Trump: RNC stacked debate audience against him, could break pledge Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Monday that the Republican party is breaking its pledge to stay neutral while pouncing on GOP rivals who attacked him at a weekend debate. Twitter Enlists Gay Thought Police This cannot be good for free speech and the open exchange of ideas. Not for Christians and conservatives anyway. Twitter announced on Wednesday that it has assembled a new "Twitter Trust & Safety Council" to "ensure that people feel safe expressing themselves on Twitter." Texas judge disclosed more details about Scalia's health The Texas county judge who decided no autopsy was needed following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has disclosed new details about Scalia's health in the days before he died. The World Bank's Latest Move to Kill the U.S. Dollar FREE BOOK: Defend Your Money against Gov't Confiscation Trillions in Toxic Loans to Blow Up the Global Banking System News, Commentary, Discussions George W. Bush campaigns for brother Jeb George W. Bush never mentioned Donald Trump. But with his folksy touch, the former president unleashed a tough takedown of the billionaire businessman who has upended the Republican Party. Radical BLM mayoral candidate releases plan for Baltimore DeRay McKesson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist who last week announced he would be running for mayor of Baltimore, released the first three parts of his plan for the city. Fallen Officer Memorial Gets Defaced... Again Just look at the climate that's been created around this country. Police risk their lives day in and day out to protect citizens, and yet they have become the focus of criticism, attacks, and even murders. Beyonce and the Black Panthers The pop music sensation simply known as Beyonce is the toast of the cultural left for a new video titled "Formation." Before we take another step, let's stipulate: This champion of racial injustice is worth $450 million, and with her husband, rap mogul Jay-Z, a cool billion. Obama's Budget to Nowhere Barack Obama's last budget is nothing if not is a grandiose visionary document. No one -- least of all, Congress -- paid much attention to it, because no one cares where this lame-duck president wants the country to go fiscally. But the $4.1 trillion Obama manifesto deserves some inspection. Cancer patients snagged in Obamacare paperwork Walt Whitlow was under treatment for cancer when he got an unwelcome surprise. His financial assistance under President Barack Obama's health care law got slashed. That meant his premium quadrupled and his deductible went from $900 to $4,600. Below the fold Confusion and Sorrow Surround Scalia's Death Obama set for fierce battle over Scalia replacement Please DO NOT REPLY to this message. This mailbox is unmonitored and replies will not be seen. View Eagle as a web page Subscribe: Follow this link for your own subscription to GOPUSA Forward: Forward this e-mail to a friend Change: Need to change your e-mail address? Follow this link Unsubscribe: Follow this link if you no longer wish to receive the GOPUSA Eagle e-mail update. Copyright 2000-2016 www.GOPUSA.com A Division of Endeavor Media Group, LLC P.O. Box 981354 Houston, TX 77289

News you can share: A budget surplus, new national monuments, renewable power, and more

Diane, you're one of the best messengers we've got in this movement. Here's some recommended reading that's easy to share -- the latest on Obamacare's success, January's budget surplus, renewable power, and more. Obama to designate new national monuments in the California desert The Washington Post // Juliet Eilperin President Obama has set aside more of America's lands and waters for conservation protection than any of his predecessors, and he is preparing to do even more before he leaves office next year. US government ran $55B budget surplus in January CNBC // Jeff Spielman The current fiscal year-to-date deficit stood at $160 billion, compared to a deficit of $194 billion at the same point last year. Here's a Huge and Undercovered Obamacare Success Story Mother Jones // Kevin Drum Thanks to Obamacare's individual mandate spurring the purchase of individual coverage and its employer mandate spurring an increase in employer coverage, total private coverage increased by more than 16 million through the middle of 2015. The New Power Added to U.S. Grids in 2015 Was Mostly Renewable Fortune // Claire Groden Renewable energy accounted for the majority of new power added to the U.S. power grids last year--marking the second year in a row that clean energy surpassed fossil fuels, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. TPP: Helping Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in the 21st Century Huffington Post Business Blog // Arun M. Kumar Across the board, TPP contains provisions that will save businesses of all sizes time and money by offering fair treatment, more certainty, and transparency in trading within the TPP region that is home to 40% of global GDP and 800 million consumers. President Barack Obama On How To Win The Future Popular Science Magazine // Cliff Ransom With one year left in the Oval Office, the president talks about what he's achieved, what's left to do (a lot), and why being a nerd is one of the best ways to serve your country. If you're not interested in receiving these Truth Team updates, just let us know.

