♪♪♪
Seventy million acres
of wide-open possibilities.
Nevada is untouched...
♪♪♪
a place where the desert comes to life.
The ground holds the history,
and nature perseveres.
♪♪♪
"I've been camping all my life,
"and these are the kind of places
"where I feel free and feel like a whole person.
"This is where I feel at home."
I get a ride with Nevada's most notorious
outdoorsman, Jim Boone.
"They discovered gold,
"and hence the name became Gold Point
"which is what we live with now."
I stop at Gold Point
for one-of-a-kind mining history.
"It was meant to look like a watchtower,
"a wonderful watchtower
"looking out over this valley."
In Austin I explore the history
behind Stokes Castle.
"All right, so we're gonna race.
-We're gonna race, and you're gonna go down.
-Drake, you know I like you,
"but you're talking smack.
"I'm gonna have to put you in your place.
-We'll see."
And I get some air at the Nellis Dunes.
♪♪♪
"Pretty spectacular, isn't it?
"Nevada is like that."
♪♪♪
I'm John Burke.
Join me as I explore the seventh-largest
state in the nation
here on Outdoor Nevada.
♪♪♪
Any visitor to Nevada will quickly find
that one of the state's greatest treasures
is its people and today I found a gem
in Jim Boone, an ecologist who knows
all of Las Vegas' nature secrets.
(John Burke) Nevada's favorite son. Jim, good seeing you.
-It's nice to meet you too, John,
and what a great place to do it.
-Yeah, no kidding.
If I described you as an outdoorsman
and an environmentalist, would that be accurate?
(Jim Boone) Yeah, it would be. I spend most of my time
these days working on protecting the landscape,
both to keep it open for recreation
so we can continue to go out here
and also keep it safe for the plants
and animals that live here.
-And you're very successful at that.
Give me some of the places you've worked on,
where you've succeeded at that.
-Well, we helped get Basin and Range
National Monument established.
We helped get Gold Butte
National Monument established.
And I've been very active on the mining claim
marker project too where we're taking down
old historic markers that are trapping
and killing birds out here.
-Why do you love it so much?
You take it to the next level of action.
How come?
-You know, I've been camping all my life,
and these are the kind of places
where I feel free and feel like a whole person.
This is where I feel at home.
In 2002 Jim started BirdAndHike.com,
a passion-driven website that details
all the hikes around Las Vegas
and gives tips on how to optimize birdwatching
and hiking experiences in the area.
What are we going to see today?
-We're going to start here at Pahranagat
headquarters, and then we're going
to drive out into the Desert National
Wildlife Refuge, a big wild country,
and hopefully see some petroglyphs
and those spectacular sand dunes out there.
-I'm excited. I got this feeling
like it's going to be a great day.
Shall we go take a look? -Let's do it.
-Are you driving? -I am.
-Let's go. -All right.
At Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge,
9.2 miles of hiking trails cross over meadows,
marshes, lakes, streams and desert habitat,
and 264 bird species have been recorded here.
That's half of all birds documented
in the entire state of Nevada.
Well, I gotta say, Jim, that I find this
to be kind of unusual out here to see this.
What do we know about this?
-It turns out we don't know a whole lot.
We think it was probably built about 1870,
but just not a whole lot of information about why.
The place, the exact site seems to be
confusing to people, to historians.
-How would the role of the Southern Paiutes
or the Native Americans in this area
play into this building?
-Well, the stones that were used to build it
have petroglyphs on them so the native people
would have been doing something
like sitting up on the hill behind us
and maybe watching for deer or something
coming down to the water
and just maybe doodling in their spare time.
It's hard to say.
But making petroglyphs on small rocks,
and then people came and gathered the rocks
and built them into this building.
Though it may not offer the comforts
that appeal to you and me,
this modest home has become
a critical environment for local bats.
♪♪♪
A short hike off of Alamo Road
brings us to something pretty special.
What is it?
-These are some really old petroglyphs here
we can see on the rock walls behind us.
-Now, who would have put these here and when?
-The Southern Paiute people or perhaps
the people that lived here before them
because we can tell these are old
because they're all abstract designs.
On these we don't see any bighorn sheep
or representations of people.
That tells us this is some pretty old artwork.
-Impossible to answer, I know,
but I'm going to ask you anyway,
what do you think it says?
-Yes indeed, impossible to answer
because we weren't part of that culture.
