"NAIL IN THE COFFIN: Trump Finishes Off Acosta After Brutal Day"

Daily Wire

"President Donald Trump humiliated CNN's Jim Acosta on Thursday after the professional troll accidentally admitted that border walls work during the president's visit to McAllen, Texas.
"Acosta posted multiple videos to his Twitter account showing how safe the border was in an area where there were large steel slats separating the border.
"After being mocked the entire day on social media and in news reports, Trump mocked Acosta on Twitter, tweeting, "Dear Diary..." at him.
"The term "Dear Diary" is used to mock Acosta on social media because his posts often sound like he is writing his personal feelings in a diary." . . .

"Acosta had posted multiple videos on Twitter that earned him significant ridicule all day:"

Michelle Malkin

@michellemalkin

So physical border barriers work and you can safely shoot self-indulgent selfie vids without worrying about getting shot, robbed, kidnapped, or threatened. Thanks, tool!

John Daniel Davidson ✔ @johnddavidson

Imagine if a CNN reporter drove to a small town in western PA, whipped out his phone and said, "I found a white working class town, but I don't see any corpses of heroin addicts lying around in the streets..."

NBC News Reports Trump’s Wall Was Demolished by Common Tools–WRONG!

Independent Sentinel  "NBC faux news published a story claiming that the steel slat fence being touted by President Trump can be cut with common tools as a household saw.
"The only problems with their story are it can’t be cut with common tools and it isn’t even the same wall.
"The ‘news’ outlet posted an exclusive photo which they say shows the results of the test after military and border patrol personnel were told to destroy it with standard tools:

Posted by Jay Yarow, CNBC SVP, Executive Editor
Oh man. NBC NEWS: Test of the steel prototype for the border wall showed it could be sawed through. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/test-steel-prototype-border-wall-showed-it-could-be-sawed-n956856 …

. . . "As it turns out, it’s a different wall from the one in the photos. While NBC reports that, they bury it in suggestions that common tools will destroy it so quickly that it will have no value.

"The Department of Homeland Security was quoted stating the new design is not the one in the photos:

“While the design currently being constructed was informed by what we learned in the prototypes, it does not replicate those designs,” said Waldman. “The steel bollard design is internally reinforced with materials that require time and multiple industrial tools to breach, thereby providing U.S. Border Patrol agents additional response time to affect a successful law enforcement resolution. In the event that one of the steel bollards becomes damaged, it is quick and cost-effective to repair.

"Multiple industrial tools will be needed. So much for the groundbreaking story from NBC." . . .
Don Surber: NBC reporters showed they know as much about saws as they do AR-15s.  . . . "The NBC report said, "A photo exclusively obtained by NBC News shows the results of the test after military and Border Patrol personnel were instructed to attempt to destroy the barriers with common tools."
"Common tools?

"My readers take care of me and one of my favorites called NBC out.
"He wrote, "Cleary these were cut with an acetylene torch (one tank of acetylene and one tank of oxygen each weighting  about 70 plus pounds) something every illegal immigrant brings along as he comes to sneak into our country." . . .

A Local News Station Just Called Out CNN On Air for Their Border Narrative

Townhall  "Local news affiliate KUSI News in San Diego shared an interesting story Thursday night about an exchange they recently had with CNN. CNN called the station this week hoping the affiliate could provide a story or two about the border wall already in place in their community. When KUSI informed them that the barrier has actually been pretty effective, CNN hung up."

More on this here, including videos

" 'CNN asked if KUSI would find a reporter to offer our local view of the debate," one of the anchors explained on air. "Especially if the wall works in San Diego."

"When the affiliate offered CNN their reporter Dan Plante, who has previously reported how the wall "is not an issue" and is, in fact, "effective".

Fake news: CNN rejects local San Diego report on border wall because it doesn't support its 'narrative'  . . . "This raises questions about how deeply connected to the Democratic power structure this network really is.  The recent report of Democratic operative and CNN employee Donna Brazile slipping Hillary Clinton the presidential debate questions on the sly does not speak well for it.
"Now it is suppressing this.
"Any questions as to why the president calls CNN "fake news"?"

Wall haters. First Kamala Harris, now Becerra: Who picks California's Attorney Generals anyway?

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When you think your voters are simple drones, you can make any silly statement and they will be fine with it.

Trump to declare border emergency unless Congress acts  . . . "Mr. Trump disputed Democrats’ claims that he threw a “temper tantrum.”
“I didn’t pound my table, I didn’t raise my voice,” he said.
"He also blasted reporters for what he said were biased reports and distortions, saying “80 percent of you are possibly in coordination with the opposition party.”

"He said President Obama had called the border a “crisis” and said Democrats have voted for fencing in the past, only to oppose it now."

Isn't 5 cents per day worth it to reduce opioid deaths?  "The president is asking for $5.7 billion for the wall and other security measures.  That is around $17.50 for the 325 million people who live in America, or around 5 cents per day.  Think of all the government fees and taxes that cost way over 5 cents per day that will not save tens of billions of dollars in government expenditures each year because of reduced costs generated by illegal aliens.

