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Half of voters say the whistleblower at the center of President Trump's Ukraine controversy should publicly testify before Congress, according to a Hill-HarrisX poll released Tuesday. The survey found that 51 percent of registered voters said the whistleblower should testify in a public setting on Capitol Hill, while 35 percent said the person should testify privately in a congressional committee hearing.

The intelligence community inspector general testified Friday that the so-called “whistleblower” who mischaracterized President Donald Trump’s call with the leader of Ukraine had a previous “professional relationship” with a 2020 Democrat candidate, according to the Washington Examiner. “The IG said [the whistleblower] worked or had some type of professional relationship with one of the Democratic candidates,” one person with knowledge of inspector general Michael Atkinson’s testimony told the Examiner’s Byron York.

[Catholic Caucus] Amazon Synod proving to be as bad as critics warned. What do we do now? October 7, 2019 (The Catholic Thing) — Pope Francis is fond of saying that "synod" means "walking together." In the right circumstances, it might mean that (though usually it just means a "meeting"). In the wrong circumstances, it can take on the less happy meanings of the original Greek synodos — like the "meeting" that happens when two parties face each other in a courtroom — or two armies clash. That troubling meaning of "synod" has been quite evident in past weeks. Before the...

Don’t tempt me. Do your job.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 8, 2019

Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, claims Trump has collected millions of dollars from foreign governments through his hotels, golf resorts, and other business ventures since the beginning of his term. “He has made the presidency an instrument of self-enrichment,” he said. “In the telephone conversation between President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine, Zelensky actually praises him for the hotel in New York,” Raskin continued. “He says, ‘oh yeah we stayed at the Trump Hotel in New York.'”... “The Trump Organization donates any profits from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury,” RNC spokesperson Liz Harrington said.

Sharyl Attkisson🕵️‍♂️ ✔ @SharylAttkisson If one of our top ex-intel officials says he got fooled by "bad info"... what does that say about the intel community structure? #EasilyFooled #CirculatingBadInfo https://nypost.com/2019/03/25/ex-cia-head-brennan-on-trump-attacks-i-may-have-relied-on-bad-information/ … John Brennan Ex-CIA head Brennan on Trump attacks: I may have relied on ‘bad information’ Former head of the CIA John Brennan admitted on Monday that he may have relied on “bad information” for his relentless attacks on President Trump. Brennan — who once warned that nypost.com 1,250 11:17 AM - Oct 8, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 850 people are talking about this From The New York...

A Crockett man was taken into custody Friday night after he confessed to robbing a bank the day before his wedding so he could pay for the ring and the venue, according to Trinity County Sheriff Woody Wallace. Heath Bumpous, 36, robbed the Citizens State Bank in Groveton, implied that he had a weapon, and demanded money. He then fled with the cash and drove down back roads. Bumpous’ fiancee called him and convinced him to turn himself in to police after she saw still images of security footage on Facebook. Bumpous told authorities in Houston that they were supposed...

President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that he would not testify before the House Intelligence Committee unless committee members voted to remove Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) from the panel's chairmanship. In an interview with The Washington Post, the former New York City mayor stressed that he was taking the White House's position that Schiff's congressional committee was illegitimate, and revealed that the Trump administration would soon release a formal statement concerning the Intelligence committee. “I wouldn’t testify in front of that committee until there is a vote of Congress and he is removed,” Giuliani said, referring to Schiff. “Let...

As the Garbage Party and their garbage media sycophants run around like banshees screaming “Trump and Ukraine!” real journalists are uncovering details about former Obama-era officials and real corruption involving that country. For example, Fox News’ Jesse Watters reported important new details regarding the involvement former VP Joe Biden and his coke-snorting son, Hunter Biden, that hadn’t been revealed before Tuesday. Joe Biden, we know, was Obama’s policy point man on Ukraine. So when he bragged about how he threatened to withhold a billion dollars in aid from Ukraine in 2014 and 2015, he was doing so on behalf of...

Your position is clearly wrong under the plain wording of the contract. Neither the Campaign nor AEG is responsible for arranging or paying for rally-related security. Rather, the U.S. Secret Service – and the U.S. Secret Service alone – is “solely and directly” responsible for coordinating law enforcement services in connection with the rally. “As such, no law enforcement costs shall be coordinated by [AEG], charged through [AEG] to [the Campaign], or shall otherwise be reimbursable expenses in connection with the [contract].” The Campaign cannot be in breach of an obligation it does not owe to AEG. Yet AEG’s failure...

