Trump Touts ‘Constructive’ Meeting With Intel Officials

 

BY: Morgan Chalfant January 6, 2017

President-elect to appoint team to tackle cyber attacks

President-elect Donald Trump touted a “constructive” meeting with intelligence community leaders on Friday, after receiving a briefing on the results of a comprehensive investigation into the alleged Russian hacking related to the U.S. presidential election.

Trump has been criticized for treating the conclusion of the U.S. intelligence community that Russia was behind the election cyber attacks with skepticism. Trump offered up few details on the briefing he received Friday, but claimed that the cyber attacks, which he did not directly attribute to Moscow, had “absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election.”


“I had a constructive meeting and conversation with the leaders of the intelligence community this afternoon,” Trump said in a statement released by the transition team Friday. “I have tremendous respect for the work and service done by the men and women of this community to our great nation.”
“While Russia, China, other countries, outside groups, and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions, businesses, and organizations, including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election including the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines,” Trump said. “There were attempts to hack the Republican National Committee, but the RNC had strong hacking defenses and the hackers were unsuccessful.”

On Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed that Russia engaged in a “multifaceted campaign” against the U.S. election in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. He also said that the investigation found multiple motivations for Russia’s election hacks.

Russia has denied the allegations.

Reports surfaced Thursday evening that intelligence officials intercepted communications from high-level Russian officials celebrating Trump’s win over Hillary Clinton, leading them to conclude that Moscow meddled in the election in part to help Trump prevail.

President Obama was briefed on the findings of the investigation into the alleged Russian hacks on Thursday, and the intelligence community is preparing to release a declassified version of the report to the public next week.
On Friday, Trump announced plans to appoint a team to develop a strategy to combat cyber attacks from Russia, China, and other groups within 90 days of taking office.
“Whether it is our government, organizations, associations, or businesses, we need to aggressively combat and stop cyber attacks,” Trump said. “I will appoint a team to give me a plan within 90 days of taking office. The methods, tools, and tactics we use to keep America safe should not be a public discussion that will benefit those who seek to do us harm.”

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Campbell Brown to Lead Facebook’s News Partnerships Team

BY: Stephanie Wan   anuary 6, 2017

Journalist and education reformer Campbell Brown announced on Friday that she would be joining Facebook in a business role. Brown will be partnering with news organizations to improve their business models and figure out how those organizations can better profit from their relationship with the social media giant. The announcement comes as Facebook faces liberal criticism for insufficient censorship of free speech on its site.

     

Facebook is turning to a former television news journalist to help smooth over its strained ties to the news media, which views it as both a vital partner and a potentially devastating opponent.

It has hired Campbell Brown, a former NBC News correspondent and CNN prime-time host, to lead its news partnerships team, starting immediately.

The position is a new one for Facebook. In the role, Ms. Brown will “help news organizations and journalists work more closely and more effectively with Facebook,” she wrote on her Facebook page Friday afternoon.

  

Brown is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Seventy Four, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to education reporting. Brown got her start covering the news for CNN and NBC News.

Prior to founding The Seventy Four, Brown started the Partnership for Educational Justice, which pushes for better public schools through advocacy and legal action.

   

Brown has become a rare voice of reason in the media, providing balanced reporting and fairness to conservatives. She has also called out the hypocrisy of the left.

Since she began pushing for education reform, she has become a target of the left.





Kirsten Powers wrote of the left’s attacks on Brown in her book The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech.
After Brown wrote a Wall Street Journal article critical of teachers unions, “the illiberal left began a delegitimization campaign,” Powers wrote.

As Brown’s voice gained prominence, so grew the left’s fears and attacks.

  



“The more liberal elements of the media have gotten the union memo about attacking Brown personally and disingenuously implying she has a hidden agenda,” wrote Mark Hemingway of the Weekly Standard.

Brown has called out liberal hypocrisy in several cases. When Valerie Jarrett called Fox News biased, Brown asked Jarrett to also recognize MSNBC’s biases. Jarrett backed off her statement and said, “I don’t want to just generalize that all Fox is biased or another station is biased, I think what we want to do is look at it on a case by case basis.”

