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The Patriot Post Digest 10-26-2018
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Oct. 26, 2018 · https://patriotpost.us/digests/59121-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.” —Thomas Jefferson (1775)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/59120-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
CNN plays the victim, as authorities arrest a suspect in the bombing scare.
Justice for Kavanaugh: Avenatti has been referred for a criminal probe.
New York and its Democrat governor move to silence dissent.
The midterms are a big deal at the state level, too.
Diversity or Demo division? Our nation’s history is at stake.
Repealing the GOP tax cuts would cost Americans big time.
Two different marches receive two very different reactions.
Daily Features: Top Headlines, Memes, Cartoons, Columnists, and Short Cuts.
IN BRIEF
CNN Plays the Victim in Package-Gate1
Thomas Gallatin
“There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media. The President, and especially the White House press secretary, should understand their words matter. Thus far, they have shown no comprehension of that,” bellowed CNN president Jeff Zucker in a statement following the rash of (fake) pipe bombs2 sent to several high-profile Democrats. The obtuse nature of the statement by the head of CNN serves to further demonstrate that the Leftmedia outlet’s blatant anti-Trump bias isn’t merely expressed by some of its reporters — it flows straight down from the very top.
CNN has deservedly become one of President Donald Trump’s favorite punching bags for its biased reporting and repeated incidents of propagating fake news. For its part, CNN has been highly critical of Trump, regularly referring to him as both a racist and a liar. The network is after ratings…
Interestingly, Zucker failed to note the fact that the suspicious package was not intended for CNN but for former CIA Director John Brennan, who appears regularly on the network but is actually a contributor at MSNBC. In other words, none of these packages targeted CNN. Never mind that important detail — Zucker is evidently so united with the Democrats that he has no reservations over presuming that the threat was directed at CNN. Fake news?
It also appears that Zucker intentionally ignored the president’s call for unity when Trump said, “We have to unify. We have to come together. Acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the United States of America.” Clearly, Leftmedia propaganda outlets don’t believe Trump should be allowed to call them on their own hypocrisy as he did at a campaign rally on Wednesday night: “The media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative — and oftentimes, false — attacks and stories.”
Friday morning, Trump responded to CNN specifically, stating, “Funny how lowly rated CNN, and others, can criticize me at will, even blaming me for the current spate of Bombs and ridiculously comparing this to September 11th and the Oklahoma City bombing, yet when I criticize them they go wild and scream, ‘it’s just not Presidential!’”
Meanwhile, the FBI has arrested a Florida man in connection to the series of inert packages. However, since we still don’t know his motive, it would be foolish for any professional news organization to assume one — in fact, it would journalistic malpractice. But that hasn’t stopped CNN and other Leftmedia outlets from blaming Trump.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/59119-cnn-plays-the-victim-in-package-gate
Justice for Kavanaugh: Avenatti Referred for Criminal Probe3
Nate Jackson
In a welcome move, Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has referred Brett Kavanaugh’s third accuser, Julie Swetnick, and her porn-lawyer, Michael Avenatti, to the Justice Department and FBI for criminal investigation for lying to Congress.
Avenatti hit the talk-show circuit to repeat Swetnick’s completely ludicrous claims — that Kavanaugh was present for a “gang rape” ring4 at drunken high-school parties. Days after her initial accusations were made in a sworn statement to the Judiciary Committee, Swetnick walked back important aspects of her story in an interview. We won’t dredge through the whole affair again other than to say Swetnick’s allegations were the least credible and most salacious, which is no doubt why a self-promoter like Avenatti championed her.
In a letter5 to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Grassley wrote, “The law prohibits such false statements to Congress and obstruction of congressional committee investigations. For the law to work, we can’t just brush aside potential violations. I don’t take lightly making a referral of this nature, but ignoring this behavior will just invite more of it in the future.”
Moreover, “When charlatans make false claims to the Committee — claims that may earn them short-term media exposure and financial gain, but which hinder the Committee’s ability to do its job — there should be consequences.” Indeed there should, and we’re glad to see Grassley going to bat for Kavanaugh, who, as a sitting Supreme Court justice, can no longer practically defend himself.
Avenatti, who’s been teasing a 2020 presidential bid and thinks the nominee “better be a white male6,” fired back with his typical bravado, “It is ironic that Senator Grassley now is interested in investigations. He didn’t care when it came to putting a man on the SCOTUS for life. We welcome the investigation as now we can finally get to the bottom of Judge Kavanaugh’s lies and conduct. Let the truth be known.”
He later added a not-so-veiled threat: “Maybe if Grassley was actually a lawyer that knew something about the law, he would realize what he has done. He just opened up Pandora’s box as it relates to Justice Kavanaugh’s conduct. It is Christmas in October!”
We strongly suspect it’s not going to be a Merry Christmas for Avenatti. In recent days, Avenatti has also lost a legal battle that leaves him owing his former law partner $4.85 million (on top of $10 million from a previous judgment), as well as another case in which he was ordered to vacate his firm’s offices for failure to pay rent. Furthermore, Avenatti’s defamation case against President Donald Trump on behalf of his other infamous client, Stormy Daniels, was dismissed, and she must pay Trump’s legal fees. In other words, Avenatti is a pathetic excuse for an attorney and a scummy human being. Which we suppose makes him the perfect Democrat presidential candidate.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/59117-justice-for-kavanaugh-avenatti-referred-for-criminal-probe
New York Moves to Silence Dissent7
Harold Hutchison
Lost in the bustle of the midterm elections has been a very disturbing escalation of New York’s war against those who dissent from left-wing policies. We’ve covered Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his abuse of financial regulations8 to target the National Rifle Association9 in the wake of the Parkland shooting. Cuomo’s totalitarianism has drawn belated opposition10 from the long-silent ACLU11, but Fox News reports12 that other states are starting to employ the Cuomo playbook.
Well, things in New York have gotten worse, not better. The state is suing13 ExxonMobil for “misleading investors” about the possible risks from climate change. At least that’s what New York’s attorney general is saying in legal documents. In reality, the suit was filed because ExxonMobil isn’t going along with the preferred environmental policies of the current powers-that-be in the Empire State.
This isn’t Cuomo’s first such rodeo involving the use of government to find a back-door restriction on our rights. The Patriot Post team has warned about14 the use of RICO as a political weapon in the debate over environmental policy in the past. |
