How does a pension crisis happen?

Another post, another stinger by American Thinker…“Politicians who helped cause Chicago pension crisis getting six-figure pensions” (underline added)

Question asked, question answered…

American Thinker article…“California General Election Code 12503 says, “No person shall be eligible to the office of Attorney General unless he shall have been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state for a period of at least five years immediately preceding his election or appointment to such office.”  As of the November 6, 2018 general election, Becerra will have only been reactivated as a practicing attorney for a period of one year, ten months and five days…” (u/l emphasis added)

Becerra’s not eligible for election, and he shouldn’t have been appointed, either.

“It appears to be impossible for a person to have been “admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the state” while the person was precluded from practicing law because of that person’s “inactive” status.” (emphasis added)

You would think – The Law’s The Law…

…but then, when did the law ever stop Democrats?

Removing a security clearance once someone’s no longer in public office was s-o-p in the past, but to hear the panties-in-a-bunch crowd whining now, you wouldn’t know it.

NBC News op-ed headline…“Trump’s threat to revoke Obama-era security clearances is a brazen attempt to silence critics, not protect national security”

The opinion article tries to make the case that those who still have security clearance didn’t ‘monetize’ that status…but ignores the fact such status puts them in-demand.

Not to mention that, who in their right mind believes news commentators or contributors should have access to classified info, especially where national security is involved?

These guys have proven Trump-Derangement-Syndrome beats that issue, every time.

Finally, when it comes to the Left…removing clearances doesn’t ‘silence critics’…

…it takes more than that to shut ’em up.

Don’t worry, FakeNews – they’ll still be available for speaking engagements.

Tariffs, a form of taxation on goods, are used as economic policy by European nations to make U.S. products less affordable, and EU products more affordable in comparison.

Republicans are anti-tax, and pro-free market, which means they’re anti-tariffs.

Fine.

But there’s a difference between the EU using tariffs as standard economic policy, and President Trump using tariff threats against Europe to get them to drop THEIR tariffs.

Trump’s tariff threats are a negotiating tool…not intentional long-term policy. They drop their ‘standard economic policy’ use of tariffs, President Trump will back off tariff threats.

Intentionally conflating use of ‘tariff threats’ with ‘standard economic policy’ is deceitful.

The Left does it, because they hate him and are trying to make Trump look bad.

Why Republicans conflate the two is inexplicable.

Breitbart headline…“VICE Admits: Twitter Is Shadowbanning Conservatives, Mainstream Republicans” (And they claim Russians were our big concern?)

Shadowbanning consists of stealthy efforts to hide certain account types by blocking them from drop-down searches, etc…thereby making them more inaccessible.

And, as opposed to puny Facebook ad-buys, this affects millions of users DAILY.

“A new report published on Wednesday by VICE News details the ongoing censorship of conservatives on social media. This time, the offender is Twitter. Through an objective analysis, VICE News reporter Alex Thompson concluded that Twitter is hiding the accounts of certain high-profile conservatives from its users…Democrats are not being “shadow banned” in the same way, according to a VICE News review. McDaniel’s counterpart, Democratic Party chair Tom Perez, and liberal members of Congress — including Reps. Maxine Waters, Joe Kennedy III, Keith Ellison, and Mark Pocan — all continue to appear in drop-down search results.” (emphasis added)

Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever – shadowbanning one political group, but not the other…interferes with our political process on a HUGE scale…

…that makes what some claim Russia’s $46,000 worth of Facebook buys did miniscule.

The REAL undermining of our election process is going on daily by DEMOCRAT/LEFT operatives – and that effort’s been relentless…for decades.

Pre-digital age, Left-leaning news groups ‘hid’ the other Party by obscurity-banning, i.e, not reporting on a fair-and-balanced scale that provided views on issues by both sides.

Obscurity-banning, shadowbanning…it’s all the same – to favor one Party over another.

When it comes to election-process tampering…Democrats OWN that chicanery.

RESIST WHAT?

Unemployment’s at an 18-yr low. Minority unemployment’s at an all-time low. Median Household Income’s at an all-time high, small business optimism’s at a 30-yr high…

…RESIST WHAT?

Are they angry because, with a booming economy, they can’t whine about not being able to find a job; or whining about the fact, with this prosperity…they have a job?

The economy is booming with Trump’s de-regulatory actions and GOP tax cuts.

America’s economic growth more than doubled the previous 8-yr Obama average in 2017, and could triple or more in 2018, with some economists predicting 4%.

RESIST WHAT?

With this kind of economic boom…what reasoning person wants SUB-PAR back?

It begs the question: Seriously – why the anger? Why the rage?

Let’s take off the gloves – what IDIOT can justify activism, protests, and boycotts of…

…SUCCESS?

(And please…with Bill Clinton’s track record of personal failure, don’t bring up Trump’s.)

YOU.CAN’T.MAKE.THIS.STUFF.UP.

“Liberal 2020 hopefuls quote Bible in call to reject Judge Brett Kavanaugh“

“Liberal 2020 presidential hopefuls quoted from the Bible Tuesday, saying the responsibility of the Senate to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court is a moral choice.”

Moral choice? Since when did they become experts on moral choice?

These are the same Democrats who fervently support KILLING the unborn.

(UPDATED)

Think about it…the entire basis of surveilling Trump’s campaign was built on the dirt-dossier claim that he (Page) was meeting-&-colluding with Russian heavies…

• Carter Page allegedly was in ‘collusion’ contacts with Russia, but…
• He wasn’t hired for the Trump campaign…he ‘volunteered’;
• He’s worked for the FBI in the past to spy against Russians;
• He wasn’t noted as having that FBI relationship in the FISA app;
• He’s NEVER been charged by the Mueller special counsel gang.

Just seems like there are some dots no one is connecting here. Could be something, could be he just volunteered in the wrong place – but at the right time…for the FBI.

The just-released FISA app will be problematic for Obama-era and deep-state officials.

1. Was there any other basis for ‘Russian contact’ info…besides the dirt-dossier?
2. Was there a credible reason NOT TO NOTE the dossier was Democrat-created?
3. Was there a legitimate cause for FISA judges not asking for source-verification?
4. Was there an honest reason why the app and renewals certify as FBI-VERIFIED, even though – to this day – none of the dirt-dossier claims have been verified?

So far, judging by this heavily-redacted FISA app, the answer’s NO.

But, why would an embattled FBI, with its reputation in tatters, NOT show anything of an informational value that serves to push back against their detractors, if they could?

How can you not admire a President that sticks it right IN THEIR FACE?

Today’s latest Trump Tweet…“I’m very concerned that Russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming Election. Based on the fact that no President has been tougher on Russia than me, they will be pushing very hard for the Democrats. They definitely don’t want Trump!” (emphasis added)

In one Tweet, President Trump…

• Acknowledges Russia meddles with elections;
• Positions himself as ‘nobody’s been tougher’ on Russia;
• Positions Democrats in high-beams of THEM benefitting from Russian meddling.

Brace yourself – Leftie heads will be exploding shortly.