Matthew Whitaker can properly serve as acting attorney general without Senate confirmation, the Justice Department said in a legal opinion released Wednesday, though the document is unlikely to end the debate over Mr. Whitaker’s installation as the country’s top law-enforcement officer. The Justice Department argues Mr. Whitaker’s appointment was lawful under a statute called the […]
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The French President and the Alt-Right Both Get Nationalism Wrong…
When French President Emmanuel Macron denounced populist nationalism this week and called on world leaders to support institutions such as the United Nations that defend “the common good of the world,” liberal elites cheered. The speech was seen as a rebuke of President Trump, whose opposition to “globalism” and embrace of “nationalism” are held up […]
The Present American Revolution by Victor Davis Hanson…
The revolution of 1776 sought to turn a colony of Great Britain into a new independent republic based on constitutionally protected freedom. It succeeded with the creation of the United States. The failed revolution of 1861, by a slave-owning South declaring its independence from the Union, sought to bifurcate the country, More than 600,000 dead […]
Climate Contrarian Uncovers Scientific Error, Upends Major Ocean Warming Study…
Researchers with UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University recently walked back scientific findings published last month that showed oceans have been heating up dramatically faster than previously thought as a result of climate change. In a paper published Oct. 31 in the journal Nature, researchers found that ocean temperatures had warmed […]
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Mueller Grand Jury Witness Accuses Clinton-Linked Prosecutor of Conflict of Interest…
An attorney who appeared as a witness before the Mueller grand jury is accusing the special counsel’s office of a conflict of interest because one of the prosecutors involved in the special counsel’s case has worked for Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. The prosecutor, Jeannie Rhee, has questioned witnesses about Roger Stone, the Trump […]
Jerome Corsi Reveals Why He Is in Mueller’s Crosshairs…
During his two-month involvement in the special counsel’s investigation, Jerome Corsi says that a major focus of prosecutors was whether he had a source who told him that Wikileaks planned to release emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. In an exclusive interview with The Daily Caller News Foundation, Corsi, a former reporter with […]
‘It was a safe haven’: Heroic Doctors, Nurses & EMTs Saved Patients Sheltering with Patients in Someone’s Garage After Fleeing Their Burning Hospital…
Heroic nurses have told how they rushed patients into an abandoned garage after fleeing their burning hospital in Paradise last Thursday as the deadliest wildfire California has ever seen razed the entire city. Nurses and doctors were forced to flee the Feather River Hospital in Paradise on Thursday as the Camp Fire encroached on them. […]
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Contrast in Competence – Miami Dade is Halfway Finished with Recount, Broward County Hasn’t Even Started…
Well, this certainly adds context to the charges of purposeful incompetence applied toward notoriously corrupt Broward County Supervisor of Elections, Brenda Snipes. According to a recent report from the Miami Herald, Miami-Dade County is halfway through the constitutionally required recount of votes. Meanwhile, Broward County has not started; and there’s almost no-way for them to […]
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Edison & PG&E Reported Outages Near Woolsey and Camp Fires Minutes Before They Sparked…
Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas and Electric Company — the state’s largest utility companies— submitted incident reports to the California Public Utilities Commission Thursday indicating that it experienced power outages in areas near the origin of the Woolsey and Camp fires minutes before the fires started. The California Public Utilities Commission said it is […]
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Tucker Carlson Goes Public About Vulgar Attack on His Daughter…
Tucker Carlson has been facing even more attack-themed intimidation from the far left than we know. Last week a mob nearly broke down the door to his home while his wife, who was alone inside the house at the time, hid in the pantry while calling 911. Now, we learn that Carlson’s teenage daughter was […]
Like Everybody Else in the Obama Administration We Now Learn Former FBI Director James Comey Discussed Sensitive Business on His Gmail Account…
Fired FBI chief James Comey used his private Gmail account hundreds of times to conduct government business — and at least seven of those messages were deemed so sensitive by the Justice Department that they declined to release them. The former top G-man repeatedly claimed he only used his private account for “incidental” purposes and […]
Yes, Matt Whitaker Qualifies as Acting Attorney General by Jonathan Turley…
Today I have two columns in USA Today and The Hill on the sacking of Jeff Sessions and appointment of Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General. The Hill column challenges arguments that Whitaker must recuse himself. However, this morning some members and commentators have declared that Whitaker cannot serve as an Acting […]
A ‘View’ from the Courtroom: The Investiture of Justice Brett Kavanaugh…
Today the Supreme Court held an investiture ceremony for Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh took the oath of office on October 6, shortly after he was confirmed, and he began to participate in the Supreme Court’s cases two days later, so this morning’s six-minute ceremony is largely a formality, at which the court will officially receive […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized After Breaking Three Ribs…
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been hospitalized following a fall in her office last night (Nov. 7). After a night of discomfort, the justice went to the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. “Tests showed that she fractured three ribs on her left side and she was admitted for observation and […]
Captain of Missouri Duck Boat That Sank Killing 17 People Indicted on Federal Charges…
A federal grand jury has charged the captain of a duck boat that sank on Table Rock Lake, killing 17 people, with misconduct, negligence and inattention to duty. An indictment was unsealed on Thursday morning, about an hour before the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri announced the charges in Springfield. Kenneth Scott […]
President Trump Remarks and Press Conference Following Midterm Election…
It was quite a remarkable press conference today. This is President Trump firing on all cylinders. His training wheels have been tossed aside and he is raring to go, ready to lead and will not be daunted by stupid…
SESSIONS OUT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL…
Jeff Sessions, once one of President Trump’s most loyal and trusted advisers before infuriating Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation, has resigned as attorney general at the request of the president. “At your request, I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote in the Wednesday letter to Trump. The president tweeted that Matthew Whitaker, […]
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Senate Judiciary Committee Releases 414-Page Kavanaugh Report – Investigators Continue Review of Former FBI Agent Monica Lee McLean Involvement…
The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a lengthy report (full pdf below) containing the investigative material from the senate investigation of the Kavanaugh accusations. On page #27 of the report the senate committee notes their intent to continue investigating the role of retired FBI Agent Monica Lee McLean, who appears to have been ‘handling‘ accuser […]
Kavanaugh Accuser Referred to DOJ for ‘Materially False Statements’ and ‘Obstruction’…
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on Friday referred a woman who’d accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of raping her “several times” in the backseat of a car to the Justice Department for “materially false statements” and “obstruction.” Kavanaugh, confirmed to the high court on Oct. 6, was infamously accused by multiple women of […]
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When Media Foist False Narratives to Sow Social Discord, They Indeed Are the Enemy of the People…
Jim Acosta of CNN and other media personalities get exercised when the President calls Fake News the “enemy of the people.” President Trump does not call all news outlets or personalities by that term — only the Fake News. Certainly, that term is quite an incendiary sobriquet. The President reciprocates with it because he gets […]
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