Two U.S. Congressmen Alleged Members of Muslim Brotherhood

[From article]
In explosive testimony Tuesday, a witness before a Senate panel about Islamic terrorism accused the two Muslim members of Congress of having attended an event organized by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The charge was leveled by Chris Gaubatz, a “national security consultant” who has moonlighted as an undercover agitator of Muslim groups that he accuses of being terrorist outfits, and it was directed at Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and André Carson (D-Ind.). At the heart of his accusation is the attendance by those two members at a 2008 convention hosted by the Islamic Society of North America — a Muslim umbrella group, which Gaubatz claims is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood.
[. . .]
But seriously, the excerpt noted above highlights how behind the curve we are regarding the Muslim Brotherhood. The MB should have been declared a terrorist organization ions ago. Instead, they have been operating through countless front groups that are legitimized and lauded by leftist politicians and the media. As a result, no red flags are raised about anyone affiliated with these groups.
[. . .]



ISNA is not the only group targeted by Gaubatz. In 2009, he told Talking Points Memo that he obtained an internship with the Council on American-Islamic Relations as part of an effort to secretly collect evidence against the group to be used in a book written by his father. The book, “Muslim Mafia,” alleged that CAIR, a Muslim advocacy group that works to combat Islamophobia, was a front for the Muslim Brotherhood.
[. . .]
The MB told us who their front groups were in their Explanatory Memorandum during the Holy Land Foundation trial. Here’s the list. ISNA’s right on top.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/06/two_members_of_congress_accused_of_muslim_brotherhood_ties.html

June 29, 2016
Two members of Congress accused of Muslim Brotherhood ties
By Carol Brown

Tennessee Congressional Candidate Wants To Make America White Again

[From article]

An independent candidate for Congress has posted a campaign sign in Tennessee that says “Make America White Again.”
Rick Tyler, who is running as an independent, says he put the sign up along US Highway 411 near Benton. He told WRCB-TV that he doesn’t hate “people of color,” but wants to return to an earlier time “when there were no break-ins; no violent crime; no mass immigration.”
He also posted a sign with an image of the White House surrounded by Confederate flags.
Tyler is one of three independent candidates running for the seat now held by Chuck Fleischmann, a Republican, who faces both Republican and Democratic contenders.
The primary election is Aug. 4.

http://nypost.com/2016/06/22/a-candidate-for-congress-wants-to-make-america-white-again/

A candidate for Congress wants to ‘Make America White Again’
By Associated Press
New York Post
June 22, 2016 | 2:24pm

Democratic U.S. Rep. Convicted Of Racketeering, After Son Was Sentenced To Five Years For Bank and Tax Fraud

Longtime Democratic representative Chaka Fattah was convicted Tuesday to charges stemming from his efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan.

[From article]
A veteran Pennsylvania congressman was convicted Tuesday in a racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan related to his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral bid.
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was found guilty of all counts against him, including racketeering, fraud and money laundering. His lawyers had argued that the schemes were engineered without Fattah's knowledge by two political consultants who pleaded guilty in the case.
The 59-year-old Democrat had been in Congress since 1995 and served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. But he lost the April primary and his bid for his 12th term. His current term ends Jan. 2.
Fattah had little reaction to the verdict, but he kept a smile on his face as he conferred with his lawyers afterward.
He will remain free on bail. A judge set sentencing for Oct. 4.
Fattah told reporters as he was leaving the courtroom: "Well, it's a tough day, but I do want to thank the jurors for their service." He said he will confer with his lawyers on the next step.
Prosecutors said Fattah routed federal grant money and nonprofit funds through his consultants to pay back the illegal loan.
His wife, Philadelphia TV news anchor Renee Chenault-Fattah, took a leave after her husband's indictment and then quit in February. She was cited in the case over the sham sale of her Porsche, which prosecutors said was a bribe. But she was never charged with any wronging, and she said the sale was legitimate.
In a related case, his son, Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr., was convicted on charges of bank and tax fraud and sentenced in February to five years in prison. A jury found he took part in a scheme as a subcontractor to defraud the Philadelphia school district.
Justice Department lawyer Jonathan Kravis said in his closing argument that Chaka Fattah Sr. used federal grants and nonprofit funds to enrich his family and friends.
Defense lawyers acknowledged Fattah might have gotten himself in financial trouble after a costly mayoral bid, but they said any help from friends amounted to gifts, not bribes.
Many of them came from co-defendant Herbert Vederman, a wealthy friend who had dreams of scoring an ambassadorship. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, a Democrat, testified that he never took the pitch from Fattah too seriously, even though Fattah once bent the president's ear about it. Democrat Ed Rendell, a former mayor and governor, was called to defend Vederman, his former deputy mayor. He said Vederman was qualified for the job and accused prosecutors of cynically misreading the help he lent Fattah.
Vederman helped support Fattah's South African nanny and paid $18,000 for a Porsche owned by Fattah's TV anchor wife.
"The nanny, the Porsche and the Poconos, they weren't part of a bribery scheme," Fattah lawyer Samuel Silver argued in closings. "Those were all overreaches by the prosecution."
The campaign loan was just one of several schemes prosecutors outlined during the trial. They say Fattah was aided in his endeavors by current and former staffers who ran his district office or the nonprofits; by Vederman, who now lives in Palm Beach, Florida; and by political consultants Greg Naylor and Thomas Lindenfeld, who pleaded guilty.
The other co-defendants are Bonnie Bowser, of Philadelphia, who ran his district office; Karen Nicholas, of Williamstown, New Jersey, who ran the education nonprofit Fattah started; and Robert Brand, of Philadelphia, a businessman married to a former Fattah staffer. The jury on Tuesday came back with a mixed verdict for them.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3652804/Verdict-reached-Pennsylvania-congressmans-bribery-case.html

