Larwyn's Linx: FBI Had No ‘Clear Criminal Predicate’ for Trump Campaign Snoops

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Nation

FBI Had No ‘Clear Criminal Predicate’ for Trump Campaign Snoops: LifeZette
Mueller To Delay Russian Collusion Trial: DC
Mueller caught in a trap of his own making: Thomas Lifson

I may have discovered what the DOJ and FBI are desperately trying to hide: Vachel Lindsay
Maine: Somali Muslim gangs now attacking citizens in the streets of Lewiston: BNI
Canada: Two men blow up IED inside Indian restaurant, multiple injuries: Robert Spencer

DOJ Employee Donations Overwhelmingly Favor Democrats: Joe Schoffstall
De Blasio on Whether Nixon Can Beat Cuomo: ‘Unquestionably’: Andrew Kugle
President Presents Medal of Honor To Master Chief Britt Slabinski, U.S. Navy: CTH

Economy

Chicago was the only major U.S. city to lose population from 2016 to 2017: Austin Berg
'End Capitalism, Don’t Enable It,' And Other Crazy CA Candidate Statements: Elisha Krauss
Trump to cut foreign aid for home countries of illegal immigrants: Steven Nelson

Scandal Central

Capitol Police Accidentally Gave Evidence To Awan Bros.' Defense Attorney: Luke Rosiak
Andrew McCabe Spent $70,000 On A Table. The FBI Hid It From Congress: Bre Payton
Timing – Chairman Goodlatte and Chairman Gowdy Schedule Testimony From Bill Priestap: CTH

Media

Amazon demonetizes conservative website: LI
Dartmouth Survey: Democrat Students are the Most Intolerant: Mike LaChance
Armed citizen killed mass shooter. Most lib media ignores.: DailyMail

Levin: Hysterical media has forgotten Obama’s actual abuses of the press: Nate Madden
Here's the NRA Video on 'Common Sense Media Control' That's Causing A Stir: James Barrett
Don’t Make Bill Kristol Run For President: Henry J. Gomez

World

Trump Calls Off Summit With Kim Jong Un: ‘This Missed Opportunity Is a Truly Sad Moment in History’: David Rutz
Chairman Xi Jinping Responds: North Korea says it is still willing to talk with US: CTH
On North Korea, The Most Unpredictable President Outplays The Most Unpredictable Dictator: Joseph A. Wulfsohn

"Faces" Clapper Says Russia Decided Outcome of 2016 Election: Matt Vespa
The China Problem: Matthew Continetti
France: Macron Buries Plan to Rehabilitate 'No-Go Zones': Soeren Kern

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Guccifer 2.0 Mysteries Solved: G-2
Alexa Records Couple's Private Conversation, Sends It To Random Contact: Hank Berrien
Z-Shave Attack Could Impact Over 100 Million IoT Devices: Catalin Cimpanu

Cornucopia

Curtains in the Oval Office: Saul Montes-Bradley
President Trump Posthumously Pardons Boxer Jack Johnson…: CTH
Memorial Day Weekend in Lime Green and Rose: MOTUS

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QOTD:

As Republicans are kept in the dark, the DOJ appears to be sharing details about Imran Awan in real time with Democrats, who appear to be leaking them to the lawyer of a hacking suspect https://t.co/MODswNWT7b pic.twitter.com/f2gMh3ePLP

— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) May 25, 2018

LOOSE LIPS SINK TWITS: Obama Lackey James Clapper Spills the Beans on #Spygate

By Kenneth R. Timmerman

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper spilled the beans on Tuesday in an exchange with Joy Behar on The View that will undoubtedly make its way into the history books.

The question was whether the FBI had ordered undercover agents to “spy” on the Trump campaign in the spring and summer of 2016, well before Donald Trump had won the Republican nomination for president.

Here is the transcript:

Larwyn's Linx: Tinker, Tailor, Clapper, Carter, Downer, Halper, Spy

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Nation

Tinker, Tailor, Clapper, Carter, Downer, Halper, Spy: Mark Steyn
Time To Admit The Russia Investigation Was Illegitimate From The Start: Margot Cleveland
Mr. Sessions, Your 'Extraordinary Circumstances' Are Here: Roger L. Simon

How Clinton Email Investigation Intertwined with Russia Probe: Andrew C. McCarthy
DOJ-Congress summit on Trump informant docs will happen Thursday: Steven Nelson
Why did Mueller ask Judge to prepare for Papadopoulos's sentencing?: Renato Mariotti