But we can look at some things,
for instance back here we see
a lot of dots on the rocks.
This suggests to me that somebody
was counting something and it's the longest
nights of the year, shortest days,
and the Sun is low on the horizon.
These dots with that shadow cast across,
that could actually be a solstice calendar.
We might have to come back on December 21
and see where that shadow lies
relative to those dots.
-I'm struck by how you're able to read the land.
It talks to you like a book,
and I don't have that talent.
How many hikes have you taken in your life?
-You know, that's like asking
how many is infinity.
(laughter)
-People look at me and they say
you've hiked everywhere, haven't you?
And I say no, there's one more ridge,
there's one more wash.
I haven't been up every one.
That's an infinite number of places here,
and you look in every one
and you're going to find something exciting.
With a Ph.D in ecology
and a lifetime spent in the outdoors,
Jim has some of the richest knowledge
of Nevada lands.
Ask him about flora and fauna,
geology or anything outdoors,
and Jim likely has the answer.
There's nothing I like more
than an interesting landscape in Nevada,
and this certainly has that.
Tell me about these sand dunes here
because you don't see that very often.
-Well, certainly not in this part of the world.
These sand dunes are probably
100 to 120 feet high back here,
and the sand comes from this big open
expanse out here, this big dry lake.
Prevailing winds blow it this way,
the winds hit up against the mountains
and drop their load of sand.
The wind keeps going,
and the sand dunes build here.
-How long has the dry lake bed been there?
-It's hard to say how long it's been dry.
We know that about 10,000 years ago
when people first came, it would have been a lake
with reeds and tules and ducks and everything
you'd expect to find around a lake.
-One thing you notice out here
besides how quiet it is, there's not too many
roads out here. -No, there's not.
In fact, this is the largest
roadless area in the Lower 48.
These sand dunes spread over 15,600 square miles
within the Desert National Wildlife
Refuge's 1.65 million acres of land.
You're a man who knows about the outdoors,
who certainly knows about Nevada.
One of the challenges I have in my job
is to explain to people how beautiful it is
in a place like this.
How do you describe this?
Can you help me with that?
-You know, that's a big question.
It's hard to say.
You have to come here
and see it to understand it.
But what do I feel? I feel at home.
I feel like this is where I belong.
This is peace and quiet,
and this is where my brain slows down.
I feel calm and content out here.
-I gotta say, I know you had to take a day
out of your life to spend it with me
but I have really benefited from this,
and I hope the audience does as well.
So Jim, thank you so much for this,
and I appreciate it. -Thanks for having me,
and thanks for your interest
in our public lands.
People like Jim spend years of their lives
preserving the most precious landscapes
and life forms of Nevada.
Their endless dedication makes the state
the treasure we know today.
Although these sand dunes have been in motion
for thousands of years, they've left this land
relatively unchanged, and that's in part
because of guys like Jim, a true Nevadan
who knows all the great hiking spots
and cares deeply about this land.
♪♪♪
The Silver State is full of mining history
and old ghost towns in the middle
of absolutely nowhere, but today I think
I found something a little different.
Welcome to Gold Point, Nevada,
population five, or maybe six,
depending on who's in town that day.
This place is like a living museum,
and if you're feeling it,
you can even stay here overnight.
About 180 miles away from Las Vegas
and frozen a half a century in the past,
this defunct mining town may be
tapped out of gold ore, but it's still producing
incredible memories to this day.
Walt, how are you? -Great, John.
How are you doing? -Good, good to see you.
-Yeah.
-I got a thousand questions for you.
-One at a time, though.
-All right, it all begins here.
When was this town founded?
When did this all begin?
(Walter Kremin) This started back in 1868
when it was called Lime Point originally
where they used to come up here.
That hill over there was a lime deposit,
and that's how it got its name,
by people coming up here doing prospecting.
Then in '08 they came up here
and found silver, hornsilver,
and renamed the town Hornsilver.
"Hornsilver" is an informal name
for silver chloride that's been exposed
to desert air and polished by the elements.
The resulting patina is said to resemble
the color of a cow's horn,
thus the name "hornsilver."
In the late '20s,
in '28 they discovered gold,
and hence the name became Gold Point
which is what we live with now.
-And back in the day at its height,
how many people were here?
-As many as coming and going 1,200,
mostly around the 800 level
during the heyday of the town.
Unfortunately mining is a boom
or bust industry, and Gold Point
eventually hit hard times.
