Thursday, December 31, 2015
NBC Ignores Planned Parenthood Videos, Clinton E-Mail/Foundation Scandals in Year in Review
What does it say about a television network that ignores two of the biggest news events of 2015 in its year-in-review segment?
NBC's Today Skips Planned Parenthood Videos, Clinton E-Mail/Foundation Scandals in Year in Review
NBC's Today Skips Planned Parenthood Videos, Clinton E-Mail/Foundation Scandals in Year in Review
Year-End Awards: The 'What Difference Does It Make?' Award, for Denying Hillary's Scandals
Still not convinced of the widespread liberal bias in the news media?
Year-End Awards: The 'What Difference Does It Make?' Award, for Denying Hillary's Scandals
Year-End Awards: The 'What Difference Does It Make?' Award, for Denying Hillary's Scandals
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Gov. Wolf vetoes no-tax-hike Republican budget for third time
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday he will use his line-item veto power on the $30.8 billion, no-tax-hike budget passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. So the big question is why didn't Wolf do this on July 1 when the first budget was sent to him by the Legislature? The answer: Wolf wants to raise taxes on working Pennsylvania families so he held the budget hostage for the past 6 months in the hopes of forcing the Legislature to raise taxes. His ploy didn't work. So here we are - six months into the new fiscal year - without a budget, thanks to Wolf and his far-left staffers who want to spend more than the state takes in.
Gov. Wolf vetoes Republican budget, will release funds for schools
Gov. Wolf vetoes Republican budget, will release funds for schools
Monday, December 28, 2015
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
GOP Grinches Set Up Wolf Pre-Christmas Tax Hike in Pa.
Twenty-one Republicans in the Pennsylvania House joined with
Democrats this week to set up a massive tax hike (up to $1.8 billion?)
right before Christmas. Who are these Grinches? The watchdog group
Citizens Alliance of Pennsylvania has a list on its website. You can contact them now to remind them you will remember their names on the 2016 ballot.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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REP. JOE PITTS: Social media is a new front in the war on terror
Terrorism, and Islamic terrorism in particular, has continually
proven to be a global threat. In regions as far apart and as diverse as
Beirut, Paris, and San Bernadino, ISIS and their sympathizers have used
the technology and weaponry of civilization against civilization.
In London, a man stabbed a stranger on the Tube, shouting “this is for Syria!” The bloody aftermath was caught on a harrowing cell phone video that is now circulating on the internet.
Massive terrorism-related arrests have taken place in Brussels, Australia, and Geneva. A soccer game in Germany was evacuated due to credible terrorist threats.
According to the CIA, ISIS terrorists are present in at least 30 countries. The FBI has over 900 open ISIS-related investigations in the United States and has made some 50 arrests just in 2015. Militant groups in 20 different countries, including the notorious kidnappers Boko Haram of Nigeria, have sworn allegiance to ISIS.
Terrorists in Brussels have been proven to have made contact with ISIS leaders in Syria. The San Bernadino murderers appear to have met on an online dating website, and posted pro-ISIS propaganda on Facebook just before conducting their attacks. Terrorist plots to kill police officers in Boston and behead a blogger in Texas have been discovered by means of their social media footprint. A total of some 300 Twitter accounts based in the United States have been found to be run by terrorists.
According to research done at George Washington University, terrorist suspects recruited by ISIS in the United States tend to be younger than previous terrorist suspects, and tend to be converts to Islam. Teenage boys and girls in Mississippi, Minneapolis, and the Denver suburbs have been arrested in connection with ISIS.
In a chilling development just this week, the FBI arrested 19-year old Jabil Ameer Aziz from Harrisburg for aiding ISIS propaganda on 57 different Twitter accounts.
Part of how terrorism has gone global has been through advances in communications technology. Social media have opened up new channels of communication around our world, allowing anyone anywhere to speak to virtually anyone else anywhere almost immediately. As with any technology, this new capability can be used either for good or for evil.