She called out Hollywood liberals who campaign against gun violence and write checks to Democrats while also profiting off violence in movies and television shows.

During the 2016 presidential election, Brown provided a platform for GOP candidates to voice their opinions on how to reform the U.S. education system. The forum gave voters an insight into the candidates’ views without a combative moderator.

Conservatives have also found themselves in Brown’s crosshairs.

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hese 13 “Republicans” BACKSTABBED Donald Trump

Donald Trump broke records during the Republican Primary. He did it before the primary was even over too. For reference the record was George W. Bush in 2000 with 10.8 million. Donald Trump ended up with 13.4 million votes total in the primary.

He creamed a large Republican field and sent the Democratic party into a tizzy. They have thrown everything at Donald Trump including the barn door. He’s put the spotlight on Hillary Clinton, exposing her crimes and he has fought back against a corrupt and bias media establishment that has been caught coordinating with the Clinton campaign.

Donald Trump has peeled back the veneer of lies and corruption surrounding Washington, D.C. And some Republicans despite their rhetoric aren’t too happy about it. They’ve even tried to backstab Mr. Trump in order to ruin him.

We’ve compiled a list of 13 of these Republicans who have betrayed Donald Trump! You might not recognize all of them but they are all Congressmen, Senators, Governors, and well-connected individuals that seem to do anything and everything they can to destroy Donald Trump.

13. Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush, the former Governor of Florida, might be the ultimate political loser this election. Right out of the gate, Jeb Bush was low energy. He even wasted tons of donor money.

Bush, like the rest of the Republican Presidential candidates, pledged to support the eventual nominee. He’s never done that. After Trump secured the GOP nomination, cry baby Bush whined on Facebook. 

 12. Condoleeza Rice
Condoleeza Rice who was President George W. Bush’s national security adviser and then Secretary of State decided to go after Donald Trump earlier this month.

11. Ben Sasse

Ben Sasse is a first term United States Senator out of Nebraska. However, Ben Sasse has no love for Donald Trump.

In an open letter on Facebook during the Republican primary Sasse said, “If Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee, my expectation is that I will look for some third candidate.”

Sasse has continued his attacks against Donald Trump. In July, he “essentially called Trump a racist and said he’s open to embracing the Libertarian Party.”

0. Barbara Comstock

Barabra Comstock, a Virginia Congresswoman, has been on the warpath against Donald Trump for more than six months.

In May, she revealed she wasn’t supporting Donald Trump saying he “needs to earn the votes of me and many others.”

And then just a couple of days ago she showed her true face. “This is disgusting, vile, and disqualifying. No woman should ever be subjected to this type of obscene behavior and it is unbecoming of anybody seeking high office. In light of these comments, Donald Trump should step aside and allow our party to replace him with Mike Pence or another appropriate nominee from the Republican Party. I cannot in good conscience vote for Donald Trump and I would never vote for Hillary Clinton.”

Comstock’s betrayal of Donald Trump may very well end up losing her the House seat and if this is the way she is going to act, Donald Trump will be better off without her trying to railroad him in the House.
 

9. Mike Crapo ( Crapo is his real name LOL)

 

8. Carly Fiorina

 

 Donald Trump does not represent me or my party. I understand the responsibility of Republicans to support their nominee. Our nominee has weighty responsibilities as well. Donald Trump has manifestly failed in these responsibilities.

I have traveled the country for years warning Americans that Hillary Clinton is unfit to be President.

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7. Bill Haslam

Governor Bill Haslam of Tennessee fashioned himself Brutus when he attacked Donald Trump.

“I want to emphasize that character in our leaders does matter. None of us in elected office are perfect, but the decisions that are made in the Oval Office have too many consequences to ignore the behavior we have seen.” He continued, “It is time for the good of the nation and the Republican Party for Donald Trump to step aside and let Gov. Mike Pence assume the role as the party’s nominee. If he does not step aside, I will write in a Republican for the office of President.”