Democratic congressman Chaka Fattah convicted on racketeering, fraud and money laundering charges for using federal grant money to pay back an illegal campaign loan
Fatah was elected in 1995
He was put on the powerful House Appropriations Committee
'The nanny, the Porsche and the Poconos'
Lawmaker ran into financial trouble after failed bid for mayor of Philadelphia
Defense claims Fattah accepted help from a friend, but not bribes
His son also was convicted in a related case
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Daily Mail (UK)
PUBLISHED: 12:12 EST, 21 June 2016 | UPDATED: 13:09 EST, 21 June 2016

Daughter of US Congressman Uses Official License Plates For Lyft Ride Sharing

Representative Elijah Cummings' daughter Adia (pictured together at her graduation) used his car with Congressional plates while working for Lyft.

[From article]

Thousands of drivers work part-time for Lyft to make a little bit of extra money on the side, but not many of them are congressmen earning a $174,000 salary.
So it's no wonder eyebrows were raised when Democrat Elijah Cummings' Honda - complete with Congressional plates - was spotted picking up cab fares around Washington, DC.
The black car carrying a sticker for the car service app was spotted by eagle-eyed Lyft user Dustin Andres, who asked: 'So, which member of Congress drives Lyft in DC?'
The vehicle was carrying plates for Maryland's 7th Congressional District - which Cummings represents - as well as the pink Lyft logo.
However, it has since emerged that his daughter was the mystery taxi driver.
When questioned about the car, Cummings told the Washington Post that his daughter, Adia, was working part-time for Lyft to help pay her for college.
'In an effort to earn some extra money to pay her expenses at school, she signed up for a part-time position with one of the ride-sharing companies,' the congressman said.
'They, in turn, gave her a sticker to apply to the windshield of the car,' he added.
The plates allow drivers to park cars in designated areas near certain buildings in Washington, DC, including the Capitol.
Cummings says he has asked Adia to remove the plates but said she could continue to use the car, which he owns and is not taxpayer-funded.
Adia is looking for a job after graduating from Howard University in May.
'My daughter has now graduated from Howard and I could not be more proud of her,' Cummings told CNN.
'I have told her she can continue to use my car while she pursues full-time employment,' he added.
Lyft drivers do not have to own the car they use, but they must be insured.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3621092/So-member-Congress-drives-Lyft-DC-Democrat-Elijah-Cummings-daughter-uses-car-official-plates-ferry-passengers-Washington.html

Daughter of Democrat Congressman Elijah Cummings uses his car with official plates to ferry Lyft passengers around Washington
Democrat Elijah Cummings' Honda was spotted sporting a Lyft sticker
Representative's black Honda was also carrying Congressional plates
His daughter, Adia, had been working for Lyft to pay for college expenses
Congressman apologized and asked her to remove the license plates
By OLLIE GILLMAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 23:13 EST, 1 June 2016 | UPDATED: 00:14 EST, 2 June 2016

US Rep. Uses Personal Attacks Responding To Witness Testimony

[From article]
During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the recent transgender bathroom mandate, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) found herself unable to rationally deal with a witness, a law school professor, who had submitted a 21-page written statement to be entered as testimony. As Jennifer Krabbany of the College Fix reports, what set off Lofgren’s meltdown was this:
We are teaching young people a terrible lesson. If I believe that I am a Russian princess, that doesn’t make me a Russian princess, even if my friends and acquaintances are willing to indulge my fantasy. Nor am I a Great Horned Owl just because—as I have been told—I happen to share some personality traits with those feathered creatures. I should add that very few actual transgender individuals are confused in this way. They understand perfectly that their sex and their gender do not align. Some choose surgery to make their bodies better align with their gender. Most choose not to.
Rather than deal with the logic of this statement, Lofgren retreated into the I-am-offended posture, and then when challenged, started calling names:
Ed Driscoll of Instapundit nails it on the final exchange in this sequence:
When the professor quipped: “Does that mean you think I am a Russian princess?” [Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-CA] could only respond “I have no idea.”
…Of course Lofgren knows the answer to San Diego law school professor Gail Heriot’s deliberately absurdist query, but it’s one that she dare not express under her ideology’s Stalinist culture of fear, lest she commit doubleplus ungood gender thoughtcrime.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/watch_as_democrat_unable_to_deal_with_professors_challenge_on_transgender_bathroom_rule_loses_it_starts_calling_names.html

