Anonymous ID: 67b36f Jan. 18, 2019, 1:10 p.m. No.4809014   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9025 >>9026 >>9041 >>9050 >>9071 >>9092 >>9125 >>9139 >>9200 >>9205 >>9213 >>9245 >>9298 >>9336 >>9655

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Trump 'startled' to learn his attorney general pick Bill Barr was best friends with Robert Mueller and moaned to aides after confirmation hearing that he didn't realize they worked closely

 

Donald Trump was 'startled' after watching William Barr's attorney general confirmation hearing on Tuesday after he spoke about knowing Robert Mueller

The president told his aides that he didn't realize their work overlapped so much

Trump stiffened at hearing the pair have a close relationship after Barr was AG for George H.W. Bush

Trump re-nominated him and the Senate Judiciary Committee probe this week

Democrats grilled him repeatedly on views about Special Counsel Mueller

Barr vouched for Mueller and said he won't be 'bullied' into anything wrong

As attorney general, Barr could fire Mueller and bury his report on Russia

But Barr and Mueller are longtime friends whose wives share a Bible study

'I feel like I'm in a position in life where I can do the right thing and not really care about the consequences,' he said

 

Donald Trump was 'startled' after watching William Barr's attorney general confirmation hearing on Tuesday, after the 68-year-old spoke about his tight friendship with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

 

The president complained to his aides that 'he didn't realize how much their work overlapped or that they were so close' when he nominated him, according to CNN.

 

After watching Barr speak at the Senate Judiciary Committee, POTUS was caught 'off-guard' and 'bristled' as he had to listen to details of their history but he later calmed himself by putting their familiarity with each other purely down Washington business.

 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6605789/Donald-Trump-startled-attorney-general-pick-Bill-Barrs-friendship-Robert-Mueller.html

Anonymous ID: 67b36f Jan. 18, 2019, 1:12 p.m. No.4809029   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9059 >>9618 >>9655

A Federal Appeals Court Just Took A Big Swing At Planned Parenthood

 

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction forbidding Texas from stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds.

The decision is also significant for its harsh criticism of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider.

The case will return to a federal trial court, where Planned Parenthood will have another chance to secure an injunction against Texas.

 

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lifted an injunction forbidding Texas from stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funds Thursday, while stridently criticizing the abortion provider for its rhetoric and medical practices.

 

“Planned Parenthood’s reprehensible conduct, captured in undercover videos, proves that it is not a ‘qualified’ provider under the Medicaid Act, so we are confident we will ultimately prevail,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement after Thursday’s ruling.

 

The case arose after a pro-life group called the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood violating medical and ethical standards codified in federal law and state regulations. Texas terminated its Medicaid provider agreement with Planned Parenthood shortly thereafter, citing infractions documented in the videos.

 

In turn, Planned Parenthood asked a federal court to restore its Medicaid funding. Thursday’s ruling — which related to a jurisdictional issue in that case — is especially striking for its numerous rebukes of Planned Parenthood. Judge Edith Jones, a Ronald Reagan appointee, delivered the opinion.

 

The most noteworthy reprimand in the decision is a graphic depiction of post-abortion fetal remains taken from a CMP video. A small arm is visible in the picture. Texas cited the manner in which Planned Parenthood disposes of fetal remains as one reason for terminating its Medicaid eligibility.

 

In another instance, the decision accuses Planned Parenthood of breaking federal law banning partial birth abortions. The ruling highlights a CMP video in which an administrator called Dr. Tram Nguyen said doctors at one facility could evacuate an intact fetus — thereby breaking federal law — provided they sign a form that they did not “intend” to do so. That procedure allows researchers to recover organs like the thymus or the liver.

 

Later in the opinion, the panel chides Planned Parenthood for failing to address Nguyen’s comments in court filings.

 

“The plaintiffs’ briefing with regard to the substance of the discussions contained in the videos is curiously silent,” the decision reads.

 

Planned Parenthood has denied it intentionally alters abortion procedures for impermissible reasons.

 

The panel also dismissed Planned Parenthood’s claim that the CMP videos were “deceptively edited,” a soundbite that redounded across the press after the tapes first appeared.

 

“The record reflects that [the Texas Office of Inspector General] had submitted a report from a forensic firm concluding that the video was authentic and not deceptively edited,” a footnote in the decision reads. “And [Planned Parenthood] did not identify any particular omission or addition in the video footage.”

 

Finally the panel accused the judiciary of politicking on abortion cases. Ordinarily, providers like Planned Parenthood must challenge Medicaid termination decisions in an administrative forum and state court before seeking a federal court’s intervention. By allowing Planned Parenthood to skip directly to federal court — as the trial court did here — the 5th Circuit said judges are engaging in ideological favoritism.

