The Hilton
Cleveland Downtown Hotel opened yesterday, well before the RNC in July. Its website shows some exterior and interior images, but Tea Party photographer Pat Dooley forwarded these photos:
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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Friday, May 27, 2016
Memorial Day weekend 2016
We’re
heading into the Memorial Day weekend. Memorial Day itself “is a federal holiday in the
United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces.”
Pamela
Geller’s blog, Atlas Shrugged, is a go-to resource for reports about and analyses of radical
Islamic issues and events. However, today, she posted a remarkable photo essay to
commemorate American troops who lost their lives and are buried overseas. It’s
a sobering tribute, and it's in stark contrast to President Obama’s most recent
apology tour in Japan yesterday (link is to John Bolton's commentary on the President's visit to Hiroshima).
Geller’s
first photo (above) is captioned: “The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial
in France covers 113.5 acres and contains the largest number of graves of our
military dead of World War II.” Spend some time this weekend with the photos and captions she posted.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
States sue feds over bathroom policy
photo credit: elitereaders.com
11 states sue US government over transgenderbathroom policy
Why isn’t Ohio one of them?
One of the three core Tea Party values is “limited
government.” Whatever one may think of the controversies over bathrooms and
sexual identity, the feds are clearly overreaching. From the AOL report:
The state of Texas is the lead
plaintiff and was joined by Alabama, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Tennessee,
Oklahoma, Louisiana, Utah and Georgia, plus the Arizona Department of Education
and the governor of Maine.
School districts from Texas and
Arizona also joined the suit, which names the U.S. government and a host of
federal agencies and officials as defendants.
Alison Gill, the vice chair of
the Trans United Fund, a political advocacy group, said the states' challenge
did not reflect the position of most school boards and administrators, who have
come out in favor of the administration's order.
"This action puts students
at risk for the sake of politics," Gill said.
The White House did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
Arizona Attorney General Mark
Brnovich said, "President Obama has no business setting locker room and
restroom policies for our schools."
"School policies should be
determined by individual states, educators and parents - not dictated by a
presidential decree," added West Virginia Attorney General Patrick
Morrisey.
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Paid protests coming to Cleveland?
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Phyllis Schlafly Elected as GOP Delegate
photo credit: cnmnewz.com
This just in: News release from Eagle Forum (h/t
conservative treehouse):
Phyllis Schlafly
Elected as National Delegate at Missouri Convention
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE: May 21, 2016
CONTACT: Ryan
Hite, Communications Director O 314.721.1213 /Ryan@EagleForum.org
Branson, MO: Today
at the Missouri Republican State Convention in Branson, Phyllis Schlafly,
founder and chairman of Eagle Forum, was elected as a national delegate to the
Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Phyllis has participated in
every convention since 1952.
“Politics is
where the action is and the Republican Party is where we can make a difference.
I am proud to be a Republican and attend our Conventions,” Schlafly said. “I
look forward to joining other conservatives in Cleveland to pass our solid,
conservative platform that includes a strong defense of the unborn, traditional
marriage, and the American military superiority that has given us ‘peace
through strength.’
. . .
“In Cleveland,
I will proudly cast my vote for the next President of the United States of
America, Mr. Donald J. Trump.”
Good to see Ms. Schlafly is still
chairman of Eagle Forum, after the recent attempted coup.
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Friday, May 20, 2016
Illegal Immigration in an Obama World
photo credit: rare.us
NumbersUSA tracks legislation, executive orders, developments, and issues
concerning immigration laws and enforcement. I thought I would share their lead
story from today’s depressing newsletter.
Top Obama official admits executive actions & sanctuary
cities to blame for lower deportation numbers
Fri, May 20th
The days of Pres. Obama being called
the "Deporter-in-Chief" are long over. Overall removals are way down
and removals of illegal aliens from the interior by Immigration Customs and
Enforcement (ICE) agents are down 70% from the early years of the
Administration.
Why such a decline?
A Senate panel heard the answer
Thursday from Thomas Homan, Executive Associate Director for ICE's Enforcement
And Removal Operations. He said the decline is a result of both the
Administration's executive actions issued in 2012 and 2014 and the existence of
sanctuary jurisdictions.
"There are a number of reasons
why the numbers are down," Homan said and listed them.
"Sanctuary cities"
"Jurisdictions not honoring my
detainers"
"The Trust Act [2013 California
law limiting holds on illegal aliens]"
"In 2012, John Morton, the
Assistant Secretary of ICE, issued a policy in who we issue detainers on.
Virtually took Level 3s off the table. This is a law-abiding society, so most
crimes are Level 3."
" Executive actions. Executive
actions have narrowed my target pool down."
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS RESPONSBILE
Then, there was this exchange between
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Homan.
SESSIONS: Isn't it true that ICE gets
calls every single day from police officers all across America that are not
Sanctuary Cities and you're not responding to them because they don't meet the
guidelines or the priorities established by the President?
HOMAN: That is true.
SESSIONS: So it's not true then that
the reason your numbers are down is because you don't have people to deport.