May 28, 2016
Watch as Democrat unable to deal with professor’s challenge on ‘transgender’ bathroom rule loses it, starts calling names
By Thomas Lifson

https://youtu.be/DmKzkX5YGPE

Terror Supporting Muslim Speaker Canceled in Kansas

U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Wichita)

Not mentioned in this lengthy piece is context. The United States has an open society which tolerates all religions. In the 45 Muslim dominant countries Jews, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists are harassed, killed and not tolerated. Muslims should be grateful for the tolerance shown to them which they do not show to others. A large majority of Muslims openly promote Sharia law in the United States and the world. They demand minority status in the United Stated but are a enormous religion which grows faster than others. In the Muslim dominant countries they do not extend minority rights to others religions. Many Muslims in the United States support terrorism as a means to establish Sharia law. These facts are seldom included in media reports. It is a rational basis for the fears of American Christians and Jews when a religious personality promotes terrorist organizations. Muslim state sponsored schools taught children for generations to hate Jews, Americans and Israel. They promote the destruction of Israel. These facts need to be discussed to place the concerns about Islam in perspective.  

[From article]
The morning of Thursday, March 24, Hussam Madi got a call from Wichita police.
They said between 20 and 50 protesters would be outside the Islamic Society of Wichita mosque, off K-96 near Woodlawn, that Friday night.
It was the beginning of a collision course between freedom of expression, freedom of religion, community sensitivities and fear of violence. And some might say the right to bear arms, including assault rifles, in a public place.
A week later, the collision is still reverberating.
A protest at the Wichita mosque is unusual. It has happened maybe three times in 20 years, said Madi, a U.S. citizen, Wichita businessman, 49-year-old father of “very, very active (Wichita State University) Shocker students” and spokesman for the local Islamic Society.
Police told Madi that their understanding was that the protest would be peaceful, Madi recalled this past week. Whatever happens, police told him, “We’ll be visible.”
The people planning to protest were upset that the Islamic Society was bringing in Monzer Taleb as a speaker. They viewed Taleb as having been a supporter of terrorism.
[. . .]
The mosque also didn’t want a protest to disturb services at a Lutheran church across the street.
It was a coincidence that Taleb’s talk was scheduled on a Christian holy day, Good Friday, Madi said.
Taleb had spoken at least four times earlier at the mosque without protest, as late as December 2014, Madi said.
Another key factor for the mosque: U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita, issued a lengthy statement that Thursday calling on the Islamic Society to cancel Taleb’s appearance on “Holy Friday” and saying that if the society didn’t, “They will be responsible for the damage among religious faiths that is sure to follow.”
[. . .]
The sheriff also noted that he had a concern about the choice of Taleb as a speaker and the timing of his planned appearance.
“I don’t agree with what this guy stands for,” Easter said. “But he has a right to have his First Amendment rights (voiced).”
Easter said he views Taleb as “someone who had ties to a terrorist organization. I was very surprised that they would bring that kind of person in to speak to their congregation,” especially during a Christian holiday.
[. . .]
On the day before Taleb was to speak, Pompeo issued a statement asking the Islamic Society to cancel the address.
The congressman said that while the Islamic Society had a First Amendment right, it “does not permit the Islamic Society of Wichita to escape responsibility for the horrible judgment of doing so – especially by doing so on this important Christian day.”
Pompeo, who describes himself as an evangelical Christian, added that on “one of the most holy days on the Christian calendar, and only days after radical Islamic extremists murdered dozens of innocents of many faiths in Brussels, Belgium, they chose to bring a Hamas-connected sheik to their community center here in Wichita.”
Pompeo, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said Hamas is a “designated terrorist organization that has the destruction of Israel as its core tenet and terror and murder as its core operating principle.”
“I can find no mention of the Brussels murders on ISW’s website, facebook page or twitter account,” Pompeo said, referring to the Islamic Society of Wichita. “This is unconscionable. ISW and its leaders should use this to condemn this attack instead of celebrating Sheik Talib.”
[. . .]
Pompeo reiterated on Friday that although he understands the Islamic Society’s right to bring in any speaker it wants, “This is a Hamas-linked cleric.”
Taleb has confirmed that by his own words, Pompeo said.
“There’s no guessing on this one. I do know about Hamas activities in the United States from my work on the committee.”
[. . .]
Pompeo on Friday denied that he is scapegoating Taleb.
“I have been very clear to steer away from any person who has (argued) that all Muslims are persons that we have to fear,” he said. “I have been criticized for that, too.”
But now, thousands of people have been killed and millions more displaced by “radical Islamic terrorists,” Pompeo said. “And that now has reached into our country, and we need … every faith doing everything they can to push back on this violence and terror.”
Salem, the spokeswoman for Taleb, argued that it’s “completely untrue” that Taleb supports terrorism. He has been accused of calling for the destruction of Israel. But there is a key distinction, she said: He has advocated for the freedom of the Palestinian people, and in doing so, he has opposed oppression of Palestinians.

ead more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article69548302.html#storylink=cpy

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http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article69548302.html

