The Right Stuff In The Morning
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Good morning! In the news today: Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch will face the GOP Senate next year; Republicans will make her hearings about immigration; Obama seeks to regulate Internet providers; Israel may face a new Intifada; gun sales soar in Ferguson as grand jury decision nears; and Obama's Nicorette gum chewing angers the Chinese.
Happy Veterans Day.
Keith
AG Nominee will face GOP Senate . . . President Obama will have to get his nominee for attorney general past a Republican-controlled Senate, Democratic and Republican aides say. A packed schedule after the election is almost certain to push the vetting process for Loretta Lynch into January, when Republicans are set to take power in the upper chamber. The Hill
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Obama seeks to regulate Internet providers . . . President Obama threw down the gauntlet Monday with cable companies and Internet providers by declaring they shouldn’t be allowed to cut deals with online services like YouTube to move their content faster. Fox News
Obama gum chewing enrages Chinese . . . President Obama's behaviour at an important summit in Beijing has enraged Chinese internet users - because he was seen chewing gum. The U.S. President, a known user of Nicorette, a gum used to stop smoking cravings, was seen chomping away at the APEC summit after emerging from his limousine at the at the Water Cube, the Olympic swimming venue, while traditional dancers performed. around him. Chinese Internet users, used to far greater levels of formality from their leaders, branded him an 'idler' and a 'rapper'. Daily Mail
Chinese greet Obama with disrespect . . . "Obama always utters 'Yes we can,' which led to the high expectations people have for him. But he has done an insipid job offering nearly nothing to his supporters. U.S. society has grown tired of his banality," says government-backed newspaper. White House Dossier
White House keeps an enemies list . . . In a profile in the New Republic of Valerie Jarrett, who is considered Obama’s most influential White House adviser, Noam Scheiber writes of the existence of an enemies list — or as he termed it, “a shit list.” Daily Caller
ICE official claims pressure to release criminals . . . An award-winning, career prosecutor at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alleged in a blistering new lawsuit she was punished for resisting orders to release convicted criminal illegal aliens from custody. Breitbart
New VA Secretary McDonald under fire . . . Barely three months after the former Procter & Gamble CEO was unanimously confirmed, he has come under fire for not moving fast enough to solve its myriad problems. Veteran advocates and lawmakers—particularly Republicans—say they remain concerned about the department's ability to implement a reform bill and discipline employees involved in a widespread data-manipulation scandal. National Journal
"Secretary McDonald has spent the last few days talking to news outlets about his plans to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs, but so far that’s all it has been—a lot of talk," says Concerned Veterans of America chief Pete Hegseth.
White House lowballs Obamacare numbers . . . The Obama administration is playing the expectations game when it comes to enrollment numbers for Obamacare’s second season. In its first projection Monday, the administration lowballed the number of Americans who it predicts will sign up for the exchanges that form the foundation of the health care law — estimating that 9 million to 9.9 million people would enroll by the end of 2015. Politico
Penn pulls Gruber video . . . Obamacare architect Jonathan Grubersaid at a University of Pennsylvania conference that it was a good thing that Americans never realized what was in the Affordable Care Act, because “the stupidity of the American voter” would have otherwise killed the law. But for unexplained reasons, the University of Pennsylvania has pulled its video of the event, which took place in October of 2013. Daily Caller
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House wants truth about "Truthy" . . . The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee sent a letter to the head of the National Science Foundation (NSF) on Monday, demanding answers about the origins of the nearly $1 million taxpayer-funded project to track “misinformation” on Twitter. The initiative collected 600,000 political tweets in its ‘database,’ bragged about having conservative Twitter accounts suspended.Washington Free Beacon
The GOP plan for Lynch . . . Senate Republicans plan to turn the battle over attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch into a larger debate over immigration, using the confirmation hearings as a proxy war over presidential power rather than a debate over Lynch’s qualifications.Politico
Food stamp recipients top 36M for 18 months . . . The number of beneficiaries on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--food stamps--has now topped 46,000,000 for 36 straight months, according to new data released by the Department of Agriculture. CNS News
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Iran publishes plan to "eliminate" Israel . . . Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei published early Sunday a 9-step plan to “eliminate” Israel, prompting Israel’s prime minister to file a formal complaint with Western negotiators involved in nuclear talks with Tehran.Washington Free Beacon
Israelis stabbings may portend uprising . . . An Israeli soldier and a woman were stabbed to death by Palestinians in Tel Aviv and the occupied West Bank on Monday, extending a surge in violence fuelled by strife over access to Jerusalem's holiest site. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to crush "terror being directed at all parts of the country" - remarks appearing to clash with Israeli security chiefs' assertions that the tumult did not yet spell a new Intifada, or Palestinian revolt. Reuters
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Gun sales soar in Ferguson . . . At a gun shop near Ferguson, Missouri, the manager told CNN that sales of firearms for personal protection have increased nearly 50 percent. As stores in Ferguson and nearby areas board up their fronts in fear of riots that could be sparked in the coming days of a potential grand jury decision, residents appear to be taking up arms. Breitbart
Limbaugh threatens to sue DCCC . . . Rush Limbaugh retained the services of lawyer Patty Glaser and demanded that the DCCC “preserve all records in anticipation of a lawsuit for defamation and interference” after the Democratic Party group led a campaign against Limbaugh based on out-of-context statements the host made about sexual assault.Daily Caller
Mark Levin's Holocaust remembrance . . . In a rhapsodic radio performance on Monday that was at times operatic in its tone, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin delivered an on-air reading of the new Holocaust memoir by Martin Greenfield, Measure of a Man: From Auschwitz Survivor to Presidents’ Tailor, and urged listeners to reflect on the murderous consequences of past and present acts of tyranny.Breitbart
Glenn Beck reveals mysterious brain illness . . . On Monday night, conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck admitted to keeping a secret. He has been sick for years. He has had pain and numbness, vocal paralysis, sleep disorders and, occasionally, seizures so intense he curled into a fetal position. He said he’s cured now — and he wanted to talk about it.Washington Post
Book claims Jesus was married, had kids . . . A new book based on an ancient manuscript claims Jesus Christ was not crucified. Instead, he married Mary Magdalene, and the couple had two children. Entitled “The Lost Gospel,” the book is based off a translation of an Aramaic manuscript found inside the British Library. International Business Times
National Cathedral to hold Muslim service . . . Washington National Cathedral, known for presidential funerals and other major spiritual services, will host a Muslim prayer service for the first time Friday.Washington Post
Mormon Church admits founder's polygamy . . . The Mormon church acknowledges in a new essay that founder Joseph Smith had a teenage bride and was married to other men's wives during the faith's early polygamous days, a recognition of an unflattering part of its roots that historians have chronicled for years. Associated Press
Duck Dynasty's star: U.S. must repent or fall . . . Duck Dynasty’s Alan Robertson, a Christian minister and the eldest son of Phil and Kay Robertson, said that God allows nations to be punished for their sinful actions and, like it was with the fall of Rome, America will also collapse because of egregious sin unless people repent and embrace the “principles of godliness” this country was founded upon. CNS News
Ebola doc all better . . . An emergency room doctor who was the first Ebola patient in the nation's biggest city was scheduled to be released from a hospital after beating the virus. Associated Press
NYC to end arrests for minor marijuana offenses . . . In an aptly described “joint policy initiative,” Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced Monday that most people caught with small amounts of marijuana in the city will get slapped with summonses instead of arrested. New York Post
Do your purchases fund the Left? . . . A new mobile application wants to give consumers access to information about the political contributions made by the companies they patronize. Daily Caller
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