While many people have used these new tools for good, terrorist groups like ISIS have been highly effective in recruiting sympathizers and cooperators around the world through social media. It is even possible that they have used online video games — through PlayStation — to communicate encrypted information. This encryption problem poses a serious challenge to our counterterrorism efforts, and Congress will have the responsibility of solving it.
No one publicizes ISIS’ murders as widely as ISIS does, posting on the internet videos of beheadings, burnings, and shootings of their enemies. ISIS is so evil that it actively recruits new terrorists all over the world using these internet videos.
We are an open society, and rightly proud to be one. But while terrorists hate the freedom of the West, they exploit it against us.
The task before our leaders is to keep our people safe, but we must not give up our freedom in order to protect it. We must hold fast to the inalienable rights and liberties of which the American people have always been jealous, and of which our enemies are so contemptuous.
These concerns are why this week, the House passed legislation that would require the President to report to
Congress on the extent of terrorist use of social media, as well as on a strategy to enhance the exchange of information between the government and social media companies so as to disrupt the terrorist recruitment networks.
The House also passed legislation introduced by Democratic Rep. Norma Torres to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and maintain an assessment of maritime cybersecurity. This bill would also require the sharing of information between Maritime Security Advisory Committees.
Earlier this year, the House passed cybersecurity reform legislation, with President Obama’s support, that would require the Director of National Intelligence to create procedures for sharing imminent threat information with the private sector, and allowing private sector entities to share cyber threat indicators or defensive measures against cyber threats.
These bills constitute neither the beginning nor the end of our efforts to combat terrorists, but they are the next step. We will continue to fight ISIS and any other threat to our safety until they are no more — whether in theater or on the Internet.
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts is a Republican who represents Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District in parts of Chester, Berks and Lancaster counties.
In London, a man stabbed a stranger on the Tube, shouting “this is for Syria!” The bloody aftermath was caught on a harrowing cell phone video that is now circulating on the internet.
Massive terrorism-related arrests have taken place in Brussels, Australia, and Geneva. A soccer game in Germany was evacuated due to credible terrorist threats.
According to the CIA, ISIS terrorists are present in at least 30 countries. The FBI has over 900 open ISIS-related investigations in the United States and has made some 50 arrests just in 2015. Militant groups in 20 different countries, including the notorious kidnappers Boko Haram of Nigeria, have sworn allegiance to ISIS.
Terrorists in Brussels have been proven to have made contact with ISIS leaders in Syria. The San Bernadino murderers appear to have met on an online dating website, and posted pro-ISIS propaganda on Facebook just before conducting their attacks. Terrorist plots to kill police officers in Boston and behead a blogger in Texas have been discovered by means of their social media footprint. A total of some 300 Twitter accounts based in the United States have been found to be run by terrorists.
According to research done at George Washington University, terrorist suspects recruited by ISIS in the United States tend to be younger than previous terrorist suspects, and tend to be converts to Islam. Teenage boys and girls in Mississippi, Minneapolis, and the Denver suburbs have been arrested in connection with ISIS.
In a chilling development just this week, the FBI arrested 19-year old Jabil Ameer Aziz from Harrisburg for aiding ISIS propaganda on 57 different Twitter accounts.
Part of how terrorism has gone global has been through advances in communications technology. Social media have opened up new channels of communication around our world, allowing anyone anywhere to speak to virtually anyone else anywhere almost immediately. As with any technology, this new capability can be used either for good or for evil.
While many people have used these new tools for good, terrorist groups like ISIS have been highly effective in recruiting sympathizers and cooperators around the world through social media. It is even possible that they have used online video games — through PlayStation — to communicate encrypted information. This encryption problem poses a serious challenge to our counterterrorism efforts, and Congress will have the responsibility of solving it.
No one publicizes ISIS’ murders as widely as ISIS does, posting on the internet videos of beheadings, burnings, and shootings of their enemies. ISIS is so evil that it actively recruits new terrorists all over the world using these internet videos.
We are an open society, and rightly proud to be one. But while terrorists hate the freedom of the West, they exploit it against us.
