Waching daily May 16 2017

Priebus, Bannon, Spicer Could Be Fired

by Anti-Media News Desk

In a report by Axios this morning, citing White House sources, President Trump is reportedly

considering a �huge reboot� of his core staff and cabinet members that could lead

to the termination of everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist

Steve Bannon, to counsel Don McGahn and press secretary Sean Spicer: �He�s frustrated,

and angry at everyone.�

According to Axios, the conversations intensified this week as the fallout from the Comey firing

�pushed the White House from chaos into crisis� and notes that Trump�s friends

are telling him that many of his top aides don�t know how to work with him, pointing

out that �his approval ratings aren�t rising, but the leaks are.� As a result

the advice he�s getting is to �go big � that he has nothing to lose,� the confidant

said.

�The question now is how big and how bold.

I�m not sure he knows the answer to that yet.�

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Additionally, Trump reportedly feels he has been �ill-served� by several of his Cabinet

officials.

Trump has two complaints about Cabinet members: Either they�re tooting their own horns too

much, or they�re insufficiently effusive in praising him as a brilliant diplomat, etc.

Among the cross-currents:

Under threat are some of his key economic and domestic policy advisors, including:

Wilbur Ross took what was perceived as a victory lap on a China trade announcement that does

little new in actuality.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions made a big announcement about increasing prison sentences,

at the same time that Jared is working on criminal-justice reform.

HHS Secretary Tom Price shares the blame for the glacial pace of health-care legislation.

Axios notes three caveats:

i) no Cabinet member is expected to �go this soon�, even though a West Wing shuffle

looks likely.

�One obstacle to recruiting new top aides is finding people who would have real clout

with a president not prone to enforced order�; ii) it could be just Trump venting: �Trump

often talks about firing people when things go south and does not follow through on it.

So it�s possible these conversations are his way of venting, and seeking reassurance�

iii) any internal moves could take a while: �Trump heads out on his first international

trip at the end of the week.

Also, there�s an internal argument for minimizing drama by cutting people out of the information

flow rather than firing them.� In all, it appears that virtually everyone

is in danger of losing their jobs, except for the core cadre of ex-Goldman advisors

who have now effectively taken over Trump�s �circle of trust.� One other official

winning Trump�s approval is Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who will be on �Meet

The Press� this morning defending his boss.

While a major cabinet shakeup is possible, another major problem emerges, however: if

Trump does purge Priebus and Bannon, gutting the core of his inner circle, what would be

left is �a straight line of mid-30s family members with scant governing experience: Jared

and Ivanka.

So while the fighting and leaking might ease, the problems may not because it�s the president,

not the staff, calling the shots.�

In other words, Trump may unleash a firing spree, and shift the blame for the fallout

from last week�s turbulent events to his top advisors, but once the internal purge

is complete, it will be only Trump � and his immedite family members � left to take

the blame� and there are still 3 years and 8 months left.

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Pope Acknowledges Thousands of Cases of Priests Raping - politics - Duration: 7:10.

Pope Acknowledges Thousands of Cases of Priests Raping Kids With No Recourse

Have you ever asked yourself why it has been decades now since the Catholic church has

had any high-profile sex scandals involving pedophile priests?

Apparently, it�s because they�re doing their best to keep it quiet, at least until

now.

According to FoxNews, �Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that the Vatican has a 2,000-case

backlog in processing clerical sex abuse cases and says criticism of the slow pace was justified.

But he says more staff are being added and insists the Vatican is �on the right path.��

For victims of the alleged abuse, �on the right path� probably translates into, �we�re

doing nothing about it.� For the Catholic Church, arguably the largest religious organization

on the planet, to know about 2,000 cases of alleged pedophilia in its ranks, and to be

doing nothing about it, may be as egregious as the heinous acts themselves.

The renewed pressure on the Catholic Church, and specifically the Vatican, stems from the

resignation of Marie Collins, an Irish pedophile-priest-sex-abuse-survivor who resigned in March from Pope Francis�

sex abuse advisory commission.

Collins said she quit because her commission, formulated to root out pedophile priests was

being met with, in her words, �unacceptable� levels of resistance from the Vatican.

In other words, they were ignoring the recommendations set forth by the investigative and reform

group.

