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“You ready to start fighting back?” Sam Rockwell asks the title character that question deep into “Richard Jewell.” The Clint Eastwood film recalls how the FBI and media aligned to punish a security guard who saved lives at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Only the film feels like Eastwood is channeling a certain Commander in Chief. Conservatives have spent the last three years fighting against a culture calling them racist, sexist, homophobic and more. They’ve been maligned for wanting to keep the borders secure and jobs from fleeing overseas. Reporters and celebrities alike led the charge against Red State America, forgoing...

Jeffrey Epstein’s private wealth banker, who brokered and signed off on untold multiple millions of dollars in controversial Deutsche Bank and Citibank loans spanning two decades for the convicted pedophile, has died from a reported suicide. The news of yet another mysterious Epstein-linked death comes shortly after the FBI was seeking to interview the bank executive about loans he approved for Epstein and the indicted child trafficker’s labyrinth of US-based and offshore companies. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed Thomas Bowers died by an apparent suicide by hanging at his home before Thanksgiving.

It's December which means all your favorite Christmas specials are set to be broadcast. On Monday, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer will find itself in primetime. The 55-minute long special will air at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. As many know, the film spotlights Rudolph and his journey from an outsider to being the hero of Christmas and leading Santa's sleigh. It's what happens in between, though, that causes some viewers to feel uneasy. . . Early on in the episode, Rudolph finds himself needing to wear a fake black nose to hide his "different" red nose per his parent's...

Clips tagged #Swamp EXCLUSIVE: The Clintons were frequent guests at Epstein's New Mexico ranchBill and Hillary Clinton stayed at Jeffrey Epstein's notorious 'baby-making ranch' almost every year after they left the White House, according to the disgraced financier's estate manager. The former president was Epstein's closest 'celebrity mate' and the Clintons, … McConnell: Senate could pass partisan rules package for impeachment trialSenate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said that if he’s unable to reach a deal with Democrats to set the rules for a Senate impeachment trial then he will try to to do so solely with GOP votes....

The American people and the world are witnessing a revolution of openness brought on by none other than the frank, brusk, always to the point methods of President Trump. This was on full display this week as Trump held public press conferences with world leaders during the NATO meeting in London, and repeatedly had shockingly open and honest discussions — the things that have always been kept behind closed doors in the past, and then reported via leaks through a partisan media. Trump’s method forces difficult issues out into the light without the bias filter. With French President Emmanuel Macron,...

There is a popular new narrative in both the Left and Right news media that when Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz has his latest report publicly released on December 9, it will lead to a huge letdown. It is being claimed that Horowitz’s year and a half long deep dive into issues surrounding FISA warrants granted to the FBI targeting the Trump presidential campaign during the 2016 election – and continuing into the Trump administration itself through several renewals of that warrant – will lead to no criminal investigations and certainly not any criminal prosecutions. It is confidently...

It is very tough being a mom in this day and age,” Sia Cooper, a single Mom of two said in a post. “Social media makes it so easy to be judged and to judge others. I have been judged for using canned goods all the way to me having tattoos – you cannot win with some people." In response to them,Sia penned an honest open letter, explaining why she embraced that label. Her post has resonated with over 28,000 people, many of whom applauded both Sia’s honesty and her philosophy on raising kids.

VIDEO After a viral video appeared of Joe Biden talking about his bleached blonde hairy legs and sitting on his lap, you would figure he would avoid those topics like the plague during his 'No Malarkey' tour of Iowa. However, in Emmetsburg on Monday night, he talked about people sitting on his lap. What next? Will Creepy Joe soon bring up the subject of his hairy leg rubdown again?

Just a reminder: Do not put any hopes on Michael Horowitz doing anything to help bring the Coup Cabal to justice. – As we have repeatedly pointed out, Mr. Horowitz’s job is to investigate and provide cover for the bureaucracy that pays his salary. His internal role at DOJ is to “investigate” alleged wrongdoing among its employees and then to provide rationale arguing why that wrongdoing was nothing more than violations of internal policies, a simple lack of candor, innocent mishandling of documents, etc. He might make the occasional criminal referrals targeting low-level functionaries – the Peter Strzoks and Lisa...

