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  • El Chapo Threatens Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh Laughs

    When the head of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel escaped from jail recently, one of his first acts was bizarre. Using a Twitter account administered by his son, the drug kingpin sent a message to Donald Trump.

    Trump had recently said that El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was “everything that’s wrong with Mexico.” This is in keeping with Trump’s statements to voters that, “When Mexico sends its people they aren’t sending their best. They are bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they are rapists and some are good people but I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting.”

    El Chapo was having none of Trump’s posturing. He posted to Twitter, via his son:

    “Keep fucking around and I’m gonna make you swallow your bitch words you fucking whitey milkshitter” (a homophobic slur)

    According to TMZ, Donald Trump responded to the threat by calling the FBI.

    “I’m fighting for much more than myself. I’m fighting for the future of our country which is being overrun by criminals,” Trump told TMZ of the El Chapo threats. “You can’t be intimidated. It’s too important.”

    When Rush Limbaugh got the news about the threats against Trump, he had a ball commenting on them.

    “So El Chapo gets out of jail, a mile long tunnel, one and a half kilometers, ventilated, built right under the Mexicans in their Mexico City jail, nobody knows how.

    “El Chapo is mad at Trump. Now, imagine this. Here’s El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman, he’s head of the Sinaloa Cartel. It’s the largest cartel out there. It is the cartel of cartels. He flees this Mexico City prison and the first thing he did was get on Twitter to start bashing Trump? He starts calling Trump a midget. He starts threatening Trump. He tells Trump he will regret his words. He’ll be made to eat his words. He’s threatening Trump because Trump criticized Guzman’s escape.”

    “My gosh, if you’ve been in jail for a year and a half or however long he’s been in jail and you run the biggest drug cartel in the world, the first thing you want to do when you get out is send a tweet to Donald Trump?”

    What most have missed is El Chapo’s best tweet, from earlier in the day. It translates as:

    “Life takes many turns, one day we are in the hole and another day are up.”

  • Dana Perino: Obama’s Plan “Defies Logic”

    Dana Perino, former White House press secretary, went on America’s Newsroom after President Obama’s speech announcing his plan to grant “deferred action” status to two illegal immigrant groups.

    She was there to discuss, not only Obama’s announcement, but also Speaker of the House John Boehner’s reaction to the announcement.

    He said that Obama’s intent to impose executive action, and therefore grant what is essentially amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, will “deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipartisan reforms that he claims to seek.”

    He also added that Obama is “damaging the presidency itself.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyx_e1YL8hw

    Dana Perino agreed with most of what Boehner said, saying of what she called Obama’s 9-month secret plan, “It defies logic, it defies fact, and it defies what the president just said 10 days ago, which is he believes that the midterm election result — in which he was handed big losses – that that lesson was America wants Washington to work more together.”

    Bill Hemmer proceeded to ask Dana Perino of the president’s action, “What changed? And, why now?”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wejt939QXko

    Perino admitted, “I think the only thing that changed was a political calculation on behalf of the president.”

    Dana Perino and John Boehner haven’t, by far, been the only voices to put down Obama’s plan.

    Senator Mitch McConnell, who will become the new majority leader in the Senate in January, said before Obama’s speech, “If President Obama acts in defiance of the people and imposes his will on the country, Congress will act.”

    What that action may be is yet to be seen.

    One thing is certain to many, including Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz, who will replace Darrell Issa as Chair of the House Oversight Committee in January. He said the timing of Obama’s announcement was “crystal clear”.

    He added, “It’s all about politics. He just got slaughtered in an election.”

    Even the people are taking a stand against Obama’s new plan. Protesters lined the streets of Las Vegas, where Obama was to sign his controversial actions, holding signs that said, “No Amnesty” and “Impeach Obama”.

    What do you think of Obama’s actions on immigration? Do you agree with those like Dana Perino that his actions are illogical? Or do you think he is doing a great and compassionate thing for our country?