"More than 72,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States in 2017, and a significant amount of those drugs came through the southern border.  Democrats voted for money for a fence in 2006 and in 2013 on the southern border, but not now, when opioid deaths are much higher.  Isn't the opposition political?

"The media generally were not against the fence in 2006 nor 2013 and did not call Democrats who supported the fence racists.

"It is a shame that most journalists will flip their views based on Democrat talking points.

"I will gladly pay the $17.50 for both Pelosi and Schumer."

 Cpl. Singh's Brother Tells Trump to Do What He Needs to Do to Protect the Border

He and his family, he explained, legally immigrated to America to fulfill Ronil's dream of joining law enforcement.

California Acting Like It’s Own Nation   . . . "Well, a UC Berkeley poll just found that 74 percent of Californians wanted to end sanctuary cities including 55 percent of Hispanics, and 73 percent of Democrats. Now, if that’s not a cry for sanity or a cry for help, I do not know what is." . . .

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Democrat voter Manning burns Thin Blue Line flag, says f*#k the police on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

Leoaffairs h/t to Donald Eplin  "The former US Army soldier who betrayed her country and put her fellow service members at risk before becoming a transgender attention-seeker has once again made headlines after burning a Thin Blue Line flag and saying, ‘F*&k the police.’

"Chelsea Manning (formerly Bradley Manning) posted a photo of a burning “Thin Blue Line” flag to Twitter on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, complete with the caption, “F*** the police.”

"Manning then followed up by saying that Americans live under “domestic military occupation in every major city.”  (Emphasis mine, TD)

"The 31-year-old is best known for leaking classified military information to Wikileaks in 2010, putting servicemembers at risk. Charged with 22 offenses to include aiding the enemy, Manning was eventually found guilty for the majority of the charges and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

"In 2017, Manning’s sentence was commuted by then-President Barack Obama, allowing the disgraced former Soldier to walk among the populace. The following year, Manning ran for the US Senate as a Democrat in her home state of Maryland, winning only 5.7% of the vote during the primary." . . .

Manning being honored

WaPo Opinions: Trump won the night. Schumer and Pelosi lost.

MSN   "Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not necessarily represent the views of MSN or Microsoft."

. . . "The president did not unilaterally declare a national emergency. Instead, he called for compromise and said, “To those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask: imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife, whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken?”

"He was, in short, presidential.

"Democrats insisted on equal time, which is highly unusual for presidential addresses other than the State of the Union. It was a mistake. In contrast to Trump, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) came across as small and intransigent.

"While Trump spoke calmly and rationally from behind the Resolute Desk, the Democratic leaders accused him of “pounding the table” and having a “temper tantrum.” While Trump told human stories, they complained about process. They accused him of arguing that the women and children at the border were “a security threat” when he had just explained to the American people that they were victims, too. They charged him with using the “backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration.” They were partisan and petty, while Trump came across as reasonable and even compassionate." . . .

Starbucks learns the price of virtue-signaling, now must install needle disposal boxes in bathrooms 'open to all'

Thomas Lifson  "The expression "clueless liberal" now has an emblem: the Starbucks logo.  The coffee chain has discovered what anyone who understands human nature could have predicted – as many of us did.  When the chain announced last May that it was opening its bathrooms to non-customers and allowing them to stay in its stores as long as they want without paying for anything, it was utterly predictable that all sorts of troubled people with nowhere else to shoot up, turn tricks, or bathe would start using the restrooms of the virtue-signaling chain."

"A quick refresher from our pages on the events that led the Seattle-based chain to makes its bathrooms into public restrooms.  Colin Flaherty explained last May:

[W]hen a couple of black people a few weeks ago wanted to use the restroom at a Starbucks in Philadelphia without buying anything, and they refused three requests from employees to leave and three more requests from the cops to do the same, Starbucks took the only action open to it: give the black people lots of free stuff, then hold a racial sensitivity training session for 177,000 employees of Starbucks.

"The indoctrination was accompanied by a change in policy, that its restrooms would be "open to all," as would its seating."

. . . 

And the upshot of this and most liberal policies:

. . . "I would welcome the opportunity for public discussion of the "open to all" policies.  It does kind of remind me of the open border policies the Democrats are going to the wall to preserve."

Convicted Pedophile Confesses To The Murder Of JonBenét Ramsey

Chicks On The Right  "According to this exclusive from the Daily Mail, convicted pedophile Gary Oliva confessed to the murder of JonBenét Ramsey in a series of letters. 

Oliva, who was once jailed for trying to strangle his mother, wrote: ‘I never loved anyone like I did JonBenét and yet I let her slip and her head bashed in half and I watched her die. It was an accident. Please believe me. She was not like the other kids.’
In another letter, Oliva wrote, ‘JonBenét completely changed me and removed all evil from me. Just one look at her beautiful face, her glowing beautiful skin, and her divine God-body, I realized I was wrong to kill other kids. Yet by accident she died and it was my fault.’ 
The letters were sent to music publicist Michael Vail, a former high school classmate of Oliva’s.

"Vail knew Olivia since high school and they kept in touch. 

 '“When he said he had hurt a little girl I tried to get more information out of him. The only other thing he told me was that he was in the Boulder, Colorado area,” Vail said.

