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Tea-Publicans vote to take away Americans health care and to defund Planned Parenthood; government shutdown looms

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kabukiWith the wall-to-wall media coverage of shootings in America this past week, you may have missed that the Senate used the budget reconciliation process to pass a partial “ObamaCare” repeal and to defund Planned Parenthood. This is part of the Kabuki theater that GOP Congressional leaders must engage in to appease the radical extremists who want to shut down the federal government to take the country hostage and to extort ransom from the Democrats and President Obama — “give us everything we want or we will kill the hostage.”

A government shutdown remains not only possible but likely this Friday, December 11, if the GOP Congressional leadership loses control of their Kabuki theater strategy.

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SCOTUS to states on immigration appeal: 8 additional days to respond

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Just as I predicted last month when the Obama administration appealed the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals immigration ruling to SCOTUS:

ImmigrantsOf course, any one of the 26 “Red State” plaintiff’s that brought this case can request a delay for additional time to respond to the appeal, negating the administration’s timely filing.

Any delay could kick this case into the Court’s next term beginning in October 2016. The appeal would not be decided until after a new president takes office in January 2017. I fully expect the Red State respondents to play this delay gambit.

Texas, of course, requested for an additional 30 days to play this delay gambit. Surprisingly the Justices said “no” (we know what you are up to) and granted only an additional eight days, which means it is now more likely that the U.S. Supreme Court — if it grants the appeal —  will hear this case in late April and render a decision in late June.

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ALEC 2015 States and Nation Policy Summit in Scottsdale today

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Cartoon_07Governor Doug Ducey, the ice cream man hired by Koch Industries to run their Southwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Arizona, will be welcoming the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to the hub of the “Kochtopus” evil empire in Scottsdale, Arizona today for the 2015 States and Nation Policy Summit.

The Agenda has Governor Ducey speaking at the luncheon today at Noon.

The Breakfast meeting for Thursday features former Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn. The Thursday luncheon speakers include about to be impeached Maine Governor Paul LePage, and president of the American Enterprise Institute, Arthur Brooks.

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Rep. Martha McSally demonstrates that she is just another partisan hack

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McSallyIt received little notice in the local Tucson media last week, but Rep. Martha McSally (R-Tucson) delivered the Republican response to President Obama’s regular radio address on Saturday. The topic was fighting ISIS.

Currently there are 80 Members in the U.S. House of Representatives who are Veterans. Veterans in Congress (114th). Somehow, Rep. McSally deems herself a “national security expert” based upon her service as an A-10 pilot in the Air Force. If previous military service is all it takes to be deemed a “national security expert,” then the other 79 members of Congress who are veterans, and millions of veterans who are not members of Congress, are equally “national security experts.” This notion is absurd.

Let’s break down what Rep. McSally had to say. Rep. Martha McSally Urges Obama Administration to ‘Step Up’ in Fight Against ISIS in Weekly Republican Address:

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Paris as they recover from last week’s horrific terrorist attacks. While we mourn this tragedy, let us be reminded those attacks could have happened here. This is not to instill fear, but to remind us to be vigilant. That’s why we’re calling on the administration to step up, provide global leadership, and put together a coherent and aggressive strategy to defeat ISIS.

“I need no reminders about the threats we face. Before being elected to Congress, I served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a full colonel. I was the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat and the first to command a fighter squadron in combat in U.S. history. In my career, I flew 2,600 flight hours, including over 325 combat hours in both Iraq and Afghanistan. I deployed to the Middle East and Afghanistan six times, serving in leadership positions for the initial air campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and counter-terrorism ops in Africa.

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Civil contempt trial of Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio is coming to a close

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Babeu-ArpaioAfter 20 days of testimony spread out over many months in the civil contempt trial of Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio, the lawyers made their closing arguments to U.S. District Court Judge G. Murray Snow on Friday.

Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio and Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan have already admitted to civil contempt, but they face the possibility of a referral to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for criminal contempt charges.

Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio has always avoided being held to account by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the past, so whether this cat has used up his nine lives and will finally be brought to justice this time remains to be seen.

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