Tom Perez tells pro-life democrats that everyone in the party must support abortion.
Source: DNC Chair to Pro-Life Democrats: Get Out of Our Party | The Sean Hannity Show
Mark Caserta: Trump fulfilling promise to protect borders
22 AprMark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
Like him or not, Donald J. Trump says what he means and means what he says regarding illegal immigration and making America great again on the world stage.
Trump’s recent job approval ratings are soaring! A Rasmussen poll shows 50 percent of likely voters approve of his performance since taking office.
A Washington Post column, by Maria Sacchetti, reported illegal immigration arrests rose 32.5 percent in the first weeks of Trump’s presidency. According to the report, this included illegals with criminal records, as well as those who are simply undocumented.
According to statistics requested and reported by The Post, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 21,362 illegals, mostly convicted criminals, from January through mid-March, compared to 16,104 during the same period last year.
Liberal Democrats like to use the word “compassionate” when weighing the dilemma of removing illegal immigrants from our country. As with nearly every other progressive position that places the weight of “pivotal political posturing” on the shoulders of law-abiding citizens, liberals constantly kowtow to any demographic that can envision pulling a voting lever.
Simply put, when weighing compassion against national security, one must make the tough call, for a compassionate decision for one group of individuals can result in devastation for another innocent sector. It’s called unintended consequences.
Here are some dreadful examples of serious crimes from the Federation for American Immigration Reform website, committed by illegals, not far from our readers.
In December 2015, a 40-year-old illegal, Michael Garcia, was sentenced to four life terms for the rape and sodomy of two children in Alabama. In August 2016, a Salvadoran illegal gang member was convicted of murder in Virginia for the brutal stabbing of an individual suspected of being an informer for law enforcement. Jose Torres was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 20 years.
In February 2017, 29-year old Ricardo Garcia was sentenced to 20-29 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in North Carolina in 2015. Garcia lured the girl into his car on the pretense of giving her a ride.
Four decades of mass, illegal immigration have devastated our nation, largely due to the passage of Ted Kennedy’s Immigration Reform Act of 1965, changing immigration laws and widening the gate of entry into the United States.
Additionally, in 2012, Barack Obama signed an executive order providing deportation amnesty to illegal immigrants already in our country. His order expanded the concept of “prosecutorial discretion” allowing millions of illegals safe harbor.
Liberals have been working for years to increase illegal immigration in the U.S.
According to the Pew Research Center, there were over 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States in 2014. Who knows how many there are now?
Thank goodness, President Trump expeditiously wiped out nearly all of Obama’s immigration policies in January with executive orders unleashing ICE agents to enforce immigration laws and punishing sanctuary cities by withholding government funding.
A nation must protect its borders. And we must know who is here illegally.
President Trump is working to fulfill that promise, and Americans are pleased.
Mark Caserta is a conservative blogger, a Cabell County resident and a regular contributor to The Herald-Dispatch editorial page.
“Total Chaos” – Cyber Attack Feared As Multiple Cities Hit With Simultaneous Power Grid Failures | Zero Hedge
22 AprThe U.S. power grid appears to have been hit with multiple power outages affecting San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles.
Mark Caserta: Liberals find Trump’s success disconcerting
14 Apr
Mark Caserta: Free State Patriot editor
April 14, 2017
It’s interesting that progressives portray the Trump presidency as being in disarray and that he’s struggling with the rigors of being commander-in-chief.
The truth is, President Trump’s accomplishments the last two months have been directed toward making America great again and reversing the damage to our country by the Obama administration.
It is, after all, what Americans hired him to do. Here are only a few significant achievements:
In January, as reported by the Washington Post and other news agencies, President Trump reinstated a rule, first instituted by President Reagan, blocking U.S. aid to foreign organizations that use the funds to perform or advocate abortions.
The ruling gives entities a choice to either stop providing abortions or any information regarding abortions, or lose valuable dollars from the U.S. This is a huge win for the pro-life movement.
Living up to his campaign promise to increase domestic energy production, Trump also signed executive orders breathing life to the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. The projects, which have been squelched by liberal activists for years, are a monumental win for jobs and U.S. energy independence.
A February column in The Hill, by Devin Henry, reported on a Trump executive order ending a key Obama administration coal mining rule. At the signing, Trump called the regulation “another terrible job killing rule” and said ending it would save “many thousands of American jobs, especially in the mines”.
It’s laughable that liberals who’ve probably never employed a person in their life ridicule Trump’s action as ineffective in returning miners and those impacted by the industry to their jobs. Sadly, many progressives, including some local, hope it’s true.
In the crme, de la crme for constitutional conservatives, the Senate voted last week, 5445, to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. As the president promised, he nominated a judge in the spirit of departed Justice Antonin Scalia who will protect and uphold the Constitution.
While many believe the 2016 presidential election was, in part, a referendum on the Supreme Court, this was a major blow to the progressive movement. The procedural change in the Senate requiring a simple majority for a justice’s confirmation paves the way for more conservative appointments during Trump’s presidency.
And on his 75th day as president, Donald Trump proved to the world that Obama’s indecisive, “lead-from-behind” strategy was over.
Following a horrific chemical weapons attack by Syria’s Bashar Al Assad on his own people, President Trump ordered U.S. warships to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian airbase responsible for the attacks.
No empty “line in the sand” threats, no politically correct oratory, no gauging the winds of opinion – just action. It’s been eight years since the world has seen such decisive leadership in the U.S.
Of course, liberals are furious and have excoriated President Trump in every way imaginable. But frankly, it’s a litmus test of his success.
So, if progressives really believe Trump hasn’t been successful so far, they have a long eight years ahead of them.
He’s just getting started.
Mark Caserta is a conservative blogger and Cabell County resident.
U.S. drops ‘mother of all bombs’ on ISIS in Afghanistan | Daily Mail Online
13 AprThe United States has dropped the largest non-nuclear weapon which has been described as the ‘mother of all bombs’ after it targeted ISIS caves in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province.
Source: U.S. drops ‘mother of all bombs’ on ISIS in Afghanistan | Daily Mail Online
Sessions: ‘The border is not open. Please don’t come’ | Fox News
12 AprAttorney General Jeff Sessions told Fox News’ Hannity Tuesday night that the Trump administration is trying to send a strong message to anyone thinking of trying to enter America illegally.
Source: Sessions: ‘The border is not open. Please don’t come’ | Fox News
Trump orders military advisers to prepare plans to hit North Korea – Mirror Online
10 AprIt is believed that among the options are combined special forces raids and pre-emptive missile strikes
Source: Trump orders military advisers to prepare plans to hit North Korea – Mirror Online
Russia and Iran say they will respond to American aggression following air strike in Syria
9 AprRUSSIA and Iran have said they will respond to further American military actions following the air strike in Syria last week. In a joint statement, the command centre for the two countries and alli…
Source: Russia and Iran say they will respond to American aggression following air strike in Syria
Syria: US warns Assad over using chemical weapons again | World news | The Guardian
9 AprTensions with Russia rise as US says Assad must abide by deal not to use chemical weapons but fails to outline objectives
Source: Syria: US warns Assad over using chemical weapons again | World news | The Guardian
