Author: Freedom Watch

Trump releases updated short list of potential Supreme Court nominees By Nolan D. McCaskill POLITICO November 17, 2017 “President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, from this updated list of 25 individuals,” the White House said in a statement. “The president remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch. These additions, like those on the original list released more than a year ago, were selected with input from respected conservative leaders.” As the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Trump initially released a list of…

Megyn Kelly reveals she was asked to at Fox Mail Online November 17, 2017 The TV host was interviewing two former Capitol Hill staffers for a segment on Today with Megyn Kelly, her new NBC show, when she made the remarks to demonstrate how she empathized with them. ‘When I started at Fox News, I was 32, I had practiced law for 10 years already. I was asked to do the twirl and I did it. Continue Reading…..

Opinion | Steve Bannon Is Bad for the Jews By Bret Stephens New York Times November 17, 2017 The Zionist Organization of America feted Stephen K. Bannon at a gala dinner in New York on Sunday night. What a disgrace. What a mistake, too. It’s a disgrace because no organization that purports to represent the interests of the Jewish people should ever embrace anyone who embraces anti-Semites. Jews have enemies enough. To provide those enemies with moral cover for the sake of political convenience or ideology corroborates the worst anti-Semitic stereotypes and strengthens the hand of those who…

World’s first human head transplant a success, controversial scientist claims The Telegraph November 17, 2017 The world’s first human head transplant has been carried out on a corpse in China in an 18-hour operation that showed it was possible to successfully reconnect the spine, nerves and blood vessels. At a press conference in Vienna on Friday morning, Italian Professor Sergio Canavero, director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, announced that a team at Harbin Medical University had “realised the first human head transplant” and said an operation on a live human will take place “imminently.” Continue Reading…..

Muslim College Basketball Player Removed from Team After Shooting Baskets During National Anthem By Warner Todd Huston Breitbart November 17, 2017 A Muslim student has been removed from a college basketball team in Kansas for shooting baskets during the playing of the national anthem. The student claims he has a “religious objection” to the anthem. The student, 19-year-old Rasool Samir, is now saying that his civil rights were violated when Garden City Community College, in Garden City, Kansas, removed him from the team, the Associated Press reported. Continue Reading…..

Hispanic Caucus denies membership to Republican Curbelo By Heather Caygle POLITICO November 16, 2017 Some CHC members were turned off by Curbelo’s refusal to back the DREAM Act, their bill to grant legal status to Dreamers. Curbelo has said he would vote for the Dream Act if it made it to the floor but has resisted CHC pressure to cosponsor the bill. Curbelo told POLITICO he doesn’t expect their spat to hamper efforts to get a solution for Dreamers by the end of next year — while taking a shot at the CHC. Continue Reading…..

NFL lays groundwork to remove Jerry Jones as Cowboys owner NY Daily News November 16, 2017 The ongoing feud between Jerry Jones and the NFL has reached new heights. The NFL sent a letter to Jerry Jones’ attorney Wednesday laying the foundation to potentially remove Jones as owner of the Dallas Cowboys due to his ongoing sabotage of commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Continue Reading…..

By Barnini Chakraborty Fox News November 16, 2017 A California TV host and sports radio broadcaster on Thursday accused Democratic Sen. Al Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent in 2006. Leeann Tweeden posted a blog detailing the alleged incident and also tweeted a picture of what seems to be a grinning Franken standing over her as she sleeps, pretending to grab her breasts. Continue Reading…..

Speaker Ryan: Moore Should ‘Step Aside’ From Alabama Senate Race By Sandy Fitzgerald Newsmax November 16, 2017 Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore should “step aside” from the race following several allegations of sexual misconduct, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday. “These allegations are absolutely credible allegations, so the guy should step aside,” Ryan told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” program. Continue Reading…..

Bill O’Reilly: Roy Moore to Be ‘Pariah’ If He Wins Special Election By Todd Beamon Newsmax November 16, 2017 Bill O’Reilly told Newsmax TV on Wednesday that “the Democratic Party is going to hang Judge Roy Moore around the neck of the Republican Party if he does win.” “Even if he wins,” the Dec. 12 election, “he’ll be isolated, he’ll be a pariah, because his defense against the allegations was weak,” O’Reilly told “Newsmax Now” host Bill Tucker in an interview. Continue Reading…..