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YouTube September 18, 2019 Joel Gilbert Opening Remarks at National Press Club – 9/16/19
James Murdoch: ‘There are views I really disagree with on Fox’ Washington Examiner September 18, 2019 James Murdoch, the son of conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch, proclaimed that there are viewpoints he “really” disagrees with on Fox News. Murdoch, 46, explained how he’s moved on after leaving the Murdochs’ media company in an interview with the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, which was published Tuesday morning. He was given a $2 billion severance package when he decided to move on from his roll as the CEO of 21st Century Fox and Sky, P.L.C., and the deputy COO of News…
Ilhan Omar: Administration that lies about weather maps can’t be trusted on Iran – CNN Video CNN September 17, 2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) dismissed President Donald Trump’s ability to navigate escalating tensions with Iran, pointing to the controversy over Hurricane Dorian’s path and whether it would hit Alabama. Continue Reading….. COMPLAINT FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO ORDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO COMMENCE INVESTIGATION OF REP. ILHAN OMAR Click to View PDF PETITION TO COMMENCE DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS FOR REMOVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES AND/OR PROSECUTION OF ILHAN OMAR Click to View PDF
By Rob Brunner Washingtonian September 17, 2019 Republican DC Council candidate Michael Bekesha has been running a sort of balance-beam campaign in which he positions himself as a moderate, socially progressive “urban Republican” while continuing to work for the right-wing, pro-Trump organization Judicial Watch. That dance got a lot harder to pull off this weekend, after a clip made the rounds on Twitter of Judicial Watch’s Chris Farrell on Lou Dobbs Tonight pushing what seems to be an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory of the type that fueled the Pittsburgh shooter this weekend. The SVP of programming at Fox Business News…
U.S. Satellites Detected Iran Readying Weapons Ahead Of Saudi Strike, Officials Say By Bill Chappell NPR.org September 17, 2019 U.S. surveillance satellites detected Iran readying drones and missiles at launch sites in Iran before Saudi oil facilities were attacked on Saturday, according to two Defense Department officials. The imagery has not been publicly released. The officials tell NPR that U.S. intelligence views the activity as “circumstantial evidence” that Iran launched the strike from its own soil. Saudi Aramco has said the attacks on its plants in Abqaiq and Khurais were “a result of terrorist attacks with projectiles.” Iranian-backed…
The latest on the Saudi oil attacks CNN September 17, 2019 US investigators have determined “with very high probability” that the attack on the Saudi oil industry was launched from an Iranian base, according to a source familiar with the investigation. What the US is saying: Trump has insisted he doesn’t want a war with Iran, all the while talking up America’s military might. About the attack: It knocked out almost half of Saudi Arabia’s oil capacity. Oil prices skyrocketed after the attack, but sharply dropped today. Continue Reading…..
NYT updates Kavanaugh ‘bombshell’ to note accuser doesn’t recall alleged assault By Gregg Re Fox News September 16, 2019 Beto O’Rourke gives his take on the latest sexual assault allegation against a Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. The New York Times suddenly made a major revision to a supposed bombshell piece late Sunday concerning a resurfaced allegation of sexual assault by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh — hours after virtually all 2020 Democratic presidential candidates had cited the original article as a reason to impeach Kavanaugh. Continue Reading…..
Omar responds to family of 9/11 victim who called her out at anniversary ceremony By Zack Budryk TheHill September 15, 2019 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Sunday responded to a family member of a 9/11 victim who called her out on the anniversary of the attacks, saying she intended to highlight civil rights violations. “9/11 was an attack on all Americans. It was an attack on all of us, and I certainly could not understand the weight of the pain that the families of the victims of 9/11 must feel,” Omar said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Continue…
Lindsey Graham warns FISA court to ‘take corrective action’ after being ‘misled’ by Steele dossier Washington Examiner September 15, 2019 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham warned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that it needs to “take corrective action” after being “misled” by the Justice Department and FBI through their use of British ex-spy Christopher Steele’s unverified dossier. During a radio interview with Sean Hannity on Friday, after it was announced that DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz had submitted to Attorney General William Barr a draft of his report on abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the…
How Fox News lets the Trump family off the hook for profiting off the presidency By Aaron Rupar Vox September 15, 2019 During a Friday morning interview on Fox & Friends, Donald Trump Jr. was asked if the Trump family is profiting off his office. He responded by lying. The question really isn’t a matter of opinion. The fact of the matter is that following Donald Trump’s precedent-breaking decision not to divest from his business interests, the Trump family is financially benefitting from his office — not necessarily intentionally, but benefitting nevertheless. Trump has claimed he loses “billions…