Monday, February 05, 2018

NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: Why are taxpayers funding nonstop, anti-GOP propaganda?

So I was listening to NPR while driving today (keep your friends close and your enemies closer).

The show was called "1A", hosted by Joshua Johnson, and I listen to it on a semi-regular basis. Johnson is an intelligent guy, but infected with the conventional Beltway mindset: any policy Republicans are for == bad. Anything Democrats do == good.

I encourage you to listen once in a while to gather intel on Democrat-Media talking points. I also discourage you from contributing to any public broadcasting effort until such time that they offer equal represention of both conservative and liberal viewpoints. And as far as taxpayers funding this one-sided tripe? I say no. We have The New York Times and Daily Kos for this kind of "reporting".

In any event, today's 1A featured another in a long series of Trump-bashing exercises, this time regarding the first of what will prove to be many, many memos on unlawful activities conducted by the Obama administration.

LEVIN: Rest assured that Barack Obama was aware of his administration's KGB-style tactics

By Chris Pandolfo

On Monday, CRTV host Mark Levin returned from a short break to explain why President Obama must have known about the FISA warrant application process and the “police state tactics” detailed in the Nunes memo.

“Barack Obama had to know, at least generally, what was taking place for multiple reasons. And he’s the one the Democrats are protecting the most,” Levin said. “He’s the one the media are protecting the most.”

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Nation

The Real FISA Scandal: Andrew Klavan
Exceptional Work by Sharyl Attkisson – Did FBI Violate Woods Procedures?: CTH
Steve King's Memo Warning: 'Watch...for Obama's Fingerprints': Robert Kraychik

The Nunes Memo: Just an Opening Act: CJ
Media lying about Carter Page exposed to massive civil liability: Imperator_Rex
Sunday Talks: Trey Gowdy Commiserates With Margaret Brennan: CTH

Obama Coverup for Hillary Clinton Was Worse Than Collusion: Charles Ortel
This Should Scare Everyone, Flynn Never Lied: S. Noble
Trump Is Fuming, But Rosenstein’s Job Looks Safe: Kevin Daley

The Liberals and Their Conservative Chump Pals Hate Democracy: Kurt Schlichter
The Most Dangerous Aspect of Obamagate: David Catron
McCain, Coons to intro bipartisan immigration bill that doesn't fund border wall: The Week

Economy

The West Coast’s war on energy and prosperity: John Ruberry

Scandal Central

Sara Carter: Deep State “Terrified” Of Second Anti-Trump Dossier That’s Coming Out: RedWire
Bad People Lied to a Kangaroo Court: Robert Gore
Adam Schiff Might Have Released Classified Information in Attempt to Rebut Nunes Memo: Colin Kalmbacher

FBI hired dossier author Steele to investigate Trump, fired him for lying about media leaks: Rowan Scarborough
The Steele Dossier and the Clinton Scandal Machine: Daniel Greenfield
Read Carter Page’s 2013 Letter Claiming To Be ‘Informal’ Kremlin Adviser: Chuck Ross

Media

How campus politics hijacked American politics: Cathy Young
Facebook Begins Killing the Independent News Industry: Antimedia
Toxic Liberalism: Elizabeth Harrington

World

Report: U.S. Mulls Scrapping UN Definition Of Palestinian 'Refugee': Deborah Danan
Palestinians: Arbitrary Arrests, Administrative Detentions and World Silence: Khaled Abu Toameh
Palestinian Official: ‘Nikki Haley Needs to Shut Up’: Charles Russell

Beware: The United Nations Is Taking Aim at Ammo: Ted Bromund
Muslim Rapist to German Cops: I Am Syrian. You Have to Treat Me Kindly. Mrs Merkel Invited Me.: Daniel Greenfield
US, Russia Face Deadline for Nuclear Arsenal Reduction: VOA

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Uber and Lyft want you banned from using your own self-driving car in urban areas: Ethan Baron
Tractor beam breakthrough could lead to levitating humans: Eric Mack
Indiana University astrobiologist hired by NASA to protect earth from aliens: WTHI

Cornucopia

Some Celebrations Turn Rowdy As Thousands Of Eagles Fans Take To Streets: CBS-3
From Super Bowl to Homeless Drug Addict: BattleSwarm
Kaepernick Raises $20K In Donations For Group Honoring Cop Killer: Tammy Bruce

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Sunday, February 04, 2018

Comey In Jeopardy

If I were James Comey's lawyer, I'd tell him to lay off the whiskey while tweeting. Comey appears to be in serious legal jeopardy for his dueling statements about the DNC-funded "dossier" that was used to justify spying on Trumpworld.

