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Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Make ‘Barack Obama Day’ a State Holiday By Wanda Carruthers Newsmax August 6, 2017 While former President Barack Obama was celebrating his birthday on Friday, Republican Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner was signing a measure that will make his birthday, Aug. 4, a new state holiday beginning in 2018, The Hill reported. “Barack Obama Day” will be “observed throughout the state as a day set apart to honor the 44th President of the United States of America who began his career serving the People of Illinois in both the Illinois State Senate and the United…
George Soros-funded news org is targeting Sean Hannity’s sponsors, trying to get Fox to fire him TheBlaze August 6, 2017 Media Matters for America, a left-wing news organization funded by ultra-liberal George Soros, is on a crusade to get Fox News host Sean Hannity fired — and they’ve become very public about their effort. After the Fox host earlier this year insisted on reporting on the story of murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Ruch, Media Matters put pressure on Hannity’s advertisers in an effort to oust his from his longtime anchor role at Fox. Media Matters home…
Dershowitz: Being Black Doesn’t Give You a License to Call People Racist Fox News Insider August 6, 2017 Harvard lawyer Alan Dershowitz had some strong words for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who accused him of being a racist. “Being black doesn’t give you a license to call people racist any more than being Jewish gives you a license to call people anti-Semitic,” the lifelong Democrat told host Abby Huntsman. Continue Reading…..
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Opinion | Law and Order Catches Up With Sheriff Joe Arpaio By The Editorial Board New York Times August 5, 2017 Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, for years a fearsome figure for Arizona’s Latinos, was convicted of criminal contempt this week for violating a court order to stop his dragnet harassment of immigrants for documentation. The misdemeanor conviction, which could mean six months in jail, should be a warning against the kinds of abusive tactics used by Sheriff Arpaio in his self-appointed role as guardian and enforcer of federal immigration law — an effort the Justice Department called one…
Republican Shadow Campaign for 2020 Takes Shape as Trump Doubts Grow By Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns New York Times August 5, 2017 WASHINGTON — Senators Tom Cotton and Ben Sasse have already been to Iowa this year, Gov. John Kasich is eyeing a return visit to New Hampshire, and Mike Pence’s schedule is so full of political events that Republicans joke that he is acting more like a second-term vice president hoping to clear the field than a No. 2 sworn in a little over six months ago. President Trump’s first term is ostensibly just warming up,…
Chuck Todd: ‘I look forward to ignoring’ DOJ subpoena By Joe Concha TheHill August 5, 2017 NBC’s “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd said on Friday that he would ignore any subpoena the Department of Justice issues him if the agency pursues media outlets in its investigation of leaks. “If DoJ media source threat is real (I assume it’s not; just a show presser to please WH) then I look forward to ignoring that subpoena,” Todd wrote to his 1.79 million followers. Continue Reading…..
Is Mueller’s Grand Jury Impeachment Step One? National Review August 5, 2017 The principal function of a federal grand jury is to investigate a suspected crime with an eye toward returning an indictment — a formal accusation of felony misconduct. In the alternative, a grand jury may file a “no true bill,” a formal finding that the prosecutor failed to show probable cause that the subject of the investigation committed a crime. Sometimes, however, to vote yea or nay on a proposed indictment is not the grand jury’s only option. In certain situations, federal law authorizes a grand…
Paul Ryan pushes back on Jeff Sessions’ veiled threat to journalists By Bryan Logan Business Insider August 5, 2017 Ryan took issue with Sessions’ characterization of journalists’ roles in reporting stories that include leaked information. While speaking at an event in Muskego, Wisconsin, on Friday, Ryan said it’s “the problem of the leaker, not the journalist,” the Journal Sentinel reported Friday afternoon. “Leaks are concerning because leaks can often compromise national security, but that’s the problem of the leaker not the journalist,” Ryan said. Continue Reading…..
Larry Klayman jabs DOJ, Congress for inaction on agencies’ data collection By Larry Klayman WND August 4, 2017 The Congress of the United States is worthless; our federal courts are infested with leftist judges on the bench; and the Trump presidency is being ground to a halt with a bipartisan establishment “witch hunt” over alleged Russian collusion and anything else that suits its accomplice, the corrupt Special Counsel Robert Mueller, all of which are aimed to tar if not legally destroy the president, his family and their associates. This week, we learned Congress, among several causes for its…