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"CHILDREN ARE THE 

'WORLD'S MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE'"?

 FROM: https://www.highlights.com/about-us;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

"Our Mission & Values

Because children are the world’s most important people™, our company’s mission is to serve children, their families, and others involved in their development. We do this by offering only superior products and services that nourish children’s minds and hearts, by adhering to the highest standards in business methods and practices, and by fostering an environment that strengthens our employees’ desire to give their best efforts every day. We choose business partners with care and place ourselves only in environments that allow us to preserve integrity and achieve our mission without compromise. We are also committed to the prudent use of the company’s resources, making rigorous decisions, investing wisely, and being good stewards of the earth."

 CALL: 1-888-372-6433 OR CEO & EDITOR BELOW

 

 WHOLESOME FUN? POPULAR CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE "HIGHLIGHTS" INCLUDES HOMOSEXUAL MEN IN FEBRUARY ISSUE

BY GARRETT HALEY

SEE: http://christiannews.net/2017/01/23/wholesome-fun-popular-childrens-magazine-includes-homosexual-men-in-latest-issue/

 The first same-sex couple depicted in Highlights magazine. 

(Courtesy Highlights)

 

 

 

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – A widely-read children’s magazine that prides itself on its “wholesome” content has decided to feature two homosexual men in its pages for the first time.
Highlights for Children, often referred to as Highlights, is a popular children’s magazine that has been published monthly since 1946. Advertised as a “magazine of wholesome fun,” Highlights has long been known as a family-friendly publication.
In October, the magazine was criticized by “transgender” activist Kristina Wertz, who complained about “the lack [of] representation of LGBT families” in Highlights and its sister publication, Hello Magazine. Wertz, who has a one-year-old daughter, took to Facebook to express her frustration.

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“We are consistently disappointed … in the complete lack of same-sex parents in Hello magazine,” Wertz wrote. “There is a deep need for books that positively reflect back the diversity of the world around us and I hope that Highlights embraces that diversity because we would love to keep it in our little one’s life as she grows.”

In response to Wertz’s complaint, the editors of Highlights promised to feature “same-sex families” in upcoming editions of the magazine.
“Our mission is to help children become their best selves, and you’re right, a big part of that is showing them that families are families no matter what they look like,” the editors said on a Facebook post. “It has always been a discussion of ‘how’ and ‘when’—not ‘if’—Highlights would feature a LGBTQ family in our magazines. We’re having many discussions internally and thinking deeply thanks to your messages.”
The magazine editors followed through with their promise by including in the February issue an image of two men loading their belongings into a station wagon.

“Has your family ever taken a memorable family trip?” the text below the image reads. “Tell us where you went and what you liked about it.”
The magazine’s editor in chief, Christine French Cully, said their editors knew the image would upset some subscribers, but they decided to publish it anyway.
“We did expect and received a backlash when we committed to becoming more fully reflective to all the different kinds of families out there. We expect this will make some people unhappy,” Cully said, according to the Washington Post.
A number of Christian writers and organizations expressed dismay at the Highlights editors’ decision to promote same-sex relationships within the pages of their magazine. On Thursday, the website One Million Moms criticized Highlights for caving to the demands of the left.
“Babies and preschoolers will soon be introduced to this sensitive topic in the Highlights line of magazines,” the group wrote in an article on their website. “Parents are seeing more examples of children being indoctrinated to same-sex families as normal, especially in the media. Children’s publications are no longer off limits, even those that cater to toddlers and elementary age children.”
“Many parents and grandparents buy subscriptions to these magazines as gifts, especially at this time of year,” One Million Moms pointed out. “They should be warned of the upcoming change of content in these kid’s magazines. This would be a deal breaker for conservative families. Parents are left with no other choice than to cancel their subscription. … [It] is not a magazine’s job to introduce so called ‘social issues’ to children. That is a parent’s role.”
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HIGHLIGHTS LEADERSHIP:

Kent S. Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

Highlights for Children, Inc.

1800 Watermark Drive, Columbus, Ohio, 43216

Kent S. Johnson is only the third CEO in the history of the company which his great-grandparents, Garry Cleveland Myers, Ph.D., and Caroline Clark Myers, founded in 1946.

TELEPHONE: 614-486-0631

800-255-9517

 

Christine French Cully

Editor in Chief

Highlights for Children, Inc.