APRIL 1, 2016 7:01 PM
How Wichita mosque speaker controversy played out
BY TIM POTTER
tpotter (at) wichitaeagle.com

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article69548302.html#storylink=cpy

Secret Service Supervisors Revealed Private Records of U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)
(Cliff Owen/AP)

[From article]
An assistant director of the Secret Service urged that unflattering information the agency had in its files about a congressman ­critical of the service should be made public, according to a government watchdog report released Wednesday.
“Some information that he might find embarrassing needs to get out,” Assistant Director Edward Lowery wrote in an e-mail to a fellow director on March 31, commenting on an internal file that was being widely circulated inside the service. “Just to be fair.”
Two days later, a news Web site reported that Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had applied to be a Secret Service agent in 2003 and been rejected.
That information was part of a Chaffetz personnel file stored in a restricted Secret Service database and required by law to be kept private.
[. . .]
The report also cited Lowery’s e-mail as the one piece of documentary evidence showing the degree of anger inside the agency at Chaffetz and the desire for the information to be public.
[. . .]
The inspector general’s inquiry found that the Chaffetz information was spread to nearly every layer of the service.
[. . .]
All told, 18 supervisors, including assistant directors, the deputy director and even Clancy’s chief of staff knew the information was being widely shared through agency offices, the report said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/watchdog-top-secret-service-official-wanted-information-about-chaffetz-made-public/2015/09/30/ff280378-67ae-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html

Secret Service official wanted to embarrass congressman
By Carol D. Leonnig and Jerry Markon

September 30, 2015 at 7:57 PM

Massachusetts Women State Officials Silent About Criminal Abuse of Women In Business

[From article]

Well, last year, according to the feds, at least four of the union’s enforcers attempted to shakedown a reality TV show, “Top Chef,” whose star is a woman named Padma Lakshmi, the ex-wife of Salman Rushdie.
She survived Muslim terrorists, only to come to Boston and be set upon by Democrat terrorists who called her, among other things, a “bleepin’ whore.” The plug uglies also threatened to “break her face.”

 

According to the indictment, these loyal Democrats “yelled profanities and racial and homophobic slurs at the Crew and others.”
So where are all the female Democrat politicians who have been endorsed by these thugs, whose photographs appear on Local 25’s website — AG Maura Healey, Treasurer Deb Goldberg, Auditor Suzanne Bump, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark? Where are their statements of outrage about this misogynist violence by loyal Democrats against a woman — an immigrant?



Yesterday I tweeted at all of them who in 2014 so readily sought and accepted the endorsements of the International Brotherhood of He-man Woman-haters and Gay-bashers, asking the feminists to come on my radio show to explain how they could accept the endorsement and cash of such fiends.
When the phone didn’t ring, I knew it was Maura, Deb, Suzanne and Katherine. Somehow they don’t seem very interested in their supporters actually threatening violence against a woman.
Why is it always the feds indicting these alleged extortionists, who in this case were calling a female TV star a “whore”? Did Maura Healey give them a good leaving-alone just because Local 25 endorsed her, the way her predecessor Marsha Coakley would have done?
[. . .]
Repeat after Maura and Deb and Katherine and Suzanne — nothing to see here, folks, move along.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/howie_carr/2015/09/carr_democratic_female_politicians_ignore_teamsters_war

Carr: Democratic female politicians ignore Teamsters' 'War Against Women'
Thursday, October 1, 2015
By: Howie Carr
Boston Herald

Updated(3): U.S. Rep Dismisses Murder of Kate Steinle, As A "Little Thing;" Gets Upset When Criticized

Posted July 18, 2015 4:32 PM ET; Last updated August 21, 2015 5:01 PM ET



Has the gentleman from Chicago joined the Muslim terror Jihad against the United States and Americans? 

[From article]
Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions told The Daily Caller Tuesday that city officials that defy federal immigration laws could be charged with crime for not informing officials about felons the city is harboring.
“I guess you could make it a crime. I’m not aware that it is a crime, but they could be charged. There may be something in the code. To me, it’s just unthinkable — as United States attorney I had a bunch of cities and every day holds are filed. So many criminals have committed crimes in multiple jurisdictions,” Sessions said.
Sessions remarks comes on the heels of the shooting of Kathryn Steinle, a 32-year-old who died last Wednesday after a five-time deported Mexican national, Francisco Sanchez, fatally shot Steinle in San Francisco.
San Francisco, known for its decades-old sanctuary city status, only allows holds on felons with violent records. Sanchez, according to local reports had multiple felonies but no major violent crime convictions in recent years.

http://dailycaller.com/2015/07/07/sen-sessions-city-officials-harboring-illegal-immigrant-felons-could-be-charged-with-crime/

Sen. Sessions: City Officials Harboring Illegal Immigrant Felons Could Be Charged With Crime
KERRY PICKET, Reporter
10:07 PM 07/07/2015

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[From article]
Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, was testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about the dangers of “sanctuary city” policies.
When Gutierrez took the floor he accused Vaughan of not being informed and said she was “exploiting” the murder of Kate Steinle, the young woman who was murdered by a 5-time-deported illegal criminal, to make a buck.
Vaughan had angered Gutierrez by repeatedly referencing a remark he had made about Steinle’s murder. Gutierrez had told Telemundo during an interview on July 16 (emphasis added), “Every time a little thing like this happens, [Republicans] use the most extreme example to say it must be eliminated.”
[. . .]
“Apparently people have decided to besmirch people’s reputation, and take their words, and exploit the death of a beautiful young American woman… But don’t exploit a young woman’s death in order to receive a paycheck to put food on your table,” Gutierrez said.
“You should find a more decent and practical way about going about your living,” he shouted.
What an ironic thing to hear from the mouth of a career politician from Illinois.

