Author: Freedom Watch
UN roundly condemned for blacklist of companies doing business in Israeli settlements By Ben Evansky Fox News February 1, 2018 A report released by the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) Wednesday, which seeks to make a database of companies doing business in Israeli settlements, was roundly condemned. In a statement from United States Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley said the report is “the latest anti-Israel actions taken by the Human Rights Council.” Continue Reading…..
FBI Has ‘Grave Concerns’ About Republican-Authored FISA Memo Trump Wants Released By Ryan J. Reilly HuffPost February 1, 2018 WASHINGTON – The FBI has “grave concerns” about a secretive Republican-authored memo that members of Congress have been using to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russian interference with the 2016 election. In an extraordinary public statement on Wednesday, the bureau said the classified four-page memo authored by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee had “material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.” Continue Reading…..
Trump asked Rosenstein if he was ‘on my team’ By Pamela Brown, Evan Perez and Laura Jarrett CNN January 31, 2018 President Trump wanted to know where the special counsel’s Russia investigation was heading. And he wanted to know whether Rosenstein was “on my team.” The episode is the latest to come to light portraying a President whose inquiries sometimes cross a line that presidents traditionally have tried to avoid when dealing with the Justice Department, for which a measure of independence is key. The exchange could raise further questions about whether Trump was seeking to interfere in…
Federal Judge in Brooklyn Criticizes Trump and Sessions in DACA Hearing By Nicole Hong WSJ January 31, 2018 A Brooklyn federal judge criticized President Donald Trump’s comments about Latino immigrants as “vicious” and “extremely volatile” during court arguments Tuesday over whether to stop the Trump administration from rescinding protections for undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children. In a 90-minute hearing, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, repeatedly denounced Mr. Trump’s previous comments about Latinos, saying they were “incendiary” and often “completely erroneous”. … Continue Reading…..
Liberal author Jonathan Tasini celebrates fatal GOP train accident: ‘God is working hard today’ By Brian Flood Fox News January 31, 2018 Author and self-proclaimed CNN “talking head” Jonathan Tasini took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare that “God is working hard today to clean up the stink” because a “train full of Goopers” slammed into a dump truck moments after the news broke that GOP lawmakers were in a collision that resulted in at least one death. A train carrying members of Congress to a Republican retreat in West Virginia hit a truck on the same morning…
Trey Gowdy announces retirement from Congress By Ben Kamisar TheHill January 31, 2018 Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, surprised Washington on Wednesday by announcing that he will not run for reelection. Gowdy, 53, is the 10th committee chairman to decide against reelection in 2018, an exodus that has raised concerns about a brain drain within the GOP ranks. Continue Reading…..
Baio at loss for words about garage encounter with Nicole Eggert NY Daily News January 31, 2018 Scott Baio was taken aback when asked about being alone with co-star Nicole Eggert when she was a minor. Baio, 57, appeared on “Good Morning America” Wednesday in an attempt to deny accusations made by the actress that he molested her weekly beginning when she was 14 — and later allegedly had intercourse with her when she was 17. Continue Reading…..
In Joe Kennedy’s speech, Democrats rediscovered Barack Obama’s compelling vision By Matthew Yglesias Vox January 31, 2018 No State of the Union response speech has ever been a truly great speech, but Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) delivered what’s probably the best entry in the genre that I’ve ever heard Tuesday night. I couldn’t put my finger on exactly what I liked best about it until I read an anonymous Republican snarking about it. Continue Reading…..
Trump’s lawyers set high bar for Mueller chat By Pamela Brown and Gloria Borger CNN January 31, 2018 Trump’s attorneys are arguing that Robert Mueller’s team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person, according to sources familiar with the ongoing deliberations. Despite the fact that Trump himself has said he is “looking forward” and would “love to” meet with Mueller, he did say any interview would be “subject to my lawyers,” who believe that Trump should not be required to do that. Continue Reading…..
Nicole Eggert Says Scott Baio Began Molesting Her ‘Probably Once A Week’ When She Was 14 By Hayley Miller and Nina Golgowski HuffPost January 31, 2018 Nicole Eggert gave new details Tuesday about the molestation she says she experienced at the hands of Scott Baio while they both starred in the 1980s sitcom “Charles in Charge.” During an appearance on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today,” Eggert became emotional as she described how Baio allegedly began sexually abusing her when she was 14 years old and he was 26. She said Baio continued to molest her “probably once a week”…