Article's full title: "Minneapolis' liberal mayor trying to 'bully' President Trump out of Minnesota, says head of police union" Excerpt: The mayor of Minneapolis, a Democrat, is trying to "antagonize" and "bully" President Trump to discourage him from coming to the historically blue state, a police union leader said Tuesday. Kroll's claims are in line with Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, who accused Frey of "abuse of power" over a proposed $530,000 security fee to use the arena.

America's job market may be the strongest it's been in at least half a century, but not all workers are getting a lift. The proportion of men in their prime working years without a job is higher today than it was before the Great Recession, according to a new study. Roughly 1 in 7 U.S. men between the ages of 25 and 54 aren't employed, federal labor data show. That's a higher rate of unemployment for the group than in 2007, the year before the housing crash slammed the economy.

A conservative group notes polling data shows an eight-point swing in voters’ shift to incumbent GOP Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin from Democrat candidate Andy Beshear after they view ads highlighting Beshear’s support of biological men competing in women’s sports. The Campaign for American Principles (CAP) states: The ads are moving voters in an incredible way — the chart below represents over 2,000 respondents. The gray bar represents Bevin’s support among voters BEFORE seeing the ad and the blue bar is Bevin’s support from voters AFTER seeing the ad. For voters 45-54, Bevin sees an 8pt increase in support, 55-64 give...

Josh Flagg has shared with DailyMailTV the inspirational story of how his heroic grandmother survived the Holocaust during World War II and helped save the lives of hundreds of Jews before fleeing to America to set up a fashion empire. The Million Dollar Listing LA star spoke of beloved Edith Flagg after being invited to join the board of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust which displays artifacts of the late fashion trailblazer and philanthropist. In an exclusive interview, Beverly Hills real estate agent Josh, 34, said it's vital that the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors continue to remind and...

China poured cold water on hopes for a trade deal, signaling it would retaliate against the U.S. threat to put Chinese tech companies on a blacklist, just two days ahead of the highly anticipated trade talks in Washington. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Tuesday said “stay tuned,” when asked whether China would retaliate for the blacklist over alleged human rights violations against Muslim minorities. “We urge the U.S. to immediately correct its mistake, withdraw the relevant decision and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs,” Geng said at a news conference according to a transcript on the Foreign Ministry’s...

It’s a landmark ruling out of Miami, Florida that was handed down from a federal district judge. Cooperate with ICE… or you’re out of a job. There was a new Florida state law that put a ban on sanctuary cities. It also ordered law enforcement officers to continue full cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Miami U.S. District Court Judge Beth Bloom upheld a majority of the components of that law on Monday, just one day before SB 168 went into effect. On top of banning sanctuary cities in Florida, it also creates a new mandate. It requires...

The odds of Hillary Clinton entering the 2020 presidential race and winning the Democratic nomination jumped to third place per PredictIt, as rumors swirl that she'll be back to take another bite at the apple. Notably, former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon told Fox Business last week "She is running. She’s just trying to decide how to fit her way in."

You might not know the name David Fravor, but you probably know what he saw … even if he’s still not sure what that was. Fravor is the retired U.S. Navy Commander who in 2017 told the New York Times that he spotted a Tic Tac-shaped UFO from the cockpit of his F/A-18F Super Hornet—“around 40 feet long and oval in shape”—100 miles off the coast of San Diego in 2004. There’s video, of course, of Fravor’s now-legendary encounter, originally released for public viewing by The New York Times and To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, a UFO...

The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold... When Yeats wrote his famous lines in 1919, he was describing the chaos in Europe after World War I. The world had exploded into pieces; communication among them was difficult. Even though life feels safer now, we nonetheless have the same uneasy sensation that deceit has become ordinary. People say one thing, mean the opposite. The center cannot hold. President Trump complains a lot about the dishonesty of fake news. The fascinating thing is that the bearers of Fake News, such as CNN, flip the story so...

A friend of mine's mother is incredibly brilliant. She has written a song (more in the form of a poem) in support of our country and President Trump. The goal is to make this something regular people have in their heads. Here is the song/poem: Trump Train – Final Version 10/2/19 We're taking back our country We'll make it great again We got on the Trump Train We'll ride it to a win. We finally have a leader Who tells it like it is The Dems are going crazy He's living in their heads We're taking back our country We're...