The task before our leaders is to keep our people safe, but we must not give up our freedom in order to protect it. We must hold fast to the inalienable rights and liberties of which the American people have always been jealous, and of which our enemies are so contemptuous.
These concerns are why this week, the House passed legislation that would require the President to report to
Congress on the extent of terrorist use of social media, as well as on a strategy to enhance the exchange of information between the government and social media companies so as to disrupt the terrorist recruitment networks.
The House also passed legislation introduced by Democratic Rep. Norma Torres to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and maintain an assessment of maritime cybersecurity. This bill would also require the sharing of information between Maritime Security Advisory Committees.
Earlier this year, the House passed cybersecurity reform legislation, with President Obama’s support, that would require the Director of National Intelligence to create procedures for sharing imminent threat information with the private sector, and allowing private sector entities to share cyber threat indicators or defensive measures against cyber threats.
These bills constitute neither the beginning nor the end of our efforts to combat terrorists, but they are the next step. We will continue to fight ISIS and any other threat to our safety until they are no more — whether in theater or on the Internet.
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts is a Republican who represents Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District in parts of Chester, Berks and Lancaster counties.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
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The left's war on religion
A must-read new column by Salena Zito:
American leftists have made a religion out of government; they were angry, not because people called for appeals to a higher being, but because it was to God — not government.The left's war on religion
The left does not want Americans to lift up victims in prayer because it wants us to seek solace in public policy. Left-wing politicians think religion is an opiate for the masses, and they want to take the rabble off that drug.
It was no accident that this outburst of liberal anger included both guns and religion. The modern urban-coastal left believes guns and religion are totems for fools.
Even many liberal religious leaders have use for prayer only when it does not get in the way of liberal secular political aims.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Meet the Farooks: The Modern Jihad Family
Front Page Magazine asks: How did this anything-but-moderate family not attract any law enforcement attention?
Meet the Farooks: The Modern Jihad Family | Frontpage Mag
Meet the Farooks: The Modern Jihad Family | Frontpage Mag
Tuesday, December 08, 2015
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Monday, November 30, 2015
Who will lead the Montgomery County GOP?
Veteran Montgomery County Courthouse reporter Margaret Gibbons
ponders who will be the next chairman or chairwoman of the Republican
Party in Montgomery County, once a GOP stronghold in Pennsylvania that
has fallen into Democratic control in recent years.
Just how bad have things gotten for Republicans in this large and wealthy county? Look no further than the November General Election debacle.
From Gibbons' column:
Just how bad have things gotten for Republicans in this large and wealthy county? Look no further than the November General Election debacle.
From Gibbons' column:
Democrats for the first time captured all competitively elected county posts with GOPer Joe Gale running an independent campaign to defeat one of the leadership's endorsed candidates in the primary election and defeating their remaining endorsed candidate this month for the minority seat on the board of commissioners.
It's going to take someone with superhuman powers to straighten out this mess.Margaret Gibbons: Who will lead the Montgomery County GOP? - The Intelligencer: Margaret Gibbons | Montgomery County politics | Courthouse
Saturday, November 28, 2015
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Donald Trump Headlines Luncheon for PA GOP BigWigs
'Donald Trump is a successful and dynamic businessman and we are excited to hear about his vision for the future of our country," Gleason said in a statement posted on the PA GOP's website Wednesday. "The importance of Pennsylvania to the presidential campaign is clear and Donald Trump addressing Pennsylvania Republicans puts us in the middle of the national stage."
If you don't have a ticket for the luncheon, you're pretty much out of luck in hearing what Trump will have to say. Following tradition, the Commonwealth Club Luncheon will be closed to the press, Gleason said.
By the way, the event is being held in New York City, one of those head-scratching decisions by Pennsylvania's political elites who gather outside Pennsylvania for big party events every year.
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Rep. Joe Pitts will not seek re-election to Congress in 2016
A fixture in Congress since 1997, Republican Joe Pitts has announced he will not seek re-election to the House in 2016. Pitts, 76, has been consistently ranked among the most conservative members of Congress since he went to Washington. In recent years, he has won re-election to his 16th District House seat representing parts of Berks, Chester and Lancaster counties by wide margins. The district is a GOP stronghold and should remain in Republican control if the party can find a well-known name to run next year.