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2016 Legislative Session: Week 5

96th District, Virginia House of Delegates                                      February 12, 2016 Stay Connected!         www.BrendaPogge.com Contact Delegate Pogge Richmond Office  General Assembly Building Room 403 P.O. Box 406 Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-698-1096 Fax: 804-786-6310 DelBPogge@house.virginia.gov    Legislative Aide Amanda Johnston Amanda@brendapogge.com Today marks the beginning of the second half of this year's 60-day legislative session. Crossover--the date by which each chamber must complete work on its own legislation--is fast approaching. Throughout the past week, many of my colleagues spent late nights in committee meetings, working diligently to complete work on House bills. Fortunately, most of my meetings were held during morning hours. Nevertheless, I, too, endured a few marathon meetings. In one Education Committee meeting, we considered 46 bills over 3 1/2 hours! Following are updates on a number of issues that we addressed during recent days.  Update! In my week three newsletter, I shared details about legislation authorizing a constitutional amendment giving the Board of Education the authority to establish charter schools in Virginia. I am excited to share that the legislation passed the House earlier today.  All children in Virginia deserve access to a quality education, regardless of their zip code or their family income. Public charter schools encourage parental involvement and can be especially equipped to meet the unique needs of all children.  Studies show that public charter schools help to close the achievement gap, giving children in minority and underserved communities the opportunity to succeed. I am proud to support expanding public charter schools in Virginia.  Healthcare Ensuring access to quality affordable healthcare is a top priority during this legislative session. I frequently hear from constituents who are facing soaring healthcare costs as a result of Obamacare mandates. I remain committed to opposing Obamacare's costly Medicaid expansion. Instead of expanding an expensive and flawed entitlement program, I support reforms to increase access and reduce healthcare costs for Virginians. I am pleased to share that the House of Delegates passed legislation to increase access to primary care doctors, expand access to mobile dental clinics, and combat prescription drug fraud in Virginia. These meaningful reforms will improve healthcare throughout Virginia. Restoring & Expanding Reciprocity Earlier this week, the House passed legislation restoring and expanding reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders. Additionally, we passed bills requiring State Police to be available for voluntary background checks at gun shows and prohibiting individuals under permanent domestic violence protective orders from possessing a firearm. Both the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) strongly support this legislation.  These bills secure the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens and take reasonable steps to make our communities safer. Restoring reciprocity for concealed carry permit holders was a top legislative priority this session, and I am pleased that we reached an agreement to not only restore, but also expand reciprocity. Transparency in government During this session, I introduced House Bill 334, legislation authorizing the courts to invalidate actions taken at public meetings for which proper notice was not given. In other words, if a public body (school board, city council, board of supervisors, planning commission, etc.) fails to provide the required notice of a meeting, the decisions made at that meeting can be invalidated. This legislation protects citizens by ensuring that public bodies are operating in a truly transparent fashion.  Unfortunately, there were some technical issues with my legislation. I plan to address these concerns and introduce the bill again during the 2017 legislative session. Stay tuned! General Assembly visitors Although I was rarely in my office this week due to committee meetings, my aide and I did catch up with members or representatives of the following: James City County Board of Supervisors  Radford University  Equality Virginia Denbigh House Virginia Maritime Association Thank you to Abigail Lee for stopping by my office for a visit! Thank you! Thank you to all who have taken the time to call or email with questions and comments on legislation. I value your input, and I ask that you continue making me aware of your legislative priorities. I may be reached by email at DelBPogge@house.virginia.gov or by phone at 804-698-1096. If you visit Richmond prior to March 12, please stop by my office, Room 403 in the General Assembly Building.  Stay warm this weekend!     Delegate Brenda Pogge Paid for and Authorized by Brenda Pogge for Delegate

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URGENT! (SCHOOL CHOICE IN VA)

Robert, Parents and students have demanded school choice in Virginia for years, and now you can make it happen. H.B. 389 is being voted upon this week and if you don’t act it will fail. This bill frees students from terrible schools and lets parents control their children’s education. That’s why you must contact your state representative and tell him to support school choice in Virginia today! The government bureaucrats and teachers’ unions don’t want this to pass. They want to keep kids trapped in failing schools just to maintain their power. This is wrong and it must stop. No child should be forced to attend a failing school. But the only way we’ll beat the unions is if you act today. Send a message to your state representative today and tell him to support H.B. 389. Let’s get freedom working in Virginia’s schools again. For Freedom, Noah Wall National Director of Grassroots, FreedomWorks   FreedomWorks.org/Repeal-ObamaCare ​           Forward To A Friend | Update Your Email Preferences 400 North Capitol Street, NW Suite 765 Washington, DC 20001

Fwd: FW: An Open Letter to Rand's Supporters

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From: Gene Underwood <gene.underwood41@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:26 PM
Subject: FW: An Open Letter to Rand's Supporters
To: Gene Underwood <gene.underwood41@gmail.com>

To all of you who know or know of Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia State Commonwealth Attorney who first sued the Federal Government over Obamacare, and a candidate for Virginia Governor, you won't be surprised that he is (as I am) a staunch supporter of Ted Cruz.  I also believe that Ted Cruz is our best hope of turning around the sickening advance of Progressivism in our beloved country.  However, Ken is much better at explaining our views.  Let me know what you think about Ken's message below.