Well, Governor Haslam, apparently you haven’t seen the pattern of behavior that is perfect for the White House. The behavior that flew to Louisiana bringing care packages to help the flooding victims or sending a bus full of Trump supporters to offer aid to Hurricane Matthew victims. That’s the pattern of behavior I see. One that puts Americans first.

6. Joe Heck

Joe Heck is a Nevada Republican Senate Candidate who has abandoned Trump.

Heck issued a statement, “I can no longer look past the pattern of behavior and comments that have been made by Donald Trump. Therefore, I cannot in good conscience continue to support Donald Trump.”

It sounds like a broken record. I mean do all of these people get their speeches written by the same person? How many times can people say “pattern of behavior.”

Fortunately, Donald’s comments speak for themselves like these:

5. Justin Amash
Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has always been a Never Trumper. But he wanted to make sure everyone knew it earlier this month.

Amash doubled down on his betrayal of Donald Trump.

4.Mitt Romney, the former Governor of Massachusetts and two-time failed Presidential candidate, has no love for Donald Trump.

Romney has been trying to undermine Donald Trump for a long time now. He has even expressed support for Libertarian goofball Gary Johnson.
 

3. John McCain

John McCain, another failed Presidential candidate and a sitting Arizona Senator, is one of the biggest traitors to Mr. Trump.

McCain came out against Mr. Trump from the get-go by refusing to show up at a rally and distancing himself from Donald Trump.

Mr. Trump called out McCain’s childish antics

 

2. John Kasich

If you thought it couldn’t get any worse than John McCain, you are wrong. Look no further than the sitting Governor of Ohio and another failed Presidential candidate John Kasich.

Kasich was a sore loser throughout the entire Republican primary process staying in the fight when he didn’t even get as many votes as Ted Cruz.

His whiny, loser behavior continued when he refused to show up to the Republican National Convention despite it being in Ohio, you know the state he is the Governor of.

In September, Kasich went on CNN and said it is “highly unlikely” he would vote for Donald Trump. He’s even embraced the TPP which would sell out American jobs to foreign countries.

Lest we not forget that he too reneged on his pledge to support the Republican nominee. John Kasich even has the Ohio Republican Party working against Donald Trump and actively attacking him on Twitter!

1. Paul Ryan

You probably thought we forgot about Paul Ryan. Nope, he’s the #1 biggest backstabber.

Paul Ryan endorsed Donald Trump in June, “Through these conversations, I feel confident he would help us turn the ideas in this agenda into laws to help improve people’s lives. That’s why I’ll be voting for him this fall.”

Just days later, Paul Ryan showed his true colors attacking Donald Trump’s criticism of a corrupt judge.

He wasn’t done there. He attacked Donald Trump earlier this month and seemingly revoked his endorsement, “You’ll all need to do what’s best for you and your district.” He refused to stand by Donald Trump and now he is reaping what he sows.

Ryan was booed off the stage by his own supporters in Wisconsin. And Trump mocked his failure as the Speaker of House. And he has failed when his first major achievement was a sell-out of the American people to the tune of $1.1 trillion.

***** Recall Governor Jerry Brown *****

My goal is to get Governor Jerry Brown out of the lives of every single Californian and out of office. His gun grabbing laws are unconstitutional and takes rights away from good people. His economic decisions are bankrupting the state and causing businesses to flee the state. His love for a high speed bullet train is a fantasy and he should have focused on a real issue like the drought. Raising the smoking age to 21 is not going to stop young adults from smoking, but will cause them commit a crime and face fines and jail time because of a vice. We need to stop him before he gets worse.

This petition will be delivered to:

 

• The People of California 
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UN Human Rights Council Welcomes Saudi Arabia to Its Ranks

By Michael van der Galien January 2, 2017

 The Saudi version of "fair gender equality." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

 You'll never believe which states joined the United Nations Human Rights Council. Or, well, if you know anything about the UN, perhaps you will believe it:

  

Welcome to the new 2017 membership @UN_HRC: Saudi Arabia Venezuela China Cuba Iraq Qatar Burundi Bangladesh United Arab Emirates #UNreform

 

That reads like a who's who of human rights abusers. Nowadays, however, these regimes -- which routinely oppress women, and jail, torture, and even kill critics -- are somehow deemed to be the protectors of our universal human rights. I'd laugh if it wasn't so incredibly sad.

