops its investigation in Halkbank formerly known as Turkiye Halk Bankasi, which faces fines for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran. However, the Trump administration has reportedly told its NATO ally that it will not discuss the Halkbank situation or other issues until Turkish authorities release the 50-year-old Brunson...
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A Nation of Immigrants
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{ prageru.com } ~ The common narrative today is that after decades of globalism, hard-hearted Americans now seek to close the nation’s borders to new immigrants... But the truth is that the United States maintains the most generous immigration policies in the world. However, as CRTV host and author of Invasionand Sold Out Michelle Malkin explains, a few ill-conceived immigration policies are threatening to destroy the American Dream for Americans and aspiring Americans alike.
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Denmark as a Model for American Socialists?
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{ gatestoneinstitute.org } ~ Here are some facts to consider before American "dummycrats-democratic socialists" look to Denmark for guidance... as Senator commie-Bernie Sanders did during the 2016 presidential campaign. First of all, Danes actually pay for their brand of socialism through heavy taxation. In Denmark, everyone pays at least the 25% value-added tax (VAT) on all purchases. Income tax rates are high. If you receive public support and are of working age and healthy enough to work, the state will require that you look for a job or it will force a job on you. The willingness of all the Danes to pay high taxes is predicated on the country's high degree of homogeneity and level of citizens' trust in each other, what sociologists call "social capital." By and large, Danes do not mind paying into the welfare state because they know that the money will go to other Danes like themselves, who share their values and because they can easily imagine themselves to be in need of help -- as most of them, from time to time, will be. Whenever politicians propose tax cuts, they are met with vehement opposition: So, you want to cut taxes? What part of the welfare state are you willing to amputate? And that ends the debate. Danes, in contrast to American socialists gaining ground in the Democratic Party, are increasingly aware that the welfare state cannot be sustained in conditions of open immigration...  https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12881/denmark-welfare-socialism 
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Third day of jury deliberations underway in Manafort trial
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{ washingtonexaminer.com } ~ The 12-member jury in Paul Manafort’s bank and tax fraud trial began deliberations for the third day Monday as the trial stretches into its fourth week... U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III convened the jury around 9:30 a.m., when a court employee called the roll for the six men and six women. He also asked them once again whether they had refrained from discussing or researching the case — a task that may have been made more difficult given President Trump’s comments about his former campaign chairman Friday. Jurors left the ninth floor courtroom several minutes later to continue discussing Manafort’s fate. Manafort is facing 18 counts of tax and bank fraud, and his trial is the first stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. Ellis notified prosecutors and Manafort’s defense team once the jury left the room that all bench conferences would be unsealed at the conclusion of the case...
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Gold Star Parents Rip Into Admiral Who Bashed Trump
Over scumbag/commie-Brennan Clearance Revocation
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{ saraacarter.com } ~ Gold Star parents, Billy and Karen Vaughn have issued a scathing response to retired Navy Admiral, William McRaven... who recently penned a snarky Washington Post op-ed, defending former CIA Director scumbag/commie-John Brennan and insulting President Trump for revoking the former director’s security clearance. President Trump’s official statement about scumbag/commie-Brennan’s clearance states that the former director lied about the Tru} ~ mp administration and exhibited “erratic” behavior. McRaven,  who was commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (US JSOC) from 2011 to 2014 and oversaw the bin Laden raid, targeted Trump in his op-ed, writing,  “Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation.” McRaven defended Director scumbag/commie-Brennan as a “man of unparalleled integrity” and wrote, “I would consider it an honor if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.”...Do it President Trump.
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Omarosa Acted Dishonorably by Recording Confidential White House Conversations, but Here’s the Bigger Problem 
by Hans von Spakovsky
 

