Posts on Thursday, March 28, 2019
During the first term of George W. Bush, I attended a Passover Seder. One of the other guests delivered a long riff about some non-Iraq-related conspiracy Bush supposedly had formulated. I deadpanned, “Wow, that guy sounds like an evil genius.” The guest, who did not know my political leanings replied, “I wouldn’t say genius.” More sophisticated Bush-haters solved the problem I raised with my quip through Vice President Cheney. He was the evil genius; Bush was his stooge. Thus, the left could have its cake and eat it too. That won’t work with President Trump. There is no Dick Cheney in his administration.
Residents from one of San Francisco’s most desirable neighborhoods are taking a controversial approach to blocking a new homeless shelter: launching a crowdfunding appeal. Their campaign on GoFundMe—best known as a site that hosts fundraisers for medical expenses or victims of natural disasters—has prompted an angry response from the city’s mayor. It has drawn more than $46,000 dollars, nearly half of its stated $100,000 goal. The money is to go to a local attorney working on behalf of the residents, and its 91 donors include an anonymous contributor who gave $10,000, along with hedge fund managers, executives and authors.
Jackson, Miss. — A member of a black church in Mississippi has pleaded guilty to burning the church, which was also spray painted with the slogan “Vote Trump,” a week before the 2016 presidential election. Andrew McClinton, 47, pleaded guilty to arson Thursday, the Delta Democrat-Times reported. His sentencing is set for late April. Investigators said McClinton, who is African-American, belonged to Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, which was vandalized and burned.(Snip) Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons initially urged officials to investigate the church burning as a possible hate crime. Simmons is African-American and had been elected
Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke was confronted by a black voter for his opposition to “traditional reparations” for slavery. “Why should I, as a black man, vote for you when you oppose reparations?” O’Rourke was asked at a campaign event at USC on Friday, which was posted online Wednesday, according to Mediaite. A day after O’Rourke announced he was running in the Democratic primaries earlier this month, the Associated Press reported he was not in favor of compensatory payment to descendents of slaves. O’Rourke did not deny the reports of his stance, and gave a lengthy response that
According to the Daily Caller, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow lost half-a-million viewers in just one week after it became clear that Robert Mueller did not find enough evidence to support a claim of “collusion” between the Trump campaign and Russia. The phony Russia collusion story had been good to Maddow. It helped drive her show consistently to first or second place in overall cable news ratings during the past year. Sometimes, she garnered more than three million viewers, again according to the Daily Caller. But her show reportedly dropped 500,000 viewers after word of Mueller’s findings
The dangers of the painful and barbaric practice of “breast ironing”—done to delay girls’ breasts from developing—should be a part of every British school’s curriculum, the UK’s largest education union said Tuesday. The technique, which is mostly an issue in West African communities, usually involves family members using large heated stones to compress a girl’s breast tissues or binding them to stop them from growing and attracting male attention.(Snip) Britain’s National FGM Centre, which aims to keep kids and young people safe from female genital mutilation and other harmful practices, says breast ironing can lead to psychological trauma
What have we learned about the Jussie Smollett case so far? Among other things, that it´s starting to get very stupid to mess with the Chicago police. The embattled department is obviously fighting back against the leftist prosecutor´s effort to throw out all its thousands of hours of solid police work, proving beyond the shadow of a doubt for news readers at least, that Jussie Smollett faked his own hate-crime attack in a bid to make more money on his television show, and tried to smear President Trump´s supporters as a side benefit.
Karl Rove isn´t a registered lobbyist, but he´s actively working Capitol Hill on one side of the 5G wireless fight that has split President Donald Trump´s advisers. The veteran Republican operative has been contacting congressional offices to warn against bipartisan efforts to ban government control of the super-fast wireless technology. That includes reaching out to multiple staffers in the office of Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), one of several lawmakers sponsoring the legislation, Cornyn told POLITICO on Thursday.
