Some Democrats, media allies are angry that Trump accuses Biden of cheating. But they shouldn't be surprised. After all, they said same thing in 2016. Then they weaponized baseless cheating allegation--Collusion!--into long criminal investigation.
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Attention Nike: The flag Colin Kaepernick told you was unacceptable on your shoes was displayed rather prominently at Barack Obama's inauguration. twitter.com/dmartosko/stat
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Schiff says when Republicans use phrase 'Russia hoax,' they are denying Russian interference. Untrue. Obvious fact: When Republicans use phrase, they are referring to accusations, from Schiff and others, that Trump campaign conspired/coordinated with Russia in 2016.
Allegheny County councilman in Pennsylvania: 'I'm an elected official. I have had at least a dozen Democratic elected officials tell me that they are voting for Trump... but as Democratic elected officials they can't come out and say it.'
Important to note that Miles Taylor was not DHS chief of staff on September 5, 2018, when he published 'Anonymous' op-ed in NYT. He was a DHS policy adviser, which NYT characterized as a 'senior official in the Trump administration.'
Princeton University group studies 3 months of Black Lives Matter protests. Intent is to show they are 'overwhelmingly peaceful.' But report reveals nearly 570 violent demonstrations--riots--in nearly 220 locations spread all across country. ow.ly/wY4u50BiSDg
Lotta stuff in the report. From : Kushner cleared of seeking Russian money to pay real estate debt.
I understand the talk about Mueller not deciding on Trump obstruction. But he did decide, didn't he? If you're investigated for something, and you learn that the prosecutor is closing down without taking any action, you're happy, right?
Didn't Twitter flag Trump for saying this?
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People who recovered from COVID-19 may have lasting protection against reinfection, the new study shows hrvd.me/covidprotectio
The White House can assert executive privilege. It's not Bolton's privilege; it's the president's. If executive privilege covers anything, it is a talk between president and top adviser on matters of foreign policy. ow.ly/DTaA30q7kDk
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It's fine if NBC wants to have a Trump vs. Guthrie debate. Just don't call it a town hall.
Oops! This morning senior House Dem Adam Smith broke ranks with Pelosi, said time to send impeachment articles to Senate. Now: Total reversal, full humiliating climbdown.
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I misspoke this morning, I do believe we should do everything we can to force the Senate to have a fair trial. If the Speaker believes that holding on to the articles for a longer time will help force a fair trial in the Senate, then I wholeheartedly support that decision.
Horowitz fallout. AG Bill Barr to NBC: 'I think our nation was turned on its head for three years based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by a completely irresponsible press.'
Maybe when the president said he wanted to pay tribute to the military, he wanted to pay tribute to the military.
In 2017, Joe Biden founded cancer charity, the Biden Cancer Initiative. In two years, took in $4,809,619 in contributions. Spent $3,070,301 on salaries, $956,196 on travel and conferences. $0 on grants for research, treatment. From nypost.com/2020/11/14/bid
From : 'Fact check: Did the Obama administration deplete the federal stockpile of N95 masks?' Verdict: 'True.' ow.ly/r5MQ50z582d
The National Museum of African American History & Culture wants to make you aware of certain signs of whiteness: Individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progress, respect for authority, delayed gratification, more. (via )
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Question raised by leaked New York Times transcript, plus rollout of 1619 project: Should the public still view the Times as a news outlet? Or as something else?
Disgraced in US, the Fusion GPS team tries to sell the product in Britain. ow.ly/se8t50xz3mZ
Sen Johnson asks FBI official how many firearms were confiscated from suspects arrested at Capitol riot on January 6. 'To my knowledge, none,' official answers.
Are journalists concerned about release of John Solomon's phone records? Some have tried to make him an outcast journalist. Does that make it OK for powerful chairman to publish his phone records? Isn't that worrisome?
Still amazing that Jon Meacham appeared on MSNBC Saturday evening to analyze the magnificence of Joe Biden's speech without disclosing that he helped write it.
Imagine a government shutdown, even a 1/4 government shutdown, during a holiday. If one side stayed in Washington, extending an open-ended invitation to negotiate, while the other vacationed in Hawaii, what should the coverage look like?
If she was part of Russia 2016 campaign operation, odd that Mueller wasn't interested...
RT : She was an unregistered agent of Russia infiltrating powerful GOP organizations. This was very much a part of Russia’s influence campaign. Why do you downplay this?