But wait, the UNHCR says, don't criticize Saudi Arabia! According to Sharia they have "fair gender equality"!

 

  

Satire, right? Nope, the UNHCR is dead serious.

mnesty International: War Crimes In Iraq Committed With U.S., European Weapons

By Laura Loomer - on January 5, 2017 in the Geller Report





On Thursday, Amnesty International announced that war crimes have been committed in Iraq by Hashid Shaabi, Shi’ite Muslim militias fighting alongside Iraqi troops against the Islamic State.

“International arms suppliers, including the USA, European countries, Russia and Iran, must wake up to the fact that all arms transfers to Iraq carry a real risk of ending up in the hands of militia groups with long histories of human rights violations,” saidPatrick Wilcken, an Amnesty researcher.

 Hashid Shaabi, which receives most of it’s funding from Iran, reportedly used weapons provided to the Iraqi military by the United States, Europe, Russia and Iran to commit war crimes that include torture, summary executions, and enforced disappearances.

However, Hashid Shaabi has denounced Amnesty’s claim, calling it a lie, while arguing that it has saved Iraq by battling against ISIS, preventing the jihadis from encroaching on Baghdad.

 These lies falsify truths and contribute directly or indirectly to the continuation of struggles that the Iraqi people and the people of neighbouring countries suffer from. This is very clear in this report when it is purposefully slandering an official government institution”, said Ahmed al-Assadi, a Hashid spokesman.
 



In November, Hashid Shaabi officially joined forces with the Iraqi military, but was boycotted by Sunni representatives who were skeptical of giving more power and influence to the Shi’ites and Iran. Many expressed concern over the Iraqi government’s ability to control Hashid Shaabi.


When selling arms to militias in nations that are hotbeds of terrorism and human rights violations, it is imperative that Western nations establish strict guidelines to prevent the use of weapons by militias committing acts of violence and human rights abuses.

“U.S., European weapons used to commit war crimes in Iraq – Amnesty”

REUTERS, January 5, 2017

Militias fighting alongside Iraqi troops against Islamic State are committing war crimes using weapons provided to the Iraqi military by the United States, Europe, Russia and Iran, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

The rights group said that the predominantly Shi’ite Muslim militias, known collective as the Hashid Shaabi, were using weapons from Iraqi military stockpiles to commit war crimes including enforced disappearances, torture and summary killings.
Hashid Shaabi rejected Amnesty’s accusation as “lies”.

Parliament voted for the Hashid to formally become part of Iraq’s armed forces in November but the session was boycotted by Sunni Muslim representatives, who worry the move will entrench Shi’ite majority rule as well as Iran’s regional influence.

Iraqi and Western officials have expressed serious concern about the government’s ability to bring the Shi’ite militias under greater control.

Feds preparing to drop warnings on cholesterol

By Thomas Lifson

 


I guess the settled science on cholesterol, and all the dietary the advice premised on it, is not so settled. I can’t be sure, but I suspect that at least 97% of scientists a few years ago would have endorsed limiting cholesterol intake.  But as all real scientists know, all previous scientific conclusions are subject to revision if new data comes in.
Thus, we learn via Peter Whoriskey in the Washington Post:
The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.
The group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern” stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.
 
The finding follows an evolution of thinking among many nutritionists who now believe that, for healthy adults, eating foods high in cholesterol may not significantly affect the level of cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk of heart disease.
 
The greater danger in this regard, these experts believe, lies not in products such as eggs, shrimp or lobster, which are high in cholesterol, but in too many servings of foods heavy with saturated fats, such as fatty meats, whole milk, and butter.

So for the last 66 years, we have been acting on alarmism that turned out to lack a full scientific basis.

 Cholesterol has been a fixture in dietary warnings in the United States at least since 1961, when it appeared in guidelines developed by the American Heart Association. Later adopted by the federal government, such warnings helped shift eating habits -- per capita egg consumption dropped about 30 percent -- and harmed egg farmers.