Under oath in June of 2017, Comey testified before Congress that the "dossier" was "salacious and unverified".

Yet Comey signed off on at least one -- and perhaps as many as four -- FISA warrant requests that were based upon the bogus "dossier".

According to Rep. Lee Zeldin, FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe testified "under oath that there would not have been a FISA warrant if not for the dossier. It was recorded."

Larwyn's Linx: 16 Bombshells in the Nunes Memo the Media Do Not Want You to Know About

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Obamagate

16 Bombshells in the Nunes Memo the Media Do Not Want You to Know About: John Nolte
Trump On the Attack vs. FBI, Justice Department: Michael Walsh
House Intel Committee Responds to Democrat-Media Talking Points: HPSCI (PDF)

Jim Jordan Discusses FBI Using Steele Dossier to Gain “Title I” FISA Approval: CTH
A Tale of Two Countries: Ruth Papazian
FISA Court Judge James Boasberg Rules Comey Memos Will Remain Secret: CTH

The 'Constitutional Crisis' the Fourth Estate Birthed: Clarice Feldman
The Irrelevance of the FBI Memo : RPJ
FISA memo could lead to perjury convictions of Comey and Co.: Mark J. Fitzgibbons

Answering 3 key questions about the House memo: Byron York
Imaginary FBI Employees Have Anger, Worry, And Fears Of Lasting Damage: Cove
Trump lashes out at Deep State, “FBI became tool of anti-Trump" actors: TheDuran

Nation

GOP eyes rules changes to presidential nominating process: David M. Drucker
The Back to the Future Democrats: Matthew Continetti
Don’t Sacrifice Rule of Law for a DACA Fix: Rachel Bovard

Scandal Central

WSJ Reports Four Separate FISA Court Judges Approved Renewals To Carter Page Surveillance: CTH
Flashback: How a dubious Russian document influenced FBI’s handling of Clinton probe: WaPo (5/24/17)
She Knew: New Hillary email reveals aide told her ‘All your info is on the server’: Kyle Olson

This is Madness: Media Just as Complicit In The DOJ Corruption and FISA Abuse: CTH
After first FISA warrant denied, Obama admin added fake dossier knowing it was fake: GWP
MUST WATCH: Former Federal Prosecutor Outlines Scope of FBI and DOJ Corruption: CTH (1/21/17)

Climate, Energy & Regulations

The fantasy of accelerating sea level rise just got hosed: Anthony Watts

Media

Mainstream Media Banish Contents Of FISA Abuse Memo From Front Page Coverage: Rachel Stoltzfoos
Isikoff Stunned That His Carter Page Article Was Used To Justify Spy Warrant: Chuck Ross
This is a a media scandal, too: Nick Short

Insane Dem: Tuckerf Jeopardizing National Security with Pro-Trump, Pro-Putin Narrative: Debra Heine
The genteel political sport of name-calling: Joe David
Wolf Blitzer Ditches Objectivity to Promote Russia Nonsense: Andrew West

World

Pentagon: China, Russia Soon Capable of Destroying U.S. Satellites: Bill Gertz
New Islamic Threat that Germany is trying to downplay: BNI
Amid rising tensions, US troops in Israel for large missile defense drill: JPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware: Jason Koebler
Selfie pay: Security fears as facial recognition set to revolutionise payments: Paul Harper
11 Ways to Communicate Change: Daniel Lock

Cornucopia

Another Super Bowl Another Chance to Hate and Eat: MOTUS
Americans really, really don’t like the Patriots: poll: Anna Sanders
ESPN Host: Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish Mascot Is Offensive, Needs to Change: Alex Griswold

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QOTD:

Saturday, February 03, 2018

American Coup

By Daniel Greenfield

The Democrats and the media spent a week lying to the American people about the “memo.” 

The memo was full of "classified information" and releasing” it would expose “our spying methods." By “our,” they didn’t mean American spying methods. They meant Obama’s spying methods.

