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Shortened title. Full title: IMPORTANT – Video Confirms Butowsky Lawsuit Claim: Julian Assange Told Ellen Ratner DNC Emails Received From Seth Rich – Not a Russian Hack A lawsuit filed a week ago by Businessman Ed Butowsky, alleged that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told Fox News analyst Ellen Ratner the DNC leaked emails were received from Seth Rich and his brother Aaron. [Full Backstory Here] Due to the scale of ramification, there was some valid skepticism about the Butowsky assertion. However, recently unearthed footage from Ellen Ratner talking about her visit with Assange in November of 2016 seems to validate...

Here is the dirty little secret of the GOP donor class, i.e. the rich establishment bundlers who funded the recent presidential campaigns of the Bushes, Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.): They are actively trying to recruit Romney to run again in 2016 — and Mitt is indeed interested. Their first choice coming out of the 2012 election debacle was Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.), but his candidacy has virtually crashed and burned — despite his desperate self-denial. Other than his uber-patron, Ken Langone, the donors have moved on. Many of these professional donors have hopes that...

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Only 25 percent of the American people — according to the latest Newsweek poll — are now "optimistic" about the direction of the war in Iraq; 65 percent are "pessimistic." Why have so many Americans, only now, come to realize that this war has gone bad...?

Several sources over the weekend reveal that the Bush White House has realized that the Ports Deal is killing them politically - and thus they need a new strategy. Accordingly, probably through the recently-retained lobbyist for Dubai Ports World, former Senator Bob Dole, the White House has told Dubai Ports World to ‘partner up’ with an American company to manage the port terminals. In other words, find a ‘front company’ to act as if they own and run these 21 crucial terminals. First out of the box for this ‘front’ role is Halliburton, but the feeling is there is too...

The burgeoning flap over the leaking to the press of the name of a CIA agent - a clear and serious violation of federal law - is a serious, serious legal and political problem for the Bush White House. Let us explore the numerous implications: 1) The facts: In July two high level White House aides called at least six DC reporters - one of whom was Robert Novak - to 'slime' whistle-blowing former US Ambassador Joseph Wilson and his wife, by revealing that she, Valeria Plame, is a CIA agent. 2) The CIA is furious over the 'politicization' of...

Former Rep. John LeBoutillier, R-NY, will be on C-SPAN Friday morning on "Washington Journal" with Brian Lamb at exactly 9:15 a.m. Eastern time until 100 a.m. The topic will be the "Counter Clinton Library."

John LeBoutillierTuesday, April 29, 2003 Bill and Hillary have done it again. They have each scammed millions from their gullible, liberal – and hopelessly naïve – publishers. As you may recall, Hillary scored first right after winning her U.S. Senate seat two years ago. She signed a publishing contract with Simon & Schuster that included a whopping $8 million advance. And, in typical Clinton fashion, she signed it before being sworn into office, thus skirting Senate ethics rules. She then used her first payment – $2.1 million – to buy her Washington, D.C., house – where she entertains and raises...