Marco Rubio’s Glass House: FBI Investigation, Allegedly Involved in Drug Scandal

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2016 Presidential Election, David Rivera, drug scandal, Government corruption, Marco Rubio, Pay to Play, Republican Party

 

 

“He who lives in a glass house should never throw stones,” a metaphor staunchly ignored by Republican Party 2016 presidential candidate, Senator Marco Rubio’s whose glass house may be on the verge of crumbling down and just in time for tonight’s Fox News GOP Debate.

Former Congressman David Rivera (R-FL), a close political ally and best friend of the GOP establishment’s chosen one, Marco Rubio, is under investigation by the FBI.

According to a report by The Observer, the investigation involves a $100,000 bribe campaign contribution to Rivera along with amigo, Rubio’s “mutual involvement in various shady deals” and alleged “long track record of corruption that his political enemies will have a simple time exploiting” which dates back more than a decade.

The Observer (excerpt)

… the FBI refused to cut a deal with a businessman facing indictment who provided federal and state investigators with evidence that Mr. Rivera took a $100,000 bribe from a gambling executive based in Broward County.

The bribe came in the form of a $100,000 campaign contribution. Mr. Rivera agreed to take the cash during a secret meeting with the executive, ran it through a political entity that he claimed his mother was running, and used the money to pay for his personal expenses, said the source, who is a well-connected lawyer in Florida.”

Mr. Rivera and Mr. Rubio — who each received large legal campaign contributions from the gambling industry — subsequently voted against allowing the Seminole tribe to expand its gambling operations in Florida, exactly as the alleged bribe-offering executive wanted….

Mr. Rivera and Mr. Rubio were also involved in another dubious deal in the mid-2000s that is breathtakingly brazen even by Florida’s promiscuous standards and which was partially unraveled over many years by a joint FBI/DEA task force. One of the key figures in the scam was Alan Mendelsohn, a GOP lobbyist and fundraiser who raised about $2 million that he funneled to numerous Florida politicians or used for his personal benefit….

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“Never should we apologize for coming here illegally.” Rep. David Rivera (2009).

Judge a man by the company he keeps. Enter David Rivera at a 2009 hearing in support of illegal immigrants. Unemployed Americans need not apply.

Rubio on the FBI’s investigation of buddy, David Rivera.

Rubio’s appearance of distancing himself from his bff, the former Congressman is nothing more than an illusion. Case in point, the Iowa caucuses.

Marco Rubio’s friend David Rivera traveled to Iowa for caucuses (Source: Naked Politics/Miami Herald)

…Rivera traveled to Iowa ahead of Monday’s caucuses, visiting the eastern portion of the state and at meeting with other Rubio friends and volunteers to watch the results Monday night.

One of them posted a photograph of Rivera and three others posing at a Hooters restaurant in Davenport. In the picture, Rivera is giving a thumbs-up.

Dana Hudson, a Washington lobbyist and Rubio backer, posted the photo on Facebook. She appeared next to Rivera, along with Miami pollster Dario Moreno and Rafael “Ralph” Perez, a former aide to then-state Rep. Rubio. (Perez is also giving a thumbs-up.)

…Moreno said he and Perez volunteered for Rubio’s campaign, knocking on voters’ doors and telephoning them, but Rivera did not participate in those activities….

Does this “culture of corruption” remind you of anyone? Suggested reading: Breitbart News article, La Opinión: Marco Rubio Is a ‘Republican Obama’.

No wonder Floridians hate Rubio. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Marco Rubio is bought, paid for and owned by the establishment, lobbyists and donors and, therefore, ineligible and undeserving.

Source:

Rivera – http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.org/mostcorrupt/entry/david-rivera

Rubio photo: courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr-CC.

Our Weasel Of The Week!!

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California, Illegal Immigration, Pay to Play

Yes, once again, It’s time to present this week’s statuette of shame, The Golden Weasel!!

