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TRICK OR TREAT: Nancy Pelosi And The Democrats Ram Through First Formal Vote On Impeachment Of President As Witch Hunt Becomes Official

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TRICK OR TREAT: Nancy Pelosi And The Democrats Ram Through First Formal Vote On Impeachment Of President As Witch Hunt Becomes Official

by Geoffrey Grider

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Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats rammed a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump through a sharply divided House Thursday, the chamber’s first formal vote in a fight that could stretch into the 2020 election year.

Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats celebrated the dark holiday of Halloween today by pushing through and successfully voting on passage of the first stage of ground rules for proceeding forward with the impeachment of President Trump. Things just got real. However divided this country was yesterday pales in comparison to the rift that was opened up today in Congress.
Why are the Democrats doing this? Because Bernie SandersJoe BidenElizabeth Warren or any of the other Democrats running for office in 2020 are incapable of beating Donald Trump in a fair, head to head fight. The Russian Dossier didn't work, the Russian Collusion Hoax didn't work, the Mueller Report didn't work, 3 relentless year of the fake news media advocating on behalf of the Democrats in attempting to destroy Donald Trump didn't work.
Impeachment is the only thing they had left, it's their only chance of preventing 4 more years of a Trump presidency. It comes at the cost of Civil War, but they don't care, all they want is power and plenty of it, and at any cost. Game on. NTEB has told you from the beginning that Donald Trump was God's appointed man to rule America, now that the Democrats have voted to impeach, it's time to see what God will do. Pray for our president, he is in the fight of his life.

Democrats push impeachment rules package through House

FROM THE AP: The tally was 232-196, with all Republicans who voted opposing the resolution and just two Democratic defectors joining them: freshman Rep. Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey and 15-term veteran Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, one of his party’s most conservative members. Both represent GOP-leaning districts.
The vote laid down the rules as lawmakers transition from weeks of closed-door interviews with witnesses to public hearings and ultimately to possible votes on whether to recommend Trump’s removal from office.
The action also took on more than technical meaning, with each party aware that the impeachment effort looms as a defining issue for next year’s presidential and congressional campaigns. The vote, which occurred on Halloween, drew a familiar Twitter retort from Trump: “The greatest Witch Hunt in American History!”
The Greatest Witch Hunt In American History!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 31, 2019
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats of an “unhinged obsession with this illegitimate impeachment proceeding.”
During the debate, Democrats spoke of lawmakers’ duty to defend the Constitution, while Republicans cast the process as a skewed attempt to railroad a president whom Democrats have detested since before he took office.
“What is at stake in all this is nothing less than our democracy,” said Pelosi. Underscoring her point, she addressed the House with a poster of the American flag beside her and began her remarks by reading the opening lines of the preamble to the Constitution.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Trump had done nothing impeachable and accused Democrats of trying to remove him “because they are scared they cannot defeat him at the ballot box.”
No. 3 House GOP leader Steve Scalise, R-La., accused Democrats of imposing “Soviet-style rules,” speaking in front of a bright red poster depicting St. Basil’s Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow. READ MORE

House Passes Rules Formalizing Impeachment Probe

The Democratic-led House has approved 232 to 196 a package of ground rules for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. It was the chamber's first formal vote in an epic clash that could stretch into early next year. (Oct. 31)

DEMOCRAT FREEFALL: Beto Drops Out Of Race, Kamala Drops New Hampshire, Biden Drops To Fourth Place In Iowa Behind Gay Mayor Pete Buttigieg

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DEMOCRAT FREEFALL: Beto Drops Out Of Race, Kamala Drops New Hampshire, Biden Drops To Fourth Place In Iowa Behind Gay Mayor Pete Buttigieg

by Geoffrey Grider

Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race

Former Texas Democrat congressman Beto O'Rourke announced Friday he is withdrawing from the 2020 presidential race, telling supporters “it is clear to me now that this campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully.”

Mere weeks after boasting that "H*** yes, I'm going to take your AR-15s", Democratic primary voters decided that Beto was not going to take anything including the nomination. And just like that, Beto went bye-bye. But the real story is how Creepy Joe Biden is in fourth place behind (pardon the pun) gay mayor Pete Buttigieg. For Biden, a former United States vice president, to be behind newbie gay mayor Pete is the proverbial handwriting on the wall, his run is also done.
The really interesting thing is that none of the candidates still in the running will be able to beat Donald Trump in a head to head battle, so expect the current impeachment hoax frenzy to continue unabated at full speed. That's the real plan the Democrats have for beating Trump, in fact, it's their only plan.