CNN anchor Don Lemon couldn’t contain his enthusiasm for Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s performance at a town hall hosted Wednesday by the station, telling the presidential candidate ‘nice job’ before a commercial break. Daily Wire reporter Ryan Saavedra noted the incident. (Tweet) Lemon apparently didn’t intend the appraisal to be heard by the public but a nearby live microphone amplified the volume of his words. “We’re going to be right back with more from CNN’s Democratic presidential town hall with Sen. Cory Booker live from Orangeburg, South Carolina, so make sure you stay with us,” Lemon said
During a time of war, American liberals love to focus on the “collateral damage” that may be done to “innocent civilians” as part of U.S. military action taken against hostile targets. While concern for non-combatants can be considered admirable, liberals do not usually extend the same level of worry in matters of domestic politics. They are willing to go after anybody deemed a threat to their cause and they couldn’t care less about who they might hurt along the way, without regard to their innocence or involvement.One such person dragged into the recently concluded farce that was the Mueller investigation
Thousands of red MAGA hat wearing Trump supporters lined up in Grand Rapids, Michigan for the President’s campaign rally Thursday night at the 10,000 seat Van Andel Arena (with an overflow area also set up). Many lined up before dawn according to local reports and attendees. Doors open at 4 p.m. EDT for the 7 p.m. start of the rally. Several reports describe the crowd as a “sea of red hats”. Wearing the red Trump Make America Great Again hat has made supporters a target of violence and hatred from liberals across the country. That so many are wearing the
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” conservative talker Rush Limbaugh called on President Donald Trump to appoint a special counsel to investigate the origins of the Mueller probe. Limbaugh said, “There is no evidence of collusion! The man is lying through his teeth and this is what I mean that they are trying to keep this alive. I heard today in The New York Times, guess what it is actually 300 pages and Bill Barr summarized it in four? Are they serious? They really — Pelosi wants us to believe that Barr is lying about what is in this
Democrats showed their support for embattled House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) on Thursday by launching a hashtag, “#IStandWith Schiff,” as he stood by his allegations of Russian collusion. For more than two years, Schiff claimed that he had seen evidence that President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign had colluded with the Russian government. But Special Counsel Robert Mueller could not establish that was true, according to a summary of his report presented to Congress on Sunday by Attorney General William Barr. But Schiff has refused to back off his previous claims. Republicans on the committee unanimously demanded Schiff’s
SAVANNAH, Ga. -Race was front and center on Wednesday night during a meeting coordinated to garner support for just one black candidate in Savannah’s mayoral election. With signs stating “Black press only” on the doors of the church where the meeting was held, white reporters were barred from entry, while black reporters for at least two television stations were permitted inside. The event was coordinated by the Rev. Clarence Teddy Williams, owner of the consulting firm, The Trigon Group, who declined to discuss the entry policy. Former Savannah Mayor Edna Jackson declined to comment before going inside, as did Chatham County
Disgraced Empire star Jussie Smollett poses as a left-wing Social Justice Warrior (SJW) even as he throws two innocent black men under the wheels of the criminal justice system. The Osundairo Brothers, Abel and Ola are not completely innocent. Their attorney has already admitted both were willing participants in Smollett’s obscene plan to stage a hate crime hoax. It was their job to perform the attack while wearing ski masks and red baseball caps so Smollett could blame the assault on white, racist, homophobic Trump supporters. So, no, they are not completely innocent.
Over the objections of the FBI, a federal judge on Thursday sided with CNN in an ongoing lawsuit seeking to make public what the bureau said in two secretive court declarations in October 2017, as part of its aggressive efforts to keep memos documenting former FBI director James Comey´s meetings with President Trump hidden. Comey´s memos, whose existence was ultimately leaked with Comey´s knowledge and which were later obtained by Congress in redacted form, became a catalyst for the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller in May 2017.
Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ official, did extensive oppo research on Trump family, aides: transcript
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Nellie Ohr, the wife of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, did extensive opposition research on Trump family members and campaign aides while working for the firm behind the salacious anti-Trump dossier in 2016, according to a newly released transcript of her closed-door interview with Congress. (Snip) While she largely did not work on the dossier itself, her research included looking into alleged relationships between then-candidate Donald Trump and Russian organized crime, the interview shows. She revealed that she was also instructed to conduct research on members of the Trump family, as well as individuals associated with the Trump campaign.
Tonight President Donald J. Trump is holding a MAGA rally at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The anticipated start time for President Trump is 7:00pm with pre-rally events earlier. RSBN Livestream Link – GST Livestream Link – Alternate Livestream Link (Videos)
The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association has released a statement, ripping into State´s Attorney Kim Foxx´s handling and dismissal of the Jussie Smollett case. (Snip) "The Illinois Prosecutors Bar Association serves as the voice for nearly 1,000 front line prosecutors across the State who work tirelessly towards the pursuit of justice. The events of the past few days regarding the Cook County State’s Attorney’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case is not condoned by the IPBA, nor is it representative of the honest ethical work prosecutors provide to the citizens of the State of Illinois on a daily basis.