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/07/31/rep-gutierrez-loses-it-in-venomous-meltdown-after-his-words-are-used-against-him-during-testimony-231402

Rep. Gutierrez LOSES IT in venomous meltdown after HIS words are used against him during testimony
July 31, 2015
Nicole Haas

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[From video clip]

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) referred to the death of Kate Steinle as a “little thing” on Telemundo on Saturday.
Gutierrez, during a report on the debate over sanctuary cities after the death of Kate Steinle, first flagged and translated by Newsbusters, said, “Every time a little thing like this happens, they use the most extreme example to say it must be eliminated.”

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/17/gutierrez-steinle-death-a-little-thing/

GUTIERREZ: STEINLE DEATH ‘A LITTLE THING’
by IAN HANCHETT

17 Jul 2015

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Francisco Sanchez
Photo: AP

[From article]
A federal agency says a man suspected in the shooting death of a woman at a busy San Francisco tourist destination has seven felony convictions and has been deported five times, most recently in 2009.
Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Friday that her agency turned Francisco Sanchez over to San Francisco police in March on an outstanding drug warrant.
Officers arrested Sanchez in the slaying of Kathryn Steinle about an hour after it occurred Thursday at Pier 14.
Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak said Thursday that Sanchez was on probation for an unspecified conviction.

http://nypost.com/2015/07/03/san-francisco-pier-shooting-suspect-has-been-deported-5-times/

San Francisco pier shooting suspect has been deported 5 times
By Associated Press
July 3, 2015 | 5:26pm

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[From article]

The San Francisco Chronicle described Steinle’s last moments in heartbreaking detail:
“She fought for her life,” [Liz] Sullivan said, adding that her daughter’s heart had stopped two times, and was restarted, in the ambulance.
“It was a battle, but she just didn’t make it,” she said. “It was horrific, but we knew the minute they came to talk to us, it wasn’t good. But it was so nice to go in and be with her.”
Sullivan said that in their final moments together, she softly touched her daughter’s face — a face she used to paint when the young woman was a little girl.
“We have deep faith,” Jim Steinle said, adding, “Our faith isn’t to the point where we’re ready to forgive.”

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2015/07/03/suspect-in-shocking-s-f-murder-deported-to-mexico-several-times/

SUSPECT IN SHOCKING S.F. MURDER ‘DEPORTED TO MEXICO SEVERAL TIMES’
by JOEL B. POLLAK
 3 Jul 2015

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Liz Sullivan, left, and Jim Steinle, right, parents of Kate Steinle, fight back tears as they recall how their daughter was shot to death right in front of her father's eyes during a family outing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3147942/Woman-randomly-shot-death-popular-San-Francisco-pier.html


Happier times; Kate Steinle poses with her mother Liz, her father Jim, and her brother Brad at her father's 65 birthday celebration in Pleasanton.

Trump condemns 'disgraceful' case of illegal Mexican immigrant who had been deported FIVE TIMES before he shot woman dead in random attack on San Francisco pier
Kathryn Steinle, 32, was shot to death in broad daylight by alleged shooter Francisco Sanchez in front of her dad and a friend
Sanchez, 45, is a 7-time felon who should have been handed over to immigration authorities following a Bay Area arrest four months ago
Would-be Republican nominee posted on Twitter to call for tough borders
Doubled down on rhetoric against Mexicans, whom he has termed 'rapists'
Sanchez should have been handed over to immigration officials when last jailed, but was let go in line with San Francisco's 'sanctuary city' policy
By Associated Press and Alexandra Klausner For Dailymail.com
Published: 19:06 EST, 2 July 2015 | Updated: 05:31 EST, 4 July 2015

U.S. Rep. Clark Supports Nuclear Weapons Plan For Iran

Rep. Clark omits the $150 billion gift which Iranians can use to sponsor terror attacks anywhere in the world. Also that Iran controls inspection timing, 24 day notice, by whom, no American inspectors permitted. In 1933 a small group of Germans began a political party, which the establishment ignored saying they were rude and of no consequence. They were elected to control the country attacking other countries and killing millions. What is different from the current atmosphere in Iran which promises to destroy Israel. Russia is selling missile technology to Iran. What is the deterrent to Iran breaking any agreement they make and acting on their threats? Why was release of American hostages not part of this "agreement?" If it is the most rational agreement, why is it secret? Why did the White House bypass Congress and go to the UN first?

