23 Latin Kings gang members plead guilty in south Florida-NBC Miami

2/1/16, "All 23 Plead Guilty in Florida 'Latin Kings' Gang Roundup," nbcmiami.com

"All 23 people arrested last year in a crackdown on South Florida's violent Latin Kings gang have pleaded guilty to a variety of federal charges.

The last holdout was 33-year-old Sean Buendia, who opted last week not to go to trial and pleaded guilty to robbery. He faces sentencing in April.

The rest of the Latin Kings have pleaded guilty to racketeering, weapons and drug charges over the past few months. Prosecutors say they primarily operated in Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties.

The top-ranking gang member caught in the roundup was 36-year-old Christopher Isabel, who faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering. Prosecutors say he is the second-ranking Latin King leader in Florida.

Another gang leader, 31-year old Juan Alvarez, was sentenced to 15 years."

Image caption: "Some of the suspects in the Latin Kings takedown." Broward Sheriff's Office

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Trump 24 points ahead of Republican field in latest New Hampshire poll, 1/30-2/1/16, UMass Lowell poll, live interviews

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Trump 38
Cruz 14
Rubio 10
Bush 9
Kasich 9
Christie 5
Carson 3
Fiorina 3
Paul 2
Santorum 1
 
2/2/16, "UMass Lowell/7NEWS Tracking Poll of New Hampshire Voters Release 2," uml.edu

Poll dates 1/30-2/1/16, 470 Likely Republican voters, 1412 total registered NH voters. Live interviews, half land line, half cell phone. Error margin for Republican sample 5%.
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Question 16, who'll be next US president, asked of all registered New Hampshire voters:

p. 11, "Q16: Regardless of who you support, who do you think will be the next President of the United States?" [Options were not read]

Trump up 2 points in this question in one day:

Feb. 2, 2016

Hillary 23
Trump 24

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Feb. 1, 2016

Hillary 23
Trump 22

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Globalist parasite Mark Levin and his pandering, profiteer pals double down, leech onto South Carolina two days before Feb. 2016 GOP primary. 'Luminaries' at lining their own pockets, Levin, Sean Hannity, David Limbaugh, and Michelle Malkin's best efforts handed the US to globalists. Why was George Bush's 2008 William Wilberforce Act enacted 'quietly?'

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Globalist Jamboree, two days before 2016 South Carolina Primary: "The Conservative Convention hosted by Conservative Review," Greenville, South Carolina, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, 7pm. 

Proven irrelevant for decades:

Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, David Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin among "conservative luminaries" appearing.

"Event info" link: "Join Conservative Review and host Michelle Malkin for the inaugural Conservative Convention. Two days before the South Carolina GOP Primary, this historic multimedia event showcases Presidential candidates as they showcase their campaigns. Top conservative luminaries including Mark Levin, Mike Lee, and Sean Hannity round out this all-star conservative line-up."  

Thurs., Feb. 18, 7-10pm, "Conservative Review Conservative Convention," Greenville, SC, Bon Secours Wellness Arena

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"Self-appointed conservative potentates...have been hanging around and chattering for decades, and some are active cogs in the Conservative Entertainment Complex, deriving their income by pandering to conservative anger."...All of the empty talk...got us eight years of Barack Obama, and a loss in pretty much every conservative battle there was to lose."

1/22/16, "National Review just handed Donald Trump the Election," Republican Newswatch, by Doug Ibendahl "Doug Ibendahl is a Chicago Attorney and a former General Counsel of the Illinois Republican Party.

"National Review’s publication of the collective anti-Donald Trump missives from 22 self-appointed conservative potentates has caused quite a stir in Republican circles.


 


The Gang of 22 have officially become parodies of themselves. One would have to reach back to the days of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew to lift an adequate quote to describe them.

“Nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation,” “pusillanimous pussyfooters,” “the decadent few,” “ideological eunuchs,” “the effete corps of impudent snobs,” or “the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history” – take your pick, because they all apply about equally well to each and every one of them."...
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Precious time wasted:
  
"Many of us feel we were living with someone who was cheating on us all along. We lapped up their talking points. We bought their books. We went to their events. We tuned in
and hung on their every word. But it was all an act."..............

2/3/16, "Trump…Rush…And The End Of Conservative Talk," David Spuria, Scorched Earth News

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Continuous flood of so-called unaccompanied minors from Central America was ensured by Dec. 2008 William Wilberforce Act "enacted quietly" by George Bush ("ties Obama's hands"): 

Image caption: "President George W. Bush signing the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008. Credit Charles Dharapak/Associated Press" 

7/7/2014, "Immigrant Surge Rooted in Law to Curb Child Trafficking," NY Times, Carl Hulse

"It was one of the final pieces of legislation signed into law by President George W. Bush, a measure that passed without controversy, along with a pension bill and another one calling for national parks to be commemorated on quarters.

“This is a piece of legislation we’re very proud to sign,” a White House spokesman, Tony Fratto, told reporters on Dec. 23, 2008, as the president put his pen to the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, named for a 19th-century British abolitionist. “This program has been very effective around the world in trying to stop trafficking in persons.”

Now the legislation, enacted quietly during the transition to the Obama administration, is at the root of the potentially calamitous flow of unaccompanied minors to the nation’s southern border.
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Originally pushed by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers as well as by evangelical groups to combat sex trafficking, the bill gave substantial new protections to children entering the country alone who were not from Mexico or Canada by prohibiting them from being quickly sent back to their country of origin.

Instead, it required that they be given an opportunity to appear at an immigration hearing and consult with an advocate, and it recommended that they have access to counsel. It also required that they be turned over to the care of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the agency was directed to place the minor “in the least restrictive setting that is in the best interest of the child” and to explore reuniting those children with family members.
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The Obama administration says the law is partly responsible for tying its hands in dealing with the current influx of children."...

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6/6/2014, "Unaccompanied minor" 

6/6/2014, "Sickening Photos Of The Humanitarian Crisis At US Border Detention Centers," Business Insider, Brett LoGiurato

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Iowa caucus not about candidate with 'best chance of winning,' per Quinnipiac poll, Dec. 2015. Only 15% of Ted Cruz supporters said 'best chance of winning' was most important characteristic

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Dec. 14, 2015, Quinnipiac Iowa Poll. Dec. 4-13, 2015

"Most  important characteristic, Q51": 

"Shares values:" 40% of Cruz supporters say "shares values" is most important

"Best chance of winning:" Only 15% of Cruz supporters say "Best chance of winning" is most important

Dec. 2015 Quinnipiac Iowa Poll

Donald Trump interview with Michael Savage on Iowa Caucus Day, Feb. 1, 2016

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2/1/16, "Donald Trump Interview with Michael Savage on 'The Savage Nation' (2-1-16)" You Tube




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2/1/16, Diamond and Silk remind busy Iowa Caucus participants not to go on an empty stomach, and dress warmly:

"It's Caucus Night. If We Don't want to get Left, We Have to Vote Right. Vote for Donald J. Trump"



"Diamond and Silk are just checking in and making sure everyone is ready to go to the Caucus to vote. If you have any questions call 515-267-9191, www.DiamondandSilk.com"



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Trump lead in Iowa increases to 7 points in late Quinnipiac Iowa poll released today Feb. 1. Poll dates Jan. 25-31, 2016, live interviews, 890 Iowa likely Republican Caucus participants. 81% who support Trump say won't change mind-Quinnipiac

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Trump 31
Cruz 24
Rubio 17
Carson 8 
Bush 4
Paul 4
Huckabee 3
Fiorina 2
Kasich 2 

Q 1A: 81% Trump supporters firm
 
2/1/16, "February 1, 2016 - First-Timers Put Trump Ahead In Iowa GOP Caucus, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Sanders Needs First-Timers To Tie Clinton In Dem Caucus," Quinnipiac 

"From January 25 - 31, Quinnipiac University surveyed 890 Iowa likely Republican Caucus participants with a margin of error of +/- 3.3 percentage points and 919 Iowa likely Democratic Caucus participants with a margin of error of +/- 3.2 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones."

