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________________________________ The Patriot Post Digest 9-24-2019 From The Federalist Patriot Free Email Subscription _______________________________
TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
BREXIT SCHEME VANQUISHED: “The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has declared Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament just weeks before the deadline for Britain to leave the European Union unlawful,” CBS News reveals24. “Johnson was accused of suspending, or ‘proroguing’ the legislature to limit the time lawmakers have to debate and intervene in his Brexit policy. … It was a devastating blow to Johnson, as the high court cleared the way for Parliament to reconvene immediately to resume debating his Brexit plans.” The implications are murky — though state sovereignty appears to remain elusive for even longer.
NO MORE “CATCH AND RELEASE”: “The Trump administration will no longer allow migrant families apprehended at the border to enter the U.S. under the immigration policy commonly known as ‘catch and release.’ The policy change was announced Monday by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan in remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C. … McAleenan said the end of ‘catch and release’ is a reaction, in part, to the record number of 144,000 migrants apprehended or encountered at the southern border in May. He said that 72% were unaccompanied children or families.” (NPR25)
BORDER ENABLERS: “The Marine Corps has charged 13 members with smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S., in addition to a range of other offenses including failure to obey an order, drunkenness, endangerment, larceny, and perjury, according to a statement released Friday. Lance Corporals Byron Law and David Salazar-Quintero were specifically charged with transporting illegal immigrants into the country for financial gain. The two were based in Camp Pendleton, located between San Diego and Los Angeles, Calif. The other marines included in the indictments, some of whom were charged with distributing cocaine and LSD, were not named.” (National Review26)
ATTACK THWARTED: “The FBI has arrested a U.S. soldier who allegedly discussed plans to bomb a major American news network, planned to travel to Ukraine to fight with violent far-right group Azov Battalion and allegedly distributed information online on how to build bombs. He also allegedly suggested targeting Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke.” (ABC News27)
PRESS BRIEFINGS INDEFINITELY SHELVED: “White House Press Sec. Stephanie Grisham said Monday that she has no plans on bringing back the daily White House press briefings, saying reporters used them to make themselves famous. ‘Ultimately, if the president decides that it’s something we should do, we can do that. But right now, he’s doing just fine. And to be honest, the briefings had become a lot of theater, and I think that a lot of reporters were doing it to get famous,’ Grisham said on Fox & Friends. … It has been over six months since a press secretary has held a traditional briefing in the White House press briefing room, according to Axios.” (The Daily Caller28)
NO RESPECT: “In August, a group of Trump supporters led by conservative activist Scott Presler went to West Baltimore for a massive clean-up operation following tweets sent by President Donald Trump highlighting the dire conditions in the area. Keeping to his promises, Presler has since led clean-up efforts in Newark, New Jersey and Virginia Beach, Virginia. And on Saturday, Presler and some 200 volunteers headed to Democrat-run Los Angeles, removing a stunning 50 tons of garbage, according to the activist. … The impressive feat, however, has gone widely unnoticed by the mainstream media.” (The Daily Wire29)
CLIMATE CIRCUS: Twenty-six arrested in Washington, DC, climate-change protests (The Daly Caller30)
NOLA CRIME: One in seven adults in New Orleans has a warrant out for arrest (The Washington Post31)
ECONOMIC BLUDGEON: Tax backed by 2020 Democrats would hurt retirement accounts, report finds (The Washington Free Beacon32)
POLICY: The two most important mental-health reforms the Trump administration should consider (The Hill33)
POLICY: The rush to renewable energy defies science, economics, and common sense (Issues & Insights34)
SATIRE: Marionette strings clearly visible during Greta Thunberg testimony (The Babylon Bee35)
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OPINION IN BRIEF
Rich Lowry: “There’s a reason that we don’t look to teenagers for guidance on fraught issues of public policy. With very rare exceptions — think, say, the philosopher John Stuart Mill, who was a child prodigy — kids have nothing interesting to say to us. They just repeat back what they’ve been told by adults, with less nuance and maturity. Much of the climate advocacy of young people boils down to the plaint that all parents know well: ‘I want it, and I want it now.’ As one headline on a National Geographic story put it, ‘Kids’ world climate strikes demand that warming stop, fast.‘ Behind the foot-stomping is the idea that a long-running global phenomenon can be quickly stopped, if only adults cared as much as the kids. This fails to account for such recalcitrant factors as costs and complexity, but when do children ever think of those? (And who can blame them? They’re children.)”
SHORT CUTS
Self-inflicted stings: “No matter how petulant, absurd, or outrageous President Trump’s latest tweet is, the mainstream media will so over-feverishly attack him for it that Trump will somehow end up looking like the sane one.” —Peter Heck
Hypocrisy: “The same people who say we can’t criticize 16-year-old ANTIFA climate activist Greta Von Thunburg spent months shamelessly attacking the Covington Catholic High School kids — just because they supported our president.” —Charlie Kirk
Observations: “When you hide behind teenage kids like David Hogg and Greta Thunberg and use them for human shields like you are now, what you’re really saying is 'Hey my political arguments can’t be made by functioning, well-adjusted adults.’” —Stephen Miller
For the record: “China emits more carbon dioxide than the US, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Poland, Italy, and every other EU country COMBINED. Yet somehow Greta Thunberg and her ilk have little to say to China on the matter.” —Matt Walsh
Friendly fire: “We as a country cannot afford to only stand up and fight for our freedoms when we are the targets, but when someone else is a target we turn our backs and walk away. This is a danger for all of us. … Can you imagine if Google’s CEO was a conservative Republican who was shutting down Democrat voices that they disagreed with? Can you imagine how up in arms progressives would be if it were their voices being shut down?” —Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Non compos mentis: “In prison the determination should be that your sexual identity is defined by what you say it is, not what in fact the prison says it is.” —Joe Biden
Non compos mentis II: “When you try to take away reproductive freedom, you take it away from LGBTQ people.” —GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis (We hate to point out the obvious, but two men can’t produce a baby together. Neither can two women.)
The BIG Lie: “I held an AR-15 in my hand. I wish I hadn’t. It is as heavy as 10 boxes that you might be moving. And the bullet that is utilized, a .50 caliber — these kinds of bullets need to be licensed and do not need to be on the street.” —Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
And last… “The whole idea of holding a protest, march, etc. is to get your message out, draw attention from members of the public who might not be aware of the issue and hopefully win over more support. Short of drowning people’s kittens and puppies in front of them, I can’t think of many other worse ways to win over hearts and minds than to strand someone in their car in a totally unnecessary traffic jam while advertising the cause you are supporting.” —Jazz Shaw
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