Nellie Ohr is the wife of DOJ official Bruce Ohr. Mrs. Ohr was hired by Glenn Simpson (Fusion GPS) to conduct opposition research of Donald Trump in late 2015. Nellie Ohr’s work was used by Christopher Steele in assembling a Dossier then shared with the DOJ and FBI to target President Trump. (Snip)The implication here is that Nellie Ohr approached Fusion-GPS owner Glenn Simpson for a job; essentially to work on political opposition research files Fusion-GPS was assembling in 2015. This is distinctly different from Glenn Simpson seeking out Nellie Ohr,
Continued High Stakes
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Two years ago I predicted the attempt to nullify the 2016 election with the Russian collusion investigation would threaten both Trump and Obama. "The most singular thing about Donald Trump´s wiretap accusation against Barack Obama is how he´s refusing to play the game of extremities — losing a Flynn here and getting a Sessions paralyzed there — and getting right into lethal range. Trump´s gone right past Schumer, ignored the surrogates and gone straight for the former president himself." (Snip) Unfortunately the prediction has now come true. "Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday that President Donald
Rand Paul appears on Fox and Friends to explain why he now believes that John Brennan was the Obama-era official who helped create and then push the Steele Dossier into the bloodstream of the intelligence community. This links back to Brennan in July 2016. (Video)All research indicates CIA Director John Brennan enlisted the help of U.S. and foreign intelligence assets to run operations against the Trump campaign early in 2016. The objective was to give the false and manufactured appearance of compromise. Once the CIA established the possibility of compromise that opened the door for FBI investigation.
This Was Wild! The House Intelligence Committee met on Thursday for the first time since the release of the Mueller Report on Sunday. The House Republicans all signed a letter calling on corrupt leaker-liar Rep. Adam Schiff to resign from the committee in their opening remarks. (Photo) Schiff followed this up with a fresh pack of lies saying there was collusion between Trump and Russia, the Trump was working with the Russians before the election, and that Trump was working with Putin to build a Trump Tower in Moscow during the election. None of this is true or factual. Adam Schiff
BOSTON— A former women´s soccer coach at Yale University pleaded guilty Thursday to taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for pretending applicants were recruits to boost their chances of getting into the school.Rudy Meredith, 51, is the third person to plead guilty in the wide-ranging school admissions scandal in which authorities say wealthy parents paid an admissions consultant to rig their children´s test scores and bribe coaches at sought-after schools. Prominent parents charged with paying bribes include actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Meredith, who resigned from Yale in November, began cooperating with the FBI last
A Florida man is facing nearly two years in federal prison for shining a light in the wrong place. In December 2017, Ryan Fluke, then 27, aimed a laser pointer at a low-flying helicopter. The helicopter was operated by Pasco County Sheriff’s Office deputies who were attempting to aid ground units in an encounter with a barricaded suspect, according to the State Attorney’s Office. Temporarily blinded and disoriented, the deputies abandoned the operation and landed the aircraft in a parking lot. Pilot Stephen Bowman then walked to Fluke’s residence and arrested him. Police said that Fluke at first denied committing
Likely U.S. voters largely reject the idea of more investigations into President Donald Trump after summarized findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation found no 2016 collusion with Russians. Of the 1,000 likely voters Rasmussen surveyed from March 25-26, 61 percent said it is time for congressional Democrats to move on to other issues and away from searching for evidence of collusion between Trump associates and Russia. This comes after Attorney General Bill Barr released a letter to Congress summarizing the findings of Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Barr’s letter states that Mueller found that Trump
RUSH: So I see that Karl Rove is out today with his column in the Wall Street Journal suggesting that Trump just move on now. Don’t focus on the origins of the investigation, don’t waste time trying to find out what happened here, because that’s only gonna tick off swing voters. Now, I know that Karl Rove is a walking genius, indisputable. But I have to tell you I cannot tell you how much I disagree with this. These people need to be identified. They need to be investigated. What they did needs to be reported over and over and
Democratic strategist and Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov called on House Democrats to release their findings from their ongoing Russia probes that allegedly incriminate President Donald Trump. Long before Special Counsel Robert Mueller determined that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia during the 2016 election, several Democratic lawmakers including House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif, and Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif told numerous media outlets that they had seen “plenty of evidence” that proved collusion existed. (Snip)Tarlov began by insisting that Democrats will accept the Mueller’s findings once his report is made public.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder fired a shot at America’s past as he questioned the thoughts behind President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan Holder declared that America’s greatness “never, in fact, really existed” during an interview on MSNBC’s “The Beat With Ari Melber” on Wednesday. The Obama-era attorney general, who has decided not to run as a Democratic presidential candidate for 2020 so he can focus on issues like partisan redistricting and criminal justice reform, was expounding on those topics when host Ari Melber asked about America’s past.“There is a lot of talk about America being a leader as
