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Trish Regan Can Sing

To commemorate the Fourth of July, Fox Business Network/Fox News Channel host Trish Regan tweeted out videos of her rendition of both the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful.”

“Regan recorded the anthem for her kids, who had never heard her sing it before,” The Daily Caller noted.

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Every time I sing the #NationalAnthem, I'm reminded how lucky I am to have been born in this great country. I know we have our differences, but let us never forget the sacrifice so many have made to ensure that we have the #FREEDOM to voice those differences. Happy #4thofJuly2018 pic.twitter.com/zrktaUi3gw read more

Will Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel Be Out of a Job by Next Week?

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Laura Loomer claims that one or more internal,  anonymous high-level law enforcement sources told her that Broward County, Fla., Sheriff Scott Israel will be removed from office next week.

Loomer is the intrepid or grandstanding (depending upon your point of view) conservative journalist who has confronted Hillary Clinton and James Comey at book signings (a course of action that has become known as being “Loomered”).  You may recall that she famously rushed the stage at the Shakespeare in the Park rendition of Julius Caesar because of its Trump assassination subtext. She has also filed assault charges against Congresswoman Maxine Waters after a recent interaction on Capitol Hill.

Israel has come under extreme criticism for his agency’s failure to intervene either before or during the horrific Valentine’s Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. even though deputies responded to the shooter’s home 45 times before the massacre. The FBI also failed to act despite prior warnings.

Writing at Big League Politics, Loomer claims that Sheriff Israel, a big Hillary Clinton supporter and champion of gun control, is headed to the unemployment line, and that authorities have already interviewed successors.

“According to the source, Sheriff Israel is being removed from office for criminal issues, not malfeasance, following an investigation conducted by the office of Florida Governor Rick Scott. The source exclusively revealed to Big League Politics that Sheriff Israel is also allegedly being investigated by the IRS….According to the source in the Broward Sheriffs office, Sheriff Israel’s removal revolves around a criminal matter that the FBI is aware of. Although his failures surrounding the Parkland shooting initially sparked the investigation, it isn’t the sole reason why he is being removed. The high-level source who wished to remain anonymous told Big League Politics that Sheriff Israel is already aware of the fact that he is being removed from office next week.”

Laura Loomer is set to debate Scott Israel’s lawyer later this morning on a local Fla. radio station. Check back for updates, including an audio clip when it becomes available.

Update: Click here for the Laura Loomer interview on 850 News Talk WFTL in West Palm Beach.

Apparently it is a Member’s elevator, and Members have to vote:

Retweeted Mike (@Fuctupmind):

Watch.

Maxine Waters gets interviewed by Laura Loomer #Loomered

Maxine Waters doesn't like it when she's harassed, just like she suggested people do to Trump supporters.

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Trump Approval With Hispanics surges 10 points according to polling data

Assuming a survey from the Harvard University-Harris poll is valid, Hispanic support for President Donald Trump has grown by 10 percentage points.

The data was gathered from an  online poll of about 1,500 registered voters in in late June while the illegal immigration/family separation controversy was raging.

The mainstream media tends to insist that various constituency groups always vote in a monolithic fashion, but the Harris poll — which is headed by a former Clinton adviser — suggests otherwise.

.@tuckercarlson on @POTUS's rising approval ratings during his recent crackdown on illegal immigration: "After a full month of cable news morons calling him 'Hitler', Trump's approval rating rose"

In a month Trump's approval rating among hispanics shot up 10 points! pic.twitter.com/luZW13plTv read more

CNN can’t even compete with HGTV or Nickelodeon

The CNN business decision to go 24/7 anti-Trump has not paid off in the ratings. Apparently President Donald Trump foes including those with Trump Derangement Syndrome have concluded that MSNBC is a more credible option.

From The Daily Caller:

“Fox News marked its 66th consecutive quarter as the most-watched cable television network as rival CNN failed to top even Home and Garden Network and the Discovery Channel…MSNBC finished second in total viewers behind Fox and third in primetime behind Fox and TNT, which received a major boost from the NBA playoffs. Meanwhile, CNN sat at tenth for primetime behind networks like ESPN, HGTV, Investigation Discovery and History. In total viewers, CNN finished seventh behind Nickelodeon and HGTV, among others.’

RATINGS ARE IN!@FoxNews just marked its 66th consecutive quarter as the number one network in cable television.

Meanwhile, @CNN got beat by a network dedicated to marble countertops and open floor plans. https://t.co/fp3W4hSRCU pic.twitter.com/EdvAIsY0vO read more

Did Anyone Watch ‘Gypsy’ with Naomi Watts on Netflix?

The answer to the above headline question is probably no, because according to Vanity Fair, Gypsy is one and done. Netflix announced that the 10-episode first season would not have an encore just six weeks after its premiere, “the quickest Netflix has ever canceled one of its original scripted dramas.”

A so-called psychological thriller with minimal thrills, Gypsy is the epitome of first-world problems. It centers on an obsessive, self-destructive Manhattan clinical psychologist Jean Holloway played by Watts who passive-aggressively (or sometimes aggressively) manipulates her patients beyond any ethical boundaries.

Watts delivers a fine performance as does Billy Crudup, who is solid as Watt’s lawyer husband. In fact, you’ve probably met someone very much like the Crudup character in real life.

It’s not clear whether the creators/showrunners are mocking the pampered lifestyle of Holloway and those in her Manhattan and upscale Fairfield County, Conn., orbit or presenting the narrative as a legitimate slice of life. If it’s the latter, the showrunners would seem to be wholly disconnected from the real world.

That said, Gypsy contains occasional perceptive dialogue about the human condition as well as some interesting verbal jujitsu when the Watts character almost spills the beans about her extra-curricular activities/alter ego to her clients during office sessions.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

“Watts doesn’t play Jean as victim or villain and Gypsy doesn’t judge Jean, though many viewers are probably going to think it should. Professionally, the things she’s doing are wrong and the show’s only real tension comes from playing the same, ‘Is she about to get caught in her latest lie?’ beats over and over without offering an alternative perspective, allowing us to root for the cruelly manipulated patients…Even if we’re aware that Jean is screwing up everybody’s life, including her own, we’re supposed to be complicit in her desire.” read more

Elections Have Consequences: Supreme Court Edition

  • Travel ban upheld
  • forced union dues in the public sector ended
  • Justice Anthony Kennedy retires

The Supreme Court vacancy in another item on the world-is-coming-to-an-end  list for the social justice cohort.

The upcoming July 9 announcement by President Trump for Kennedy’s successor can get added to the inventory of hysterical reactions that includes Trump’s tweets about little rocket man, in the alternative when Trump sat down for peace talks with Kim Jong Un, when Congress passed the Trump tax cuts, when Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Agreement, when he exited the Iran Nuclear Deal, when so-called net neutrality was repealed, and so forth.

President Trump has been in office for 530 Days and here is a updated list of every right he has taken away from #LGBT and women.

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