Shifra's BlogWire
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NYT: ‘Swing State’ Voters Who Cast Ballots For Dems In 2018 Are Swinging Back… To Trump
by Shifra on November 27, 2019Bad news for Democrats. Wonderful news for the U.S.A. #Winning! Via Daily Wire. The New York Times/Siena College partnership keeps producing terrible news for the 2020 Democratic contenders. This time, on the heels of a poll that showed only former Vice President Joe Biden giving President Donald Trump a challenge in battleground states, the NYT’s Upshot discovered that swing state voters who “swung” to Democrats in 2018 plan to swing back to Trump. “Nearly two-thirds of voters in six battleground states who voted for President Trump in 2016 — but for Democratic congressional candidates in 2018 — say they intend to back the president against each of his top rivals, according to recent polling,” the NYT said Wednesday Those “battleground...
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CNN Report: Trump ‘Destructive Cult’ Leader, Uses ‘Mind Control’ On Supporters
by Shifra on November 26, 2019Stelter seems oh-so-excited to promote this guest as a “mental health expert.” According to Wikipedia, here are his “credentials:” He studied hypnosis. And he founded the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, which is registered as a domestic profit corporation in the state of Massachusetts, and Hassan is president and treasurer. But I can’t comment on this further until I ask permission from my local ‘Trump Is Our Leader’ chapter. Or something. HT NewsBusters.
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ABC Reports Higher Premiums, Deductibles Since ’08. No Mention Of ‘Obamacare’
by Shifra on November 24, 2019If you are wondering how it is possible to report on middle-class healthcare skyrocketing costs from 2008 to 2018, without bothering to mention Obamacare as a possible factor, read last week’s ABC report. Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to lower costs? Wasn’t it named the *Affordable* Care Act? And now, the Dems are trying to foist an even more horrible scheme on us, with millions losing their private health insurance, and dumping everyone into Medicare For All, or, as it should be called, Healthcare For None. HT Twitchy. In 2008, middle-class workers spent about 7.8% of household income on premiums and deductibles. By 2018, that figure had climbed to 11.5%. https://t.co/u1iaCkAfoA — ABC News (@ABC) November 21, 2019 Gee, what happened between...
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Criminal With Big Ears And Neck Tattoo Tries Disguise With… Glasses
by Shifra on November 24, 2019Definitely a contender for the 2019 Darwin Awards. Via NY Post. This guy is no Clark Kent. An on-the-lam UK thief “disguised” himself with a pair of black-rimmed glasses — but local cops saw right through his ploy, according to a new report. David Springthorpe, 30, who was wanted for a number of shoplifting offenses and breaching a court order, was busted this week “after a chase” when cops spotted the now-bespectacled suspect, authorities posted to Facebook….
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Warren Rally Honoring Black Women Kicks Out Group Of… Black Women
by Shifra on November 22, 2019The Atlanta group was protesting Elizabeth Warren’s opposition to charter schools and parental school choice. Warren’s son attended an elite private school. But, as the NY Post recently pointed out in ‘Warren’s ginormous school-choice hypocrisy’: …She promises to end private-school vouchers and tax credits. She’d block new programs that give families choices and work to shut down existing ones. She’d also ban for-profit charter schools, end federal funding for new charters and add more regulatory barriers to opening them. The blueprint sounds like it came straight from the teachers’ union playbook: It calls for boosts in funding to government-run schools and more red tape for their competition…. Warren screams over and over again how “the system is rigged by the...
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Liz Laments Lack Of Affordable Housing, Omits She Got Rich Off Foreclosed Homes
by Shifra on November 21, 2019The hypocrisy of Elizabeth Warren is astounding. Her net worth is reported to be $12M, and she made a lot of money flipping houses that people lost when they couldn’t pay their mortgages. Yes, the Foreclosure Queen really cares about “the little people.” Via Free Beacon. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who previously bought foreclosed properties to turn a quick profit, lamented the lack of affordable housing during Wednesday’s presidential primary debate. “Our housing problem in America is a problem on the supply side,” she said in reply to a question from MSNBC debate moderator Kristen Welker. “And that means the federal government stopped building new housing a long time ago, affordable housing.” “So I’ve got a plan for 3.2...
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Dr. Ben Carson Slams Maxine Waters For ‘Shameless’ Letter To POTUS
by Shifra on November 20, 2019After this exchange last year, Ol’ Maxine should have learned better than to try messing with Dr. Carson. Mad Max barked and threatened the brain surgeon that if he goes before the House Committee on Financial Service, she’ll “take him apart". Dr.Carson: "Maxine isn’t taking me apart anytime soon.However,my services are always available to her for a much needed brain evaluation.” — R.N. and Patriot (@nonnimaz) February 27, 2018 But looks like Waters has learned…nothing. Via Fox News. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday accused Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., of lacking “basic manners” over a letter she sent to President Trump last month saying his “shamelessness knows no bounds,” according to a report. Waters’ Oct. 28 letter...
