Secret Service Can’t Afford The Trump Family’s Lifestyle

This is a Huff Post article so the bias is built in. 

Funny, when this was going on... of course they had nothing to say.

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Report: 8 years of Obama vacations cost $85 million

BTW...anyone remember Biden charging the SS $2200 a month to protect him?

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President Donald Trump’s frequent travel, large family and unusual living situation are apparently weighing heavily on the Secret Service’s budget.

The agency recently requested an additional $60 million in spending for fiscal year 2018, according to a Washington Post report on Tuesday. Nearly $27 million of that was to be earmarked for security at the president’s private residence at Trump Tower in New York, where first lady Melania Trump lives with their 11-year-old son. The Secret Service also said it needed another $33 million to cover travel costs incurred by “the president, vice president and other visiting heads of state.”

The Office of Management and Budget rejected the request, a source told the Post, which could potentially force the Secret Service to scale back on other operations, like investigations into cyber hacking, counterfeit currency, financial crimes or missing and exploited minors.

The Post report comes amid questions about the president’s regular weekend jaunts to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump has made at least five trips to the “Southern White House” since his inauguration, each time costing taxpayers an estimated $3 million or more.

Providing Secret Service details for the first lady and the rest of Trump’s family, including his four adult sons and daughters, has also led to mounting costs. Although this level of protection is standard for the first family, the specific needs of Trump’s older children have attracted scrutiny.

In February, for example, Eric Trump flew to Uruguay to promote the Trump Organization. The trip ended up costing taxpayers nearly $90,000 in hotel bills for the Secret Service agents who accompanied him, leading to renewed criticism of how the president’s business interests intertwine with government functions.

The idea of taxpayers footing higher bills to protect the wealthy Trumps may not sit well with critics of the harsh federal budget the president released last week. Trump’s plan proposes eliminating a number of antipoverty programs.

At a press conference this week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said there was no hypocrisy here.

“Presidents always travel,” said Spicer. “The president, wherever he goes, he carries the apparatus of the White House with us. That is just something that happens.”

Secret Service Can’t Afford The Trump Family’s Lifestyle

Four dead after UK parliament terrorist attack

When are they going to learn simple math?

The more Muslims you allow into your country, under the guise of political correctness, the more terrorist attacks you're going to have.

Check this out:

To add insult to injury British cops "bobbies" can't carry a weapon. Wonder if their fireman are allowed to have a hose?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom

Oh...and ISIS offered their 'condolences'.

Please Brits... WTF up!

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The attacker (Muslim dog) is put on a stretcher and wheeled into an ambulance inside the grounds of Parliament. He later died. (Too late)

At least four people have died, including the alleged attacker, after a major terrorist incident in London.h

Four people have died in the Westminster terror attack, including a police officer who was stabbed and his attacker, Scotland Yard's top anti-terror officer Mark Rowley has confirmed.

At least 20 people are also injured after a car crashed into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, a popular tourist spot near the British parliament, on Wednesday afternoon.

Speaking to reporters, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said no Australians were affected in the attack and that Australia stands firmly with the UK.

'I extend the government's deepest sympathies to the people of the United Kingdom,' Ms. Bishop said.

'To this point, no Australians have been involved, I've spoken to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and passed on our concerns and our condolences.'

The attacker mowed down several pedestrians as he drove a grey Hyundai i40 across Westminster Bridge before crashing it into railings then running through the gates of the Palace of Westminster and stabbing the officer.

The knifeman was shot by police in the shadow of Big Ben, as he had tried to force his way into a courtyard just outside the Houses of Parliament.

Conservative parliamentarian Tobias Ellwood, whose brother was killed in the Bali terror attack in 2002, performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the police officer who was stabbed and later died. About 10 yards away from the police officer was the attacker who was shot dead by police after scaling the security wall toward the Parliament's grounds.

Ellwood, who served in the British military and served in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Kuwait and Cyprus, applied pressure to the police officer's multiple lacerations.

Photographs showed Ellwood's bloodied hands and face from the police officer's wounds while the alleged attacker was seen nearby.

Rowley said they believed there was just one assailant, but a thorough search of the area, which is the hub of the British government and civil service, was underway.

He urged Londoners to be alert but not alarmed.

Reuters reporters inside parliament heard loud bangs and shortly afterward saw two people lying on the ground in a courtyard just outside.

A Reuters photographer said he saw at least a dozen people injured on the bridge. His photographs showed people lying on the ground, some of them bleeding heavily and one under a bus.

The incident took place on the first anniversary of attacks by Islamist militants that killed 32 people in Brussels.

A woman was pulled alive, but with serious injuries, from the Thames, the Port of London Authority said.

French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said three French nationals were injured. French media reported they were high-school students.

'I just saw a car go out of control and just go into pedestrians on the bridge,' eyewitness Bernadette Kerrigan told Sky News. She was on a tour bus on the bridge at the time.

'As we were going across the bridge, we saw people lying on the floor, they were obviously injured. I saw about 10 people maybe. And then the emergency services started to arrive. Everyone was just running everywhere.'

The House of Commons, which was in session at the time, was immediately suspended and lawmakers were asked to stay inside.