The woman had no real competition in California, she slept her way to a US Senate and when that quits working she failed in a spectacular way because she's a worthless politician, not even wearing a mattress strapped to your back was enough to gain voters outside of California....

Good move. Now do CNN and the New York Times and the Washington Post and… – Trump Campaign Chairman Brad Parscale announced on Monday that the campaign would no longer be offering press credentials to anyone representing Bloomberg News. That inevitable move – labeled as “surprising” by many corrupt media outlets – comes after an internal memo written by Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait announced that the outlet would continue its “tradition of not investigating Mike (and his family and foundation) and we will extend the same policy to his rivals in the Democratic primaries.” So, Bloomberg News desperately wants...

The moment that Hillary Clinton’s reference to those disinclined to vote for her as “deplorables” and “irredeemables” made this unmistakable, Donald Trump’s victory became possible. The people who voted for Trump, many despite reservations about him, did so seeking a shield against insult and injury from above. But the 2016 results confirmed the ruling class in its judgment, and emboldened it to act in “resistance” and in ways no one had ever imagined. Ordinary Americans in voting for Trump got a loud voice on their behalf, but no shield. Between 2016 and 2020, we have been pressed as never before...

The United Nations may resort to military action against states that defy its mandates on global climate action, according to Ole Wæver, a prominent international relations professor at the University of Copenhagen. In an interview with ABC News in Australia, Professor Wæver cautions that what he sees as “climate inaction” might draw the U.N. into considering other means to ensure its goals are met, even if that leads to global armed conflict. Professor Wæver says more resistance to change could potentially threaten democracy although the U.N. would counter that the end justified the means in much the same way countries...

Melania Trump officially unveiled the Christmas decorations of the White House on Sunday evening in a festive video in which the first lady put the finishing touches to the patriotic-themed display. In a nod to the Be Best campaign by Melania, an ornament with a scrabble theme describes the characteristic initiative of the first lady. Other decorations seem to continue the play concept for children, with domino pieces and playing cards hanging on the tree.

As I explained in the initial edition of the Sunday edition of the French Press, one of the fundamental goals of this newsletter is to bridge the gap between secular and religious readers. That certainly means explaining the basics of religious belief amid public controversies—helping the mainstream media to “get religion” in New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet’s memorable phrase. But it also means identifying the trite, the silly, and the sometimes manipulative aspects of religious political rhetoric. And that brings us to today’s topic, whether God chose Donald Trump and what the answer to that question means for...

The Issue With Omar and AOC by Louis Foxwell The issue with Omar and AOC is not that they are stupid, which they are, it is that they have the heart and soul of a mob squeeze. These women speak out of a clarity of understanding of crime. As elite members of an elite crime family and made mols, they know they are safe. This gives them the psychological freedom to condemn the very actions in others that they are permitted to engage in daily. The Democrat party is a crime family. Understanding that simple truth clarifies everything. The Clintons...

Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Heisman Trophy winner and former college football coach Pat Sullivan has died at 69 years old, following a long battle with cancer. Sullivan died Sunday. He became Auburn's first Heisman Trophy winner in 1971.

In honor of President Trump’s trip to London, and because there’s only 22 shopping days till Christmas, I give you last year’s Heathrow Bears “advert” as the Brits call them. In it we see the homesick couple, Edward and Doris Bair returning to London, and their family, from their retirement home in Florida when they realize that sunshine isn’t everything. We see them arriving at Heathrow, where they met and their romance began 50 years ago.2017 Heathrow Christmas advertWhy Europe’s busiest airport that operates at near capacity needs an “advert” at all is unclear to me, but then I don’t...

I review Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino's book chronicling the systemic campaign to assassinate the character and thwart the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.

Clips tagged #Swamp Ukraine’s Zelensky again denies quid pro quo during Trump phone callUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied once again that President Trump used nearly $400 million in military aid as a bargaining chip to pressure him to launch investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s role in the 2016 US … Byron York: The bad-faith impeachmentHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats are trying to remove President Trump from office "prayerfully," and "sadly," and "with a heavy heart." In fact, as anyone who has been watching knows, many Democrats have been itching to impeach Trump since … Newt...