Principal whose daughter killed at Stoneman blasts school district: Scott Travis
Obama Advisors' Emails Immediate After Sandy Hook Reveal Sick Agenda: DailyWire
Legal Update: “What is the NYPD Hiding?”: JW

Teflon Intellects : RPJ
Mueller Rejects Speedy Trial Law To Delay Russian Collusion Trial': Richard Pollock
Connecticut Subverts the Electoral College, Rejecting Its Own History: Tara Ross

Economy

Pew: 34 states collect more in taxes than pre-Great Recession, when revenue plummeted: Bethany Blankley
President Trump Rolls Back Obama’s Biggest Regulation: TPI
Italy Went Boom A Long Time Ago (and that’s the point): Alhambra

Scandal Central

8 signs Obama counterintelligence operation deployed against Trump's campaign: Sharyl Attkisson
Emails Show Podesta Group’s Work for Pro-Russia Ukrainian Political Party: JW
FBI watched, then acted as Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton: Hill (2017)

Stefan Halper is only the tip of the iceberg in Obama spy scandal: Jordan Schachtel
A Conversation With Chris Blackburn On The Contradictions Surrounding Mifsud: Elizabeth Vos
'An Abuse of Power': Rep. Biggs Says Mueller Is Investigating a Person, Not a Crime: FNI

Grassley’s Letter – Texts, Footnotes & a Roadmap: Jeff Carlson
Senator Chuck Grassley Demands Page/Strzok Text Message Redactions Be Removed: CTH
Cuomo issues pardons officially giving parolees voting rights: Carl Campanile

Media

The NYT's Buried Bombshells: Undercover Huber
Netflix Users Threaten Boycott Over Obama Content Deal: Don Reisinger
I waded through the sanctimonious @Comey book so you don't have to: Undercover Huber

The Left And The Right Aren’t Hearing The Same Jordan Peterson: David Marcus
Ted Cruz: Media Avoiding TX School Shooting Because Students Don’t Want Gun Control: Genevieve Wood
ICE director: Unlike animals, 'MS-13 kills for sport': Gabby Morrongiello

48 Hours Later, Media Still Keeps Dems' Total Collapse in Reuters Poll a Secret: David Steinberg
CNN’s Van Jones Praises Trump’s Prison Reform Plans, Takes Jab At Obama: Scott Morefield
Girls With Working Moms Get Better Jobs and Higher Pay, According to Research: Time

World

In Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is The Powerful Man Barack Obama Never Could Be: Jesse Kelly
Pompeo: NoKo Summit Still On — And So Are Our Demands: Ed Morrissey
A Photo Sure to Drive Israel Haters Insane: Aussie Dave

Pakistan Hacked the DNC Server and Maybe Hillary’s Illegal Server Too: EIB
Canadian Beaches Closed After Islamic Group Sabotages With Dangerous Objects For Not “Embracing Islam”: WZ
Trump’s Quiet Victory in Europe: AmSpec

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Robot submarine finds "holy grail of shipwrecks" with up to $17 billion in treasure: CBS
North Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts: AP
Google Lens updated with smart text selection and real-time lookup: Engadget

Cornucopia

What Tolkien Can Teach Us About Twitter: L. M. Sacasas
When Harry (Deep State) Met Sally (Fourth Estate): MOTUS
This S.C. Pawn Shop's New Sign Trolling Dick's Sporting Goods Over AR-15s Is Right on Target: Caleb Howe

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QOTD:

.@realDonaldTrump the FBI Vault records say Hillary Clinton was a target of Russia before and after her tenure as Secretary of State. So where was her FBI spy while campaigning to be sure she wasn't under Russian influence (for her safety lol)? NO WHERE.

Vault details. pic.twitter.com/CvFl400RTc

— Katica (@GOPPollAnalyst) May 23, 2018

Larwyn's Linx: John Brennan’s Plot to Infiltrate the Trump Campaign

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Nation

John Brennan’s Plot to Infiltrate the Trump Campaign: George Neumayr
John Brennan in Panic Mode: Joseph Klein
The Papadopoulos Affair: Such a Downer: George Parry

The Real Origination Story of the Trump-Russia Investigation: Andrew C. McCarthy
McCabe Knew CNN Ready To Reveal Dossier 2 Days After Trump Briefed: John Sexton
How James Comey’s Subversion Has Severely Damaged Our Justice System: DC

Witness Said Awan Wiretapped Her, Bank Account Drained: Luke Rosiak
Statistician: After Researching Gun Violence, I No Longer Believe In Gun Control: Hot Air
The Sanctuary Cities Strike Back: Jazz Shaw