Beto O'Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race

FROM FOX NEWS: Beto O'Rourke entered the race in March to great fanfare after nearly defeating Texas incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz in the 2018 midterms but struggled to gain traction in the massive Democratic primary field.
Beto O’Rourke was in Iowa, ahead of a planned appearance at an event in Des Moines, when he announced his exit from the race. On Friday, an emotional O’Rourke addressed a group of supporters after the news broke. “This has been the honor of my lifetime,” he told them. “I love you all and I know that I’ll be seeing you down the road.”
President Trump reacted to the news by tweeting Friday, "Oh no, Beto just dropped out of race for President despite him saying he was 'born for this.' I don’t think so!"
O'Rourke sought to make gun control a top issue in his campaign, most notably after the Aug. 3 mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso. He went so far as to embrace the confiscation of certain firearms, memorably  saying in a September debate, "Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15." READ MORE

Warren holds slim lead over Sanders in Iowa, Biden in fourth: poll

A new poll shows a tight race in Iowa, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) leading the early voting state and former Vice President Joe Biden slipping to fourth.
The New York Times–Siena College poll released Friday showed Warren with 22 percent support from likely Democratic caucus goers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with 19 percent, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) with 18 percent and Biden with 17 percent. All four fall close to the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 4.7 percentage points.
No other candidate was near the top four, who were distantly trailed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) with 4 percent, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) with 3 percent and entrepreneur Andrew Yang with 3 percent.
The survey is among a series of recent polls showing Warren leading the field in Iowa. A RealClearPolitics average of polls showed the senator ahead of the former vice president by an average of 5 percentage points Friday morning.
Buttigieg's rise in the poll puts him much closer to the front-runners in Iowa than in national polls. He is in fourth place in the nationwide RealClearPolitics average of polls, trailing Sanders by 9 points. READ MORE

Beto O'Rourke drops out of 2020 presidential race

Beto O'Rourke is ending his 2020 presidential bid, saying his campaign does not have the means to move forward successfully.

Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats have turned California into a problem-plagued burning nightmare

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Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats have turned California into a problem-plagued burning nightmare

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Connecticut: Where Ridicule is a Crime

Connecticut: Where Ridicule is a Crime

by Alan M. Dershowitz  •  November 2, 2019 at 5:00 am
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  • Among the most fundamental First Amendment rights is to ridicule — regardless of the reason. The same is true of holding people or groups up to contempt. Were Connecticut's absurd statute to be upheld — which it will not be — it could be applied to comedians, op-ed writers, politicians, professors and other students.
  • And what about "creed"? Is being a conservative or a Trump supporter a creed that cannot be ridiculed?... [T]herein lies its greatest danger: selective prosecution based on current political correctness. Precisely the kind of unpopular speech which the First Amendment was designed to protect...
  • Such hateful expressions [Anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-conservative] are not only tolerated, they are often praised as "progressive" by some of the same students and faculty members who would censor politically incorrect hate speech. Under the First Amendment, such selective censorship is intolerable.
  • All who care about civil liberties, regardless of race, should now join with the racist students in opposing their criminal prosecution and demanding that the Connecticut statute be struck down as unconstitutional.
  • The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the president of the university should lead the campaign against criminalizing speech that ridicules. Now that would take courage in our age of political correctness and at a time when the hard left is demanding "free speech for me but not for thee." But this is not an age in which courage is widely practiced, especially on university campuses, and most especially by administrators.
Among the most fundamental First Amendment rights is to ridicule — regardless of the reason. The same is true of holding people or groups up to contempt. Were Connecticut's absurd statute to be upheld — which it will not be — it could be applied to comedians, op-ed writers, politicians, professors and other students. (Image source: iStock)
Two students at the University of Connecticut have been charged with the crime of ridiculing African Americans by shouting the N-word as part of a childishly inappropriate game. A video of the incident went viral and generated protests on and off the campus.
Outrageous as shouting this racist epithet is, the First Amendment protects it from criminal prosecution or other governmental sanctions. The Connecticut General Statute under which the students were charged is just about as unconstitutional as any statute can be. It is not even a close case. Here is what the statute criminalizes:
Section 53-37 - Ridicule on account of creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race.

After Baghdadi, Iran Should Be Trump's Next Priority

by Con Coughlin  •  November 1, 2019 at 5:00 am
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  • President Donald Trump's constant refrain about withdrawing US forces from the Middle East is... an enormous source of concern for Gulf leaders, who historically have relied heavily on the US to protect their interests. It is a measure of their disquiet that Russian President Vladimir Putin received a warm reception during his recent visits to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, as Arab governments sought to weigh up their options in the event that they can no longer rely on Washington to safeguard their security requirements.
  • Allowing Mr Putin a foothold in Syria is one thing; enabling the Kremlin open access to the oil-rich Gulf states is quite another, and is not a prospect that Mr Trump should entertain.
  • From Washington's perspective, the Gulf states are vital allies in the Trump administration's confrontation with Tehran. So, rather than constantly sending signals that he is no longer interested in supported America's allies in the Middle East, the president should seek to reassure them that, while the nature of America's military dispositions in the region may be changing, Washington's support for its allies remains as strong as ever.
  • Mr Trump might do well to understand that having the Gulf states on his side is vital if he is to succeed in his campaign to force Tehran to renegotiate the flawed nuclear deal. Preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is, after all, just as important for the Trump administration as destroying the terrorist masterminds that run ISIS.
From Washington's perspective, the Gulf states are vital allies in the Trump administration's confrontation with Tehran. President Trump should seek to reassure them that, while the nature of America's military dispositions in the region may be changing, Washington's support for its allies remains as strong as ever. Pictured: President Donald Trump hosts Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House on March 14, 2017. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
After all the recent speculation that US President Donald Trump is seeking to end America's long-standing involvement in the Middle East, the violent demise of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has demonstrated that the White House remains resolute in pursuing its enemies.
As Mr Trump said in the immediate aftermath of Baghdadi's death in northwestern Syria at the weekend, killing or capturing the ISIS terrorist, the man responsible for overseeing the barbaric reign of cruelty that manifested itself under his so-called caliphate, had been his administration's number one priority.
It was to this end that Mr Trump personally authorised US special forces to undertake their daring mission against Baghdadi's hideout in Idlib province, close to the Turkish border, even though, in public, Mr Trump was insistent that he was intent on reducing America's involvement in what he has described as the "bloodstained sand" of the Middle East.