803 Church Street, Honesdale, PA, 18431

TELEPHONES:  570-253-1080; 570-253-0195; 570-729-7985

                                   

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'Highlights' Magazine has Caved 

to the Left

SEE: http://onemillionmoms.com/current-campaigns/highlights-magazine-has-caved-to-the-left/; 

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Where is the last place parents would suspect their kiddos to be exposed to same-sex "families" portrayed as normal? In the current controversy, Highlights magazine decided to include same-sex families in their magazines. Babies and preschoolers will soon be introduced to this sensitive topic in the Highlights line of magazines. Parents are seeing more examples of children being indoctrinated to same-sex families as normal, especially in the media. Children's publications are no longer off limits, even those that cater to toddlers and elementary age children.
A lesbian mom reportedly complained that the magazine Hello didn't feature any same-sex families. Hello's audience is children 0-2, and it's published by Highlights. Highlights had explained that they believe parents should decide when to bring up the topic because it's "still new, and parents are still learning how to approach the subject with their children, even the very little ones." They wanted to allow parents the opportunity to talk to their children about homosexuality as they considered appropriate. But after backlash from the LGBT community, Highlights committed to including same-sex families in future publications.
Highlights' Christine Cully said, "When we do show families in the magazines, we make it a point to include diversity. We strive to be diverse in every way. The goal, however, is not to specifically call attention to diversity but instead to help kids understand that while differences exist, we are all actually more alike than different. For instance, from time to time we show families headed up by a grandparent or single parents. We show adoptive families, blended families, multi-generational families, and multi-racial families. In the future, we will depict same-sex families in our magazines in a manner consistent to the way all diverse families are depicted."
Many parents and grandparents buy subscriptions to these magazines as gifts, especially at this time of year. They should be warned of the upcoming change of content in these kid's magazines. This would be a deal breaker for conservative families. Parents are left with no other choice than to cancel their subscription. Even if 1MM didn't disagree morally with the decision, it is not a magazines' job to introduce so called "social issues" to children. That is a parent's role.
TAKE ACTION
Urge Highlights to go with their initial decision and not cave into pressure from homosexual activists by including same-sex families in the magazines.
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SEE ALSO:
http://middlemarketcenter.org/company-of-month/highlights-for-children
AND:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/01/06/highlights-childrens-magazine-to-publish-image-of-same-sex-couple-for-first-time-after-controversy/?utm_term=.f79ee60db720;
EXCERPT:

“We understand your wish to see your family’s situation represented in Highlights Hello,” according to the statement. “For much of our readership, the topic of same-sex families is still new, and parents are still learning how to approach the subject with their children, even the very little ones. We believe that parents know best when their family is ready to open conversation around the topic of same-sex families.”
 "Highlights’ response sparked concern among frustrated conservatives, so the magazine clarified its position to say it doesn’t discuss relationships among adults. However, the magazine implied same-sex relationships would soon be in its pages."
 "Highlights, based in Columbus, Ohio, and Honesdale, Pa., was founded in 1946 by the same family that owns the magazine today, Cully said. Though the magazine included Bible stories in the 1940s and 1950s, it has been “nonsectarian” for decades, she said, including items on, for example, Jewish holidays and Ramadan."

AND: 
https://www.highlights.com/ourfamilies;
EXCERPT:
 "For those of you who know us—who read Highlights magazine as a child or have given it to a child—you know we have a long history of inclusion.  When we represent people in our magazines, we make it a point to include diversity.  We strive to be diverse in every way; the goal is not to specifically spotlight diversity but to represent it within the context of the magazine the way we always have, to help kids understand that while differences exist, we are all actually more alike than different."
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'Highlights' kids mag caves to LGBT, adds 'gay' families

BY MICHAEL F. HAVERLUCK

SEE: https://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2016/11/06/highlights-kids-mag-caves-to-lgbt-adds-gay-families; 

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The generations-old kid’s magazine Highlights for Children
 – which caters to an audience as young as pre-toddlers – is bending to a
 homosexual activist’s complaint so that it now includes coverage of 
same-sex families.

                        
                
                

A concerned parent’s dialogue with Highlights divulged that homosexuals will 


now be 

portrayed as “family,” according to American Conservative Columnist Rod 

Dreher – 

an orthodox Christian.


Appeasing homosexuals, endangering kids

Wishing to remain anonymous, Dreher’s source informed the editors of Highlights – 

which publishes Hello for 0–2-year-olds, High Five for 2–6-year-olds and Highlights 

for kids 6–12 years of age.

In response, Highlights Editor-in-Chief Christine Cully attempted to justify the 

magazine’s position of catering to the LGBT community.

"Our target audience is kids under the age
 of 12, most under the age of 8 or 9," Cully notified the concerned 
parent. “[Stories in the kids’ magazine] strive to be diverse in every 
way [by] show[ing] blended families, multi-generational families, and 
multiracial families."

Following up her excuse, Cully informed the parent that Highlights is committed 

to portraying homosexuality in a positive light.

“In the future, we will depict same-sex 
families in our magazines … in support of our mission to help children 
become their best selves and understand that all families, including 
theirs, are important," the lead editor of the kids’ magazine added.

Caving to the pressure

Highlights’ LGBT-friendly stance was shaped after taking into consideration a series 

of complaints by the same partners.

“This commitment to promoting homosexuality to pre-adolescents began when a 

lesbian complained on Highlights’ Facebook page that there weren't any two-mom 

or two-dad families in the children's magazine,” LifeSiteNews reports.

Writing to Highlights after her 
lesbian partner initially complained on Facebook, Kristina Wertz 
insisted that its publication for newborns through toddlers did not 
cover homosexual parents and their adopted children.