Scandal Central

Watergate 2.0: First Street Journal
Comey’s Memos Indicate Dossier Briefing Of Trump Was A Setup: Mollie Hemingway
IG report will hit FBI officials for slow response to 2016 Clinton emails: Rick Moran

Part I – The FISA Court Grants The Authority, Not The Ability: CTH
James Clapper Just Lied Again About His Previous Lies About NSA Spying: Bre Payton
Someone needs to go to Leavenworth over this: First Street Journal

Media

Speaker Paul Ryan Discusses DOJ and FBI Investigation: CTH
Caputo Recants Talk Of Second Government 'Informant': A 'Misunderstanding': Ryan Saavedra
CNN Highlights Recent Federal Court Confirmations: AR Squared

World

House Members to Pompeo: U.S. Hostages in Iran Need Your ‘Urgent’ Help: Susan Crabtree
What could go wrong? Germany will now train asylum seekers to become truck drivers: Voice of Europe
The Success of Socialism: Part 16 — Soldiers in Venezuela are starving: First Street Journal

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Artificial Intelligence to Weaponize Fake Videos: Bill Gertz
An actual sinkhole has opened on the White House lawn. It’s growing: Heather Timmons
BMW's speedy, stylish EV chargers will spread across Europe: Jon Fingas

Cornucopia

Mark Levin presents ‘overwhelming’ constitutional case against appointment of Mueller: CRTV
This! is CNN!: Proof Positive
Words and principles mean nothing to these people: Sondrakistan

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QOTD:

Did @SaraCarterDC just drop that Stefan Halper, Sir Richard Dearlove, Christopher Steele AND Carter Page were all at the same London seminar, mid-July 2016?

BEFORE the FBI claims it was even looking into Trump?

Hell of a coincidence - who arranged that ménage a quatre... pic.twitter.com/XqU2QNokIb

— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 21, 2018

12 FACES: Some Truly Disturbing Images of James Clapper on the View

As The Federalist points out, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper appeared on The View today and did what was expected. He lied. Yet again.

In watching the clip, what struck me were the obvious signs of anxiety, paranoia, and deception. Judge for yourself by watching the clip or simply inspect the images I snapped below, which were not by any means cherry-picked.

Looking down, looking away, grimacing, and gesticulating wildly --- why, yes, all signs of someone completely in his element and comfortable explaining their part in what will surely turn out to be the greatest political scandal in American history.

See for yourself at The Timeline of Treason.

Larwyn's Linx: The FBI Spy in the Trump Campaign and the Mueller Cover-Up Operation

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Nation

The FBI Spy in the Trump Campaign and the Mueller Cover-Up Operation: R.S. McCain
It Begins: BattleSwarm
Stefan Halper is only the tip of the iceberg in Obama spy scandal: Jordan Schachtel

IG Report Expected to Hit FBI Leaders For Slowing Clinton Email Probe: Judson Berger
Robert Mueller's appointment violates Appointments Clause of the Constitution: Mark Levin
Tucker, Byron York, Jonathan Turley Discuss Big Ugly “Insurance Policy” Details: CTH

Senator Ron Johnson Questions: “Sensitive Matters Team” – New Emails: CTH
Michael Caputo Drops Second Trump Campaign ‘Agent Provocateur’ Bombshell: CTH
Trump, Rosenstein, Wray, Coats Meet to Establish White House/DOJ Expectations: CTH

U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to a New Low: Michael Walsh
"Now I Actually Do Want To Take Your Guns": Herschel Smith
Perfect Timing – Intelligence Community Gets New Inspector General: CTH

Economy

Medicaid and the Democratic War on Work: David Catron
Poll: Under Trump, Job Market Optimism at Highest Point Ever Recorded: Haris Alic
Justice Gorsuch Trolls Liberals by Citing Laurence Tribe in Anti-Workers’ Rights Ruling: L&C

Scandal Central

Trump charges John Kelly with getting Russia probe documents to Congress: Steven Nelson
Concealed FISA Docs May Hold Key to Trump Surveillance: Sara Carter
JW: Obama Can Still Be Impeached: Art Moore

FBI Informant Stefan Halper Paid Over $1 Million By Obama Admin; Spied On Trump Aide After Election: ZH
Ohr What? Senator Chuck Grassley Requests Documents on Mysteriously Invisible DOJ Deputy: CTH
DOJ: Comey’s Immunity Deal With Mueller Does Not Cover Clandestine FBI Conspiracy to Spy on Trump: TruePundit

