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Trump declares Victory after Mueller testimony: “This was a devastating day for the Democrats”
on July 24, 2019
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After Mueller's testimony today, Trump was ebullient.
He took a victory lap in an almost 20 minute press interaction, and on Twitter.
Yale Psychiatrist Bandy Lee Returns to Diagnose Trump as a Racist
on July 24, 2019
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Yale psychiatry professor Bandy Lee has been trotted out by Democrats repeatedly to declare President Donald Trump mentally unfit for office. She has never even met the president, which makes her diagnosis ethically and professionally unsound, and now she is being consulted once again.
Oberlin College ordered to post $36 million bond to delay Gibson’s Bakery collection of Judgment
on July 24, 2019
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The compensatory and punitive damages of $25 million (after reduction for tort reform caps), plus the over $6.5 million in attorney's fees and costs, put Oberlin College almost $32 million in debt to Gibson's Bakery and its owners.
Absent some judicial action, the next step would have been for the Gibsons to execute on the judgment, meaning start collecting the money through post-judgment remedies, such as seizing bank accounts and physical property.
Mueller: Russians Also Tried to Help Hillary
on July 24, 2019
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Robert Mueller said to the Intelligence Committee that hackers Hillary received a lot of the same behavior from Russian hackers that Trump received:
Asked by Democratic Rep. Jim Himes which candidate Russian hacking was designed to benefit, Mueller answered Trump — but he added “there were instances where Hillary Clinton was subject to much the same behavior.”
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Round Two: Mueller Testifies in Front of House Intelligence Committee
on July 24, 2019
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified for over three and half hours in front of the House Judiciary Committee this morning where we learned nothing new.
Now Mueller will testify over Volume I of his report in front of the House Intelligence Committee.
Mueller Tells Congress He Participated in ‘Very Few’ Interviews
on July 24, 2019
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Robert Mueller's investigation performed over 500 interviews over the course of two years.
However, Mueller, who was in charge, told Congress he did not participate in many interviews.
Mueller: Investigation was “not at any time curtailed, stopped, or hindered”
on July 24, 2019
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Ratcliffe to Mueller: ‘Prosecutors Never, Ever Need to Conclusively Determine’ Presumption of Innocence
on July 24, 2019
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Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) went after Robert Mueller over his conclusion that his team could not exonerate Trump on obstruction of justice:
Giving Mr. Mueller little chance to response, Mr. Ratcliffe said it was inappropriate for a prosecutor to try to exonerate someone. Pressing further, Mr. Ratcliffe asked Mr. Mueller if he could name another instance of the Justice Department stating that someone was not exonerated other than Mr. Trump "I cannot," Mr. Mueller said.
Mueller Defends Investigation to Judiciary Committee, Doesn’t Provide New Answers
on July 24, 2019
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Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee for over three hours this morning mainly over Volume II mainly on obstruction.
Mueller did not provide new answers and told the representatives over 100 to refer to his report.
Police: Witness says GA State Rep was one who said “Go back where you came from!” – not man she accused
on July 24, 2019
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On Sunday, I wrote about Democrat state Rep. Erica Thomas walking back her statement that Cuban anti-Trump Democrat Eric Sparkes told her to "go back where she came from." Since then, she has walked back her walk back and is insisting that he did say that.
Elizabeth Warren’s erroneous claim to have tried to help women with breast implant claims when she represented Dow Chemical
on July 23, 2019
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I appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to talk about Elizabeth Warren's representation of Dow Chemical in breast implant litigation, and how she has not been forthright about her role. She portrays herself as having fought for the women, when the reality was quite different.
The Washington Post recently published an investigation that confirmed my prior reporting that Warren's representation of Dow Chemical, the parent corporation of the breast implant manufacturer, Dow Corning, was not to help the women.
House Condemns BDS Despite Protests From Reps. Omar, Tlaib
on July 23, 2019
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The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives condemned the Global, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS) with a vote of 398-17 even though Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib campaigned against the measure.
Bernie’s Presidential Campaign Hit With Federal Labor Complaint
on July 23, 2019
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Mr. Socialist's campaign getting slapped with a federal labor complaint is just delectable.
Booker’s Toxic Masculinity: “My testosterone sometimes makes me want to feel like punching [Trump]”
on July 23, 2019
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It's "toxic masculinity" unless you're woke then it's just funny, or something.
Sen. Cory Booker, whose presidential campaign is running on fumes, joined Seth Meyers Monday talked jokingly about how his testosterone makes him feel like punching Trump.
US Sanctions Chinese State Oil Company For Importing Iranian Oil
on July 23, 2019
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The United State has imposed sanctions on a leading Chinese state-owned company for importing Iranian oil. The sanctions placed by the U.S. State Department bar Zhuhai Zhenrong Corporation, one of China's largest state-run oil companies, from "engaging in foreign exchange, banking or property transactions under US jurisdiction," London-based Financial Times reported.
Kirsten Gillibrand defends takedown of Al Franken after New Yorker Mag Tries to Rehabilitate him
on July 23, 2019
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New Yorker Magazine is nothing if not consistently inconsistent.
In the fall of 2018, writer Jane Mayer and co-writer Ronan Farrow wrote a hit piece for the magazine on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that was disguised as investigative journalism. The article detailed an allegation of sexual misconduct made by Deborah Ramirez, who was a classmate of Kavanaugh's at Yale in the early 1980s.
