More about the administrative state/federal bureaucracies. It looks like the Supreme Court is poised to nix another bad Obama decision. He wanted to give tighter controls over us to nameless, tyrannical and entrenched bureaucrats who control the machinations of the administrative state. Not congress, not the president. A really, really bad idea. It removes voters from having any ability to influence public policy. This also gives us insight into the thinking of Democrat elites. Quote: "The U.S. Supreme Court is reportedly poised to strike down another attempt by former President Barack Obama and liberal extremists to hand unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats power over the lives of everyday Americans. Since President Donald Trump restored the conservative majority, the high court has been willing to take on cases that wreak of abuse of power. Already the justices have broke the efforts of Obama judges to undermine the authority of the executive branch in areas such as travel bans, securing the borders, and school choice. And the Obama-era overreach on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has caused something of a constitutional crisis. Now the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which has far-reaching power implications." https://www.fortherightnews.com/articles/scotus-ready-to-nix-another-obama-power-grab/ BTW, the CFPB is the brain child of Democrat presidential front runner Elizabeth Warren. That should tell everyone what they need to do come voting time.
This item deals with Trump's withdrawal of Troops from Syria as they and Turkey face off over the Kurds. You will remember that the Trump administration brokered a cease fire agreement to de-escalate the tensions. There are serious implications with this situation. Quote: "There are about 5,000 members of the U.S. military, mostly airmen, stationed at the huge, strategically located air base in Incirlik, Turkey, northwest of the Syrian border. The American forces at Incirlik are also the custodians of about 50 B61 nuclear bombs. Data on these weapons is classified, but at their maximum yield each is 10 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, according to Stars and Stripes." And, "Under Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has become NATO's only non-democratic nation. It's also NATO's only Muslim-majority member. Erdogan has been trying to re-create Turkey as a new Ottoman imperial power. He feels no allegiance to Western-style democracy." And, "During the Obama administration, Erdogan snubbed the obsequious American attempts to promote Turkey as the cornerstone of America's Middle East policy. President Trump should remember that and perhaps reconsider his own sometimes appeasing outreach to Erdogan. Turkey opposes, if not detests, almost every American ally in the region, and befriends almost every U.S. enemy. It despises Israel, aids its enemies and hopes for its dissolution. Turkey is currently attacking the U.S.-allied Kurds in Syria. It works against the pro-American Sisi regime in Egypt. Turkish violations of Greek airspace in the Aegean are a common occurrence, as are aggressive simulated attacks on Greek aircraft. Turkey has frightened and alienated most NATO allies. Germany has pulled its small forces out of the country. Recently, Turkish forces "accidentally" shelled a U.S. Special Forces peacekeeping outpost on the Turkish-Syrian border." And, "Not since the U.S. came to the aid of Joseph Stalin's USSR in World War II has America so disliked and so feared a valuable but utterly untenable ally." Yet both Democrats and some Republicans consider Turkey to be a loyal ally. Ponder that for a bit and see if you think they and the left leaning State Department "experts" have the long term interests of our country at heart. I have serious doubts. They seem to adhere to a go with the flow, don't rock the boat mindset when course corrections may well be in order. Read the next item.
Now consider the implications of this piece. Quote: "With Turkey seemingly intent on forging an ever-closer relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the time has come to give serious consideration to Ankara’s continued membership of the NATO alliance. When the Turks first became members of NATO back in 1952, it was because their country was seen as a vital bulwark against the Soviet Union. Having Turkey in NATO meant it was easier to monitor the activities of the Soviet Black Sea fleet, and limited Moscow’s ability to spread its tentacles into eastern Europe and the Middle East. Now, thanks to the increasingly anti-Western conduct of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, none of these considerations remains relevant." https://prepperlifestyle.org/should-erdogan-s-summit-with-putin-be-ringing-alarm-bells-for-nato/
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