Author: Freedom Watch

Howie Carr: US attorney investigating origins of Russia probe will be ‘very hard to smear’ By Jake Grate Fox News May 16, 2019 Radio host Howie Carr said U.S. Attorney John Durham will be very hard to “smear as a partisan” as he conducts a review of the Russia probe’s origins. Fox News reported on Monday that Attorney General Bill Barr had assigned Durham, 68, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to conduct the inquiry into allegations of misconduct and possibly improper government surveillance on the Trump campaign in 2016. Continue Reading…..

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Tucker Carlson Praises Late Fox News Founder Roger Ailes: ‘Really a Great and Wise Man’ By Jon Levine TheWrap May 16, 2019 Fox News host Tucker Carlson offered effusive praise for late Fox News chief Roger Ailes on a show celebrating Carlson’s 10-year anniversary at the network and his own upcoming 50th birthday. “He was really a great and wise man,” Carlson said on the set of his Wednesday night broadcast describing the polarizing ex-CEO who was forced out of the company in July 2016 amid a wave lawsuits surrounding multiple sexual harassment scandals. Carlson was joined on…

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Omar, Jewish Congresswoman Call For United Front Against White Nationalism By Alyssa Fisher The Forward May 16, 2019 Reps. Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky wrote a joint op-ed for CNN to call on Jews and Muslims to stand together against the common threat of white nationalism. Omar, a Muslim American representing Minnesota, and Schakowsky, a Jewish American representing Illinois, said that the evidence of a rise in hate crimes against religious minorities is “overwhelming” – citing the shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue and the Christchurch mosque massacre, both of which were allegedly perpetrated by white nationalists.…

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Sid Miller chides ‘Jewish Mayor Steve Adler’ for joining Ilhan Omar at Ramadan dinner By Jonathan Tilove Austin American-Statesman May 16, 2019 Hello Austin: As you may recall, two months ago, around the time that Beto O’Rourke announced his candidacy for president, Stan Herd, a Kansas artist, created a 2-acre earth art likeness of O’Rourke — “BETO 2020,” it said — at Carson Creek Ranch, where it would be visible to planes flying in and out of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Crop artist Stan Herd uses soil, grass and rock to create a profile of Democratic presidential candidate Beto…

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Sean Hannity: DOJ inspector general FISA abuse probe is ‘done and it’s devastating’ Washington Examiner May 16, 2019 Fox News host Sean Hannity says he is hearing that the Justice Department inspector general’s investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse is “done and it’s devastating.” He made the assertion during his evening program on Wednesday and asked Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., if he also had heard any word on the investigation. Graham, whose Judiciary Committee had been conducting his own FISA abuse inquiry, said he could not verify if Inspector General Michael Horowitz is done, but added…

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WND May 15, 2019 A lawyer representing Roy Moore, who twice was elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and now is suing actor Sacha Cohen and Showtime for millions for fraudulently inducing him to appear on a show, is asking a federal court in Washington to reconsider a ruling that appears to be based on the alleged fraud. Judge Thomas Hogan said the case must be heard in federal court in New York, not in Washington, D.C., where Moore filed his action for damages for being “maliciously defamed” by Cohen and Showtime. But the basis for that…

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Trump boasts that his looks and brain are better than Biden’s By Katie Galioto POLITICO May 15, 2019 President Donald Trump took another dig at former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday, claiming the Democratic primary front-runner’s looks and mind are less sharp due to age. At 72 and 76, respectively, Trump and Biden are among the oldest candidates seeking the White House in 2020. But the president’s comment came in the form of a tweet responding to “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough’s remark earlier Wednesday that Trump “looks like he’s about 20 years younger than a lot…

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