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Republicans Wake Up to an Electoral Bloodbath

'Lawyer Up': Democrats Declare War on Trump Administration

2026 Midterms Results: Democrats Win the House and Senate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZg0jMtCYE

New Zealand Volcano Erupts With Tourists in its Crater Moments Before Eruption

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 10, 2019 22 Comments

A volcano off the coast of New Zealand erupted, killing five people and injuring 31 others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirfLxHup0g

If you were as deceptive with the FBI, as the FBI was with the FISA court, how quickly would you be charged?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 09, 2019 51 Comments

The report of DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz on the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign was as expected. As with his prior report on FBI Director James Comey's leaking of information, Horowitz provided a headline version allowing Comey and others to declare exoneration because no criminal referral, while the details were devastating.

https://twitter.com/ewarren/status/1173640864461185024

Elizabeth Warren to hold big donor fundraiser “in absentia, leaving her plausible deniability”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 09, 2019 16 Comments

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has a credibility problem that has dogged her for years, so I am always a little bit surprised when she does something that reinforces the reasons for her inability to build public trust beyond the narrow fringe left that constitutes her base.

AG Barr: “FBI officials misled the FISA court, omitted critical exculpatory facts”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 09, 2019 29 Comments

The DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s 's report dropped earlier today, and U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham is questioning some of the conclusions in the report.

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1204113199810920449

Dem Counsel Won’t Explain Investigation, Collins Points Out ‘That’s the Problem’ With Impeachment Inquiry

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 6 Comments

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Doug Collins had a tense back-and-forth with Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman "over the House Intelligence Committee releasing call logs from Giuliani and his indicted associate Lev Parnas that showed conversations with Nunes and conservative journalist John Solomon."

Iranian Refugee Warns America That Universities are Becoming Radicalized

Africana Studies Department at Oberlin College Offers Courses on Marxism

Northwestern Food Fest Cancels Event After Pro-Israel Group Registers

Member of Largest Teachers Union Says They Abandoned Education in Pursuit of Political Power

Columbia to Host Discussion of American Genocide, Colonialism, and Racial Oppression

LGBT Student Group at Florida State U. Requests $58K for Drag Shows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53z6uZxffjA

Horowitz v. Durham — Dispute Over Russiagate Conclusions

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 21 Comments

U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham, who is investigating the origins of the Russia-Trump collusion probe, disagreed with a few aspects of Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report released today. “Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report’s conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened,” said Durham.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNeEO-hnOU

DOJ IG: Russia Probe Lawful, But Found ‘Serious Performance Failures’ by the FBI

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 31 Comments

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report on the origins of the Russia investigation, which is likely to please both sides of the political spectrum. The IG found justification to investigate the Russia investigation and did not find any "intentional misconduct or political bias." However, the investigators discovered many "significant" errors concerning the FISA warrant on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Kentucky Abortion Ultrasound Law

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 6 Comments

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to the Kentucky Ultrasound Informed Consent Act, which requires "doctors to perform ultrasounds and show and describe fetal images to patients before abortions, as well as play an audible heartbeat of the fetus." Their decision means the law will stay in place.

https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1203827034570539009

Dershowitz: Democrats Found The Man (Trump), Now ‘They’re Searching for a Crime’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 09, 2019 12 Comments

Professor Alan Dershowitz was the sole guest on Life, Liberty & Levin on Sunday night. For the first and longest segment of the program, he dismantled the Democrats' case for impeaching Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq8GS0sJL7U

FBI Treating Pensacola Naval Air Station Shooting as Terrorism

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 09, 2019 26 Comments

The FBI announced it will investigate the deadly shooting at Pensacola Naval Air Shooting as terrorism.

Branco Cartoon – Bumper Sticker

Posted by A.F. Branco on December 09, 2019 13 Comments

Too late to let go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwbFOJqQKEM

Elizabeth Warren admits she pocketed $2 million from legal practice, which included anti-consumer representation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 08, 2019 20 Comments

The history of Elizabeth Warren's political scandals is that she initially releases only the information she thinks people already know. When doubt is cast on her story and the controversy doesn't disappear, she tries to get ahead of the issue with an information release which is incomplete. When even more doubt is cast, Warren repeats the tactic.

Lindsey Graham on Impeachment: “I am going to end this as quickly as I can”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 08, 2019 53 Comments

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) appeared on Fox News Sunday morning and blasted House Democrats in general and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-NY) in particular. Graham, who serves as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, also shared his intention to end the impeachment trial "as quickly as I can for the good of the country."

Impeachment Games: Dems dump thousands of pages of documents on Republicans just 48 hrs before next hearing

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 08, 2019 19 Comments

Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) is seeking a delay in Monday's impeachment hearing following a massive data dump on Saturday. Collins is the ranking Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY).

MSM Runs With Media Matters Smear of Nikki Haley Over Misreported Confederate Flag Comments

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 08, 2019 12 Comments

I've been blogging about politics and media bias since 2003, and I can honestly say that Media Matters is one of the worst websites on the left when it comes to making false or distorted claims about things Republicans say - even when video evidence proves them wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM21yCBn8HI

In wake of Trump executive order, LA City Council declares it is ‘Welcoming City’ for refugees

Posted by Leslie Eastman on December 08, 2019 20 Comments

This fall, the Trump administration gave state and local authorities the power to reject refugees from being resettled in their communities, as well as further reducing the number of refugees allowed in the country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjbEAmhtP1w

U.S. Envoy Slams Berlin Over Conference Hosting Hamas

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on December 08, 2019 2 Comments

U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell criticized the city of Berlin on Friday for allowing a pro-Hamas conference. "We have raised our concerns over this. Hamas is a terrorist organization and should not be welcomed in Berlin," the U.S. envoy said on Twitter.