But in the late 1970s,
Walt and his partners stepped in.
What are you trying to do out here?
-We're trying to make it something
that people can come up and enjoy
and get a feel of what it was like
back in the day when people had to live
this hard life that it was up here.
-I just got here, but I can see
you're doing an awesome job.
What is this building behind us?
-This one is the post office right here
which also has an adjoining residence
next to it which we've made
into part of our bed and breakfast.
The post office has been closed since 1964.
Ora Mae, which was the post mistress,
lived on here until the '80s.
When she passed away
is when we acquired the building.
-And it's like a time capsule.
You're maintaining it but nothing has changed.
-Nothing. In fact, I keep
some of the buildings exactly like that.
I haven't even removed or put anything
in there for 35 years.
-You're really preserving it.
-Yeah, absolutely.
We left all the dust from the '70s in there.
But Walt isn't just saving
on housecleaning bills,
he's capturing a remarkable slice
of American history.
You're looking at the Ohio Mine
which was closed in the late '30s
just before the war for the war effort.
The Ohio Mine wasn't the only gold mine
that closed for World War II.
In 1942 the War Production Board
issued Order No. 208
deeming gold mining "inessential."
After that all the mines shut down,
and the miners went to war.
How deep does this mine go?
-About 1,000 feet.
-It looks like it's in great condition.
Did you fix it up or was it like that?
-No, it was like that, and pretty much
what you see there is the way it's stayed
since they removed the equipment in the '60s.
The only thing that changes it
is the panels start disappearing
because the wind takes them.
The mine reopened on a smaller scale
after the war but in the 1960s,
a cave-in closed the Dunfee Shaft for good.
Since then the town has been
pretty much frozen in time.
I think American history really never dies,
and when you've got a curator,
somebody that knows it and can show it in 3D,
it's a whole new experience.
When people stay here,
where do they stay in town?
-We have the bed and breakfast,
and that would be the rooms that we have
which are eight, and they go anywhere
from renting a whole house to a cabin that suits two.
We have the dry camping
which people put up tents for that matter,
and then we also have the trailer park.
-And where do they eat?
-They eat right by the saloon there;
we have a full kitchen.
-A saloon? Now you're talking my language.
Can we go take a look at that?
-Absolutely. Let's do it.
At its peak Gold Point boasted 13 saloons.
After all, mining is a thirsty business.
But now the town only has one,
so a Gold Point pub crawl starts and ends right here.
So Walt, this is the saloon.
I'm guessing this is the big gathering place.
-Yeah, it's the focal point of the whole town.
It's nice especially when evenings
cool off a little bit.
We start a fire and in the morning
when we have breakfast, it's nice and welcoming
especially if you're camping.
-What would you say is the busiest time for you?
-Spring and fall.
Usually spring is the best time I think
because people love that freshness
and the earth hasn't had a chance to warm up.
As it warms up during the summer,
it retains a lot of that heat,
and spring is usually so much more refreshing.
-I gotta tell you, this place has character
and I think you're a character
in the best way. -Yeah, thank you.
-I don't know how many people come here,
but it's not enough.
Everybody should come here, meet you,
get a drink and spend the night
and get some mining history.
Thank you for this day. -Thanks for being here.
You have a good trip back.
No matter what time of year,
Gold Point is a refreshing way
to slip out of the present
and into Nevada's mining history.
I guess it seems this little town
is frozen in time and I suppose
that's probably true,
and that's why people come here.
But that's not the end of the story.
See, Walt has big plans.
It turns out he wants to build a mining museum
right here at the end of Main Street.
Until then come on out to Gold Point.
You look like the kind of folks
that fit right in.
♪♪♪
On the Loneliest Highway in America,
Austin hold on to the memories of times past.
Founded in 1862, the mining town
was once the second-largest city
in the state, but that's not all.
This little town keeps something else
to be remembered by:
A western castle you gotta see to believe.
Robyn, how are you doing?
-I'm doing fantastic. How are you?
-Come on, look where we are.
-I know, it's wonderful up here.
Thanks for coming up and sharing
this Saturday morning with us.
-You're really passionate about this area.
-Yes, I'm very passionate about Austin.
-And you just got here, right?
(Robyn Veach) I just got here. April 7 I drove
through Austin for the first time,
and that was this year.
-Now you're working for the Chamber of Commerce.
-Working for the Chamber
and keeper of the keys to this castle.