She would be 28 now.

“ 'On December 27 I read on the front page of my local newspaper ‘Girl, 6, slain in Boulder, Colorado’. I knew I had to alert the police,” he added.

‘I immediately called the Boulder Police Department and told them what I knew about Gary and what he had told me just days earlier. They didn’t get back to me.

. . .  

• Gary Oliva, 54, has long been a suspect in the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, whose body was found at her home in Boulder, Colorado on December 26, 1996 
• In letters to high school classmate Michael Vail obtained by DailyMailTV, Oliva claims he killed JonBenét by accident
• 'I let her slip and her head bashed in half and I watched her die. It was an accident,' he wrote from Limon Correctional Facility, Colorado
• Oliva is serving a 10-year-sentence for possessing child pornography 
• When Oliva was arrested in 2016, police discovered he had 335 photos of JonBenét including photos from the six-year-old's autopsy
• Vail, 55, of Ventura, California,  has urged police to charge Oliva for JonBenét's death since Oliva is due for parole in 2020
• Chillingly, Vail tells DailyMailTV that on December 26, 1996 Oliva told him: 'I hurt a little girl'
• Investigators believe several men were involved in JonBenét's death and Vail hopes Oliva will identify them
• The incriminating letters have been presented to Boulder police and murder case investigators are now looking through the new information

More at the Daily Mail...

Kellyanne Conway Calls CNN's Acosta a 'Smart Ass' to His Face

Acoustic Conservative

PJ Media  "White House counselor Kellyanne Conway hammered CNN’s Jim Acosta during a press gaggle on Tuesday, calling him a “smart ass” who isn't liked by his colleagues.
"The tongue-lashing came after Acosta questioned whether President Trump would speak truthfully during his address from the Oval Office tonight.
" 'Kelly, can you promise that the president will tell the truth tonight? Will he tell the truth?" Acosta asked Conway, clearly trying to have a "YouTube moment."
" 'Yes, Jim, and can you promise that you will?" Conway shot back. "The whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? Am I allowed to mention God to you?" she asked disdainfully.
"Acosta snarked back: "I'm not the one that has the 'alternative facts' problem like you do," angering Conway further.
" 'Make sure that goes viral," she scoffed.
"'By the way, this is why I'm one of the only people around here who even gives you the time of day," Conway sneered, while Acosta continued to badger her with his inane question." . . .

'Bye-bye': Trump walks out of 'waste of time' meeting with Schumer, Pelosi

Washington Examiner

Republicans disputed Schumer's characterization of Trump's conduct. "I don't recall him ever raising his voice or slamming his hand," Vice President Mike Pence told reporters later, saying Trump had walked into the session handing out candy. 

"President Trump on Wednesday walked out of a White House meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after the Democrats said they wouldn't agree to fund a border wall, suggesting talks to end the government shutdown may have blown up catastrophically.

" 'Just left a meeting with Chuck and Nancy, a total waste of time," Trump tweeted. "I asked what is going to happen in 30 days if I quickly open things up, are you going to approve Border Security which includes a Wall or Steel Barrier? Nancy said, NO. I said bye-bye, nothing else works!" . . . 

"Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Schumer called Trump's departure "somewhat unbecoming of a presidency." Trump had become furious, according to Schumer.

 '"He sort of slammed the table, and when Leader Pelosi said she didn't agree with the wall, he just walked out and said, 'We have nothing to discuss,'" Schumer said." . . . 

Townhall

President Trump said Thursday that Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., lied when he said Trump slammed the table before walking out of their meeting Wednesday. 

. . . "On Fox News Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., agreed with Trump that he never threw a tantrum, and instead tried to open up the meeting with Democrats to ideas about compromise before walking out." . . .

Why 70 Percent Tax Rates Cannot Finance Socialism

National Review

There’s no way to raise the money without hammering the middle class.

"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s call for a 70 percent income-tax rate to finance green-energy initiatives has energized the Left. Yet this is completely destructive proposal. A 70 percent tax bracket would raise very little (if any) revenue, while damaging the economy and sending income and jobs overseas.
"While details of Ocasio-Cortez’s energy proposal are unavailable, former Green-party presidential candidate Jill Stein has proposed a “Green New Deal” costing between $700 billion and $1 trillion per year for public jobs and clean energy initiatives. That is roughly 4 percent of GDP." . . .

Our New 'Most Dangerous of Morons'  . . . "For a sarcastic bastard like myself, Ocasio-Cortez and her constant stream-of-consciousness utterances are a target-rich environment.  As America's own special lacuna, she has much in common with our last president.  Except, to my eyes, she fills her empty suit a little better.  As with Barry, she knows very little about a lot of things and a lot about very little.  Yet she is pretty enough and enigmatic enough that people listen. 
"She is absolutely convinced that every idea she has for America's future is so good, so transformational, so "halting the rise of oceans" transcendent that we must all be forced to follow her down the Yellow Brick Road to a fantasy world where she is both Dorothy and the Wizard, happily dancing her Breakfast Club homage as we try not to look into her crazy eyes for fear we'll be turned to stone." . . . Read more..