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Reggie Love, White House body man to President Barack Obama, made recent headlines for his decision to endorse former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg over former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Love joined Daily Caller’s Christian Datoc for a wide-ranging interview on why he sided with Buttigieg, Democrats’ chances to take down President Donald Trump in the general election, Mayor Pete’s controversial platform to legalize all drugs and how Trump has impacted the Obama legacy. [Video link] Obama Team Not Endorsing Biden? Barack's White House Body Man Explains

As proof that they would asphyxiate themselves if Donald Trump endorsed oxygen, anti-Trump journalists spent last week praising an Iranian general. General Soleimani’s Revolutionary Guard has been recognized as a terrorist organization, but the adjectives used to describe him by our media included, “revered” and “beloved." Journalists compared him to Elvis Presley and Prince Diana. Judging by their reports, you’d swear these folks watched ARGO and wept when the hostages escaped. But why did they become “useful idiots” for Iran? Why did they share propaganda from Iran’s PR team and pass it off as news? To deny the President...

SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A local man’s life savings of more than $82,000 was seized at Pittsburgh International Airport in August, and now he and his daughter are suing, Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE reported. Rebecca Brown, 54, of Lowell, Mass., told TribLIVE her 79-year-old retired father, Terry Rolin, of South Fayette Township, asked her to help manage the cash he and his late parents had hidden in hiding spots throughout the family home. “It was late Saturday night after the banks closed when he gave me the money, and I had an early (Monday) morning flight...

The Obama Justice Department official appointed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to scrutinize the FBI’s FISA reforms determined the bureau’s reforms would be insufficient without a change in the FBI’s culture. David Kris, a controversial pick for the job after his full-throated defenses of the FBI’s decision-making throughout the Trump-Russia investigation, said the changes FBI Director Christopher Wray proposed in the wake of DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s damning report on FISA abuse were insufficient and told the court its review “should not obscure the larger issues presented.” “Standards and procedures, checklists and questionnaires, automated workflows, training modules, and...

Why are some liberal journalists so terribly upset about a bit of satire poking fun at them and their sacred cows? Well, you might feel the same way if you had such a tenuous grip on credibility. Over the past week, there has been an unprecedented amount of anger and disingenuous concern over the obviously fake — but nevertheless hilarious — articles and headlines published by The Babylon Bee, an evangelical Christian satire site. Meanwhile, impeccably liberal comedian Ricky Gervais is under fire for roasting politically active celebrities when he hosted the Golden Globe Awards. What was it that set...

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What do the Iranian people, who have turned out in droves to protest their own government, know that many members of Congress don’t? They realize it’s their leaders who represent a grave threat to the future of their own country and world peace, not the president of the United States. Too many in Congress have let their personal disdain for President Donald Trump cloud their obligation to ensure the safety of Americans at home and abroad. Some have apologized to the Iranian regime that has backed repeated attacks against U.S. personnel and our embassy in Iraq. A majority in the...

A poetic version of the confession of German pastor Martin Niemöller reads, “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out, because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.” A chilling reminder of the effects tacit complicity in propaganda and acquiescence to identity politics can have...

Wall Street futures edged further into record high territory Thursday, while global stocks returned to all-time highs, as investors reacted to details of the  U.S.-China trade agreement and bullish signals for the tech sector following stronger-than-expected earnings from the world's biggest contract chipmaker. The so-called phase one trade agreement, signed yesterday at the While House by President Donald Trump and China vice premier Liu He, commits Beijing to an extra $200 billion in purchases of American-made goods over the next two years in exchange for a rollback in some tariffs put in place by Washington over the past eighteen months....

Nicole Clare Henderson has been charged after she reportedly gave birth to a child in a toilet in Great Falls. Court documents state that Henderson went to Benefis Health System at 7 a.m. on Thursday, December 6th complaining of cramps. She admitted that she had used meth about three hours earlier. Lab tests were performed on both Henderson and the newborn child; both tested positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine. A probable cause affidavit states that Henderson went to the bathroom while at Benefis, and "gave birth to a term child in the toilet." The affidavit also states that, according to...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has made a statement announcing that he wants the state to stop euthanizing animals. In a press conference, Newsom laid out the details for his budget for the upcoming year, which includes a $50 million one-time general fund allocation to the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program. The purpose is to develop a grant program for animal shelters in the state, because Newsom wants to see an end to the killing of animals. The killing of human beings in the womb, however, evidently doesn’t bother Newsom as much. In the press conference, Newsom made the statement,...

Feminists are applauding abortion groups for changing their names to be more “inclusive.” At least two pro-abortion groups, the Lady Parts Justice League and the Gateway Women’s Access Fund, recently took the female references out of their names to be more inclusive to transgender people, according to the feminist blog The Mary Sue. The Lady Parts Justice League, a pro-abortion comedy group started by “The Daily Show” writer Lizz Winstead, is now called Abortion Access Front, or Abortion AF – a play on the crude slang “as f—.” “But regardless of … our best intentions, the name was narrow, alienating,...

When the impeachment proceedings against President Trump begin again next week, he won't be the only one facing scrutiny, Rep. Jerry Nadler said. "The Senate is on trial as well as the president," Nadler said during a Wednesday press conference. "Does the Senate conduct a trial according to the Constitution to vindicate the Republic, or does the Senate participate in the president’s crimes by covering them up?” **SNIP** "The emphasis is on litigators and on making the strongest possible case to the American people," the speaker said. Nadler, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called into questioned the integrity...

The Justice Department flatly rejected allegations by Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, that Attorney General William Barr was "absolutely" involved in a Ukraine scheme now at the center of impeachment. "100% false," DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told the Washington Examiner in the same two-word statement which MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who conducted an interview with Parnas on Wednesday, read live on air. Parnas, 47, along with another Giuliani associate, Igor Fruman, was charged over an alleged scheme to funnel foreign money to Republican politicians. House Democrats began releasing a trove of texts and documents Tuesday...

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Two things happened simultaneously on Wednesday: (a) The House of Representatives transmitted to the Senate two articles of impeachment approved on straight partisan lines a month ago, and (b) the House’s impeachment inquiry - yes, it’s still very much alive - highlighted new, relevant evidence it has turned up about the activities in Ukraine of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and Giuliani’s associates. The Democrats’ strategy is coming clear. The House provided the Senate with two half-baked impeachment articles. House Democrats rushed through the investigation, forgoing salient witnesses and evidence, because of the political calendar. The charges are weak...

Today in regular trading, shares of American electric car manufacturer Tesla surged past the $500 mark. Tesla, perhaps the most famous electric vehicle company in the world, has had a tumultuous last 12 months on the public markets. The company’s shares have traded as low as $176.99 in the past 52 weeks, and, as has high as $507.50 today. The company is worth $507.28 per share at the moment, valuing Tesla at $91.38 billion according to Google Finance. As is often pointed out, Tesla is worth more than Ford and General Motors combined. In a slightly more exotic formulation, Tesla...

VIDEO NBC News House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signs the articles of impeachment against President Trump in the engrossment ceremony before sending them to the Senate chamber.** . ** This ceremony of Pelosi is the fruition of the 'D.C. Swamp' political coup. It is both is offensive and insulting to the American public. Pelosi appears confused and stammers inarticulate and confusing comments. However, as I watched the signing on TV, I noted with humor that Pelosi appears to totally confuse the pens mixing the per-signature with post-signature! Not that this farcical ceremony of political coup has integrity of purpose, but similarly...