  • Ann Coulter Calls Dave Brat Win a “Massive Wakeup Call” to GOP

    Ann Coulter thinks Dave Brat’s recent victory over Republican incumbent Eric Cantor in last Tuesday’s primary election is a good thing for the Republican party.

    The conservative political commentator joined Megyn Kelly on Fox News Live to discuss the shocking election results.

    “Amnesty loses big,” Coulter told Kelly. “The idea that this will hurt the Republicans in 2016 is insane.”

    Coulter believes Cantor lost the primary due to one key issue: his support of amnesty for 11 million illegal aliens.

    Cantor, who has served as House Majority Leader since 2011, spent significantly more on his campaign than Tea Party-backed Brat ($5 million vs. less than $150,000.)

    But Brat, an economist and professor at Randolph-Macon College, played up Cantor’s support of amnesty and Coulter believes that was the key to Brat’s impressive victory.

    “Whenever the voters know an election is about immigration, they will always vote against more immigration – especially amnesty,” Coulter wrote on her website.

    She insists Brat’s win is a defeat for amnesty versus a victory for the Tea Party.

    In general, Coulter doesn’t support the Tea Party: “… the big, national tea party groups are mostly shysters and con-men raising money for their own self-aggrandizement.”

    But in mid-April she threw her support behind Brat:

    “If you don’t think the Republican Party should speak exclusively for Wall Street, Silicon Valley and the Chamber of Commerce, then you have to support … Dave Brat … challenging the amnesty-addled Eric Cantor in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.”

    In the short term, Coulter told Kelly, she hopes Brat’s victory over Cantor will “shut down any more happy talk about amnesty this year.”

    In the long term, she hopes the GOP will see it as a wakeup call. In fact, she’d like them to declare a moratorium on immigration.

    “I like Israel’s immigration policy: instant, unapologetic, unsentimental deportation of illegal aliens.”

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  • Abandoned Immigrant Children Wandering In Mexico

    Immigration (legal or illegal) is a hotly contested subject in the United States. However, one thing all sensible human beings should be able to agree on is that taking money to transfer children safety and then leaving them to wander and die is just evil.

    This is what Mexican officials found to be the case when they discovered 370 abandoned immigrant children in 14 states during a one week period.

    INM said that the abandoned children “showed signs of extreme fatigue, foot injuries, dehydration and disorientation whereby they didn’t know where they had been abandoned”.

    The heart-breaking aspect of this is that their parents are likely in America already and waiting for their children to arrive safely. These people paid anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000 to “guides” with the promise their children would follow them to America.

    Instead of helping the children get across the border or even having the decency to find a way to return the children to their country of origin, these persons simply dumped these youngsters on the streets of a foreign country with no food, water, or money and pocketed the fees.

    Now Mexico is left figure out exactly what to do with all these children. It’s not certain how they’ll find their way back to their countries of origin and the families there.

    That is, if there are any living relations that can be found in the places these children were transported from.

    It’s also sadly plausible they may never be reunited with their parents.

    I understand that people feel strongly about illegal immigration and are angry at the idea of people sneaking into the United States.

    Even so, imagine you paid someone a substantial amount of money to get your own child safely from Point A to Point B. Not because you wanted to, but because you had no choice. And now your child is missing and there’s a chance you may never see him or her again.

    If you have a heart, perhaps you’ll say a prayer or think kind thoughts for these poor children. It can’t be partisan talking points all the time.

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  • Jan Brewer, Governor of Arizona, Eschews Re-election

    In 2008, Janet Napolitano was asked by President Barack Obama if she would be willing to become his Secretary of Homeland Security. Upon accepting his invitation, Jan Brewer, then Secretary of State in Arizona, ascended to governor due to succession rules outlined in Arizona’s state constitution. Since that time, Brewer has been one of the most prominent governors in the United States and a leading member of the Republican party.

    In an announcement made at her children’s elementary school, however, Jan Brewer has announced that she will not seek re-election following the end of her current term.

    Much speculation has surrounded the fact as to whether or not Brewer would attempt to run for governor once again due to the unique way in which she came into the office. Article 5, Section 1 of the Arizona State Constitution reads that “No member of the executive department after serving the maximum number of terms, which shall include any part of a term served, may serve in the same office until out of office for no less than one full term.”