"One of the reasons we appreciate Hello
 is the diversity represented,” Wertz explained to the editors. “We are 
consistently disappointed, however, in the complete lack of same-sex 
parent representation.”

It was discovered that Wertz is a career 

homosexual activist.


“Wertz worked for the Transgender Law 
Center in San Francisco for five years, leaving in December 2012 for 
‘Funders for LGBTQ Issues’ in New York City as director of engagement,” 
LifeSiteNews’ Mark Hodges reported. “She ‘married’ her lesbian partner, 
elementary school nurse Kara Desiderio, in 2014.”

Wertz’s complaint was initially met by Highlights
 editors with a response defending its prior longstanding philosophy of 
letting parents discuss the issue of homosexuality with kids on their 
own.

“[We want] to give parents the right to 
introduce the topic [of homosexuality] on their own terms," the 
Highlights editors replied. “We understand your wish to see your 
family's situation represented in Highlights' Hello [note: the 
magazine for 0-2 year-olds]. For much of our readership, the topic of 
same-sex families is still new, and parents are still learning how to 
approach the subject with their children – even the very little ones. … 
We believe that parents know best when their family is ready to open 
conversation around the topic of same-sex families."

Not good enough

Homosexual activist blasted the children’s
 publication for allowing parental discretion when it comes to LGBT 
topics and not forcing LGBT dogma.

"This is the most conservative and 
inappropriate response,” the self-identified “Queer” Fiona Barnet began 
her social media rant against Hightlights. “Parents know best when to 
raise the concept that there are lots of types of families?! We aren't 
an illegal drug. Queer families are families. Get with 2016, Highlights."

Another lesbian subscriber, Nora Landon, 
posted a threat to stop subscribing to the magazine unless it promoted 
the LGBT worldview to its youth.

"If parents 'know best,' and seeing same-sex families in Highlights
 would be traumatic, then those parents best stay out of our country's 
malls, parks, restaurants and movie theaters, because we are 
everywhere," Landon insisted.

You win …

Highlights editors replied the very next 
day on October 15 by defending their publication’s history to homosexual
 activists – before giving them LGBT-friendly assurances.

"Highlights has a long history of 
inclusion, and we are always evolving as a company,” the editors 
insisted. “We couldn't agree more that diversity should be celebrated, 
and we strive to do that. Our mission is to help children become their 
best selves, and you're right, a big part of that is showing them that 
families are families no matter what they look like. It has always been a
 discussion of 'how' and 'when' – not 'if' – Highlights would 
feature an LGBTQ family in our magazines. We're having many discussions 
internally and thinking deeply, thanks to your messages."

This assurance of future coverage that 
features positive stories on homosexual families was simply not enough 
for the activists, who pressed on – much like LGBT activists did when 
pushing past civil unions for same-sex “marriage” or bust.

Tara Pfeifer, who adopted a child with her lesbian partner, put more pressure 

on Highlights by threatening to end her subscription if “gay” articles were 

not featured in the immediate future.

"As one mom in a two-mom family, I am 
extremely disappointed that you are not inclusive and welcoming of 
families with same-sex parents,” the lesbian mom wrote. “You just lost a
 family of readers."

Caving in to the pressure, Cully responded with an official new promise to

 its LGBT readership.


"[We vow to] depict same-sex families in our magazines," Cully assured.

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 ABOVE: Kristina Wertz and Kara Desiderio with baby Olympia



THE COMPLAINT BY KRISTINA WERTZ, TRANSGENDER/LESBIAN, ON 

FACEBOOK:

SEE: https://www.facebook.com/HighlightsforChildren/posts/

10154514166368956 

Kristina Wertz‎ to Highlights for Children

October 14, 2016 ·

My partner emailed you about the lack representation of LGBT families in Hello magazine last month and we have not received a response. Our one year old daughter loves Highlights! She carries her magazines all over the house and we read them countless times a day. One of the reasons we appreciate Hello is the diversity represented - families of all races, interracial families, and grandparents. We are consistently disappointed, however, in the complete lack of same-sex parents in Hello magazine. I think a lot about the things that create culture – the subtle and not so subtle messages that our kids get about how the world works. Since becoming a parent, I feel keenly aware of the messages kids’ books send to tiny minds. There is a deep need for books that positively reflect back the diversity of the world around us and I hope that Highlights embraces that diversity because we would love to keep it in our little one's life as she grows.
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 ‘Highlights' Magazine Under Fire for Calling LGBT Families a ‘Situation’ 

SEE: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/find-out-why-highlights-magazine-is-under-fire-w445612

_____________________________________

  

KRISTINA WERTZ, DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT:

Funders for LGBTQ Issues
104 West 29th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212.475.2930
fax 212.475.2532
info@lgbtfunders.org

SEE: https://www.lgbtfunders.org/about/board-staff/

SEE: https://www.lgbtfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2014_Annual-_Report.pdf

_____________________________________

 

KARA DESIDERIO:

Project HEALTH Program Manager
kara@transgenderlawcenter.org
415 865-0176 ext. 311

SEE: https://transgenderlawcenter.org/about/staff-and-board/kara-desiderio

_____________________________________

FROM: http://www.familyequality.org/news__media/2016/10/18/2099/highlights_magazine_excludes_same-sex_families_from_its_publications:

"For copies of the communications sent to Highlights Magazine by Ms. Wertz and Ms. Desiderio or to schedule an interview, please contact Anthony Martinez, 312.863.9632 or at amartinez@familyequality.org."