I bought a home, buying a business,
and I just love to share how amazing
and quirky wonderful this place is.
The 1860 silver rush brought venturers
of all kinds to Austin, including one prospector
who would unknowingly give the town
its most noteworthy feature.
His name was Anson Phelps Stokes.
Anson Stokes was a mogul: A banking mogul,
a mining mogul and a railroad mogul.
In the 1890s, that's what was
happening out here was banking,
mining and railroads.
There was a project he was working on
that ended up being the Central Nevada Railway.
He saw this location and there were mines
on the property and mining equipment,
and he bought it.
-He had a little bit of money?
-He had a lot of money.
When he passed away in 1913,
his estimated net worth was about $20 million.
-Yeah, that would do it. -That would do it.
-So he comes out here, he's figuring,
I'm thinking, maybe a summer home?
-Yes, this was meant to be a summer home.
He was a well traveled businessman,
had traveled through Europe,
and outside of Rome he had seen
a castle that he loved so when he landed here,
he could build whatever he wanted
so he built this castle,
which they referred to as the "Tower."
They did not call it a castle.
It had a battlement on the third floor,
on the roof level, so it was meant
to look like a watchtower,
a wonderful watchtower
looking out over this valley
and watching everything below it.
In between each hand-hewn stone,
a layer of clay mortar and wedged rocks
have held this structure together
for over a century.
It took about a year and a half
for the Tower or the castle to be built.
It was done all by local miners and craftsmen.
The granite is native to the area,
so as they mined out these stones and rocks,
they could use them for the castle.
-You said it's three levels,
and then there's these beams coming out.
-Yes, these are the balconies.
This was an opulent palace.
It had balconies that could look out
over the valley.
It had plate-glass windows and fireplaces
and the fanciest indoor plumbing for the day.
-How many bedrooms?
How many kids did he and his wife have?
-He ended up having nine children
with his wife together.
We believe at the age they traveled here
and were here for that one summer,
there were a few children that traveled with them
and that was it, two to three.
The Stokes laid their roots in New York City
where Anson ran multiple prospering businesses
in mining, banking and even real estate.
At the time Austin seemed to give
the Stokes family a much-needed escape.
Oh, my gosh, I'm seeing it. I'm seeing Italy.
-Can't you picture it? -Yes.
-It was very Italian, very opulent.
If you imagine this building
with the fresh plaster walls
and possibly wallpaper, they were not camping.
This was a vacation home for a very wealthy family
in the 1890s.
-We're talking candelabras...
-We're talking rugs and furniture,
tapestries and china and silver.
All of that was here.
-And I could see where the stairs went,
so there were three levels.
-Three levels, very Victorian
with the 12-foot ceilings.
You can imagine what it looked like in the 1800s.
-And three fireplaces?
-There were three fireplaces,
so we're on the lower level.
This would have been the first floor,
and it would have the kitchen and dining area.
The second floor would have most likely
been the parlor and the gathering area,
and the third floor would be two bedrooms.
Each of the second and third floor
had a balcony and plate-glass windows
that you could go out and enjoy
the Reese River Valley view.
-If these walls could talk, what would they say?
-Oh, gosh, they'd talk of an amazing spot
and a home that wasn't lived in
or loved enough, I think.
It was too short-lived, I believe,
for as beautiful as I imagine it was.
-It certainly deserved a little bit more.
-I think it did.
The Stokes family spent a full month
in the castle in the summer of 1897.
They came back for a few days in October
of the same year and made their final
visit in the summer of 1898
when they sold all their property in town.
Robyn, thank you for everything
you're doing for Austin, for Nevada
and for taking me out here today.
-Thanks for coming to visit us.
To call it a short-lived vacation home
barely scratches the surface of what
Stokes Castle represents to this community,
a time stamp of its history
and the pride of the town.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Stokes Castle, a perfect example
of Nevada history standing tall,
waiting for you to come and see it for yourself.
♪♪♪
When the world tells you
there's some place you aren't meant
to drive, a high-torque,
adrenaline-fueled buggy says
"try me."
Look behind me through the haze and dust,
and you might see Las Vegas.
Now, on the outskirts of Las Vegas
is Nellis Air Force Base.
Out here there's not much,
but you know the people in Nevada,
they usually do something with that land,
wondering why nothing's going on.
Oh, but there is.
It's called Sunbuggy, and this is my guy Drake.
How are you doing, pal? -How's it going?
-Good. How many of these buggies have you got?