Fueled by a big lead among first-time Iowa likely Republican Caucus participants, Donald Trump jumps to a 31 - 24 percent lead over Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has 17 percent, with Dr. Ben Carson at 8 percent and no other candidate above 4 percent. 

This compares to results of a January 26 survey by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN- uh-pe-ack) University showing Trump at 31 percent, Cruz at 29 percent and Rubio at 13 percent....

"Trump holds his own, while Sen. Ted Cruz seems to lose momentum in this final Quinnipiac University poll, finished less than 24 hours before the caucuses begin. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is showing some last-minute strength, raising the longshot possibility he could challenge for second place," Brown added. Republican Caucus....

Trump tops Cruz 30 - 18 percent among those who list the economy and jobs as their top issue, and 50 - 21 percent among those who cite immigration."...  

 

 

 

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26 or more of Iowa's 99 counties are governed as 'sanctuary cities,' don't cooperate with fed. immigration and customs. Iowa meat packing co's hire more foreigners because they accept lower wages-Washington Post, 1/31/16. (Commenter: Desire to exploit illegal immigrant labor drives major political donors)

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1/31/16, "The GOP’s condemnation of ‘sanctuary cities’ is surprisingly awkward in Iowa," Washington Post, Robert Samuels, Council Bluffs, Iowa

"In Iowa, at least 26 of the state’s 99 counties are deemed sanctuaries-including some of the state’s most conservative.

The designation is an informal one, assigned by activists on both sides of the immigration debate. Governments are generally considered sanctuaries if local officials refuse to honor requests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold onto suspected illegal immigrants arrested on minor charges while fed­eral agents figure out their status.

After a federal appeals court ruled in 2014 that these requests-known as “detainers”-were optional, the American Civil Liberties Union alerted local sheriff’s departments that they would be subject to lawsuits if they held a citizen without a proper warrant. Nearly 300 jurisdictions nationwide, conservative and liberal, have opted not to take that risk.

Typically, the decisions that lead to a community earning sanctuary status are made without fanfare or public debate. Instead, the refusal to cooperate with ICE usually comes from a police chief, a sheriff or a government attorney-not necessarily a politician looking to extend an act of mercy toward illegal ­immigrants.

Republican presidential contenders on the campaign trail have avoided such details. Others have joined Cruz in demanding that local governments face penalties for not assisting immigration officials. At times, the candidates have blasted sanctuary cities while standing in one.

“We will finally, finally, finally secure the borders and end sanctuary cities," Cruz said to applause recently in the public library in Onawa, Iowa— in a county that has a sanctuary ­policy.

“If you are a sanctuary city, you will lose your federal funding,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) declared this month to an eager audience at a hotel in Coralville, Iowa, which also has a sanctuary policy.

“Crap” is the word that Donald Trump, the GOP front-runner, has used across the state to describe sanctuary cities....

Lynne Branigan, a former Council Bluffs City Council member, expressed shock when a reporter told her that her own community was deemed as having a sanctuary policy.

“Based on what happened in California, I absolutely don’t agree with sanctuary status,” Branigan said. “I’m not versed in all it means, but believe me, I’m going to find out.”...

Nearby meat-packaging towns such as Denison have seen significant demographic shifts as companies employed more immigrants who would accept lower wages."...

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Commenter to Washington Post notes desire to exploit illegal immigrant labor drives major political donors: 

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"tacocat 1:54 AM EST
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All of those meat processing plants exploit the illegal immigrant labor market. Why wouldn't local governments cave into their donor base."