Every Tuesday, the Council nominates some of the slimiest, most despicable characters in public life for some deed of evil, cowardice or corruption they’ve performed. Then we vote to single out one particular Weasel for special mention, to whom we award the statuette of shame, our special, 100% plastic Golden Weasel. This week’s nominees were all particularly slimy and despicable, but the votes are in and we have our winner…the envelope please…

City Councilman and illegal migrant enabler Jhonny Pineda!

Puma By Design : My WOTW nomination this week goes to Jhonny Pineda, City Councilman of Huntington Park, (southeast Los Angeles), California.

Pineda just announced the appointment of two illegal immigrants to serve as commissioners on the city’s advisory boards.

Francisco Medina was appointed as Commissioner of the health and education commission and Julian Zatarain will laud over the parks and recreation commission.

This action reeks of pay to play. Medina interned for fellow council member, Gil Cedillo and Zatarain has only been in the country eight years and yes, both are in the country illegally.

What part of ILLEGAL does this newly elected obviously corrupt council member not get and who cares if the City’s legal counsel said that the appointments are legal, illegal is just that. ILLEGAL!

Pineda’s actions is a kick in the gut of every American and legal immigrant.

One of the things Barack Obama and his willing helpers are doing that is going to reverberate long after he packs up his golf clubs and leaves is to change the very meaning of what it means to be an American. For instance he recently changed the Oath of Citizenship to eliminate the provisions about defending America.

This only makes sense, of course, if you’re dealing primarily with economic migrants whom have no real loyalty to the United States, or Muslim immigrants whose first loyalty is to the Ummah. And by coincidence, that’s primarily whom Barack Obama and Jeh Johnson are flooding the country with. It’s particularly disgusting and insulting when you reflect that American Hispanics are the majority of Medal of Honor winners.

In California, I would almost say there’s little if any benefit from citizenship any more, Illegal aliens vote with impunity, employers are generally not stopped in any way from employing them, they have driver’s licenses, can apply and collect social welfare benefits freely, and most of the major cities in California are sanctuary cities that will not cooperate in deportations, even if they have criminal records. The logical next step is to have them hold public office and help run the state. Why not?

Jhonny Pineda is simply the first of many Weasels to use this trend to their advantage…because we are allowing it to happen. As such, he richly deserves his Golden Weasel. Tiene frijoles y arroz con esto? No problemo Amigo. We aim to please.

Well, there it is.

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Planned Parenthood Had Hillary’s Private Email Address

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Clinton emails, Election 2016, Hillary Clinton, lobbying, Obama Administration, Pay to Play, Planned Parenthood, political contribution, State Department

While not surprising, it is far more than a juicy tidbit that Planned Parenthood’s vice president of public policy and advocacy, Laurie Rubiner, communicated directly with Hillary Clinton via email. H/t Weekly Standard.

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Timing is everything. You think? An email(s) surfacing about the same time as revelations of Planned Parenthood harvesting and selling late term and after birth body parts of aborted babies (possibility across state lines).

[See:

• Fourth Planned Parenthood Video – VP Says Fetuses May Come Out Intact, Agrees Payments Specific to the Specimen (WARNING: Gruesome);
• Planned Parenthood ‘sponsors’ deny funding organization;
• Planned Parenthood Bullying Media Not to Air Undercover Sting Videos;
• Third Planned Parenthood Describes Harvesting, Sale of Aborted Baby Parts (WARNING: GRAPHIC); and
• Another Planned Parenthood Video Surfaces – Senior Executive Haggles over Price of Baby Parts, Method of Abortion.]

And then we have the cozy relationship between Hillary and Planned Parenthood as detailed in a report released Thursday by Susan B. Anthony List affiliate Women Speak Out PAC and America Rising.

Between 2010 and 2012 with the blessing of Hillary Clinton’s State Department, USA (U.S. Agency for International Development) gave International Planned Parenthood Federation $26 million in addition to Planned Parenthood spending $3.86 million lobbying the federal government during Barack Obama’s first term.