So State Department inspector general asks for 'urgent' briefing on Capitol Hill. Trump and Ukraine! Then admits he's had 'urgent' material since May. After seeing it, Dem lawmaker declares 'completely irrelevant.' cnn.com/2019/10/02/pol
It is exceedingly strange to be eight days away from a presidential election and one of the major party candidates is just spending the day at home.
So now we know the FBI wiretapped Carter Page and used undercover informant Stefan Halper and investigator 'Azra Turk,' posing as a research assistant, to gather information on George Papadopoulos. Remember the anger when AG Barr mentioned 'spying' on Trump campaign?
Zelensky is apparently prepared to tell Congress that whatever the US has given Ukraine -- $45 billion in new aid now under consideration -- it is not enough. From : apnews.com/article/russia
Finally FISA court is heard from. They know FBI misled them in Carter Page case--so much that it calls other FISA warrants into doubt. Officials face a reckoning. And obviously, commentators who claimed FBI did it all by the book look ridiculous, or worse. ow.ly/HYMz50xCEou
You impeach the president on Wednesday night, and on Thursday morning you tell reporters you don't want to talk about it. Pelosi just now: 'I'm not going to answer any more questions' on impeachment.
From : 'A Look Back On The Russia, Mueller, And Flynn Investigations.' He cuts to the chase.
It happened 'following a peaceful demonstration...'
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BREAKING NEWS: The Christopher Columbus statue has been torn down and thrown in the lake by protesters in downtown Richmond. nbc12.com/2020/06/09/chr
The January 5, 2017 meeting in which Sally Yates said she learned of Flynn-Kislyak call from President Obama himself--Susan Rice and VP Joe Biden were in that meeting, too, per Rice's famous memo-to-self.
New Yorker Kavanaugh allegation story has it all: 35 years ago. Accuser was drunk. 'Significant gaps' in her memory, recovered recently with help of lawyer. Memories fuzzy all 'round. Some say never happened. Accuser 'never described incident until Brett's SCOTUS nomination.'
A third Christopher Columbus goes down.
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Statue of Christopher Columbus pulled down by protesters in Minnesota. Lunacy.
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Has someone done a detailed analysis of why the 31 currently active states of emergency are legitimate, and the newest one concerning the US-Mexico border is not?
Is there a police force in America that will intervene to stop a mob from destroying historic monuments?
'This is no longer about any single election...' New, less combative, statement from President Trump:
By the way, shouldn't everyone oppose mob destruction of *any* monument? If a city council votes to remove a statue, that's one thing. But doesn't everyone oppose mob action?
A strict policy: Never believe or pass on news from sketchy sources. Never. Unless it's a secret recording of the President. Or the First Lady. Or the National Security Adviser. Or tax returns. Or a dossier. Or a pee tape. Or head-of-state call transcripts. Or...
Voices on left concerned about rioters in Portland. No longer arguing it's 'peaceful,' worried about backfiring.
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Violent protesters lighting fires and using violence in Portland should wear @realDonaldTrump buttons. That is who they are helping.Progressives in Portland need to call them out, including the Mayor. ReTweet please. Don’t allow violent people help @realDonaldTrump
How it works: Netflix exec & wife bundle big donations to Obama in '08. Wife is rewarded with ambassadorship. Now Netflix exec steers $50m contract to Obamas through 'Higher Ground Productions.' ow.ly/dy2c30kcwda
Democrats, media allies seem to be itching for Biden to claim victory, Trump admit defeat. But not too long ago, they told us to be patient after election day; might not know results for days or weeks. So now, remember their advice. There is a process going on. Let it work.
Colin Kaepernick won. When he started, just one athlete refused to stand for national anthem. Now, just one athlete refuses to kneel during anthem. In course of weeks, a complete collapse of hallowed American ritual.
The supreme weirdness of this partial shutdown. Look at Trump proposal. Replacing aging fence, enforcement, agents, beds, medical, high-tech drug detection. A package that, absent Trump, majority would support.
Bizarre. It's like the car that killed people at the Waukesha parade.
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Last night, a shot from an illegal gun took the life of a @NYPDnews officer.
When I say we’re going to do everything we can to stop the scourge of illegal guns in our state, it’s not just talk. We are tripling funding for efforts to get these guns off the streets.
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Don't know how long he will speak, but Trump, in Sanford, one week out of hospital, looks and sounds strong.
This case was extensively investigated by local and federal authorities, and what Warren says is simply not true. Amazing that a US senator and leading presidential candidate would say this.
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5 years ago Michael Brown was murdered by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Michael was unarmed yet he was shot 6 times. I stand with activists and organizers who continue the fight for justice for Michael. We must confront systemic racism and police violence head on.