Speaking with reporters on his plane, Francis said of Collins, she�s �a great woman�

and was �a bit right� about her criticisms.

�Marie Collins was right on that point.

But we are on the right path, as there were 2,000 cases backlogged,� he said.

Did you catch that?

There are at least 2,000 more cases, assumed to be previously absent from the high-profile

now decades-old scandals of the 80�s and 90�s

It�s safe to say, with the departure of one of the leading figures comprising the

advisory board, that the Catholic church is stalling.

Instead of taking down the pedophiles, and turning them over to authorities for prosecution,

they�re simply content on maintaining a 2,000 case backlog

The church�s inaction on pedophilia may signal to some critics as well as survivors

of pedophile priest abuses, that the emotional development of its children is of little concern

to the church, who some have said are protecting pedophiles instead of rooting them out from

among their ranks.

It�s unclear if the latest revelations that the church is still doing nothing will further

drive Catholic Church members into Evangelical abuse and Protestant churches, but in our

opinion, doing nothing about the backlog is just as bad as pedophilia itself.

As the Free Thought Project previously reported, this scandal has long affected the Catholic

church.

In 2014, Pope Francis admitted that �about two percent� or 1 in 50 Roman Catholic priests

are pedophiles.

He then promised solutions to the history of the church essentially condoning the horrid

practice.

However, it appears that his solution is to sweep it under the rug.

According to a report out of the AP, Pope Francis has quietly reduced sanctions against

a handful of pedophile priests, applying his vision of a merciful church even to its worst

offenders in ways that survivors of abuse and the pope�s own advisers question.

One of the child molesting priests given clemency by the Pope was later arrested and sentenced

to more than four years in jail for abusing multiple boys aged 12-16.

The Rev. Mauro Inzoli is now facing a second church trial after new evidence emerged against

him, according to the AP.

It is no secret that the Vatican has been sweeping the issue of pedophilia under the

rug for many years.

In 2014, the UN issued a scathing report, blasting the Vatican for protecting pedophiles.

The U.N. committee�s main human rights investigator, Sara Oviedo, led the most intense grilling

the Holy See has received on the issue, according to a report by The Associated Press.

Given the �zero tolerance� policy of the Vatican, she asked, why were there �efforts

to cover up and obscure these types of cases?�

Another committee member, psychologist Maria Rita Parsi, added: �If these events continue

to be hidden and covered up, to what extent will children be affected?�

One such event that was covered up by the Vatican and the Western media at large was

the reverend Gino Flaim, who claimed to �understand pedophilia� and said it�s caused by the

child�s attempt to find affection.

He told Italy�s La7 television channel, �I�ve been to lots of schools, and I know

children.

Unfortunately, there are children who seek affection because they don�t receive it

at home and I understand that some priests can give up.

Pedophilia is a sin, and like all sins has to be accepted.�

When the interviewer asked Flaim, �So, you actually mean that most of the time it�s

because of the kid�s fault?�

Flaim responded by saying, �Yes, most of the time.�

After condoning pedophilia and blaming it on the child, this holy man went on to bash

homosexuality, calling it a �disease.�

Many canon lawyers and church authorities argue that defrocking pedophiles can put society

at greater risk because the church no longer exerts any control over them.

They argue that keeping the men in restricted ministry, away from children, at least enables

superiors to exert some degree of supervision.

However, as the case of Rev. Mauro Inzoli illustrates, these people need to be locked

up.

In November, an Italian criminal judge showed little mercy in convicting Inzoli of abusing

five children, aged 12-16, and sentencing him to four years, nine months in prison.

The judge said Inzoli had a number of other victims but their cases fell outside the statute

of limitations, according to the AP.

With pedophilia scandals rocking the elite right now, is it that surprising to learn

that the Pope is attempting to downplay the church�s role in the horrific practice?

As the AP reports, Francis scrapped the commission�s proposed tribunal for bishops who botch abuse

cases following legal objections from the congregation.

The commission�s other major initiative � a guideline template to help dioceses

develop policies to fight abuse and safeguard children � is gathering dust.

The Vatican never sent the template to bishops� conferences, as the commission had sought,

or even linked it to its main abuse-resource website.