Author: Freedom Watch

Germany’s Merkel: Iran deal a model for solving North Korea problem By Benjamin Brown Fox News September 3, 2017 Diplomacy is the key to solving the North Korea problem, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says. Merkel believes an agreement with North Korea that’s similar to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which Germany helped orchestrate, could be the answer for convincing North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to disarm, Bloomberg News reported. Continue Reading…..

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Humberto Fontova – Sen. Flake Denounced Trump’s Pardon of Sheriff Arpaio–But Applauds Obama’s Pardon of Cuban Terrorist/Spies By Humberto Fontova Townhall September 3, 2017 Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course,” Jeff Flake on Twitter. Well, this very judicial process also convicted a Cuban terrorist/spy named Gerardo Hernandez for —among other crimes–conspiracy to murder U.S. citizens. The judicial process so revered by Jeff Flake then sentenced the Cuban terrorist to two consecutive life terms. In fact, these convictions were upheld all the way to…

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Byron York: Standoff brews between Senate, FBI over Trump dossier By Byron York Washington Examiner September 3, 2017 Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley and the committee’s ranking Democrat, Dianne Feinstein, want to interview two high-ranking FBI officials about some key aspects of the bureau’s role in the Trump-Russia investigation — the Trump dossier, the firing of James Comey, and more. But the FBI doesn’t want those officials to talk — even though the Judiciary Committee has oversight responsibility for the FBI, and even though the request is bipartisan, and even though there appears to be no conflict…

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North Korea says it conducts hydrogen bomb test; Trump issues trade threat By Jack Kim, Soyoung Kim and Steve Holland Reuters September 3, 2017 North Korea on Sunday conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, which it said was of an advanced hydrogen bomb for a long-range missile, marking a dramatic escalation of the regime’s stand-off with the United States and its allies. Washington responded aggressively, with President Donald Trump refusing to rule out military action and threatening to cut off trade with any country doing business with Pyongyang. Continue Reading…..

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Justice Dept: No evidence of Trump Tower wiretapping By Max Greenwood TheHill September 2, 2017 The Justice Department confirmed in a court filing late Friday that neither it nor the FBI has evidence that Trump Tower was the target of surveillance efforts by the Obama administration during the 2016 presidential election. The Motion for Summary Judgement was filed in D.C. district court in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the watchdog group American Oversight, which is seeking government records of surveillance in Trump Tower. Continue Reading…..

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Olbermann Apologizes for Calling DeVos ‘Motherf****r’ Over Prayer for Texas Fox News Insider September 2, 2017 Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann tweeted an apology after writing on his politically-charged Twitter feed that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is a “motherf****r.” On Saturday, DeVos tweeted well-wishes to those affected by Hurricane Harvey, and promised that her department “stands ready to assist impacted schools.” Continue Reading…..

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Larry Klayman flays ex-FBI director over mid-probe exoneration of Hillary By Larry Klayman WND September 1, 2017 The most famous late-night comedian of all time, Johnny Carson, used to have skit called “Carnac the Magnificent,” whereby, clad in a turban, the soothsayer would ordain the future by first giving the answer, and then the question. Embedded visually below, but only for comic amusement, is one of Johnny’s schticks. Unfortunately, however, while Carson was a genius, and funny to boot, our former director of the FBI, one James B. Comey, was neither smart, humorous nor honest during his tenure.…

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‘We don’t answer to him’: McCain calls Trump ‘poorly informed,’ ‘impulsive’ in scathing op-ed By AOL Staff AOL.com September 1, 2017 In a blistering op-ed for the Washington Post published Thursday night, the Arizona Republican called on Americans to focus on “shared values” rather than differences. McCain denounced the “repugnant spectacle of white supremacists marching in Charlottesville” and lauded Heather Heyer, the counter protester killed by a white supremacist at the rally. But McCain also railed against partisanship in Congress. Continue Reading…..

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Paul Ryan, Republicans to Trump: Don’t Kill DACA — ‘Congress Has to Fix’ By Jason Devaney Newsmax September 1, 2017 House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday it would not be right for President Donald Trump to get rid of the DACA program, which allows people who illegally came to the United States as children to stay in the country. “This is something that Congress has to fix,” he said, just hours before Trump told reporters he would reveal his decision by the weekend. Other leading Republicans also have urged Trump not to scrap the immigration measure that will…

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