________________________________________________________

FIONA BARNET(T) & A "DYKE" FRIEND:

SEE: https://www.hastac.org/u/fionab;

EXCERPT:  "Her scholarly work is at the intersection of feminist and queer theory, science studies, critical theory and visual studies."

________________________________________________________

TARA PFEIFER, LGBT ATTORNEY:

SEE: http://womenvotepa.org/2015/08/05/wlp- 

attorney-tara-pfeifer-recognized-by-the-american-bar-association/ 

EXCERPT:  "Tara Pfeifer, staff attorney with the Women’s Law Project’s 

Western Pennsylvania office, was recently recognized by the American Bar 
Association for her service to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender community."

LEFT MARCHES ON D.C. THE DAY AFTER THEY ATTACK TRUMP SUPPORTERS

 

LEFT MARCHES ON D.C. THE DAY AFTER THEY ATTACK TRUMP SUPPORTERS 

 President Trump has called for a unified America regardless of 

race, color or creed

BY  ADAN SALAZAR

SEE: http://www.infowars.com/left-marches-on-dc-day-after-they-attack-trump-supporters/;

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 A day after violent protesters in Washington DC destroyed 
businesses, attacked police and assaulted innocent people, another group
 of Donald Trump-hating protesters are at it again, this time claiming 
they rally for “women’s rights.”

 Additional hordes of protesters marched in Washington Saturday under the 

banner of  “women’s liberation,” but as Infowars’ Kit Daniels explains, the 

“Women’s March on Washington” is actually just a convenient excuse to 

perpetuate the anti-Trump sentiment.

“It’s a facade intended to frame Trump as a divisive president who muzzles women, even though it was actually Trump supporters who were routinely suppressed while visiting DC,” writes Daniels.
On Friday, while Donald Trump was being sworn in as 45th US president, violent agitators smashed out windows to downtown DC businesses, assaulted police with flying objects and injured several Donald Trump supporters.

Trump supporter attacked by an angry mob. #InauguralBall #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/1OEwnHJMzl

— ↶Rᴀɴᴅᴏᴍ↷ (@IntrigueBoredom) January 21, 2017

Here are the graphic images of the assault aftermath before being treated by EMS and taken to the hospital. #Deploraball pic.twitter.com/nSOcNQaVel

— James Allsup (@realJamesAllsup) January 20, 2017

“The planned protest began peacefully Friday afternoon, but the tone of the event changed when police said protesters began throwing ‘rocks, bottles, flares and unknown liquids’ at officers who blocked them from walking onto local bridges,” reports CBS News.
“Some protesters picked up bricks and concrete from the sidewalk and hurled them at police lines. Some rolled large, metal trash cans at police.”
In all, 217 protesters were arrested in the District of Columbia on Friday.
Alex Jones was on the scene and took firsthand accounts from several women who had sustained injuries from a group of Black Lives Matter protesters.

Important to note is while leftists attack Trump supporters over free speech, they are left alone to practice their free speech undisturbed.
All this unfolded as remarks from President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech called for unifying Americans of every race, color and creed under the banner of freedom.
“It’s time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots,” Trump stated.
“We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms and we all salute the same great American flag.”

ANARCHISTS, NIHILISTS, RACISTS, COMMUNISTS AND FELLOW TRAVELERS

ANARCHISTS, NIHILISTS, RACISTS, COMMUNISTS 

AND FELLOW TRAVELERS

SEE: http://www.newswithviews.com/Emord/jonathan484.htm; 

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By Attorney Jonathan Emord

 
Author of "The Rise of Tyranny" and
"Global Censorship of Health Information" and
"Restore The Republic"
January 23, 2017
NewsWithViews.com

A peculiar assortment of radicals descended on Washington, D.C. to disrupt the inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump. His platform of “America First” reforms appeals to a large segment of Americans forgotten over the last eight years: those who believe in free markets, meritocracy, the rule of law, American exceptionalism, a strong national defense, a foreign policy that advances American interests, and border security. In short, those who love their country and wish to restore its constitutional limits on power and protections for individual freedom of choice are increasingly a minority, a minority embraced by Donald Trump.

Those anathema to America’s patriots form a diverse array of protestors who aim to tear down business and government or seek government ownership of and control over all things private, silence all with whom they disagree favoring censorship over freedom of speech, and obtain special privileges and government handouts at the expense of those who earn a living. Those protestors were well represented at the inauguration but well contained to minimize their propensity for violence and destruction.

