Author: Freedom Watch

Sid Miller chides ‘Jewish Mayor Steve Adler’ for joining Ilhan Omar at Ramadan dinner By Jonathan Tilove Austin American-Statesman May 16, 2019 Hello Austin: As you may recall, two months ago, around the time that Beto O’Rourke announced his candidacy for president, Stan Herd, a Kansas artist, created a 2-acre earth art likeness of O’Rourke — “BETO 2020,” it said — at Carson Creek Ranch, where it would be visible to planes flying in and out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Crop artist Stan Herd uses soil, grass and rock to create a profile of Democratic presidential candidate Beto…

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Sean Hannity: DOJ inspector general FISA abuse probe is ‘done and it’s devastating’ Washington Examiner May 16, 2019 Fox News host Sean Hannity says he is hearing that the Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse is “done and it’s devastating.” He made the assertion during his evening program on Wednesday and asked Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., if he also had heard any word on the investigation. Graham, whose Judiciary Committee had been conducting his own FISA abuse inquiry, said he could not verify if Inspector General Michael Horowitz is done, but added…

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WND May 15, 2019 A lawyer representing Roy Moore, who twice was elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and now is suing actor Sacha Cohen and Showtime for millions for fraudulently inducing him to appear on a show, is asking a federal court in Washington to reconsider a ruling that appears to be based on the alleged fraud. Judge Thomas Hogan said the case must be heard in federal court in New York, not in Washington, D.C., where Moore filed his action for damages for being “maliciously defamed” by Cohen and Showtime. But the basis for that…

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Trump boasts that his looks and brain are better than Biden’s By Katie Galioto POLITICO May 15, 2019 President Donald Trump took another dig at former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday, claiming the Democratic primary front-runner’s looks and mind are less sharp due to age. At 72 and 76, respectively, Trump and Biden are among the oldest candidates seeking the White House in 2020. But the president’s comment came in the form of a tweet responding to “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough’s remark earlier Wednesday that Trump “looks like he’s about 20 years younger than a lot…

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Alabama Senate Passes Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions By Kim Chandler Newsmax May 15, 2019 Alabama’s state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions, creating exceptions only to safeguard the health of the mother, as part of a multistate effort to have the U.S. Supreme Court reconsider a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion. The bill was previously approved by the Alabama House of Representatives and will now go to Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who has withheld comment on whether she would sign it but generally is a strong opponent of abortion.…

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Barr throws curveball into Senate GOP ‘spying’ probe By Jordain Carney TheHill May 15, 2019 Attorney General William Barr’s decision to tap a U.S attorney to dig into the origins of the Russia probe is throwing a curveball into investigative plans on Capitol Hill. Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney in Connecticut with the responsibility of examining the origins of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign, a move long clamored for by President Trump and his conservative allies. But the decision comes as a trio of high-profile Senate Republicans are planning their own investigations into “spying” on…

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Geraldo Rivera Tears Into Fox News Colleagues for ‘Cheap Politics’ Over Rashida Tlaib By Justin Baragona The Daily Beast May 15, 2019 Things got heated Tuesday night on Fox News’ Hannity when Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera blasted his colleagues for engaging in “cheap politics” by misrepresenting Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-MI) recent comments on the Holocaust, claiming they were vilifying the Palestinian-American congresswoman. Tlaib has been bombarded with conservative outrage and accusations of anti-Semitism after saying in a Yahoo News podcast earlier this week that she had a “kind of calming feeling” when thinking about her Palestinian ancestors…

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WND May 15, 2019 A lawyer for former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was pardoned by President Trump for his conviction in a racial-profiling case, says Democratic Congress members trying to reverse the pardon are posing arguments that are “wholly without merit” and “unconstitutional.” Larry Klayman charged the “frivolous” claims are based on the Democrats’ “prejudicial, political agenda” and a “deep-seated hatred of Arpaio and the president of the United States.” More than 20 Democrats have filed a brief asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the pardon. Continue Reading…..

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Judicial Watch Head: Russia Hoax Prosecutions More Important Now Than New Investigations www.theepochtimes.com May 14, 2019 WASHINGTON—Attorney General William Barr should focus on initiating prosecutions of Russia Hoax ringleaders like former FBI counter-espionage agent “Peter Strzok and people of that ilk who quite obviously abused their offices for political purposes,” Tom Fitton, president of the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, said Tuesday. “The fact they have an attorney general and a U.S. attorney looking at these issues is a positive development,” Fitton told The Epoch Times. “And the reaction of the Left to it tells you why it…

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