Saturday, September 9, 2017
Pakistan’s Largest Bank Fined, Ordered to Shut Down Operations in U.S.
OAN Newsroom
Pakistan’s largest bank is ordered to shut down its only branch in the U.S.The New York Department of Financial Services ordered Habib to surrender its license to operate in the state after discovering it failed to comply with a number of laws.
A recent investigation found the Pakistani bank facilitated billions of dollars in transactions with a Saudi bank that has alleged ties to Al-Qaeda.
The bank also permitted transactions by the leader of a Pakistani terror group, and a sanctioned Chinese arms dealer.
Habib was fined $225 million, and has agreed to surrender its license.
Another spoiled NFL player makes fans furious after he disrespects the USA
What in the hell is wrong with the owners of these football teams letting their employees get away with crap like this. If it was you or I we would lose our jobs over it. |
I don't see any attitude and my s**t don't stink, on this face do you? |
pitiful |
Anyone remember the black panther salute? |
America love it or leave it. |
You can now add Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters to your list of no-account, unpatriotic pinheads who hate the red, white and blue.
Peters brought shame upon himself
and his family Thursday night when he refused to stand for the national
anthem. It happened during the NFL's season opener between the Chiefs
and the New England Patriots.
Click here for a free subscription to Todd's newsletter: a must-read for Conservatives! Instead of honoring our nation and our military, Peters plopped down on a bench and sulked -- like an overgrown, spoiled brat.
"I think it was disrespectful to our country. He should have stood up," football fan Sandra Lowman told Fox4KC.com.
Fan Steven King was so angered that he took off his Number 22 jersey and tossed it aside.
"I had so much respect for him before he did that. He's a good player and all that, but now you can have that jersey. I don't care what you do with it. I don't want it!" he told our Fox television affiliate.
Last season, Peters thrust his fist into the air during a game -- in defiance of Lord-knows-what.
“I was just stating how I’m black, and I love being black, (and) I’m supporting Colin (Kaepernick) in what he’s doing as far as raising awareness with the justice system,” Peters told the Kansas City Star at the time.
I'm a huge football fan, but I've decided to boycott the NFL this season.
I might reconsider, if the NFL can muster the courage to tell players that if they ride the bench during the national anthem, they'll be riding the bench during the game.
Todd Starnes is host of Fox News & Commentary. His latest book is “The Deplorables’ Guide to Making America Great Again.” Follow him on Twitter @ToddStarnes and find him on Facebook.
Trump is dismantling Obama’s executive action legacy
Obama Statue :-) |
President Trump has yet to sign legislation that
repeals ObamaCare, funds a new wall on the border with Mexico or reforms
the country’s tax code.
But gridlock in Congress has not
stopped the president from unraveling former President Barack Obama’s
executive action legacy during his first eight months in office.
The latest reversal came this week with the president’s announcement to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program implemented in 2012.Obama’s program gave a deportation reprieve to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, something conservatives have called unconstitutional.
“Only by the reliable enforcement of immigration law can we produce safe communities, a robust middle class, and economic fairness for all Americans,” Trump said Tuesday as he argued Obama didn’t have the authority to enact a policy he referred to as amnesty in the past.
Obama reacted with outrage to Trump’s action on DACA, calling it both “wrong” and “cruel.”
“Ultimately, this is about basic decency,” Obama said.
WHAT IS DACA AND WHY IS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ENDING IT?
DACA could yet live on in some form, as Trump has challenged Congress to come up with a replacement. But for now, it marks the latest in a string of reversals for Obama’s executive actions -- something Trump vowed to achieve during the presidential campaign.
"We're going to be unsigning a lot of executive orders, especially his order that basically lets anybody they want just pour into our country," Trump told a crowd during a campaign rally in Virginia in 2015.
Transgender policy for military
In July, Trump surprisingly announced plans to reverse the Obama administration's decision to allow transgender people to serve in the military.
Trump said last month he wants the order implemented by March, though Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the current policy will remain in place while experts study the issue.
Cuba diplomacy
Trump in June announced plans to roll back some of Obama's Cuba policies, ordering the reinstatement of certain U.S. travel restrictions to the country, though he left other Obama policies in place.
“The outcome of last administration's executive action has been only more repression and a move to crush the peaceful democratic movement,” Trump said at the time. “Therefore, effective immediately, I am canceling the last administration's completely one-sided deal with Cuba.”
Paris accord
Trump also announced in June his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the environmental pact Obama joined through an executive order.
“So we’re getting out,” Trump announced in the Rose Garden. “But we will start to negotiate, and we will see if we can make a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s great. And if we can’t, that’s fine.”
Pipelines and power plants
Trump has used the stroke of his pen to roll back other Obama environmental-related orders.
After taking office, Trump signed an executive order green-lighting the Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines.