It is bad enough to harm entire industries. I am sure there are families that lost their livelihoods in the crash of egg consumption. Not to mention all those delicious breakfasts that were never eaten. But the harm to be done by CO2 restrictions the warmsts deman dwarfs the cholesterol warning’s impact. I hope that President-elect Trump notes the parallel here with global warming alarmism. It is a powerful point.

Hat tip: Clarice Feldman

What These Burqa-Clad Muslims Just Did In Michigan Proves Trump Was Right All Along…

The city of Dearborn, Michigan has completely been taken over by Muslim migrants in the last few years. Now, things have gotten to the point where Muslims are quickly becoming the majority in Dearborn, and they are reportedly trying to make the locals submit to Shariah law.

The disturbing video below is pro-Islamic propaganda out of Dearborn. After watching it, you’ll be especially thankful that Donald Trump won this election, because he might just be the only person who can stop these Muslims from taking over all of America…







This came after Dennis Michael Lynch released a video that shows an in depth look at Dearborn, and it’s downright disturbing. In the footage, a stunned Lynch comes to the conclusion that being in Dearborn doesn’t even feel like being in America anymore since there are so many foreign Muslims there.
  



 

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The Discovery in Jerusalem That Proved The Fact- Jerusalem Belongs To The Jew

This is another piece in the puzzle of how the Jewish People built the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple thousands of years ago and continue to do so until this day… The secret of the Jerusalem stone, the beautiful white limestone that makes the city’s appearance so unique and beautiful, are the large stone quarries found quite close to the city.

To this day Jerusalem “builds itself”, mining its own stone to continue to create the beautiful white stone buildings which compose the exquisite city profile.. The mining in modern times is comparitively easy. Yet the mining and transporting the huge boulders mined in these quarries, thousands of years ago, without modern technology, was a long and painstaking process. Although the process has changed, the building with Jerusalem stone has remained a Jewish trademark, identifying Jerusalem with the Jewish Nation for thousands of years.
 

Published: January 1, 2017

Vermont Residents Outraged by Syrian Refugee Resettlemen

by Marie Aubry/ January 2, 2017

Residents of a small town in Rutland, Vermont are outraged that Mayor Christopher Louras agreed to take in 100 Syrian refugees in 2017. Louras wants younger, able-bodied workers for the town, but residents are concerned about what this will cost them.

In an interview with The New York Times, Mayor Louras defended his decision when he said, “Rutland’s demographic condition right now is not just one of a declining population, but it’s also a graying population.” He added, “We need people.”

Louras also believes refugees will bring cultural diversity.
Outrage has grown among local residents, who contend they had no say on the issue of taking in refugees. Clearly, this will have an impact on the community, with taxpayer dollars expected to pay for it.

To voice their concerns, residents have established an opposition group called Rutland First in an effort to persuade Louras to reverse the refugee resettlement agreement.
An open letter on Rutland First’s Facebook page reads:

“Rutland First DOES NOT condone violence of any kind towards ANYONE! We agree that anyone causing verbal or physical violence to anyone should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. We may disagree with the mayor’s actions of bringing refugees to our community for a variety of different reasons, BUT never have we wanted harm to come to any human being. Our anger isn’t towards the refugees, it is towards the ACTIONS of our elected officials. The way we fight back is by voting. Remember in March who must be voted out. In a world full of hate be the light that shines.”

Since its inception, the advocacy group has had a definite impact. Seven out of 11 local officials have since sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State stating the town has received limited resources after accepting the refugees, and that “a significant part of our community has also grown anxious about the program.”

A Rutland resident told The New York Times, “We’re kind of stuck out here, with our level of economic depression, with our level of crime and drug issues.” He added, “We’re the ones who are gonna have to foot the bill for this.”

H/T: The Daily Caller

John Kerry In The Center of A MASSIVE Corruption Scandal

Jan 03, 2017 by admin in DIASPORA

More and more corruption by the Democrats. They are filled up to the top with the corruption and they are not ashamed of that. In contrast, one of them- John Kerry- offered confirmation of his very own scandal.