-We've got 90.
-And then you've got ATVs?
-Oh, yeah. We've got roughly 50.
Today I'm on the north side of town
for a high-octane adventure.
Drake will be my guide over the dunes today
and maybe even some good-natured competition.
He's a Vegas native
whose father was once a pilot
in the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
Needless to say, speed runs in this guy's blood.
What are the ages that can come out here?
(Drake Hickey) We've got kids as young as four years old
or as old as 90-plus. -No kidding!
How many people can go out at one time?
-At one time we can have nine buggies
with between four and two people per buggy.
-Okay, tell me about your courses.
You have different kinds of courses?
-We can do Nellis, which is a slower pace.
We're still going over the dunes
and it's more sand.
Then we also have the Baja Chase.
On that I go as fast as I can
and you guys try to catch up,
but it's kind of hard.
-Oh, that sounds like a challenge,
but we'll get to that in a second.
How long are these courses?
-We have a 30-minute and an hour.
-And you also have an evening ride.
-Yes, at 7 p.m. where we put some lights on here
and you can follow us through the dark.
-Dude, that's insane! Is it all year?
-All year-round, 365 days.
-What about conditions,
like today it's a little breezy.
Is that going to slow you down any?
-The wind has no effect on the engines.
Buggies rose in popularity in the '60s
after the introduction of the Meyers Manx.
Air-cooled engines and wide tires
make them fast, stable and able to rip across
all kinds of sandy, rough terrain.
So how does this work today between you and I?
-First we're going to get strapped up,
be nice and safe and we're just gonna hit it.
-All right, so we're gonna race?
-We're gonna race, and you're gonna go down.
-Drake, you know I like you,
but you're talking smack
I'm gonna have to put you in your place.
-We'll see, we'll see.
-Let's have at it. -All right.
Drake and I get in position for a classic
hotrod-style race, only today instead
of shredding the blacktop,
we're crashing through the sand.
Call me delusional, but I like my chances.
Here we go!
(engines roaring)
♪♪♪
Whoo! This is like fuel-injected fun
to the max out here, and here's the thing:
There's like 100 people out here,
this is the place to be,
but there's 15,000 acres of BLM land.
These tracks are endless.
I gotta go join them!
♪♪♪
When the dune buggy became popular
in the '60s, it represented
the non-conformity and free spirit
that was the signature of the decade.
Today that spirit lives on as the modern buggy
still races us into the great outdoors
towards freedom and adventure.
♪♪♪
Drake, you totally owned me on that, man.
-You almost had me but then at the end,
I got you.
-Yeah, you're being kind.
I got one more word for you:
Rematch! -Done!
♪♪♪
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Supreme Court of the United States Justice Kennedy's 5-Word Reason For Retiring, During
Trump Era Has Dems Fuming.
Just after announcing his retirement, vital swing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
revealed 5 remarkable words that explain why he chose to retire during President Donald
Trump's term — and liberals couldn't be more outraged.
In an era in which the opposition specializes in social justice, it's crucial to combat
such passive resistance with actual legal justice.
So, while the left is marching in the streets, wearing pink knit hats and chanting repetitive
vulgarities, conservatives are winning elections, passing bills, and implementing legislation.
On Wednesday, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy made an unexpected announcement that
he will decidedly retire under the current administration, handing President Donald Trump
the opportunity to pick his second judge to inevitably tip the SCOTUS scale to the right.
While addressing Justice Kennedy's announcement, President Trump not only honored the 30-year
SCOTUS judge, he also revealed the real reason the moderate justice chose to step down during
his term instead of that of any other president.
According to Trump, Kennedy feels at peace leaving the open seat for him to fill because
he wants the president to "carry on his great legacy," The Daily Caller reports.
Trump further explained that Kennedy has faith in him and trusts that he will uphold the
law.
"Great man.
And I'm very honored that he chose to do it during my term in office, because he felt
confident in me to make the right choice and carry on his great legacy, that's why he
did it," Trump said of Kennedy's retirement.
While speaking in North Dakota, Trump recognized that incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Kathryn
"Heidi" Heitkamp will likely deny any nomination he chooses, although he expressed
optimism that he will be able to convince the Senate regardless.
"And remember this, so we have a pick to come up, we have to pick a great one.
We have to pick one that is going to be there for 40 years, 45 years.
We need intellect, we need so many things.
There are so many elements, go into the making of a great justice of the Supreme Court, you
gotta hit every one of them.
