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The Patriot Post Digest 5-26-2017
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Dan Coats, Director of National Intelligence, told20 the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this week, “The release of information not only undermines the confidence in our allies, but our ability to maintain secure information we share with them, and they jeopardize sources and methods that are invaluable in finding out what’s going on and what threats are.”
The seriousness of the leaks became even more evident after the bombing of a concert venue in Manchester, England. Shortly afterward, the New York Times published an article containing leaked intelligence information about an ongoing investigation — and then slammed Trump for the leaks.
Consequently, the British announced that they would no longer cooperate with American intelligence officials on the investigation. Moreover, Prime Minister Teresa May even suggested that the special relationship between Great Britain at the United States was at risk. Trump was able to reassure our allies at the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday. At least for now.
But the problem isn’t going away as long as his administration is infested with Obama-era vermin. These individuals are leaking information to the media with the sole intent of damaging the president and undermining his ability to govern. Now that’s collusion.
As for collusion with the Russians, numerous public officials have conceded that there’s no evidence. This includes former Obama CIA Director John Brennan and Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Feinstein is a member of the Gang of Eight, a select group of House and Senate intelligence committee members briefed on FBI and CIA investigations. “There are all kinds of rumors around,” she stated. “There are newspaper stories, but that’s not necessarily evidence.”
Upon reviewing information at the CIA and being asked whether she saw any evidence of collusion, Feinstein said, plainly, “Not at this time.” Again, this isn’t just coming from the unhinged likes of Rep. Maxine Waters, but a high-ranking Democrat senator with access to the latest intelligence information.
Not that we can necessarily trust the FBI21 to conduct an honest investigation…
Meanwhile, despite Brennan’s unrevealing congressional testimony earlier this week, prominent Democrats such as Rep. Adam Schiff, a ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee, responded as though Brennan had revealed some critical evidence.
Byron York writes22 in the Washington Examiner, “Brennan gave the committee old information — he frankly admitted it was old — that did not take into account what has been learned in recent months from other sources.”
What Brennan did say is that leaks are deadly. “What I have found appalling is the number of leaks that have taken place over the last several months,” he said last week. “The real damage to national security is the leaks. These individuals who still stay within the government and are leaking this stuff to the press need to be brought to task.”
As for York’s reporting, it’s a truthful outlier amid an anti-Trump media onslaught. For all the stories23 about Trump being a threat to national security, the real threat is the collusion between Obama-appointed informants and the likes of the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN.
MORE ANALYSIS FROM THE PATRIOT POST
Social Justice Grammar and ‘Zir’ Own Agenda24 — They’re ransacking the English language because in doing so, they find power and the ability to manipulate the historical narrative.
NYT Peddles Another Vacuous Story on the Russia-Trump Conspiracy25 — Using claims from unnamed sources, Leftmedia outlets are pushing the collusion narrative to the level of the ridiculous.
Carrier Jobs Move to Mexico, Trump Not to Blame26 — True, Trump failed to keep his overpromise, but the real culprit is a poorly kept “secret” — minimum wage costs jobs.
BEST OF RIGHT OPINION
Erick Erickson: Secular Ecclesiology27
David Limbaugh: Pros and Cons of Trump’s Budget and Cons of Dem Demagoguery28
Joe Bastardi: Is This Really the Worst Ever?29
For more, visit Right Opinion30.
OPINION IN BRIEF
David Limbaugh: “Demagoguery and propaganda are enemies of good governance, but nowhere is that more apparent than in the federal budget, on which Democrats are shameless and too many Republicans are feckless. Sages from American history presciently predicted that our republic would be in jeopardy if voters acquired the power to vote themselves money from the public trough. The U.S. Constitution did not contemplate that the federal government and federal politicians would be able to secure their elective offices through legislative transfers of wealth, but the sordid practice has been with us for decades, and we are paying the price. … Liberals have an easy job. All they need to do is promise benefits and apply dishonest marketing strategies to paint themselves as caring and their opponents as ogres. They don’t need to designate how those benefits will be funded, and they slam the so-called rich for not paying their fair share — an abominably false claim.”
SHORT CUTS
Insight: “All government, in its essence, is organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man.” —H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
Political futures: “Recent polls have found Obamacare to be at unprecedented levels of popularity while Republican efforts to replace it are very unpopular. My own interpretation of those polls: People don’t dislike the Republican plans because they favor Obamacare; they favor Obamacare because they dislike the Republican plans. The public’s dominant sentiment on health care is usually: Please, Washington, don’t do anything more to screw it up, especially if it could affect me.” —Ramesh Ponnuru
Braying Jackass: “I look at a place like Syria, where despite our best efforts — and this is something I worked on a lot — we still have a vicious war.” —Barack Obama
Braying Jenny: “To see this person who wants to be the one representative into the House of Representatives from Montana be sort of a wannabe Trump — you know, use language like that, treat people harshly like that — that’s his model. Donald Trump’s his model. And we’ve really got to say, ‘Come on, behave, behave.’” —Nancy Pelosi
Demo-gogues: “It’s a tactic, to attack the press. And we really have to say this is about the Constitution of the United States, and behavior that creates alternative facts and fake news, and all these other mischaracterizations, do a disservice to our democracy.” —Nancy Pelosi, who’s an expert at ignoring the Constitution and peddling fake news
The BIG Lie: “When the president fired the head of the FBI who was investigating him … and the president went on to say on national TV that he did it because of the investigation … all of these things combined are enough to conclude that the president has committed an impeachable act.” —Rep. Al Green
That’ll fix it! “We should explore ideas like universal basic income to give everyone a cushion to try new things.” —Mark Zuckerberg
Late-night humor: “An Ohio man recently proposed to his girlfriend at the finish line of a marathon. And she can never find out that he really said, ‘Will you carry me?’” —Seth Meyers
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Managing Editor Nate Jackson
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