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	<title>FlashReport &#187; Shawn Steel</title>
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		<title>AP Gets It Right On The Garcetti Win</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/05/23/ap-gets-it-right-on-the-garcetti-win/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p>Not long ago Associated Press discovered they are not immune
from the tentacles Obama’s “Main Justice”. Not merely peeking
at their emails, but now trolling their parents, AP reporters have
a right to be nervous.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/garcetti23n-web.jpg">
</a>Locally, AP distributed a
story which exposes the vulnerability of aggressive and greedy
government unions domination over local California governments.
Witness the LA mayoral elections. The key factor for liberal Eric
Garcetti beating liberal Wendy Greuel was painting her as the
government union controlled candidate. AP captured this story and
distributed throughout the country.</p>
<p>It begins…</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><em><strong>Garcetti Elected Mayor
Of Los Angeles After Calling Opponent A Pawn Of Labor
Bosses</strong></em></span>
<span style="color: #800000"><em>Michael Blood, Associated
Press</em></span>&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/05/23/ap-gets-it-right-on-the-garcetti-win/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Not long ago Associated Press discovered they are not immune
from the tentacles Obama’s “Main Justice”. Not merely peeking
at their emails, but now trolling their parents, AP reporters have
a right to be nervous.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/garcetti23n-web.jpg">
</a>Locally, AP distributed a
story which exposes the vulnerability of aggressive and greedy
government unions domination over local California governments.
Witness the LA mayoral elections. The key factor for liberal Eric
Garcetti beating liberal Wendy Greuel was painting her as the
government union controlled candidate. AP captured this story and
distributed throughout the country.</p>
<p>It begins…</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000"><em><strong>Garcetti Elected Mayor
Of Los Angeles After Calling Opponent A Pawn Of Labor
Bosses</strong></em></span>
<span style="color: #800000"><em>Michael Blood, Associated
Press</em></span>&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/05/23/ap-gets-it-right-on-the-garcetti-win/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Weekly Standard Cover Story: Paradise Lost</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/03/07/weekly-standard-cover-story-paradise-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/03/07/weekly-standard-cover-story-paradise-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Ken Grubbs, Jr,. and I
authored <a href=
"http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paradise-lost_704954.html">this
Weekly Standard cover story</a> about whether California is too big
to fail. Tell me what you think.</span></em></p>
<p>One early December morning, Las Vegas police moved in on the
Silverton Hotel and Casino, just off the Strip and known for its
117,000-gallon aquarium. There, having located a getaway black Audi
with no license plates, they arrested 31-year-old Ka Pasasouk​—​a
Laotian immigrant with a violent history who had eluded deportation
as well as imprisonment. The Dragnet-style work came less than 24
hours after police back in Northridge, a Los Angeles suburb known
for a state university campus, discovered what they called a “very
grisly tableau.”</p>
<p>Outside an overcrowded boarding house, described in press
accounts as unlicensed, lay the bodies of two men and two women,
whom Pasasouk has now been charged with murdering. The story
captured attention up and down the already tense state, where the
phrase “grisly tableau” could easily have found wide use in the
ubiquitous conversations about California’s&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/03/07/weekly-standard-cover-story-paradise-lost/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="color: #ff0000;">Ken Grubbs, Jr,. and I
authored <a href=
"http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paradise-lost_704954.html">this
Weekly Standard cover story</a> about whether California is too big
to fail. Tell me what you think.</span></em></p>
<p>One early December morning, Las Vegas police moved in on the
Silverton Hotel and Casino, just off the Strip and known for its
117,000-gallon aquarium. There, having located a getaway black Audi
with no license plates, they arrested 31-year-old Ka Pasasouk​—​a
Laotian immigrant with a violent history who had eluded deportation
as well as imprisonment. The Dragnet-style work came less than 24
hours after police back in Northridge, a Los Angeles suburb known
for a state university campus, discovered what they called a “very
grisly tableau.”</p>
<p>Outside an overcrowded boarding house, described in press
accounts as unlicensed, lay the bodies of two men and two women,
whom Pasasouk has now been charged with murdering. The story
captured attention up and down the already tense state, where the
phrase “grisly tableau” could easily have found wide use in the
ubiquitous conversations about California’s&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2013/03/07/weekly-standard-cover-story-paradise-lost/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GOTV Swing State Update: Early Voting in Ohio</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/05/gotv-swing-state-update-early-voting-in-ohio/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/05/gotv-swing-state-update-early-voting-in-ohio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p>This Saturday, the action was right here at 30th and Euclid in
downtown Cleveland.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Long-Line.jpg">
</a></p>
<p>Crowds were lined up at the Board of Elections despite gray
skies and 40 degree weather, or what Californians might consider
perfect ski weather. The weekend before Election Day, hundreds not
thousands of voters were being processing</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Crowd-Outside.jpg">
</a>According to Dan Brownlee, a
volunteer lawyer in charge of voting fraud in Cuyahoga County,
there are far fewer early voters thanin 2008.It appears
that only the hard-core union members are showing up.</p>
<p>Dan expected far larger numbers of orders coming in and he’s
happy because fewer voters means&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/05/gotv-swing-state-update-early-voting-in-ohio/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This Saturday, the action was right here at 30th and Euclid in