[From article]
Experts in nuclear science found that the JCPOA’s dismantling of the Iranian nuclear machine and inspections and verifications will halt Iran’s nuclear weapons capability for at least 15 years. Iran’s agreement to never develop a nuclear bomb will put it under world scrutiny and non-proliferation agreements forever.
[. . .]
With weakened leverage, we are not likely to obtain more concessions from Iran nor halt its march to a nuclear bomb.
[. . .]
we should resolve to hold Iran to strict compliance — being quick to impose consequences if Iran strays from the agreement.
[. . .]
This agreement provides an unprecedented ability to look into Iran’s facilities and capabilities, monitor their compliance, and establish a solid path for the United States and the world to prevent Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear bomb.

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20150819/NEWS/150816498

Guest Column: Why the Iran nuclear deal is the best option
By Katherine Clark
Posted Aug. 19, 2015 at 10:38 AM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

Mothers of Children Killed By Illegal Aliens Express Outrage At Hatred of US Rep. Gutierrez (D-IL)

Sabine Durden, a legal immigrant from Germany, lost her son Dominic.

[From article]
Wilkerson led the walkout as soon as Gutierrez began to rage at Vaughan for quoting him as saying a woman’s death at the hands an illegal alien was a “little thing.” Her son, Joshua, pictured with murderer — and “DREAMer” Hermilio Moralez below — died under torture on November 16, 2010, after giving Moralez a ride home. Moralez then tied him up and set him on fire, later bragging in court his “killing skills took over.”
[. . .]


Joshua Wilerson and Killer Moralez

“My name is Laura Wilkerson. I attended the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security hearing, on Thursday, July 23,” Wilkerson said. “I was appalled at the screaming of Mr. Gutierrez to Jessica Vaughn. I thought he was about as disrespectful of an invited guest, as I have ever seen. I decided at to leave the room until his remarks were over. I was embarrassed for Ms. Vaughn.”
[. . .]
Sabine Durden, a legal immigrant from Germany, lost her son Dominic, a 9-11 dispatcher, to an illegal alien from Guatemala on July 12, 2012 — an illegal convicted of a felony armed robbery and two DUIs, with no license, insurance, or registration. After an uphill battle, Durden managed to get the savage illegal deported back to Central America.
[. . .]
Jessica Vaughn has been a constant source of support since I testified at a judiciary hearing in Washington, D.C. 2013.
She works diligently, does her research and adds a human touch to such a emotional issue. When she testified about her findings and result of her research, Mr. Gutierrez did not only act hostile toward her, but belittled and scolder her in front of everyone in that room and the millions watching on C-Span.
It was enough for us three moms of murdered children to walk out of the hearing.
He is an embarrassment and disgrace to the position he holds and he should publicly apologize to Mrs. Vaughn and anyone who had to listen to his tirade.
Furthermore, he should apologize to Mr. Steinle and all of us who lost loved ones because of an illegal alien. A few days earlier he spoke about the killing of Kate Steinle and called it a ‘little thing.’
[. . .]
Mary Ann Mendoza lost her son Sgt. Brandon Mendoza in May 2014 to an illegal alien from Mexico driving on the wrong side of the highway, blackout drunk with a blood-alcohol three times the legal limit. Raul Silva Corona, also killed in the crash, had lived in the country illegally for at least 20 years, racking up a criminal record.


Sgt. Brandon Mendoza

[. . .]
When Luis Gutierrez was given the floor to speak, it was apparent by his demeanor that he was not happy. Just the tone of his voice made my skin crawl. As he started ranting and raving about previous statements he had made and then took great effort to spit Jessica Vaughn’s name out of his mouth, all the while raising his voice to a hate-filled scream, I, along with Sabine Darden, Laura Wilkerson and Maria Espinoza, left the hearing room. Not only was I disgusted with his behavior and lack of empathy for the real reason this hearing was taking place, but I was shocked at his demeanor and screaming voice. Sabine, Laura and myself have all lost a child at the hands of an illegal criminal and to see this so called Representative of the people of Illinois speak with such hate and disregard for the victims families in the room was unacceptable. I can’t imagine what Jim Steinle was thinking. Video doesn’t lie Mr. Gutierrez. If he was embarrassed for being quoted while dismissing Kate Steinle’s death as a ‘little thing,’ then shame on him. This hearing was not the time or place to dig himself out of the hole his mouth put him in.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/31/exclusive-mothers-of-children-killed-by-illegals-condemn-hate-filled-luis-gutierrez/

EXCLUSIVE — MOTHERS OF CHILDREN KILLED BY ILLEGALS CONDEMN ‘HATE-FILLED’ LUIS GUTIERREZ
by KATIE MCHUGH

31 Jul 2015

US Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) Indicted On Racketeering Conspiracy, Misusing Campaign Funds, Bribery

Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah, Indicted 

U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah and four associates were indicted Wednesday on racketeering conspiracy charges stemming from several alleged schemes to misuse campaign funds and hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal grant money to further their political and financial interests.
The five schemes include accepting a $1 million illegal loan for Fattah's failed 2007 mayoral campaign from a "wealthy supporter" and then repaying some of it using "charitable and federal grant funds" that passed through a nonprofit founded and controlled by Fattah, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said at a news conference.
[. . .]
The indictment also accuses Fattah, a Democrat who represents parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery County, of seeking a $15 million federal grant for a political consultant in order to help "extinguish" a $150,000 debt owed to the consultant.
It also contends that the Second District congressman accepted an $18,000 bribe payment in return for seeking an ambassadorship or appointment to the United States Trades Commission for a lobbyist.
[. . . ]
Fattah is also accused of misappropriating funds from his mayoral and congressional campaigns to repay a $23,000 student-loan debt for his son, Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr.
[. . .]
Indicted Wednesday with Fattah were Bonnie Bowser, 59 of Philadelphia; Karen Nicholas, 57, of Williamstown, N.J., Herbert Vederman, 69, of Palm Beach, Florida, and Robert Brand, 69, of Philadelphia.
Bowser is Fattah's chief of staff in his district office, Nicholas is a former Fattah staffer, Vederman is a lobbyist who was a deputy mayor in the Rendell administration and Brand runs a technology company, Memeger said.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20150730_Fattah_indicted.html

U.S. Rep. Fattah indicted, allegedly took illegal $1 million loan
Chris Brennan and Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff Writers
Last updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 3:21 PM
Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 11:21 AM

U.S. Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX) Explains To BLM Officials The Effect of Their Arrogance

[From article]
“Today, I wanted to take advantage of your presence here by letting you know things I’ve been hearing,” Gohmert said. “About the arrogance of people on U.S. Forest Service land and (Dept. of) Interior land – national forests - even from law enforcement, they say it’s just gotten tougher and tougher to deal with arrogant people on the national forests. Not getting access when they need it, not working with local law enforcement. And that’s been really helpful to me.”
“Some of us have been pushing for a while- let’s just dramatically cut back the U.S. Forest Service, the BLM, the Department of Interior and let each state manage the federal land within it’s boundaries.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/eric-scheiner/gohmert-blm-keep-arrogance-well-cut-your-budget

Gohmert to BLM: ‘Keep Up The Arrogance’ - We’ll Cut Your Budget
By Eric Scheiner

June 1, 2015 | 12:47 PM EDT

Baltimore Home of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Burns

[From article]
The home of Congressman Elijah Cummings of Baltimore caught fire this morning. Cummings was in Washington at the time of the fire.
[. . .]
"I was in a Transportation Committee hearing when I learned about the fire at my house in Baltimore," Cummings reportedly told the press in a statement. "The fire started on the third floor of the house and the Fire Department is investigating the cause. Thankfully, no one was home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries. I am grateful to all of those who have expressed their concern."
"When things like this happen I do not ask the question, 'why did it happen to me?' I ask the question, 'Why did it happen for me,'" Cummings said. "There's something to be gained from this. I don't know what it is yet.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/congressmans-baltimore-home-catches-fire_963080.html

Congressman's Baltimore Home Catches on Fire
3:24 PM, JUN 2, 2015

BY DANIEL HALPER

Black Georgia Congressman Warns of More Violence Like in Baltimore

U.S. Congressman From Georgia

[From article]
“What happened in Baltimore stems from deeper economic issues and if you would take a ride down the streets of some of the greatly impoverished areas of Baltimore where change has not come, where things are the same as they were 50 years ago and have been allowed to grow worse then you will understand the lack of hope of which those riots are born from.”
“So are you saying, when you say ‘rise up like Baltimore’, – let’s define that a little bit more,” Host Denis O’Hayer said. “In terms of the protests or in terms of the violence?”
“No, I’m saying in terms of the violence and it’s unfortunate,” Johnson replied.
O’Hayer followed up, “You’re saying budgets like this can lead to violence?”
“Yes, I am,” Johnson, said.

http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/eric-scheiner/rep-johnson-gop-budget-could-cause-baltimore-type-violence

Rep. Johnson: GOP Budget Could Cause Baltimore Type Violence
By Eric Scheiner

May 12, 2015 | 10:27 AM EDT

US Rep. Demands Answers About Immigration Fraud From Homeland Security Gentle Flower

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)

[From article]
Tempers flared Tuesday on Capitol Hill when Texas firebrand Louie Gohmert grilled the Obama administration’s director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement potential fraud in the handling of more than 100,000 illegal immigration cases at the heart of a federal court battle over Obama’s executive action on immigration.
[. . .]
“I want to know why you didn’t deport people who got three-year benefits when those three-year benefits were illegal?”
It was those deferrals that led Judge Andrew Hanen to write a scathing ruling last week that accused the Obama administration’s Justice Department of misleading him. As Gohmert read from the ruling, his voice rose.
“If you don’t like fraud, does it bother you that your Homeland Security Department that you work for has actually instigated a fraud among the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas?” he demanded.
“Representative Gohmert, with all due respect, I would appreciate you not yelling. I will answer your question as best I can, but …”

http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/04/15/gohmert-grills-ice-director-over-immigration-fraud-no-answers-but-delicate-flower-says-stop-yelling-195634

Gohmert grills ICE director over immigration fraud; no answers, but delicate flower says stop ‘yelling’
April 15, 2015

by Joe Saunders

Published on Apr 14, 2015
Rep. Gohmert (TX-01) questioned Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director, Sarah Saldana, today in a U.S. House Judiciary Hearing on ICE Enforcement. He asked who issued in November the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program guidelines that violate a direct court order – which provided illegal benefits to undocumented citizens.