Officials briefing President Trump at border say they have finished about 82 miles of barrier so far, will finish 97 more miles by the end of this year and another 277 miles by the end of 2020 -- for a total of about 450 miles.
Justice Department never agreed with Atkinson's view that Trump-Zelensky call fell 'within the responsibility and authority' of Director of National Intelligence. It did not, of course, but Hill Democrats' insistence that it did was key to impeachment going forward.
Maureen Dowd paid $177 for a ticket to hear Bill & Hillary Clinton. If she had waited til day of the event, she could have gotten one for less than $10. That's how popular the tour is...
Oh. That's different. From : 'Harris says busing should be considered, not mandated.' ow.ly/TBdm50uT8rs
Lots of people seem to really, really not want to know about the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation.
Maybe it's time for some enterprising blue-state municipality to go bold and eliminate its police force. See what happens.
Twitter suspended the account of the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for touting progress on the border wall. Twitter said the tweet below violated a policy against 'hateful conduct.' From : thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/exc
Nikki Haley: I'm happy to support Trump re-election; president 'has a record every American should be proud of.'
Sixth day, sixth press conference. Say whatever else you like about him, he's an extraordinarily accessible president.
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Pres ended press conference after 31 minutes. Delivered opening statement for 12 minutes and took questions for 21 minutes. Sixth day in a row for his press conferences.
In Senate, the impeachment situation seems to be stabilizing. Expectations of no witnesses, quick vote. Time for another surprise, don't you think?
Much analysis of Trump letter to Pelosi as childish, playground, nah-nah gesture. No argument here. Just yesterday, though, Pelosi's equally childish gesture was characterized as playing hardball.
Amusing: First Bloomberg called for Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar to quit race. Hey, all you losers, leave it to Mike! Now, Team Buttigieg calls for Bloomberg to quit. If he doesn't, will mean Sanders builds 'seemingly insurmountable delegate lead.'
Glenn Reynolds wrote a column for USA today on the Hunter Biden matter. The paper wouldn't print it. So he posted it at Instapundit. pjmedia.com/instapundit/40
NPR reviews new Glenn Simpson book. Says Steele dossier 'found its way to news organizations.' Why obscure what happened? In fact, Steele personally briefed dossier info to NYT WP CNN YAHOO New Yorker Mother Jones *before* 2016 election. ow.ly/V0tH50xioGg
Huge story developing in Chicago. After prosecutors drop charges against Smollett, and judge seals record--hiding all evidence against Smollett from public view--city officials go public with their outrage. Say Smollett is guilty, overwhelming evidence against him--a whitewash.
Finally, a reporter asks Biden about New York Post story.
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I asked Joe Biden: What is your response to the NYPost story about your son, sir?
He called it a “smear campaign” and then went after me. “I know you’d ask it. I have no response, it’s another smear campaign, right up your alley, those are the questions you always ask.”
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When FISA application was released, critics who slammed the Nunes memo last February started slamming it again. But there's a problem: It's almost entirely accurate, and the FISA memo supports that view.
You're not going to believe this, but it appears Adam Schiff knew all along that he couldn't prove collusion. From ow.ly/BHx550zEWlZ
Remember back in 2018, after Nunes memo, when all those former prosecutors on TV were passionately defending the FBI and FISA surveillance application process? It was exhaustively detailed, scrupulously honest, meticulous. Remember? 1/3
Here, in four tweets, are all 13 pages of John Durham's new finding that is getting a lot of attention:
Many members of the Senate and House seem absolutely outraged that they would be required to work on December 20 and perhaps December 21.
I find it hard to believe FBI made 17 'errors' in Page wiretap warrant. Yes, some of those involved, like Comey, had appalling judgment. But they're not incompetent. 'Errors' went one way--against Page/Trump. Seems more a problem of FBI culture than incompetence.
Apart from Tara Reade matter, Biden is making case that all the records of his time in federal office--Senate 1973 to 2009 and VP 2009 to 2017--should remain sealed during the campaign. Again, completely apart from Reade issue, a hard position to defend.
Rep. Stefanik, who has conducted some of the most effective questioning on GOP side of impeachment hearings, is really getting under the other side's skin.
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.@EliseStefanik is lying trash. Please give to her opponent, @TedraCobb. twitter.com/citizenwillis/…
State's attorney's office didn't even bother to argue that there is some new evidence that cast doubt on guilt. Just took tons of evidence, grand jury indictment and threw it out, then hid everything from public view, because they just wanted to.