Heidi will vote no to any pick we make for the Supreme Court," Trump continued.
However, Heitkamp did accept Trump's SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch in 2017, showcasing the
president's ability to gain support from both sides of the political aisle.
Gorsuch was nominated and confirmed in just over 2 months, giving Democrats a legitimate
reason to worry about Trump's promise to "immediately" begin searching for a replacement
for Kennedy ahead of the November elections.
His pick will undoubtedly sway the Supreme Court toward conservatism, as the remaining
8 justices are evenly politically split.
Expectedly, leftists are lamenting the world's end, arguing that a conservative Supreme Court
will result in Nazi-like legislation, a phobia they justify in their trivializing comparison
of President Trump to Hitler.
Senator Chuck Schumer incited panic in the left, equating the restoration of conservative
American values to the abolition of human rights, The Washington Post reports.
"Nothing less than the fate of our health-care system, reproductive rights for women and
countless other protections for middle-class Americans are at stake," Senate Minority
Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a floor speech, calling the Kennedy vacancy
the "most important . . . in at least a generation."
"Millions of people are just months away from determining the senators who should vote
to confirm or reject the president's nominee, and their voices deserve to be heard now,
as Leader McConnell thought they should deserve to be heard then," Schumer said.
"Anything but that would be the absolute height of hypocrisy."
For far too long, the left has wielded the Supreme Court as a weapon against individual
liberties, reducing our constitutional rights to rubble in order to satisfy their desire
to topple Western values.
Now that Trump has the opportunity to swing the Supreme Court, major issues such as abortion,
illegal immigration, LGBTQ privileges, and gun control are in danger of a much needed
legal overhaul.
No longer will the fringe minority be allowed to bully the benevolent majority.
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Bipartisan bill would make Puerto Rico a state - Duration: 1:27.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are trying to make Puerto Rico the 51st state of America.
The bipartisan Puerto Rico Admission Act of 2018 was introduced to the House on Monday.
It proposes the island become a state by 2021.
Supporters of the bill cite the need for equality.
Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy said,
Puerto Rico struggled to consistently provide a steady flow of power, food and clean water
to its residents following the storm.
Puerto Rico is an American territory, and many have criticized the Trump administration's
response to its issues.
Puerto Ricans currently don't have the power to vote for the president or members of Congress.
Most don't pay federal income taxes, but they are required to pay other types of federal
taxes to the U.S. Puerto Rico is also over $70 billion in debt.
It filed a form of bankruptcy last year, but its bankruptcy options were limited because
it isn't a state.
Statehood could mean more bankruptcy protections in the future and more access to federal funds.
At least 20 Republicans and 14 Democrats have signed on to co-sponsor the bill.
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24Hrs After Nancy Pelosi Calls For 'Uprisings' Across U S , Her Plan Backfires On Her At Home - Duration: 13:21.
24Hrs After Nancy Pelosi Calls For 'Uprisings' Across U.S., Her Plan Backfires On Her At
Home
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has taken her "anything Trump does must be awful"
show on the road for an encore performance.
Attempting to downplay decades low unemployment and record highs in consumer confidence was
apparently to difficult from home or Washington.
As one of the most disliked politicians in America with a bevy of just flat ignorant
commentary to cite for exactly WHY Americans feel the way they do, Nancy just cannot seem
to help herself.
Keeping her mouth closed in order to not prove herself a fool again and again seems to simply
be too great a challenge for the California Democrat.
Now she has made comments sounding as though she is attempting to incite a rebellion against
the Trump administration.
It seems Nancy is concerned.
That concern centers around a former government policy of separating illegal migrant children
from their illegal migrant mothers and fathers when they are detained for crossing the border
into the United States without permission.
Yet for reasons known only to Nancy, she has never voiced any of these concerns over the
past 20 years or more that the policy of not detaining children in a government facility
has been going on.
Nancy's concern centered around the government policy of separating children from their criminal
parents when they are detained illegally entering the country.
Oddly, she has never voiced any of these concerns in the past 20 years… which is how long
the policy of not detaining children in a government facility has been in place.
She maintains it is "barbaric" to separate illegal migrant children from their illegal
migrant parents after they illegally enter the country to seek asylum.
Nancy, calling for protests, said she does not under "why there aren't uprisings
all over the country" of people expressing outrage about the policy.
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"First of all, this was act of the administration.
