Author: Freedom Watch

Rand Paul will vote against Trump’s pick for attorney general By Marianne LeVine POLITICO February 11, 2019 Sen. Rand Paul said Monday that he will vote against confirming President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, William Barr, citing his record on privacy issues. “I’m a no,” the Kentucky Republican said in a brief interview. “He’s been the chief advocate for warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens. I think that the Fourth Amendment should protect your phone calls and your bank information. People shouldn’t be allowed to look at it without a warrant.” Continue Reading…..

Harris takes on questions about her ‘blackness’ By Maeve Reston CNN February 11, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris directly confronted critics Monday who have questioned her black heritage, her record incarcerating minorities as a prosecutor and her decision to marry a white man. In an interview with The Breakfast Club hosts DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God that aired Monday, the show’s hosts asked the California Democrat to address a series of derogatory memes that have circulated on social media. One of the hosts cited a meme that said Harris is “not African-American” because her parents were immigrants born…

Why Israel is fighting the global boycott movement NBC News February 10, 2019 JERUSALEM — Gil Sima doesn’t support Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. But that hasn’t stopped filmmakers from dropping out of his Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival to protest the country’s policies toward Palestinians. “We are a very human-rights-oriented film festival. Here in Israel, they think we’re left-wing queer weirdos,” Sima, its executive director, said. “But outside, it’s the same: ‘You’re from Israel, you’re right-wing, you’re an occupier.'” Continue Reading…..

By Larry Klayman WND February 10, 2019 Just when you thought you had seen enough corruption at my once-proud alma mater (now regrettably known as the U.S. Department of Injustice) comes the latest outrage. On Feb. 6, 2019 — a date that will live in infamy for our nation’s so called top law enforcement agency — corrupt prosecutors in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, (“USA”), led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth White, filed untimely legal briefs with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”). Continue Reading…..

By Alana Mastrangelo Breitbart February 10, 2019 An op-ed was published in Yale University’s student newspaper on Thursday, suggesting that students collect and store evidence on white male classmates, so that it can be used to ruin political careers in the future. “I’m watching you, white boy,” says author Isis Davis-Marks in an op-ed published in the Yale Daily News, who claims that she will save any evidence that she finds of white male classmates behaving badly — even if it’s “unintentional” — just in case she needs it to end a political career in the future. Continue Reading…..

CNN’s Don Lemon reacts to Gingrich claim of being ‘hostile to America’ TheHill February 9, 2019 CNN anchor Don Lemon fired back at former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) after Gingrich said Lemon was “hostile to America.” Gingrich on Tuesday tweeted that Lemon was “hostile to America” after he pressed singer Gladys Knight on her decision to sing the national anthem at Sunday’s Super Bowl. Lemon responded to Gingrich on Friday, writing that he was breaking his “rule of not responding to Twitter trolls” in doing so. Continue Reading…..

Matt Whitaker Headed To Trump Hotel After Hearing And People Are Talking By Mary Papenfuss HuffPost February 9, 2019 After an incredibly contentious hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker was spotted at the Trump International Hotel in Washington. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman noted the sighting on Twitter. People who responded jabbed — nervously — at the too-close-for-comfort situation of the man who could conceivably fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller heading straight to one of the lairs of the man Mueller is investigating. One commented that Whitaker was “reporting back…

Fox News’ Chris Wallace Rips Republicans Outraged By Democratic Investigations By Lee Moran HuffPost February 9, 2019 Fox News’ Chris Wallace has knocked Republicans’ double standard over House investigations into the Trump White House. Wallace said on Friday’s broadcast of “Outnumbered” that he found it “kind of rich that Republicans are so outraged that there would be this kind of a hearing of the other party’s president and administration.” Continue Reading…..

Freedom Watch February 9, 2019