Even if you strongly oppose President Donald Trump and want to see him defeated in 2020 or impeached before then, you should hope his presidential campaign succeeds with its legal action against Omarosa Manigault Newman alleging she violated a nondisclosure agreement. And if she broke any laws, you should want her prosecuted.
               Manigault Newman — a fired presidential aide and earlier a member of the Trump campaign staff — has set a dangerous precedent by her secret recording of conversations with Trump and White House and campaign aides. The New York Times reported Thursday that Manigault Newman “is believed to have as many as 200” recordings of such conversations.
               If Manigault Newman suffers no penalty for making her secret recordings — and instead uses the recordings to boost sales of her virulently anti-Trump book “Unhinged,” as she is clearly doing now for maximum media exposure — future White House employees will be tempted to follow in her footsteps.
               While it is common for White House staffers to write books about the president they served after he has left office, it is far less common to see books coming out while a president is still serving. Whether the disclosures and allegations in “Unhinged” violate the nondisclosure agreement Manigault Newman signed while working on the Trump campaign is a matter still to be determined.
               And I know of no previous White House aides who secretly recorded conversations and then released them to the media. Further investigation is needed to determine if any of these recordings violated the law — and if they did, Manigault Newman deserves to be prosecuted.
               There’s no question that Manigault Newman’s disclosures will hinder the ability of the current president, future presidents, and their aides to candidly communicate.
               The issue at stake here is good governance — not politics. If liar-Hillary Clinton had been elected president in 2016 and her aide Huma Abedin secretly recorded conversations in the White House and released them, the action would be just as objectionable as what Manigault Newman did. However, you can bet that dummycrats-Democrats and the media would be far angrier at someone betraying a dummycrats-Democratic president.
               So far, Manigault Newman has released recordings of her conservations with Trump, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, presidential daughter-in-law Lara Trump, and staffers on the Trump campaign. Politico reports that “Manigault Newman has told friends and associates that she has tapes of private phone calls from first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, according to two sources with whom she has discussed the recording.
               Manigault Newman recorded Kelly in the White House Situation Room when he fired her. Located in the White House basement, the Situation Room is run by the National Security Council. It is equipped with a secure communications system and used primarily for managing domestic and foreign crises.
               Cellphones and other recording devices are not allowed in the Situation Room — a prohibition Manigault Newman ignored, by her own admission. Even if a staff member does not knowingly use a cellphone as a recording device, hostile forces can hack into the phone and turn on its microphone to transmit conversations that spies can record. This can pose a grave national security risk.
               Now that White House officials know they’ve been secretly recorded, they — and staffers for future presidents — know they can be taped again, and that could have a very harmful chilling effect on their internal discussions.
               Effective management of the White House — or any government office or business — requires frank discussions among all parties. Presidential advisers must feel free to share all information that can help a president assess the nature and severity of a problem, all possible options for dealing with it, and the political, social, and public relations ramifications of every possible action or nonaction.
               The president, in turn, must have confidence that these candid discussions will remain confidential. This is particularly true when it comes to national security and foreign policy threats, where leaks could endanger lives or severely damage our interests abroad.
               No president — dummycrats-Democrat or Republican — should have to worry about secret recordings being made inside the White House. How important is it to preserve the confidentiality of presidential communications? Important enough that it is enshrined in the constitutional doctrine of executive privilege.
               George Washington didn’t have to worry about recording devices. But he first asserted executive privilege in 1792 when Congress demanded internal White House documents about a failed military expedition. Most recently, executive privilege was reasserted by the scumbag/liar-nObama administration to deny Congress access to Justice Department documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious, a failed investigation of illegal gun trafficking.
               In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court discussed “the valid need for protection of communications between high Government officials and those who advise and assist them in the performance of their manifold duties” in U.S. v. Nixon, the seminal case on executive privilege. This was the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that President Richard Nixon had to turn over tapes he secretly recorded of his Oval Office conversation.
               While that ruling went against Nixon, the high court said in its decision the importance of preserving confidentiality between the president and those he speaks with “is too plain to require further discussion. Human experience teaches that those who expect public dissemination of their remarks may well temper candor with a concern for appearances and for their own interests to the detriment of the decision-making process.
               The Supreme Court ruling went on to say: The expectation of a President to the confidentiality of his conversations and correspondence … is the necessity for protection of the public interest in candid, objective, and even blunt or harsh opinions in Presidential decision-making. A President and those who assist him must be free to explore alternatives in the process of shaping policies and making decisions and to do so in a way many would be unwilling to express except privately. These are the considerations justifying a presumptive privilege for Presidential communications. The privilege is fundamental to the operation of Government and inextricably rooted in the separation of powers under the Constitution.
               Manigault Newman acted dishonorably and dishonestly in secretly recording confidential White House conversations. But the far bigger problem with this kind of behavior is that it threatens the ability of any president to get the unfiltered information and robust debate among his advisers needed to reach the best possible decisions.
               This violation of protocol and betrayal of trust is on par with the leaks from White House insiders that have come to plague all modern presidents. Future presidential candidates would be well-advised to require nondisclosure agreements from the individuals who assist them as part of their transition teams and who end up working in the White House.
               The perils of modern technology — such as button and pen cameras — combined with Washington’s pervasive “leak culture,” leave would-be presidents little choice. Otherwise, the odds of them getting their advisers’ “candid, objective, and even blunt or harsh opinions” are close to nil. And it’s precisely that kind of input presidents need when making decisions about vital issues that affect the health, safety, and prosperity of our nation and the American people.

~The Patriot Post
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/57735?mailing_id=3688&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.3688&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body

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  • We need to stop other countries leaders to stop the immigration to our country. Maybe we should start charging them or even level sanction on them.  

  • A nation of immigrants maybe BUT NOW ITS AN INVASION AND HAS TO STOP.  STATES LIKE CA ARE IGNORING OUR LAWS AND THAT HAS TO END THE DHS AND ICE NEEDS TO SWEEP THROUGH THE STATE AND CLEAN IT OUT

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