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To: locogringo who wrote (99424)	10/21/2018 6:35:00 PM
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The Dems live in an alternate reality where black is white, up is down, and Hillary is the "real president." WATCH: Hillary Clinton smiles and nods in agreement when she is introduced as “the real president.” pic.twitter.com/aBhRT61GGX — Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) October 21, 2018

To: locogringo who wrote (99424)	10/22/2018 8:38:49 AM
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Byron York: End could be near for House investigation of Trump-Russia investigators by Byron York \| October 21, 2018 08:14 PM washingtonexaminer.com Republicans on Capitol Hill have added enormously to the public's understanding of what happened in the Trump-Russia investigation. They're still doing it. But it will come to a screeching halt if the GOP loses control of the House in next month's midterm elections. The driving force behind the revelations is House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes. But a number of other Republicans in the House, including Reps. Trey Gowdy, John Ratcliffe, Bob Goodlatte, Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows, and others have also played critical roles. (In the Senate, Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley has done key work, but the most progress has been made in the House because House rules make it easier for the majority to work around minority opposition.) Among the things Americans know about the conduct of the Trump-Russia probe that they would not have known had Nunes and his colleagues not tackled the subject: 1) The important role that the incendiary allegations in the still-unverified Trump dossier played in the FBI's investigation of the Trump campaign. 2) The fact that the dossier was commissioned and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party. 3) The unusual circumstances surrounding the formal beginning of the FBI's counter-intelligence investigation into the Trump campaign. 4) The troubling deficiencies in the FBI's application for a warrant to wiretap onetime Trump campaign figure Carter Page. 5) The anti-Trump bias of some of the top officials in the FBI investigation. 6) The degree to which the dossier's allegations spread throughout the Obama administration during the final days of the 2016 campaign and the transition. 7) Obama officials' unmasking of Trump-related figures in intelligence intercepts. 8) The fact that FBI agents did not believe Michael Flynn lied to them in the interview that later led to Flynn's guilty plea on a charge of lying to the FBI. 9) The role of the opposition research firm Fusion GPS in the Trump-Russia probe. And more. Nunes and his colleagues learned these things, and told the public about them, over the determined opposition of the FBI, the Justice Department, and Democrats, both on the Intelligence Committee and in the larger House. In fact, it would not be an overstatement to say the FBI and Justice Department fiercely resisted the investigation. They withheld materials, dragged their feet, and flat-out refused to provide information to which congressional overseers were clearly entitled. Sometimes disputes were settled by the intervention of House Speaker Paul Ryan on Nunes' behalf. Sometimes they weren't. Nunes and the others performed a public service by investigating something no one else was investigating. The Senate Intelligence Committee conducted the big, bipartisan, flagship congressional probe into the Trump-Russia matter. Special counsel Robert Mueller, with full law enforcement powers, investigated Russian meddling, whether any Trump people were involved, and the question of whether the president attempted to obstruct the investigation. But no one wanted to investigate the investigators, even though their conduct cried out for scrutiny. The work is not yet done. These days, a joint group from the House Judiciary and Oversight committees is conducting interviews with several figures in the Trump-Russia matter. In addition, Nunes and other Republicans are still urging President Trump to release additional parts of the Carter Page surveillance application that they say will be contain new revelations. None of this has been bipartisan. The work has been done by Republicans and opposed by Democrats. And if Democrats win control of the House, as a number of polls suggest they will do, it will stop immediately. If Democrats win, Rep. Adam Schiff, who has opposed nearly everything Nunes has done, will become chairman of the Intelligence Committee. Rep. Jerrold Nadler will head the Judiciary Committee. And Rep. Elijah Cummings will take over the Oversight Committee. This month Schiff wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post broadly outlining the new direction Democrats would take. In the Intelligence Committee, Schiff promised to investigate aspects of Trump-Russia that committee Republicans would not -- a move that would target the president but also likely duplicate the work of other investigators. Schiff also mentioned what he said were "serious and credible allegations the Russians may possess financial leverage over the president, including perhaps the laundering of Russian money through his businesses." The Judiciary and Oversight Committees would also abandon their current paths and focus directly on the president. If they win, Democrats will of course be fully entitled to investigate what they want; that's part of what is meant when it is said that elections have consequences. But the work of Nunes and his fellow Republicans has been enormously valuable. When all the investigators, and the politicians, and the press were looking in one direction, Nunes looked in another -- and found important information. That is not to say the other investigations were not important, too. But Nunes showed Americans something they needed to see. And if his work as chairman ends with the next election, it has still been an indispensable contribution.