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Nation

Treason: The Point Man
‘Not just criminal’: GOP Rep. calls for ‘treason’ charges against officials: Kyle Becker
Chuck Grassley Memo Comes Next: Did FBI Shop Dossier To Media?: CTH

Un-Candid in Camera: Mark Steyn
Brett Baier Interviews Devin Nunes After HPSCI Memo Release: CTH
Ex-Judge: Ohr, Comey Could Be Held In Contempt Of Court: Luke Rosiak

Nunes: More Memos Are Coming: Jenna Lifhits
Get all the facts out on the FBI, Justice Department: Mark Penn
The Memo Reveals the Coup against America: Daniel Greenfield

Inside The HPSCI Memo – A Key Distinction Being Conflated “Title I” -vs- “Title VII”: CTH
The Key to the Nunes Memo: Saul Montes-Bradley
Nellie Ohr Research Was Provided To FBI For FISA Application Source Material: CTH

Economy

Trump’s tax bill is besieging workers — with cash: Jonathon Trugman
US Added 2,553,000 Jobs Since Trump’s Election, Unemployment at 17-Year Low: NEE
Best Buy to give full-time workers $1,000 bonuses: Post

Scandal Central

FISA Abuse Memo Proves The Need For An Independent Investigation: David Harsanyi
No Pardon Needed for Flynn: Saul Montes-Bradley
Catherine Herridge: The FBI had concluded Michael Flynn was NOT lying to them: Scoop

The Center of the Web: J. Marsolo
Who Really Created the Trump Dossier?: Daniel Greenfield
Obama State Dept Secretly Distributed Its Own "Dossier" To Undermine Trump: ZH

Media

Could be best James Woods tweet of all time: Imperator_Rex
Finally something Republicans and Democrats can agree on: They hate this guy: Rex Santus
Eric Holder Blasts Release Of FISA Warrant: Brit Hume And Social Media Respond: Bugle

Democrats Posture Against the Nunes Memo, Fail Miserably: Jenny North
Herschel Walker: Players Received ‘Hush Money’ From NFL to Stand for Anthem: WZ
Rachel Maddow’s over-the-top mockery of FISA memo is ‘outrageously awkward’ : Twitchy

World

Training Was Tougher In North Korea, Say Defectors: Jane Chung
German court bans outdoor Muslim call to prayer: JihadWatch
Leaked Photos Show "Secret Railgun" Mounted On Chinese Warship: ZH

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Instead of Filling Cavities, Dentists May Soon Regenerate Teeth: Ferris Jabr
NIST Blockchain Report Examines the Tech Behind the “Hype”: BitcoinMag
Deep Learning Is Going to Teach Us All the Lesson of Our Lives: Jobs Are for Machines: Scott Santens

Cornucopia

Spinning In The Swamp: MOTUS
Comey Unhinged -- for Good Reason: J. Marsolo
MSNBC Commentator: ‘People Need To Start Taking To The Streets. This Is A Dictator.’: Justin Caruso

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QOTD:

Friday, February 02, 2018

#MemoDay: 4 Key Findings in the FISA Abuse Memo

Byron York lists four key elements of the FISA abuse memo:

• The [DNC- and Clinton campaign-funded] Steele dossier formed an essential part of the initial and all three renewal FISA applications against Carter Page.

• Andrew McCabe confirmed that no FISA warrant would have been sought from the FISA Court without the Steele dossier information.

The political origins of the Steele dossier were known to senior DOJ and FBI officials, but excluded from the FISA applications.

• DOJ official Bruce Ohr met with Steele beginning in the summer of 2016 and relayed to DOJ information about Steele's bias. Steele told Ohr that he, Steele, was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected president and was passionate about him not becoming president.

Read the full timeline of treason.

Update: Here is the full memo (PDF).

Larwyn's Linx: Memo exposes the dirty scheme used by a corrupt FBI/DOJ against DJT

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Nation

Memo exposes the dirty scheme used by a corrupt FBI/DOJ against DJT: Imperator_Rex
“Tip of The Iceberg”: Pending Intel Memo is The Beginning, Not The End: CTH
Democracy’s Highest Crime and Misdemeanor: Scott S. Powell

Through all the memo "news" and "headlines", remember...: Rep. Mark Meadows
Naming Names is Mandatory: Roger L. Simon
Urgent Message for all the Boys and Girls in Federal Law Enforcement Tonight: WRSA

Bongino: Obamagate is the ‘most consequential political scandal’ in US history: CR
Hmmm: Rick Gates Attorneys Withdraw from Case Initiated by Robert Mueller: CTH
Battle over Nunes memo tests Congress’ ability to oversee FBI: Times