In March, Trump signed an executive order at EPA headquarters calling for a review of the Clean Power Plan, which restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants.
In April, Trump ordered Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to conduct a review of the country’s national monuments, accusing his predecessors of a “massive federal land grab” in an attempt to protect the environment.
Help from Congress
Trump, along with GOP lawmakers, have also been able to use the Congressional Review Act, an obscure rule-killing law, to chip away at Obama's legacy, wiping out a wave of last-minute regulations pushed through before Trump took office.
The Congressional Review Act has been used to nix everything from a rule that would have required oil and gas companies to report payments to foreign governments to a gun safety regulation Obama proposed following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Mueller looking to interview Spicer, Priebus and others as part of Russia probe
Witch Hunter |
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking to
interview a range of current and former White House staffers – including
top former aides Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus – as part of his
investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Fox News
has learned.
The investigators want to speak
with aides connected to Donald Trump Jr.’s controversial meeting at
Trump Tower last year with a Russian lawyer, among other incidents.
The Washington Post first reported that Mueller is specifically looking to interview a half-dozen Trump associates connected to those episodes.The list includes press aide Hope Hicks and White House Counsel Don McGahn, as well as Spicer and Priebus – who until recently served as White House press secretary and chief of staff, respectively.
Mueller has not requested to speak with the president himself, Fox News is told.
According to the Post, investigators also are interested in perspective the advisers might have on discussions about President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey and the response to warnings that former national security adviser Michael Flynn withheld information about his discussions with the Russian ambassador.
Democrats have particularly pointed to the Trump Tower meeting to argue collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. The Trump campaign has denied the accusations.
Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya was revealed in July.
TRUMP JR. SAYS HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CLINTON'S 'FITNESS' FOR OFFICE IN RUSSIAN LAWYER MEETING
On Thursday, Trump Jr. appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee and told congressional investigators that he agreed to last year’s meeting with the Russian attorney promising dirt on Hillary Clinton because he was interested in any information on the Democratic candidate’s “fitness, character or qualifications.”
In a prepared opening statement, the president’s son again denied any Russia collusion claims and sought to explain the nature of contacts he has had over the years with Russian individuals.
"I did not collude with any foreign government and do not know of anyone who did," he said.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Conservatives Tout ‘Family Friendly’ Tax Plan
Washington, D.C. — John Hines, OAN Political Correspondent
On the same day that President Trump was touting tax reform in North Dakota, the president’s Special Assistant Ivanka Trump joined Utah Senator Mike Lee and the taxpayer advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform to make a push for tax cuts targeted to families.“It is very important to the President and this Administration that this is really a tax cut for the middle class and working families. One of the ways, we can deliver a tax cut is through a more generous child tax credit. This administration is pushing for the largest child tax credit possible,” said Ivanka Trump at a forum at the Washington-based headquarters of Americans for Tax Reform.
President Trump’s statement is really an affirmation of similar proposals in Congress, including a proposal for an expanded child tax credit introduced in the Senate by Utah’s Mike Lee who says the current tax code is anti-family.
“We need to end the marriage tax penalty, and we also need to end the child tax penalty. That’s a little known–lesser understood feature of our tax code, but it actually punishes parents,” Lee explained.
And talking about the possibility of a broader tax reform package, Lee struck a positive note.
“I’m optimistic about it because this is something we have to get done. We have no choice but to do it…” Lee stated
And if Lee and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist have anything to do with it, that reform may soon tilt more towards families.
“The top issue before the American people before Congress this fall is dramatic, pro-growth tax reform. Ivanka Trump has been a leader in the argument for making it a pro-family tax cut, as well by increasing the per child tax credit,” Norquist explained.
Increasing that per child tax credit ultimately means more money to be spent–and more options–for working families, thats according to Ralph Reed Chairman and Founder of the Faith and Freedom coalition.
“The liberals often say, well, you know we care about the children. Well, we do too, we think the best way to meet the needs of those kids is to let the parents keep the money they earn and spend it on those children and not ship it to Washington, DC,” Reed stated.
Ivanka Trump says she’d like to see the child tax credit at least double from its current level of $1,000 to $2,000.
Senator Lee’s proposal goes even further–up to $3500.
House GOP Blocks Dem Proposals to Ban Federal Spending at Trump Businesses
House GOP leaders block Democrat’s proposals to prevent taxpayer funds from being used at President Trump’s businesses.
Democrats filed amendments for a spending package to be considered on the House floor later this week
The move is aimed at prohibiting federal funds from being used at Trump-owned entities.
However, the House Rules Committee declined to green light votes on any of those proposals.
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of the House Intelligence Committee also submitted an amendment to prohibit the Secret Service from spending money at President Trump’s businesses to ensure the president is not — quote — “personally enriched” by the federal government.
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