Schiff Blasts ´Unpatriotic´ Actions of Trump Campaign, Insists ´Collusion´ With Russia Occurred
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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff ripped Republican committee members for demanding his resignation, and blasted Donald Trump Jr. for actions he claimed showed direct evidence of Russian collusion. After Committee Member Mike Conaway (R-Texas) called for Schiff (D-Calif.) to resign from the leadership post, the Burbank Democrat returned fire. "Instead of addressing this hearing, [you] attack me -- consistent with the president´s attacks," Schiff fumed. "My colleagues may think it´s OK that the Russians offered dirt on a Democratic candidate for president. You might think it´s OK when that was offered to the son of the president, that president´s son
Former vice president Joe Biden went in full pander mode on Tuesday night, telling his audience he regretted the impact of "white man´s culture" and said it must change. Biden made the remarks while apologizing for his role in the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing in 1991, where Anita Hill accused the justice of sexual harassment. Fox News: The former vice president and potential 2020 Democratic candidate said Hill, who is black, should not have been forced to face a panel of "a bunch of white guys" about her sexual harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas. "To this day I regret I
How did hate crime-huckster Jussie Smollett get away with it? All crooked roads in Chicago lead back to the Obamas. On Tuesday, as part of a sealed deal, the Illinois state attorney’s office dismissed 16 felony charges brought by a grand jury against the Trump-hating actor, who blamed phantom white MAGA supporters for a brutal racist “assault” that left him with a teensy-weensy scratch under his eye. The day before the “attack,” Smollett’s two bodybuilding friends were caught on surveillance tape buying costumery (red hat, ski masks, bandanas, sunglasses and gloves) that just happened
President Trump criticized Mexico Thursday for not stopping the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States and said he “may close the Southern Border” to prevent more from entering. “Mexico is doing NOTHING to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants to our Country. They are all talk and no action. Likewise, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have taken our money for years, and do Nothing. The Dems don’t care, such BAD laws. May close the Southern Border,” he tweeted. Mr. Trump used his first veto Friday on a congressional bill negating his declaration of a border emergency.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is about as annoying as they come. Even if she weren’t a socialist, and in saner times, therefore automatically barred from holding a political position of power in the U.S. government, her patronizing, condescending, holier-than-thou, I know better than you, finger-wagging bravado would seem to disqualify her from the position of humble servant — which, after all, is what a lawmaker on Capitol Hill is supposed to be, at root. That’s how the Founding Fathers foresaw it. That’s how a nation with an “of, by and for the people” form of governance is supposed to operate.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said he will “punch the bully in the mouth" if the White House tries to bully him. "If the bully gets close, I´ll punch the bully in the mouth. It would be a mistake to confuse courtesy with courage,” Rossello told CNN regarding the disaster relief efforts still needed on the island following Hurricane Maria in fall 2017. Aides for Puerto Rico’s governor said the White House warned them Wednesday that representatives of the U.S. territories were pushing too hard to discuss the island’s situation.
While Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary on Sunday, Robert Mueller‘s full report on Russian election tampering exceeds 300 pages in length, according to the New York Times.The Times, which cited the Justice Department for the information, noted the hundreds of pages show Mueller wrote about the investigation in much more depth than what is required.
In one of the first 2020 polls pitting President Trump against critic Mitt Romney, the new Utah senator crushes the 45th president. It helps that the poll was of Utah Republicans. The “hypothetical primary matchup” from OHPI had Trump losing to Romney 55 percent to 37 percent in Utah. “Republican base voters around the country back President Trump,” said Mike Noble, chief of research of Phoenix-based research company OH Predictive Insights. “But Beehive State voters buck that trend, giving the state’s junior senator a wide margin of victory in a matchup,” he added.
Chicago officials incensed by prosecutors’ abrupt and largely-unexplained decision to drop all charges against “Empire” star Jussie Smollett plan to slap the actor with a “bill” for the cost of the investigation, authorities said Thursday. “The City of Chicago will be sending Mr. Smollett a bill,” said Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. “From a 30,000-foot view, the bill will include the hours, the overtime, the financial costs and the resources that were used” in probing what the Windy City’s cops, mayor and even prosecutors still believe was a hoax, Guglielmi said.
