Democrats Are Leading America Down the Garden Path to Socialism

Former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly accuses the Obama administration of slashing NYC counterterrorism funding by 50% in retaliation for Senator Chuck Schumer's 2015 refusal to back Obama's Iran deal : "There's...vindictiveness....they remember very well that Senator Schumer did not support their Iran deal." The halved funding would significantly impact New York’s readiness, Kelly said. ~~~~~ Meanwhile, Newsmax charges that advocates for terrorists control the debate and policies for countering the threat from Islamic terrorism in New York City. Newsmax says special interest groups, such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), "have law enforcement on a leash." Newsmax cites the New York City Police Department (NYPD) being targeted because of an effective anti-terrorist program that focused on radical Moslems : "The NYPD is the latest law enforcement agency...to succumb to pressure of Islamic groups demanding changes in anti-terrorism investigations and training they claim discriminate against Moslems." In a recent court settlement, NYPD agreed to suppress a highly acclaimed report (Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat) that's been a proven tool in terrorism investigations. The settlement ends a 2013 lawsuit by three Moslems, two mosques and a Moslem nonprofit accusing the NYPD of "discriminatory surveillance" after 9/11. Moslem communities and institutions were singled out," they alleged. The now-purged report "stigmatizes an entire faith community and invites discrimination," the Moslem plaintiffs claimed. The report was created to provide law enforcement agencies and legislators with information related to the operations of domestic terrorists after the 9/11 attacks. The NYC agreement to delete it from the NYPD website is a "blatant act of cowardliness," according to Patrick Dunleavy, former deputy inspector general of the New York State prisons’ criminal intelligence division, who has worked with NYPD intelligence. "Seeing the NYPD and city officials caving in to the demands of a few is most disheartening," says Dunleavy. ~~~~~ And, legislation is underway to give illegal immigrants the right to vote in New York City elections next year. The New York Post reports that Bertha Lewis, head of the Black Institute -- part of a coalition of immigration-rights groups pushing the legislation -- says a bill will be introduced this spring : "We want to expand the right to vote for everybody, not suppress the vote." There are an estimated 1.3 million non-citizen non-voting NYC residents, of whom 500,000 are illegals. Lewis says : "We want people to participate in civic life...It will lead to a healthier community." But New York state's Conservative Party chairman, Mike Long, called the idea "outrageous," charging that liberals may be behind the effort to boost Democratic Party enrollment and "buy votes." ~~~~~ Judicial Watch (JW) says Moslem rights groups, especially CAIR, wield great power in the Obama administration, especially about law enforcement agency anti-terrorism training -- forcing the FBI to purge material Moslems found offensive, making Illinois police departments cancel counter-terrorism courses by accusing the instructor of being anti-Moslem, and forcing the FBI to halt an online program aimed at preventing youth radicalization because Moslem and Arab rights groups said it discriminates against Moslems and will cause bullying and religious profiling of students. ~~~~~ Dear readers, a recent American Action Network poll found 60% of Democratic primary voters say socialism has a "positive impact on society." A Bloomberg/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll found 43% of likely Iowa Democratic caucus-goers described themselves as "socialist." Bernie Sanders is a Socialist. NYC Democrat Mayor De Blasio favors a socialist agenda. They risk America's security and sacrifice its values to appease a tiny Moslem minority who bully the left into submission. Think about that while you are deciding who to vote for in 2016.