Author: Freedom Watch

NSA deletes years of call records, says it exceeded legal limit By Steven Nelson Washington Examiner June 28, 2018 The National Security Agency said Thursday it collected more domestic call records than allowed, and as a result has been mass-deleting call records across a three-year period. The NSA said in a statement that on May 23 it “began deleting all call detail records (CDRs) acquired since 2015 under Title V of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.” Weeks before the deletions began, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reported that the NSA acquired more than 534 million…

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin: ‘No Doubt’ Abortion Will Be Illegal In 20 States In 18 Months By Rebecca Shapiro HuffPost June 28, 2018 CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin had a grim response Wednesday to the news that Justice Anthony Kennedy will be retiring this summer: “Roe v. Wade is doomed.” The 81-year-old justice, who has served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 30 years, was known as a swing vote on some issues. Now President Donald Trump will have the opportunity to place a more solidly conservative judge in Kennedy’s place, tilting the nation’s highest bench further in favor…

By Elizabeth Zwirz Fox News June 27, 2018 Several Hollywood celebrities and Democratic lawmakers were the face of a scathing new GOP ad released on Tuesday. Among the stars targeted in the Republican National Committee’s video, called “The Left in 2018: Unhinged,” were Johnny Depp and Madonna, as well as comedians Kathy Griffin and Samantha Bee. Continue Reading…..

By Todd Starnes June 27, 2018 After President Reagan brought morning to America, Conservatives went into hibernation. We grew complacent. And faster than you could say, “Read my lips,” there was a community organizer bunking in the White House. President Obama called us bitter. Hillary Clinton called us deplorable. But Donald Trump called us Americans. And he promised to make our nation great again. But there is still a clear and present danger looming in the distances. Continue Reading…..

Judge rejects Manafort’s challenge to Mueller’s legitimacy By Josh Gerstein POLITICO June 26, 2018 The ruling dashes some Trump allies’ hopes that the judge would deliver a crippling blow to Mueller’s office and undermine the legal legitimacy of his appointment. During oral arguments last month relating to bank and tax fraud charges against Manafort, Ellis skewered the special prosecutor’s team, suggesting they were on a crusade aimed at impeaching Trump. The president leaped on the critique, reading it aloud from a stage during a speech in Texas. Continue Reading…..

Judicial Watch files House ethics complaint against Maxine Waters for ‘inciting violence’ By Jennifer Harper The Washington Times June 26, 2018 Judicial Watch filed Monday an ethics complaint against Rep. Maxine Waters for “inciting violence and assaults on the Trump Cabinet,” according to Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog organization. The group sent a hand-delivered letter to the chairman and co-chairman of the House Office of Congressional Ethics calling for an investigation into whether the California Democrat violated House ethics rules by encouraging violence against Trump Cabinet members. Continue Reading…..

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By Dave Boyer, Valerie Richardson The Washington Times June 25, 2018 The refusal of a Virginia restaurant owner to serve White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the latest incident in the escalating public hostility directed at President Trump and his aides, raising concerns among some conservatives about the potential for partisan-inspired violence. Leading Democrats largely failed to condemn the actions of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, where owner Stephanie Wilkinson asked Mrs. Sanders to leave Friday night because her liberal staff detests the administration and didn’t want to serve her party. Continue Reading….. See also:…

Conservative leader on Huckabee tweet: Where did my friend go? By Morgan Gstalter TheHill June 24, 2018 A top conservative leader criticized former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) for tweeting out a picture of supposed gang members, saying they were House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) “campaign committee.” Bob Vander Plaats, the president and CEO of Iowan conservative group The Family Leader, chastised the former governor on Saturday. Continue Reading…..

POLITICO Playbook: Dem senator on Mueller probe: ‘If you think you’ve seen wild stuff so far, buckle up’ By Jake Sherman, Anna Palmer & Daniel Lippman POLITICO June 24, 2018 SEN. MARK WARNER (D-Va.) hosted a dinner Friday night for more than 100 guests at his house on Martha’s Vineyard as part of the DSCC’S annual Majority Trust retreat. OVERHEARD: Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, joking to the crowd: “If you get me one more glass of wine, I’ll tell you stuff only Bob Mueller and I know. If you think you’ve seen wild…