Op-ed: A Laundry List to Nowhere By: Diane Sori /The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
“I am here to provide Congress with a pathway forward to end the government shutdown.”
- President Donald J. Trump in his most recent compromise proposal to House Democrats
On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 4pm EST, President Donald J. Trump
offered the Democrats yet another chance to end the partial government
shutdown in exchange for the $5.7 billion he needs to build the wall.
Basically offering the Democrats things they not only asked for and
approved in the past yet are currently turning down, saw Nancy Pelosi
issuing a statement rejecting Trump's newest compromise plan even before
he went on air to present it.
But before we get into Trump's newest compromise to get both the wall
built and the partial government shutdown reversed, let's review some
recent developments that led up to what is basically the Democrats last
stand. And let's start with the fact that last week was a very bad week
for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with President Trump “trumping” her yet
again...well...actually blindsiding her is more like it.
A Laundry List to Nowhere By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
“I am here to provide Congress with a pathway forward to end the government shutdown.”
- President Donald J. Trump in his most recent compromise proposal to House Democrats
On Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 4pm EST, President Donald J. Trump
offered the Democrats yet another chance to end the partial government
shutdown in exchange for the $5.7 billion he needs to build the wall.
Basically offering the Democrats things they not only asked for and
approved in the past yet are currently turning down, saw Nancy Pelosi
issuing a statement rejecting Trump's newest compromise plan even before
he went on air to present it.
But before we get into Trump's newest compromise to get both the wall
built and the partial government shutdown reversed, let's review some
recent developments that led up to what is basically the Democrats last
stand. And let's start with the fact that last week was a very bad week
for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with President Trump “trumping” her yet
again...well...actually blindsiding her is more like it.
And so our favorite socialist leaning, illegal loving, queen of all
things botox got everything she surely deserved as President Trump literally
stopped her in her tracks...going to the airport tracks that is...by
denying both her and her accompanying congresspeople, literally at the very last
minute, military aircraft for their seven-day photo-op trip to Brussels, Egypt,
and Afghanistan.
Payback can be a bitch now can't it.
And payback Nancy Pelosi got, and rightly so, for this is the very woman
who had the unmitigated gall to demand that President Trump “delay” his
upcoming January 29th, Constitutionally mandated, State of the Union
Address..."delay" it until he reopens the government that is. Citing
the still ongoing government shutdown...a shutdown of her doing as
Pelosi vehemently refuses to compromise on any and everything “wall or
wall related”... this better dressed Hillary Clinton clone also used her
self-fabricated lie that said address, if given, raised serious security
concerns. But, here too, Pelosi got her comeuppance what with the Secret
Service publicly stating that they’re prepared to handle any and all
security situations that might arise due to said speech.
And so as dear Nancy, her seven member congressional entourage, and 86
combined family members...who were all were traveling on
our taxpayer dime...were en-route to the airport when she got word that a
letter from President Trump had just arrived at her Congressional office
stating in part that, “I also feel that, during this period, it would
be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the
Strong Border Security movement to end the Shutdown. Obviously, if you
would like to make your journey by flying commercial, that would
certainly be your prerogative.”
Here in its entirety is the letter President Trump sent to Pelosi and
I think he was a bit too kind in addressing her as “honorable”...being
the true obstructionist that she is.
Nancy Pelosi was now publicly shamed, and rightfully so, as she got
caught by Donald Trump in her own lie...a lie that she gives a damn
about those 800,000 federal workers now furloughed. How so...because
Pelosi knew that if she left the country at this particular point in
time that no negotiations on opening the 25% of the nonessential part of
the government now closed...would take place...and that the next
government pay period would land directly in the middle of the time frame
she was away. Simply, Nancy Pelosi knew that by her going on this overseas trip
she would basically guarantee that those same 800,000 federal workers
would now not receive their second paycheck because no negotiations would
take place while she was away thus assuring that no deal... compromise or
otherwise...would then be reached. And without a deal in place the
government stays closed and the workers don't get paid...but Pelosi knew
well that she and her congressional cohorts most assuredly would be
paid.