House Homeland Security Chairman Warns of Growth of Muslim Terror

[From article]
With estimates that 20,000 foreign fighters—including 3,400 Westerns— from 90 countries around the globe have traveled to Syria to fight for terrorist organizations, US counterterrorism officials are becoming increasingly worried that they will return to American shores to conduct an attack on the homeland.
“We need to accurately define the threat – violent Islamist extremism – and recognize it is spreading like wildfire around the globe,” said House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX). “These fanatics want nothing less than destruction of our way of life, and now their ability to match words with deeds is growing at an astonishing rate. In recent years, their safe havens have proliferated and their ranks have swelled.”
In the wake of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) barbaric display of the horrific murder of the Jordanian pilot, the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing last Wednesday to examine current efforts to thwart the dual threats of foreign fighters and homegrown terror.
“This evolving Islamist terror landscape has given rise to the ―dual threats of foreign fighter returnees and homegrown terrorism,” McCaul said. “The recent terror attack in Paris, and other attacks and plots in Belgium, Germany, the UK, Australia, Canada, and here in the US are proof that the threat has surged and that the enemy is dead set on attacking the West.”
[. . .]
In fact, since the first of this year, ISIS has already published more than 250 official ISIS products online.
McCaul agreed, saying, “Extremists do not need to travel overseas in order to become a threat to our homeland. Through Hollywood-like propaganda videos and social media, Islamist terror groups are inciting their followers and potential recruits to wage war at home.”
“ISIS social media also gives step-by-step instructions on how to get to the fight and how to return,” Mr. McCaul added.

http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/daily-news-analysis/single-article/homeland-security-committee-chairman-radical-islamist-extremism-spreading-like-wildfire/c3c65cf67bfed74fb3fef36833a72174.html

Homeland Security Committee Chairman: Radical Islamist Extremism “Spreading Like Wildfire”
By: Amanda Vicinanzo, Senior Editor
02/16/2015 (10:00am)

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) Speaks Facts About Threats From Islam

Rep. Gabbard Shown Here Speaking At Harvard University's School of Government.

[From interview]
…our administration refuses to recognize who our enemy is. And unless and until that happens, then it’s impossible to come up with a strategy to defeat that enemy.
We have to recognize that this is about radical Islam. This is as much a military war as it is an ideological war, and we’ve got to understand what that ideology is and challenge it, understand it so that we can defeat it and protect our citizens, protect the American people. That’s something that has to be done….

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/01/dem_congresswoman_speaks_the_truth_about_the_threat_of_islam.html

January 17, 2015
Dem congresswoman speaks the truth about the threat of Islam
By Carol Brown

US Rep. Trey Gowdy Responds To Racism Charges

U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)

[From article]
when progressives “run to race,” as Gowdy put it, in defense of the president, aren’t they really just conceding that they've lost the argument? No honest person actually believes opposition to amnesty of all things stems from racial animus, do they? Republicans, Democrats, the Washington Post editorial board, and liberal constitutional scholars have all criticized the president for circumventing Congress, and for trying to solve our immigration woes unilaterally and through executive actions. That's a rather broad coalition.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/danieldoherty/2014/12/05/watch-trey-gowdy-responds-to-gop-is-racist-charge-n1927651

WATCH: Trey Gowdy Doesn't Take Too Kindly to Suggestion That GOP is Racist
Daniel Doherty | Dec 05, 2014
Published on Dec 2, 2014
Trey Gowdy DESTROYS Marielena Hincapie for bringing race as an excuse for republicans response to the immigration debate At Immigration Executive Action Hearing

US Rep. Accused Of Censoring Fact of Islamic Terrorists Operating in US

[From article]
Federal law enforcement sources in El Paso say that a United States congressman called their office to prohibit contact with Judicial Watch in the aftermath of a disturbing story confirming that Islamic terrorists are operating in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Sources tell JW that Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat who represents El Paso in the U.S. House of Representatives, telephoned the area offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) in an effort to identify—and evidently intimidate—sources that may have been used by JW. On August 29 JW reported that the militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) is working in Juarez and planning to attack the United States with car bombs or other vehicle borne improvised explosive devices (VBIED).
[. . .]
Congressman O’Rourke’s office emphatically denies making any phone calls to any El Paso federal law enforcement offices related to this matter. His director of communications, John Meza, assures that no one in the congressman’s office—including the congressman himself—has talked to any law enforcement agencies or officials to discourage or question contact with JW or any other media outlet. “We don’t do that,” Meza said.

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2014/09/feds-el-paso-rep-orourke-called-ban-contact-jw/

Feds in El Paso: Rep. O’Rourke Called to Ban Contact with Judicial Watch
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014