Report: 4 Explosive Revelations in FISA Memo That Have Not Leaked: Debra Heine
The Sound of One Aisle Clapping: George Neumayr
FISA memo "changes" merely grammar fixes with almost no significance.: FoxBiz

Economy

Super MAGA-Nomic Winning: Atlanta Fed Predicts 5.4% First Quarter GDP Growth: CTH

Scandal Central

New Strzok, Page Texts Discuss Evasion of Message Archiving: Sara Carter
GOP case: FBI probe based on tainted evidence linked to Clinton: John Solomon
Furor grows over Nunes intel memo: TheHill

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Trump On Opening ANWR: Not Even Reagan Could Get It Done: Michael Bastasch

Media

Hello @SenFeinstein and @AdamSchiffCA : Rosie Unmasked
The true threat to our freedom and democracy is a compliant media: Jack Hellner
Fun and Exercise With the Clintons: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.

Bottomless Anger and Hatred?: DTG
Levin: Trump’s SOTU Speech Was ‘Absolutely Outstanding,’ ‘Reaganesque’: CNS
Representative Matt Gaetz Discusses The HPSCI Intelligence Memo: CTH

MS-13 victim’s mom slams MSNBC host who said only Fox News viewers know about gang: F&F
The Associated Press Stokes Racial Division, Smears Trump: John Hinderaker
PolitiFact ends collaboration with Alan Grayson after they figure out who he is: Becket Adams

World

This is how North Korean defectors escape the grip of the Kim Jong Un regime: CR
Electronic Weapons: Tu-16 Clone Goes To SEAD Over The Pacific: StrategyPage
These photos reveal what it's like to shop at Walmart in China: Megan Harney

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Here are your bots: MicroBlockChain
Amazon Is Spending $2.5 Million To Fix Alexa’s Fatal Flaw: Mark Wilson
How a hungry, hardy bacteria eats toxic metals and excretes gold nuggets: Michael Irving

Cornucopia

FBI Warns Republican Memo Could Undermine Faith In Massive, Unaccountable Secret Federal Agencies: Onion
Grammy Can You Hear Me?: Stilton's Place
Photo catches Dem playing Candy Crush during State of the Union: TheHill

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QOTD:

Thursday, February 01, 2018

Stand-up State of the Union

By Stilton Jarlsberg

Democrats’ #ReleaseTheMemo Hysteria: “If you’re not catching flak, you’re not over the target”

The hysterical bleatings of Democrats who are in the final stages of dealing with a political earthquake are entertaining, to be sure. Among the assertions:

• The pencil-necked recipient of -- reportedly -- a mysterious $7.8 million, Adam Schiff, says that House Intel Chairman Devin Nunes modified the FISA memo. Retreating from the matrix, we find that Nunes corrected a few typos and redacted a statement based upon an FBI request;

• The Wicked Witch of the West (Nancy Pelosi) wrote Paul Ryan demanding that Nunes be removed from his chairmanship;

• An MSNBC analyst asserted that Nunes is a Russian agent;

• Jerrod "Jabba the" Nadler has asked for an emergency meeting with the FBI to somehow stop the release of the memo.

Yes, this is what passes for informed debate on the left side of the aisle. The reality is quite simple.

Larwyn's Linx: Report: White House Will Release FISA Abuse Memo on Thursday

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Nation

Report: White House Will Release FISA Abuse Memo on Thursday: Debra Heine
Corrupt FBI Officials Fight Back Against Intelligence Oversight Memo: CTH
FBI reviews FISA memo, can not cite 'any factual inaccuracies': Catherine Herridge

Schiff accuses Nunes of making 'material changes' to memo given to WH: Exam
FBI Pushback: I think I've finally worked out what the game plan is here.: Imperator_Rex
Adam Schiff: FISA Memo Could Lead To Firings Of Mueller, Rosenstein: ZH

From Farrakhan With Love: Daniel Greenfield
Sen. Manchin, D-Schumer: Don Surber
A Year of Russian Collusion: Daniel Greenfield

Citizenship for Millions of Illegals Still Not Enough Mass Migration for Dems: John Binder
Somewhere To Run: The Z Man
Rep. Pete King Urges Trump: Release the FISA Memo: Max

Economy

Emails Reveal Cordray’s Plot to Appoint Own Successor: Elizabeth Harrington
Analyses Find White House Immigration Plan Cuts Immigration 33 to 44 Percent: WFB
Commerce Secretary Ross Discusses NAFTA and Other Trade Initiatives: CTH