And with but a few simple words put to paper President Trump publicly
shamed and called Nancy Pelosi to task for being the true hypocrite
that she is. And while the majority of Democrats remain adamant in
their belief that it's President Trump and the Republicans who are to
blame for the government shutdown...the longest shutdown in government
history with us being at day 30 as I write this...they still refuse to
even consider the fact that the majority of "We the People" not just
want heightened border security but that we demand heightened border
security; that we demand a stop to both illegal immigration and chain
migration; and that a wall itself must be built and built now.
And so this past Saturday President Trump took to the air to offer
yet another compromise bill...compromise number three I believe...as he
pointed out that in the past many Democrats have publicly stated, even
before the shutdown began, that they did support additional border
security but just not a physical concrete or metal barrier per se. But
something he didn't say is that most of the Democrats in Congress today even
voted for some sort of tangible barrier being built during the "Gang of
Eight" days which sadly has me believing a truth few will dare say...a
truth that what we are seeing now is not only partisan politics at its
very worst but is a simple yet vengeful act of revenge for Trump being
president and Hillary not...with America and American citizens be damned
thrown in for good measure. And this proves once again that it's all
about votes...or should I say votes a wall will stop Democrats from
getting.
So what did President Trump propose in his speech that had Nancy
Pelosi rejecting it even before he uttered a word...simply...a temporary
solution and not a permanent one.
Starting his speech by saying the U.S. had a proud history of
welcoming “migrants” but that the system had been “badly broken for a
very long time,” President Trump again laid out his (rightful) reasons
for building the wall while at the same time making it clear that the
wall would not be one continuous structure but one of steel barriers in
high-priority areas not already somewhat secured by mountains and water.
Never wavering in his demand for $5.7 billion to fund said wall, what
President Trump was basically offering the Democrats was three years of
deportation protection for the roughly 700,000 DACA recipients (aka
“dreamers”) who are currently in the Obama-era program and who have been
in this country since at least 2011...thus allowing them continued
access to work permits with others getting a “reprieve;” while also
offering to extend for three years the temporary protection status (TPS)
for some of the 300,000 immigrants from certain Latin American and
African countries who are already allowed to work here under TPS...a
fair exchange I think for ending the government shutdown and building
the wall.
Also offered in the name of compromise by President Trump was $800
million in “urgent humanitarian assistance,” the hiring of 2,750 more
border agents and security officials, and the appointing of 75 new
immigration “judge teams.” Saying that his proposals were "reasonable
with lots of compromise" and would "build trust and goodwill," what
Trump actually did was use the Democrats own language and demands
against them for he knows well that the Democrats will reject
this proposal when it comes up for a floor vote as it directly cuts off
at the pass, so to speak, the unchecked flow of illegals who Democrats
count on for votes.
“The radical left can never control our borders, I will never allow
it to happen,” Trump added while Nancy Pelosi outright dismissed his
compromise proposal as both a “non-starter” and “not a good faith
effort” believing it to be just a “compilation of several previously
rejected initiatives each of which is unacceptable.” Now vowing that
House Democrats would pass legislation this coming week to reopen the
government because, “Trump is holding the American people hostage with
this senseless shutdown,” what Pelosi doesn't get is that she has
neither a chance of getting anything she proposes passed in the
Republican held Senate or that President Trump will fund and reopen the
government before any negotiations on border security is started.
And with that Pelosi is now proposing an amendment to the upcoming
Disaster Relief package that would deny President Trump the right to use
any and all funding that is hidden within this $12.1 billion package to
build the wall. But she forgets that as president, Trump has every
legal right to transfer funds from one area to another if he were to
declare a “national emergency” (read about that in detail in my articleA Speech, A Walkout, and Maybe Now A Wall), and that in the end it just
might come to that if Democrats keep playing games with the wants of "We
the American people."
But thankfully not all Democrats are siding with Pelosi, with a key
one being Rep. Kendra Horn from Oklahoma, who said it best when she
called for her fellow Democrats to “grow up and play ball” with
Republicans on the wall as a means to reopen the government. Seems
there's hope for a few Democrats yet.
So where do we stand now that a gauntlet of sorts has been thrown
down by President Trump? First, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
has already announced that he would put Trump's compromise proposal on
the Senate floor for vote sometime this week,
and attach it to the above stated Disaster Relief package...which
does include seven appropriations bills...thus putting pressure on Senate
Democrats not to block President Trump's proposal even though they most
likely will try to do just that.
