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The now-released transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukraine’s prez, Volodymyr Zelensky, shows just why Americans have so little faith in the news media. Turns out, the document shows none of the Trump abuses suggested in press accounts over the past few days — distortions that have already triggered Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “official impeachment inquiry.” Reports claimed Trump made a “promise” to “a foreign leader that was so disturbing it prompted the filing of a formal complaint,” as Vanity Fair reported.

What a difference a day could have made! Imagine if Nancy Pelosi had held her impeachment fire for 24 hours. Then she would have had the transcript of President Trump’s call with the president of Ukraine. Even a quick read would have told her it was not as advertised. She would have learned there was no threat from Trump and no talk of a quid pro quo involving foreign aid in exchange for an investigation of Joe Biden. By the time she finished the five pages, Pelosi would have realized that the media’s promise of a smoking gun was a...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and longtime girlfriend Food Network host Sandra Lee announced Wednesday they are splitting up after 14 years together. "Over the recent past, we have realized that our lives have gone in different directions and our romantic relationship has turned into a deep friendship,” the couple said in a joint statement. “We will always be family and are fully supportive of each other and dedicated to the girls. Our personal lives remain personal and there will be no further comment." Rumors of a breakup started last May when Lee put the home she shared with Cuomo...

AOC dismisses polls showing disapproval of impeachment, suggests Dems should be willing to lose reelection Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., argued on Wednesday night that Congress should pursue the impeachment of President Trump despite its unpopularity among voters and "put our country first" before their jobs. "I personally do not believe in fulfilling my obligations to my job based on polling data," Ocasio-Cortez said on CNN. "I think we need to do our job and we've been elected and sent here by the people of the United States of America to fulfill all of our obligations under the Constitution of the...

Whistleblower lawyers work with nonprofit to launch GoFundMe page seeking $100G ahead of possible testimony Lawyers for the whistleblower who has alleged possible wrongdoing by President Trump in his July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky worked with a nonprofit group to establish a GoFundMe page seeking to raise an initial $100,000 for the whistleblower's legal defense, Fox News has learned. John Tye, a onetime whistleblower who founded the nonprofit Whistleblower Aid, told Fox News he was working with the whistleblower's lawyers at the Compass Rose Legal Group as a matter of principle. Their fundraising page, which can be found...

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Two Kazakh Cybercriminals Plead Guilty in Global Digital Advertising Fraud Involving Tens Of Millions of Dollars in Losses Leader of Scheme Will Forfeit Online Domains and More Than Eight Million Dollars Seized From Swiss Bank Accounts Sergey Ovsyannikov and Yevgeniy Timchenko, citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, pleaded guilty yesterday and today, respectively, in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiring to commit wire fraud and related charges, for their involvement in a widespread digital advertising fraud. Ovsyannikov was arrested in October 2018...

Texas Ranger Sgt. David Armstrong, investigated the murder of Botham Jean and said, the investigation leads him to believe authorities had no probable cause to arrest Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger for any crime.

At 9:00 to 10:00; he states "Their very way of life is threatened."

Financial and precious metals expert Egon von Greyerz (EvG) says the signs abound that we are nearing the end of this global fiat money experiment while central bankers are befuddled. EvG explains, “The central banks are panicking. They don’t know what to do anymore. They are just starting to print money and with the euro on a daily basis. . . . Europe is starting QE again with $20 billion a month, but that’s nothing compared to what is coming. . . . The panic that started with central banks in the summer in late July and August was, to...

MUSLIM TERRORIST in critical condition after firebomb aimed at Jewish worshippers at Joseph’s Tomb explodes prematurely SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 BY BARENAKEDISLAM An Arab Muslim terrorist tried to throw a molotov cocktail at Israeli worshippers in Shechem (Nablus) on Tuesday. However, the firebomb spontaneously exploded in the perpetrator’s hands causing third-degree burns. According to reports, the terrorist is in critical condition in a Nablus Hospital. (Great news, maybe he’ll die soon) Breaking Israel News (h/t Mary C) Israeli Jews who pray at Joseph’s tomb must do so in the middle of the night, with express written permission and under heavy protection...

