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Immigration and the Courts: The Fight for Our Sovereignty, Security, and Society Ep 87 Jan 29, 2017

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In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel blows up every myth of the Left about an affirmative right to immigrate and violate our national sovereignty. Daniel goes through the history of immigration law and notes that it is at the core of our foundation that a sovereign nation can exclude anyone for any reason or place any conditions on those here who have not yet become citizens.

Daniel takes conservatives to task for cowering in the face of mob rule. If we have come to a point where we can’t even temporarily suspend immigration from a place like Somalia during a time of out of control terrorism, then we are destined to become Europe.

Moreover, the courts are setting a terrible precedent by violating 200 years of the most settled case law – that the political branches of government have full authority over immigration. Courts have absolutely no jurisdiction and aliens who are not on our soil (airports don’t count) have no right to judicial review. If we don’t rein in the courts, they will prevent us from dealing with illegal immigrants as well.

Key Quotes:

“It is an accepted maxim of international law that every sovereign nation has the power, as inherent in sovereignty, and essential to self-preservation, to forbid the entrance of foreigners within its dominions, or to admit them only in such cases and upon such conditions as it may see fit to prescribe.” Nishimura Ekiu v. United States, 142 US 651 (1892).

[“the right of a nation to expel or deport foreigners who have not been naturalized, or taken any steps towards becoming citizens of the country, rests upon the same grounds, and is as absolute and unqualified as the right to prohibit and prevent their entrance into the country.”] Fong Yue Ting v. United States, 149 US 707 (1893).

What better authority on this subject than Justice Robert Jackson, the famous Nuremberg prosecutor who was a champion of due process rights (he wrote the dissent in Korematsu v. United States, the Japanese internment case) and regarded as one of the greatest writers of his time? Here is what he had to say: “Due process does not invest any alien with a right to enter the United States, nor confer on those admitted the right to remain against the national will.” Shaughnessy v. Mezei, 345 US 222-223 (1953) (Jackson, J., dissenting).

Show Links:

Separating fact from fake news on Trump’s executive order

Just 14 years ago, Democrats supported cutting off visas from terror-supporting nations

Importing the values of the Middle East

Boundless Somali immigration poses existential threat

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Trump is President. What’s Next? Ep 86 Jan 24, 2017

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The big day has arrived. Republicans now have possession of the ball. But does that mean we have already scored? Absolutely not! Now is when the work begins.

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel runs through some of the major issues that conservative must confront immediately and gives an update and an outlook on where each one stands. From repealing Obamacare and ending the Iran deal to rescinding Obama’s amnesty, reforming refugee resettlement, draining the Obama personnel from executive departments, and nominating the best SCOTUS pick, conservatives have many challenges. In some cases, the prognosis is pretty grim unless the grassroots rise up and demand adherence to the campaign promises.

The main job of conservative media and the grassroots is to ensure that we don’t get distracted with nonsensical issues in the media while liberals rack up real policy victories. Now is not the time to whine about the media or Democrats; now is the time to get our house in order and stand for what’s right.

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Trump leaving Obama’s executive amnesty in place would be a colossal betrayal

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Are there any conservatives left in politics? Ep 85 Jan 18, 2017

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With Republicans continuing to echo Democrat talking points and premises on health care and many other issues, Daniel asks an unsettling question in this episode of the Conservative Conscience: are there any conservatives left in politics? Rather than being emboldened by the electoral mandate, Republicans always move to the left when they are in power, and some early indications suggest that this time is no different.

In confirmation hearing after confirmation hearing, the cabinet nominees and GOP senators continuously echoed, accepted, and validated even the most extreme Democrat premise on major issues; from Iran and Obamacare to transgenderism and global warming. Additionally, Daniel talks about some of the disturbing things he’s hearing about the transition and why it portends more of the same failed tepid republicanism unless the grassroots rise up and demand more. Don’t hope for change, demand it and ensure it.

Key quotes:

“Liberals have successfully moved the entire political landscape and the contours of acceptable political discourse so far to the left that even when they lose they still win.”

“Democrats have become so extreme that it’s easy for Republicans to be one or two tranches to the right but still well within deep liberal and destructive territory.”

“The time for being “not Obama” or “at least better than Hillary” are over. Now is the time to stand up and be counted and declare what we affirmative believe in and strive for.”

Show links:

The $20 trillion debt question for Republicans

Fake repeal is worse than even no repeal of Obamacare

The GOP plan to dupe members into keeping Obamacare

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The more things change the more things seem to stay the same Ep 84 Jan 13, 2017

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Are we really draining the swamp or is the swamp draining our resolve?

