The war on Betsy DeVos is all about the teachers unions

NY Post.  "Get past all the noise, and the opposition to Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s pick for the Education Department, is all about the teachers unions — which consider it their right to have a friendly face running federal policy even in Republican administrations.

"Yes, two Senate Republicans have come out against DeVos — the only two who routinely get A’s on the National Education Association’s “report card” because they vote the union line. Efforts to find another GOP vote against her will almost surely fail, because the other 50 Republicans aren’t in unions’ pocket, and Vice President Mike Pence can deliver a 51st vote if needed.

"We wish DeVos were an existential threat to the unions, but the feds don’t really run US schools; that’s a state and local power. And the unions are too entrenched in those corridors of power, especially in states like New York.

"At best, she’ll manage to reduce the sway of the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers — by giving more power to the nation’s parents, and to school innovators who refuse to toe the union line.

"DeVos is an ardent supporter of school choice — public charter schools; voucher programs to help families choose qualified private or parochial schools when they think that’s best for their kids, and so on. Critics call this “radical,” and pretend it could mean educational Armageddon. In fact, school choice is near-universal in Canada, and the kids learn just fine.

"But choice does threaten union power, which rests on most families having no choice beyond the public schools, where unions can call the shots.

"By picking DeVos, Trump showed that he’s eager to “fight the power” — for the good of America’s kids. That battle begins as soon as she’s confirmed."

Mainstream Media’s Trump Derangement Syndrome Epidemic

"So, thanks to all on the Left for a most entertaining two weeks. One last helpful hint: All your tactics have become timeworn and your target audience jaded. The day is rapidly approaching when you will, to your horror, actually have to win elections by debating ideas backed by self-evident truths. Good Luck."

American Thinker  "Donald Trump concluded his second week as President of the United States last Friday.  Prompted by virtually every utterance and action of the current President, the never-ending demonstrations and delirium of the professional activist Left as well as the Democratic Party hierarchy and much of the mainstream media and entertainment cabal has produced perhaps the most memorable and entertaining fortnight in recent American political history.   Judging by their permanent state of hysteria it appears that this assemblage of left-wing factions is unaware that there are, at a minimum, 206 weeks remaining in the Trump presidency.  Maintaining the current level of frenzy will be a formidable task.

"Which prompts me, as someone who observed and at times participated in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War demonstrations of the 1960’s and has been on this planet more than three score and ten years, to offer some observations and a few helpful hints." . . .

Why Police Wonder: ‘Will I Make It Through This Shift?’

Hard being a cop? It has little to do with the low pay scale, thanklessness, and demanding hours. It has far more to do with depraved humanity often shrouded by deception and fueled by unbridled hatred.

Lifezette  . . . "With soon-to-be confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions in the wing, police have good reason to believe he will parlay positive change, and rightly so. Sen. Sessions (R-Ala.) made supportive statements pertaining to the law enforcement community and has candidly described how society has severely maligned the unwavering efforts of cops.

"A new justice earmarks a “police first” mentality and ebbs away from the former knee-jerk, stone-throwing, anti-cop rhetoric we’ve seen throughout recent years.

"Our 45th president appears wholly supportive of law enforcement, so there is solace in knowing he intends to harvest principles in policing and not go the way of the former commander-in-chief. As a presidential bidder in 2015, Trump stated that, should he win the White House, he would endorse an executive order mandating an automatic death sentence for anyone who murders a police officer." . . .

CONFUSION: Maxine Waters claims Putin ‘continuing to advance into Korea’

The American Mirror  "Maxine Waters is continuing to bang the drums of impeachment, even though she has yet to accuse President Trump of breaking the law.

"But her statement today on the topic may be the most embarrassingly ridiculous yet.

"Speaking to reporters with other House Democrats today, Waters attempted to build the case for why Democrats “may” push for impeachment."

. . . "But then the already wobbly wheels began falling off Waters’ rhetoric wagon.

“ 'And knowing that he’s responsible for supplying the bombs that killed innocent children and families in, um, in, um,” she said, forgetting the name before someone behind her murmured, “Aleppo.”

