Author: Freedom Watch
Now Forced To Negotiate, President Donald Trump Shows How He Does It | Morning Joe | MSNBC YouTube January 10, 2019 On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president didn’t understand the financial challenges that federal workers are facing during the government shutdown. The panel continues its discussion. Continue Reading…..
By Eliana Johnson and Gabby Orr POLITICO January 10, 2019 The White House is reaching out to political allies and conservative activist groups to prepare for an ailing Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s possible death or departure from the Supreme Court — an event that would trigger the second bitter confirmation battle of President Donald Trump’s tenure. The outreach began after Ginsburg, 85, on Monday missed oral arguments at the court for the first time in her 25 years on the bench. The justice, who was nominated to the court by President Bill Clinton in 1993, announced in late December…
Lemon: Trump’s behavior is like a toddler’s YouTube January 10, 2019 CNN’s Don Lemon calls President Donald Trump a ‘”toddler” after he stormed out of a meeting with top congressional leaders over border wall funding. Continue Reading…..
Andrew Napolitano: Mueller can show Trump campaign ‘had a connection to Russian intelligence’ Washington Examiner January 10, 2019 Special counsel Robert Mueller has evidence that could prove a link between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia, according to a Fox News senior legal commentator. Judge Andrew Napolitano’s remarks come after the defense team for Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former 2016 campaign chairman, acknowledged in a new court filing that their client shared polling data before the election with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian-Ukrainian political consultant to Russian intelligence, who at one point worked for Manafort’s lobbying firm. Kilimnik was…
Gregg Jarrett: Why Rosenstein’s departure will help restore the rule of law at the Justice Department By Gregg Jarrett Fox News January 9, 2019 Reports Wednesday by Fox News and others that rogue Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to resign in several weeks — soon after William Barr is confirmed by the Senate as our nation’s next attorney general — mean that the Justice Department is headed for badly needed reforms. Under the failed leadership of fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Rosenstein, the department has been operating more like the Department of Injustice in its…
‘I Understand Where I Stand’: Nick Foles Knows Time With Eagles Likely Nearing End CBS Philly January 9, 2019 PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) — Nick Foles is in a unique situation, a Super Bowl MVP trying to lead his team to a second straight championship knowing he will most likely play somewhere else next season. Nothing about what Foles has done for the Philadelphia Eagles is ordinary. “I’m not worried about the future but I understand where I stand and every time I wear that jersey is special,” Foles said Wednesday. “We get one more week together, at least.” Continue…
By Frank Miele Real Clear Politics January 7, 2019 It is hard to quantify the smallness of Mitt Romney, but let’s just say that if character were measured in shoe size, we’d be using the children’s scale to gauge his worth. He certainly is not qualified to walk in the shoes of President Trump, nor even to follow in his footsteps. Utah’s newest senator is so small he’d get lost in the cavernous legacy left behind by each footfall of the historic president who dares to walk upright among the craven beasts of the Swamp. Yet Romney continues to…
Only six immigrants in terrorism database stopped by CBP at southern border in first half of 2018 By Julia Ainsley NBC News January 7, 2019 U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered only six immigrants at ports of entry on the U.S-Mexico border in the first half of fiscal year 2018 whose names were on a federal government list of known or suspected terrorists, according to CBP data provided to Congress in May 2018 and obtained by NBC News. The low number contradicts statements by Trump administration officials, including White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, who said Friday that…
Opinion | Trump’s ’emergency powers’ threat reveals the GOP’s dismal state By Jennifer Rubin Washington Post January 6, 2019 President Trump on Friday threatened to use “emergency powers” to order the military to divert funds for building his border wall on the southern border. The Post reports: In a forceful but meandering performance that included numerous false or questionable assertions, Trump announced he was considering declaring a “national emergency” to move forward on construction through executive power; argued his administration would use eminent domain to obtain private land along the U.S.-Mexico border; and suggested a steel wall could…
Ocasio-Cortez defends Tlaib after impeachment remarks: ‘I got your back’ By Elizabeth Zwirz Fox News January 6, 2019 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a stand for fellow House freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Saturday after the latter’s expletive-laced comments in favor of impeaching President Trump. Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic socialist lawmaker from New York, went on Twitter to weigh in, accusing the GOP of a having a double standard. Continue Reading…..