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel goes through a list of disturbing observations this week from Congress, Trump, and some of his cabinet picks, that demonstrates we might not move in a fundamentally different direction on some of the most critical issues. From social engineering in the military and the Iran deal to Obamacare and Israel policy, there are a lot of disturbing signs that Republicans are taking Obama-era policies as a legitimate baseline and will not fulfill their promises to wipe his presidency clean.

What is evident from these observations is that we don’t have a personnel problem. Even good people in this system will feel the pressure to never think outside the broken box. We need to systemically reform our entire system of government and we should not wait for Democrats to win back power to pursue some of the long-term reforms we need.

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The false narrative of “Repeal and Replace” is preserving Obamacare

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The Raw Truth about the Obamacare Fight and Ignorance on Health Care Ep 83 Jan 11, 2017

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In this passionate episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel lays out the source of the problem with GOP reluctance to fully repeal Obamacare. At its core, they are making up procedural excuses that don’t exist and have no understanding of free markets. Worse, their political barometer as to what the public wants on health care is completely broken.

Daniel blasts the entire premise of the mindless mantra: “repeal and replace” and demonstrates how it has morphed into bait-and-switch. Anyone who understands the source of the problem with health care and how Obamacare exacerbated that problem into complete insolvency would know that we don’t need to replace Obamacare at all. We need to repeal, reform, and restore the free market. There are a number of good free market ideas, a number of which are explained in this episode, but the premise that they must be in place before we repeal Obamacare or serve to supplement the core goals of Obamacare is false.

Republicans have fundamentally adopted the Democrat philosophy on health care – pursuing the elusive and utopian goal of universal coverage at the expense of lowering costs. In reality, the only political option that would actually lower costs is full and unconditional repeal of the insurance regulations. Repeal that is contingent on replace is not repeal at all. Only after the fire is put out can we go a step further and roll back some of the anti-market forces – both in health insurance and on the supply side of health care – that existed even before Obamacare. Daniel teases a number of these ideas at the end of the podcast.

Repeal, reform, and restore – not repeal and replace. Understanding that distinction is the lynchpin to this battle.

Key quotes:

“We need to "replace" Obamacare before repealing it the same way we need to replace the ancillary warmth some people derive from an arson before the fire is extinguished.”

“At its core, the problem with health care is that we regulate it into insolvency, drive up costs, then break the budget on subsidizing the higher prices, which in turn raises the prices even more and engenders and even greater need for subsidization – a complete circuitous death spiral of insolvency.”

“Obamacare stepped on the gas pedal in terms of the cycle of regulations/mandates and subsidies. When Republicans talk about “replacing” Obamacare, they intend to accept the basic premise of mandates and subsidies, albeit with a pale pastel distinction.”

“The word “actuarial” is mentioned 63 times in Obamacare. The law literally prohibits actuarially solvent plans. What is so hard and politically risky about Republicans simply repealing that prohibition – the heart and soul of Obamacare?”

Show links:

If Republicans read this article, they’d understand while full and unconditional repeal is a political winner

No, the Parliamentarian cannot stop Republicans from repealing all of Obamacare with 51 votes

How Obamacare 'repeal and replace' became a 'bait and switch' monstrosity

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Everything you needed to know about why Republicans always betray conservatives Ep 82 Jan 06, 2017

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Why is it that Republicans can’t understand fully repealing Obamacare is a winning issue? Why are they too scared to even cut funding to the UN and the PLO?

In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel uses this week’s legislative betrayals as examples to demonstrate why Republicans always betray their topline campaign promises. 1) they don’t understand or have knowledge of constitutional conservative principles and free market policies; 2) they often don’t believe in it; 3) even if they believe and understand them, their political barometer – the understanding of what is and is not a winning issue – is completely broken; 4) the legislative process is so complex and “inside baseball” that they can manipulate voters into thinking they are doing the opposite of what they are actually enacting.

This is the reason why Republicans are scared to repeal Obamacare in a meaningful way. And this is how they are able to fool us.

Also, Daniel explains how Republicans were too scared to go on offense even against the UN and the PLO this week, opting to pass a resolution that gave Democrats cover and essentially codified Kerry’s obsession with the illogical “two state solution” into U.S. policy. If we can’t defund the PLO, then what can we do? Yet, given their broken political barometer, Republicans plan to bring legislation to the floor punishing the countries that voted for the UN resolution (such as Senegal and New Zealand) but not the PLO itself!

This is why conservatives can’t hope for change this year or assume there will be change. They must fight for it and demand change.

Key Quotes:

“There are so many smart stupid people in politics because they can’t break free of the existing paradigm and are stuck in an intellectual ghetto.”

“You can’t fight if you don’t have a proper political barometer, you can’t have a proper political barometer if you don’t believe in the right things, and you can’t believe if you don’t understand the issue.”

