Author: Freedom Watch
Senate barrels toward showdown over Trump’s court picks By Jordain Carney TheHill November 19, 2018 The Senate is bracing for an end-of-the-year brawl over President Trump’s judicial nominations. Republicans view filling the lifetime court seats as their top priority and are expected to confirm as many nominees as possible before the Senate adjourns for the year, infuriating Democrats and their allies who are powerless to stop Trump’s picks. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is already teeing up votes for two nominations — Jonathan Kobes to be an 8th Circuit Court judge and Thomas Farr to be a district…
CNN seeks emergency court hearing after White House promises revocation of Acosta’s credentials again By Meagan Flynn Washington Post November 19, 2018 CNN and the network’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta have asked a federal judge for an emergency hearing after the White House sent Acosta a letter saying it planned to suspend Acosta’s press pass again, just hours after the same judge ordered the White House to temporarily restore Acosta’s credentials Friday. Unless the judge extends that 14-day order, it will expire at the end of the month. In light of the White House’s unexpected action,…
Fox News host Chris Wallace tells Trump world sees him as ‘beacon for repression’ By William Cummings USA TODAY November 18, 2018 WASHINGTON — Fox News host Chris Wallace went after President Donald Trump for his attacks on the news media in an interview that aired Sunday, telling the president he is “seen around the world as a beacon for repression” because of his rhetoric. The “Fox News Sunday” host told Trump that while other presidents expressed frustration with the news media, none had gone as far as Trump, who called them “the enemy of the American people.”…
“SNL” parodies Fox News trying to explain away blue midterm wave By Phil Helsel NBC News November 18, 2018 More fake news about the midterm blues. “Saturday Night Live” took to the airwaves to poke fun at conspiracy theories about voter fraud following the midterms, using a parody of conservative commentator Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show. The sketch featured Kate McKinnon as Ingraham teasing an upcoming segment about how “celebrities in California are whining about some tiny wildfires, while our heroic president is under constant attack — from rain.” Continue Reading…..
Mueller could turn easy Trump answers into difficult situation TheHill November 17, 2018 For White House legal counsel, it may be the most chilling five words uttered thus far in the long Russia investigation. President Trump said he has finished working on the questions submitted to him by special counsel Robert Mueller, declaring, “I answered them very easily.” If there is one universally accepted fact in this political morass, it is that nothing is easy about this investigation, let alone “very” easy. Reports indicate that Trump was given a couple dozen questions that focused on Russian collusion allegations…
Dershowitz: Hard-Left Democrats Are ‘Tolerating Anti-Semitism’ to Avoid Being Alienated Fox News Insider November 17, 2018 Alan Dershowitz said Saturday on Fox & Friends that Democrats on the extreme left are “tolerating anti-Semitism” to avoid being alienated by their base. His remarks come after Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar seemed to reverse her stance on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. During a forum in August, Omar said that she supports a two-state solution to the Israeli—Palestinian conflict, saying that it’s important to “recognize Israel’s place in the Middle East and the Jewish people’s rightful place…
YouTube November 17, 2018 White House aides say Donald Trump has been working on an insulting impersonation of his #1 fan from Fox News.
Are Jared and Ivanka Good for the Jews? By Amy Chozick and Hannah Seligson New York Times November 17, 2018 On election night in Beverly Hills, Jason Blum, the hot shot horror-movie producer, was accepting an award at the Israel Film Festival. The polls in a string of midterm contests were closing, and Mr. Blum, a vocal critic of President Trump, was talking about how much was at stake. “The past two years have been hard for all of us who cherish the freedoms we enjoy as citizens of this country,” Mr. Blum said. Continue Reading…..
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination By Shane Harris, Greg Miller, Josh Dawsey Washington Post November 17, 2018 The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing, according to people familiar with the matter. The CIA’s assessment, in which officials have said they have high confidence, is the most definitive to date linking Mohammed to the operation and complicates the Trump administration’s efforts to preserve its relationship with a…
Jim Acosta: From CNN To Fox News, No Journalist Is The Enemy YouTube November 17, 2018 CNN’s Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta says that none of his colleagues, from CNN to Fox News, from anchors to journalists who report from warzones, are the enemy of the people. Continue Reading…..