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Deep state meet the “deep media.”
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh coined this handy new term during a broadcast this week to designate those news organizations who appear sympathetic or cooperative with the “deep state” — the shadow government rumored to be at work against President Trump and his administration.
Mr. Limbaugh dropped the term on Monday when he was addressing the ongoing Russian collusion investigation and its rumored impact on the 2016 presidential election.
“There isn’t a shred of evidence for it. And everybody except the deep state, the deep media, some in the Republican Party — to this day there are Republicans that believe the Russians colluded, the Russians hacked. I mean, to the extent that they were able to shape the outcome of the election, I simply don’t believe it’s possible,” Mr. Limbaugh told his audience.
Daily Caller columnist Derek Hunter also alluded to the term earlier this week, referring to the work of the “deep state media” in a column and a podcast.
A recent Monmouth University poll recently confirmed that 74 percent of Americans say that the deep state exists as “a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy.”
Deep Media
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/23/rush-limbaugh-coins-a-handy-new-term-the-deep-medi/
Anti-Trump forces threaten GOP lawmakers' lives in name of #Resistance
Political conversations have grown increasingly nasty in recent years, and it may be spawning something even worse: a growing number of people taking their vitriol to another level by threatening members of Congress.
In the past couple of months, the Justice Department announced action in four cases involving people who threatened serious harm, or even death, to federal lawmakers.
Most of those threats were made online, reflecting just one way people can convey their most vulgar feelings toward those on other sides of public policy disputes.
Most of the targets have been Republican lawmakers, who are in the crosshairs of anti-Trump forces who relish their stance as a self-styled #Resistance.
Authorities said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has been the brunt of such venom. Christopher Michael McGowan, the man accused of threatening the life of the Virginia Republican, seems to have disliked Mr. Goodlatte’s attempts to question the direction of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential campaign.
“I’m serious @BobGoodlatte6,” ran part of a tweet Mr. McGowan is accused of sending in April. “You keep [expletive] with our constitution and challenged Mueller and the last you will see by my patriot ass behind a gun.”
In an email sent quickly to local police, Mr. McGowan, 38, said he had been drinking and made a mistake. But prosecutors say Mr. McGowan returned to Twitter days later to brag about his threats to kill the congressman.
One of Mr. Goodlatte’s neighbors, Rep. Thomas A Garrett Jr., received threats via Facebook.
Prosecutors secured an indictment against Eun Soo Lee, 28, of Cypress, California, accusing him of threatening to “curb-stomp” the Virginia Republican and told him, “You’re dead if I ever meet you in real life, [expletive]. I’ll [expletive] kill you.”
It’s unclear whether Mr. Lee is the author because the message appears to be a copy-and-paste of a generic rant that has circulated through internet forums in recent years.
Indeed, the intent of the person ranting and the level of intent they represent are thorny issues for law enforcement, which must navigate between First Amendment rights and genuine threats.
“I don’t envy the job law enforcement has of distinguishing between what we have to investigate and what we let slide, especially because you worry that the one case you overlook could have catastrophic consequences,” said Keith E. Whittington, a political science professor at Princeton University.
Although the occupant of the White House gets the brunt of threats, the 535 members of Congress, often very visible in their communities, also are targets. A congressman from Colorado was instructed to wear body armor while delivering public speeches.
It would be easier to dismiss these disturbed rants were it not for James T. Hodgkinson, a left-wing zealot set on assassinating Republicans. He drove from Illinois to Virginia, cased the ballpark in Alexandria where Republican lawmakers were practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game and, on June 14, 2017, unleashed 62 rounds from a rifle and a handgun.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, was shot in the hip and gravely wounded.
“We live in a politically divided country, and that’s been the case for years,” he said. “But while I’m not going to allow it to change my plans to get out and campaign for our conservative majority, I am concerned with the level of political vitriol in our country.”
Mr. Scalise often points to his long-standing friendship with Democratic Rep. Cedric L. Richmond. The two met while cutting their political teeth together in the Louisiana Legislature.
“I’ve always felt strongly that political differences should never devolve into personal attacks, and have been able to build strong friendships with colleagues on both sides of the aisle,” the majority whip said.
The FBI investigated the shooting incident and determined that “we are not seeing a sustained trend in criminal threats to members of Congress,” agency spokeswoman Nora Scheland said.
Eva Malecki, a spokeswoman for U.S. Capitol Police, which provides protection for members of Congress both in Washington and in their home districts, declined to discuss how her office is addressing the spate of threats.
The Justice Department declined to comment beyond press releases and referred all questions to the FBI.
https:// www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/24/republicans-congress-face-death-threats-anti-trump/
I think this sounds like something that could stick like glue:) I should be used very generously!
Joe Biden accuses GOP of abandoning American values, embracing 'fake nationalism'
In a forceful rebuke to President Donald Trump and other Washington Republicans, former Vice President Joe Biden told fellow Democrats in New York on Thursday that the GOP has abandoned traditional American values in the name of “phony populism” and “fake nationalism.”