 

Reference political donations to Hillary from Planned Parenthood employees:

Washington Free Beacon

The former secretary of state collected nearly $10,000 from nine individuals who work for the country’s largest abortion provider, including from several high ranking executives at the billion-dollar operation. The first quarter fundraising total nearly matches the amount Clinton received over the course of her previous three political runs. She received far more from Planned Parenthood employees than her Democratic rivals, the former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., VT), the former Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, and the former Virginia senator Jim Webb…..

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Certainly, the fat cats chicks at Planned Parenthood are not the only ones sweating bullets (no pun intended).

 

LINKS:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/planned-parenthood-had-hillarys-private-email-address_1001890.html
https://www.scribd.com/doc/273163952/Planned-Parenthood-Had-Hillary-s-Private-Email-Addressc-05764008
https://www.scribd.com/doc/273174353/Hillary-Clinton-and-Planned-Parenthood-Report-dtd-July-30-2015-by-Women-Speak-Out-PAC-and-Susan-B-Anthony-List
http://freebeacon.com/politics/planned-parenthood-pours-cash-to-clinton/

Appeals Ct. Overturns 5 of Former Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich’s Convictions

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Government corruption, ILLINOIS, Pay to Play, Rod Blagojevich

 

Breaking, as is reported being reported by the Associated Press, a federal appeals court has just thrown out five of eighteen convictions against former Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich for corruption and tossed out his 14-year sentence.

The court, however, did not order Blagojevich’s release. Blagojevich has so far served two years of the 14-year sentence.

 

LINKS:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/appeals-court-overturns-convictions-imprisoned-illinois-gov-rod-32599532
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/appeals-court-tosses-blagojevich-prison-sentence/

The U.S. Constitution Actually Bans Hillary’s Foreign Government Payola

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Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Election 2016, Government corruption, Hillary Clinton, Obama Adminitration, Pay to Play, State Department

 

The Federalist by Sean Davis (March 2, 2015)

The Washington Post reported last week that the tax-exempt foundation run by Bill and Hillary Clinton accepted money from seven foreign governments while Hillary served as U.S. Secretary of State (it’s unclear how much foreign money the organization accepted while Hillary was a U.S. Senator). Super shady, right? It’s worse than that, though, because Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution actually bans foreign payola for U.S. officials.

The constitutional ban on foreign cash payments to U.S. officials is known as the Emoluments Clause and originated from Article VI of the Articles of Confederation….

Continue Reading – The U.S. Constitution Actually Bans Hillary’s Foreign Government Payola

 

LINK:
http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/02/the-u-s-constitution-actually-bans-hillarys-foreign-government-payola/

Glenn Beck – One on One with Grover Norquist (video)

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bureacratic corruption, Glenn Beck, Government corruption, Grover Norquist, islamic-terrorism, Islamization of America, Lobbyists, Muslim Brotherhood, Pay to Play, Progressive Republican Establishment, Republican Party

 

Last Thursday, Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, finally appeared on The Glenn Beck Program “to defend himself against accusations that he is an ‘agent of influence’ for radical Islamists. Norquist set up the Islamic Free Market Institute roughly 20 years ago, and through the organization, Beck said, he crossed paths with a number of controversial figures, including two now-imprisoned terrorists.”

Beck removed the pay wall making the interview available to all who wanted to watch, subscribers of TheBlaze or not.

Definitely a must see. Squirm, Grover, squirm.

 

 

In case you have not seen it, check out the Glenn Beck Program (expose) which aired Wednesday leading up to Thursday’s interview with Grover Norquist: “Glenn Beck Exposes Grover Norquist 03252015 (video) (UPDATE 3/26 a.m.)”

 

During Wednesday’s expose (video above), Beck brought out his chalkboard, supports and named names only to follow up Friday morning after Thursday’s one on one with a recap and fact checks (below).

 

 

LINKS:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/03/26/grover-norquist-gets-his-chance-to-defend-against-accusations-of-being-an-agent-of-influence-for-radical-islamists-not-true/
http://viewpointsofasagittarian.com/glenn-beck-exposes-grover-norquist-03252015-video/
https://soundcloud.com/glennbeck/grover-norquist-vs-joe-pesci-32715