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Nancy Pelosi, Serial liar Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler and Democrats continue to lose the trust of the American public as they pursue their unprecedented politically motivated impeachment hearings. Democrats changed the rules, stacked the hearings with second-hand and third-hand witnesses, blocked Republicans from their day of witnesses, cut off Republicans from any decisions or requested witnesses, blocked Republicans and the White House from interviewing their original “whistleblower” Eric Ciaramella who is linked to Schiff, John Brennan, Susan Rice and Joe Biden. Democrats blocked the White House from confronting their accuser, interrogating their accuser and providing witnesses. The entire process has...

In recent years, we have seen graphic and disturbing scenes of migrants attempting to cross into Europe as they flee the developing world. Especially poignant are the pictures of young, sub-Saharan African men scaling the barrier fences that surround the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in Morocco: Leaving aside whether Spain should return these enclaves to Morocco, the determination of migrants bound for Europe is striking. They have illegally entered Morocco and, from there, are allowed to enter another country illegally—almost certainly with the tacit approval of the Moroccan authorities. Also striking is the sight of the young men...

We got a hint of this finding in a preemptive (i.e. damage control) leak a few weeks ago, but todayÂ’s IG report confirms that the FBI did doctor evidence in their quest to mislead the FISA court. This of course revolves around a warrant on Carter Page, which was renewed multiple times relying on bad information within the Steele Dossier. With the report now in our hands, The Federalist provides the details. A wide-ranging investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general (IG) found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deliberately doctored evidence it presented to the nationÂ’s...

First, in case you missed it because it came late yesterday afternoon, my summary of the Horowitz Report and its ramifications can be found here – The IG Report: Not a Bombshell, But a Roadmap. GOP Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe appeared on last night’s Fox Report with Bret Baier for an 8 minute segment. Ratcliffe’s answers to Baier’s questions are very revealing on a number of counts with a scattering of real bombshells throughout. Sad that neither Baier nor anyone else in the corrupt news media is curious enough to follow up on them. Below is the clip of that...

There are a handful of dictums in the modern feminist discourse that are so omnipresent, so incontrovertible, so apparently obvious, that, whenever they are pronounced, the only appropriate reaction is enthusiastic head-bobbing. Or, if you prefer, solemn brow-knitting. Like two plus two equals four, these dictums are axioms, not to be discussed, let alone contested. Challenge them, however, and you’ll see how easily they fall apart. For example, consider the adage “What will we tell our daughters?” Each time I hear this phrase, I remember Emmeline Grangerford from Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Miss Grangerford spent her short life...

Republicans need to start political action committees to help veterans run against House Democrats. Pres. Trump's Call to Ukraine President Was the Right Thing to Do

The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), led by Michael Horowitz, just issued a report, which concludes that there was no intentional misconduct or political bias by the FBI when it sought a highly controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to monitor former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. Instead, the report faults the FBI over numerous “omissions” and “inaccuracies” in the application process. In his just-released report, Horowitz slapped a few wrists just like he did in his prior (yearlong) investigation into the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email probe and pointed out a number of inconsistencies...

Come on Dems, you’re better than this: A new poll of registered Democrats has Hillary Clinton as their top choice for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination — and she’s not even running.The online Harris Poll survey released by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard found that Clinton placed first with 21% of the vote, followed closely by Vice President Joe Biden at 20%, Senator Bernie Sanders at 12%, Senator Elizabeth Warren at 9% and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 7%. – New York Post Although on second thought, maybe you’re not – When the universe...

American business has taken big leaps forward under President Trump's leadership. When Trump was elected, the stock market shot up like a rocket and has gained over 20% in 2019 alone. In November, America added a record 266,000 jobs.  Black, Hispanic, and woman unemployment are at historic lows. The USA is arguably enjoying the best economy in the world. So I was quite surprised when I received Fortune magazine's December issue in the mail and saw the Why Trump is Bad for Business headline on the cover. Indeed, the motivation of Fortune's editors must be questioned now that this...

The House Judiciary Committee’s latest hearing on the Donald Trump impeachment inquiry came to a grinding halt when Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) had a dust-up over the hearing’s proceedings. The hearing was stopped when Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) accused the Judiciary chairman of breaking House rules and not letting Republicans hold a minority hearing day. Nadler responded to the complaints of Biggs and Ranking Republican Doug Collins (R-GA) by saying their point of order was out of place in today’s hearing, and as he tried to move things along, Gaetz started haranguing the chairman and accusing...