Although he's leaving Congress, Pitts said he plans to stay active, intending to focus on human rights around the world.
"As a person of faith, and a follower of Jesus, I believe that we are called to pursue justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves," Pitts said. "I plan to focus my future work on human rights and religious freedom, both domestic and international, as well as on matters of culture and the American family. My passion for these issues has been influenced by the examples of President Reagan, Chuck Colson, as well as great legislators like the 18th Century Member of the British Parliament William Wilberforce, and former colleagues like Henry Hyde, Frank Wolf, and Tony Hall."
Rep. Joe Pitts will not seek re-election to Congress in 2016
Although he's leaving Congress, Pitts said he plans to stay active, intending to focus on human rights around the world.
"As a person of faith, and a follower of Jesus, I believe that we are called to pursue justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves," Pitts said. "I plan to focus my future work on human rights and religious freedom, both domestic and international, as well as on matters of culture and the American family. My passion for these issues has been influenced by the examples of President Reagan, Chuck Colson, as well as great legislators like the 18th Century Member of the British Parliament William Wilberforce, and former colleagues like Henry Hyde, Frank Wolf, and Tony Hall."
Rep. Joe Pitts will not seek re-election to Congress in 2016
Thursday, November 05, 2015
Republicans pad majority in Pennsylvania Senate with victory
Republicans picked up another seat in the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday, giving the GOP a 31-19 majority. There's a reason Pennsylvania voters elected larger Republican majorities in both the state House and Senate - they're tired of big government in Harrisburg. But liberal Democrat Tom Wolf apparently still hasn't gotten the message. Another bad legislative election cycle for Democrats - like the ones they had in
2012 and 2014 - and Republicans will have enough votes to override any of Wolf's vetoes.
Republicans pad majority in Pennsylvania Senate with victory
2012 and 2014 - and Republicans will have enough votes to override any of Wolf's vetoes.
Republicans pad majority in Pennsylvania Senate with victory
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
Campaign sign confusion at Berks County polling site
Voters who pulled up to the Exeter Community Library today to cast
ballots may have been scratching their heads as they walked into the
building. Voters were greeted by campaign signs asking them to support
Mark Gillen for State Representative. The problem? Mark Gillen's name
isn't on the ballot. State representatives are elected in even-numbered
years in Pennsylvania. Last time I checked my calendar, it's 2015. My
theory is that somebody working for the Berks County Republican
Committee who was tasked with bringing campaign signs to polling sites
went a little too far into the warehouse and scooped up Gillen For State
Rep signs by mistake.
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Guest Column: Wolf wants each Pa. family to pay $1,000 more int taxes
By James Paul
Have a spare $1,000 lying around? If so, you’d probably make a mortgage payment or buy several weeks of groceries. You might even sock it away in your 401(k) or kid’s college fund. But at a planned Wednesday vote in Harrisburg, House lawmakers — at Gov. Wolf’s urging — will decide whether that money should be plucked out of your pocket and spent on their priorities, not yours.
It’s the latest in a long line of political gimmicks aimed at reeling-in Wolf’s white whale: paradigm-shifting tax increases on Pennsylvanians already shouldering the 10th-highest state and local tax burden in the country.
Wolf’s September spending plan would force a $1,000-per-family tax increase and result in the loss of 14,000 jobs. In a “compromise” from his original proposal, Wolf dropped any pretense of property tax relief or of lowering Pennsylvania’s sky-high corporate rates.
So, what’s the real roadblock in the budget debate? Ask anyone from the Wolf administration, and they’ll point to education funding as the sticking point. Wolf claims to have “worked hard to compromise” only to be “met with obstruction” from legislative leaders.
Pesky as they are, the facts tell a different story.
In fact, Wednesday’s scheduled vote comes after Wolf vetoed emergency funding legislation that would have eased the painful financial pressure on schools and service providers dependent on state dollars. Why would Wolf withhold funding from the likes of cancer screening, domestic violence programs, and school transportation?
