Author: Freedom Watch

Harris responds to Trump’s birther attacks: ‘They’re going to engage in lies’ By Jasmine Wright CNN August 16, 2020 (CNN)Presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris said President Donald Trump and his campaign will “engage in lies” and “deception” after he floated a new conspiracy last week about her eligibility to serve as vice president and president. “They’re going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues that are impacting the American people. And I expect that they will engage in dirty tactics. And this is going to be a knockdown, drag-out. And we’re ready,”…

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Iran condemns UAE deal with Israel, saying it’s a ‘huge mistake’ By Caitlin McFall Fox News August 16, 2020 Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani condemned this week’s agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, saying in a heated speech Saturday that the UAE made a “huge mistake.” Rouhani called the new diplomatic ties between the UAE and Israel a “betrayal of the will of the Palestinian people and the will of Muslims.” In a historic move, the UAE became the third country in the Middle East to officially establish diplomatic ties with Israel, in an alleged attempt…

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Mark Cuban lashes out with Fox rant after confronted with low ratings for woke NBA era By Douglas Ernst The Washington Times August 16, 2020 Mark Cuban says critics of the NBA’s Black Lives Matter activism should focus on Fox News’ ratings before the league. The Dallas Mavericks owner says a 4% dip in ratings for the league has far more to do with Joseph R. Biden’s presidential campaign than politicized programming alienating fans. “Lol. You do realize that was the day @JoeBiden picked @KamalaHarris?” the billionaire tweeted at Fox Sports Radio’s Clay Travis on Thursday. “Nothing makes…

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Seattle BLM To White People: ‘Give Black People Back Their Homes’, ‘Open Up Your Wallets’ (VIDEO) Clash Daily August 15, 2020 What happens when you raise a generation of people who thinks the world owes you something? They come looking for handouts. The concept of ‘Other People’s Money’ means something a little different to this crowd. Instead of the investor’s approach, they are applying the approach of pirates and mafia bosses. That’s a nice home you’ve got there. I want it. Get out. A group of Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle marched through a residential neighborhood this…

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Kamala Harris Is Eligible to Be VP. Shout It From the Roof. By Noah Feldman Bloomberg.com August 15, 2020 The theory that Kamala Harris is ineligible to be vice president because her parents were not U.S. citizens is xenophobic and false. But it’s not exactly the same as the birther conspiracy theory that said President Barack Obama wasn’t born in the United States at all. Birtherism was a conspiracy theory based on a factual lie. Even debunking that kind of theory can be a bad idea because it tends to help the falsehood reach more people — some…

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Newsweek apologizes for Kamala Harris op-ed By Tal Axelrod TheHill August 15, 2020 Newsweek has apologized after an op-ed it published about Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee, drew an avalanche of criticism that it perpetuated a racist conspiracy theory about her eligibility to be vice president. The magazine added an editor’s note late Friday to a piece authored by Chapman University law professor John Eastman in which he suggested Harris, who was born in Oakland, was not a natural-born citizen because her parents were immigrants. “Before we so cavalierly accept Senator Harris’ eligibility…

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Appeals court nixes Hillary Clinton deposition on emails By Josh Gerstein POLITICO August 14, 2020 A federal appeals court panel has unanimously overturned a lower-court order requiring Hillary Clinton to provide a sworn deposition about her use of a private email account and server during her four years as secretary of State. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, 3-0, that the conservative group Judicial Watch was not entitled to depose Clinton in connection with an 8-year-old Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records of details about information national security adviser Susan Rice discussed during interviews in 2012…

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Barr teases Friday ‘development’ in Durham probe, says investigation won’t be ‘dictated to’ by election By Charles Creitz Fox News August 14, 2020 There will be “a development” Friday in Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, Attorney General William Barr told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview Thursday. Barr said that the development would not be “earth-shattering,” but would be “an indication that things are moving along at the proper pace as dictated by the facts in this investigation.” “There are two different things going on, Sean,” Barr said.…

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