Deputy AG Backs Sessions On Drug Crime Crackdown $CXW $GEO

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is vigorously defending a decision by AG Jeff Sessions to crack down on ‘the most serious, readily provable’ drug crimes.

In an op-ed for the San Francisco chronicle last Friday, Rosenstein noted that the Sessions memo ‘reinstitutes a policy that existed for more than three decades,’ of mandatory minimum sentences enacted by Congress – but relaxed under former AG Eric Holder of the Obama administration.

After that [Holder’s] policy was adopted, the total number of drug dealers charged annually by federal prosecutors fell from nearly 30,000 — where it had stood for many years — to just 22,000.

Meanwhile, drug-related violence has surged. There has been a significant spike in murders, including an 11 percent increase in 2015 alone.

Used wisely, federal charges with stiff penalties enable U.S. attorneys to secure the cooperation of gang members, remove repeat offenders from the community and deter other criminals from taking their places. –Rod Rosenstein

Rosenstein closed by writing ‘Minor drug offenders rarely face federal prosecution, and offenders without serious criminal records usually can avoid mandatory penalties by truthfully identifying their co-conspirators.’

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A government transparency organization formerly headed by Democrat operative David Brock is celebrating a legal victory over the Trump administration, after having compelled the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to turn over visitor logs to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort by Sept. 8.

MAJOR CREW VICTORY: as part of our lawsuit, the gov't has to turn over Mar-a-Lago visitor records by Sept. 8th. We'll be making them public.

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 17, 2017

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) – well funded and chaired by liberal propagandist David Brock until election day, and which has filed over 100 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Trump administration, issued a statement;

“The public deserves to know who is coming to meet with the president and his staff,” said executive director Noah Bookbinder. “We are glad as a result of this case, this information will become public for meetings at his personal residences — but it needs to be public for meetings at the White House as well.”

The Trump administration has notably declined to release White House visitor logs. In 2009 CREW was successfully able to compel the Obama administration to release visitor logs after a similar lawsuit.

oh man CREW is getting (and releasing) Mar-a-Lago visitor logs, starting Sept 8 pic.twitter.com/tNqfDam5IK

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) July 17, 2017

Another nothingburger?

As David Martosko of the Daily Caller tweets ‘Wanna bet the get nothing, because no one kept meaningful logs that aren’t subject to FOIA exemptions?”

Wanna bet they get nothing, because no one kept meaningful logs that aren't subject to FOIA exemptions?

— David Martosko (@dmartosko) July 17, 2017

Indeed, CREW spokesman Jordan Libowitz told Politico: ‘We don’t know exactly what records they have. What that means is somewhat of a mystery, but whatever records they kept, we will be getting.’

‘We know they have logs… because with Trump Tower, they told us there were no records to produce, but with Mar-a-Lago there were.’ –Jordan Libowitz, CREW

The Trump legal team probably considered that they may need to turn over visitor records at some point, if they exit – which means that if CREW’s legally compelled release from DHS doesn’t contain anything of import – it’s only going to vindicate President Trump in the eyes of the American public.

Sean Hannity hit back at Joe Scarborough in a series of tweets, telling his 2.6 million followers that the MSNBC host, ‘liberal Joe,’ had to ‘become an MSNBC liberal to keep his job.’

The tweetstorm from Hannity comes hours after Scarborough called Hannity’s nightly show on Fox “state run television.”

Sad truth about Liberal Joe is this; He had to become an MSNBC liberal to keep his job. @greta refused to change. Joe sold his soul Sheep TV

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 17, 2017

Hannity compared the Morning Joe host to recently fired MSNBC host Greta Van Susteren, the former Fox host who jumped networks – yet was reportedly let go for refusing to go along with the Trump-Russia conspiracy.

“@greta refused to change,” tweeted hannity. “Joe sold his soul Sheep TV.

Hannity also jabbed Scarborough over his musical appearance on the Stephen Colbert show, stating “Liberal Joe is desperate for attention now. Lashing out @Potus me, singing bad songs on Colbert. I crushed him on radio and TV,” wrote Hannity – followed by the hashtag #epicfailure

Liberal Joe is desperate for attention now. Lashing out @Potus me, singing bad songs on Colbert. I crushed him on radio and TV #epicfailure https://t.co/wbLMeBLp7B

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) July 17, 2017

Hannity vs. Scarborough

Animosity between the two hosts has been building since June, when Hannity said he would air a montage of Scarborough’s “daily emotional meltdown.”