downtown Cleveland.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Long-Line.jpg">
</a></p>
<p>Crowds were lined up at the Board of Elections despite gray
skies and 40 degree weather, or what Californians might consider
perfect ski weather. The weekend before Election Day, hundreds not
thousands of voters were being processing</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Crowd-Outside.jpg">
</a>According to Dan Brownlee, a
volunteer lawyer in charge of voting fraud in Cuyahoga County,
there are far fewer early voters thanin 2008.It appears
that only the hard-core union members are showing up.</p>
<p>Dan expected far larger numbers of orders coming in and he’s
happy because fewer voters means&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/05/gotv-swing-state-update-early-voting-in-ohio/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GOTV Ohio Field Update: Comparing Headquarters</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/04/gotv-ohio-field-update-comparing-headquarters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/04/gotv-ohio-field-update-comparing-headquarters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p>Comparing headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, it is clear that
Republicans have the edge.</p>
<p><strong>Fully Staffed Romney-Ryan Headquarters</strong>: There
are three fully staffed Romney Victory Headquarters in Cuyahoga
County–east, south and west of downtown Cleveland. On Saturday, I
visited the city of Independence headquarters, an appropriately
named town for a major Romney-Ryan command post.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Romney-HQ.jpg">
</a>There are many Republicans in
Cuyahoga County; they just don’t live downtown. The
bigquestionon Tuesday:will Republicans turn out
in greater numbers to make up for the central city?</p>
<p><strong>High Republican Enthusiasm</strong> — The Ohio’s
Republican state director for North East Ohio tells me that this
campaign enrolled more volunteers and enjoys more excitement than
2008 or even 2004.</p>
<p>More than half of the 50 + volunteers on Saturday night were
from out-of-state.&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/04/gotv-ohio-field-update-comparing-headquarters/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>Comparing headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, it is clear that
Republicans have the edge.</p>
<p><strong>Fully Staffed Romney-Ryan Headquarters</strong>: There
are three fully staffed Romney Victory Headquarters in Cuyahoga
County–east, south and west of downtown Cleveland. On Saturday, I
visited the city of Independence headquarters, an appropriately
named town for a major Romney-Ryan command post.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Romney-HQ.jpg">
</a>There are many Republicans in
Cuyahoga County; they just don’t live downtown. The
bigquestionon Tuesday:will Republicans turn out
in greater numbers to make up for the central city?</p>
<p><strong>High Republican Enthusiasm</strong> — The Ohio’s
Republican state director for North East Ohio tells me that this
campaign enrolled more volunteers and enjoys more excitement than
2008 or even 2004.</p>
<p>More than half of the 50 + volunteers on Saturday night were
from out-of-state.&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/11/04/gotv-ohio-field-update-comparing-headquarters/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Live From Tampa: Thursday Night&#8217;s Grand Finale</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/31/live-from-tampa-thursday-nights-grand-finale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/31/live-from-tampa-thursday-nights-grand-finale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p><em><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a><span style=
"color: #800000">Republican National Committeeman from California,
is a well known fixture here at the FlashReport. He’s in
Tampa in and is live blogging the Republican National
Convention…</span></em></p>
<p>An artist designed the build up toward Mitt Romney’s big
speech…</p>
<p>It began organically with people who knew him personally. Just
like a attorney presenting as evidence in front of the jury…</p>
<p>He called for “fact” witnesses..</p>
<p>His first witness was a Mormon Elder who testified about the
thousands of hours that Romney gave in service to people in his
church…</p>
<p>A mother tearfully spoke about Mitt’s commitment to her
prematurely born child with severe brain damage…</p>
<p>An elderly couple remembered the time that Mitt spent with
14-year-old son, who was dying from a terminal illness. Mitt
spent a lot of time with him in the&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/31/live-from-tampa-thursday-nights-grand-finale/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><em><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a><span style=
"color: #800000">Republican National Committeeman from California,
is a well known fixture here at the FlashReport. He’s in
Tampa in and is live blogging the Republican National
Convention…</span></em></p>
<p>An artist designed the build up toward Mitt Romney’s big
speech…</p>
<p>It began organically with people who knew him personally. Just
like a attorney presenting as evidence in front of the jury…</p>
<p>He called for “fact” witnesses..</p>
<p>His first witness was a Mormon Elder who testified about the
thousands of hours that Romney gave in service to people in his
church…</p>
<p>A mother tearfully spoke about Mitt’s commitment to her
prematurely born child with severe brain damage…</p>
<p>An elderly couple remembered the time that Mitt spent with
14-year-old son, who was dying from a terminal illness. Mitt
spent a lot of time with him in the&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/31/live-from-tampa-thursday-nights-grand-finale/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Live From Tampa: Wednesday Night Belonged To Paul Ryan</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-wednesday-night-belonged-to-paul-ryan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p><em><span style="color: #800000"><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a>Republican National
Committeeman from California, is a well known fixture here at the
FlashReport. He’s in Tampa in and is live blogging the Republican
National Convention…</span></em>
Outside of Paul Ryan’s formal acceptance I did not expect the same
high level of deliveries we saw Tuesday night</p>
<p>True enough, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and newly
elected Ohio Senator Ron Portman both gave lackluster performances.
