If this were anyone except Judiciary Committee member John Ratcliffe, it would be easier to ignore…. but it’s not. John Ratcliffe is a very tempered and deliberate voice; he has a strong reputation in DC and doesn’t speak in riddles, hype, or disingenuous terms. During an interview with Maria Bartiromo discussing the recent comments by […]
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Chairman Nadler “Negotiating” for Mueller to Testify…
According to Reuters, House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler is negotiating terms for special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before the committee… [I doubt this]. In my opinion, no-one in DC wants Robert Mueller to testify because they know Mueller was/is purely a figurehead for a corrupt investigative enterprise that was simply an extension of the […]
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James Comey: “Reasonable,” “totally normal step” to Plant Undercover Sources in a Political Campaign…
CNN held a Town Hall meeting last night with former Director James Comey. Here’s a snippet of Comey being interviewed by Anderson Cooper where he too has an issue with the word ‘spying’ and prefers using ‘electronic surveillance’ instead. And again, he sheds more light on his lack of memory. He appears to not remember […]
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s Farewell Remarks to the DOJ…
I represent the United States. Those are the opening words spoken by Department of Justice attorneys at every federal trial. Each of us represents the entire United States. More importantly, we represent every one of its citizens. All ideologies and political affiliations. All races and religions. We represent supporters and critics. We represent victims and […]
Deputy AG Rosenstein Steps Down. Senate Panel Approves Trump Nominee Jeffrey Rosen as Deputy AG…
The Senate Judiciary Committee on May 9 approved President Donald Trump’s deputy attorney general nominee, Jeffrey Rosen, forwarding the matter to the Senate floor for confirmation. Rosen currently serves as deputy secretary at the Department of Transportation. Trump picked him at the recommendation of Attorney General William Barr, who has worked with Rosen in private […]
House Passes $19B Disaster Relief Package…
Over objections from President Trump, the House on Friday passed a $19.1 billion disaster relief package to help U.S. states recover from a spate of recent hurricanes, wildfires and floods, as lawmakers search for a way forward on the long-stalled priority. Democrats said they addressed past GOP concerns by adding additional money to an earlier […]
Flint Mayor Asked City Employees to Divert Donations to Her Nonprofit…
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver asked employees to redirect charitable donors to a nonprofit fund she created shortly after taking office in 2015, an ex-city official testified during a federal whistleblower trial in Detroit on Wednesday, May 8. Weaver, who took the stand briefly Wednesday and may testify further Thursday, said she created the fund at […]
FBI’S STEELE STORY FALLS APART…
The FBI’s sworn story to a federal court about its asset, Christopher Steele, is fraying faster than a $5 souvenir T-shirt bought at a tourist trap. Newly unearthed memos show a high-ranking government official who met with Steele in October 2016 determined some of the Donald Trump dirt that Steele was simultaneously digging up for […]
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Married Couple Asks for $1B in Damages in Roundup Trial…
In January 2015, Monsanto executive Dan Jenkins wrote an email to a number of his colleagues expressing concern about the International Agency for Research on Cancer’s upcoming review of glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s popular weed killer Roundup. “IARC- they are sending delegates (trying to get names) that are knowledgeable re- gly from EDSP […]
The Battle of the Letters, 1963: John F. Kennedy, David Ben-Gurion, Levi Eshkol, and the U.S. Inspections of Dimona…
During 1963, President John F. Kennedy was preoccupied with issues such as Vietnam, the nuclear test ban negotiations, civil rights protests, and Cuba. It is less well known, however, that one of his most abiding concerns was whether and how fast Israel was seeking a nuclear weapons capability and what the U.S. should do about […]
How Media Narratives Became More Important Than Facts by Sharyl Attkisson…
The day that I told CBS News I wished to leave my job as investigative correspondent ahead of my contract, I didn’t give a reason. I didn’t see the point because the problem wasn’t fixable. Nor was it isolated to CBS News. My own take is that—as our industry has changed in ways that have […]
Students Storm Out of Colorado School Shooting Vigil in Protest of Politicians…
Survivors of a Colorado school shooting walked out of a vigil for their slain classmate Wednesday night in protest of politicians and other groups using it as a platform for gun control, a local report said. The students from STEM High School, where two gunmen killed a student and wounded eight others Tuesday, began yelling […]
Things That Make You Say ‘Hhhmmm’: FBI Lost Notes From Clinton Probe Meeting Significant to Concerns Over Foreign Exfiltration Lead
The FBI lost notes from a 2015 meeting with people from the office of the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG), according to newly released FBI records on the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s alleged mishandling of classified information. The news raises concern that some information about an explosive lead passed by the […]
NYT Trump Taxes Story is Funniest News of Year (so far)…
I can just picture the The New York Times gathering a team of actuaries, legal accountants, tax historians, advisers and financial consultants around a big executive office table, piled high with reams of papers and spent coffee cups, saying: “We’ve got him now…. as soon as people understand: fixed asset depreciation schedules; and if the […]
Talk About a City of Stoners!: Denver Voters Approve Decriminalization of ‘Magic Mushrooms’…
Voters in Denver approved the nation’s first referendum on decriminalizing hallucinogenic mushrooms Tuesday. Though it took election officials until Wednesday afternoon to tabulate the vote, 50.6 percent of the 176,000 voters picked “yes,” and 49.4 percent voted no. The voters endorsed a change in Denver law that will require police to make arresting people for […]
TRUMP EXERTS EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE OVER FULL MUELLER REPORT…
The White House has asserted executive privilege over the unredacted Mueller report, the Justice Department said in a letter to Democrats Wednesday. Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd wrote to Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., that the move allows President Trump “to make a final decision whether to assert privilege following a full review of these materials.” […]
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Tiger Wood Receives the Presidential Medal of Honor for Being a ‘global symbol of American excellence, devotion, and drive’…
President Donald Trump awarded an emotional Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday during a ceremony in the Rose Garden. Woods became the fourth golfer ever to receive the honor, along with Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Charlie Sifford. Woods held back tears during the ceremony, where Trump praised him as a “global […]
James Comey Is in Trouble and He Knows It…
James Comey’s planet is getting noticeably warmer. Attorney General William Barr’s emissions are the suspected cause. Barr has made plain that he intends to examine carefully how and why Comey, as FBI director, decided that the bureau should investigate two presidential campaigns and if, in so doing, any rules or laws were broken. In light […]
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Strzok-Page Texts Suggest Intel Agencies Leaked on Russia Case…
Republican congressional leaders are calling for a new investigation of media leaks surrounding the Russia investigation — possibly emanating from the intelligence community — pointing to internal text messages they say indicate a more widespread problem. “[T]hese texts and emails demonstrate the need to investigate leaks from agencies or entities other than FBI,” Senate Homeland […]
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Strzok-Page Texts Suggested Using Post-Election Briefing to Gather Information on Trump Team…
Text messages between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page indicate they discussed using briefings to the Trump team after the 2016 election to identify people they could “develop for potential relationships,” track lines of questioning and “assess” changes in “demeanor” – language one GOP lawmaker called “more evidence” of irregular conduct in the […]
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