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Friday, January 16, 2015

Good morning! In the news today: Dozens arrested across Europe in anti-terror crackdown; illegals to get all kinds of benefits; House anti-amnesty effort to die in the Senate; most foreign-born in U.S. since 1920; 400 U.S. troops headed to Syria; GOP moving away from full Obamacare repeal; and Sharpton calls an emergency meeting over Hollywood whiteness.

Have a great weekend.

Keith

Dozens arrested in Europe . . . French, German and Belgian police arrested more than two dozen suspects in anti-terrorism raids Friday, as European authorities rushed to thwart more attacks by people with links to Islamic extremists in the Mideast.

Rob Wainwright, head of the police agency Europol, told The Associated Press that foiling terror attacks has become "extremely difficult" because Europe's 2,500-5,000 radicalized Muslim extremists have little command structure and are increasingly sophisticated. Associated Press

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The problem with not calling it "Islamic terror" . . . The White House’s refusal to characterize terrorism as based at all in Islam raises an obvious issue: How can you deal with a problem if you can’t identify it? It’s like providing chemotherapy for heart disease. White House Dossier

Which might soon be happening given the quality of doctors willing to work under Obamacare, but I digress.

Rubio questions Obama Cuba sanctions easing . . . Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) questioned the legality of regulatory amendments to existing sanctions on Cuba that were published Thursday by the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Commerce as part of Obama’s plan to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba. CNS News

White House: Net neutrality legislation not needed . . . The White House on Thursday said legislation was not necessary to settle so-called "net neutrality" rules because the Federal Communications Commission had the authority to write them. Reuters

Actually, the White House thinks legislation isn't needed for much of anything.

Obama to take questions from imbecilic YouTube stars . . . President Obama will avoid the glare of harsh questioning and incur a grilling instead from inane stars of the YouTube BoobTube following his State of the Union speech. White House Dossier

Jarrett: On Paris, we got the substance right . . . Unfortunately for ValJar, this time, the symbolism is the substance. White House Dossier

Obama aide: Gruber an "architect" of Obamacare . . . Stephanie Cutter said Gruber was intimately involved. Obama recently called Gruber “some adviser who never worked on our staff” after Gruber’s comments on the “stupidity of the American voter” were published. Daily Caller

You know, Gruber was just some guy who lived in the neighborhood.

Illegals to get benefits, tax breaks . . . More than 2 million illegal immigrants will be approved for President Obama’s deportation amnesty over the next few years, and they will be eligible to collect Social Security and Medicare benefits as well as claim a special tax break for low-income families, the Congressional Budget Office said in an analysis Thursday. Washington Times

DOJ accused of blocking gun shops from banking . . . It turned out there was a list created by a Justice Department program called Operation Choke Point. The list equates legal gun sellers like Schuetz with escort services, Ponzi schemes, people who sell cable TV de-scramblers -- and at least 30 other industries. Fox News

Boenher: Obama not interested in entitlement reform . . . House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday he has significant doubts that President Barack Obama has any interest in an entitlement reform agreement that would reduce the nation’s huge budget deficit. The Blaze

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U.S. sending 400 troops to Syrian . . . The U.S. military is planning to deploy more than 400 troops to help train Syrian rebels to fight the Islamic State, along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. Reuters

Iran still building nuclear reactors . . . Iran is permitted to build new nuclear reactors under the existing conditions of an interim deal with the United States meant to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, a State Department official told the Washington Free Beacon less than a day after Iran announced the construction of two new nuclear plants. Washington Free Beacon

I gather these are the ones to be used for "peaceful purposes."

Hollande gets a hollow hug . . . Secretary of State John Kerry clasped French President Francois Hollande in a warm embrace Friday and said the US shared France's pain after its deadliest attack in half a century. Kerry missed this weekend's march in Paris. AFP

Anti-Charlie Hebdo protests in Pakistan . . . At least three people were injured Friday in clashes between anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters and police outside the French consulate in Pakistan's Karachi, officials said, including an AFP photographer who was shot in the back. AFP

GOP moving away from full Obamacare repeal . . . The GOP is coalescing around the idea that incremental changes, rather than a sweeping repeal effort, can be more appealing to voters – while also holding out the possibility of hollowing out the law from within. The Hill

Senate GOP rebuffs House amnesty strategy . . . Senate Republican leaders signaled Thursday that they are not willing to hold homeland security funding hostage in order to force President Obama to reverse his deportation amnesty, undercutting conservatives’ strategy and diminishing the impact of this week’s House votes. Washington Times

Obama to Senate Dems: I'm going to play offense . . . The president said he’s prepared to veto hostile legislation, including an Iran sanctions package. Politico

Obama, Dems shut out the press . . . The meeting was to take place entirely behind closed doors, and the White House said it didn't expect to provide many additional details about the conversation. In the past, most — but not all — of the president's appearances at House and Senate Democratic retreats have been at least partly open to members of the media. The Hill

Ernst to give response to Obama SOTU . . . Joni Ernst promised last year to make Washington “squeal.” On Tuesday, she’ll have her chance. Politico

Carson raises eyebrows with ISIS comparison . . . Carson praised Americans who are willing to die for their beliefs at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting outside San Diego Thursday. Carson then mentions ISIS. "They got the wrong philosophy, but they're willing to die for what they believe, while we are busily giving away every belief and every value for the sake of political correctness," he said. Fox News

Jindal: Islam has a problem . . . As Islamic terrorists launch attacks across the globe, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal plans to call on Muslim leaders to publicly condemn these “acts of barbarism,” declaring: “Let’s be honest here, Islam has a problem.” Daily Caller

Muhammed image ban a recent development . . . The Koran, in fact, does not directly forbid the portrayal of Muhammad. And the second most important Islamic text, the Hadith, “presents us with an ambiguous picture at best.” Washington Free Beacon

Saudi blogger gets next round of lashes . . . The Saudi blogger who faces a punishment of 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison because he criticized Islam is set to receive the second round of his torturous sentence on Friday. Raif Badawi was brought to a public square in Jiddah last week and flogged 50 times. Fox News

Pope Francis: There are limits to free speech . . . Pope Francis suggested there are limits to freedom of expression, saying in response to the Charlie Hebdo terror attack that "one cannot make fun of faith" and that anyone who throws insults can expect a "punch." NBC News

Most foreign-born in the U.S. since 1920 . . . A new congressional report places the number of foreign-born people in the United States at its highest in nearly a century — and President Barack Obama's executive immigration orders could raise these numbers dramatically and have a devastating impact on the federal budget. Newsmax

Sharpton calls "emergency meeting" over all-white Oscars . . . “The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains,” Sharpton said in a statement reported by Business Insider. “The higher you get, the whiter it gets. … I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards.” Business Insider

Staten Island Dems won't make issue of Garner . . . That's because the case may have resonated nationally, but Donovan isn't running in a national election—he's running in Staten Island, where voters see the Garner case much differently. National Journal

Duke abandons plan for Friday call to prayer . . . Duke University has abandoned its plan to transform the bell tower on the Methodist school’s neo-gothic cathedral into a minaret where the Muslim call to prayer was to be publicly broadcast. "It was clear that what was conceived as an effort to unify was not having the intended effect,” the school said. Fox News

Keith Koffler
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