Per The Hill: 

“Poor liberal Joe and Mika [Brzezinski] continue their daily emotional meltdown,” wrote Hannity. “Hilarious video montage tonight at 10 on Hannity FNC.”

Scarborough quickly responded to Hannity.

“Comrade, your continued obsession with those who refuse to be apparatchiks for Russia suggests resentment and envy. You are obsessed,” he responded.

Scarborough has 1.3 million followers on Twitter.

Hannity also unleashed on Scarborough and his fiancee and co-host Mika Brzezinski over their attacks on President Trump, calling Scarborough an “arrogant, pompous jerk” after the MSNBC host compared Trump to “a kid pooping in his pants.”

Stay classy Joe…

John McCain’s Friday surgery was so serious that Senate Majority Leader Mich McConnell delayed a vote on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act until the senator from Arizona recovers.

A blood clot was discovered above McCain’s right eye during a routine physical, requiring doctors to crack into his skull above the eyebrow. “Usually, a blood clot in this area would be a very concerning issue,” said Neurosurgeon Nrupen Baxi of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC.

Per the New York Times:

The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has already announced that votes on a bill to dismantle the Affordable Care Act will not begin until Mr. McCain’s return. A statement released by Mr. McCain’s office on Saturday had suggested that he would be in Arizona recovering for just this week, but neurosurgeons interviewed said the typical recovery period could be longer.

The statement from Mr. McCain’s office said a two-inch blood clot was removed from “above his left eye” during a “minimally invasive craniotomy with an eyebrow incision” at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, “following a routine annual physical.” Surgeons there are not conducting interviews, and Mr. McCain’s communications director, Julie Tarallo, said no further information was available.

A craniotomy is an opening of the skull, and an eyebrow incision would be used to reach a clot in or near the left frontal lobes of the brain, neurosurgeons who were not involved in Mr. McCain’s care said.

Looks like he’ll be taking a break from deep-state shenanigans for a bit…

Does this explain McCain’s odd behavior?

The NYT raises the question of whether or not the clot affected McCain during his bizarre line of questioning of former FBI Director James Comey.

During testimony, McCain referred to the former FBI Director as “President Comey,” before looking confused and frustrated with Comey’s answers… In fact, the entire sit-down was so strange that it was Twitter’s top tweeted moment from the Comey testimony.

I'm honestly confused with McCain's line of questioning. McCain wants to know if the Clinton camp colluded w/ Russians so they could lose?

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 8, 2017

I am confused about what point McCain is trying to make here?

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 8, 2017

These are the top Tweeted moments from Former FBI Director Comey's testimony in the Senate pic.twitter.com/Ew9xcRAFNg

— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) June 8, 2017

McCain’s office responded to the Twitter attention, suggesting people are too stupid to understand him:

I get the sense from Twitter that my line of questioning today went over people’s heads. Maybe going forward I shouldn’t stay up late watching the Diamondbacks night games. What I was trying to get at was whether Mr. Comey believes that any of his interactions with the President rise to the level of obstruction of justice.

To which the Arizona Diamondbacks official Twitter account replied:

¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/oJSCTxsmE8

— Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) June 8, 2017

Watch for yourself: 

Democrat operative turned CNN commentator, Paul Begala, piped up Wednesday evening during a discussion with Anderson Cooper – asking why Trump supporters aren’t outraged over Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.

We were and are under attack by a hostile foreign power,” he said,

and… we should be debating how many sanctions we should place on Russia or whether we should blow up the KGB, GSU, or GRU [Russia’s foreign intelligence agency].”

He continued: “If I was Trump, I would be mad because it has tainted his victory

Begalia, a long time Democrat strategist who was integral to Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign is a close pal of John Podesta – who maintains his emails were ‘stolen’ by Russia.

What a nutcase…

Hmmm… uhh… so here's Paul Begala, top Clinton ally, saying Trump should consider bombing Russia. https://t.co/2tW1gI0Uxh pic.twitter.com/wo9BmJPNDb

— Andrew Kirell (@AndrewKirell) July 13, 2017

The shilling is out of control with this guy…

Shoemaker Reebok, a subsidiary of Adidas, shot off a snarky tweet criticizing President Trump, after the President told France’s First lady Brigitte Macron, “You’re in such good shape… beautiful.”