You have them to deport, but you have policies that tell you not to deport
whole categories that are here unlawfully. Isn't that correct?
HOMAN: That's a factor, yes sir.
Homan made it a point to praise the
men and women of ICE, and their commitment to the "mission". Of
course, he's not allowed to comment on his opinion of Pres. Obama's policies,
so we don't know where he, a career ICE agent stands, but morale among ICE
agents is among the lowest of all federal employees, which would lead one to
believe that the agents don't necessarily agree with the Administration's
policies.
UNION CHIEF SAYS BORDER PATROL
RELEASES ALMOST EVERYONE
Border Patrol Union President Brandon
Judd also testified and shed further light on the Administration's policies,
specifically its catch-and-release policies. According to Judd, the Border
Patrol releases almost every illegal alien it comes into contact with -- even
if the alien has a criminal history.
"The second part of the
catch-and-release program is releasing people without NTAs [Notices to Appear].
This is actually the most disconcerting part. We can actually arrest somebody
with an actual criminal arrest record here in the United States, and if it does
not meet these priority guidelines, we have to walk them out the door if
they've been here since, if they claim to have been here (his emphasis), since
January of 2014, we have to walk them out our door. And we don't even issue
them an NTA. In effect, we're saying stay in the country as long as you
want."
Judd went on to say that anyone caught
crossing the border illegally who is not from Mexico is released by the Border
Patrol and that approximately 80% of Mexicans who are caught crossing the
border illegally are released. Again, all of this is not a reflection on the
men and women of the Border Patrol or of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
It's all under the direction of the Obama Administration.
Civil Rights icon and Chair of the
last bipartisan Commission on Immigration, Barbara Jordan, once told Congress,
"Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: those
who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and
those who should not be here will be required to leave."
The Obama Administration has sent a
message to the world that unless you're convicted of a violent crime, you'll
never be required to leave.
Maybe Rep. Paul Ryan can put a stop to this.s/o Anyway, the NumbersUSA website is here.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
Facebook and Conservatives
Photo credit: Breitbart.com
Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy – the RINO leadership in 2014
with Mark Zuckerberg
About that meeting between Facebook’s
Mark Zuckerberg and concerned conservatives, via Breitbart Big Journalism:
Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg met with a range of establishment conservatives in Silicon
Valley on Wednesday to discuss the reported suppression of conservative
content.
There were
reportedly 16 attendees at the meeting, which included:
Glenn Beck,
founder of the The Blaze
Barry Bennett,
an adviser to Donald Trump
Jim DeMint,
former GOP Senator from South Carolina [now at Heritage Foundation]
Robert Bluey,
editor in chief of the The Daily Signal
Dana Perino,
host at Fox News
Alex Skatell,
founder of the Independent Journal Review
Mary Katharine
Ham, Hot Air Editor at Large
S.E. Cupp, CNN
political commentator
Jenny Beth
Martin, CEO of the Tea Party Patriots
Brent Bozell,
President of Media Research Center
Zac Moffatt,
part of Mitt Romney’s campaign
Arthur Brooks,
American Entreprise Institute
Representatives
from Breitbart were asked to attend but
declined the invitation, as did American
Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp.
While Breitbart is not entirely free
of bias itself (see here and here), its report today expressed a viewpoint that, if indeed embraced by Breitbart, that most conservatives would share.
We do not want,
nor do we need, Facebook’s corporate “validation.” We understand algorithms.
Our social media team works relentlessly each day using state of the art
analytics to monitor and leverage Facebook traffic. We strive for excellence,
and we do not need Facebook’s condescension.
Here’s what we
and our tens of millions of readers are interested in:
An interview
between Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos and Mark Zuckerberg on the
topic of free speech and Facebook’s suppression of conservative media. Milo
will interview Zuckerberg anytime, anywhere—and we’ll agree to have it
broadcast on your live video platform.
Facebook to
immediately cease its active suppression of conservative media, as extensively
reported by Gizmodo, The Guardian, and myriad other news outlets.
Indeed, Facebook’s Trending News chief, Tom Stocky, is
a maximum political donor to Hillary Clinton. So there’s no need to
“discuss” anything. Facebook did it, Facebook got caught, and it must end.
Bottom line: be
interviewed by Milo and stop screwing conservatives.
Free speech is
not for sale, and neither are we.
But look at some of the names on the
list of “Vichy” conservatives who DID meet with Zuckerberg. I now expect names
like Bozell, Beck, and Perino on the list. But it is more than a bit alarming
to this Tea Party patriot (small case “p” for patriot is deliberate) that
Jenny Beth Martin is on the list. She is not keeping good company these days. And
why is she now listed as the “CEO” of Tea Party Patriots, originally organized
as a grassroots bottom-up loose organization of disparate Tea Party groups
across the country. Cleveland Tea Party does not answer to a CEO. From a philosophical
standpoint, we are closer to the Breitbart position quoted above.
This meeting was all about damage
control. Once again Sundance exposes the charade.
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