Media

The Media See Only One Collusion Story: John Fund
As Evidence Piles Up, The Media Ignore The 'Other' Trump-Russia Scandal: IBD
Trump Goes to War With 'Disgraced' John Brennan: Charlie Spiering

Mueller Year One: Journalism’s Real Heroes Continued: Julie Kelly
Anatomy of a Smear: How the Media Created a Malicious Lie About Trump's 'Animals' Comment: Tyler O'Neil
Israelis Respond to Biased Coverage of Gaza Riots: David Isaac

World

Pompeo Raises the Price for Iran to Rejoin International Community: Eli Lake
Pompeo Slams Iran Nuclear Deal, Describes Path Forward: Jack Heretik
Did Democrats Skip Embassy Opening to Snub Trump?: Debra J. Saunders

India and North Korea: Thomas Wictor
Sharia, Lies, and VIdeotape: Jamie Glazov
Sweden Prepares for the Worst: Boots & Sabers

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Tesla's Musk admits Model 3 braking issue, promises fix: Reuters
RED is building an 8K 3D camera for its holographic phone: Steve Dent
Microsoft, Intel, and Google disclose another Spectre-like CPU flaw: TNW

Cornucopia

I’m So Old I Remember When the University of Michigan Was a Great School: MOTUS
Why Trump and Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller: Chaos Actual
Nevertheless, He Persisted: MOTUS

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QOTD:

#ItsOver pic.twitter.com/HbbExu770b

— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) May 21, 2018

This is the Way the World Ends

By Victor Davis Hanson

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
― T.S. Eliot

One strange trait of the die hard NeverTrump Republicans and progressives is their charge that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to democracy. Trump, as is his wont, says a lot of outrageous and weird things. But it is hard in his 16 months of rule to find any proof that Trump has subverted the rule of law.

Most of the furor is over what we are told what Trump might do, or what Trump has said, or which unsavory character in Europe likes Trump. These could be legitimate worries if they were followed by Trump’s anti-democratic concrete subversions. But so far, we have not seen them. And there has certainly been nothing yet in this administration comparable to the Obama-era efforts to curb civil liberties.

Larwyn's Linx: H.A.L.P.E.R. Spells Game Up for Obama's Spies

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H.A.L.P.E.R. Spells Game Up for Obama's Spies: Clarice Feldman
HPSCI Chairman Nunes Interviewed By Bartiromo: FBI Operation Crossfire Hurricane: CTH
Spies Like Obama?: Matthew Vadum

How Democracies End: A Bureaucratic Whimper: Victor Davis Hanson
Watergate II: Collusiongate: Neoneocon
A Ghost for Mr. Mueller: NY Sun

Nunes Over the Target: Scott Johnson
MS-13 members are indeed ‘animals’: Jordan Schachtel
Nearly 300 Bangladeshis Arrested After Illegally Crossing Texas Border: ConMedia

John Brennan’a Latest Tweet Has People Asking ‘Is This a Threat to Trump?’: GWP
Brennan Quotes Cicero While DOJ Expands IG FISA Abuse Investigation: CTH
The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Richard Fernandez

Economy

Parents outraged at school’s silent tribute for Gaza victims: Post
Bill Black: Trump Admin Halts Investigation of For-Profit Colleges: Jerri-Lynn Scofield
‘God Help Turkey,’ Says Brokerage as Lira Goes Into Meltdown: Benjamin Harvey

Scandal Central

Stopping Robert Mueller to protect us all: Mark Penn
Strassel: "Mindboggling" That Obama's DOJ Spied On The Republican Party's Presidential Nominee: RCP
Why key Obama officials ran spy-and-smear campaign as a "national security" inquiry: Robert Barnes

Media

Devin Nunes: Informant Stories in NYT and WaPo 'the Mother of all Leaks': Debra Heine
The Lying Media Never Stops Lying About Israel : Daniel Greenfield
6 Times Hillary Clinton Whined About the 2016 Election in Her Yale Commencement Speech: PJM

John Kerry Spits In Trump’s Face — We Will Not Go ‘America First’: Robert Donachie
It’s time for Bill Clinton to take a walk in the Chappaqua woods: Post
Bill Clinton escaping the #MeToo standards and cashing in (again): Thomas Lifson

World

Europe Plotting to Undermine New U.S. Sanctions on Iran: Adam Kredo
How Muslim Propagators Swindle the Western Civilization: David Bukay
Report: Explosions heard at Iranian facility near Damascus: TOI