13:30 to 14:00 short video clip from Brett Baier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssqW7BktBR8

A special grand jury indicted 14 current and former Warren County officials last week amid an ongoing probe into the Front Royal-Warren County Economic Development Authority. The investigation, which came at the request of Front Royal police, began in 2018. Fourteen individuals were charged by the grand jury with misdemeanors, two counts of misfeasance and a count of nonfeasance, Virginia State Police said Tuesday, due to their “knowledge of and inaction of the EDA’s mismanagement of funds. SNIP Below is a list of the other 13 current and former Warren County officials who have been indicted: Mark A. Baker, 53,...

“A VERY DIFFERENT STORY” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 25, 2019) — On Wednesday night’s “Hannity,” investigative reporter John Solomon of The Hill said he has acquired “more than 450 pages” of documents from the State Department and Hunter Biden’s “legal team” demonstrating that the attorneys were working to stop an investigation launched by then-Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin into principals of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company where Hunter Biden was a Board member in 2014 and 2015. Hunter Biden is the son of former putative Vice President Joseph Biden, who is a 2020 Democrat presidential candidate. In April 2014, the...

September 26 2019 Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Hg 1:1-8 On the first day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius,The word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggaito the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel,and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak: Thus says the LORD of hosts: This people says:"The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD."(Then this word of the LORD came through Haggai, the prophet:)Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses,while this house...

FBI agents are seen carrying brown evidence bags as they RAID Democratic Illinois Senator Martin Sandoval's office as part of an 'ongoing criminal investigation' The FBI raided 55-year-old Sandoval's Springfield offices at the Illinois Sate Capital building, as well as his regional offices in Cicero Agents were seen transporting boxes, brown bags and possibly a desktop computer from Sandoval's offices into two SUVs around 12.30pm The nature and details surrounding the investigation have not yet been disclosed SNIP

President Trump on Tuesday (Sep 10) endorsed Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) for his reelection bid in 2020, sending a message of support for one of his more outspoken Republican critics on Capitol Hill.

Former Vice President Al Gore on Monday said a controversy surrounding a whistleblower complaint and President Donald Trump's conversations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gives "new impetus" to calls for impeachment proceedings. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour outside of the United Nations, Gore said "there is no evidence ... of any credible accusation against (Biden)." "The facts being laid out on President Trump's conversation with the head of Ukraine must be investigated thoroughly," he continued. "And this latest accusation, like some of the others, falls into a rare category. The only remedy is an impeachment investigation."

Via the Federalist: In the media’s efforts to tie President Donald Trump with its latest conspiracy theory, CNN skipped an entire section of the released and unredacted transcript of a phone call to charge Trump with requesting a favor he never asked for. Below is text from the transcript of the July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the center of the latest media outrage cycle. I would like you to do us a favor, though, because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to...

The whistleblower complaint at the center of the political firestorm involving President Trump's contacts with Ukraine's leader has been declassified, a member of the House Intelligence Committee announced late Wednesday. "BREAKING NEWS: The whistleblower complaint has been declassified. I encourage you all to read it," tweeted Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah). Another source familiar with the matter told The Hill shortly before Stewart's announcement that the declassification process was complete. The source said that while the declassification process is completed, details about the public release of the complaint remain unclear. The complaint is also expected to have some redactions, according to...

Conservative radio talk show Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that Democrats are already experiencing "blowback" for taking aim against President Trump, including their push for impeachment following allegations concerning the president's phone call with the president of Ukraine. "Why is Trump at 50 percent, up to 53 now in Rasmussen? The blowback is happening. They just don’t see it," Limbaugh said on his radio show Wednesday, citing recent numbers in a poll often cited by the president. Democrats initiated an impeachment inquiry Tuesday, following the whistleblower's complaint that Trump had improperly pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President...