Scandal Central

Robert Mueller Requests Postponement of General Mike Flynn Sentencing: CTH
FBI Officials Knew of New Clinton Emails Weeks Before Alerting Congress: WSJ
"The Right to Say Goodbye??": Steven Hayward

Representative Mark Meadows Discusses FISA Abuse Memo: CTH
Whoopsie: James Clapper States “Clinton-Steele Dossier” Was Used for FISA Surveillance “Extension”: CTH
The true tale of the Steele Dossier and the Russia Conspiracy: Bookworm

Media

Transcript Shows The Daily Beast Peddled Fake News About Devin Nunes: Mollie Hemingway
Flip It! What If the GOP and Deep State Had Pulled a Hoax Investigation Against Obama?: EIB
Why Democrats Now View American Patriotism As “White Nationalism”: Cooper Sterling

World

New Trump Crackdown Seeks to Sever Ties Between Iran, Palestinian Terrorists: Adam Kredo
Hamas co-founder dies after accidentally shooting himself in face, militant group says: Fox
Turkey Escalates against Pro-Assad Forces to Protect Afrin Operation: ISW

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

FedEx Moves Forward With Blockchain Logistics Plans: Coindesk
Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever in the U.S. and Canada: Recode
Foldable Samsung phone for 2018 could have a folding display: Gordon Gottsegen

Cornucopia

The Inevitability of Donald J. Trump: MOTUS
State of the Marriage a dress suit: Sondrakistan
Web of Fries: Taco Bell

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QOTD:

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

LAST STAND OF THE CUSTER DOJ/FBI: A final attempt to prevent Americans from seeing #ReleaseTheMemo

The FBI issued a statement earlier today stating -- wait for it -- they don't want the American people to view evidence of criminality by leaders in their agency and the DOJ.

Their story has changed from possibly compromising sources and methods -- which is patently absured given what we know about the modern surveillance state -- to the fact that "they haven't had enough time to review it".

...the FBI was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it...

...we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy

Given how much we already know about the unlawful actions of the Obama DOJ and FBI, my suggestion is simple. Release the memo and let the leadership in the DOJ and FBI outline any "omissions of fact" that could absolve them of crimes. My guess is that they won't be able to do so.

Devin Nunes, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, was understandably exercised.

Larwyn's Linx: Trump’s SOTU Triumph, Democrats’ Defeat

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Nation

Trump’s SOTU Triumph, Democrats’ Defeat: Jon Gabriel
The key to Trump’s SOTU success? The day after: Daniel Horowitz
Transcript and Video: State of the Union: CTH

Here's What Democrats Refused to Applaud During the SOTU: Leah Barkoukis
Sourpuss Democrats Self-Immolate at State of the Union: Roger L. Simon
Three-quarters of Americans approved of Trump's State of the Union: Poll: Naomi Lim

Hillary’s ‘Sure’ Victory Explains Most Everything: Victor Davis Hanson
Levin: If the dossier was used, McCabe likely ‘would have approved it’: Phil Shiver
House Speaker Paul Ryan Addresses Intelligence Memo Process Questions: CTH

Christopher Steele Gave FBI Second Dossier From Clinton ‘Hatchet Man’: Chuck Ross
Mark Levin: Trump 'obliterated' media, Democrats: Paul Bedard
Why John Kerry Festers with Bitterness: MB

Economy

Obama and his statist ilk see the private sector as sheep to be sheared...: Stealth Jeff

Scandal Central

Oh Lordy – FBI Director Wray Sent “Counterintelligence Official” To Review Memo: CTH
Fitton: 'FISA Memo Debate Is About Whether Mueller's Operation Is Legitimate or Not': FNI
Trump on hot mic says he will '100 percent' release Devin Nunes memo: Kelly Cohen

Media

Trump's a Pigeon, NYT?: Imperator_Rex
Insane MSNBC Analyst Asks Democrats if Devin Nunes Is a ‘Russian Agent’: WFB
When a political party is unhappy that America is doing well.: Gorka

Nancy Pelosi’s Face During Trump’s Speech Is Amazing: DC
Uncomfortable Manchin: Charlie Cafazza
8 in 10 Say Trump Is Trying to Unify the Country: CBS‏

World

Europe: Making Totalitarianism Great Again: Judith Bergman
Saudi Corruption Purge Captures $106 Billion During Asset Forfeiture; Qatar Delegation Arrives in DC: CTH
Seven potential terrorists a day try to enter the U.S.: DHS chief: Times

