The House Ethics Committee signaled Friday it has begun a sweeping probe into misconduct of lawmakers and staff that resulted in taxpayer-funded settlements. The 10-member bipartisan panel ordered the Office of Compliance to turn over “all records… related to any claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation or any other [prohibited] employment practice,” by House lawmakers […]
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Farenthold Used Taxpayer Funds to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim…
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R., Texas) is reported to have used taxpayer funds for a $84,000 settlement with his communications director in 2014. Former communications director Lauren Greene filed a lawsuit in 2014 over allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment, Politico reported. In the lawsuit, Greene claimed another Farenthold aide […]
Pelosi ‘Sure As Hell’ Won’t Decide Resignation, Conyers Lawyer Says…
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has not decided whether to resign, his lawyer said Thursday, despite calls from congressional leaders to step down amid several allegations of sexual harassment. “Nancy Pelosi did not elect the congressman, and she sure as hell won’t be the one to tell the congressman to leave,” said Conyers’ attorney, Arnold Reed, […]
Army Veteran Accuses Franken of Groping Her in 2003…
“When he put his arm around me, he groped my right breast. He kept his hand all the way over on my breast,” Kemplin told CNN. “I’ve never had a man put their arm around me and then cup my breast. So he was holding my breast on the side.” After Franken failed to move […]
New Revelations in Hillary’s Email Breeches…
1. Let’s talk about new revelations regarding the Clinton email breeches. We already had some pretty important details. Over 1k emails w TS codeword info, & most alarming: Special Access Program level classified information was on her server. 2. The Left is openly accusing everyone investigating of conducting a politically motivated witch hunt, to stop […]
Calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’ is the Best Way to Fight Racism by Daniel Greenfield…
Senator Elizabeth Warren, America’s greatest living fake Indian, is outraged. “There he was, at a ceremony to honor Native Americans,” the former Harvard Law prof, who claimed to be Native American on account of her grandfather’s high cheekbones, fumed, “And President Trump couldn’t even make it through a ceremony to honor these men without throwing […]
Actress: Weinstein Used Oprah and Naomi to Seduce Me…
An aspiring actress says Harvey Weinstein used Oprah Winfrey and Naomi Campbell to dupe her into thinking he would help her with her career — only to use her for sex. British actress Kadian Noble said Tuesday she was head-over-heels impressed when she first met Weinstein at an event in London because he was hanging […]
Cokie Roberts: Oh, We All Knew To Avoid Getting in An Elevator With Rep. Conyers…
Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Cokie Roberts made a startling admission: “every female in the press corps knew” to avoid being in an elevator with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), and has apparently known about this “for years.” Conyers has been accused of multiple instances of sexual harassment and has stepped down from the House Judiciary […]
Never Trump Plant in Alabama: ‘Write In’ Against Conservative Roy Moore Attended Liberal Dem Doug Jones Fundraiser…
Busby, a retired Marine colonel and former aide to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, announced on Monday that he will launch a last-minute write-in campaign against Republican nominee Alabama Judge Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. Busby admitted that he attended a fundraiser for Doug Jones and even voted for Ohio governor and […]
Arkansas Cuts Off Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood Following Court Ruling…
Arkansas has once again cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood following a recent court ruling. The state’s Department of Human Services said it terminated Planned Parenthood’s status as a Medicaid provider last week when the court’s ruling formally took effect, according to The Associated Press. A federal appeals court in August vacated an earlier […]
Tucker Carlson: Not every accuser tells the truth — I should know…
A middle-aged man going through a divorce begins dating a woman he met online. The relationship becomes torrid and eventually the man sends his girlfriend lewd texts and nude photographs of himself. Several years later the two break up and, in revenge, the woman shares their private correspondence with other people. Nude pictures of the […]
How a House Dem Accused of Drunken Shenanigans Revealed Another Secret ‘Hush Fund’…
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill. While the Office of […]
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Yet Another Staffer Comes Forward Accusing Conyers of Sexual Harassment…
A former staffer in a state office of Rep. John Conyers Jr. accused the Michigan Democrat of sexual misconduct in a story published early Tuesday by The Detroit News. Deanna Maher, who worked for Conyers from 1997 to 2005, told the newspaper that Conyers made unwanted sexual passes on three occasions. “I didn’t report the […]
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Susan Sarandon: ‘I thought Hillary was very dangerous. If she’d won, we’d be at war’…
Susan Sarandon at 71 is bright-eyed and airy, and perhaps shyer than she can publicly seem. When I walk into the room – a private members’ club in downtown New York, where she sits with a small dog at her feet – she doesn’t say hello or make eye-contact, giving what I suspect is a […]
Exposed – the Liberal Astroturfers Behind the Global Warming Scare…
In order to drain the swamp, President Trump must first destroy the Green Blob. This is the only logical conclusion to be drawn from a series of data leaks and Freedom of Information (FOI) revelations exposing the relationship between left wing campaigners and the great climate change scam. Global warming, it becomes clear, is primarily […]
What Really Happened with the GOP Platform and Russia…
It’s one of the enduring misconceptions of the Trump-Russia affair. During the 2016 Republican convention, the story goes, the Trump campaign weakened a critical passage in the GOP platform to go easy on Russia. The Trump team acted, according to this narrative, as part of an ongoing conspiracy with Russian President Vladimir Putin to help […]
Will John Conyers Agree to Lift Accuser’s Confidentiality Agreement?…
The woman who settled a sexual harassment complaint with Democratic Michigan Rep. John Conyers wants to go public and tell her story, despite a confidentiality agreement barring her from doing so. The woman, a former staffer for Conyers, is asking him to lift the confidentiality agreement she signed as part of a settlement agreement in […]
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Claire McCaskill Took Action to Hide Travel on Private Plane From Public…
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) took action earlier this year to make her family’s private plane untrackable by the public, according to documents obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration. McCaskill garnered much criticism ahead of her last reelection campaign over her use of a private jet at taxpayer expense, causing her to demand her husband…
Donna Brazile: First She Says the Primary Was ‘Rigged’ NOW She Says 2016 ‘was not a legitimate election’…
Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile on Tuesday called the 2016 presidential election illegitimate, and said it may have ended differently had Russia not interfered. “My personal view is that it was not a legitimate election,” Brazile told MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews Tuesday night. “So it doesn’t count?” Matthews asked. “Chris, remember, I […]
Liberal Millionaires Group Seeks to ‘Fundamentally Reset’ America’s Ideology and Economy…
A group of deep-pocketed progressive millionaires seeks to “fundamentally reset” America’s ideology and economy and “expose the dogma of free enterprise, limited government, and traditional family values,” according to a brochure obtained by the Washington Free Beacon at a secretive progressive dark money donor conference. The group, called Patriotic Millionaires, is a Washington, D.C.-based organization […]
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