In 2014, Kerry stated, “What we’re talking about here is a multi-million dollar effort that will strengthen the capacity of healthcare workers to deliver lifesaving HIV services.”
He continued, “[I]t will build on the Global Health Service Partnership with Peace Corps and Seed Global Health.”
And what do you think? Where did the money went? Easy- no one else but his daughter.

Huge amount of DOS’ money has been funneled through the Peace Corps to a nonprofit foundation started and run by Secretary of State John Kerry’s daughter. They tried to deny this, claiming that Kerry had nothing to do with this decision, but that still doesn’t make it legit.

It is clear that Kerry’s daughter took the reward without any competition, meaning no one else had the opportunity to won. Can something like this be considered fair?

With the amount money we give the government in form of taxes, shouldn’t we at least get the chance to fight and to try to get something in return?

This is the same party that says they don’t need change and wonder why they lost the presidential election. Maybe the people will give them an opportunity

Squeaky clean, huh? Obama forgot about these 25 scandals

BIG LIST of president's most outrageous abuses of executive power
Chelsea Schilling

 

Chelsea Schilling is a news and commentary editor for WND and a proud U.S. Army veteran. She has a master's degree in public policy and a bachelor's degree in journalism. Schilling also worked as a news producer at USA Radio Network and as a news reporter for the Sacramento Union.

It’s an eye-popping claim: Barack Obama is a squeaky-clean president who will leave office without ever having been marred by a single scandal or embarrassment during his eight years in the White House.

At least that’s what the outgoing president and his advisers would like America to believe.

“The president prides himself on the fact that his administration hasn’t had a scandal,” Valerie Jarrett, Obama’s close friends and longtime adviser said during a Sunday interview on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS.”

Asked about the Obamas’ public personas, she continued, “I think that they behave as the people who they are. What you see in public is the same thing I see in private. Do they feel responsibility because they’re historic figures? Yes, they do. But I don’t think it has made them be different than who they are. The president prides himself on the fact that his administration hasn’t had a scandal and he hasn’t done something to embarrass himself. That is not because he is being someone other that who he is. That’s who he is. That is who they are. And that is what really resonates with the American people.”

n November 2016, Obama got an earful from Twitter after he declared, “I’m extremely proud of the fact that over 8 years we have not had the kinds of scandals that have plagued other administrations.”

What do YOU think? Which of Obama’s top 25 scandals is most outrageous? Sound off in today’s WND poll!
Apparently a refresher is in order, so WND assembled a list of Obama’s top 25 most outrageous scandals during his eight years in the White House.

Obama’s Iran nuke deal

 

On July 14, 2015, the Obama administration negotiated and signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, a nuclear deal between Iran, the United States and the “P5+1,” which included France, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Russia, and the European Union. The Obama administration pushed the deal through and agreed to major terms without consulting with the U.S. Senate. The White House championed the plan as “the historic deal that will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.” 

 

Obama later conceded that the deal he sought with Iran would not prevent the jihadist theocracy from obtaining nuclear weapons, but said it would delay that by 10 to 15 years.

As part of the deal, Iran made commitments with regard to its nuclear program, including reduction of low-enriched uranium stockpiles to 300 kilograms, limits on future enrichment of uranium to 3.67 percent, storage of centrifuges for 10 years, restrictions on research and development and monitoring and inspections. Iran also agreed to rebuild its Arak nuclear reactor so its core cannot produce weapons-grade plutonium and transform its Fordow facility into a research center. In exchange, Iran was promised sanctions relief and the unfreezing of up to $150 billion in assets. The agreement allowed Iran to continue its uranium enrichment – a major sticking point for opponents who cite Iran’s status as a state sponsor of terrorism and its repeated threats against the U.S. and her ally, Israel.

But the Obama administration has kept secret many unclassified documents related to the deal. Members of the public and even some congressional staffers cannot access the files held in secure areas on Capitol Hill known as Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, or SCIF. Even some top Democratic Party lawmakers are calling on Donald Trump to release the documents after he enters the White House in January.

