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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Schumer and Gillibrand Helped Athlete Being Held on Sex Charges Obtain Visa
[Free Beacon] Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) helped a snowshoe racer from India gain entry into the U.S. to compete, but he is now being held in a New York jail on sex charges as of Friday.

Tanveer Hussain was charged with the felony of first-degree sexual abuse and the misdemeanor of endangering the welfare of a child after Saranac Lake Village police received a report of the alleged incident, according to Fox News.

Hussain was allegedly "engaging in a passionate kiss" with a 12-year-old girl. Other accusations claim he was touching her in an intimate area over her clothes.

He was arrested on Wednesday for the incident which allegedly occurred on Monday.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 06:57 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "I determined she was having trouble breathing. I positioned her head appropriately, loosened her clothing then began CPR."
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/04/2017 15:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Because all cultures should be equally admired (except ours).
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 03/04/2017 22:43 Comments || Top||


Former Rep. Corrine Brown Blames Corruption Charges on Redistricting and Racism
[FREEBEACON] Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D., Fla.) blamed the federal corruption and conspiracy charges against her on redistricting and racism. In a Wednesday interview with Summer Knowles of WESH2 news, Brown claimed her reputation was ruined.

"They have just taken my name and destroyed it. My name is all I have," she said.

Brown said she will plead not guilty to the charges centering around a charity called One Door Education. The charity was supposed to give scholarships to students, but Sherlocks say it was used as a personal fund for Brown, her chief of staff, and the charity's president, according to WESH2 News.
Political slush fund, then...
The Virginia-based charity accepted over $800,000 in donations over four years,
...and the tax returns of the donors now need to be audited...
but "only two checks totaling $1,200 went toward charitable purposes, the Justice Department said in its indictment," according to the Washington Free Beacon.

Brown insists the charity was legitimate, saying, "Let's be clear. Anything that I solicited money for, it occurred."

The charity's president took a plea deal, but Brown's chief of staff Elias "Ronnie" Simmons plead guilty and also testified against Brown. This shocked Brown.

"He was like my son for over 20-something years," she told Knowles.
I bet your son wouldn't go to prison for you, either...
Brown insisted she is being charged because of redistricting.

"You changed my district completely. The next was this indictment. It's just unbelievable how they seem to make up the rules as they go," she said. "And so I am looking forward to my day in court."

By "they," Brown said she means the Justice Department.

Knowles asked why they would target her.

"I guess I'm a black woman with a mouth," Brown replied.

This isn't the first time Brown has blamed racism for her charges. When the 24 counts of fraud were initially brought down on her in July 2016, she created a fundraising website to fight the charges. On the site, a message dictates that the B.O. regime's Justice Department was targeting her because of her race, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

"During my entire political career, I have fought racism, injustice and advocated for individuals who normally get left behind," the message reads. "It should come as no surprise that some took offense to my efforts to stand up for you."

She blamed the Justice Department for taking away her freedom and urged her supporters to donate money to help her overcome this issue.
But perhaps to a different charity...
"I am fighting the Department of Justice, which has unlimited resources. They have smeared my good name. They are trying to take my freedom. I am asking for your help to fight these false charges. On this website, you can make a donation to my legal defense fund. Any contribution would be greatly appreciated," the message concludes.

Brown's trial is set to begin April 24 in Jacksonville.
Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The classic Jean-Claude (Baby Doc) Duvalier defense. Yawn.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 5:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Racism -- is there anything it can't do?
Posted by: charger || 03/04/2017 12:43 Comments || Top||

#3  They have smeared my good name.