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Nuro Has Built a Robot Van to Deliver Your Stuff: Bloomberg
The World's Largest Biometric ID System Keeps Getting Hacked: Motherboard
Is the world headed toward an AI-fueled Cold War?: DailyMail

Cornucopia

State Of The Union Highlights Thread: WZ
California Teacher Suspended After Profane Rant Defaming American Military Personnel: MB
Stand-Up State of the Union: Stilton

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QOTD: "Americans are Dreamers too." --President Donald J. Trump

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Deep State Agent of Corruption

By Daniel John Sobieski

The confirmation of Rod Rosenstein as Deputy Attorney General by a lopsided 94-6 vote should have set off warning bells. It is odd that a Trump nominee would get so much Democrat support, if any at all. But Rosenstein's role in appointing his pal Robert Mueller to lead a fraudulent "Russian collusion" probe -- as well as his history of looking the other way when Hillary Clinton is involved -- shows the Democrats had high hopes for Rosenstein. These hopes were realized by his actions that have been documented in the four-page House Intelligence Committee memo:

Larwyn's Linx: If FISA abuse is not dealt with harshly, our system of government is at risk

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Nation

If FISA abuse is not dealt with harshly, our system of government is at risk: Stealth Jeff
House Intel Committee Votes To #ReleaseTheMemo — And Investigate DOJ?: Hot Air
Report: Strzok-Page Texts Reveal Race To Find Hard Drive, Destroy Evidence: GWP

McCabe Resigns After FBI Director Wray Reviews House FISA Abuse Memo: Sara Carter
New FBI texts divide Congress over need for second special counsel: Susan Ferrechio
Hillary Clinton: President of Women: Jim Treacher

Desperation Time As Democrats Seek to Stop Trump From Succeeding: Kurt Schlichter
Trump Guests for SOTU Includes Parents of Children Murdered by MS-13: Melanie Arter
NLRB Employees Object to Admin’s Cost-Cutting Measures: Bill McMorris

Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller : Andrew C. McCarthy
On Disinformation and the Dossier: EmptyWheel
Andrew McCabe’s Pension Is Worth About $1.8 Million: Elizabeth Harrinton

Economy

As Democrats Cave, More Obamacare Taxes Put on Ice: David Catron
Sorry, skeptics, Trump’s tax plan is actually working wonders: Michael Goodwin
Exxon Mobil announces $35 billion in new US investments over 5 years, citing tax reform: CNBC

Scandal Central

FBI's McCabe, now stepping down, suspected in leak against White House: Howard Kurtz
Did Barack Obama ‘Obstruct Justice’ in Clinton Email Case?: Justin Haskins
Details Surface of Senator Grassley’s Criminal Referral: CTH

Media

Jake Tapper Has Furrowed-Brow Interview With Matt Gaetz: CTH
Rep. Lee Zeldin Shreds Adam Schiff’s Disingenuous Press Conference: CTH
The 9 biggest things to watch in Trump's first State of the Union: Sarah Westwood

Obama's Meeting with Farrakhan: Daniel Greenfield
CNN ‘Goes Bananas’ With New Ad: Shifra
Facebook Changes How Conservative Sites Appear in Feeds --- Here’s How To Fix It: TPI

Woke Grammys See 20% Ratings Crash, Possible 'All-Time Low': Jerome Hudson
The Grammy Hall of Lame: Mark Steyn
Sanders Backs Out of Interview After Newspaper Refused Conditions to Restrict Questions: Alex Griswold

World

Pentagon: China, Russia Soon Capable of Destroying U.S. Satellites: Bill Gertz
Venezuelans 'loot to eat' amid economic tailspin: ABC
U.S. Releases ‘Oligarchs List’ of Putin Allies: Beast

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers in 48 hours: Timothy B. Lee
$500m cryptocoin heist could be biggest cybertheft ever: Sophos
Locating Secret Military Bases via Fitness Data: Schneier

Cornucopia

Who's In Charge: The Z Man
I Lie Because You Can’t Handle The Truth: MOTUS
Surfer rides a wave 115 feet tall: Jason Kottke

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QOTD:

Monday, January 29, 2018

Larwyn's Linx: Whoa: “Destruction of Evidence”; Important Interview Between Goodlatte and Bartiromo