“Unless there’s a damn good reason to keep them out of the public eye, turn them over,” Jon Tester, D-Mont., said earlier this month, the Weekly Standard reported. “I’m more on the side of transparency than not, that is for sure. … But that’s a first blush, not really knowing what’s in them.”


  

In September, the Institute for Science and International Security reported that the Obama administration allowed Iran to exceed limits imposed by the deal so as to claim Tehran was still in compliance with the terms. The Obama administration dismissed the institute’s report.

“The administration was really nasty after we released these documents,” David Albright, founder and president of the institute, told the Weekly Standard. “It was very tough for us to get the information. … I think that is we hadn’t released, they had every intention to keep it secret. They may have given lip service to openness, but I think their intention was to keep it secret.”

Albright continued, “You have to ask the question of, what else is being hidden? The administration did it to try to minimize the chance that people would know what was in these decisions, and certainly keep these people from talking to people like me in the technical community that can actually interpret what’s in those decisions.”

The Obama administration reportedly has allowed Iran to keep low-enriched uranium disallowed under the 2015 deal, including uranium “deemed unrecoverable” for use in making nuclear weapons. In exchange, Iran promises to not try to recover the uranium. However, that language is not in the actual Iran deal. Other revelations indicated Obama made a secret side deal with Iran, allowing it to decide which nuclear sites to inspect and letting Iran do its own inspections at the Parchin site, where experts suspect Iran has been developing nuclear arms. The side deal also reportedly lets Iran provide its own photos and videos of suspect locations, while “taking into account military concerns.”

In August 2015, action star and WND exclusive columnist Chuck Norris wrote a column exposing “Obama’s 6 biggest lies about the Iran nuke deal.” 

Christian missionaries in Aleppo crucified and beheaded

• October 16, 2016  Archbishop Cranmer

 

 

 At several steps on their path to death by beheading and crucifixion last month, 11 indigenous Christian workers near Aleppo, Syria had the option to leave the area and live. The 12-year-old son of a ministry team leader also could have spared his life by denying Christ…”

 The Christian Aid Mission account of the fate of Aleppo’s indigenous Christian missionaries is harrowing and humbling. While Western politicians debate whether or not to risk World War III by creating a safe haven in northern Syria and imposing a no-fly zone over Aleppo – with the expectation (/certainty) of US/European forces, sooner or later, having to shoot down a Russian bomber or Syrian fighter jet – we’re hearing a lot about Assad’s (lesser) evil, ISIS barbarism and the pervasive demonic contempt for the human spirit. Women are stoned, men burned alive, girls raped and gays hurled from tall buildings. It is an image of hell.
We’re not hearing much about Aleppo’s Christians: the mainstream media don’t care very much what happens to them:

..The Syrian ministry workers in those villages chose to stay in order to provide aid in the name of Christ to survivors.

“I asked them to leave, but I gave them the freedom to choose,” said the ministry director, his voice tremulous as he recalled their horrific deaths. “As their leader, I should have insisted that they leave.”

They stayed because they believed they were called to share Christ with those caught in the crossfire, he said.

“Every time we talked to them,” the director said, “they were always saying, ‘We want to stay here – this is what God has told us to do. This is what we want to do.’ They just wanted to stay and share the gospel.”

While we drink our Fair Trade coffee and pray for the recovery of our gay pride flags, our brothers and sisters in Christ are risking everything to share the gospel with those who are being lost. They suffer hell on earth to keep people out of hell for eternity. What experience of Jesus have they had which we do not? What God-consciousness do they possess which we have not? What inner life fires them to such certainty, peace and the assurance that to die is gain?

On Aug. 28, the militants asked if they had renounced Islam for Christianity. When the Christians said that they had, the rebels asked if they wanted to return to Islam. The Christians said they would never renounce Christ.

The 41-year-old team leader, his young son and two ministry members in their 20s were questioned at one village site where ISIS militants had summoned a crowd. The team leader presided over nine house churches he had helped to establish. His son was two months away from his 13th birthday.