 

Gene K. Underwood, LTC, AUS, Retired

703-403-9668 (Cell)

 

From: Ken Cuccinelli [mailto:info=cuccinelli.com@mail37.atl11.rsgsv.net] On Behalf Of Ken Cuccinelli
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 7:01 PM
To: Gene
Subject: An Open Letter to Rand's Supporters

 

View this email in your browser To All Friends of Liberty, I know many of you have been supporting Senator Paul for President and today I want to now ask you for your support for Senator Ted Cruz. I understand your view that Rand has been the most passionate defender of civil liberties and personal privacy – not just in the U.S. Senate, but anywhere in government today.  I agree with you. While I don't expect you to view Ted Cruz the same way you viewed Rand Paul, I would respectfully suggest that when it comes to protecting civil liberties and the privacy of law abiding citizens, Ted Cruz is – by far – the strongest remaining candidate among any of the GOP contenders for President.  In fact, as best I can tell, most of the other remaining candidates consider protecting civil liberties a vice rather than a virtue!  Rand exposed several of them in the debates (Christie and Rubio) and, without your support, one of them may very well win the GOP nomination for President.  Ted has never sacrificed his commitment to protecting our entire Constitution – including the Fourth Amendment. When we talk about protecting the Constitution, Ted didn't just start in the U.S. Senate.  His track record of promoting and protecting the Constitution goes all the way back to his teenage days when he traveled to parts of Texas to talk to other teenagers about why our Constitution was such a blessing to America and the world.  Later on, as the Solicitor General of Texas, Ted appeared in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on numerous occasions to successfully defend our Constitutional rights. Protecting the Constitution and respecting the rule of law are habits Ted has demonstrated over a lifetime. Ted has fought for them as a Senator and, with your support, he will carry them back into the White House – a place that has not seen respect for the Constitution and the rule of law for a long, long time.  But there's a good chance that Ted won't win without the support of liberty-minded Republican voters. Rand has also been a leading voice for limited government – a passionate shared commitment which Ted has demonstrated in the U.S. Senate.  I would point you to the example of Iowa as evidence of Ted's commitment to limited government.  Of all the candidates to run for President since Big Corn started getting ethanol subsidies and artificial regulatory advantages (cronyism), there have only been three candidates ever to go to Iowa and make the case that Big Corn's special treatment by the federal government is wrong.  Those three are Ron Paul, Rand Paul, and Ted Cruz. Both Rand and Ted went into Iowa asking for votes this past year, and if they were less committed to their principles, they might have backed down from their commitment to ending Big Corn's ethanol subsidies.  Most people said that with Ted's ethanol position, he didn't stand a chance in Iowa.  The Iowa establishment even carried on an "anybody but Cruz" campaign in a desperate attempt to crush opposition to ethanol subsidies forever. Yet we won!  We won because Ted told the truth about special interests and how they are polluting our politics, and we won raising the banner for free markets and warning of the danger of Washington picking winners and losers. So, I would ask you to consider this question as you contemplate whom to support going forward: If you think that cronyism (in both parties) is corrupting and bankrupting our government, why would you expect any candidate who won't tell Iowans the truth about ethanol subsidies when he or she needed their votes to go to Washington and tell the 10,000 other special interests that their gravy train needs to go away?!  It isn't going to happen.  If you're as furious as I am about special interest influence and the Washington cartel, then I ask you to throw your support to Ted Cruz! On the issue of the Fed, the leadership of both Doctors Paul (Ron and Rand) has successfully changed the thinking of most grassroots Republicans, as well as others, about the damage of the Fed's irresponsible loose money policies.  If you help Ted become the next President, he will sign a re-elected Senator Paul's Audit the Fed bill, and that's just a start! Finally, I also want to acknowledge Rand's leadership in fighting for criminal justice reform. Again, Ted is not in exactly the same place on these issues as Rand, but unlike much of the GOP field, Ted is open to the need to reform our criminal justice system. In Ted's native Texas, former Texas Governor Perry led the nation to achieve exactly such improvements in Texas over the last ten years.  Today, Texas enjoys one of the lowest crime rates it has ever had during my lifetime and they reduced their budget at the same time.  If tough-on-crime Texas can find ways to reform its criminal justice system while making Texans safer, there is no reason we can't do it at the federal level too.  Ted's record shows that he can be trusted to support the implementation of meaningful reform to make America safer, to make real the opportunity of redemption for those who have done wrong, and to save taxpayers' money – our government is bankrupt after all! Senator Rand Paul's election to the U.S. Senate in 2010 was a blow to the establishment and a great day for liberty.  I look forward to his re-election this year, hopefully by a big margin!  And if many of you in the liberty movement join us in support Ted Cruz for President, then I hope in the years to come to see a President Cruz signing bills from Senator Paul that will reduce government's footprint in your life and advance the cause of liberty. To achieve all this, we need your support.  With Senator Paul's departure from the Presidential contest, Ted Cruz is the only candidate running for President who would advance all four of these causes that have been so ably championed by Rand Paul.  To protect your civil liberties, to roll back special interests and the Washington cartel, to reign in the Fed, and to advance criminal justice reform, we need your support for Ted Cruz for President. Please join with me today to continue to advance the cause of liberty in the GOP Presidential nomination contest by supporting Ted Cruz (www.TedCruz.org). For liberty, Ken Cuccinelli, II         Paid for by Liberty Now PAC   Copyright © 2016 Liberty Now PAC, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in. Our mailing address is: Liberty Now PAC PO Box 26141 Alexandria, VA 22313 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

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