Author: Freedom Watch

Ex-Bill Clinton spokesman: We’ve never had a president ‘incapable of telling the truth’ By Emily Birnbaum TheHill August 6, 2018 Former White House press secretary Joe Lockhart said Sunday that President Trump is the first U.S. president who is “incapable of telling the truth.” “This has never happened before,” Lockhart, who served under former President Clinton, said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” “We’ve had great presidents, we’ve had terrible presidents, Republicans and Democrats, but we’ve never had anything like this — where we have a president who is incapable of telling the truth.” Continue Reading…..

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Conservative columnist: Sanders should be shunned after White House job By Morgan Gstalter TheHill August 6, 2018 Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin tore into White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Sunday, saying she should be shunned from her next job for her false and misleading claims. “Sarah Huckabee Sanders is so concerned that people aren’t nice to her,” Rubin told MSNBC’s Joy Reid on “AM Joy.” “And people like me think that — not that she should be harassed — but that she should be shunned. The reason is that she lies.” Continue Reading…..

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Sekulow: Trump Would Fight Any Special Counsel Subpoena Newsmax August 5, 2018 If U.S. President Donald Trump is subpoenaed by a special counsel investigating contacts between the 2016 Trump election campaign and Russia, his lawyers will attempt to quash it in court, one of Trump’s lawyers said on Sunday. Any legal battle over whether the president can be compelled to testify could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, the lawyer, Jay Sekulow, said on ABC’s “This Week” show. Continue Reading…..

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Generation Shapiro | National Review By Liam Warner National Review August 5, 2018 Shapiro is someone that both Trump’s right-leaning opponents and right-minded friends respect. Even a few liberals are willing to entertain his ideas — until they are shamed into denouncing him, of course. This is no small accomplishment. It’s why Shapiro may be the most important conservative at work today. Not just because he has so many fans, but because he is urging those fans to adopt a political standpoint that is in the grand tradition of the conservative intellectual movement. At a moment when the…

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Federal judge orders Trump admin to restart DACA program By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times August 4, 2018 A federal judge on Friday said the government must restart the entire DACA deportation amnesty, including accepting brand new applications — but gave the administration a chance to appeal before his ruling takes effect. The ruling by Judge John D. Bates is a major blow to President Trump, and creates even more confusion about his immigration policy. Continue Reading…..

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By Caitlin Yilek Washington Examiner August 4, 2018 Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University and an ally of President Trump, claimed students snubbed then-Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, suggesting the students could see the future attorney general was “a phony.” In a tweet early Thursday, Falwell said Sessions “appeared unannounced” at the university on a bus tour. Continue Reading…..

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Sen. Cory Booker says he had no idea sign he held is linked to pro-Palestinian movement – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jewish Telegraphic Agency August 3, 2018 WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Cory Booker, seen as a likely contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, appears in a photo appearing to endorse a slogan of the pro-Palestinian movement. A Booker spokesman told JTA the senator had no idea the sign had anything to do with Israel. Continue Reading…..

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Motive behind Las Vegas music festival slaughter eludes investigators 10 months later By Ray Sanchez and Deanna Hackney CNN August 3, 2018 The motive behind Stephen Paddock’s slaughter of 58 people at Las Vegas’ Route 91 Harvest music festival remains a mystery 10 months after the deadliest mass shooting in US history, according to a final criminal investigative report. “The goal of our investigation all along has been to provide the public with the clearest picture possible of the events leading up to” the shooting last year, “as well as motive,” Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Friday.…

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Fox News editor: We should stop having reporters at Trump rallies By Justin Wise TheHill August 3, 2018 Fox News politics editor Chris Stirewalt suggested on Friday that news outlets cease sending reporters to President Trump’s rallies, saying that their presence allows Trump to use them as a “prop.” “We should stop having reporters at those Trump rallies,” Stirewalt said on Fox News’s “Outnumbered.” “Everybody should stop having reporters penned up like veal in the back of those things for the president to use as a prop, and then some of the reporters exploit that for their own…

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