In the end, the protests staged by the radicals have a greater effect on their opponents than on those who sympathize with their cause. For the forgotten Americans remembered by Trump, the radical protestors are proof of the necessity of the President’s reforms, of the unwise deviation of the Obama years which gave license to these radicals and increased their number and influence. For others, they are a stern reminder of how low American can devolve into an abyss of mediocrity when it departs from its constitutional moorings and embraces European style governments, administrative rule, and managed economies. Very few thinking Americans find inarticulate rants and random acts of violence laudable or persuasive.

Among the groups protesting President Trump were anarchists who aim to destroy private property, bring down government, and create mayhem for no apparent reason beyond mindless discontent. Then there are Nihilists who eschew all morality and religion, apparently believing that loud complaints and tantrums from a spoiled generation can beget the same response from government that came from their doting parents: acquisition of property without the need to pay for it, misbehavior without the need to take responsibility for it. Then there are the new racists, the Black Lives Matter protestors and those of like ilk, who believe racism exists in everyone, even in Blacks who pledge allegiance to the United States, and who think everyone and every institution in our society a product of racism and irredeemable.

Unlike Martin Luther King who had a dream of interracial harmony, they have a dream of racial separatism, much like the early Malcom X, wherein they endorse attacks on public and private institutions, from the police to retail establishments. Communists and socialists also partake in the protests.

Unlike the anarchists, nihilists, and racists, they seek to use government to gain ever greater control over markets and to redistribute the wealth of the successful to those who are not, thus establishing universal mediocrity.
They, like Obama, are apologists for America, who believe the nation an oppressor, who believe America’s enemies and those who wish to do the nation harm need to be embraced, trusted, and invited to live among us, and who shed far more tears for those they mistakenly think America has “oppressed” than they do for the brave men and women who serve our country and defend it against evil every day: law enforcement, the military, and the intelligence services.

The anarchists, nihilists, racists, communists, and fellow travelers harbor a perennial pessimism that has failed throughout history to win out against the positivism and uplifting power of freedom and free enterprise. They are here to condemn but offer no workable alternatives. They are here to protest what they do not like about America, not to celebrate American achievements.

They repulse even those with whom they more closely associate because negativity and contempt are the elements of defeatism, not the building blocks of success and persuasion. They drive away; they do not attract. And yet it is these losers in society who cannot lead that the present Democratic Party has embraced and reflects. Consequently, during the confirmation hearings liberal Democrats who reflect this discontent and lack the ability to articulate a competing vision of success relied on all manner of scurrilous attacks, innuendo, and insinuations to call into question people of great talent, achievement, and intelligence—but to no avail.

 In a narrow escape from the corruption and decline into the trash heap of history that Hillary Clinton would have brought with her to the White House, less than a majority of voters nationwide but a majority of the electoral college rose to save the nation for one more day, rejecting continuation of the failed Obama presidency.

 President Trump is fast making good on his pledges to bring back American greatness by restoring a vibrant free enterprise economy, reducing individual and corporate taxes, revitalizing America’s military, re-establishing strong ties with Israel and our allies, abrogating Obama’s unilateral ties to, fawning over, and cowing to Iran and our enemies, attacking Radical Islamic terrorism around the world, building new defenses against invasion of America by Radical Islamists, and restoring respect for law enforcement. We are indeed fortunate. Those of us who love our country should be very grateful but on our guard with an eye toward achieving even greater gains in the 2018 mid-term elections.

DEMOCRATS FEAR TRUMP'S CIA CHIEF MIKE POMPEO

DEMOCRATS FEAR TRUMP'S CIA CHIEF MIKE POMPEO

SEE: http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news562.htm; 

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 By 
        NWV Senior Political News Writer, Jim Kouri
      

Pompeo will dig into Obama’s suspicious intel practices

U.S. Senate Democrats, led by New York’s Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, argued that a CIA director are dragging their feet on confirming Rep. Mike Pompeo. They -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut and others –claim Pompeo has “controversial views on surveillance and other issues that need to be debated on the floor.” But more than one observer, such as former military intelligence officer and police commander Larry McIntire, believe they fear a CIA run by Pompeo because of the shenanigans by President Barack Obama’s CIA appointees and supporters.

“Democrat lawmakers appear to be concerned – even fearful -- that one of their fellow members of Congress will be confirmed to head of the Central Intelligence Agency. But it will take an Obama-sized ‘skeleton in his closet’ to stop U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo’s rise to the government position he has worked his entire life to achieve,” said the now retired McIntire. “I’d say that Pompeo may open a new can of worms especially when it comes to the Obama and [Secretary of State John] Kerry nuclear weapons agreement with Iran,” he noted.

The great fear many Democrats have is that Pompeo may attempt to finish a probe as the Director on Central that he started while he served on the House Intelligence Committee: the big pay-off to Iran.

But the Democrats are having a hard time finding something to put the kibosh on the confirmation. The Republican congressman possess quite a resume.

Pompeo while still a teenager shined as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In fact, he graduated first in his class from the academy in 1986. According to his official biography, he also graduated from Harvard’s School of Law and easily passed the bar exam.

