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News Briefs and Thoughts

The explosion of Russia diplomats from so many countries (18 European countries yesterday) is not getting the news play it should. The world is lining up against Putin.

Retired Justice Stevens coming out yesterday saying the 2nd amendment should be repealed is yet another example of the failure of a Bush presidency. He was appointed by Bush 41. How come Obama and Clinton appointees never take a conservative stand?

The WSJ reports that AG Sessions is  “angry” with the FBI for being slow to respond for congressional requests for documents regarding “the investigation surrounding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server, potential abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and the FBI’s Office of Professional Responsibility recommendation to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe”.
Really? You are the AG do something.

So Orange County, California takes a vote to go against the state’s sanctuary state stand. One of the bastions of conservatism in the state (though the county voted for Hillary) is taking a stand. The polls say most citizens are against sanctuary states and cities. This could be a bell weather issue for Republicans trying to hold seats in 2018.

Speaking of the elections remember months ago we reported that we believe Paul Ryan will not run for reelection? We believe it stronger today with the reports beginning to break on it.

Not much coverage of this so maybe you didn’t see it.The U.S. and South Korea have agreed to a new trade deal that promises to boost America auto exports and limit imports of Korean steel. Think of this in light of the tariffs announced a few weeks ago.
Did the MSM give the administration praise?

The controversy about the 2020 census is all about money and voting. By asking about citizen status conservatives hope many will not answer anything. The lower the population, the less money each state gets. Then add this  — population decides congressional districts. The more uncounted in Democratic areas makes it better for conservative areas.
Now before the MSM gets too high and mighty they better check what Obama did in 2010 with that census. He moved it from under the Commerce Department to his Chief of Staff (Rahm Emanuel) to run.

We saw this story and had not heard it anywhere. Did you?
“Kenneth Glasgow, 52, who claims to be Al Sharpton’s half-brother, and Jaime Townes, 26, were arrested after police found Breunia Jennings, 23, dead in a wrecked car Sunday night around 10:50 p.m.
News of Jennings’ death came shortly after Glasgow’s ministry group, Ordinary People Society, participated in the anti-gun March for Our Lives last weekend.
Glasgow is Sharpton’s half-brother, and he has referred to himself as “Rev. Kenny Sharpton Glasgow”.  He  has been involved in “community movements” after he served time for a drug conviction in the 1980s and has met with Democratic leaders like former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Police announced in a news conference Monday that they think Townes had a motive for killing Jennings because he was angry at her after thinking that she stole his car”.

Another unreported story. Remember the heat Trump took on Sweden?
Well new crime statistics for 2017 released this week showed rapes and fatal violence had both increased.  “The number of cases 2017 is the highest level of reported cases of fatal violence since 2002 when Brå began to compile statistics,” the organization reported.
They also reported a ten per cent in the number of rapes reported for a total of 7,370 cases in 2017.
One more number. Shootings in Sweden have also dramatically increased in recent years, with local police blaming a rise in criminal gang violence.

Ratings

                                   Total Viewers SATURDAY.  
MSNBC won 11-8 covering the gun march. Fox won the night.

• Total day: FNC: 1.067 | CNN: 833 |  MSNBC: 1.135 | HLN: 285
• Prime time: FNC: 1.528 | CNN: 751 | MSNBC: 1.125 | HLN: 356

	4p:	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	NwsHQ: 731	NwsHQ: 891	NwsHQ: 737	Report: 859	Watters: 1.522	Pirro: 1.774	Gutfeld: 1.287	Watters: 949
CNN	Nwsrm: 1.074	Nwsrm: 1.001	Nwsrm: 748	VanJones: 813	Burnett: 811	Burnett: 746	Sex: 698	Bourdain: 536
MSNBC	Melvin: 1.507	Joy: 1.374	Ari: 1.173	Matthews: 1.210	Matthews: 1.132	O’Donnell: 1.131	Ari: 1.113	Matthews: 865
HLN	Files: 258	Files: 290	Files: 305	Files: 344	Files: 370	Files: 362	Files: 336	Files: 404

Total Viewers MONDAY. Fox edges MSNBC as they spilt 4-11 time slots.

• Total day: FNC: 1.632 | CNN: 864 | MSNBC: 1.364 | HLN: 176
• Primetime: FNC: 2.648 | CNN: 1.247 | MSNBC: 2.437 | HLN: 241

	4p:	5p:	6p:	7p:	8p:	9p:	10p:	11p:
FNC	Cavuto: 1.206	Five: 2.119	Baier: 2.096	MacCallum: 1.990	Carlson: 2.902	Hannity: 2.868	Ingraham: 2.173	Bream: 1.472
CNN	Tapper: 809	Blitzer: 786	Blitzer: 929	Burnett: 967	Cooper: 1.210	Cooper: 1.383	Lemon: 1.145	Lemon: 828
MSNBC	Wallace: 1.373	MTPDaily: 1.397	Melber: 1.569	Matthews: 1.895	Hayes: 1.985	Maddow: 2.947	O’Donnell: 2.380	Wlms: 1.751
HLN	Michaela: 59	Cupp: 53	Banfield: 103	Banfield: 135	Killer: 217	Killer: 262	Files: 245	Files: 332