In truth, the House and Senate have offered Wolf a series of concessions — particularly on education funding — only to be met with fierce resistance from the administration. It is, in fact, Wolf’s laser-like fixation on tax increases that obstructs agreement on a state budget.
Consider the timeline of events since Wolf’s inauguration. Although Pennsylvania already spends more than $15,000 per student each year, Wolf’s signature campaign pledge was to increase state aid to public schools. In his March budget address, he requested an additional $400 million in basic education funding, along with a bevy of tax hikes on everything from diapers to day care to funeral services. Wolf’s budget featured higher tax increases than the combined total of all other 49 states.
In June, the House and Senate agreed to a no-tax-hike budget that increased basic education by $100 million and set a new record-high in public school funding. Was it everything Wolf asked for? No; but it was a reasonable compromise from a legislative body tasked with responsibly navigating important state needs.
Wolf promptly vetoed this bill containing record education spending and a fair funding formula that has been universally applauded as sensible public policy.
Weeks later, legislative leaders presented the governor yet another compromise: The House and Senate would meet Wolf’s request for $400 million in new education spending, contingent on modest pension reform and liquor privatization. Notably, this proposal continued to shield working Pennsylvanians from painful tax increases.
Again, Wolf rejected the offer. A budget without tax hikes would not suffice — even one that provided every dime the governor requested for basic education.
What may have begun as a quest to boost public school funding clearly has morphed into an obsession with higher taxes. $100 million in new education funding? $400 million? Unless it’s accompanied by the largest tax increase in state history, it’s not good enough for Wolf.
While Wolf likes to claim his tax hike on natural gas drillers would provide revenue for local school districts, his severance tax is not actually dedicated to public schools. Instead, it’s earmarked for “alternative energy subsidies” and other carve outs for corporate welfare before schools get one cent. Not to mention the vast majority of Wolf’s new tax hikes comes from working families, not the gas industry.
Leading up to Wednesday’s tax vote, the governor has rejected offer after offer that would increase school spending to record levels — yet Wolf insists education funding is standing in the way of a state budget. In a Monday morning press conference, Wolf even declared “If I lose Wednesday, Pennsylvania loses.”
The truth is, a Wednesday loss for Wolf’s tax scheme will save Pennsylvania families $1,000. Wolf’s unrelenting fixation on tax hikes is the real culprit for Pennsylvania’s three month-long (and counting) budget standoff.
James Paul is a senior policy analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation (CommonwealthFoundation.org), Pennsylvania’s free market think tank.
Have a spare $1,000 lying around? If so, you’d probably make a mortgage payment or buy several weeks of groceries. You might even sock it away in your 401(k) or kid’s college fund. But at a planned Wednesday vote in Harrisburg, House lawmakers — at Gov. Wolf’s urging — will decide whether that money should be plucked out of your pocket and spent on their priorities, not yours.
It’s the latest in a long line of political gimmicks aimed at reeling-in Wolf’s white whale: paradigm-shifting tax increases on Pennsylvanians already shouldering the 10th-highest state and local tax burden in the country.
Wolf’s September spending plan would force a $1,000-per-family tax increase and result in the loss of 14,000 jobs. In a “compromise” from his original proposal, Wolf dropped any pretense of property tax relief or of lowering Pennsylvania’s sky-high corporate rates.
So, what’s the real roadblock in the budget debate? Ask anyone from the Wolf administration, and they’ll point to education funding as the sticking point. Wolf claims to have “worked hard to compromise” only to be “met with obstruction” from legislative leaders.
Pesky as they are, the facts tell a different story.
In fact, Wednesday’s scheduled vote comes after Wolf vetoed emergency funding legislation that would have eased the painful financial pressure on schools and service providers dependent on state dollars. Why would Wolf withhold funding from the likes of cancer screening, domestic violence programs, and school transportation?
In truth, the House and Senate have offered Wolf a series of concessions — particularly on education funding — only to be met with fierce resistance from the administration. It is, in fact, Wolf’s laser-like fixation on tax increases that obstructs agreement on a state budget.