His military record includes serving as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He also served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the Fourth Infantry Division. He served his last tour of duty in the first war against Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The 7th Cavalry is considered an elite unit going back to the Indian Wars in the 1800s.

As a House Intelligence Committee member, Pompeo said only a few weeks ago that he has additional evidence that the Obama administration weaseled its way around U.S. sanctions law when it sent $1.7 billion to Iran, according to news reports.

Rep. Pompeo is on the record stating disclosures made to him by the Treasury Department in a letter that the first $400 million cash payment to Iran was wired to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then electronically-transferred to an account at the National Bank of Switzerland.

The Federal Reserve followed up by "withdraw[ing] the funds from its account as Swiss franc banknotes and the U.S. government physically transported them to Geneva" before overseeing the handover to an Iranian central bank official.

GOP lawmakers have been probing the legality of the payments for months to determine if the money was ransom for the release of American prisoners who were held hostage in the Islamic Republic, but Pompeo says, “[This] administration has not provided most of the information [being sought] by the committee members. By stonewalling our inquiries, President Obama seems to be hiding whether or not he and others broke U.S. law by sending $1.7 billion in cash to Iran," Pompeo told the news media at the time.

"Americans can plainly see that the Obama administration laundered this money in order to circumvent U.S. law and appease the Islamic Republic of Iran," He accused.

Other critics of the transfer, such as the American Action Forum, say that Iran has used tens of millions of the $1.7 billion it received from the U.S. to bolster its worldwide terrorism operations, including giving funds to organizations which have murdered American citizens.

As a teenager, he enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated first in his class from West Point in 1986. According to his official biography, he then served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain before the fall of the Berlin Wall. He also served with the 2nd Squadron, 7th Cavalry in the Fourth Infantry Division. He served his last tour in the Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush.

The House Intelligence Committee member says he has additional evidence that the Obama administration skirted U.S. sanctions law when it sent $1.7 billion to Iran, according to reports.

Rep. Mike Pompeo said disclosures made to him by the Treasury Department in a letter, after he requested details of the money transfer, show that the first $400 million cash payment to Iran was wired to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) and then moved to an account at the Swiss National Bank.

FRBNY then "withdrew the funds from its account as Swiss franc banknotes and the U.S. government physically transported them to Geneva" before overseeing the handover to an Iranian central bank official.

Congress has been looking into the legality of the payments for months to determine as well if they were ransom for the release of Americans who were held in the Islamic Republic, but Pompeo says the administration has not provided most of the information they seek.

"By withholding critical details and stonewalling congressional inquiries, President Obama seems to be hiding whether or not he and others broke U.S. law by sending $1.7 billion in cash to Iran," Pompeo told the Free Beacon.

"But Americans can plainly see that the Obama administration laundered this money in order to circumvent U.S. law and appease the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Other critics of the transfer, such as the American Action Forum (AAF), say that Iran has used tens of millions of the $1.7 billion it received from the U.S. to bolster its worldwide terrorism operations, including giving funds to organizations which have murdered American citizens.

In her report, AAF’s Rachel Hoff wrote: When the Obama Administration sent Iran a total of $1.7 billion in cash earlier this year, many questioned if these payment constituted a “ransom” for the release of American prisoners. The State Department, however, insists the payment was only used as “leverage” to ensure the prisoners were released. (The United States has a longstanding policy that it does not pay ransoms for American prisoners or hostages.) The nature of the cash transfers to Iran is an important question, but it is also worth considering the payment itself.

 Iran recently passed a law requiring that the $1.7 billion U.S. payment be directed to the Iranian military. Previous AAF research reported that Iran reports spending 65 percent of its military budget on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iranian elite paramilitary force. The IRGC actively supports terrorist organizations throughout the Middle East, spending millions of dollars every year to support the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza. Iran also sends billions of dollars every year to the Assad regime in Syria.

 It is unlikely that Iran accurately reports its military or paramilitary spending, but the reported budget figures are useful as a minimum baseline. Applying the official spending levels to the U.S. payment to Iran, the $1.7 billion could mean $1.1 billion for the IRGC. Paying ransoms in exchange for Americans held abroad is one bad policy—indirectly funding terrorism is another.

EXPOSED! THE POWER BEHIND THE WOMEN’S MARCH

 EXPOSED! THE POWER BEHIND THE WOMEN’S MARCH

SEE: http://www.newswithviews.com/Nelson/kelleigh386.htm; 

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

By Kelleigh Nelson

January 23, 2017
NewsWithViews.com

The most persecuted group in the world today is Christians. Christians in Nigeria, Egypt, Syria and other nations are murdered, raped, kidnapped, enslaved and persecuted on a daily basis. The reason for the vast majority of all of this violence is that they are Christian among Muslims.

But their abuse does not stop with the violence. The perpetrators of violence are measured in the thousands, but the greatest abuse is at the hands of those who should demand that the violence stop. The silence in the face of this persecution is denial and justification. The persecutors are few, but the deniers are in the billions. —Professor Bill Warner

Pro-Palestinian Islamic Heads the Women’s March

Linda Sarsour is a National Co-Chair of the Women's March on Washington, which took place on January 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America.

