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RUSH: Folks, I don’t know how I’m gonna do this. They had the official portrait unveiling today of Barack Hussein O and Michelle (My Belle) O, and I said, “Oh. My.” And so did the audience, when one of these portraits was unveiled. They did it at the Smithsonian. Now, I remember when the official portrait of Bill and the witch — ah, sorry — Hillary Clinton were unveiled. They did it at the White House. They had it in one of the rooms in the White House. George Bush welcomed the Clintons in and all of their buddies and...

RUSH: Sharyl Attkisson says that what’s going on the FISA court is not new, that it’s actually been going on quite a while, that the FISA court has been weaponized by law enforcement, by political people, primarily the last eight years under Obama. What would happen is that they would go seek a FISA warrant and get it in order to spy on Americans and then unmask them, and that this has been not a law enforcement thing about a political thing. I read that and wasn’t surprised by that. That’s what the Democrat Party is. That’s who Barack Obama...

RUSH: The budget deal. It’s a big deal. It’s a two-year budget deal. We talked about this yesterday. And remember, I had an idea. You know, there’s a lot of people wondering about (laughing), “What is going on?” All of this spending, combined with the tax cuts, deficits as far as the eye can see — and it doesn’t seem like it’s very Republican. It doesn’t seem like it’s very conservative. And they indeed they shut down the government for a couple hours and they got it reopen last night when the deal was agreed to. Trump signed it early...

RUSH: Now, there’s a news story effervescing out there that just has the Drive-Bys so excited they can’t see straight because they think they have found a Republican version of Harvey Weinstein, and he just happens to work in the White House. You familiar with this story, Mr. Snerdley? This is the guy from yesterday who had abused his ex-wives who have now gone public with photos and details and evidence and how he has now been fired. And nobody knew the guy was there. He’s a secretary. He’s been called Trump’s right-hand man all of a sudden. And he’s...

RUSH: The Charles Grassley and Lindsey Graham memo. This is a memo, it’s a criminal referral asking for a criminal investigation in the State Department. What was the State Department doing in all of this? Not just the FBI. The State Department where Hillary Clinton once prowled the corridors. Because in testimony before his committee, Senator Grassley has been able to confirm that Christopher Steele lied to the FBI. And that’s what he wants. He wants a trial, a criminal investigation of Steele, the author of the dossier, for lying to the FBI. They’re putting everybody in jail for that....

RUSH: We have now more evidence via the text messages from Strzok and Lisa Page that this is all about Obama. That everything here is about protecting Obama, not just Hillary, in order to protect Obama. And I’m talking about the corruption that was the Obama presidency and specifically the corruption of the intelligence agencies and the FBI, well, the entire DOJ. And I think one of the primary reasons they all wanted Hillary to win was to make sure we never knew any of what we now do know. That was the primary goal of having Hillary Clinton win...

RUSH: It’s a great honor and a thrill to introduce to you the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Devin Nunes of California. I know you’ve been making the rounds, and you’re under assault. I appreciate you making time here, Congressman, to appear on the program today. NUNES: Well, Rush, it’s an honor to be asked to be on your show, and I’m just glad that we still got conservatives out there who want to get to the truth, and so anywhere that I can go to get the message out, I’m more than glad to do it. RUSH:...

RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, would you be surprised to learn that many think — not all, but there are some who blame me for being where the country is right now. I’m holding here in my formerly nicotine-stained fingers a printed copy of a piece in the New York Times from yesterday by a woman by the name of Michelle Goldberg. It is entitled, “Don’t Believe the Liberal FBI.” Don’t let the headline confuse you. This is a prerelease memo piece. “In the 1960s and 1970s, the American right set about undermining trust in the mainstream media, which it saw...

RUSH: A great See, I Told You So about Michelle Obama, who’s back. Moochelle (My Belle) was on Ellen DeGeneres show saying she has once again lost all hope. No! No, no. “All we have is hope.” “All we have is hope.” It used to be “all we need is love.” But now “all we have is hope.” That’s how bad things are. Mrs. Obama, do you ever ask yourself a question: If your husband and you and your administration were so appreciated and so loved and so widely supported, how the hell did Hillary lose? Hmm? If the nation...

RUSH: Let’s go to the audio sound bites. This is more media shock and disbelief. We had examples of it yesterday, and we have two more. Audio sound bites, 1 and 14. First, “Christiamanpour.” It’s actually Christiane Amanpour. You have to say that almost as one word, Christiane Amanpour. You don’t know where the first name ends and the second name begins. It’s kind of like Joe Montana, just won word: “Jomontana.” “Christiamanpour.” She’s on CNN’s “New Day.” She’s now the chief international correspondent, and she’s reacting to the reaction Trump got in Davos. AMANPOUR: We have never, ever, ever...