Ilhan Omar’s Anti-American, Pro-Islamic Polemic on the Armenian Genocide

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Ilhan Omar’s Anti-American, Pro-Islamic Polemic on the Armenian Genocide

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Earlier this week the House voted overwhelmingly (405-11) in favor of formally recognizing the Armenian Genocide, which was perpetrated by Ottoman Turks.  Among those miniscule few to vote “present,” thereby abstaining from voting, was Minnesotan Democrat, Ilhan Omar.   Her logic was expressed in a tweet: A true acknowledgement of historical crimes against humanity must include […]

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US Infantry Troops And Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles Roll Into Syria To Prevent Oil Reserves From Falling Into The Hands Of ISIS

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US Infantry Troops And Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles Roll Into Syria To Prevent Oil Reserves From Falling Into The Hands Of ISIS

by Geoffrey Grider

The decision to redeploy American forces into Syria appears to be reversal by Trump of his much criticized plan to withdraw U.S. troops from the country.

Bradley armored vehicles rolled into eastern Syria on a mission to combat ISIS and prevent oil wells from falling back into the hands of the Islamic extremist group, according to an official with Operation Inherent Resolve.

Things are happening so fast now in the Middle East if you blink you'll miss it. In a stunning reversal, Trump has ordered US infantry troops and Bradley armored fighting vehicles have rolled into Syria to prevent the oil reserves of Syria from falling into the hands of Islamic terror group ISIS.
"And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew 24:6-8 (KJV)
Across the oceans, things are happening fast here in America, too, as Democrats voted in Congress today to move forward with impeachment proceedings in their attempt to undo the 2016 election and prevent Trump's re-election in 2020. War in the Middle East, civil war in America, war everywhere you look. So look up, because that's coming soon too.

Bradleys and Army infantry roll into Syria to help secure oil wells

FROM MILITARY TIMES: Army Col. Myles B. Caggins III, a spokesman for the U.S.-led mission to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria, said the mechanized forces moving into Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, hailed from the 30th Armored Brigade Combat team, a National Guard unit from South Carolina.
NBC News was first to report it, citing OIR commander Army Lt. Gen. Pat White, that Bradleys and Army grunts had crossed into Deir ez-Zor.
Officials with the Pentagon and OIR did not detail the number of troops or armored vehicles tasked with protecting the oil wells in eastern Syria. But Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Monday that American troops would continue to withdraw from northern Syria.
“We are repositioning" U.S. forces to Deir ez-Zor to continue partnering with the SDF “to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure” and to deny ISIS access to revenue sources. "Mechanized forces provide infantry, maneuver, and firepower,”OIR tweeted Thursday.
Esper said he expected troop levels to be below the 1,000 troops that were deployed to northern Syria prior to President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American troops from the country following a Turkish incursion.
.@USArmy troops in 4-118th Infantry Regiment, @30thabct@NCNationalGuard attached to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, @SCNationalGuard, load M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to support the @CJTFOIR mission in Deir ez Zor, Syria. #DefeatDaesh pic.twitter.com/ZbFsvIemRW
— OIR Spokesman Col. Myles B. Caggins III (@OIRSpox) October 31, 2019
Turkey launched operations on Oct. 9 to combat U.S.-backed Kurdish forces. Turkey believes the American anti-ISIS partner force in Syria is a terrorist group.
The decision to redeploy American forces into Syria appears to be reversal by Trump of his much criticized plan to withdraw U.S. troops from the country. American military veterans who served in armor units have argued mechanized forces in Syria could add logistical and manpower strains for U.S. forces in Syria — countering Trump’s aim to withdraw from the region and end America’s involvement in forever wars.
The oil wells in eastern Syria are a contentious issue. Analysts contend the decision to deploy American armor to safeguard Syrian oil was made due to the threat of Russian and Syrian armor in the region.
How the Bradley will stack up to Russian armor is unknown. The small armor vehicle packs a 25 mm Bushmaster chain gun and is armed with the aging anti-tank missile system known as the TOW. But the Bradley could be highly effective against ISIS up-armored bomb-laden vehicles — a tactic that has grown in prominence among ISIS and Taliban fighters. READ MORE