Sarsour is a Palestinian-American activist who is the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. This group will receive $10 million over the next five years, awarded to them by the Mayor of New York City. [Link] Sarsour is very vocal about her support for Palestine and her utter hatred for Israel. She was recently spotted at a large Muslim convention in Chicago posing for pictures with an accused financier for Hamas, the terrorist group.

In 2016, Sarsour endorsed Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders for President of the United States, and attended the Democratic Convention as a delegate from the State of New York.

The women in this march celebrate abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy. No pro-life feminists were allowed. Yet, the Islamic National Co-Chair, Sarsour, and her Muslim brethren have an average of 6.2 children per family. Their goal is to outnumber Jews and Christians via population growth.

An Obama White House “Champion of Change,” Sarsour spoke at the 15th annual convention of the Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America. While there, she posed for a picture with Salah Sarsour, a member of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and former Hamas operative who was jailed in Israel in the 1990s because of his alleged work for the terrorist group.

Linda Sarsour is very active on Twitter. She is pro Sharia law, and a couple of her tweets even have a seditious tone to them where she romanticizes Sharia law and hints at it taking over America whereby we would have interest free loans. (Islamists do not pay interest on loans).

She tweeted this picture of American women tying on hijabs in solidarity with Islam.

So, women of America, how do you like the fact that the organizer of your march advocates for Shariah Law, has ties to the terrorist group, Hamas, is considered a second class citizen because she’s a Muslim woman, and is leading your pro-rights Women’s March?

Here is a list of the so-called celebrities attending the Women’s March, which includes Planned Parenthood President, Cecile Richards, daughter of former Democratic Governor of Texas, Ann “Ma” Richards.

And of course, once again, this march is being funded by the Soros groups.

Truly, have these women lost their minds?

Seditionists at Women’s March

A photograph was taken by an observer of the Women’s March in Washington D.C. that shows a participant holding a sign that calls for the assassination of President Donald Trump. The sign reads, “Someone should chop Trump’s head off & burn it in the ashes of everything he loved. 666”
This is sedition, calling for the assassination of our duly elected President, but even worse, signing it with the number of the anti-Christ is telling. And he’s smiling!

Heather Lowrey

Heather Lowrey, who described herself as a Louisville vixen and aspiring wrestling diva on her Twitter profile, before going into electronic hiding, tweeted the message on January 17, “If someone was cruel enough to assassinate MLK, maybe someone will be kind enough to assassinate Trump. #bekind #trump #lovetrumpshate.”

Her employers soon after fired Lowrey and issued public statements distancing themselves from her threatening tweet.

Madonna

The Secret Service has reportedly said it will open an investigation into Madonna after the singer told the Women's March on Washington that she had thought about “blowing up the White House.”

Donning a black p***y hat, the music icon dropped the F-bomb four times, sparking a slew of apologies from broadcasters airing the protest live.

She went on to speak of her rage at the election result, telling the crowd she had thought a lot about “blowing up the White House, but knew that it wouldn't change anything.”

Ashley Judd

Actress Ashley Judd proudly took to the stage to proclaim the fact that she was glad she was able to abort her baby conceived in rape. Judd proudly repeated the phrase “I'm a nasty woman,” as the crowd of thousands continued to cheer. “And our p***ies ain’t for grabbing, they’re for reminding you that our walls are stronger than America’s ever will be,” she concluded.

“Our pu**ies are for our pleasure, for birthing new generations of filthy, vulgar, nasty, proud, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, generations of nasty women.” [Link]

She went on to rant and rave about her monthly periods and why Tampax is taxed whereas Viagra and other men’s erectile dysfunction prescriptions are not. I guess she doesn’t realize that one is a physician’s prescription and the other is an over-the-counter convenience for women.

Patriotism vs. Classless Morons

Samuel Adams said, “He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man…The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.” Virtue was absent at the Women’s March.

And Thomas Paine stated, “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” President Trump has given up a life of ease to take on the huge task of righting our beloved nation, not just for his own descendants, but for all of the Americans he loves and cares about.

And like President Trump, singer Lee Greenwood is the epitome of true patriotism. Back in 2015, when Lee Greenwood crossed paths with the U.S. Army Chorus, they shared a profoundly patriotic moment in the tunnels of Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. In honor of Lee and the amazing patriotic impact his music has had on our nation, here is the video. And may God Bless you, Sir, and God Bless the USA!

There’s a New Sheriff in Town

Former Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy said, “The reason why we find ourselves in a position of impotency is not because the enemy has sent men to invade our shores, but rather because of the traitorous actions of those who have had all the benefits that the wealthiest nation on earth has had to offer - the finest homes, the finest college educations, and the finest jobs in Government we can give.”