Uh, no, you pig-ignorant grifting racist bitch
Posted by: Frank G || 03/04/2017 12:59 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Sen Coons: FBI has transcripts between Russia and Trump... but he hasn't seen them
Seriously, these people have gone completely fucking nuts
[HotAir] There's a caveat to this claim: Sen. Coons hasn't actually seen the transcripts. Nevertheless, Coons tells MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell he "believes" they exist.
I believe I am a living god with access to the wealth of the universe. Doesn't mean that reality agrees with me.
"Is the FBI Director being forthcoming enough with the intelligence committees?" Mitchell asks. Sen. Coons replies, "I think it's important that the outcome of that counter-intelligence investigation be fully shared with the intelligence committees, both in the House and the Senate.
You mean the same idiot FBI director that was put in place by Obumble and ran interference for him? That guy?
"There are transcripts that provide very helpful, very critical insights into whether or not Russian intelligence and senior Russian political leaders, including Vladimir Putin, were cooperating, were colluding with the Trump campaign at the highest levels to influence the outcome of our election. And if that information is stonewalled or hidden away and if we are not able to get that on the Senate intelligence committee, House intelligence committee then I think that has real consequences for our democracy."

Sen. Coons then urged Director Comey to complete the investigation and share all of the "products" with the intelligence committees. Andrea Mitchell then asked Coons to clarify what he was saying. "Do such transcripts exist? Is that what you're saying?" she asked.

"I have not seen them. I believe they exist," Coons replied.

So far as I know this is the first time anyone has claimed the FBI has proof of such collusion, but the general complaint about the FBI not being forthcoming enough has been made previously by Rep. Adam Schiff on the House side. From the LA Times:

"We cannot represent to the American people that we're doing a thorough job if the Department of Justice or the FBI is unwilling to tell us what indeed they've looked at, what leads they have followed, where they have found substance and where they have not," Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) told reporters shortly after his committee was briefed by FBI Director James Comey.

The New York Times story that really got this ball rolling a couple weeks ago claimed the FBI was investigating contacts between Russia and the campaign but also reported no evidence of collusion had been found:

American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said. The intelligence agencies then sought to learn whether the Trump campaign was colluding with the Russians on the hacking or other efforts to influence the election.

The officials interviewed in recent weeks said that, so far, they had seen no evidence of such cooperation.

Has something changed or is Sen. Coons speculating about transcripts he admits he has not seen? Also, how does he know they exist or have any idea what they say if the FBI is withholding them?
With apologies to Trailing Wife... cover your eyes.
Eyes now covered. Carry on, my dear.
How in the fucking, goddamn hell does this make any bloody sense? I mean seriously? If the FBI had such documents, or more than likely the NSA did, with the deep state doing everything it bloody well fucking can to take down a legally elected president, how has this now been leaked?
I mean it may make sense for someone with liquid shit for brains, but for most people this is mostly a sign the Senator needs to be removed from his seat and locked away in a mental hospital where he isn't a harm to himself or others.

If this is the best these stains on the bedsheets can produce, they cannot be reasoned with and must be taken out back and old Yellered. They are a true danger to the free world. Someone please show me they all aren't pants on the head retarded. Please.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I like the illegal wire tap thing in the news this morning if they listen and you know or have pre knowledge talk like the exorcist chick it is a blast! If he was Trump illegally wire tapped what does that say to his secret service detail and all the other agencies involved in protecting a President including he military?
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776 || 03/04/2017 8:00 Comments || Top||

#2  what does that say to his secret service detail and all the other agencies involved I would direct that question to Geert Wilders

Snark of the day, perhaps with a bullet.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 03/04/2017 9:18 Comments || Top||

#3  I call B.S. Coons probably has imaginary friends whom he talks with too.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/04/2017 10:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Someone please show me they all aren't pants on the head retarded. Please.

Sorry, DV. Can't do that.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/04/2017 11:40 Comments || Top||

#5  These fuckers think this is a game.

Many people in DC need to be literally fired and sent to prison.

