|
nChrist
|
 |
« on: July 17, 2017, 03:37:33 PM » |
|
________________________________________
The Patriot Post Digest 7-17-2017
From The Federalist Patriot
Free Email Subscription
________________________________________
Mid-Day Digest
Jul. 17, 2017
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Obama’s social engineering and climate change policies still harm military readiness.
Judicial overreach obstructs Trump’s agenda at the EPA.
Leftmedia credibility is so bad that people are increasingly tuning out.
Daily Features: Top Headlines, Cartoons, Columnists and Short Cuts.
THE FOUNDATION
“The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.” —George Washington (1783)
TOP RIGHT HOOKS
Military Readiness Still Hampered by Obama’s Issues1
As Mark Alexander wrote2 last August, “Our Armed Forces personnel are the best in the world, but their effectiveness is being undermined by wasteful and absurd political mandates.” That’s because, under Barack Obama, the key objective for his Pentagon was social experimentation, not national security. Alexander noted, “Obama has used our military as a social testing ground for his homosexual agenda3, most recently ordering ‘gay pride celebrations4,’ opening the closets wide for transsexuals5, and naming a ship the USS Harvey Milk6 after a degenerate homosexual activist and pedophile.” Just last week, the House voted7 to keep taxpayer funding for sex-reassignment surgery, so the trend hasn’t ended with Obama’s exit.
It’s not just social issues, either; it’s climate change. From Obama’s “Great Green Fleet8” that uses alternative fuel as part of his mandate on military emissions to the “Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience9” directive issued in 2016, the previous administration was committed to fighting the phantom menace. The rationale was entirely political and had little to do with national security — albeit with such warnings as that 128 military bases were at risk of submersion due to rising ocean levels.
President Donald Trump has undone some of these policies, but not all or even most. While Defense Secretary James Mattis delayed the transgender enlistment policy for six months, it’s almost inevitable that it will be put into place. The Pentagon is still operating under an alternative fuel mandate, and it’s still tasked with combatting climate change. After 16 years of continuous combat operations, military equipment is in dire need of upgrade and replacement. The Air Force is hundreds of pilots short. Other branches are struggling to keep personnel and equipment at the ready. But money and manpower is being diverted to secondary concerns.
As Alexander concluded last year, “The net effect of Obama’s mandates and spending priorities is destroying our military’s most valuable asset, the morale of our warriors.” The effect can be deadly. It’s up to Trump to correct course.
More Judicial Overreach Stymies Trump’s Deregulation Agenda10
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 ruling, recently reversed the decision by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt of a 90-day stay on implementing new methane emissions regulations created during the final year of Barack Obama’s presidency. Pruitt argued that the stay was needed in order to thoroughly review the financial impact of the new regulations on the fossil fuel industry. Even the EPA estimated the compliance cost to be as high as $530 million, which means it would most likely be far higher. Pruitt further argued that not enough time was given for the oil industry to weigh in before the regulation went into effect.
The court rejected Pruitt’s argument, with the majority stating, “The administrative record thus makes clear that industry groups had ample opportunity to comment on all four issues on which EPA granted reconsideration, and indeed, that in several instances the agency incorporated those comments directly into the final rule.”
But there’s one big problem here that demonstrates yet another example of judicial overreach in the era of Donald Trump. This action taken by the court is extraordinary in that the court itself has recognized that its authority is limited to the reviewing of “final agency actions,” which clearly EPA Director Pruitt’s 90-day stay does not merit. In her dissenting opinion, Judge Janice Rogers blasted the majority opinion, stating, “In contrast to our precedent, the Court’s opinion concludes a particular administration proceeding has innumerable final agency actions, including intermediate decisions. No authority supports this proposition.”
Pruitt can appeal to the Supreme Court, but he won’t get a ruling on it until next year, and in the meantime the Obama-era regulation will go into effect. This is yet another reason for Trump to get busy putting conservative judges on the bench. It’s clear that the Left will continue to appeal to activist judges to block as much of Trump’s agenda as possible.
Top Headlines11
The revised Senate health care bill is a major improvement over the status quo. (The Daily Signal12)
Six GOP senators who could kill ObamaCare repeal, replace. (PoliZette13)
House passes $696.5B defense policy bill. (The Hill14)
Monthly federal spending tops $400B for first time. (CNS News15)
Feds spend $373,522 to put subliminal cigarette warnings in video games. (The Washington Free Beacon16)
Feds spend $224,999 on “clean water” video game. (The Washington Free Beacon17)
San Francisco can’t stop illegal aliens, but they can keep chocolate milk out of schools. (Hot Air18.)
Leftist collusion: Russia suspected of using shell company to exploit American anti-fracking activists. (The Washington Times19)
Students file lawsuit after school denies pro-life club approval. (The Daily Signal20)
Humor: CNN Report: Millions of American voters may have colluded to elect Trump. (The Babylon Bee21)
Policy: Health care will bankrupt the nation. (Manhattan Institute22)
Policy: Most teens aren’t having sex, and they deserve more support for that choice. (Institute for Family Studies23)
For more, visit Patriot Headline Report24.
FEATURED RIGHT ANALYSIS
Americans Are Tuning Out the Leftmedia25
By Robin Smith
The bias in the mainstream media has been present and acknowledged for years — indeed, it’s a big reason why we started this publication 21 years ago. So many individuals assuming the roles of key correspondents and reporters identify and speak as Democrats that Mark Alexander has identified this collusion between the Leftmedia and the Democrat Party as the Demo/MSM26.
The bias that unquestionably increased during Barack Obama’s two terms has gone off the charts with Trump Derangement Syndrome. There is ever more editorializing instead of investigative reporting or authentic journalism. After the historic political upset of American politics last November, Democrat media operatives can neither contain their disdain for President Donald Trump nor explain their coronation-gone-bad.
In essence, the meltdown expressed by so very many in the profession formerly known as journalism is now the new normal for regular programming in much of the cable and broadcast news networks, along with the high-brow print media, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Put simply, the new normal for leftists is fit-pitching. Lesson to learn: Working Americans are tiring of perpetual toddler-like fits from talkingheads and politicians. In the media, the constant blatant bias and unabashed contempt for the average American’s decision to elect Trump has opened the door for a new day and a new vocabulary.
Terms such as fake news, very fake news, leftist propaganda media and corrupt news have not only gained traction, they’re representative of the prevailing belief of the American public. Several polling surveys have recorded an existential destruction of the credibility of the news and journalism. |