They had been planning this for a while," Nancy said at her weekly press conference
on Thursday.
"As a mother of five children, grandmother of nine, I'm sure any parents here, mother
or father, knows that this is barbaric.
This is not what America is.
But this is the policy of the Trump administration.
I just don't even know why there aren't uprisings all over the country.
And maybe there will be, when people realize that this is a policy that they defend."
Illegal migrant children were separated from their illegal migrant parents after illegally
crossing the border into the U.S. in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017,
and all of sudden out of the blue people like Nancy just decided to start caring in 2018.
This issue has been going on for years…long before current President Trump or even former
President Obama.
With virtue signaling all over the place, a truckload of overly emotional hysteria,
and a complete void of historical fact and context, this was not a sudden change or a
new policy.
The border did not magically move.
Yet for some reason, almost like a coordinated attack, folks all of sudden decided they "cared"
about the children of illegal migrants being with their mothers and fathers.
How very nice that Washington progressives, politicos, sycophants, and talking heads have
suddenly found their"compassion" and concern themselves about children having mothers and
fathers.
Nevermind the government has legal limitations on detaining illegal migrant children that
prevent children from being detained with their parents.
Family separation arises out of policy changes that require the detention of adults either
in criminal or immigration jails.
There are, however, existing legal limitations on holding children in custody, notably the
1997 Flores Settlement Agreement and legal prohibitions against holding children in adult
criminal facilities.
As a result, the child is taken from the parent and placed into the custody of the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) in HHS facilities.
In addition, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, there has also
been a 314% increase in adults showing up at the border with children they are not related
too.
These are not parents and families.
These are pimps and traffickers.
So what these people are actually saying with their misplaced "compassion" is they do
not want to separate children from their abusers.
They are literally asking…no, demanding…that vile, repugnant scum that see children as
a commodity to be bought and sold, used at will…as chattel, be catered to and accommodated.
All with plenty of media propagandists and lackeys on both the left and the right, throwing
in their "SEE, I CARE TOO!" nonsense.
Now Nancy is seeing her lemming supporters and future Democratic congressional candidates
backing away from their support of her.
Some are even outright attacking her in the hopes it will help their own chances of winning
at the polls.
Gil Cisneros (D), who is running for the soon-to-be-retired seat of Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) issued a statement
on his decision to not support Pelosi if his party retakes the House and Pelosi attempts
to run for Speaker yet again – "While I respect Leader Pelosi's years of advocacy
on behalf of California and the Democratic Party, it's time for new leadership."
as to his decision not to support Pelosi if his party takes back the House and she runs
for speaker.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Democrat Andrew Janz, who is running against
GOP Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare), has also stated he would not support Pelosi.
Janz states – "I think it's time for a new generation of leaders to go to Washington,
and this is with respect to both Democrats and Republicans.
I think the country, and my district in particular, is hungry for change."
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Trump forced to DEFEND immigration stance as US states SUE over forced family separation - Duration: 3:56.
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Defense chiefs of S. Korea and U.S. to meet Thursday in Seoul to discuss military cooperation - Duration: 0:47.
Continuing his trip to Northeast Asia,...
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis will be visiting South Korea this afternoon,...
for talks with his Seoul counterpart Song Young-moo.
According to South Korea's defense ministry,... the two defense chiefs are slated to discuss
ways to implement agreements made during the summits between Seoul and Pyongyang,... and
between Pyongyang and Washington.
The two military leaders are also expected to talk about the transfer of wartime operational
control to South Korea.
Currently the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command, or CFC,... has wartime operation control,...
and discussions are ongoing about transferring command to South Korea's Joint Chief of Staff.
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CDC: Only 23% of US Adults Get Enough Exercise - Duration: 0:31.
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U.S. top diplomats comment on on-going denuclearization - Duration: 2:01.
The U.S. are confident that North Korea understand Washington's demands on denuclearization.
That's according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who told a senate committee that talks
with North Korea are ongoing, amid concerns that follow-up have yet to take place.
Cha Sang-mi has more.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that contacts with North Korea are ongoing,...
with him in the lead of the communication.
However,... during testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, Pompeo
refused to give any details.
He said he was not prepared to talk about internal discussions taking place with Pyongyang,
calling it inappropriate and counterproductive,... before adding that the North Koreans would
be (quote) "watching this hearing."
The top U.S. diplomat said he was sure the regime knew the scope of denuclearization
the Trump administration is calling for.