And these Judges.... damn
Posted by: newc || 03/04/2017 14:38 Comments || Top||

#6  If you haven't actually seen the transcript you should shut up Sen Coons. This is how fake news spreads.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/04/2017 15:18 Comments || Top||


Europe
Why Fillon campaign looks like an endless ordeal
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The presidential campaign for Francois Fillon looks more and more like an endless ordeal as the Republican candidate learned on Wednesday that he would be indicted over a range of charges including embezzlement. Fillon is accused of helping himself to hundreds of thousands of euros worth of taxpayers’ cash by setting up a series of fake jobs for his wife and children.

The right wing candidate, who interestingly enough won his party’s primary elections by boasting of an alleged spotless track record of integrity, will face the judges on March 15. His words during the primary elections debates now resonate awkwardly as he then belittled his opponents ‐ Nicolas Sarkozy
...23rd President of the French Republic. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit...
and Alain Juppe who both struggled with a loaded judicial past ‐ by trumpeting that it was "immoral" to run for presidency after a previous indictment.
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Home Front: Politix
POTUS accuses Obama of 'wire-tapping' his office before election
[Guardian] Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama of "wire tapping" his offices in New York City before the presidential election in November last year, claiming the former president had overseen a "Nixon/Watergate"-style intervention.

Launching a series of tweets at 5.35am eastern time on Saturday morning, the US president said: "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ’wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!"

He followed up that initial tweet with a string of others in the following 30 minutes that claimed Obama had defied a court rejection to tap his office, and invited a "good lawyer" to make a case against the alleged process.
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#1  I heard he found out because the Fisa court approved it. I heard this morning they initially declined the Obama request and then on the second attempt approved it.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/04/2017 10:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Lock Obama's ass up.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 03/04/2017 10:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Lock Obama's ass up

At shower time, that may not actually bother obumble very much...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/04/2017 12:34 Comments || Top||

#4  Paul Ryan is already sure "it didn't happen." Lindsey Graham is confused. Another masterstroke by Trump. The media is screaming "there's no proof!" Um, no proof of your anonymously sourced "Russian allegations" either, MSM. Well played...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/04/2017 13:08 Comments || Top||

#5  The president can demand the Fisa documents. He can declassify them and prosecute...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/04/2017 13:11 Comments || Top||

#6  I had 50-50 odds on Obama having Rush Limbaugh arrested before he left office.
Posted by: Raj || 03/04/2017 13:19 Comments || Top||

#7  The president can demand the Fisa documents. He can declassify them and prosecute...

Well, he can try. Stuff gets "lost" all the time at the courthouse, ya know...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/04/2017 13:21 Comments || Top||

#8  ...people also get lost. I seen it on milk cartons.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/04/2017 14:04 Comments || Top||

#9  Obama is fearful of something. What is it ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 14:41 Comments || Top||

#10  They lie about everything.
Whorebama denys a wiretap.
From where did the fake story about russia ties emanate?
A wiretap obviously.

abuse of power X4 watergates.
Posted by: newc || 03/04/2017 15:09 Comments || Top||

#11  Demi will claim it was wiretapping to expose the Russian/Trump connection.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/04/2017 15:16 Comments || Top||

#12  'Nuanced', outsourced by someone other than the WH.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/04/2017 15:26 Comments || Top||


#14  Someone somewhere has violated a gentleman's agreement among the elite. Heads will roll.
Posted by: Iblis || 03/04/2017 16:09 Comments || Top||

#15  “Neither President Obama nor any White House official ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen.

The attorney general is not a White House official. The heads of the FBI, CIA, and other federal intelligence and security agencies are not White House officials. I would hope the argument was never made that they were not surveilling Mr. Trump, but putting the surveillance where they had a reasonable expectation that the Russians they were surveilling would go...
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/04/2017 16:39 Comments || Top||

#16  #9 Obama is fearful of something. What is it ? Sedition and treason charges?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/04/2017 17:30 Comments || Top||

#17  The lawless socialist leftists did everything they could illegally do to defeat Trump, except the most important thing, succeed at having Jeh Johnson count the votes. They were unsuccessful at pulling that off.
Posted by: Nero White 3083 || 03/04/2017 19:00 Comments || Top||

#18  Obama is fearful of something. What is it ?