Speaking at the party’s New York state convention on Long Island, Biden urged his party to stand for tolerance and efforts to expand education and economic opportunity.
“This is not your father’s Republican Party,” Biden told the audience. “They are not who we are. They are not who America is. What they are doing is sending a vision of America around the world that is distorted. That is damaging. That is hurting us… this phony populism, this fake nationalism…. It’s time to say ‘no more.’”
Biden’s remarks came during a speech endorsing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s bid for a third term. Cuomo easily won his party’s nomination Wednesday but still faces a likely primary challenge from “Sex and the City” star and liberal activist Cynthia Nixon. Dutchess County Marc Molinaro won the GOP nomination for governor at that party’s convention Wednesday in Manhattan.
Cuomo, who like Biden is considered a potential White House contender, followed Biden with his own scorching criticism of Trump and the Republicans, but he also leveled some criticism at his own party’s handling of the 2016 election. He said voters want leaders who deliver “practical progress for people in need” and not “pontification from an ivory tower.”
“We have to take a long look in the mirror and face some hard truths,” said Cuomo, the son of the late Gov. Mario Cuomo. “We lost the connection with who we are. … It’s a national problem and the Democratic Party all across the country is still searching for its way forward.”
In a speech that effectively kicks off his re-election bid, Cuomo laid out his administration’s work to pass same-sex marriage, raise the minimum wage to $15, enact new gun control laws and make in-state tuition to public colleges free for eligible middle class students.
“This is real life. It matters how much food is on the table, or whether they can pay the rent, or whether they can pay for medicine … or whether their child can afford a college education,” he said of New Yorkers.
Molinaro and Nixon have both attacked Cuomo as a political insider who has failed to address chronic corruption and who has been on the job too long.
“The truth is the governor isn’t a progressive and he knows it,” Nixon told reporters Wednesday. She was not invited to address the convention. “I won’t be scared out of the room. New Yorkers deserve a choice.”
Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in New York state by more than 2-1, giving Cuomo a formidable advantage in what’s already expected to be an election year favorable to his party. Skeptical members of his party’s left wing could be a bigger problem for the governor, as Nixon’s challenge shows. A small group of protesters briefly interrupted the convention during Cuomo’s speech before they were shouted down by cries from Cuomo supporters who yelled “four more years!”
The convention attracted several prominent Democrats including Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, U.S. senator and Democratic nominee for president. Clinton spoke at the convention Wednesday and also endorsed Cuomo, who served as federal housing secretary in the administration of former President Bill Clinton.
https:// www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/24/joe-biden-accuses-gop-abandoning-american-values-e/
Art of the deal, North Korea edition
A diplomatic breakthrough between the United States and North Korea has stalled for the time being, prompting alarm, scorn and glee among President Trump’s critics. But wait. Seasoned observers know that diplomacy is a work in progress, full of tweaks and maneuvers. Deals often follow the same trajectory. Is it time to consult Mr. Trump’s 1987 book “The Art of the Deal” to figure out which strategic tactic the president could be using here? Maybe.
It is telling that the White House instantly released the abrupt but remarkably worded letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the public — and it was instantly parsed for language, tone and intent by a breathless press. Interest is now intense. Curiosity and speculation are rampant, drama is in the air.
Is deal-making in motion? Let us go back to 1987 for insight.
“Deals are my art form,” Mr. Trump said in his famous book. “Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big deals. That’s how I get my kicks. Most people are surprised by the way I work. I play it very loose. I don’t carry a briefcase. I try no to schedule too many meetings. I leave my door open.”
Though written 31 years ago, that candid statement reveals that some Trump artistry may be afoot as the planet awaits a decision: Will the pair meet? Jittery diplomats, an intrigued public and the critical news media want to know.
Meanwhile, a few headlines to get us started.
“Donald Trump’s war against himself leads to North Korea summit cancellation” (CNN); “Trump writes Kim Jong-un epic letter cancelling upcoming summit” (Townhall.com); “North Korea summit nixed, Trump’s diplomacy flops” (Washington Post); “Trump may have given Kim an offer he dare not refuse” (The Hill); “Was Trump boxed in by the North Koreans?” (CBS); “Why ‘deal-maker’ Trump found meeting Kim Jong-un a challenge too far” (The Telegraph); “Market slides on new Trump is cancelling” (NBC); “Pelosi, Dems mock Trump for pulling out of summit” (Fox News).
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https:// www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/24/inside-the-beltway-art-of-the-deal-north-korea-edi/
I don't think it has gotten hot enough for him yet, he probably needs an erupting volcano under his ass., kek
He really is. Just at the right time too.
He definitely shoots from the hip with that mouth and those hands of his.
I agree which is why I thought it was so important to post here, not going to hear this kind of news for the normies to absorb on the mainstream media/ or should I say Deep Media this has to start with them not being honest with the American public.