Second, President Trump's proposal is quite similar in its structure to a previous bipartisan bill called the “Bridge Act”...co-authored by Senators Dick
Durbin (D-Ill) and Lindsay Graham (R-SC)...which also put forward a
three-year “renewal” of DACA-style protection for “dreamers” with the
hope that in the intervening years a workable comprehensive and permanent
immigration bill would be passed. And while that bill never came to
fruition as the naysayers on both side of the aisle saw inherent flaws in
it...with the Democrats fearing that the temporary halt to deportation
protections would be started up again after the 3-years ran out, and
with a number of Republicans seeing it as being akin to amnesty... these
same fears are being raised again with President Trump getting expected
flack from the Democrats but with a few Republicans, especially
Republican media talking heads, chiming in as well.
Most Democrats...including now proven hypocrite Dick Durbin...are
saying that Trump's newest offer is paramount to trading a permanent
border wall for temporary protections for immigrants...I say
invaders...that he could well reverse during a second term in office.
And Nancy Pelosi, who lives in a mansion completely surrounded by a
concrete and brick wall, reiterated her previous statement that she
wouldn’t agree to fund such a structure even after the government is
opened because, “The fact is, a wall is an immorality...it’s not who we
are as a nation.” On both accounts it's the same old, same old nonsense.
And some far right Republicans are saying that Trump's newest
proposal is indeed just another form of amnesty which it is not as it
offers no pathway to citizenship. But that fact didn't stop leading
Republican pundit Ann Coulter from tweeting immediately after Trump's
speech that, “Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!”
However, and this is a pleasant and unexpected surprise, Utah Senator
Mitt Romney also tweeted after the speech saying that, “@POTUS has put
forth a reasonable, good faith proposal that will reopen the government
and help secure the border. I look forward to voting for it and will
work to encourage my Republican and Democratic colleagues to do the
same." Hell just froze over a bit I guess.
And lastly, the bottom line is this, if this compromise proposal is
killed by the Democrats as President Trump and many of us expect it to
be...it will prove what some of us have known all along...that the
Democrats hatred of President Trump supersedes doing what's right not
only for America but for “We the People” as well. And it will also be
rightfully perceived by the public as being a slap in the face to all
those who came to our country legally abiding by our immigration laws.
And this above all else will be remembered in 2020 and so not serve the
Democrats well especially with a new Pew Research study now showing that
51% of Hispanic immigrants legally in our country want the wall built
and built now... and that number continues to grow by the day.
So while President Trump is damned if he does and damned if he
doesn't by Democrats who still cannot accept that Hillary is not
president and that their constantly replenished voting block is soon to
go poof, in the end I feel all will turn out right for President Trump
and that the wall will get built. Remember, the master of the “art of
the deal” knows well how to play the Democrats game and divert blame not
only for the shutdown but for the disaster that is our southern border
back onto those who truly deserve it...Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and
their assorted illegals over American citizens Democrat ilk.
Copyright @ 2019 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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Two Acts of Treason...Obama Style By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio
As I write this we are anxiously awaiting with baited breath to see how successful
President Trump is with Kim Jong-un at the NOKO Summit and to see if this week's release of the 'supposed' final investigative report into
Hillary Clinton's email scandal points to her finally being called to task. However, there are still two other
ongoing investigations of note that should be addressed and these both go
directly to top of the ever-growing Democratic trash heap...landing squarely, as they should, at the
feet of former President Barack HUSSEIN Obama.
U.S. Code 2381: “Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States,
levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and
comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and
shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and
fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be
incapable of holding any office under the United States.”
And to this affect, last week the 'Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations' Chairman Rob Portman (R-Ohio) released to the public
their findings* regarding certain questionable actions of former
President Barack HUSSEIN Obama. In effect proving that with malice
intended, Obama lied to both Congress and to 'We the People' about
certain key elements of the Iranian nuclear deal itself (the Joint
Comprehensive Plan Of Action aka JCPOA) as well as about his secretly
trying to give Iran access to the U.S. banking and financial systems in
order to allow them to convert billions of dollars in assets into Euros.
