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By John Crudele New York Post August 8, 2017 If the New York Times, the Washington Post and now ABC News aren’t embarrassed yet, then there is no hope for what is called the mainstream media. Another slew of emails the other day show how these news organizations tried their best to downplay a very suspicious meeting between Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch on an airport tarmac at Phoenix in June 2016. Continue Reading…..
OPINION | Dershowitz: Why did Mueller impanel a second grand jury in DC? By Alan M. Dershowitz, opinion contributor TheHill August 7, 2017 OPINION | prosecutors and defense attorneys do not like to talk about but which plays a significant role in jury selection, as the Supreme Court has recognized. A predominantly white jury can be a different institution than a predominantly black jury. Again, there is no one-to-one association; predominantly black juries convict black defendants and acquit white defendants all the time, and predominantly white juries acquit black defendants and convict white defendants as well. But to…
Opinion | As Mueller closes in, Trump prepares his base for the worst By Greg Sargent Washington Post August 7, 2017 President Trump is again attacking the media this morning, and his broadsides carry a newly ominous edge: He is both faulting the media for allegedly downplaying the size and intensity of support from his base and accusing them of trying to deliberately weaken that support for him. Hard to believe that with 24/7 #Fake News on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NYTIMES & WAPO, the Trump base is getting stronger! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2017…
Kellyanne Conway makes mindblowing pivot to Benghazi when grilled about Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting By AOL Staff AOL.com August 7, 2017 “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos put Kellyanne Conway on the spot Sunday morning when the senior White House adviser tried to change the subject away from President Donald Trump’s role in crafting a misleading statement about his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer last year. Stephanopoulos pointed out that the White House and Trump’s surrogates have given conflicting statements about the level of Trump’s involvement in responding to initial reports that Donald Trump Jr. met with the…
Jeb Bush slams ‘incompetence’ shown by Wasserman Schultz By Julia Manchester TheHill August 6, 2017 Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) slammed the “terrible judgement” by former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) regarding a technology aide on her staff who is under investigation for fraud. “The incompetence and terrible judgment displayed by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and House Democrats is jarring,” the 2016 presidential candidate said a tweet on Saturday. Continue Reading…..
Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Make ‘Barack Obama Day’ a State Holiday By Wanda Carruthers Newsmax August 6, 2017 While former President Barack Obama was celebrating his birthday on Friday, Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner was signing a measure that will make his birthday, Aug. 4, a new state holiday beginning in 2018, The Hill reported. “Barack Obama Day” will be “observed throughout the state as a day set apart to honor the 44th President of the United States of America who began his career serving the People of Illinois in both the Illinois State Senate and the United…
George Soros-funded news org is targeting Sean Hannity’s sponsors, trying to get Fox to fire him TheBlaze August 6, 2017 Media Matters for America, a left-wing news organization funded by ultra-liberal George Soros, is on a crusade to get Fox News host Sean Hannity fired — and they’ve become very public about their effort. After the Fox host earlier this year insisted on reporting on the story of murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Ruch, Media Matters put pressure on Hannity’s advertisers in an effort to oust his from his longtime anchor role at Fox. Media Matters home…
Dershowitz: Being Black Doesn’t Give You a License to Call People Racist Fox News Insider August 6, 2017 Harvard lawyer Alan Dershowitz had some strong words for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who accused him of being a racist. “Being black doesn’t give you a license to call people racist any more than being Jewish gives you a license to call people anti-Semitic,” the lifelong Democrat told host Abby Huntsman. Continue Reading…..
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Opinion | Law and Order Catches Up With Sheriff Joe Arpaio By The Editorial Board New York Times August 5, 2017 Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, for years a fearsome figure for Arizona’s Latinos, was convicted of criminal contempt this week for violating a court order to stop his dragnet harassment of immigrants for documentation. The misdemeanor conviction, which could mean six months in jail, should be a warning against the kinds of abusive tactics used by Sheriff Arpaio in his self-appointed role as guardian and enforcer of federal immigration law — an effort the Justice Department called one…