In case you were wondering when it IS appropriate to say, "You're in such good shape…beautiful,"… THIS: pic.twitter.com/Z1cnnRD8Ut

— Reebok (@Reebok) July 14, 2017

Since it’s apparently no longer OK to compliment a woman on her looks, or assume her gender, or acknowledge when a person has devoted a lot of time to physical fitness, Reebok – which forces thousands of women to work in sweatshops –  is apparently the new morality police.

Was Trump hitting on Macron’s wife?

Could Reebok be full of virtue signaling Hypocrites?

Meanwhile, Reebok sucks bags upon bags of dicks

Despite shareholders calling for Reebok parent company Adidas to punt the revenue losing subsidiary, CEO Kasper Rorstead, a total cuck, ignored them:

“We are not going to sell Reebok because we are still very confident of the strategic position of the brand,” Rorsted told the meeting. “We are convinced the measures we are taking are going to be successful.” –Kasper Rorstead

According to Reuters, Rorsted admitted that Reebok was still not profitable but said he was sure restructuring measures would turn it around, adding his plan was for three to four years.

REEEEEEBOK RESPECTS WOMEN 

While they’re still massive cucks, enjoy this gallery of Reebok’s objectification of women…

.@Reebok oh look, another company virtue signalling to nuffies. Meanwhile, this is how they market their products. They look in good shape. pic.twitter.com/eqEW7nmHQV

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) July 16, 2017

A former Haitian government official working on exposing Clinton Foundation corruption has been found dead in Miami hotel room at the age of 50 with a gunshot wound to the head.

The death of Klaus Eberwein – former director general of Haiti’s economic development agancy, has been ruled a suicide.

“He shot himself in the head” -Veronica Lamar, medical examiner

Eberwein, a vocal critic of the Clinton Foundation, was scheduled to appear Tuesday before the Haitian Senate Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission where he was expected to testify on the Clinton Foundation’s misappropriation of funds in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.

“The Clinton Foundation, they are criminals, they are thieves, they are liars, they are a disgrace” –Klaus Eberwein

Eberwin – who reportedly told acquaintences that he feared for his life, pointed out that just .6 percent of donations from international sources to the Clinton Foundation for Haiti actually ended up in the hands of Haitian organizations, while 9.6% ended up in the Haitian government. The remaining 89.8% – $5.4 Billion, was spent elsewhere.

The now-deceased Clinton enemy was said to be in ‘good spirits’ with plans for the future. Friend Gilbert Bailly said “It’s really shocking… We grew up together, he was like family.”

An angry Ann Coulter slammed Delta airlines in a series of Tweets Saturday night, calling them “the worst airline in America” after the airline gave her pre-booked seat away to another passenger.

So glad I took time investigate the aircraft & PRE-BOOK a specific seat on @Delta, so some woman could waltz at the last min & take my seat.

But at least @Delta was nice @ it, summarily snatching my ticket from my hand & ordering me to move w/o explanation, compensation or apology

Coulter also put the airline on blast for crappy WiFi, recommending competitor Jet Blue instead.

Just when you think it's safe to fly them again, the worst airline in America is STILL: @Delta

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

Does your union hate you, @Delta? Not really worth spending all that money on planes when @Delta gate staff give your seat away.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

"Why are you taking me out of the extra room seat I specifically booked, @Delta?' Flight attendant: "I don't know.” pic.twitter.com/a0M1faZXMu

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

.@Delta didn’t give my extra room seat to an air marshall or tall person. Here’s the woman given my PRE-BOOKED seat: pic.twitter.com/iDNB8xXXOd

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

Hey @Delta, you mind telling me why it was an "emergency" to move someone else into the seat I had carefully chosen in advance and booked?

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

Also, @Delta, your wifi doesn't work — probably to prevent passengers from tweeting from the plane about how they're being treated.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

.@JetBlue has free wifi and doesn't wantonly remove passengers from their assigned seats, booked in advance FOR A REASON. @Delta sucks.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

So glad I took time investigate the aircraft & PRE-BOOK a specific seat on @Delta, so some woman could waltz at the last min & take my seat.

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2017

But at least @Delta was nice @ it, summarily snatching my ticket from my hand & ordering me to move w/o explanation, compensation or apology

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 16, 2017

Suckiest @Delta moved me from my PRE-BOOKED SEAT & gave it to some woman, not elderly, child, or sick. I have pictures so don’t lie, @Delta!

— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 16, 2017

In response to Coulter’s tweet storm, Delta has apologized and offered to discuss over Twitter DM

I understand how this must be extremely frustrating, Ann. I'd like to extend my sincere apology. (cont.) *HJB

— Delta (@Delta) July 16, 2017

@AnnCoulter Can you please follow and share your conf. # via DM. *HJB https://t.co/6iDGBJAc2m

— Delta (@Delta) July 16, 2017

Reactions have been predictably partisan

Yes, people who pay extra in advance to pre-book seats deserve preferential treatment & that has nothing to do with race, you utter cunt.

— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) July 16, 2017

Trump’s never gonna build that wall, you say?

Think again. As the Texas Observer reports:

For at least six months, private contractors and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been quietly preparing to build the first piece of President Trump’s border wall through the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge in South Texas.

CBP plans to construct an 18-foot levee wall that would stretch for almost three miles through the wildlife refuge, according to the official. The structure would consist of a concrete base, which would serve as a levee, and be topped with a fence made of steel bollards, similar to a levee wall built almost a decade ago near Hidalgo, Texas. A second federal official confirmed these details to the Observer.

Workers drilled into the ground Friday afternoon to extract soil samples in advance of the construction. When Observer journalist Jen Reel showed up to take pictures and ask questions, a security guard told her to pack up and hit the road – but not before she snapped these pictures:

Sorry wildlife at the 2,088 acre Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge – you’ve been BTFO, never to recover. We’ve got a country to protect.

According to a tweet by a former Massachusetts Trump campaign official James Brower and first reported by independent journalist and author Jack Posobiec, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s phone was tapped by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch during the now infamous meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya – who was let into the United States under “extraordinary circumstances” by Obama’s DOJ, headed by Lynch.

The meeting included Donald Trump Jr., Manafort, Jared Kushner, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Fusion GPS associate Rinat Akhmetshin – a Russian-American lobbyist who confirmed today that he was present during the June 2016 sit-down.

Scoop: Manaforts phone was illegally bugged during meeting with Russian Lawyer, confirmed by multiple sources. Lynch ordered it.

— James B (@jbro_1776) July 14, 2017

The meeting was arranged by another Fusion GPS associate, Rob Goldstone – in what is looking more and more like a deep-state setup to justify FISA wiretapping warrants. Of note, Veselnitskaya is publicly anti-Trump.

Fusion GPS, the firm behind the discredited 35 page Trump-Russia ‘dossier,’ was co-founded by Glenn Simpson, who abruptly canceled his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week in light of recent events linking the democrat opposition research firm to a second attempt to take down the Trumps.

Veselnitskaya and Akhmetshin seem part of a setup designed to create grounds for a FISA warrant on the Trump campaign pic.twitter.com/fvUJuvVvRR

— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) July 14, 2017

Legal?

If Brower’s tweet is proven correct and Paul Manafort’s phone was being tapped during the meeting – it means Loretta Lynch’s surveillance of Manafort, an American, was done without a FISA warrant – as the first FISA request by the Obama administration came in July, the same month as the meeting in Trump Tower.

This also calls into question the June 27th, 2016 “tarmac” meeting between Lynch and Bill Clinton, which would have come after the meeting at Trump Tower. Was Lynch reporting the results of the alleged surveillence to Clinton?

FISA Timeline

As radio host Mark Levin detailed in March (via Breitbart):

Drawing on sources including the New York Times and the Washington Post, Levin described the case against Obama so far, based on what is already publicly known. The following is an expanded version of that case, including events that Levin did not mention specifically but are important to the overall timeline.

1. June 2016: FISA request. The Obama administration files a request with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) to monitor communications involving Donald Trump and several advisers. The request, uncharacteristically, is denied.

2. July: Russia joke. Wikileaks releases emails from the Democratic National Committee that show an effort to prevent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) from winning the presidential nomination. In a press conference, Donald Trump refers to Hillary Clinton’s own missing emails, joking: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing.” That remark becomes the basis for accusations by Clinton and the media that Trump invited further hacking.

3. October: Podesta emails. In October, Wikileaks releases the emails of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, rolling out batches every day until the election, creating new mini-scandals. The Clinton campaign blames Trump and the Russians.

4. October: FISA request. The Obama administration submits a new, narrow request to the FISA court, now focused on a computer server in Trump Tower suspected of links to Russian banks. No evidence is found — but the wiretaps continue, ostensibly for national security reasons, Andrew McCarthy at National Review later notes. The Obama administration is now monitoring an opposing presidential campaign using the high-tech surveillance powers of the federal intelligence services.

Huge if true… 

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