Consider the timeline of events since Wolf’s inauguration. Although Pennsylvania already spends more than $15,000 per student each year, Wolf’s signature campaign pledge was to increase state aid to public schools. In his March budget address, he requested an additional $400 million in basic education funding, along with a bevy of tax hikes on everything from diapers to day care to funeral services. Wolf’s budget featured higher tax increases than the combined total of all other 49 states.
In June, the House and Senate agreed to a no-tax-hike budget that increased basic education by $100 million and set a new record-high in public school funding. Was it everything Wolf asked for? No; but it was a reasonable compromise from a legislative body tasked with responsibly navigating important state needs.
Wolf promptly vetoed this bill containing record education spending and a fair funding formula that has been universally applauded as sensible public policy.
Weeks later, legislative leaders presented the governor yet another compromise: The House and Senate would meet Wolf’s request for $400 million in new education spending, contingent on modest pension reform and liquor privatization. Notably, this proposal continued to shield working Pennsylvanians from painful tax increases.
Again, Wolf rejected the offer. A budget without tax hikes would not suffice — even one that provided every dime the governor requested for basic education.
What may have begun as a quest to boost public school funding clearly has morphed into an obsession with higher taxes. $100 million in new education funding? $400 million? Unless it’s accompanied by the largest tax increase in state history, it’s not good enough for Wolf.
While Wolf likes to claim his tax hike on natural gas drillers would provide revenue for local school districts, his severance tax is not actually dedicated to public schools. Instead, it’s earmarked for “alternative energy subsidies” and other carve outs for corporate welfare before schools get one cent. Not to mention the vast majority of Wolf’s new tax hikes comes from working families, not the gas industry.
Leading up to Wednesday’s tax vote, the governor has rejected offer after offer that would increase school spending to record levels — yet Wolf insists education funding is standing in the way of a state budget. In a Monday morning press conference, Wolf even declared “If I lose Wednesday, Pennsylvania loses.”
The truth is, a Wednesday loss for Wolf’s tax scheme will save Pennsylvania families $1,000. Wolf’s unrelenting fixation on tax hikes is the real culprit for Pennsylvania’s three month-long (and counting) budget standoff.
James Paul is a senior policy analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation (CommonwealthFoundation.org), Pennsylvania’s free market think tank.
Saturday, October 03, 2015
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Poll: Fox News Most-Trusted TV News/Commentary Source
Sorry MSM, people in the know turn to Fox News for "fair and balanced" coverage.
Poll: Fox News Most-Trusted TV News/Commentary Source | Truth Revolt
Poll: Fox News Most-Trusted TV News/Commentary Source | Truth Revolt
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Growing chorus demands Pa. AG Kathleen Kane resign
The editorial board of the Harrisburg Patriot-News is calling for the
resignation of embattled Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane -
again. If you're keeping count, the left-leaning newspaper has now asked
Democrat Kane to resign for the third time in the past five months.
From the newspaper's most recent editorial and very brief editorial, A simple request for Attorney General Kane:
The newspaper has also published a story on the growing chorus of Pennsylvania state lawmakers calling for Kane to step aside while she fights criminal charges filed against her in August.
Read that story here.
The left-leaning PAPolitics political blog also has a story with the headline Republican AG Candidates Call on Kane to Resign. Read it here.
And another of Pennsylvania's most liberal newspapers, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is also calling for Kane's resignation in this editorial: Kane must quit: If not a lawyer, she shouldn't be attorney general
From the newspaper's most recent editorial and very brief editorial, A simple request for Attorney General Kane:
So we're hoping the third time's the charm.Read the full editorial here.
Resign.
The newspaper has also published a story on the growing chorus of Pennsylvania state lawmakers calling for Kane to step aside while she fights criminal charges filed against her in August.
Read that story here.
The left-leaning PAPolitics political blog also has a story with the headline Republican AG Candidates Call on Kane to Resign. Read it here.