Show links

How Obamacare 'repeal and replace' became a 'bait and switch' monstrosity

Repeal in name only: The Republican plans to embrace Obamacare 2.0

GOP to bail out duplicitous Dems with sham anti-UN resolution

20 incredibly popular conservative ideas to tackle national security and immigration in 2017

Why conservatives should tell AIPAC to go to hell

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Are Republicans Already Blowing their 2017 mandate Ep 81 Jan 03, 2017

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Donald Trump was on the money when he recognized that the ethics office House Republicans attempted to defang was unfair and unaccountable, but at the same time it was a dumb way to prioritize the expending of their political capital.

With all that Congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the Independent Ethics Watchdog, as unfair as it

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816298944456232960">January 3, 2017

In the first 2017 episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel explains why Republicans were right to gut the Pelosi-era, unaccountable ethics office, but at the same time the optics of the way they did it were cringe-worthy. Republicans must remember that they will need to employ legitimate strong-arm tactics to save the country by repealing Obamacare, reforming immigration and refugee resettlement, and reclaiming power from the unelected judiciary. Why expend it on an issue that is nearly impossible to message to their constituents? Ultimate, it would have been better for Republicans to make these changes more gradually and in broad daylight.

Nonetheless, on the substance of the Office of Congressional Ethics, the Republican majority was correct. As bad as corrupt members are, the corruption of falsely accusing people of corruption without due process is even worse. Ultimately, it is up to the FBI to investigate criminal charges and up to the members themselves – led by the standing Ethics Committee – to police violations of House rules and ethics. That is why we have elections.

The media is being very dishonest, evincing the notion that this office is somehow enshrined into our laws. It was in fact created not by statue but by the very same House rules process Republicans are using now. The unelected body stocked with progressives worked with left-wing groups to try people in the court of public opinion without the accuser having to divulge his name and without informing the member of the investigation. Even members of Congress deserve the right to defend themselves and be afforded due process when being investigated by their political enemies on the taxpayer dime. The existing structure of the Ethics Committee in the Senate and what used to be in place before Pelosi in the House afforded basic due process rights such as witnesses, right to counsel, etc. to members.

With that said, it would be one thing if Republicans took a principled stance on other more consequential policy issues. But if this turns out to be their only bold stance of the month – while shirking their responsibility to fully repeal Obamacare and defund the UN – this will prove once again that they have not changed from their modus operandi as the stupid party. Ultimately, Republicans were forced to retreat amidst backlash, as always.

Finally, Daniel discusses some of his upcoming articles detailing a positive conservative agenda that, unlike what Republican just did, is actually broadly popular with the public.

Show links

15 worst court decisions of 2016

Details of changes to Office of Congressional Ethics

“Independent” agencies are unaccountable and unconstitutional

Republicans must their capital to overrule parliamentarian and enable full repeal of Obamacare

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The Full History of the Palestinian State Hoax Ep80 Dec 28, 2016

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In this final episode of the Conservative Conscience for 2016, Daniel lays bare the truth about the so-called Palestinian cause. The entire historical, legal, and geographical case for why there is no such thing as a distinct Arab “Palestinian” entity entitled to any land west of the Jordan River is recounted in this long episode.

It is incontrovertibly clear from a legal and historical standpoint that Israel has just as much of a right to exist in its so-called post-1967 borders as it does in its pre-’67 borders. It is also patently obvious that from a geographical, moral, and security standpoint that anyone advocating a two state solution is implicitly denying Israel’s right to exist in any capacity. Israel has already surrendered 94% of the land it acquired in a defensive war against its existence – The Sinai Peninsula and Gaza. Anyone promoting an Arab Muslim state in the remaining 6% that would gut the heart of the tiny Jewish state – especially in light of the fact that Muslims control a land mass 640 times greater than Israel – is either woefully ignorant or supports something much more sinister.

It's time to get the facts straight: there already is an Arab Palestinian state – Jordan. The two-state solution was carved out in 1922 in the last legally recognized agreement delineating boundaries of nation states. Arabs got 77% of the Mandate for Palestine, which was all the land east of the Jordan River, while Jews got the land to the west of the river. History doesn’t lie.

Key Quotes:
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people." [PLO official Zahir Muhsein, interview with Dutch newspaper Trouw, March 31, 1977.
"The truth is that Jordan is Palestine and Palestine is Jordan." [King Hussein, December 1981 interview with A - Nahar Al – Arabi]

“What you call Jordan is actually Palestine.” [Yassir Arafat, 1974 interview with New Republic]

Show Links:

How Republicans can stop Obama’s jihad against Israel

Israel’s right to build homes is settled … under international law

1922 Mandate for Palestine

UN Charter Article 80 recognizing Israel’s legal right to all the land west of Jordan River

San Remo Conference of 1920. Israel’s Magna Carta

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How Trump’s Justice Department Can Stand up to the Crazy Courts Ep 79 Dec 22, 2016

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Starting things off on this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel gives a rundown of examples showing the establishing winning more control in the nascent Trump administration. What was once a promise to drain the swamp is looking more and more like an exercise in making the worst elements of the swamp great again. While it’s important to fight for a few key conservative victories that are within reach, we must also voice our concerns early and often about harmful policies and personnel. We can’t afford to wait six years to pushback against “our own party” like we did during the Bush years.