“ 'Yeah, in Aleppo,” she said.

"Waters continued, “And the fact that he is wrapping his arms around Putin while Putin is continuing to advance into Korea.' ” . . .

How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data

Daily Mail

• The Mail on Sunday can reveal a landmark paper exaggerated global warming
• It was rushed through and timed to influence the Paris agreement on climate change
• America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration broke its own rules
• The report claimed the pause in global warming never existed, but it was based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data

. . . "But the whistleblower, Dr John Bates (pictured), a top NOAA scientist with an impeccable reputation, has shown The Mail on Sunday irrefutable evidence that the paper was based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data.

"It was never subjected to NOAA’s rigorous internal evaluation process – which Dr Bates devised.

"His vehement objections to the publication of the faulty data were overridden by his NOAA superiors in what he describes as a ‘blatant attempt to intensify the impact’ of what became known as the Pausebuster paper.

"His disclosures are likely to stiffen President Trump’s determination to enact his pledges to reverse his predecessor’s ‘green’ policies, and to withdraw from the Paris deal – so triggering an intense political row." . . .

The Left Blasts Lady Gaga for Not Ruining the Super Bowl

PJ Media

"Playing the Super Bowl halftime show is a daunting task: no matter how well you perform, some will invariably say your show was awful. But I'm sure Lady Gaga, considering her ... unique style, has a thick skin by now and was prepared for it.

"However, I'm fairly sure she didn't expect her fellow leftists to take to social media to blast her halftime show not for her performance itself, but because she didn't exploit an opportunity to shove politics down the world's throat.

"She did open her show with a generic comment about how America stands for "liberty and justice for all." This could have been construed as a poke at President Trump and his recent executive order restricting immigration from a handful of Islamic nations, but it could just as well have been a tribute to America. And apparently, being less than explicit is unacceptable:

Lady Gaga is the epitome of dumb white ally. Every opportunity to stand up to trump & instead preached togetherness.

— Taylor Nicole (@keepittaylored) February 6, 2017

Apparently not entirely:  Lady Gaga's Halftime Show Started Off With a Subtle Anti-Trump Message   . . . "And many protesters have been singing the Guthrie song as part of their anti-Trump rhetoric too. While subtle, Gaga made some political commentary after all. And of course, Lady Gaga did sing her hit sing "Born This Way," which claims LGBT populations were born with their sexual or gender identities."

Cecile Richards Says Planned Parenthood, Which Spent $30 Million To Help Hillary, Is Non-Partisan

RedState  . . . "During the 2016 election season, Planned Parenthood spent millions in an effort to elect Democrats in general, and Hillary most of all. CBS News reported in October:

In the final stretch of a campaign that has seen a stream of disparaging language about women from the Republican nominee, Planned Parenthood Votes is launching what they say is their most robust get-out-the-vote effort in their history.

It’s no secret that Trump’s field operation pales in comparison to Hillary Clinton’s, but she also has the support of well-organized and data-rich outside groups like Planned Parenthood that have added to the pile on.

In all, Planned Parenthood has spent over $30 million to reach voters throughout this cycle with ads, direct mail, phone banks and one of the largest canvassing operations in the country, they say.

"Partisan? I think so. Cecile Richards will claim they’re not, though. She also claims abortion is women’s healthcare, so I wouldn’t take her word for…anything.

"This non-partisan talk from Richards is a far cry from the display she and other “nasty women” put on recently during the Women’s March." . . . 

Prosecute the Rioters

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY

And make sure that we condemn them as well.

" It was famously in the Chicago living room of Ayers and Dohrn that their fellow “community organizer” Barack Obama made his political debut. Soon the radical leftists who actually had been prosecuted were being sprung from prison by President Bill Clinton with the help of his trusty deputy attorney general, Eric Holder — himself a onetime student radical, having participated in the occupation of an ROTC headquarters at Columbia University in 1970. First Clinton commuted the sentences of FALN terrorists. Then, in an infamous pardon spree on his last day in office, he released two Weather Underground confederates of Ayers and Dohrn."