Police in San Francisco are looking for a man who was caught on video repeatedly kicking an elderly anti-abortion protester outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. The 23-second video, which went viral Wednesday after it was tweeted out by Donald Trump Jr., showed a black-clad bicyclist trying to steal an 85-year-old man’s banner during a pro-life demonstration on the 1600 block of Valencia Street. In the video, the victim tries to retrieve the banner by lodging a stick into the spokes of the suspect’s bike. The suspect then uses the bike to push the victim
Life in the public spotlight is uncomfortable for anyone, all the more so for the young and immature who are subject to relentless criticism by ideological opponents. Add in absolute moral certainty and a limited command of facts and ideas, and the result is lashing out in fury with arguments that hold no water. Yesterday, during a committee meeting of House Financial Services Committee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s utopian and impossibly expensive Green New deal was criticized by Sean Duffy (R-WI) and herself was not pleased. She responded with an arm-flailing angry response that proved she has no idea
White people are already accused of hogging the majority of jobs, film roles, and housing—and now they’re getting blamed for eating up Earth’s natural resources, too. Caucasian populations are disproportionately contributing to climate change through their eating habits, which uses up more food—and emits more greenhouse gases—than the typical diets of black and Latinx communities, according to a new report published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology. Researchers tracked information from multiple databases to identify foods considered “environmentally intense” by requiring more precious resources such as water, land and energy to produce—and, as a result, releasing more greenhouse gases
Imagine you spent two years completely screwing up at your job, I mean not merely getting every single thing wrong but loudly, proudly getting in everyone else’s face about how right you are. You’d get fired, terminated, 86’d, and Schiff-canned. But not the mainstream media. The media hacks failed for two years-plus, nonstop and without equivocation, but are they ever going to be held to account? No, they’re just going to gather in a big circle and Pulitzer each other. Imagine you committed a racial hate crime where you falsely accused people who didn’t look or think like you of
Going to (Leave) California
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You can´t go a week without another report of businesses and people leaving California because of the high cost of housing. Today it´s the Wall Street Journal´s turn, in a story headlined, "California Has the Jobs but Not Enough Homes." The problem -- a self-inflicted problem if there ever was one -- is that the hot economy is creating jobs, but developers can´t build enough affordable living space. The WSJ reports that "companies are expanding outside the state or moving outright as an affordable-housing crisis casts a shadow on the booming economy." More: "For employers, ´we’re at a
A fiery Elisabeth Hasselbeck ripped former colleague Rosie O´Donnell over “objectifying" comments she made about Hasselbeck in her new book, "Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of ´The View.´" (Video) While O´Donnell worked alongside Hasselbeck on ABC´s "The View" in 2006-07, she developed a "crush" on the sole conservative voice opposite her, she reveals in the book. But O’Donnell’s comments on Hasselbeck became increasing bizarre from there. Using a deluge of sports metaphors, O´Donnell talks about how she attempted to groom Hasselbeck, whom she viewed as a “freshman” talent, and claims the two shared mutual “lesbian undertones.” Evidencing Hasselbeck´s
First lady Melania Trump will meet in Florida on Thursday with Fabiana Rosales, the wife of Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido, President Trump said Wednesday. “I greatly appreciate that she is here and she has been a tremendous representative for her country,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during a meeting with Rosales. “And she’s meeting tomorrow with the first lady of the United States in Florida. They are meeting tomorrow.” The gathering between Melania Trump and Rosales will take place at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s property in Palm Beach, Florida. Rosales, 26, is an activist and considered the first
A plan to tax wealthy apartment owners in New York City is being called a "disaster" for an already struggling real estate market. The "pied-à-terre" tax, part of Democratic state lawmakers´ budget proposals, would target out of state residents and some New Yorkers who buy property valued at over $5 million. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo support the tax. State senator Brad Hoylman, a fan of socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and co-sponsor of legislation that legalized abortion in New York up until the moment of birth, originally introduced the tax in 2014. The proposal comes at a time
In a country as large as the U.S., previously eradicated diseases such as measles, mumps and whooping cough are making a big comeback. Religious exemptionists are being set up to take the blame in the press. But the question that isn´t being asked is how these epidemics coincide the current migrant surge from Central America, with tens of thousands of unvetted illegal immigrants being released into the interior of the country under catch and release. There´s a measles and mumps resurgence in some of those countries. Why so incurious? It´s as if the press doesn´t want to know,
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich went on America’s Newsroom on Thursday to discuss the fallout from the Mueller Report that was released on Sunday. Newt called the Russia-Collusion investigation an attempted coup d’etat. And then he tore into corrupt Democrat Adam Schiff the Chair of the House Intelligence Committee. This was an excellent interview. (Photo) Newt Gingrich: This is the first deliberate attempt of a coup d’etat by the deep state we’ve ever seen. It was clearly an attack on the American Constitution on our entire process of governance. People like Comey were right in the middle of it. The very
Facing an FBI and DoJ investigation of Smollett case, Kim Foxx is panicking and changing her story
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The fate of the higher-ups who pulled the strings to get Jussie Smollett off the hook is now in the hands of a dummy who is panicking. The venerable political machine that runs the most corrupt big city in America, the very city whose gave us the presidency of Barack Obama, is erupting in a political civil war over a case that has riveted the attention of the public. What makes this story a beacon of hope for reform-minded populists is that the fate of the rascals is now in the hands of an incompetent public official
When Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, was charged with two first-degree misdemeanor counts of soliciting a prostitute at the Orchids of Asia massage parlor, the question on many lips was, ‘Why would a wealthy, famous man risk his reputation to pay for sex?’ Jenni, who was sold for sex at Orchids in 2017, tells me that outside the massage parlor where Kraft was arrested, tourists have been spotted taking selfies, either oblivious or uncaring about the fact that inside the building, enslaved Chinese women were forced to perform sex acts on men for money –
Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast
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The New Orleans Lakefront Airport was built by the Louisiana governor Huey P. Long on a tongue of fill that sticks out into Lake Pontchartrain. Its terminal was designed by the same architect Long had used to build a new Louisiana state capitol and a new governor’s mansion, and it was originally named for one of Long’s cronies, Abraham Shushan. Within eighteen months of the airport’s opening, in 1934, Shushan had been indicted for money laundering and Long had been murdered. A few years later, the architect, too, went to prison. Today, Lakefront Airport is used
The number of migrants daily crossing the U.S. border hit a decade-long record of 4,100 on Tuesday, says border commissioner Kevin McAleenan. According to the Washington Post: McAleenan said the agency detained more than 4,100 migrants Tuesday, the highest one-day total at the border in more than a decade, and agency projections have border apprehensions on pace to exceed 100,000 this month — an increase of more than 30 percent. By comparison, at the height of the last border crisis, in May 2014, agents apprehended more than 68,800 migrants that month.