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MSM Withdraw Story Pinning Obama’s Migrant Detention Center Rates On Trump
by Shifra on November 20, 2019Detention center under *Obama* The Fake News Purveyors, er, MSM, were forced to retract their story after attributing Obama-era child detention center statistics to President Trump. But notice how, in their retractions, they mention “the year 2015” rather than “Obama.” Via Fox News. Several media organizations were forced to make retractions Tuesday after falsely attributing a staggering Obama-era migrant child-detention statistic to President Trump. On Monday, Manfred Nowak, an expert from the U.N. Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty, claimed that 100,000 migrant children were detained by the Trump administration and indicated that it was the “world’s highest rate” of detained children. The following day, however, he acknowledged that the cited number actually was from 2015 — under President...
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Dem Candidate Deval Patrick Speaks To Nearly Empty Nevada Hall
by Shifra on November 19, 2019Wow: Just like the Trump rally in Minnesota…NOT HT American Mirror. Last night @DevalPatrick addressed a nearly empty hall of @nvdems. The people who stayed liked him, they said they wished he had run from the beginning. pic.twitter.com/NEX3TWPIRF — Laura Krantz (@laurakrantz) November 18, 2019
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Pompeo: U.S. Reverses Obama’s Policy Of Calling Israeli Settlements ‘Illegal’
by Shifra on November 18, 2019Israel is celebrating today’s historic decision. But Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama and John Kerry ? Not so much. Via Jerusalem Post. In a historic reversal of US policy, the Trump administration announced on Monday that it does not view Israeli settlements in the West Bank as illegal. The policy change was announced by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington. “After carefully studying all sides of the legal debate, this administration agrees with president Reagan,” Pompeo said in reference to Ronald Reagan’s position that settlements were not inherently illegal. “The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Pompeo, saying “the United States adopted an important...
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Schiff’s Quid Pro Woe: Independents Are Tuning Out Impeachment ‘Show’
by Shifra on November 18, 2019As reported in WaPo, Adam Schiff once dreamed of becoming a screenwriter: When Adam Schiff was a young assistant U.S. attorney living in Los Angeles, he did what everyone does when they move to Hollywood. He wrote a screenplay. He spent hours at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, reading the scripts for “Silence of the Lambs” and “Witness” in the library. (it was the ’90s). He leaned on his courtroom experience, thinking back on snippets of dialogue during trials as he typed out a crime thriller. The prosecutor was the hero, naturally. He called it “Minotaur,” and, if you ask Schiff, it was pretty good…. But his latest “work,” the Impeachment Show, is fast becoming a dud....
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Man Smuggles His Overweight Cat On Airline, Loses Frequent Flier Status
by Shifra on November 17, 2019Memo to would-be cat smugglers: Do not brag — on Instagram — about how you tricked an airline into allowing your fat furry feline to board the plane. Via NYT. A man who tricked his way into getting his overweight cat into the passenger cabin of a plane has been penalized by a Russian airline. Aeroflot stripped the passenger, Mikhail Galin, of his air miles and removed him from their frequent-flier program after he bragged on social media about sneaking his hefty pet onboard by switching him for a lighter cat during check-in…. The airline told Agence France-Presse that it opened an investigation after Mr. Galin’s post caught their attention, and that it eventually found video surveillance footage of the...
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Sad Story: No One On ‘Jeopardy!’ Knew Who Michael Avenatti Was
by Shifra on November 15, 2019Remember when CNN and MSNBC could not seem to get enough of Trump-hating Creepy Porn Lawyer, er, Michael Avenatti ? Via Free Beacon. Remember Michael Avenatti? Even the best of the best Jeopardy! champions did not know who the disgraced attorney was. During Thursday’s Tournament of Champions episode, the three contestants were stumped by the $800 answer under the category “Lawyers, Law & Legality,” which read “this lawyer’s star rose while repping Stormy Daniels but fell after he was accused of trying to extort millions from Nike in 2019.” The contestants, including record-breaking champion James Holzhauer, looked on blankly before time ran out and host Alex Trebek gave the correct response, adding, “his name quickly forgotten, obviously.” It was one...
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NY Post Cover Mocks Impeachment Hearings: ‘Guilty! Now For The Trial’
by Shifra on November 13, 2019The NY Post cover says it all. Perfectly. Via Daily Wire. The New York Post released its Wednesday cover late on Tuesday night mocking Democratic House leaders ahead of their public impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump over his July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky…. Columnist Michael Goodwin writes that Schiff “takes his magic act public Wednesday as the impeachment hearings burst out of a Capitol Hill dungeon and onto television. Donald Trump’s presidency and the 2020 election likely hang on whether Schiff’s sleight of hand can survive the bright lights of public exposure and cross-examination.” “Operating in darkness, where he controlled the witness list and leaked snippets of testimony that the Dems’ media echo chamber turned...
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WWII Submarine Missing 75 Years Found Off Japan Coast: ‘We Just Found 80 Men’
by Shifra on November 11, 2019Rest In Peace, heroes all. Via NYT. A 75-year-old mystery has been solved, and the families of 80 American sailors lost at sea will now have closure: the U.S.S. Grayback has finally been found…. The mystery began on Jan. 28, 1944, when the Grayback, one of the most successful American submarines of World War II, sailed out of Pearl Harbor for its 10th combat patrol. By late March it was more than three weeks overdue to return, and the Navy listed the submarine as missing and presumed lost…. The Grayback was thought to have gone down in the open ocean 100 miles east-southeast of Okinawa. But the Navy had unknowingly relied on a flawed translation of Japanese war records that...