The latest on the climate change industry

Dissenters to the climate change theory have said often there was no increase in temperatures over the past twenty years. They were mocked and refuted often, but now this indicates they were right.
Recall that it was once "settled science" declaring the earth was flat.

CLIMATE “SCIENCE” ROCKED BY ANOTHER SCANDAL

"Of all the “fake news” stories that emerged in the last two years, this is undoubtedly the most important. "

. . . "Dr. John Bates, who until the end of 2016 was one of NOAA’s top scientists, told the story to the Daily Mail:

The Mail on Sunday today reveals astonishing evidence that the organisation that is the world’s leading source of climate data rushed to publish a landmark paper that exaggerated global warming and was timed to influence the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.

A high-level whistleblower has told this newspaper that America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) breached its own rules on scientific integrity when it published the sensational but flawed report, aimed at making the maximum possible impact on world leaders including Barack Obama and David Cameron at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015.. . .More at the link.

Government whistle blower accuses NOAA of manipulating climate data

"It's very difficult to see how this data manipulation could have been the result of stupidity or carelessness. And it only proves what has become the norm for government scientists on a wide variety of issues; scientific agencies run by taxpayer dollars are not in the business of performing "real" science to get at the truth of an issue. They are in business to validate the political agenda of their masters in the White House. And if they have to manipulate data or, as in the Bush White House, ignore contradictory data, they will do so."  Rick Moran

End climate propaganda

"With a solidarity that makes North Korea look distinctly liberal, they have relentlessly claimed that "the science is settled."  This "fixed opinion," supported by a deluge of government cash and media control, means that open-minded research is impossible – all we get is one-eyed propaganda, doctored data, and vilification of skeptics."

 

The omnipresent, all-seeing George Soros

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Soros Fingerprints All Over Anti-Trump Lawsuits  . . . "The Democratic AGs also said, “Religious liberty has been, and always will be, a bedrock principle of our country and no president can change that truth,” a curious statement from the party that targeted the Little Sisters of the Poor." . . .

“It shouldn’t surprise anyone that pressure groups funded by George Soros are litigating to keep U.S. ports-of-entry wide open to terrorists and other people who hate America … Soros has said he wants to bring America down.”

Trump Files Early With FEC For 2020 Candidacy, Outmaneuvers Nonprofits

. . . "This will likely create chaos for political opponents of Trump such as George Soros, who has sunk significant amounts of money into various nonprofit groups with the intent of opposing Trump’s government." . . .

Overpasses For America

"A document from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) indicates that Donald Trump took steps last week to outmaneuver nonprofit organizations, leaving them unable to officially campaign against him over the next few years of his Presidency.

"Filed on January 20th, 2017, the letter states that, while not an official announcement for reelection, Donald Trump has filed an FEC Form 2 in order to “ensure compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act.” This is an unprecedented, although legal, move for the President to make. Barack Obama did not file for his 2012 re-election bid until April 2011. Having filed (even if not formally announcing a bid) as a candidate, Trump would be able to coordinate with PACs and other similar organizations." . . .

Milo Yiannopoulos will return to Berkeley to give his speech "Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California system, has got a new nightmare on her hands.  Having already failed to protect the right of Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at the University of California, Berkeley, she is now on notice that she has a second chance to meet those who openly proclaim their disruptive intent with sufficient force to uphold the civil rights of Milo and those who want to hear him." . . . 

A UC Berkeley rioter and thug who bragged online about beating conservatives outside the Milo Yiannopoulos speech on Wednesday night — works at the university.

Dabney Miller, a staff member at the UC Berkeley, bragged about how he beat conservatives. He posted images of one man he knocked to the ground and pummeled with his fists before someone pulled him away.

Dabney Miller draws a paycheck from the UC Berkeley administration.

"Tattoos: check; Earrings: check; Wifebeater shirt: check. And best of all, he's Caucasian, so nobody can call his critics racists."