Author: Freedom Watch

Rep. Jamie Raskin says he’s become ‘impatient’ with the pace of the Justice Department’s probe of the January 6 Capitol riot By John L. Dorman Business Insider July 24, 2022 “We don’t have a lot of time certainly in Congress to do our work because, at the end of this Congress, we’re over.” The congressman remarked that the panel was “in a hurry for America” because its members have to “deal with people who attack the constitutional order” ahead of the 2024 presidential election. “We’re still in front of the 2022 election so I would like to see…

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January 6 committee could subpoena Ginni Thomas By Daniella Diaz CNN July 24, 2022 (CNN)The committee investigating the events surrounding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol will “contemplate a subpoena” for Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, if she does not voluntarily meet with the committee over her role in advocating to overturn the 2020 election results, the committee’s co-chair said Sunday. Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican who serves as the vice chair of the committee, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” on Sunday that the…

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Meet Jacob Herzog, Saudi Arabia’s self-proclaimed chief rabbi The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com July 24, 2022 Many Jews visited the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah last weekend, mainly because of the summit between US President Joe Biden and the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Behind the scenes, there was also an American-Israeli rabbi who made kiddush for the participants, mainly journalists and advisers of government officials who spent Shabbat in Saudi Arabia. His name is Rabbi Jacob Herzog, and he is a 46-year-old Israeli rabbi who made aliyah from the US as a child. In the past…

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A look at four of Joe Biden’s houses before the White House New York Post July 23, 2022 President Biden, 78, is moving into his old boss’ digs at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but he’s long dreamed of stately mansions. Biden has been enamored by real estate since high school, which has often stretched him financially, according to Realtor.com. “My idea of Saturday fun was to jump in the Corvette with Neilia [his first wife, who died in 1972] and drive around the Wilmington area scouting open houses, houses for sale, land where we could build,” he wrote in…

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As the US watched the January 6 hearing, Fox News showed outrage — at Biden getting Covid By Andrew Lawrence the Guardian July 23, 2022 On Thursday night, as the Congressional hearings into the January 6 Capitol riot drew to a close, Tucker Carlson directed his outrage at a president he felt had lied and was not being held accountable for falsehoods that shook popular faith in the American democratic system. But he wasn’t talking about Donald Trump inciting rioters to storm the Capitol. He was talking about Joe Biden getting Covid. While millions of people last night…

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Biden improving but taking additional medication to treat Covid, White House doctor says | CNN Politics By Betsy Klein, Maegan Vazquez CNN July 23, 2022 President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms “have improved,” his physician said Friday, but the President has taken additional medications to address his temperature and cough. Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in a letter that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Thursday evening, which was treated with Tylenol. His temperature has remained normal since then, according to Covid response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha. Biden, who had asthma when he was younger, is being treated with…

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NBC News July 21, 2022 A Tennessee man and self-described “loudmouth,” who filmed himself screaming “WE IN THIS B—-” as he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, had a difficult time explaining his actions this week to a jury. Matthew Bledsoe, of Memphis, was convicted Thursday on a felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding as well as four misdemeanors, including entering or remaining in a restricted building and disorderly and disruptive conduct. Bledsoe, the seventh Jan. 6 defendant to face a jury trial, took the stand as a witness on Wednesday. In closing statements Thursday,…

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Brandel Chamblee fires back after Greg Norman ‘talking bobblehead’ dig Golf July 21, 2022 The battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf continues, and the same can be said for Greg Norman and Brandel Chamblee. Chamblee, Golf Channel’s lead analyst, has long been one of the most vocal critics of the new Saudi-backed league that continues to snatch players away from the PGA Tour and disrupt the pro game. Norman, the CEO of LIV Golf, has also been one of Chamblee’s primary targets. Last month, Chamblee said Norman and Phil Mickelson, one of the most prominent players…

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