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"Kiowa100 1:54 AM EST
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You self described intellectuals in the "progressive" press don't get it. This argument is a cheap stunt. Find a few good hearted liberals as implied representatives of the masses, a few "victims" who only want to "chase a dream" and WHAMMO - all those who disagree with your version of utopia are now racist, bigoted, ignorant morons - who for the most part been the benefactors of white privilege according to you and Garp. The fact is the intellectuals, backed by the press, have STOPPED listening to a large segment of the population - the segment who are educated and who are going in debt while funding your brilliant, but massively failing, ideas. The thought that the country is wealthy enough to fund the world, and thus has a duty to do so through uncontrolled immigration can only be thought by a non- math, non- history, non- anthropological, and non-philosophy person. Narratives, regardless of their intention, do not replace facts - they only manipulate people's unattached perception of facts. So, please do the math, learn of the cultures of those you are obviously ignorant of, study Plato, Socrates, etc., and learn from history what your ludicrous ideology will bring when mixed with immigration. Then preach at me if you dare."



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Republican Establishment insider Judd Gregg tells Fox News that GOP nominee can only be selected at 2016 brokered convention 'because of the way the primary votes come on the 1st of March and March 15th.' Neil Cavuto agreed with him-1/29/16 Fox News video

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1/29/16, "N.H. Republican Power Broker Says NO Trump, NO Cruz – Promises Brokered Convention," DC Whispers

Judd Gregg, longtime Republican Establishment insider, former Republican Senator, and  2009 Obama Commerce Sec. nominee, praised by Obama for being a "master at reaching across the aisle," was interviewed on Fox Business Network Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 by Neil Cavuto. Gregg said in effect that outcomes of Iowa Republican caucuses and Republican state primaries will have nothing to do with who becomes the 2016 Republican nominee for president. He said it will be decided at the July 2016 RNC convention:

Jan. 29, 2016: At 2 min. 48 sec:

'Republican' Judd Gregg: "I think we're going to a brokered convention under any scenario because of the way the primary votes come on the first of March and March 15th."

Fox News' Neil Cavuto agrees: "I agree with you on that. Should have...be running the other way."...

Gregg says the brokered GOP convention will get lots of media coverage. As a result of so much media coverage, Gregg anticipates Republicans across the country will unite behind the convention's choice.


1/29/16 Fox News Neil Cavuto video via DC Whispers

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Comment: Voter nullification. They told you they'd do it. Trillions of dollars are at stake. "Lose the primary to win the general:"

Dec. 2014 article:

12/2/2014: "Jeb Bush on 2016: GOP needs to ‘lose the primary to win the general’," msnbc.com, Kasie Hunt

"Former Florida Republican Gov. Jeb Bush on Monday said that for a GOP candidate to win a presidential election, the 2016 nominee has to be willing to “lose the primary to win the general.”...

The comments came in wide-ranging conversation with Gerald Seib, the (Wall St.) Journal’s Washington bureau chief, who followed up, asking: “Are the things that you need to do to win a Republican nomination contrary to the things you need to do to win a general election?”"...

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Feb. 2009: 'Republican' Judd Gregg in line to be third 'Republican' to join Obama's cabinet:

Obama praised 'Republican' Judd Gregg as "a master at reaching across the aisle to get things done." "If confirmed, he will be the third Republican to join Obama's Cabinet, following Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood."...

2/2/2009, "GOP's Gregg accepts commerce secretary post," CNN
 
 "Gregg will be an "able, persuasive ambassador for industry" because he is a skillful negotiator and a "master of reaching across the aisle to get things done," Obama said.

"We are...in the middle of a very difficult economic time," replied Gregg, who has chaired a key Senate commerce subcommittee.

Gregg, a third-term Republican known for being fiscally conservative, thanked Obama for taking the "rather extraordinary step of asking me to join your administration." He lauded Obama's "bold and aggressive, effective and comprehensive plan for how we can get this country moving."...
 




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