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WATCH: Nikki Haley Slams UN, Walks Out On Palestinian Representative By Bre Payton The Federalist May 15, 2018 U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed the United Nations on Tuesday for pushing an investigation into the measures Israel took to secure its border during violent clashes with Hamas-backed insurgents earlier this week. After she concluded her speech, she walked out of the chamber when a Palestinian representative began to speak. For months, Palestinians have been protesting along the Gaza-Israeli border in objection to Israel’s 70 years in existence. Protestors have been reportedly burning tires in order to create a thick…
Federal judge rejects Manafort’s bid to dismiss Mueller indictment By Josh Gerstein POLITICO May 15, 2018 A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an attempt by Paul Manafort, a former Trump campaign chairman, to get an indictment against him dismissed by claiming that special counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment was flawed. In a blow to Manafort’s defense, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Mueller’s prosecution of the longtime political consultant on charges of money laundering and failing to register as a foreign agent for Ukraine was “squarely” within the authority that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein granted…
Sean Hannity Failed to Tell His Viewers the Truth By Conor Friedersdorf The Atlantic May 15, 2018 Sean Hannity, the Fox News commentator and talk-radio host, is perfectly entitled to support President Donald Trump, to defend Trump’s allies, and to attack Trump’s enemies. But his audience deserves the truth about his relationship to this presidency. He has yet to level with them. Oh, viewers know that Hannity is a right-wing populist who calls himself a conservative and votes Republican. No one is under the impression that he is “fair and balanced,” and the most discerning can calibrate their…
Freedom Watch TV May 15, 2018
Mueller: Secret Court Order Suspended Statute Of Limitations On Manafort Charge By Tierney Sneed Talking Points Memo May 15, 2018 Special Counsel Robert Mueller obtained a secret order from a federal magistrate judge to suspend the statute of limitations on one of the charges he ultimately brought against Paul Manafort, a court filing revealed Monday evening. Mueller did not inform Manafort of the secret order until after the former Trump campaign chairman had requested that charge be thrown out, the filing said. Mueller also disclosed in the Monday court filing that, as recently as April 30 of this…
Newsmax TV May 15, 2018
By Aruna Viswanatha WSJ May 15, 2018 Former prosecutor Gene Rossi learned to expect lectures and humiliation when he appeared before U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, who regularly ridiculed his arguments. But when Mr. Rossi returned several years ago from chemotherapy, Judge Ellis—after sternly summoning him to the bench—became tearful as he asked how Mr. Rossi was doing. “For all his apparent seriousness and reprimanding and correcting and berating of attorneys, he has a heart of gold,” Mr. Rossi said recently. … Continue Reading…..
Opinion | Trump’s Failure in Jerusalem New York Times May 15, 2018 The day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem is a day the world has longed for, because of what it was supposed to represent: the end of a seemingly endless conflict, a blood-soaked tragedy with justice and cruelty on both sides. Israelis and Palestinians have envisioned a capital in Jerusalem, and for generations the Americans, the honest brokers in seeking peace, withheld recognition of either side’s claims, pending a treaty that through hard compromise would resolve all competing demands. But on Monday President Trump…
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Thomas McInerney won’t be on Fox News after ‘Songbird John’ McCain insult The Washington Times May 14, 2018 Fox News says Thomas McInerney, a retired Air Force general who called Sen. John McCain “Songbird John” for allegedly providing information to the North Vietnamese while he was a prisoner of war will not be invited back. The idea that McCain gave up information during the war was judged false years ago by Politifact. Continue Reading….. See also: “What If Fox News Reported the Whole Truth?”, by Larry Klayman