 

https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/17/fifth-circuit-planned-parenthood/

Anonymous ID: 67b36f Jan. 18, 2019, 1:15 p.m. No.4809058   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9190

Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends Palm Beach elections chief Susan Bucher

 

Susan Bucher, the long-time supervisor of elections in Palm Beach County, was suspended Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis following a series of post-election controversies.

 

At a news conference at The Historical Museum of Palm Beach, DeSantis said he would follow Secretary of State Mike Ertel’s recommendation to suspend Bucher in order “to right the ship” in Palm Beach County.

 

DeSantis said Palm Beach County didn't complete the state-mandated recounts until after Christmas, tarnishing the state's image and creating a national embarrassment.

 

“Palm Beach County stands alone in that level of ineptitude,” DeSantis said. "They truly have been the keystone cops of election administration."

 

Bucher was the second South Florida elections supervisor to be suspended over the 2018 midterm recount. DeSantis' predecessor, Rick Scott, suspended Broward County Elections Supervisor Snipes from office and replaced her with lawyer Pete Antonacci, who served under Scott in a variety of high-profile positions.

 

However, on Friday, DeSantis also announced that he would accept the resignation of Brenda Snipes as Broward County elections supervisor, effective Jan. 4, “saving the taxpayers of Florida” a large amount of money.

 

A federal judge on Jan. 9 ruled that Scott had violated Snipes’ due-process rights, and ordered the state to hear her side of the story no later than March 31. DeSantis’ action would remove her suspension and the requested need for a hearing.

 

DeSantis on Friday named Wendy Link, a Palm Beach County real estate lawyer and a member of the state university system board of trustees, as Bucher’s replacement. DeSantis said Link does not plan to run for reelection; she will serve until 2020.

 

Link said she will focus on conducting impartial and nonpartisan elections, along with replacing outdated voting equipment that led to counting delays.

 

"I am going to ensure Palm Beach County is well prepared for every election," she said.

 

Reached Friday morning before the news conference, Bucher said she had no knowledge of a suspension.

 

"He's going to have to prove I did anything wrong," Bucher said. "They [the state] had [election] monitors here 24-7."

 

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-ron-desantis-suspends-susan-bucher-20190118-story.html

Anonymous ID: 67b36f Jan. 18, 2019, 1:20 p.m. No.4809120   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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Michael Cohen Spotted in New York With a Black Eye, Arm in a Sling

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/what-happened-michael-cohen-spotted-in-new-york-with-a-black-eye-arm-in-a-sling/

Anonymous ID: 67b36f Jan. 18, 2019, 1:21 p.m. No.4809129   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>9154 >>9388

Debbie Wasserman Schultz distances herself from crumbling liberal empire of the Women’s March

 

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) penned a firmly worded op-ed for USA Today, which delivered devastating news to the liberal Women's March: yet another prolific Democrat was cutting ties with the controversial organization.

 

The editorial, which ran on Friday, revealed that Wasserman Schultz was distancing herself from the Women's March over its growing problem of apparent anti-Semitism, racism, and more.

What did she say?

 

Wasserman Schultz, also the former chair of the Democratic National Committee, said that she left the 2017 Women's March "electrified" by the promise of a "movement built around sisterhood and solidarity."

 

Two years later, she says, "Today, sadly, I must walk away from the national Women's March organization, and specifically its leadership."

 

"While I still firmly believe in its values and mission, I cannot associate with the national march's leaders and principles, which refuse to completely repudiate anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry," she adds. "I cannot walk shoulder to shoulder with leaders who lock arms with outspoken peddlers of hate."

 

Wasserman Schultz was pointing to the actions of the Women's March leadership team — which includes Tamika Mallory, who appeared on "The View" Monday and discussed her support for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

 

Wasserman Schultz notes that she isn't the only Democrat pulling her support from the organization, as the Democratic National Committee itself pulled out of its sponsorship of the event, allegedly for the same reasons.

 

Anti-Semitism and hate, she writes, "have no place in activism."

 

"Since [the 2017 march]," she adds, "I witnessed a disturbing spike in hatred aimed at Jewish homes, schools, and synagogues in my own community. And with anti-Semitism and white nationalism apparently on the upswing in America and globally, the associations that [Linda] Sarsour, [Carmen] Perez, and Mallory have had with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan have been most troubling."

 

"It should not," Wasserman Schultz notes, "be difficult to condemn [Farrakhan's] hate speech and the person who constantly voices it."

 

She adds that it's "clear" the march's leadership "has yet to cut ties with those who promulgate hate and anti-Semitic rhetoric."

 

"Until it does, I cannot stand alongside it," the congresswoman writes. "We must fight oppression and bigotry in all its forms. Otherwise, what — or who? — are we marching for?"

 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/debbie-wasserman-schultz-womens-march