Both offered little in the way of content and delivered mediocre
speeches.</p>
<p>Wisely, Mitt, Inc. devoted a full hour to honoring the Pauls’
with both a complimentary video of Congressman Ron Paul and then
the Congressman’s son, freshman U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky
took to the podium for a lengthy speech to the crowd. Senator Paul
knew his audience. He focused on points of agreement between
his&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-wednesday-night-belonged-to-paul-ryan/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="color: #800000"><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a>Republican National
Committeeman from California, is a well known fixture here at the
FlashReport. He’s in Tampa in and is live blogging the Republican
National Convention…</span></em>
Outside of Paul Ryan’s formal acceptance I did not expect the same
high level of deliveries we saw Tuesday night</p>
<p>True enough, former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and newly
elected Ohio Senator Ron Portman both gave lackluster performances.
Both offered little in the way of content and delivered mediocre
speeches.</p>
<p>Wisely, Mitt, Inc. devoted a full hour to honoring the Pauls’
with both a complimentary video of Congressman Ron Paul and then
the Congressman’s son, freshman U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky
took to the podium for a lengthy speech to the crowd. Senator Paul
knew his audience. He focused on points of agreement between
his&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-wednesday-night-belonged-to-paul-ryan/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Live From Tampa: Tuesday Night Triumph!</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-tuesday-night-triumph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-tuesday-night-triumph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p><em><span style="color: #800000"><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a>Republican National
Committeeman from California, is a well known fixture here at the
FlashReport. He’s in Tampa in and is live blogging the Republican
National Convention…</span></em>
Last night’s general session here at the Republican National
Convention was a triumphant event.</p>
<p>Before Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker began speaking he earned
a standing ovation!</p>
<p>Soon-to-be elected-U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is a reminder
to the crowd here, and the folks watching at home, that there is an
emerging conservative Hispanic coalition growing in our party.</p>
<p>South Carolina Governor Nikki Hailey, in her remarks, was a
genuine fountain of confidence and message – and well received.</p>
<p>Congressional candidate Mia Love Utah absolutely shocked the
walls! If Utah can produce a non-Mormon black female
Congresswoman – American race&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-tuesday-night-triumph/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="color: #800000"><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a>Republican National
Committeeman from California, is a well known fixture here at the
FlashReport. He’s in Tampa in and is live blogging the Republican
National Convention…</span></em>
Last night’s general session here at the Republican National
Convention was a triumphant event.</p>
<p>Before Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker began speaking he earned
a standing ovation!</p>
<p>Soon-to-be elected-U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is a reminder
to the crowd here, and the folks watching at home, that there is an
emerging conservative Hispanic coalition growing in our party.</p>
<p>South Carolina Governor Nikki Hailey, in her remarks, was a
genuine fountain of confidence and message – and well received.</p>
<p>Congressional candidate Mia Love Utah absolutely shocked the
walls! If Utah can produce a non-Mormon black female
Congresswoman – American race&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-tuesday-night-triumph/'>Read More</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Live From Tampa: Lockdown At The RNC: America? Or East Germany During The Cold War?</title>
		<link>http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-lockdown-at-the-rnc-america-or-east-germany-during-the-cold-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shawn Steel</dc:creator>
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<p><em><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a><span style=
"color: #800000">Republican National Committeeman from California,
is a well known fixture here at the FlashReport. He’s already in
Tampa in advance of next week’s Republican National Convention, and
will be “live-blogging” from on the ground… Here’s his third update
from Florida.</span></em></p>
<p>This really has not been a RNC controlled convention.
Logistics were entirely controlled by the Secret Service.
Conventions are considered national security events.</p>
<p>Really.</p>
<p>It was like East Berlin in 1962 with miles of 20 foot high
rusted fences, with hundreds of concrete barriers.</p>
<p>Long unnecessary lines.</p>
<p><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/policeintampa.jpg">
</a>&hellip; <a href='http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/08/29/live-from-tampa-lockdown-at-the-rnc-america-or-east-germany-during-the-cold-war/'>Read More</a></p>]]></description>
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<p><em><a href=
"http://www.flashreport.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RNC_Tampa_2012.jpg">
</a><span style=
"color: #800000">Republican National Committeeman from California,
is a well known fixture here at the FlashReport. He’s already in
Tampa in advance of next week’s Republican National Convention, and
will be “live-blogging” from on the ground… Here’s his third update
from Florida.</span></em></p>
<p>This really has not been a RNC controlled convention.
Logistics were entirely controlled by the Secret Service.
Conventions are considered national security events.</p>
<p>Really.</p>
<p>It was like East Berlin in 1962 with miles of 20 foot high
rusted fences, with hundreds of concrete barriers.</p>
<p>Long unnecessary lines.</p>
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