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Missile Tech in Syria: Thomas Wictor
The Future Of The Workplace – Part 1: A Short Term View: Sarah Finch
Your parents love you, Cortana. That's why we bought you an upgrade: Register

Cornucopia

What Obama and his political Choom Gang did is far worse than Watergate: Charles Hurt
Spying On Trump: “an exceptionally, exceptionally sensitive issue”: MOTUS
Obama’s Three Muses Reappear In Mueller’s Trump Investigation: Sidney Powell (3/1/18)

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QOTD:

The 2018 Democrat Party Platform. A Match Made in Heaven! pic.twitter.com/Ttf6oHuIqY

— Kevin W (@kwilli1046) May 20, 2018

MARK LEVIN: We Need to Know What Brennan, Clapper, Comey, Rice, Power and the Rest of Them Did

By Mark Levin

The Mueller investigation has, oddly enough, revealed that the greatest perpetrator against the American people in the 2016 election was the federal government. The greatest perpetrator against the American people was the federal government, was the leadership in the FBI, the CIA, the national intelligence director, etc.

We cannot allow this to happen again. We saw our federal government used by the prior administration, by the head of the CIA, by the head of the FBI, by the head of national intelligence and many, many others used to try and destroy the candidate of the opposition party. These Obama intelligence officials tried to destroy Donald Trump and the electoral process.

An administration interfering in elections is something we've never seen anything before in American history.

Larwyn's Linx: In Politicized Justice, Desperate Times Call for Disparate Measures

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In Politicized Justice, Desperate Times Call for Disparate Measures: Andrew C. McCarthy
DiGenova: John Brennan should get a good lawyer: Tucker
Cambridge Professor Spied On Trump Campaign Advisers: Chuck Ross

August 2016: busy days for those in America's greatest ever scandal: Vachel Lindsay
DiGenova Reflects on the Mueller Russia Probe's 1-Year Anniversary: ConCit
A Prediction of Warfare: Rising Serpent

McCabe’s lawyer warns Trump: 'Stop lying about the McCabes': Diana Stancy Correll
Stefan Halper Agent Provocateur – In His Own Words: CTH
FBI believes it isn’t accountable to anyone: Gregg Jarrett: FoxBiz

Okay, Now I Actually Do Want To Take Your Guns: Dave Holmes
Houston police chief sounds off on gun control and mass shootings: Bryan Logan
Civilians used concealed handguns to stop dozens of crimes in the last few weeks: CPRC

Economy

'Consensus' Reached to Slash $370 Billion U.S. Trade Deficit with China: Joshua Caplan
Joint U.S. – China Statement After Two Days of Trade Negotiations: CTH
Illinois-owned Abe Lincoln museum resorting to GoFundMe to pay off massive loan: Marathon

Scandal Central

Clapper: Spy in Trump Campaign Was a Good Thing: EIB
Trump Setup Man Stefan Halper Oversaw a CIA Spying Operation in 1980 Election: Glenn Greenwald
Did the Obama Administration’s Abuse of Foreign-Intelligence Collection Start Before Trump?: Lee Smith

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Arizona Exercise Based on Post-Quake Exodus From California: AZPM
Several fissures turn active at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano as lava flies 200ft into the air: DailyMail

Media

The Inspector General's Report Will Expose the MSM as Treasonous: Roger L. Simon
How Obama became the first communist president: Don Surber
The Memo: Will Mueller play hardball with Trump?: Niall Stanage

World

Civilization Jihad in the USA: The Practicum: GoV
Drone footage shows US troops’ last stand & dramatic escape from Niger ambush: RT
Malaysia’s Democratic Breakthrough: Larry Diamond

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Potential Spy Devices Which Track Cellphones, Intercept Calls Found All Over DC, MD, VA: NBC-4
Controversial armored police vehicle factory expands production to meet demand: Rick Leventhal
Massive New Facebook Breach: Personal Data from Millions of Users Available on Open Web: Phil Baker

Cornucopia

The Science Is Settled: Journalists ARE Stupider Than U and Me: MOTUS
After Santa Fe shooting, NFL star JJ Watt offers to pay for funerals: Benjamin Brown
Bartender arrested 2 years after customer killed teen in DUI crash: Lauren Talarico

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QOTD:

Reminder : in June 2016, while Obama's thugs were framing Trump, jihadi Omar Mateen murdered 49 souls in Orlando. Mateen had been an FBI 'person of interest' since 2013.

Even worse, Obama used MORE intelligence weapons against Trump, than Mateen. Let that sink in.

— REX (@_VachelLindsay_) May 20, 2018