Coup d'Dems: Leftists in Congress propose ousting Trump

The sore losers among the Democrats are plotting.

From Yahoo! News:

Democratic leaders have privately counseled their more militant members to forswear talk of impeaching President Trump, telling them the political support for such a step simply doesn’t exist in the GOP-controlled Congress.

But 25 House Democrats, including the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, are now pushing an equally radical alternative: They are backing a bill that would create a congressional "oversight" commission that could declare the president incapacitated, leading to his removal from office under the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

At 12:56 p.m. Thursday, barely four hours after Trump tweeted attacks against MSNBC cable host Mika Brzezinski in crude, personal terms, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the chief sponsor of the bill, sent out an email to his colleagues, urging them to get behind the measure, writing it was of "enduring importance to the security of our nation."

"In case of emergency, break glass," Raskin told Yahoo News in an interview. "If you look at the record of things that have happened since January, it is truly a bizarre litany of events and outbursts." Asked if Trump's latest tweets attacking Brzezinski and her co-host Joe Scarborough — which were roundly condemned by members of both parties as beneath the dignity of his office — strengthened the grounds for invoking the 25th Amendment, Raskin replied: “I assume every human being is allowed one or two errant and seemingly deranged tweets. The question is whether you have a sustained pattern of behavior that indicates something is seriously wrong.” After Trump’s Thursday morning tweets, four more Democrats signed on to Raskin's bill, his office said Friday. (Brzezinski and Scarborough's response to Trump's tweets ran in today's Washington Post under the headline, "The President is not well." White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended Trump's tweets Thursday, saying he "fights fire with fire.")

Man, oh man, does the swamp need to be drained.

(PragerU Video) What Is Fake News?

Author and commentator Andrew Klavan discusses fake news in the latest PragerU video.

What is fake news?

"Mainstream American news is all fake," Klavan reveals."Because the major news outlets are so consistently biased toward the left that whether any given story they report is factual or not, their overall reportage is essentially leftist propaganda."

Trump's feds arrive in Chicago to fight violence

Trump, unlike Barack Obama, is doing something to combat violence in Chicago.

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

In January, President Donald Trump tweeted that he'd "send in the Feds!" to Chicago, citing the city’s miserable statistics on shootings.

Well, his administration did just that.

On Thursday, authorities confirmed that about 20 additional agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have been sent to Chicago to combat gun violence here.

And on Friday morning, Trump tweeted about the whole thing, saying "Crime and killings in Chicago have reached such epidemic proportions that I am sending in Federal help. 1714 shootings in Chicago this year!"

Crime and killings in Chicago have reached such epidemic proportions that I am sending in Federal help. 1714 shootings in Chicago this year!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 30, 2017

#CNNisFakeNews no mention of Madigan in Illinois budget debacle piece

Yes, CNN is fake news. For the latest evidence, read the article from CNN Money by Matt Megan, "How Illinois became America's most messed-up state." Only one Illinois politician is mentioned by name, Republican governor Bruce Rauner, his campaign slogans, by the way, were "Bring Back Illinois and "Shake Up Springfield." No mention from Megan of the undertaker of ILL-inois, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago).

I hate to keep repeating myself, but some people are either rock dumb or hopelessly biased. Rauner has been governor for 30 months. Madigan, who devilishly draws Illinois' legislative districts, has been state House speaker for 32 of the last 34 years. Nothing gets voted on in the House unless he approves it. The Democratic Despot is also chairman of the state Democratic Party.

Until six months ago Madigan's Democrats had a supermajority in both chambers of the General Assembly. Madigan could have got any budget that he wanted passed even if Rauner vetoed it. The Dems still have a supermajority in the state Senate.

CNN is fake news.

Wrong leader quits: Illinois Senate minority leader resigns

Perhaps she turning away in shame, or perhaps she's an honorable person--yes, there are some politicians who are decent--after she failed, but no matter the reason, she's gone. Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) announced her resignation from that body today, effective Saturday, the day Prairie State bonds will likely be downgraded to junk.

Illinois has gone over two years without a budget--the longest span of any US state. Even though they are not junk yet, Illinois bonds have the lowest rating of any state ever. Illinois has over $100 billion in unfunded public worker pension obligations and has over $15 billion in unpaid bills.

Of course the governor and the three other party leaders in the General Assembly are still in power, including the undertaker of Illinois, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), who has held his job for 32 of the last 34 years. If the Democratic Despot, who is also chairman of the state party, had any scrap of decency he would have left public life years ago.

I'm ashamed of my state.

(Video) Dobbs: Trump shouldn’t bailout Illinois

Yesterday afternoon on his Fox Business show, Lou Dobbs said that President Donald Trump, meaning of course the federal government, shouldn't bail out financial basket case Illinois.

Dobbs suggests that at least for a while, Illinois should be stripped of its name. "Enough of Democratic destruction,' Dobbs says here, "just leave a blank stop on the map for a while."

George Ryan calls for Illinois Constitutional Convention

Tattered Illinois flag

Sure he's an ex-con. But former Illinois governor George Ryan, who also served a term as speaker of the Illinois House, is not bereft of great ideas.

Ryan is calling for a state Constitutional Convention as a way to get Illinois out of the fiscal ditch.

"A Constitutional Convention can deal with how to pay off the debt and get the state straightened around. Once convened, it can amend or completely rewrite the state's constitution; deal with finances and taxes; give the Legislature power to change the pension laws; and give the state an opportunity to work on the financial changes they need to pay off the debt," the Republican told the Chicago Sun-Times' Michael Sneed.

"We're heading for our bonds to go into a junk rating! It’s costing the state billions," Ryan added.

UPDATE 11:15am CDT: I'm already getting pushback on Facebook over this post. As I commented there, "We can't be too choosy in this time of crisis. As Winston Churchill said of his alliance with Joseph Stalin, 'If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.'"

(Video) Bernie refuses to answer if his wife is under FBI investigation

When socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was on CNN yesterday--in a brief respite from its Trump-Russia coverage, he was asked if his wife is under FBI investigation in regards to an attempted land deal she orchestrated while president of since-closed Burlington College.

Not mentioned in this video clip is the alleged role Sanders' Senate office may have played in seeking loans for the college.

Hannity: CNN is unraveling

Fox News' Sean Hannity discusses the multiple Fake News stories peddled by the Clinton News Network, also known as CNN. It's also part of the Destroy-Trump-Media.

Decline and fall: ILL-inois state colleges may face accreditation issues

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More decline and fall.

Perhaps the University of Wisconsin system can better manage Illinois' state colleges.

From the Southern Illinoisan:

The regional accrediting agency responsible for assuring the quality of colleges and universities, including Southern Illinois University, sent a letter this past week to the governor and legislative leaders warning them that there could be "accreditation consequences" if a budget deal is not reached in short order that provides adequate financial support for Illinois institutions.

The Higher Learning Commission is the regional accrediting agency responsible for ensuring universities and colleges are making the grade, so to speak, in 19 states, including Illinois.

Barbara Gellman-Danley, president of the Higher Learning Commission, noted in her most recent letter, dated June 22, that she had previously written to the governor and legislative leaders, in February of 2016, with many of the same concerns about how the budget impasse could affect the quality of state's higher education institutions. "…however, these concerns have grown exponentially since that time," she wrote.

"Sixteen months after my initial memo there remains no sustainable funding for higher education in Illinois. The continued lack of such funding places the higher education system of Illinois at considerable risk and is injurious to the very students the system purports to serve," the letter reads. "As the accrediting agency tasked with assuring quality, I must warn you about the accreditation consequences of the failure to provide sustainable funding for Illinois higher education."