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Celebrity justice:
Cook County clerk’s office tells @ABC they were shocked that no written motions were filed with the court in connection with today’s surprising dismissal in the Smollett case. On top of that, the case has been wiped off their database as if it never existed.
AG Bill Barr will not mince words in House testimony tomorrow. In opening statement, just released, refers to 'grave abuses involved in the bogus 'Russiagate' scandal.'
From Joe Biden, on The View: 'The good news is the bad news. The bad news is people know me. The good news me is they know me. So it's hard to pin something on me that's not accurate. It's easy to pin things on me that are accurate.'
Much talk about WH claims of privilege if Bolton testifies. But Bolton has already changed the game. He has put down his account on paper. That written account has circulated. Cat is out of the bag. Public needs to see it now.
CNN: Parnas lawyer says Devin Nunes was in Vienna meeting Shokin. Dems: Investigate! Now! Nunes: Actually, I was in Libya and Malta. You want pictures? Plus, I've never met, spoken to, or communicated with Shokin.
To folks criticizing the woman who sent the hostile tweet to me this morning: Her tweet, in my view, falls completely within what should be allowed on Twitter. No complaints/reports necessary. No censorship. What have we become if we can't tell a pundit to go fuck himself?
In the last few years, the ease with which some Democrats have accused other Americans of being Russian assets, or outright traitors, has been really amazing.
Before Trump made it the wrong thing to say, from Mother Jones: 'A Century of Fire Suppression Is Why California Is in Flames.'
Trump campaign pointing out sad, prayerful, heavy-hearted impeachment moment between Nancy Pelosi and Bill Maher.
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Did it sometimes seem like the New York Times' entire focus was Trump-Russia? Like it built its newsroom around one story? Now, top editor says it did just that. But after Mueller report, paper has had to retool. New focus? Trump racism.
From court papers: During transition, top Justice Department official Sally Yates learned about the Flynn-Kislyak phone call from President Obama himself. She was surprised.
Got to say, in terms of crowd size, lack of social distancing, and risk of coronavirus transmission, today's Brooklyn Liberation event, 'An action for black trans lives,' put Lake of the Ozarks to shame. ow.ly/4aOf50A7rVN
It takes Mueller 8 pages (Vol II 159-167) to explain why a 2002 law makes Trump's actions 'obstruction.' Barr predicted it last year; called it an iffy reading of law. So Vol I is a tale of collusion that didn't happen, and Vol II is based on law that arguably doesn't apply...
Adam Schiff with most unintentionally funny reaction to Trump-Barr declassification order. From WP: 'Trump and Barr, Schiff said...are conspiring to 'weaponize law enforcement and classified information against their political enemies.'' Imagine that.
What Stahl does not mention: Carter Page, George Papadoupoulos, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, 'Azra Turk,' Stefan Halper, the 8/30/2016 FBI briefing, the 1/6/17 ICA briefing, and more. Taken all together, by any reasonable definition, that's spying. 3/3 End.
New: Trump calls for drug tests before Biden debate.
Everything in Trump-Russia affair flowed from one question: Did Trump campaign conspire, coordinate, or collude with Russia to influence the 2016 election? Now Mueller says answer is no. Entire investigation was based on something that didn't happen.
In House impeachment effort, why was Volker interview secret? Why was Atkinson interview secret? Why are two scheduled this week secret? Do Dems propose to impeach president on basis of information not available to the public?
So: With 97% of vote counted, Iowa caucus results are:
Sanders 44,753 26.5%
Buttigieg 42,235 25.0%
Warren 34,312 20.3%
Biden 23,051 13.7%
If no big changes in last 3 percent of vote, bottom line: Sanders won, Buttigieg did well, Warren OK, Biden bad, bad, bad.
The Bolton reports make it all the more mystifying that the House did not even issue a subpoena to him during the impeachment inquiry. Democrats cannot argue that they did much of anything to compel his testimony.
From : ''Of all the stupid freak-outs we have experienced since Trump was elected, the hyperventilation over his Fourth of July address and celebration on the Mall may be the stupidest.'
Much talk among media types about 'disinformation.' As in: How do we avoid being conduits for disinformation? One small suggestion: Conduct a rigorous self-examination of how you were taken in by the Steele dossier and the role its allegations played in coverage from 2017-2019.
US law enforcement and intelligence agencies open secret investigation into presidential candidate at height of campaign. Truly cannot understand those who, nearly two years later, want it to remain secret. Knowing more is better, no?