He has a lot to be afraid of. Let's have a look at the Iran deal. I'm thinking he's guilty of actual treason, and the charges would stick.
Posted by: Eohippus Cheamp5121 || 03/04/2017 21:22 Comments || Top||

#19  King Henry II:
Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?


Tyrants, true tyrants, do not have to give such orders, the order is assumed.
Posted by: magpie || 03/04/2017 21:28 Comments || Top||


The Democrat High Priestesses in White
[American Thinker] There have been many interpretations concerning the mysterious bloc of women Democrats robed in white -- all the while pointedly ignoring President Trump’s speech to the joint session of Congress.

Some critics compared the ladies to devotees of the Ku Klux Klan. Photoshopped images of them wearing the pointed hoods of the KKK almost immediately appeared, as some recalled the Democrat Party’s commitment to the Klan, particularly in the 1920s.

The women themselves have said they were honoring the suffragettes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries while indicating their ongoing commitment to women’s rights issues such as equal pay for equal work.

But not many conservatives believe the white wall of women was intended to be a merely symbolic gesture of solidarity with suffragettes.

Whatever each intended to convey by her choice of clothing, the entire the bloc of women in white was virtue signaling. That is one reason they chose white clothing.

The choice of white garments has long signified the sacred. Being dressed in white indicates being set apart, dedicated to sacred ideals, spiritually separated from the crowd as seeking to attain righteousness and purity. Whether Vestal virgins or, in the Christian tradition, the scared rituals of baptism and first communion, white is the garment of choice. It indicates purity of life and deeds which the rest of the world should seek to attain.

In the case of many, if not all of the feminists who sat on their hands and refused to stand as a gesture of support for Carryn Owens, widow of Navy SEAL Ryan Owens, the garments indicated they are the chosen priestesses of the pious Left, the defenders of the feminist faith.
A sacrifice can only be honored when they conduct the ritual ceremony.
To look at the bloc of white garbed Democrat women was to look at oracles of Delphi who have mystically discerned the most sacred right of women is the right to sacrifice their own offspring. To look at the high priestesses dedicated to the religion of radical feminism is to see leaders of a cult, the chief sacrament of which is abortion.

For nearly all leftist feminists, abortion is a holy rite, a religious ritual to be conducted in the cathedrals of Planned Parenthood and to be blessed by "faith leaders."
Abortion, yes the bottom line.
Yes, you read that correctly. Blessed.

High priests and priestesses inside and outside the Beltway have committed to "blessing" abortion both by law and by religious rituals.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 07:18 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A Pythia (head mug) was chosen among the priestesses of the temple upon the death of the previous Pythia. The article presents a fairly accurate analogy, if one considers Senator Nancy Pelosi, who also wore a shabby looking white jacket.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 7:28 Comments || Top||

#2  The Democrat High Priestesses in White was killed at CERN and chopped up and sacrificed to that multi armed energumen in a circle!
Posted by: Crinegum Ulaigum2776 || 03/04/2017 8:14 Comments || Top||

#3  "For nearly all leftist feminists, abortion is a holy rite, a religious ritual to be conducted in the cathedrals of Planned Parenthood and to be blessed by "faith leaders."

Baphomet must be satisfied with sacrifices.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/04/2017 11:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Ivanka could have dressed them much better.
Posted by: Capsu78 || 03/04/2017 11:56 Comments || Top||

#5  It was just a LOOK AT MMMEEEE statement NOT AT HIIIMMMM.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 03/04/2017 15:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Democrats Said Melania's White Dress Was Racist, Then Wore White to Trump's Speech
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 03/04/2017 20:09 Comments || Top||

#7  When secular leftist as Moses
Goes striking, as always, Red poses,
To bulldoze religion tradition
And raise his own vision,
His patsies are all Weisse Roses!