To: locogringo who wrote (99424)	10/22/2018 8:41:23 AM
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Trump campaign holding 'Big Texas Tailgater', '100,000+' flocking to Houston rally by Daniel Chaitin washingtonexaminer.com \| October 21, 2018 03:47 PM \| Updated Oct 21, 2018, 05:02 PM More than 100,000 requests have been made for tickets to President Trump's rally in Texas on Monday, his re-election campaign says. To accommodate the sheer magnitude of interest, the Trump campaign announced in a statement Sunday that it will hold a "Big Texas Tailgater" at the site of Trump's "Make America Great Again" rally at the Toyota Center in Houston. “Texas is big, and so will be the turnout for our MAGA rally in Houston, Texas Monday,” said Michael Glassner, chief operating officer of Donald J, Trump for President, Inc. “That’s why we’ve organized the Donald Trump–Big Texas Tailgater outside the Toyota Center. We’ll have great food, live music, big screens, and a great time for all of our guests. Inside and out, the excitement at this Trump rally will be as big as Texas — it’s going to be epic." [ ALSO READ: Supporters lining up for blocks one day before big Trump-Cruz rally in Houston] In a tweet, Trump's 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale boasted of "100,000+ RSVPS," and encouraged people to come see Trump "inside or out!" According to the campaign, the tailgater will feature "food trucks, live music courtesy of the Marcus Eldridge Band and the Will Carter Band, appearances by Trump campaign spokespeople, big screens to see President Trump’s speech, and more." The tailgating event will start in the morning -- with food trucks serving at 9 a.m. and band playing at 10 a.m. -- and extend into the afternoon before the rally begins at 6:30 p.m. local time. [ ALSO READ: Michael Avenatti backs off Texas 'resistance' rally on same day as Trump's] The announcement is the latest indication of intense interest in attending the event designed to give Sen. Ted Cruz, who is seeking re-election, a boost two weeks before the 2018 midterm elections. On Thursday, Trump’s campaign said it moved the Cruz rally to a bigger venue in Texas after citing an “unprecedented” demand for tickets. Parscale tweeted the venue change, saying the response for tickets to Monday’s rally in Houston has been "HUGE and unprecedented." The campaign rally will be held at the Toyota Center, which can seat up to 19,000 people for concerts. The previous venue, NRG Arena, holds about 8,000 people. Cruz will face Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-Texas, in the midterm contest. O'Rourke has been competitive in some polling in the deep red state, and has put up strong fundraising numbers. A RealClearPolitics polling average shows Cruz retains a 7-point lead in the first two weeks of October. Early voting in Texas begins Monday, the same day as the rally.

To: locogringo who wrote (99424)	10/22/2018 8:58:51 AM
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Diversity Is Our Strength Only When It Dilutes Whiteness MOTUS A.D. ^ \| 10-22-18 \| MOTUS We are told the migrant horde from Central America has swollen to 7000 – on foot. How brave of them, how committed, how…organized. And where are all the womyn? And where have we seen this organized One World Order phenomenon before? That’s right, all over Europe. Again I ask, where are all the womyn? And how’s it working out for Europe? Let’s check in with Sweden: But what the heck, it’s like socialism: they’re just not doing it right. We’ll do it better. We do everything better. Liberals are all charter members of the “Let’s Make Better Mistakes Tomorrow” Club. And trust me, it really doesn’t work. ...