Prime Minister Theresa May was safe after the incident, a spokesman for her office said. He declined to say where May was when the attack took place.

Journalist Quentin Letts of the Daily Mail newspaper told LBC radio that he had witnessed the stabbing of the policeman and the shooting of the assailant from his office in the parliament building.

'He (the assailant) ran in through the open gates ... He set about one of the policemen with what looked like a stick,' Letts said.

'The policeman fell over on the ground and it was quite horrible to watch and then having done that, he disengaged and ran towards the House of Commons entrance used by MPs (members of parliament) and got about 20 yards or so when two plain-clothed guys with guns shot him.'

Reuters reporters inside parliament saw a large number of armed police, some carrying shields, pouring into the building. A helicopter ambulance landed in Parliament Square.

Meanwhile, hundreds holed up in Westminster Abbey for security as the attack unfolded.

Britain is on its second-highest alert level of 'severe' meaning an attack by militants is considered highly likely.

Four dead after UK parliament terrorist attack

Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

How could anyone hate Neil Gorsuch? It's interesting to watch him, having the integrity of Abraham Lincoln, defended him from the slings and arrows of Democrats.  They tried every which way to fuck him... ultimately they failed. I'm certain there are some moderate Dem's following the Gorsuch hearings who may have a different opinion. What is there not to like?

I don't know much about Merrick Garland but I'm sure he ain't got nothing on this guy!

BTW…who is that gorgeous black chick sitting behind him?

Gorsuch Confirmation Hearing

Holding their feet to the fire

DHS names local jails that won't hold illegal immigrants

The Trump administration is naming some names in its efforts to shame local jails that don't cooperate with immigration authorities. It's putting the spotlight on Travis County, Texas, home of liberal Austin.

The administration released a list of 206 cases of immigrants released from custody before federal agents could intervene. Roughly two-thirds were from Travis County.

The 206 figure is somewhat murky. It doesn't represent all the cases in which immigration authorities sought custody of people facing criminal charges, with major cities like New York and Los Angeles underrepresented on the list. It's also unclear what period it covers. The cases were identified by the administration between Jan. 28 and Feb. 3, but most of the detention requests had been made before then, as far back as early 2014. Also unclear is the status of the immigrants -- whether some are in federal or state custody.

The release of the list by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was prompted by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January. That order called on the government to document which local jurisdictions aren't cooperating with federal efforts to find and deport immigrants in the country illegally.

Trump has made immigration a key issue in his administration and has promised to deport "bad dudes" living in the United States illegally. The report highlights a variety of crimes, including the case of a Jamaican national in Philadelphia charged with homicide, along with multiple sex offenses, assaults, and driving under the influence cases. The majority of the immigrants whose cases are highlighted are from Mexico or Central America. The Travis County cases also include a mix of convictions and charges ranging from drunken driving to aggravated assault and sexual assault.

Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez, a Democrat, was elected last fall after campaigning on refusing to comply with immigration detainers in cases where people were arrested for minor offenses unrelated to their being in the country illegally. Detainers are government requests that an immigrant who could face deportation be turned over to immigration authorities.

((WOW))

Who would think you could run a campaign and get elected based upon refusing to comply with the immigration laws? Democrats do. 

Her campaign poster:

According to a CNN poll, she got 99.9% of the illegal vote.

Hernandez's office has continued to honor detainers for more serious offenses, including murder. All but 26 of the declined detainers were issued by the Obama administration and before Hernandez took office.

So they have to kill someone in order to be detained? 

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott responded to Hernandez's policies by blocking $1.5 million in state grant funding to Travis County.

Jails and police agencies around the U.S. have opted in recent years not to cooperate with immigration authorities, in some cases citing federal court rulings that immigrants cannot be held in those jails strictly because of their immigration status. Other jurisdictions have passed local ordinances barring cooperation.

As a result, the Obama administration dramatically reduced the number of detainers filed annually, a trend Trump's immigration authorities have pledged to reverse.

ICE said that nationwide, from Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, it made 3,083 new requests to jails that immigrants accused of a crime be held long enough for ICE agents to take them into custody. It is unclear how many of those requests were honored.

The number of requests made and declined is likely to increase as the government issues more detainer requests, immigration officials said. The officials briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity despite Trump's complaints that anonymous sources should not be considered reliable.

Acting ICE Director Thomas Homan said that when detainer requests aren't honored and serious offenders are released, "it undermines ICE's ability to protect the public safety and carry out its mission."

Trump has said he plans to crack down on so-called "sanctuary cities" and other jurisdictions that do not cooperate with immigration authorities and has threatened to eliminate access to some federal grants. He also plans to restart the Secure Communities program that used fingerprints collected in local jails and shared with the FBI to identify immigrants who could face deportation. The program was scrapped under the Obama administration amid multiple court challenges and widespread complaints that it resulted in the deportations of people accused of only low-level offenses.

Had to read the last sentence twice. Wasn't it a"high-level"offense when they broke the law by coming here in the first place?

Holding their feet to the fire

Comey's testimony...the way it should have been

Comey's testimony...the way it should have been