    The term many have advised Brewer to contest is the word “term”, which many believe to be ambiguously defined. Joseph Kanefield, former general counsel to Brewer, believed that the state constitution “intended to apply only to an elected or appointed partial term rather than one in which a governor inherits the office by constitutional succession.”

    In November of 2012, Brewer had yet to decide whether or not she was going to seek re-election, stating, “I haven’t ruled it out, and I’ve been encouraged by people — legal scholars and other people — that it’s probably something that I ought to pursue.”

    In her speech given at the elementary school where she first started her political career, however, Brewer’s tone had changed: “There does come a time to pass the torch of leadership. And after completing this term in office, I will be doing just that.”

    Brewer’s goal when she first left the school board of directors and sought election to Arizona’s state House of Representatives was to simply reform education standards in her home state. Upon her ascension to Governorship, though, Brewer became the spotlight for many controversial bills.

    The first bit of controversy came when Arizona passed the most stringent law on illegal immigration the country had ever seen, with provisions requiring immigrants to carry their immigration papers on them at all times and allowing police to detain anyone they suspected of being in the country illegally. The Supreme Court would later strike down most of the provisions in the law but would continue to allow police officers to question and detain anyone they suspected of being in the US illegally.

    The second biggest controversy to come from Arizona under Brewer’s reign happened recently when the state legislatures voted to pass legislation that would allow businesses to refuse service to homosexuals due to religious reasons. In a move which stunned many Republican politicians, Brewer decided to veto the bill on the grounds that non-discrimination and religious liberty are core values of the United States and the state of Arizona.

    With Brewer deciding to not challenge the state constitution to run for governor once again, the gubernatorial race is now open for the first time since Napolitano took office back in 2002. Currently, there are eight Republicans and one Democrat waiting to take Brewer’s place next year.

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  • Maria Conchita Alonso Faces Backlash Over Tea Party Ad

    Maria Conchita Alonso Faces Backlash Over Tea Party Ad

    Actress Maria Conchita Alonso is receiving  backlash over her support of  Tea Party Republican Tim Donnelly. Donnelly is a California State Assemblyman known for his vigorous opposition of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S. He is also the founder of the state chapter of the armed vigilante border patrol group known as the Minutemen.

    The fallout forced Alonso to withdraw from her role in the upcoming Latin version of the ‘Vagina Monologues.’ Despite her absence, the play will continue without her and will be held at the Brava Theater Center in San Francisco.

    The San Francisco arts organization responsible for the play, expressed disappointment over the situation. “We really can’t have her in the show, unfortunately,” said Eliana Lopez, the show’s producer. Apparently, both Alonso and the play’s organizers believe that her participation would prove to be disruptive.

    In 1984, Alonso, an actress of Cuban and Venezuelan descent, became famous when she starred opposite Robin Williams in the movie “Moscow on the Hudson”.  Her numerous Hollywood roles since then have made her an admired figure in the Latin-American community.

    However, Latinos don’t seem to admire her role in Donnelly’s campaign ad which aired last week. Alonso appeared in the ad to support Donnelly’s run for California Governor but her critics believe the ad stereotypes Latinos and have been very vocal in their disapproval of it. In the video, Alonso holds a small Chihuahua she calls “Tequila” and even uses vulgar expressions when translating remarks by Donnelly.

    “Politicians and big government are killing our prosperity, pushing welfare costs through the roof and driving our schools into the ground,” Donnelly states in the ad.

    And Alonso simply translates it as: “We are screwed.”

    Latino Republican group, Café Con Leche released a statement which described the ad as “so bad it’s almost laughable.” The statement said that the campaign ad seems to have been aimed at Hispanic voters, but instead, it insults the intelligence of many of them.

    During an interview with Fox News, Alonso defended her stance saying she agreed with Donnelly’s views. She also took issue with the attacks, which she thinks violates her freedom of expression.

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