President Donald Trump said the results of the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report was ‘far worse than I would have ever thought possible.’ “It’s an embarrassment to our country,” he added. “It’s dishonest, it’s everything that a lot of people thought it would be, but far worse..it’s a very sad day when I see that… they had nothing it was concocted. It’s probably something that never happened in the history of country.” President Trump on Justice Department IG Report: “It’s a disgrace…it’s incredible, far worse than I would have ever thought possible. It’s an embarrassment to our...

Former CIA Director John Brennan lashed out at President Trump Monday evening after DOJ IG Michael Horowitz released his 476-page report on FISA abuse. The report revealed what we knew to be true all along — the FBI defrauded the FISA court and purposely omitted exculpatory information from the FISA judges in order to obtain FOUR FISA warrants on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/12/brennan-lashes-out-at-president-trump-after-ig-horowitz-releases-report-on-fisa-abuse/

UN chief Michele Bachelet said on Dec.6: the picture now emerging from Iran is extremely disturbing, One of the worst incidents took place in the city of Mahshahr in southwest Iran on Nov. 18 when security forces fired at protesters with machineguns, killing at least 23 and possibly many more. The city of Mahshahr is one of Iran’s important ports for the export of crude oil and oil-related products. Crude oil extracted from the Province of Khoosestan is transported to the Abadan refinery and the final products are destined to the city of Mahshar for export. This makes Mahshar an...

Brazil will push to expand oil drilling in its massive “pre-salt” oil and gas area off its coast in spite of growing global concerns about climate change, the country’s energy minister told Reuters on Monday.

Clips tagged #Swamp Fmr. Ukraine Prosecutor Shokin: Biden “Outraged We Seized Burisma Assets,” Could No Longer Pay His SonRudy Giuliani traveled to Ukraine with OAN investigative journalist Chanel Rion. The U.S. media are going absolutely bananas after finding out Giuliani is now gathering even more information about Joe and Hunter Biden’s corrupt endeavors within Ukraine. … OAN EXCLUSIVE: Yuriy Lutsenko says Yovanovitch perjured herself before CongressOne America's Chanel Rion has been tracking down Ukrainian witnesses as part of an exclusive OAN investigative series, which dismantles the baseless Adam Schiff impeachment hoax. She spoke with Ukrainian former Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko,...

The DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz finally released his report on FISA abuses on Monday. The report revealed what we knew to be true all along — the FBI defrauded the FISA court and purposely omitted exculpatory information from the FISA judges in order to obtain FOUR FISA warrants on Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Horowitz, however concluded that the FBI investigation into Trump was not politically motivated — and John Durham hit back. Read more US Attorney from Connecticut John Durham immediately released a statement following the release of the FISA report and disputed Horowitz’s findings and conclusions. “I...

From now on, impeachment can be used against any first-term president with a record of success. It will be used solely as a political strategy by the opposition party that controls the House to weaken a president’s reelection chances. That’s the Democratic Party’s legacy and Democrats will live to rue it. (emphasis mine) Since the embarrassing impeachment and failed conviction of President Andrew Johnson in 1868, Americans more or less had avoided that ultimate constitutional method of removing a chief executive from power. The Johnson impeachment had been so steeped in personal hatred, political rivalry, and post-war agendas that the...

"Is socialism/communism only for white people?" And by white people understand I mean REALLY REALLY white people, because ... the only place "socialism" has worked (sorta), is the Nordic countries. Latino/Hispanic Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia have all gone through large swings to the left and only have a shortage of toilet paper to show for it. Chinese communism (again, not white) only managed to kill more people during peacetime than any world war ever did. Its smaller oriental siblings of Vietnam and Cambodia certainly didn't make a good go of communism either. Ethiopia (again, not white) needed both Soviet money...

Statements just hit the wires in the past 15 minutes… Attorney General Bill Barr released a statement on Monday that undermined the Department of Justice Inspector General’s report that the FBI had sufficient evidence to investigate the Trump campaign. “The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions that, in my view, were insufficient to justify the steps taken.” “It is also clear that, from its inception, the evidence produced by the investigation was consistently exculpatory.” U.S. Attorney John Durham, whom Barr had appointed to...

No, it’s not a “bombshell” that will satisfy Sean Hannity and his “Tick-tock” crew. Michael Horowitz was never going to deliver anything remotely like that, given his bias towards protecting the Department that pays his salary and the constraints under which he is required to perform his job. The report released today at 1:00 ET contains no criminal referrals. Not one. It finds “no political bias” in the process that led the Obama-era coup cabal within the FBI and DOJ to apply for a FISA warrent to enable it to spy on members of the Trump Campaign, even though the...