RUSH: I am not surprised at all, ladies and gentlemen. There is nothing about any of this, this so-called investigation into Trump colluding with Russia… I’m not surprised there’s a secret society within the establishment that was designed to get rid of Trump, to deny Trump the election. We were never supposed to know any of this because Hillary was gonna win, and if Hillary had won we wouldn’t know one aspect of this. We wouldn’t know any of this. Hillary Clinton losing threw the biggest wrench in these people’s plans, and they had the fear. They were aware she...

RUSH: Nope. I’m not falling for the trap. I’m not gonna get mired down in this same old formulaic approach to things. We’re not gonna lead off here with the government shutdown like everybody else is talking about, like it’s never happened before, like, “Oh, my God, the Republicans want to screw the poor again.” Not going there, folks. Not right now. We’ll get to it at some point. And the reason is that Trump’s handling this masterfully. The first Republican president to ever pushed back on this stuff and it’s inspiring others. Paul Ryan — look, I’m talking about...

RUSH: “Republicans…” It’s an analysis piece and it’s from ABC News. “Republican Strategists Say Democrats Virtually Certain to Win House in 2018.” (interruption) Oh, you’ve seen this, too? “Republican strategists have turned decidedly pessimistic about their prospects for the 2018 midterm elections. Prominent Republicans are now saying privately…” What do you mean “privately”? They “are now saying privately that Democrats are virtually certain to win control of the House of Representatives. “One Republican close to Trump predicted that not only will there be impeachment hearings but that the prospects” of a conviction in the Senate are quite likely. “‘Consider what...

RUSH: You know, I went back to the archives. Sometimes things in the news jog my memory and I go back to the archives. I keep an archive of pretty much everything I use in show prep, in a number of different ways, and I have found excellent keyword search techniques to be able to recall things. If I can’t remember who wrote it, if I can’t remember the website, keyword search. I pretty much have a fair amount of success when I have a vague memory of something. And I went back. This is a Washington Post story. It...

RUSH: Okay. So how many of you got an alert just now on the RushLimbaugh.com app saying the show was coming up? Right on! Greetings, my friends. And the notification was right because here we are, happily so, kicking off a brand-new week of broadcast excellence at 800-282-2882, and the email address, ElRushbo@eibnet.us. You know, I mentioned on this program countless times that one of — you know, we all have pet peeves. And one of my biggest pet peeves is arrogant condescension. People who know less than I do who think they know more than everybody else, and they’re...

RUSH: You know, the first hour, take one, I told you what my take on this is. Even though CNN’s misrepresenting it. CNN’s putting me in the Chatsworth Osborne Jr. category where I think Trump sold us out. And that’s not what I think happened yesterday. I’ve been very clear what I think happened. But CNN is eager to make it appear that Trump is losing his base. Grab sound bite 23. This is the most recent one. Again, back to John King’s show on CNN. He spoke with their White House correspondent named Abby Phillip about conservative reaction —...

RUSH: Hiya, folks. Great to have you with us. Rush Limbaugh, the most eagerly anticipated radio broadcast in media presentation each and every day in the United States. Appointment radio for overly 27 million Americans, and it’s great that you are in the group. 800-282-2882 if you want to be on the program. The email address, ElRushbo@eibnet.us. By necessity, we pick up where we left off yesterday. And where we left off yesterday was trying to figure out just what the heck went on in the White House yesterday. There was this remarkable cameras allowed in the room for at...

RUSH: This is the reason he got elected, folks. This is where we’re gonna lose or keep the country is illegal immigration. Would you like some stats on this? This is nothing you haven’t heard before. But, you know, this story goes in waves and cycles, and it’s always dominated by the latest iteration of this story of the day. I want to go back and remind you of some things. “Modern Immigration…” This is a headline from the Pew Research Center, and this is from September 28, 2015. So we’re going back here, a little bit of a flashback....

RUSH: So the president is having a meeting on the DACA kids, the DREAMer kids, and a meeting overall about immigration — and in this meeting, he’s invited the Democrat leadership to come in there. Senator Durbin is up there and any number of other Democrat leaders. The press has been brought into the room where the meeting’s taking place, and Trump is talking to the press about the issues. Steny Hoyer is seated to Trump’s left, and Trump is conducting the meeting in front of the press, and he asked Dick Durbin (the senator from Illinois) and the Democrats,...

RUSH: Have you seen the latest news? Trump is gonna go to Davos. Can I tell you what kind of an excrement storm that could end up being? This World Economic Forum in Davos. Who goes to Davos? Every left-wing powerbroker you can think of from Hollywood to Big Business to entertainment, you name it. It’s just an adjunct of the Socialist International, and they get together and they find and discuss ways to fleece the United States using issues like climate change. Trump is gonna go and park himself right in the middle of this bunch. It is going...