Go figure.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 03/04/2017 21:13 Comments || Top||


Obama Officials Set Up Jeff Sessions' Meeting With the Russian Ambassador
h/t Instapundit
It should already be obvious that the fake media firestorm over Attorney General Jeff Sessions' meetings last year with the Russian ambassador is nothing more than the Democrat Media Complex -- led by Obama's shadow government -- trying to take down a key member of the Trump administration. Their game is to find some minor issue (Sessions could have been more forthcoming during his confirmation hearing) and turn it into a major impeachment-worthy scandal.

...Now, new information has come out that throws cold water all over their phony "RussiaGate" scandal.

It turns out the senator spoke to the Russian ambassador in one of the allegedly scandalous "meetings" on the invitation of the Obama administration.
It's a war. A war for survival.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/04/2017 02:58 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Arranging to openly link the target with an enemy contact. A very old source termination technique.

Yes, the Ploceus philippinus (Weaver Bird) builds a very distinctive nest. There really is no mistaking it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 5:57 Comments || Top||


Democrats Flip Zero Seats in Four Blue State Special Elections
[FREEBEACON] There were four elections that Democrats hoped to win to show their resistance to Trump could be translated into electoral victories. The elections were in Virginia, Minnesota, and, most recently, Connecticut‐all states Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
won in the 2016 presidential election.

Virginia

The Democratic Party targeted two seats in Virginia in early January. The first election was House District 85 in Virginia Beach, where the vote for Trump and Clinton was evenly split. According to RSLC, liberal groups coordinated 11,392 donations of $100 or less for the campaign. The Democratic candidate, Cheryl Turpin, also had a big fundraising advantage‐$104,000 to $66,000‐but the Republican, N.D. "Rocky" Holcomb, still won by a margin of six points.

The second election was a state Senate race for the 22nd district, where Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe campaigned for the Democrat, Ryant Washington. Despite the Democratic Party spending 42 percent more money, the Republican, Mark Peake, still won the race by 13.5 percent.

Minnesota

Last month in Minnesota, Democrats brought out all their surrogates for the House District 32B race. Gov. Mark Dayton, U.S. Sen. Al Franken, and U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan all campaigned for Democratic candidate Laurie Warner. Republican Anne Neu won the seat by six points, giving Republicans the largest majority after a presidential cycle in state history.

Connecticut

Republican State Rep. Eric Berthel beat his Democratic opponent, Greg Cava, by 12 points for an open Connecticut state Senate seat in the 32nd district. A liberal Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Super PAC spent over $53,000 in the race to support Cava, according to RSLC.

Democrats did maintain control of a seat in the Delaware state Senate, which the party has controlled since 1972, RSLC noted. The Democratic Party reportedly spent 20 times more than the typical Delaware state Senate race on the special election.

In recent years Republicans have made significant gains at the state-level. The Democrat party lost a net total of 1,042 state and federal Democratic posts‐including congressional and state legislative seats, governorships, and the presidency‐while Barack Obama
It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person....
was president.

Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If even one of these seats had been won by a dem, we would have been treated to many "Breaking NEWS!!!" chyrons about how the Trump administration has been completely discredited. As they didn't flip any of them, the only place I read a round-up on the subject was here.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/04/2017 9:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Democrats Flip Zero Seats in Four Blue State Special Elections

Next year, twice as many!!
Posted by: charger || 03/04/2017 12:41 Comments || Top||


Is Trump’s appointment of Generals alpha-male validation of his ego?
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] It has already been reported widely that Trump has appointed more generals to his Cabinet than any President since the end of WW2. Now, in a sense, nobody can be surprised about this. In just the same way in which they cannot be surprised about the fact that he has the largest numbers of billionaires and millionaires in any administration ever. It fits in perfectly both with Trump the man, and with Trump the candidate.