Next, we move onto our latest update on judicial tyranny. There is no way to sugar-coat this. The federal courts pose an imminent threat to our republic. It’s worse than ever. The courts are destroying our culture, inclinable rights, Constitution, and system of government. They have already redefined marriage and now are redefining human sexuality. This is broadly consequential and is not just about bathrooms. And judicial tyranny is not going to change simply with the election of Trump – unless we get the administration to engage in battle with the courts. Simply appointing a few conservative judges, most of whom will uphold existing anti-constitutional “precedent” anyway, is like spitting in the wind.

In this episode, Daniel gives a background on Marbury v. Madison and shows how judicial review is very different from judicial supremacy or judicial exclusivity. All branches of government have a say in constitutional interpretation because, as John Marshall observed, they all swear an oath to uphold the supreme law of the land, which is the Constitution, not the courts.

Using the latest cases surrounding transgenderism, Daniel demonstrates how the other branches of government can cut the legs out from under bad court decisions by using their legitimate powers to counter the court’s abuse of its power. Unless the Trump Justice Department, Congress, and the states begin pushing back against the courts, they will nullify every common sense policy we enact on a federal and state level beginning in January, thereby rendering the election moot.

Key Quotes:

“Judicial supremacy/exclusivity + one directional stare decisis + unelected life tenures + living and breathing Constitution = an equation of tyranny King George himself never envisioned.”

“The several departments being perfectly co-ordinate by the terms of their common commission, neither of them, it is evident, can pretend to an exclusive or superior right of settling the boundaries between their respective powers.” ~ James Madison, Federalist #49

Show links

Courts hit rock bottom. Make transgenderism settled law

An inconvenient right: Ninth Circuit fails to protect 2nd Amendment

Judges mandate funding for Planned Parenthood

Gingrich: Trump doesn't want to "drain the swamp" anymore

Trump Jr. changed pick for Interior because he supports federal land grabs

Huckabee wants to make stimulus and Keynesian economics great again

Schumer loves Trump’s $1 trillion porkulous

Reince Priebus winning the day with Trump

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Keeping Our Conservative Intellectual Honesty in a “Republican” Era Ep 78 Dec 16, 2016

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Are we going to wait six years to hold Republicans accountable like we did during the Bush years? Are we going to lose our intellectual honesty and back everything a Republican administration does just because the Democrats are also hypocrites? Didn’t we swear to ourselves we wouldn’t repeat the mistakes of the Bush years?
In this episode of the Conservative Conscience, Daniel reveals that he is getting bad vibes about many aspects of the transition. So many Bush “globalists” are being brought on board and the Reince Priebus establishment faction appears to be winning over Trump on many key decisions.
Consequently, now more than ever we must not get sucked into defending bad policies and choices just because Democrats did the same or worse. It’s time to pull this administration back towards the grassroots rebellion at every opportunity we get so we can have an administration that stands on its own veracity.
You will never find Democrat administrations with a single major player who harbors conservative views on a single issue. Yet, somehow we take it as a given that in a Republican administration the most powerful cabinet pick, Secretary of State, could be given to someone who is pro-common core, anti-sanctions, pro carbon tax, anti-energy independence, and a leader in the homosexual agenda. Now we hear that John Bolton might not be picked for Deputy Sec. of State, while liberals such as Elliot Abrams and Richard Haass are being considered instead. This is part of a pattern of choosing the path to least resistance. Kris Kobach was passed over as DHS Secretary and likely as Deputy as well for the same reason.
Finally, we show how Democrats never surrender their principles even when they lose power. Why do we surrender ours when we win? John Kasich won’t even fight for a pro-life bill because he refuses to stand up to the legal profession, yet liberals have no problem thwarting federal immigration law.
Quotes:
“When you lack an ideological rudder, you will choose the path to least resistance every day of the week. When you surround yourself with people who likewise lack a burning passion for conservatism, they will accentuate that reluctance to fight in every situation.”
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Intellectual Dishonest: Republicans suddenly like Putin just because of Trump

Establishment winning out at Trump Tower

Bush people filling education transition team

Tillerson joins with Corker to oppose Bolton as Deputy

America-last Rex Tillerson has quite a cozy relationship with the Islamic supremacist nation of Qatar

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