And he did so as part of his desperate attempt to seal the Iranian
nuclear deal even while U.S. sanctions against Iran where still in
place...in other words the U.S. be damned.
First some background information. One of the 'supposed' key
components of Obama's (very bad) nuclear deal was that it would see a “near-ban”
on the Iranian regime having any access whatsoever to our U.S. banking
and financial systems. However, as per the committee's findings, on his
orders Obama officials “pushed” both the Treasury and State
Departments into working behind the scenes to help Iran...the world's
leading state sponsor of terrorism...gain access to much needed monies
while he and his cronies spewed rhetoric to Congress that Iran would
never gain access to any part of said banking or financial systems. "Iranian banks will not be able to clear US dollars through New York,
hold correspondent account relationships with US financial institutions,
or enter into financing arrangements with US banks." So said
Democrat Adam Szubin, the Department of the Treasury's acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence during the Obama
years...but guess what he lied while Obama of course smiled.
And with those assurances not withstanding, on February 24, 2016, Obama's Department of State “instructed” the Department of the Treasury to issue the required license**...a permit if you will...to let Iran “sidestep”
in-place sanctions for as long as it took them to convert funds through
an American bank. And after issuing said license...a license which
including giving Iran unlimited future access to their deposits as long as
the license was in place... these Obama folks denied to Congress...lied to
Congress...that it had done so.
So what do the funds in question actually consist of...how about $5.7
billion of Iran's overseas reserves garnered from oil sales and from
the still “frozen” 1979 sanctions... sanctions derived from
monies paid for by the then Shah of Iran's government in regards to a
$400 million delivery of fighter jets from the U.S...remain the
sanctions held in Oman's Bank Muscat. Frozen in rials...Oman's
currency... which are difficult to convert...led Iran wanting to convert
them “briefly” into U.S. dollars and then into Euros...something Obama was
more than willing to do if Iran "signed" on the nuclear deal dotted line.
However, Obama's plan failed when officials from the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) “encouraged”
(threatened is more like it) two U.S. banks to act as the intermediaries and carry
out the converting of funds. But thankfully both banks refused to take
part in what they claimed could cause a potential serious regulatory backlash “due to compliance, reputational, and legal risks associated with doing business with Iran.” Translation...the bank's hierarchy were smart enough to know that what was actually being asked of them amounted to treason.
And now with this report we find that official Department of State
emails were found admitting that the Obama administration had indeed
overstepped their bounds and “exceeded our JCPOA commitments.” And to make matters worse, the Senate report also disclosed that Obama's people, including “friendly” bank regulators, put on what they referred to as more than 200 “roadshows” around the world where they “encouraged” foreign financial institutions to do business with Iran “as long as the rest of the world left the United States out of it”...at
least kept us out on the surface that is...while assuring said financial
institutions who did so that they would get nothing more than a mere slap on
the wrist for violating U.S. sanctions if caught.
Nothing like the thrill of covertly helping Obama's brethren screw the U.S. it seems.
So let's summarize the main infractions of this first investigation
of note...and know that said actions described herein do, I believe,
reach the definition of treason as per U.S. Code 2381, in that they give
“aid and comfort” to the enemy. First, Obama and crew told
Congress it would not allow Iran access to U.S. financial institutions
under any conditions...which we now know was a lie. Second, the
Department of the Treasury on orders from the Department of State issued
a special license that would allow Iran to do exactly that no matter
that they unsuccessfully tried to “pressure” two U.S. banks into helping the
regime get their much wanted monies. And third, all parties involved
lied to both Congress and 'We the People'...parties from Obama on
down...about their actions and 'supposed' inactions, and continue to do
so even though they have been caught.
And all the above...and much more...was done ever so discreetly with it
never intending to be disclosed. And when it comes to treason, intended
actions are just as damning as actions successfully taken. And loyal Democrats are now circling the Obama wagon to chime in that what's the big
deal as no actual U.S. laws were broken since no actual transactions
took place. In fact, Treasury officials loyal to Obama claim these
transactions would have been legal if they had taken place because the
terms of the JCPOA were "consistent with Iran's position, allowing
the Government of Iran to engage in 'transfers,' 'foreign exchange
(including Rial related transactions),' and the 'purchase or acquisition
by the Government of Iran of US bank notes.'"