Yet it still bears analysing why the generals are there and what purpose they serve. And indeed, there are several non-exclusive explanations available. The most generous is that Trump understands that he has relatively little legitimacy. He has won the Electoral College vote, but he is obviously still very insecure about the 3 million deficit he had to Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
in the popular vote.
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Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Trump’s fragile ego

ROLFMAO
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/04/2017 2:35 Comments || Top||

#2  The "Alpha-Male" theory works. Unlike many other species, the honds appear to have avoided extinction. Perhaps there is something here to be learned ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/04/2017 5:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Alpha male, ok I agree with Mad Dog, But I don't see McCrystal on there and some of the other true Alpha generals.. Not yet.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/04/2017 10:07 Comments || Top||

#4  I had trouble getting past the headline. Would people prefer some metrosexual wimp or Hillary with her proclivities?
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/04/2017 10:19 Comments || Top||

#5  These people will.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 03/04/2017 10:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Would people prefer some metrosexual wimp...?

They elected Baraq, didn't they?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/04/2017 11:22 Comments || Top||

#7  (A) PopSci psychobabble squared;
(B) Trump is rolling the dice betting that retired Generals are "Outsiders" that are far more trustable than the "Insider" apparatchiks.
Posted by: magpie || 03/04/2017 15:46 Comments || Top||


Trump condemns Democrats for 'total witch hunt' over attorney general
[DAWN] US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
on Thursday lashed out at Democrats over their demands for US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, calling their actions a "total witch hunt."

Sessions on Thursday announced he would recuse himself from any probe into the presidential election campaign as the White House moved to forestall a snowballing controversy over its ties to Russia.

Following newly revealed meetings he held with Russia's ambassador before the election, Sessions denied any impropriety or that he lied about those encounters in his Senate confirmation hearing.

The Republican US president declared his "total" confidence in Sessions ─ while adding that he "wasn't aware" of contacts between Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Sessions, who was a senator actively supporting Trump's campaign at the time.

He defended Sessions again in a statement late on Wednesday, calling Sessions an "honest man" and accusing Democrats of having "lost their grip on reality" and carrying out "a total witch hunt!"

Sessions "did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional."

Unswayed by Sessions's account of events, top Democrats are maintaining their calls for him to step down immediately, accusing him of perjury.

Posted by: Fred || 03/04/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Donks don't have enough to do. Give them several investigations of Hillary and Bill, Obama and his shenanigans , the Clinton foundation, Haiti money disappearance, pizzagate/pedogate, the "real" Russian connections such as uranium sales, leftwing-Donk collusions with the MSM, and illegal wire-tapping. There are a lot of things the Donks don't want looked at. That is why they are setting all these brush fires and distractions.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/04/2017 10:29 Comments || Top||

#2  I know Trump promised not to prosecute Hillary but if the donks are gonna be this way it might be time for him to turn Sessions loose on her anyway.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/04/2017 11:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Threatening Hillary with prosecution won't help. There are plenty of Obama types and Bernie Bros who would quietly applaud...
Posted by: Steve White || 03/04/2017 14:09 Comments || Top||

#4  #3 Threatening Hillary with prosecution won't help.

Who said threaten. Go ahead and have a real investigation and then prosecute where appropriate. Get rid of corruption in government and restore law and order.
Posted by: JohnQC || 03/04/2017 17:22 Comments || Top||

#5  Investigate Obama. Hillary will soon enough be brought into it without her having to be the initial target.
Posted by: Crusader || 03/04/2017 18:45 Comments || Top||


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On his first full day in office, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued an order Thursday reversing a last-minute action by the Obama administration to ban lead ammunition and fish tackle used on national wildlife refuges.

Gun-rights supporters condemned the earlier order -- issued a day before Obama left office Jan. 20 -- as nakedly political. The order was intended to protect birds from lead poisoning, the Obama administration said.

Zinke, a former Montana congressman and avid hunter, said the new order would increase hunting, fishing and recreation opportunities on lands managed by Fish and Wildlife Service.
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