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The Patriot Post Digest 9-12-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Sep. 12, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/65432-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” —Thomas Paine (1776)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/65428-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Dehumanizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks through careless language.1
A judicial win for Trump on asylum policy.2
Daily Features: More Analysis3, Columnists4, Headlines5, Opinion in Brief6, Short Cuts7, Memes8, and Cartoons9.
IN BRIEF
‘Some People Did Something,’ ‘Airplanes Took Aim’10
Earlier this year, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) fundraiser, where she described the 9/11 terrorist attacks with some of the most callous and dehumanizing language we can imagine from a member of the United States Congress. Nearly 3,000 Americans were slaughtered by 19 Islamist jihadis on 9/11, but in praising CAIR for standing up for Muslims and “all of us [who] were starting to lose access to our civil liberties” in the aftermath, Omar said of 9/11 that “some people did something.”
Most Americans were appalled at that description and rejected it at the time11. The 9/11 remembrance ceremonies yesterday provided another opportunity.
Nicholas Haros Jr., speaking at Ground Zero about the murder of his mother that day, had some choice words for Omar. Haros said, “‘Some people did something,’ said a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota. … Today I am here to respond to you. Exactly who did what to whom? Madam, objectively speaking we know who and what was done. There is no uncertainty about that. Why your confusion?” After recounting the events of that horrific day, Haros said rhetorically, “Is that clear?”
He then said to the victims’ families gathered at the memorial, “But as to whom, I was attacked, your relatives and friends were attacked, our constitutional freedoms were attacked, and our nation’s founding on Judeo-Christian principles [was] attacked. That’s what some people did. Got that now? We are here today, congresswoman, to tell you and ‘The Squad’ just who did what to whom. Show respect in honoring them, please. American patriotism and your position demand it.”
In a related bit of dehumanizing spin, the flagship newspaper of the Leftmedia, The New York Times — yes, the one based in New York — marked the day with this: “18 years have passed since airplanes took aim and brought down the World Trade Center. Today, families will once again gather and grieve at the site where more than 2000 people died.”
Were those planes on autopilot and the whole thing was just a terrible accident? The Times’s editors did get the message, changing that to read, “Eighteen years have passed since terrorists commandeered airplanes to take aim at the World Trade Center and bring them down.”
That’s more accurate, though it still only makes an ambiguous reference to “terrorists” with no reported motive. But the original transparent effort to direct attention away from the jihadi perpetrators is akin to the Leftmedia’s propaganda narrative about guns committing crimes. Where media outlets do pin the blame on an assailant, it’s always a “gunman” so as to emphasize the tool he used rather than his own twisted motivations. Sept. 11 was no more an “airplane problem” than mass shootings are a “gun problem.”
In short, words mean things, and when discussing the ideologically driven murder of thousands of people, it’s critical to get those words right.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65427-some-people-did-something-airplanes-took-aim
SCOTUS Backs Trump on Asylum Rule12
President Donald Trump was handed a big win by the Supreme Court on Wednesday when the justices terminated all nationwide injunctions that prevented the administration from enforcing its new asylum rule. The rule in question bans asylum requests from individuals who crossed an adjacent country to the U.S. without having first sought asylum in the adjacent country.
The rule was added as a temporary measure, explained acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, to “reduce a major pull factor driving irregular migration to the United States and enable DHS and DOJ to more quickly and efficiently process cases originating from the southern border, leading to fewer individuals transiting through Mexico on a dangerous journey.”
On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar’s nationwide injunction13 against Trump’s asylum rule could only apply to the region of the Ninth Circuit, not the entire nation. However, the next day Judge Tigar, a Barack Obama appointee, reissued his nationwide injunction arguing that it was necessary to “maintain uniform immigration policy.”
It’s important to note that SCOTUS’s ruling was not on the merits of Trump’s asylum rule; rather it was over the legality of a district judge’s authority to issue nationwide injunctions. The case now returns to the Ninth Circuit, which is less of a bad thing than it used to be. That court has received quite the facelift since Trump’s election. As Fox News reports, “The San Francisco-based appellate court has seven Trump-appointed federal judges — more than any other federal appellate bench. The radical transformation of the court, which has 29 seats, is largely the result of Trump’s push to nominate conservative judges and bypass traditional consultations with Senate Democrats. Thirteen of the 29 seats are now occupied by GOP-appointed judges. Last year, that number stood at six.”
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65425-scotus-backs-trump-on-asylum-rule
ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY
Featured Analysis: The United States of Google?14 — Breaking up “Big Tech” isn’t going to address the assault on American’s privacy.
Lessons America Should Learn From the Long War15 — And hard truths we must accept in order to effectively defend our nation.
Trump’s Tariffs Taking Toll on Chinese Economy16 — Beijing maybe closer to seeking an agreement to end the trade war than many realize.
American Spirit: Boy Uses Money for Disney Trip to Help Dorian Evacuees17 — His ultimate birthday wish was to serve others as they evacuated before the hurricane.
Video: Feminist Victimhood18 — Christina Hoff Sommers joins Bill Maher to discuss the trouble with modern feminism.
Video: Is There No Such Thing As ‘Too Far Left’?19 — Pushing abortion for population control, scrapping borders, and promising everything “free.”
TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
HISTORIC MILESTONE: “The U.S. Senate confirmed President Trump’s 150th judicial nominee Wednesday, helping to fulfill the president’s campaign promise to remake the federal bench with a conservative bent. Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham called the number of confirmations a ‘historic milestone.’ ‘These conservative judicial appointments will impact our nation for years to come,’ the South Carolina Republican said.” (The Washington Times23)
GESTURE OF GOOD WILL: “President Trump offered an olive branch to Beijing in the U.S.-China trade war. Less than a month after his administration committed to a hike in tariffs on Chinese goods on Oct. 1, the president announced a ‘gesture of good will’ Wednesday by saying he would delay the extra taxes by two weeks. … Prior to Trump’s tweets Thursday evening, China made a gesture of its own by waiving some tariffs on U.S. goods.” (Washington Examiner24)
CLEAN WATER RULE REFORM: “The Trump administration is officially rolling back an Obama-era environmental rule that threatened farmers and other landowners with significant fines or jail time if they failed to comply with onerous regulations on waterways. The Clean Water Rule, more commonly referred to as the ‘Waters of the US’ rule or WOTUS, was finalized by the Obama administration in 2015. The rule attempted to clarify which waters were subject to the regulations of the Clean Water Act, but in many cases ended up confusing land owners even further.” (The Daily Caller25) |
