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The Patriot Post Digest 10-7-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Oct. 7, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/65946-mid-day-digest-2019-10-07
THE FOUNDATION
“When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests, to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.” —Alexander Hamilton (1788)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/65943-founders-quote-daily-2019-10-07
IN TODAY’S EDITION
Mitch McConnell pledges the Senate will stop Dems’ impeachment charade.1
Another “whistleblower”? Keep the circus going.2
Daily Features: More Analysis3, Columnists4, Headlines5, Opinion in Brief6, Short Cuts7, Memes8, and Cartoons9.
IN BRIEF
McConnell Turning Tables on Democrat Impeachers10
“In point of fact, the House has no impeachment inquiry; congressional Democrats have an impeachment political campaign,” argues11 National Review’s Andrew McCarthy. And so long as impeachment remains nothing more than the Democrats’ second attempt at a coup12 — a narrative meant solely to boost their election prospects in 2020 — it will plainly be political theater at its cheapest and most craven.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sees it for what it is, and the upper chamber of Congress, which will try President Donald Trump if and when the House ever gets around to impeaching him, will prove to be the sane chamber. In a campaign video, McConnell says that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “in the clutches of a left-wing mob that finally convinced her to impeach the president.” However, he adds. “The way that impeachment stops is with a Senate majority with me as majority leader.”
McConnell must firmly believe that there is not enough evidence to oust Trump or he wouldn’t assert this far in advance that the Senate will kill the effort. He’s also clearly hanging this political charade around Democrat necks.
On a final note, Democrats have, for effect, compared the proposed Trump impeachment with that of Richard Nixon — but there is a BIG difference and it betrays a remarkable double standard.
Nixon was rightly impeached and resigned because he attempted to conceal the fact that operatives within his administration used FBI and CIA personnel to uncover what they believed were communist influencers in the Democrat Party. That was exposed with the botched attempt to steal DNC files from its office in the Watergate building — though, notably, Nixon was not orchestrating these tactics.
However, in the case of both the 2016 Russia-collusion hoax13 and the current Ukraine quid-pro-quo hoax12, Democrats are the ones using deep-state operatives within the FBI and CIA to frame a sitting president to obstruct his agenda across the board. Don’t wait on The Washington Post to devote six months of headlines to the Democrat deep-state conspiracy.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65942-mcconnell-turning-tables-on-democrat-impeachers-2019-10-07
Dems Expand Ukraine Charade With Second ‘Whistleblower’14
As the Ukraine charade enters its third week, a second “whistleblower” has come forward according to Mark Zaid, attorney for the first “whistleblower15.” This second whistleblower, also an intelligence official, claims to have first-hand information corroborating some of the initial complaint16. It is likely, since this new whistleblower is not offering a new complaint but is rather supporting the original complaint, that this second individual is seeking protection to prevent himself from being exposed as a source for the first whistleblower. Indeed, Zaid seemingly confirmed this, stating that the second individual “made a protection disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against.” Furthermore, Zaid claimed that “there are definitely multiple whistleblowers,” so it’s looking like everyone behind this complaint is seeking cover.
However, there may be another reason why more “whistleblowers” are now suddenly coming forward, claiming to have first-hand knowledge that allegedly corroborates the original complaint.
Last Friday, Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but he continued to stonewall lawmakers’ efforts to get answers for why the whistleblower form was secretly changed17 to eliminate a first-hand knowledge requirement — a change apparently made in September following the whistleblower’s complaint. As The Federalist reports, “Despite having a full week to come up with explanations for his office’s decisions to secretly change its forms to eliminate the requirement for first-hand evidence and to backdate those changes to August, Atkinson refused to provide any explanation to lawmakers baffled by his behavior.”
Atkinson’s refusal to answer only serves to bolster suspicions that Democrats, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, are behind this whole whistleblower fiasco. Schiff has been exposed as a liar by none other than The Washington Post over his claim that he had no advanced knowledge of the whistleblowers complaint, when in fact he at the very least knew about the complaint18 before it was even submitted to the ICIG. Furthermore, as Atkinson confirmed that the whistleblower was a politically motivated Democrat.
Finally, as this Democrat-orchestrated scandal further unfolds, several text messages between Trump administration officials have been selectively released to the media in an effort to prop up the anti-Trump narrative about a quid pro quo. Never mind the fact that the former American envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, gave testimony regarding the texts before the House last Thursday and repudiated the Democrats’ impeachment narrative. As Jim Jordan, ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, stated: “Not one thing [Volker] said comports with any of the Democrats’ impeachment narrative. Not one thing.” Rep. Dan Crenshaw also observed, “One key fact about [Thursday’s] closed-door witness interview [with Volker] — Republicans are the ones calling for public release of the deposition transcript. That should tell you something. Democrats prefer narratives, not facts.”
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65941-dems-expand-ukraine-charade-with-second-whistleblower
ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY
Grassroots Perspective: A Rebirth in Black Conservatism19 — What really happened at the Black Leadership Summit 2019 (#BLS2019).
Featured Analysis: Sanders Received Much Better Healthcare Than What He Prescribes for Others20 — Congressional elites receive far better than the socialism some of them advocate.
NCAA: Is It Time to Pay to Play?21 — A new California law challenges long-standing policy regarding student athletes.
Atheists Go After Christian Judge22 — Freedom from Religion Foundation cries foul over judge giving a Bible to a defendant.
Video: Pelosi Threatens Impeachment Charges for Obstruction23 — If the White House fails to submit to impeachment subpoenas from House committees.
Video: Renewable Portfolio Standard Scam24 — Does your state have a Renewable Portfolio Standard? Not sure? That’s not surprising. |