Really, pray tell how is knowingly and willingly aiding in the
releasing of monies that would assuredly go into helping the enemy
commit even more acts of terrorism not be treason...simply it is. And
don't ever forget that no U.S. president, whether they be Democrat or
Republican, believed any of those “frozen” monies should be
returned to those sorts who helped to overthrew the then western aligned government of
the Shah or to any of those who now continue to chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” time and time again...until Barack Hussein Obama that is.
And that leads me to another in-our-face act of treason willingly committed by then President Obama and crew.
The Trump administration has now traced back some... but not all...of
the $1.7 billion ($400 million from originally frozen Iranian assets
plus $1.3 billion in interest) Obama actually did release to
Iran...monies that were indeed in affect ransom...a bribe...monies paid for the release of four
American hostages...hostages who not so surprisingly just "happened" to be
released on the very same day the monies arrived via an
unmarked cargo plane in the dead of night back on January 17, 2016.
Now remember how the Obama controlled Department of Justice tried to get us to believe that it is not a federal crime to “pay” a ransom, that it's just a crime to “receive”
ransom. Well that's simply not true as it surely is a crime when the
payer...as in an American president...knew well that government-paid
ransom is barred under U.S. law, and that those monies would in turn be
monies Iran transferred over to some of the many terrorist groups they
finance...groups like Hezbollah and the Iraqi Shia terrorist group
Kata'ib Hizballah (KH) to name just two.
And this act of paying ransom adds to the fact that America's 44th
president was not on America's side. And that's in addition to the fact
that paying ransom only encourages kidnappers and terrorists to take
even more hostages, which is exactly what Iran has done since Obama paid
them the monies they demanded.
But as for the legalities of why this deal is treason...while the
White House contended that the payment did nothing but settle the above
mentioned decades-long what they called a “financial dispute,”
and that the settlement was fully disclosed in January, neither Obama
nor White House officials made mention that the $400 million arrived in
Iran at the same time as the hostages were freed. Nor did they mention
that normally a bank transfer would be used for that type of deal...if said deal was indeed legitimate that is...instead these miscreants used the excuse that since Congress banned
dollar transfers to Iran our government was "forced" to buy foreign
currency...as in Swiss francs, euros and other foreign currencies...with
those currencies then being transferred to Iran in cash.
So while the cargo plane was unmarked, and while the monies were
in foreign currencies they were still paid and substituted for American
cash...and all this was kept secret from 'We the People' and would have
remained so if not for the fact that The Wall Street Journal broke the
story almost eight months later on August 2, 2016. But why keep this
payment secret from the American public if indeed this deal was on the
up-and-up...as in monies paid for a purchase not yet delivered. And why
do Obama's minions continue to insist that the U.S. did the right thing
by his settling this almost 40-year old "issue"...especially since the
Iranians claimed then and continue to claim now that the monies were indeed a
ransom payment made.
And so it all boils down to the fact that this deal was but one of Obama's
many traitorous actions...the Taliban 5 trade for American deserter Beau
Bergdahl quickly comes to mind as yet another...and dare we not forget the nightmare that was Benghazi. Yet even to this day islamic-condoners and those of the
uber bleeding heart liberal persuasion continue to say that, “It was
their money. It belonged to the Iranian government.”...the fact remains
that when Barack HUSSEIN Obama keeps something major from the American
public and then lies about it even when caught, you just know that “there's something rotten in the state of Denmark” as the old saying goes.
So by his giving “aid and comfort” to the enemy on both of
the accounts I stated, Barack HUSSEIN Obama is guilty of
treason...and in my so humble opinion should be given either a bullet or a rope as
his one and only choice of punishment. No “get out of jail free” card
must again be issued as it was with Benghazi and with the Taliban 5 trade,
and most surely no simple fine should be the sole punishment adjudicated. And
as to a prison sentence being yet another option that U.S. Code 2381
provides, I, and I'm sure countless others, do not want even one dime of
our hard-earned taxpayer dollars being spent on keeping a traitor...on
keeping Obama...alive...alive for decades let alone mere years.
Copyright @ 2018 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved. .
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