An adviser to failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams on Wednesday evening ripped former Vice President Joe Biden for his “entitlement” for wanting Abrams “to save his ass” in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. In a BuzzFeed report that details the blowback from Abrams’ supporters that even surprised Abrams after various outlets reported that Biden was considering naming Abrams as his vice presidential pick when he announces his candidacy, an Abrams adviser told the outlet that the stories were “particularly exploitative” because “Biden couldn’t be bothered to endorse Stacey in the gubernatorial primary.”
Progressive candidates and new Democratic representatives have offered lots of radical new proposals lately about voting and voters. They include scrapping the 215-year-old Electoral College. Progressives also talk of extending the vote to 16- or 17-year-olds and ex-felons. They wish to further relax requirements for voter identification, same-day registration and voting, and undocumented immigrants voting in local elections. (Snip)All these proposed modifications are aimed at changing the nature of the electorate and the method of voting in order to change results. In reductionist terms, new rules and new voters reduce the relative voting clout of law-abiding adult citizens.
Actor Jussie Smollett is said to have repeatedly lied to authorities and then continued to perpetrate a dangerously divisive hoax via an all too willing media. So says a grand jury and the Chicago police.(Snip) Well, today we see what might be the beginnings of yet another Obama-related scandal. Below is a leaked text message from Obama aide Tina Tchen and prosecutor Kim Foxx (who is also very close to Democrat presidential candidate, Kamala Harris) in which Tchen is directly acting as an advocate on behalf of Smollett.
Timing is everything. With the Mueller report in, President Donald John Trump is about to lay the trump card down. Sean Hannity asked him on national TV whether he plans to release the FISA warrants that allowed the Obama administration to spy on him. "I do, I have plans to declassify and release. (Snip) I have some very talented people working for me, lawyers, and they really didn´t want me to do it early on. ... A lot of people wanted me to do it a long time ago. I´m glad I didn´t do it. We got a great result without
Tonight President Trump called-in to Fox News host Sean Hannity for an unusually lengthy interview. The interview ran almost 45 minutes without commercial interruption. There are multiple breaking news aspects to this interview including President Trump affirming his intention to declassify all of the material previously discussed [See Here]. As CTH noted last year, President Trump stated his lawyers directly advised him against declassification because such action would be construed as obstruction. WATCH:
Jussie Smollett is nominated for an NAACP Image Award for his work on “Empire,” but it’s still unknown if he will attend the upcoming festivities on Saturday at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Anthony Anderson, who returns as host for the sixth consecutive year, hopes the actor will make an appearance. “I hope to see him here,” the “Black-ish” star told Variety during a preview of the Awards on Wednesday morning. “I hope he wins. I’m happy for him that the system worked for him in his favor because the system isn’t always fair, especially for people of color.”
Collusiongate, RIP
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Collusiongate is now history. The announcement late Friday afternoon that special counsel Robert Mueller had completed his investigation and Attorney General William Barr’s four-page letter released Sunday made it clear: “The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” This is not what you expected if you’ve been watching CNN or MSNBC or reading the New York Times or the Washington Post these past two years. Their viewers and readers have been savoring the prospect of Donald Trump being frog-marched
Citing a "high-level source," Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul charged in a bombshell Twitter post late Wednesday that anti-Trump ex-CIA Director John Brennan "insisted that the unverified and fake Steele dossier" be included in a classified intelligence community report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections -- a decision that ultimately lent credibility to the dossier and may have played a key role in fomenting unfounded fears of Russia collusion for two years. Paul called on Brennan to testify under oath immediately, as Republicans continue to aggressively seek out the origins of the collusion narrative.
Prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig close to being charged in case stemming from Mueller probe
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Federal prosecutors are close to bringing charges against Greg Craig, a prominent Democratic lawyer and former White House counsel in the Obama administration, in a case that originated with special counsel Robert Mueller, according to people familiar with the matter. The possible charges are connected to false statements Craig allegedly gave to investigators who were looking at the work he performed for Ukraine. Though Mueller´s investigation has ended,
President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused Peter Strzok, Lisa Page and others who were behind the events that led to a special counsel of being treasonous. He also suggested that had such a thing happened to former President Barack Obama, “you’d have 100 people in jail right now and it would be treason.”WATCH: (Video) “I’m also going to leave it to Lindsey Graham,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity, describing where the investigations should proceed. “He’s head of [the Judiciary Committee] and Senate and a very, very good guy and a very smart guy. I’m just going to let
Last night, Tucker Carlson offered a landmark, devastating critique of CNN’s descent from a legitimate news source to a propaganda adjunct of the Democratic Party. Using CNN’s own broadcasts yesterday, he proved his case that there is actual collusion between the two organizations, the Democratic Party and the pioneer cable news channel. This is must-see TV (to appropriate a slogan incented by NBC) that almost fatally discredits a competitor that already is facing a viewership crisis with half of its viewership melting away in the realization that they have been fed a hoax for over two years.
Former Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce a run for president some time in April and has been testing the waters and smoothing over rough spots from his past. As part of that effort Tuesday night, he made yet another public apology to Anita Hill, the law clerk who falsely accused Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. The apology drew the attention of the CBS Evening News, who highlighted it Wednesday. “Former Vice President Joe Biden is trying to clear up some past issues ahead of his expected announcement that he´s joining 14 other Democrats in a run
It’s Official: Sean Hannity Tells President Trump Jeanine Pirro Returning to Her Fox Show Saturday
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Finally. Sean Hannity informed President Donald Trump–and the nation–during a phone interview Wednesday night on Hannity’s Fox News Channel show that Judge Jeanine Pirro will return to her Fox News Channel show Saturday night. Hannity’s is the first official word from Fox about Pirro’s return after a two week absence following her remarks about Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on her March 9 show. (Photo) Trump was crediting those in the media who had been fair to him during the Russia collusion hoax. When he got to Jeanine Pirro, he told Hannity, “I hope Jeanine’s back soon.” Hannity replied, “She’s
The Vainglorious NeverTrumpers
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Vainglorious is a rich, multi-syllabic word that actually describes something well, unlike the similar big words the left uses to confuse and obscure their social justice agenda, such as intersectionality. Vainglorious means to be boastfully vain and proud of oneself, or ostentatious. Shuffle the word a bit and find that it describes someone gloriously vain. What a great term to describe NeverTrumpers! They are smug in the certainty and righteousness of opposing President Donald Trump and his agenda. They happily point it out every chance they get, whether on a CNN panel or on Twitter, as they look down their
In an interview with SiriusXM Progress channel’s “Make It Plain,” House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said it was “a little bit arrogant” of Attorney General William Barr to think Democrats would accept only seeing his four-page letter on Robert Mueller‘s report. Pelosi said, “We just haven’t even seen the Mueller report, and we don’t expect to accept just the attorney general’s interpretation of it. A little bit arrogant of him to think that that would be the case.” She added, “We have to get the report. They, to their peril, will keep that report.”
Robert Mueller’s report finding no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government has caused problems for the “fact checkers.” Take the Washington Post “Fact” cops. Their most recent claim is that Trump is guilty of 9,179 “false or misleading claims.” Guess what’s the most repeated claim they have penalty flagged on their database page: Most repeated claims “I can only tell you one thing -- again, that was proven today: no collusion. There´s no collusion. There´s no collusion. And there hasn´t been collusion. And it was all a big hoax, and you know it.
When Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller finally finished his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, his findings were utterly predictable — the Russians had interfered as always, a few of Donald Trump’s former associates had committed unrelated offenses, and there was no evidence indicating that the President had colluded with any foreign power to rob Hillary Clinton of victory. For most Americans, it was good that we don’t have a Manchurian candidate living in the White House. For TDS victims in the media, however, it was a calamity. Commentators stormed, sobbed, and insisted that Trump hadn’t been exonerated.
Blacklisting Chick-fil-A
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No one is surprised when cities like San Francisco, New York City, and Seattle enact policies driven by the latest progressive imperatives. In Texas, where I live, observers have long believed that a statewide Republican majority would insulate the Lone Star State from such pressure. Capital city Austin’s traditionally liberal politics—its unofficial slogan is “Keep Austin Weird”—have usually seemed like an exception to the statewide rule. But now it appears that San Antonio, the state’s second-biggest city (and seventh-largest in the U.S.), has gotten “woke,” too, blacklisting a well-respected business because of its owners’ political contributions and religious beliefs.