 Those days have now come to an end, and the liberal Socialists are rebelling.
Journalist Daniel Greenfield said it far better than I ever could, “There were those who celebrated and those who mourned the fall of the USSR. So too there are those who celebrate and those who mourn the end of Obama. The tears of leftist hipsters crying over Obama are no different than those of the old women holding up Stalin’s portrait on May Day in the Red Square.”

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 Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour 

makes Islamic State signal

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/womens-march-organizer-linda-sarsour-makes-islamic-state-signal

 

SEE OUR PREVIOUS POSTS ABOUT LINDA SARSOUR:

http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2016/04/new-york-city-giving-10-million-to.html 

http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2016/12/white-house-champion-blasts-muslims-who.html 

http://ratherexposethem.blogspot.com/2017/01/southwest-airlines-flight-turns-on-pink.html 
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Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour has family ties to Hamas, recently met former Hamas financier

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/womens-march-organizer-linda-sarsour-has-family-ties-to-hamas-recently-met-former-hamas-financier;

  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:

 “Though she avoids discussing it now, Sarsour has acknowledged in past interviews that she has cousins serving prison time in Israel because of their work for Hamas.Sarsour has denied having any contact with the terror group. She told The New York Times in 2012 that she would not have been appointed an Obama ‘Champion of Change’ if she had.”

In reality, it’s highly doubtful that Obama, who stopped the prosecutions of and legitimized Hamas-linked Islamic groups in the U.S., would have cared.
Related question: how do you think all these silly, narcissistic, self-pitying women wearing “pussy hats” and marching against Trump would fare in Hamas-controlled Gaza?

“Women’s March Organizer Recently Met Ex-Hamas Operative, Has Family Ties To Terror Group,” by Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, January 21, 2017:

Linda Sarsour, one of the organizers behind Saturday’s Women’s March, being held in Washington, D.C., was recently spotted at a large Muslim convention in Chicago posing for pictures with an accused financier for Hamas, the terrorist group.
Sarsour, the head of the Arab American Association of New York and an Obama White House “Champion of Change,” was speaking at last month’s 15th annual convention of the Muslim American Society and Islamic Circle of North America.
While there, she posed for a picture with Salah Sarsour, a member of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and former Hamas operative who was jailed in Israel in the 1990s because of his alleged work for the terrorist group.
Salah Sarsour, who is also a board member of American Muslims for Palestine, served as a bodyguard of sorts at the convention for Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar, the daughter of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
While it is unclear if Salah and Linda are related (though they share the same surname, she has suggested in the past on social media that they are not and did not respond to requests for comment), she has other family ties to alleged Hamas operatives. Though she avoids discussing it now, Sarsour has acknowledged in past interviews that she has cousins serving prison time in Israel because of their work for Hamas.Sarsour has denied having any contact with the terror group. She told The New York Times in 2012 that she would not have been appointed an Obama “Champion of Change” if she had.
The activist has risen to national attention recently. She served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and she is one of four lead organizers for the Women’s March.
The event is expected to attract 500,000 people and will feature several high-profile progressive speakers. But it has been heavily criticized for excluding pro-life women’s groups. Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights group which opposes abortions past 20 weeks, was asked to take part in the event.
HLF was found to have funneled money to Hamas, which was designated a terrorist group in the 1990s.
Salah Sarsour has ties to that group.
Sarsour was implicated in Hamas activity in the West Bank in the 1990s, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
ADL cited a Nov. 2001 FBI memo detailing information provided by Sarsour’s brother, Jamil, to Israeli investigators in 1998.
“According to statements given to Israeli investigators by his brother Jamil, Sarsour was personally involved in fundraising for Hamas. According to a November 2001 FBI memorandum, Jamil Sarsour was arrested in 1998 for funding Hamas and told Israeli investigators that Salah Sarsour was involved in funding Hamas through his fundraising for the Holy Land Foundation (HLF),” ADL reported….

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 Bernie Sanders, Fashion Magazine "Elle" defend Hamas-linked pro-Sharia Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/bernie-sanders-elle-defend-hamas-linked-pro-sharia-womens-march-organizer-linda-sarsour;
EXCERPTS:  "The Daily Caller ran an exposé on Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour’s ties to Hamas, and John Perazzo at FrontPage compiled an extensive report on her agitation in support of the “Palestinian” Jihad and Hamas in particular.
 Multiple links to Hamas? Openly in favor of a system that allows women to be beaten, devalues their testimony and inheritance rights, and treats them essentially like commodities owned by men? That sounds like someone the contemporary Left would love! And they do. As this information has come out about Sarsour, numerous prominent Leftists have rushed to her defense, including Bernie Sanders.
 Sarsour’s defenders even include the fashion magazine Elle, which apparently has not considered what the fashion industry would be like were Sharia to prevail in the West. (Or maybe it has; top designers are designing hijabs these days, so it could be that Elle is simply looking at the way the wind is blowing.) Without taking even a nanosecond to investigate whether or not the charges against Sarsour are true, Elle dismisses them as “Islamophobic attacks.” (Could it be because she is such a fashion plate?)"
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Published on Jan 24, 2017

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