To: locogringo who wrote (99424)	10/22/2018 9:19:04 AM
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GOD HATES VIOLENT INVADERS Hurricane Willa Threatens Migrant Caravan: Storm Due to Hit Mexico, Experts Warn 'Extremely dangerous' category 4 storm could hit cat 5 before landfall this week By: Jay Greenberg \| @NeonNettle on 22nd October 2018 @ 12.00pm Hurricane Willa is gathering force as it prepares to make landfall in Mexico and threatens the migrant caravanA s the migrant caravan re-forms in Mexico, swelling to a massive 7,000strong herd following a dramatic storm of the Guatemala-Mexican borderover the weekend, the army of immigrants now faces a new threat from Hurricane Willa as it makes it's way to the United States Southern Border. Forecasters are now warning that the "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm will make landfall on Tuesday/Wednesday and is heading for the path that the migrant caravan will eventually cross as it pushes toward the US seeking American asylum. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Monday that Willa is expected to “produce life-threatening storm surge, wind, and rainfall over portions of southwestern and west-central Mexico beginning on Tuesday,”predicting that Willa could become a Category 5 hurricane later Monday morning, generating life-threatening surf and rip conditions. Another slightly smaller storm named Vincente is also gathering pace to the south of Willa that meteorologists say will be consumed by the rapidly growing Willa, but will still pose a threat for dangerous conditions for the caravan, which is already struggling with food, sanitation, and organization issues. The exposed migrant caravan could be in serious danger from Hurricane Willa Speaking at a rally last week, President Trump highlighted the Democrats' enthusiasm for the caravan to hit the US border just in time for the November Midterms. “A lot of money’s been passing through people to come up and try to get to the border by Election Day because they think that’s a negative for us,”Trump said. “No. 1, they’re being stopped, and No. 2, regardless, that’s our issue.” He added: “They wanted that caravan and there are those that say that caravan didn’t just happen. It didn’t just happen.” But as the Dems are keen to politicize the growing army of refugees as they head for American soil, Hurricane Willa now threatens to put the exposed and vulnerable migrants in serious danger, potentially creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. TRENDING: Donald Trump Major Tax Cut For Middle Income People Coming in 10 DaysExperts predict category 4 Hurricane Willa be grow to a cat 5 storm by the time it makes landfall in Mexico Hurricane Willa, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), "continues to rapidly strengthen," as it barrels toward the coast. As of the center's 8 p.m. ET advisory, the hurricane was roughly 225 miles south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph. According to Fox News, Willa is forecast to produce "life-threatening storm surge, wind, and rainfall" over areas of southwestern and west-central Mexico, meteorologists said. From the Web A hurricane watch was in effect for a stretch of shore between San Blas and Mazatlan, while a tropical storm warning was posted for the area between Playa Perula to San Blas. Hurricane Willa is expected to make landfall in Mexico on Tuesday/WednesdayAccording to USA Today, Willa is predicted to grow to a category 5 storm as a hurricane warning was posted for Mexico’s western coast between San Blas and Mazatlan. Tropical storm warnings were raised from Playa Perula to San Blas and north of Mazatlan to Bahia Tempehuaya. Willa had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph early Monday and was centered about 195 miles south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes. It was moving north at 5 mph. Hurricane force winds extended out 25 miles from the storm’s core and tropical storm force winds were up to 90 miles out. The hurricane center said 6 to 12 inches of rain should fall – and some places could see up to 18 inches – on parts of Mexico’s western Jalisco, western Nayarit, and southern Sinaloa states, raising the danger of flash flooding and landslides in mountainous areas. Farther to the south, Tropical Storm Vicente weakened but was still expected to produce heavy rainfall and flooding over parts of southern and southwestern Mexico. Forecasters said it was expected to weaken into a tropical depression Monday night or early Tuesday while moving nearer to Mexico’s southern Pacific shore. Its core was about 220 miles southeast of Acapulco with top sustained winds of 40 mph late Sunday. The hurricane center said it could produce 3 to 6 inches of rain in parts of Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco states.