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By Larry Klayman RenewAmerica August 21, 2020 As the republic, founded 244 years ago by enlightened Founding Fathers, heads into presidential election this November, there is more than a tendency for the citizenry to drink the Kool Aid of our politicians and political pundits that one’s choice of who to vote for will solve the dire ills of the nation. For sure, the United States is in a crisis, the internal proportions of which have never before been experienced, from the on-going and apparently never ending Covid-19 pandemic, to the deadly violence of radical blacks, and radical leftists of…
Barr ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning Snowden By Associated Press POLITICO August 21, 2020 WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it. The attorney general’s comments in an interview with The Associated Press come days after President Donald Trump said he would “look at” whether to pardon Snowden, who was charged under the Espionage Act in 2013 with disclosing details of highly classified government surveillance programs. Continue Reading…..
Bill Clinton’s argument for defeating Trump: A new, fairer economy By Ella Nilsen Vox August 20, 2020 Even though Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention spent plenty of time showcasing the party’s future, it also contained a remnant of the past: former President Bill Clinton. Unlike Clinton’s nearly hour-long speeches of conventions past, the all-virtual format meant he had to keep his remarks to a tight five. Pundits generated plenty of content on Tuesday musing about what Clinton’s shortened remarks meant about his stature in the Democratic Party. But it’s worth listening to what Clinton was actually saying. Clinton’s…
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Roger Stone appeal officially dismissed by federal court By Ronn Blitzer Fox News August 19, 2020 Roger Stone’s criminal case is officially at an end, now that the former associate of President Trump dropped his appeal of his conviction. Stone moved to drop his appeal earlier this week. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted that request on Wednesday. “Upon consideration of appellant’s unopposed motion to dismiss this appeal and the affidavit in support thereof, it is ORDERED that the motion be granted and this case be dismissed,” the D.C. Circuit said in an order by deputy clerk…
Koepka to miss Cup playoffs, targets U.S. Open ESPN.com August 19, 2020 The knee issue that has bothered Brooks Koepka for the better part of a year has caused him to withdraw from the Northern Trust at TPC Boston, ending his 2019-20 season. The four-time major champion, however, still has designs on playing in the U.S. Open, which begins Sept. 17 and is the second event of the new season, his agent, Blake Smith, said Wednesday. Koepka is 97th in the FedEx Cup standings and would have needed a high finish to advance to next week’s BMW Championship.…
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Far-right activist Laura Loomer wins Florida GOP primary By Tal Axelrod TheHill August 19, 2020 Far-right activist Laura Loomer won the GOP House primary in Florida’s 21st Congressional District, handing the Republican Party a controversial nominee in a safe blue district. Loomer pulled in front of a crowded field of Republicans to win the nomination in the heavily blue southeast Florida district, according to The Associated Press. She will face off against Rep. Lois Frankel (D), who ran unopposed in 2018 and won with more than 60 percent of the vote in 2016. Loomer becomes the Republican nominee…
California Gov. Newsom signs Cal State ethnic studies requirement into law Fox News August 18, 2020 Students at California State University, the nation’s largest four-year public university system, will need to take an ethnic studies course to graduate under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The change comes amid the national reckoning over racism and police brutality sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It represents the first change to the CSU general education curriculum in over 40 years. Under the measure, beginning in the 2021-2022 academic year, all 23 CSU campuses must…