In front of the team leader and relatives in the crowd, the Islamic extremists cut off the fingertips of the boy and severely beat him, telling his father they would stop the torture only if he, the father, returned to Islam. When the team leader refused, relatives said, the ISIS militants also tortured and beat him and the two other ministry workers. The three men and the boy then met their deaths in crucifixion.

“All were badly brutalized and then crucified,” the ministry leader said. “They were left on their crosses for two days. No one was allowed to remove them.”

The martyrs died beside signs the ISIS militants had put up identifying them as “infidels.”

What manner of demon slices off a boy’s fingertips in the pursuit of religious conversion? What father’s agony can bear being forced to renounce his Saviour in order to spare his son? They are not infidels, but saints, sanctified by the Blood of the Lamb, made holy by being in Christ, the sanctifier. 

Their eschatological mission transcended race, religion, sex and social status: their loyalty to Christ made them love their enemies, seeking the image of God in the ravaged faces of hate.

Eight other ministry team members, including two women, were taken to another site in the village that day (Aug. 28) and were asked the same questions before a crowd. The women, ages 29 and 33, tried to tell the ISIS militants they were only sharing the peace and love of Christ and asked what they had done wrong to deserve the abuse. The Islamic extremists then publicly raped the women, who continued to pray during the ordeal, leading the ISIS militants to beat them all the more furiously.

As the two women and the six men knelt before they were beheaded, they were all praying.

“Villagers said some were praying in the name of Jesus, others said some were praying the Lord’s prayer, and others said some of them lifted their heads to commend their spirits to Jesus,” the ministry director said. “One of the women looked up and seemed to be almost smiling as she said, ‘Jesus!'”

After they were beheaded, their bodies were hung on crosses, the ministry director said, his voice breaking. He had trained all of the workers for their evangelistic ministry, and he had baptized the team leader and some of the others.

Thus is the vocation of Christian missionaries: without their sacrifice, the whole truth cannot be known. Their fears are real and their grief is great, but the zeal to proclaim the glory of the Risen Christ is more real and far greater. Is there any joy to be found in the torture and murder of a 12-year-old boy? Is the loss of any young life not worth a headline somewhere? Is our world so distorted and deformed that the crucifixion and beheading of Aleppo’s Christian missionaries doesn’t rend the hearts of anyone but their families and fellow missionaries?

These are the real martyrs; the very special dead. May their presence and power rend the veil between earth and heaven. We need their faces and stories in our petty, mundane lives. We might then see Jesus through the molehills.

Five Vindicated Police Officers File Lawsuit Against Marilyn Mosby

By Phoenix Brooks |

 


After the fourth unsuccessful attempt to lock up a police officer involved in the death of Freddie Gray, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has chosen to drop the charges against the remaining officers, and has found herself moving from the prosecution’s table, to the defendant’s table.

That’s because five of the six vindicated officers are taking Mosby to court and suing her. From NBC:

“Officers William Porter, Edward Nero, Garrett Miller, Lt. Brian Rice, and Sgt. Alicia White alleged defamation, false arrest, false imprisonment, and violation of constitutional rights, among others.”

In May of 2015, when the charges against the six officers were first leveled, Mosby held a press conference.

It was held during a time in which Baltimore communities were being burned and looted by “protesters.”


It was a time in which Baltimore’s mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, announced that the looters and rioters should have “space to destroy.”

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby used her press conference to utilize that hatred that the activists had for the justice system and the police. She said,

“To the people of Baltimore and demonstrators across America, I heard your call for ‘No Justice, No peace.’”

The implication was clear, that she believed that the six officers were guilty, and that if she did not get the convictions that she was seeking, there would be future civil unrest.
This is a statement that would be expected from a race-hustler like Al Sharpton, but from a state’s attorney, it was definitely over the top. She went on:

“Your peace is sincerely needed as I work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man.” 

Again, her idea of “delivering justice,” is not about getting to the heart of the matter, and finding out the truth about what happened to Freddie Gray, but is instead about winning convictions against the six accused officers.

The lawsuit against Mosby alleges that the state’s attorney brought charges against the officers that were not supported by the evidence or even probable cause.

H/T US Herald