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Newsmax TV July 5, 2018
Freedom Watch TV July 5, 2018
John McCain, family celebrate Independence Day in Arizona with giant water slides By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez Arizona Republic July 5, 2018 U.S. Sen. John McCain traditionally celebrated Independence Day by greeting service members and diplomats abroad who are fighting for American freedom. This year, Arizona’s ailing senior Republican senator is celebrating the Fourth of July with his family at his family’s retreat near Sedona. His daughter Meghan McCain, political commentator and a co-host of ABC’s “The View,” also is in Arizona. Continue Reading…..
Matt Schlapp: With Brett Kavanaugh, America will have a bold, brilliant Supreme Court justice By Matt Schlapp, opinion contributor TheHill July 5, 2018 For believers in the original meaning of the Constitution, the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy is a special yet perilous moment. For nearly 70 years, Republican presidents have committed repeated unforced errors when it came to making Supreme Court nominations. President Trump owes his successful capture of the GOP nomination in part to his covenant with conservatives that he would appoint only devoted constitutionalists to the nation’s highest court. In dramatic fashion, Trump upped the…
Trump falsely links NSA counterterrorism program to Mueller probe By Shane Harris Washington Post July 5, 2018 In a tweet Tuesday, President Trump falsely connected the recent deletion of information from an intelligence-agency database to the special counsel’s investigation of whether his presidential campaign conspired with the Russian government to interfere in the 2016 election. “Wow! The NSA has deleted 685 million phone calls and text messages. Privacy violations?” Trump wrote, a reference to the National Security Agency’s decision, announced last week, to purge records legally obtained as part of its counterterrorism and foreign intelligence missions. “They blame…
Why Trump’s inauguration money is a major part of Mueller’s Russia investigation By Andrew Prokop Vox July 5, 2018 What happened at Donald Trump’s inauguration 18 months ago, and why does special counsel Robert Mueller appear to be so interested in it? Last week, ABC News’s Matthew Mosk and John Santucci reported that several wealthy Russians were “granted unusual access” to Trump inauguration parties back in January 2017 — and that Mueller was seeking to find out why. Continue Reading…..
Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe By Chris Strohm Bloomberg July 5, 2018 Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he’s making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents — a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S.…
Newsmax July 5, 2018 Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman on Tuesday called for federal and state prosecutors to investigate ousted Fox News executive Bill Shine — and appealed to President Trump to await the outcome of these probes before naming him his White House deputy chief of staff. In a news release from Freedom Watch — Klayman’s new judicial organization — he asked both the Manhattan District Attorney and the federal U.S. Attorney for New York’s Southern District to review potential crimes related to allegations made against Shine. Shine was forced out of Fox News in May 2017 as…
Leading contender to be Trump’s Supreme Court pick faces questions from social conservatives By Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey Washington Post July 4, 2018 An intensifying debate over Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a front-runner in President Trump’s search for a Supreme Court nominee, gripped Republicans on Tuesday, with conservative critics highlighting past rulings and his links to GOP leaders while his allies — including inside the White House — forcefully defended him. The sparring over Kavanaugh, one of four federal appeals court judges who met with the president Monday, underscored the challenges facing Trump as he aims to pick…
Israel’s long history of cooperation with ruthless, anti-Semitic dictators | Opinion By Azriel Bermant haaretz.com July 4, 2018 Netanyahu’s coziness with the odious, xenophobic Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is hardly unprecedented. Menachem Begin sent arms to Argentina’s military junta – who actually had Jewish blood on their hands In mid-July, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will host the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for a state visit. The leader of the left-wing Meretz party, Tamar Zandberg, has been among those… Continue Reading…..