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Nation

Whoa: “Destruction of Evidence”; Important Interview with Goodlatte by Bartiromo: CTH
Senator Grassley burrowing in to DoJ, Democratic party corruption: Rick Moran
New FBI texts divide Congress over need for second special counsel: Susan Ferrechio

Critically important: FISA, the NSA, and the 4th Amendment: Bookworm
Russian Bots Are Right: #Releasethememo: Eli Lake
House Intel Committee Voting Monday 5:00pm to Release Memo: CTH

White House Is Pressing for Release of Explosive FISA Memo – Early This Week: GWP
Perched on a Precipice: Caroline Coastline
Sessions vows to eliminate political bias at DOJ: Stephen Dinan

Trump: Amnesty Offer Intended to Expose Democratic Cynicism: Breitbart
Whom The Gods Would Destroy They First Make Mad… : Rodney Graves
NYC Mayor Claims Guy Who Pleaded Guilty To Bribing Him Didn’t Bribe Him: Jazz Shaw

Why did Obama pardon Gen. Cartwright on his last day in office?: Imperator_Rex
Minnesota man explains mall stabbings: Scott Johnson
Illegal aliens want the wall: Don Surber

Scandal Central

Donald Trump Should Refuse a Mueller Interview: Andrew C. McCarthy
5 days after Judge Rudolph Contreras accepted a plea from Mike Flynn, "he was recused": TheLastRefuge
FBI agents’ texts reveal Hillary Clinton probe likely fixed – here’s what they say: AMN

Did Justice Department FISA Fraud Create U.S. District Court Judge Recusal?: CTH
Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay. Women Say His Harassment Continued.: Ruby Cramer
Hillary Clinton backed faith adviser despite sexual misconduct claims: SJR

Media

This Might Be The Weirdest Thing Clinton Has Ever Said On Camera: Bre Payton
Trey Gowdy Gives Clues To What’s In FISA Abuse Memo: Chuck Ross
Sunday Talks – Trey Gowdy Interview With Chris Wallace: CTH

Sperry: FBI/DOJ and Mueller In For "A World of Hurt” Once Explosive FISA Memo Goes Public: GWP
Operation Sabotage the Memo: What are Adam Schiff, the DOJ and the FBI trying to hide?: Kimberley Strassel
Media lies as they discuss the FBI and DOJ demanding to see the Nunes memo: LastRefuge

World

The MSM Faces the Truth About Sweden: Bruce Bawer
Immigrants vs. Aliens: The Global Invasion-Giveaway Continues: Jeremiah Johnson
The Islamic Invasion and the Spanish Solution : RPJ

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Two Super-Earths Have Been Located Just 111 Light-Years From Earth: Elizabeth Howell
The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's: Olga Khazan
Apple wants to put medical records on your iPhone: DailyMail

Cornucopia

A Rose by Any Other Name: Sondrakistan
Why We Pay You: Dilbert
The Klintons Strike Again: C&S

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QOTD: "In the past eight weeks a stunning amount of evidence has been accumulating that shows how the Obama Administration weaponized the FBI and DOJ and launched a political campaign spying operation into candidate Donald Trump.

There have been daily revelations showing a considerable collaboration between the White House, Hillary Clinton, the DNC, Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson; his wife Mary Jacoby, DOJ Deputy Bruce Ohr and his wife Fusion GPS employee Nellie Ohr, Russian Dossier author Christopher Steele, FBI agent Peter Strzok and his mistress, FBI lawyer Lisa Page; and the highest levels of officials within the FBI, including Chief Legal Counsel James Baker and FBI Asst. Director Andrew McCabe.

All of the evidence points in one transparently obvious direction; toward a 2016 collaborative effort structured to use a counterintelligence operation to conduct wiretaps and surveillance on the presidential campaign of candidate Donald Trump." --Sundance

Bonus QOTD: "Every other independent-counsel investigation in which an American president has been a subject was triggered by an actual crime. Those presidents were on notice of the contours of the probe, and of the criminality that rendered it appropriate for a prosecutor to be appointed and for a president to be questioned. That is not the case in Mueller’s probe. It has been formally described as a counterintelligence investigation, which is a national-security inquiry about a foreign country’s designs against the United States, not a criminal investigation targeting an American for prosecution on a known offense.

