Author: Freedom Watch
Brett Kavanaugh’s defense of NSA phone surveillance looms as confirmation question Washington Examiner July 9, 2018 Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, forcefully defended the National Security Agency’s dragnet collection of domestic call records, alarming privacy advocates who view the collection as unconstitutional. It’s not yet clear if Kavanaugh’s November 2015 concurrence while serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will factor prominently in his confirmation proceedings. But before he was nominated, anti-surveillance progressive and conservative advocates expressed concern. Continue Reading…..
How Michael Cohen decided to send Trump a carefully calibrated message By Howard Kurtz Fox News July 9, 2018 It’s quite obvious that Michael Cohen was sending a sharp message when he sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. What is less apparent is how deliberate and carefully crafted his words were, especially on subjects that don’t directly involve him, and his strategy toward the intended recipient: President Trump. Continue Reading…..
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McConnell chased from KY restaurant by protesters By Devan Cole CNN July 9, 2018 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was followed to his car Saturday by protesters who hurled both personal insults and political rhetoric at him while he left a Kentucky restaurant. The encounter, which took place in a parking lot outside of a Louisville restaurant, was captured on camera by one of the protesters. In the video, you can hear the group of protesters chanting “vote you out!” and “abolish ICE!” to the Republican senator from Kentucky. One man can be heard calling the senator “turtle…
Tomi Lahren Says People Are Being Mean to Her And it’s All Maxine Waters’ Fault By Michael Harriot The Root July 8, 2018 Tomi Lahren, Satan’s blonde-haired colostomy bag, went full snowflake on Fox News Saturday night, explaining that people think she’s a trash human being because of Maxine Waters, and not because she’s actually a trash bag full of right-wing vomit. On Saturday’s episode of Justice with Judge Jeanine, Lahren and Jeanine Pirro put on a miraculous display of anus-to-mouth lies when they managed to somehow spray bullshit from their surgically enhanced lips while talking out of…
CNN’s Stelter blasts Trump-Hannity relationship: ‘Let’s just underscore how weird this is’ By Max Greenwood TheHill July 8, 2018 CNN host Brian Stelter offered a scathing assessment of President Trump’s close relationship with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Sunday, describing a relationship that he said is both highly unprecedented and “weird.” “When Hannity’s off the air he gossips with Trump and gives advice about who to hire,” Stelter said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” “So let’s just underscore how weird this is. No TV host has ever had this kind of relationship with a U.S. president before.” Continue…
ALAN DERSHOWITZ: Here’s why the Supreme Court got Roe v. Wade wrong but gay marriage right By Jacqui Frank, Josh Barro Business Insider July 8, 2018 Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard Law professor emeritus and former O.J. Simpson lawyer, stopped by Business Insider to talk to senior editor Josh Barro. Dershowitz contends that the Supreme Court actually weakened the abortion-rights movement with its Roe v. Wade ruling. Continue Reading…..
Is Hillary Clinton secretly planning to run in 2020? By Michael Goodwin New York Post July 8, 2018 The messages convey a sense of urgency, and are coming with increasing frequency. They are short, focused reactions to the latest “outrage” committed by President Trump. Some end by asking for money, some urge participation in protests. All read as if they are sent from the official headquarters of the resistance. Hillary Clinton is up to something. Continue Reading…..
Rouhani to Swiss president: Israel is ‘illegitimate’ By Samuel Thrope The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com July 7, 2018 Iranian President Hasan Rouhani condemned Israel as illegitimate in a statement at a joint press conference with the President of Switzerland Alain Berset on Tuesday, Iran’s semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. “Yesterday I told him frankly that Iran considers the Zionist regime illegitimate and its actions in the region aggressive and condemnatory,” Rouhani said. Continue Reading…..
Mark Levin: My Supreme Court recommendations By Mark Levin Conservative Review July 7, 2018 My Supreme Court recommendations in order: I’ve endorsed Mike Lee, who would be the gold standard. My 2nd choice would be Bill Pryor & my 3rd choice would be Amy Barrett. All 3 of these individuals are solid constitutionalists. That is the only basis for nominating a person to the Supreme Court Continue Reading….. See also: “The Judge Trump Must Not Pick for SCOTUS,” by Larry Klayman