"The North Koreans understand the scope of the request that we're making with respect
to denuclearization, and the elements that would be required.
(cut) We have been pretty unambiguous in our conversations about what we mean when we say
complete denuclearization."
Pompeo also confirmed that no remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War have
been handed over by the North, but said he was optimistic they will be "in the not too
distant future."
Meanwhile, President Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton during his visit to Moscow
on Wednesday, had more to add on North Korea's denuclearization.
When asked whether Trump plans to attend the fourth Eastern Economic Summit in Vladivostok,
to which North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is invited, Bolton chose instead to express his
anticipation for the regime to start giving up its nuclear weapons without delay.
"I don't know the answer to that.
It's possible.
But I do expect that following the meeting in Singapore that discussions with North Korea
on the denuclearization of North Korea are going to proceed quickly.
At least it's our hope and expectation."
Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News.
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North Korea understands scope of denuclearization required by U.S.: Pompeo - Duration: 0:52.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that contacts with North Korea are ongoing,...
with him in the lead of the communication.
However,... during testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, Pompeo
refused to give any details.
He said he was not prepared to talk about the details of internal discussions taking
place with Pyongyang, calling it inappropriate and counterproductive,... before adding that
the North Koreans would be (quote) "watching this hearing."
The top U.S. diplomat said he was sure the regime knew the scope of denuclearization
the Trump administration is calling for.
Pompeo also confirmed that no remains of U.S. soldiers killed during the Korean War have
been handed over by the North, but is optimistic they will be "in the not too distant future."
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Trump Threw A MAJOR Temper Tantrum When Meeting With US Allies - Duration: 3:47.
Well, it's been a few weeks since Donald Trump's G7 meeting, but we're still actually finding
out more and more information about some of the stupid things that he did at that meeting.
The latest actually comes from a transcript from one of the officials there who was taking
notes on everything that was said at the meeting, and it revealed that Donald Trump threw a
massive temper tantrum over the US' involvement in NATO.
According to the transcript, Donald Trump is absolutely pissed off about the fact that
the US is paying more to NATO than anyone else.
Technically, some European countries have not been paying what they were supposed to
paying for NATO, but so far that really hasn't hindered the organization whatsoever.
If the US is paying more than everybody else, it's because technically, as people always
like to brag, aren't we the richest country in the world?
Aren't we the best?
Aren't we the brightest?
Why would you not expect us, with all of our boastful bragging, to be the ones to have
to shoulder most of the responsibility for this organization?
But according to the transcript, Donald Trump went off on a tangent, said NATO is as bad
as NAFTA 'cause the US pays in all this money and we get absolutely nothing in return, which
that is completely false.
The US is not getting nothing in return for NATO.
Those are our very close allies.
We need them and that is why we are a part of it.
It is supposed to be to help us keep the peace, but in reality it's morphed into something
that's more like just a bunch of buddies who wanna go to war whenever they wanna go to
war.
Now, I'm not trying to defend NATO in any way.
I understand they do a lot of crappy things all over the world and they're currently involved
in them.
However, the United States does depend on them.
Donald Trump is attempting to blow up that alliance.
Why?
Well, it actually has nothing to do with the money that we're paying because later on he
actually revealed the real reason.
He believes that we need to just hand over Crimea to Russia.
He's really mad that our NATO allies over in Europe haven't just done that.
Why not give it to Vladimir Putin in Russia?
Now, this was part of the meeting.
This is what the man said.
As most people who've been paying attention to the situation understand, Russia has been
weaken and undermine NATO for quite some time now.
Basically, Donald Trump showed up at this G7 meeting, threw this temper tantrum in an
attempt to do Russia's bidding here.
Now, this is not Russiagate hysteria.
This is not new Cold War talking points.
This is literally what happened at the meeting that is easily verifiable.
There is no way to juggle around these facts.
This actually happened.
Donald Trump is out there advocating for these countries to hand over Crimea to Russia.
If they don't, he is going to go to a NATO meeting in just a few weeks and basically
make the whole thing about money so that they can't get anything else accomplished.
Donald Trump absolutely on at least this issue, most likely more, is doing Russia's bidding
for no reason, at least on the surface.
We have to assume as rational, thinking human beings that there is a reason why Donald Trump
is out there trying to advocate for Russia to our allies and alienating the people closest
to us.
Hopefully, somebody like Robert Mueller is gonna be able to figure out what that underlying
reason is.
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