No competent lawyer would allow the lowliest criminal suspect in the country to testify before a grand jury without a description from the prosecutor of precisely what crime is being investigated... It would be absurd for a prosecutor to seek testimony from the president of the United States without a compelling demonstration of (a) probable cause that a crime has been committed, and (b) need for information that only the president is in a position to provide." --Andrew C. McCarthy

Sunday, January 28, 2018

GUESSING AT FISA REDACTIONS: Well, this is certainly an interesting coincidence

We know for a fact that the Obama DOJ and FBI illegally unmasked American citizens before and after the presidential election. It is also obvious that President Trump and his close associates were among the targets of this unlawful surveillance.

We know this because the declassified version of a FISA court ruling states, among other things, that the "FBI gave raw Section 702–acquired information to a private entity that was not a federal agency and whose personnel were not sufficiently supervised by a federal agency."

Which private entities were unlawfully given raw surveillance information about the Trump camp? We can't yet tell because the key graphs are redacted:

Larwyn's Linx: Dueling House Intelligence memos could be released as early as next week

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Nation

Dueling House Intelligence memos could be released as early as next week: Kelly Cohen
Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts: Byron York
FBI's Secret, Anti-American Society: Douglas V. Gibbs

Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts: Byron York
This Former Obama DOJ Lawyer Says Trump Won’t Get Indicted: Rusty Weiss
Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair amid reports of sexual misconduct: Fox

Trump broke with Justice Dept, called for release of memo: report: John Bowden
The Schumer Shutdown, ‘Dreamers,’ 2 Marches, and California’s Tax Grab: Ken McIntyre
The Art of the Choke: Mark Krikorian

This Civil War - My South Carolina Tea Party Convention Speech: Daniel Greenfield
President Coach: The Z Man
Koch brothers pledge $400 million for Republicans in midterm elections: David M. Drucker

Who, Whom? — Population Replacement Edition: WRSA
Ginsburg will not attend Trump’s first State of the Union: TruePundit
Culture of Hate: Instapundit

Economy

Did Bureau of Economic Analysis Sandbag Report on 4th Qtr U.S. GDP?: CTH
Visualizing Real Inflation - A Decade Of Grocery Prices For 30 Common Items: ZH
Seattle Tax Killing local Business so Let’s Make it Statewide!: DTG

Scandal Central

Investigate Obama’s and Kerry’s Unlawful Deals with Iran: Rachel Ehrenfeld
Senators Press Podesta And Other Democrats About Dossier-Related Contacts: Chuck Ross
Texts: Comey Chief Of Staff “Clearly” Believed McCabe Should Be Recused From Clinton Probe: GotNews

Media

What Is Fake News?: Andrew Klavan
CNN Still Hasn’t Corrected False Story On James Comey’s Classified Memo Leaks: Sean Davis
CNN’s Acosta Calls Davos Head ‘Pitiful’ for Acknowledging Media Bias Against Trump: MenRec

Trump should give Mueller an hour: Don Surber
Oops: Corney O'Brien
The Follower Factory: NYT

World

Dear Hypocritical World #NeverForget #InternationalHolocaustDay: Kay Wilson
POTUS Wins 'Medal of Life' From Human Rights Group (Media Blacks It Out): Humberto Fontova
How the Trump Turnaround Took Davos by Storm By Putting America First: Lawrence Kudlow

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Sean Hannity’s Twitter Account Hacked — With Death Threat to President Trump!: Jim Hoft
Meet the newest bartenders at Hard Rock Casino -- they're robots: Nola
Smart cities must do more to deliver value for citizens: Damien D’Souza

Cornucopia

Hillary Clinton Thanks Activist Bitches: Stuart Schneiderman
The abandoned homes of Detroit's Grand Meyer neighborhood: Marathon
Sundance 2018: “Awful and Boring”: MOTUS

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Leader of the Coup

By Daniel John Sobieski

In any criminal investigation where the suspect is not immediately known, the first question usually asked is who would have the most to gain? As we follow the bread crumbs of the text messages of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page and await release of the House Intelligence Committee’s memo regarding the collusion between the DNC, the Hillary Clinton campaign, the DOJ, and FBI to interfere with the 2016, ensure the election of Hillary, and the defeat or impeachment of Donald Trump, the answer to that question is clear -- one Barack Hussein Obama.

Can it be believed that as key players in the Obama administration like Strzok and Page, as well as FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the number four at Justice Bruce Ohr, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and many others were linked in a vast criminal conspiracy to keep Hillary Clinton out of prison and Donald Trump out of the White House, that Barack Obama was blissfully unaware of all this? Rather, it can be plausibly argued that he was orchestrating it.