Save the world, have more babies
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes her friends´ worries seriously that it’s immoral to have children because of climate change. The freshman congresswoman, however, had only insults for a Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, when he suggested that having more babies would be good for the planet. The "gentlelady" from New York is doubtlessly serious in her concern about climate change, and so we’d urge her and her party to drop the reflexive animosity and instead consider the argument Lee made, which has its roots in serious economics. If you believe we face serious threat from climate change and that mankind´s current trajectory
Fox News has continued to dominate cable news ratings in the aftermath of the Mueller investigation’s conclusion. Special Report with Bret Baier averaged 2.3 million viewers in total with 364,000 in the key age demographic of 25-54, according to Nielsen Media Group. MSNBC’s breaking coverage of the end of the Mueller probe garnered 1.7 million viewers and nearly a quarter-of-a-million in the key demo, whereas CNN only managed to attract 1 million viewers, but did have 291,000 in the age bracket. Each network altered their coverage for the release of the report. From 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. that night, Fox News averaged
Pardon me if I don’t join in the chorus of praise for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigatory efforts. Certainly it comes as a relief that he correctly found no evidence of collusion between the Russian government and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and quite properly did not charge the president for obstruction of justice. But just because Mueller and his team of Hillary Clinton sycophants reached the right conclusions does not mean that they conducted a righteous investigation. In that regard, given that the Special Counsel’s Office did not charge the persons who fabricated and used the Russia collusion fable
Tom Cruise and his daughter Isabella Cruise continue to move up in Scientology, both taking more powerful positions in the secretive church — where the lower ranks are apparently ordered to see the actor’s movies multiple times. Cruise is said to be “considered a deity within Scientology.” Former church member Leah Remini has said, “He is second to David Miscavige — the savior of the free world.” Cruise was seen March 9 at the front of a celebration of the holiest day of the Scientology calendar — L. Ron Hubbard’s March 13 birthday — at the church’s spiritual mecca
It´s been a while since I thought about Keith Olbermann, but not long enough. We all know he´s a big mashed-up bag of meat with a hairpiece on it, but what has he gotten himself into this time? Oh, he´s just trying to destroy the lives of people who displease him. His usual ethical behavior.(tweet)That´s right, Keith is angry about a Mississippi newspaper covering a guy who legally hunted a turkey. At least Keith is keeping busy, I guess. The executive editor of the Clarion-Ledger is standing by his writer:
The Mueller investigation has concluded, and Mueller’s declaration has now entered the public record: “The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” But it’s worth reflecting on how the contrary view — the firm conviction that Trump did coordinate with Russia — became so deeply embedded in the hearts and minds of millions of Americans. And it’s worth reflecting on why another set of Americans could look at actual, troubling evidence of Russian contacts and simply not care at all. The answer is complex,
How CNN misled its viewers
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In our hyperpartisan world, in which so many people watch only media that will give them news with which they agree, CNN viewers understandably expected the Mueller report to find overwhelming evidence that President Trump colluded, conspired with and is beholden to Russia. After all, that is what they have been hearing for many months. Pundit after pundit, commentator after commentator, host after host already had made up their minds: President Trump was guilty and should be indicted, impeached or removed under the 25th Amendment. To be sure, CNN presented the occasional
A federal grand jury impaneled by special counsel Robert Mueller is still conducting a "robust ongoing" investigation -- even after his team has concluded its work and disbanded -- a federal prosecutor testified Wednesday during a court hearing about a subpoena dispute with an unnamed, foreign-owned company. The disclosure was made during an effort by media organizations to persuade the court to identify the foreign firm that has, thus far, refused to honor the subpoena issued by the Mueller team. And it has added a new mystery to the already confounding dispute -- why would the grand jury
Rockland County Executive Ed Day declared a county-wide State of Emergency Tuesday over the ongoing measles outbreak that has reached 153 confirmed cases, the vast majority of whom are under the age of 18 and unvaccinated. According to the ban that went into effect at midnight, anyone under the age of 18 who has not been vaccinated against measles will be barred from public places for at least a month or until they receive the Measles, Mumps, Rubella vaccine. This ban is the first of its kind in the U.S. and will apply to schools, churches, stores, medical facilities, and restaurants.
Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee argued against the Green New Deal on Tuesday by mocking two of the most controversial, and often ridiculed, policy proposals in the resolution: eliminating air travel and flatulating cows. “Unlike others, I’m not immediately afraid of what the Green New Deal would do to the economy and our government. After all, this isn’t going to pass — not today, not any time soon certainly,” Lee said on the Senate floor. “After reading the Green New Deal, I’m mostly afraid of not being able to get through this speech with a straight face — I rise
During an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “NBC Nightly News,” former FBI Director James Comey stated that he is willing to answer questions about how the FBI and Justice Department handled the Russia investigation. Comey said, “Look, it would be like going to the dentist. I don’t love going to the dentist, but I believe in going to the dentist. And so, if there are questions that haven’t been answered in the hours and hours and hours of testimony I’ve given, of course, I’ll answer them. I want it all done in the light of day, though. No more secret depositions.