And another of Pennsylvania's most liberal newspapers, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is also calling for Kane's resignation in this editorial: Kane must quit: If not a lawyer, she shouldn't be attorney general
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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These 25 Politicians are the Biggest Recipients of Planned Parenthood Funding
Would is surprise anyone to learn that the 25 House members who get the most money from Planned Parenthood are all Democrats?
These 25 Politicians are the Biggest Recipients of Planned Parenthood Funding
These 25 Politicians are the Biggest Recipients of Planned Parenthood Funding
Friday, September 18, 2015
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Rep. Joe Pitts: Why I Oppose Iran Deal
By Congressman Joe Pitts
The
first and most important duty of a government is the protection of its
citizens. If we fail to do this, then all of our other activities and
programs are of no effect.
As
Congress and the President decide how to act in response to Iran’s
nuclear weapons program, this is our purpose, and the standard we must
constantly bear in mind.
Negotiating
with Iran at all is difficult, if only because of the regime’s 36 year
history of terrorism, brutality, and violations of human rights. As
Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel put
it, “regimes rooted in brutality must never be trusted. And the words
and actions of the leadership of Iran leave no doubt as to their
intentions.”
Nevertheless, I support finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis of a nuclear Iran.
In
March, I joined with 366 of my fellow Members of Congress, including
130 Democrats, in a letter to President Obama. All of us agreed, though
from different parts of the country, different backgrounds,
and different parties, that any deal with Iran must last for multiple
decades and include full disclosure of Iran’s past nuclear pursuits.
In
July, after nearly a decade of negotiation, the President made his
proposal public. The proposed executive agreement would only be
temporary. Iran’s current low-enriched
uranium would be reduced by 98%, but only for 10 years. Iran would be
free to produce as much nuclear fuel as they wish after 15 years, and do
research on advanced centrifuges after 8 years. And in a major
deviation of nonproliferation precedent, the embargo
on conventional arms trade and ballistic missiles trade with Iran would
be lifted.
The
President’s proposal did not meet the bipartisan criteria we laid out
in our letter. These provisions are bad enough by themselves to make
this agreement deserve
opposition, but since we found out about them, there have been some
important developments that make the agreement even worse for the United
States and its interests.
We found out, for example, that
that United Nations’
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors will not have
access to the Parchin military complex, a site where the IAEA suspects
that weaponization activities have taken place. Instead,
the IAEA and the world community will have to rely on Iran’s own
inspections of that site.
It is no surprise then that the majority of both chambers of Congress oppose the President's Iran proposal. But as of this
week, 42 Senators, all Democrats, now support the proposal, which makes
an override of the President’s veto of our resolution of disapproval
impossible. Thus, unless nine Senators change
their votes, the proposal will go into effect.
It
is noteworthy that even that minority of the Senate that has publicly
supported the proposal has been tepid and unenthusiastic about it. Even
Charles Schumer,
among the most liberal of Senators, could not bring himself to support
it.
If
it does go into effect after all, what can we expect? We know that Iran
will receive an influx of funding worth roughly half the size of their
entire economy. We can expect that Iran will
spend this money the same way they spend the money they have now:
funding terrorism, intruding upon the sovereignty of Middle Eastern
countries, and building up their military. In fact, with the arms
embargo ended, Iran will likely have a lot of shopping to
do. Even Vice President Biden conceded that this is “a totally
legitimate argument” against the President’s proposal.
We
can expect that Iran will continue to attempt to dominate its
neighbors, funding the Houthi rebels in Yemen, Hezbollah terrorists in
Lebanon, and Shia militia in Iraq that have killed American
troops.
There is not a single shred of evidence in support of faith that Iran will change for the better as a result of this windfall.
We
should conduct diplomacy, but not for diplomacy’s sake. What the United
States ultimately decides to do about the Islamic Republic of Iran will
be the single most important foreign policy
decision in the generation since the fall of communism in 1989. I wish
that I could support the proposed agreement, but under present
circumstances I cannot.
US Rep. Joe Pitts is a Republican who represents Pennsylvania's 16th Congressional District.
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