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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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

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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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:

NEW: Internal communication sent to FBI officials by FBI Director Christopher Wray links Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s early departure to results of an upcoming OIG investigation, CBS News confirms; says FBI must perform at the highest standards.

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 29, 2018

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

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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

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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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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QOTD:

“God didn’t create borders.”

-Vicente Fox

“And I will set your BORDER from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates, for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.”

-Exodus 23:31

— Educating Liberals (@Education4Libs) 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.

Larwyn's Linx: “Obstruction of Justice”: Special Agent Strzok Text Message Highlights FBI Intent

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“Obstruction of Justice”: Special Agent Strzok Text Message Highlights FBI Intent: CTH
Strzok Hadn’t Seen Evidence Of Collusion After 10 Months On Russia Probe: Chuck Ross
Grassley presses DNC, Clinton campaign for 'dossier' answers: Diana Stancy Correll

Mark Levin: Trump's amnesty for 1.8 million 'pathetic,' worse than Obama: Ed Straker
WH Plan Expands Citizenship for Illegals to Potentially Uncontrollable Levels: Breitbart
Oh for God’s sake Jeb shut up!: Gator

2011: “Crumbs” Pelosi and Wasserman Schultz Gush Over ‘$40 Extra Per Paycheck’: GWP
ICE is about to start tracking license plates across the US: Russell Brandom
Cocaine, meth traffickers increasingly using vulnerable US seaports: Fox

Hillary Turned Blind Eye To Sexual Harassment In Her Quest For Power: Carl Arbogast
Federal judge: Court is open to case that Trump is violating the Constitution: BPR
As walls close in on FBI, the bureau lashes out at its antagonists: Sharyl Attkisson

Economy

New York City, Chicago Top List of Cities with Worst Fiscal Health: Jeff Reynolds
250 companies offering 'Trump bonuses,' up 525%: Paul Bedard
European CEOs Line Up to Tell Trump They Are Investing Billions Back In The US: Benny Johnson

Scandal Central

💥Matt Gaetz Drops Criminal Conspricay Bomb On Lou Dobbs: @DaveNYviii
New FBI texts highlight a motive to conceal President Obama's involvement. : Andrew C. McCarthy
SJC Chairman Grassley 1/25/18 letter to John Podesta (Hillary for America Chairman) [PDF]: SJC

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Colorado City About To Join Wave Of Insane Environmental Lawsuits Against Energy: Tim Pearce

Media

Twitter: it's hatred of conservatives will get worse: @almostjingo
New York Times Editorial Condemning Pence Israel Trip Tells Its Own Sad Tale: Ira Stoll
ESPN Host Who Called Trump ‘White Supremacist’ Demoted: Dylan Gwinn

Journalist Purposefully Hid Obama-Farrahkan Photo Before 2008 Election: Chris Golden
Instapundit drop kicks USA Today over its ’empty room’ Trump–Davos prediction: Twitchy
Is it just me or did the MSM just do a complete 180?: @HisNameSethRich

World

5 Gems From President Trump's Davos Speech: Tyler O'Neil
Teens roam streets with rifles as crime swamps Sweden: Bojan Pancevski
Mexican police find 100 lbs of fentanyl in drug bust: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

The next generation of smartphone cameras could see through walls: PC&Tech
Bald eagles spotted floating on ice along the Mississippi River: Fox
Researchers create tiny robots powered only by moisture: Engadget

Cornucopia

Blizzards: Show Me Where Global Warming Is Touching You: MOTUS
California may label coffee a cancer risk: Shelly Insheiwat
Five martinis deep and it’s not yet 2PM: @RealJamesWoods

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QOTD:

An extremely clever letter isn't it? Publicly IDing the main players, forcing them to lawyer up & remain on defense, as well as making them guess what Grassley already has & what their co-conspirators will produce. They are all SCREWED 👇 https://t.co/AU1XzM7Q58

— Imperator_Rex (@Imperator_Rex3) January 27, 2018

How a Civil War Happens

By Daniel Greenfield

This is a civil war.

There aren’t any soldiers marching on Charleston… or Myrtle Beach. Nobody’s getting shot in the streets. Except in Chicago… and Baltimore, Detroit and Washington D.C.

But that’s not a civil war. It’s just what happens when Democrats run a city into the ground. And then they dig a hole in the ground so they can bury it even deeper.

If you look deep enough into that great big Democrat hole, you might even see where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.

But it’s not guns that make a civil war. It’s politics.

Guns are how a civil war ends. Politics is how it begins.

How do civil wars happen?

Larwyn's Linx: What Trump Can and Must Do About Mueller

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What Trump Can and Must Do About Mueller: Peter Ferrara
Comey, Rosenstein, McCabe All Named In FISA Memo, First Leak Reveals: ZH
Grassley: Newly revealed Strzok/Page texts 'raise serious concerns': Kelly Cohen

IG Michael Horowitz Informs Grassley, Goodlatte and Nunes of FBI Text Recovery: CTH
Chairman Grassley Releases More FBI Texts, Questions FBI Director Wray: CTH
Report: Trump ordered firing of Mueller in summer 2017: Diana Stancy Correll

Mark Levin and Daniel Horowitz expose Trump’s ‘huge’ amnesty error: Chris Pandolfo
Stephen Miller to Hill GOP: Trump Would Support Amnesty For Up To 1.8 Million: Hot Air
Dems Panic After Issa Retirement: Susan Crabtree

Controversial FBI Officials Linked To Wall Street Journal and Washington Post Leaks: CTH
Representative Matt Gaetz Discusses #ReleaseTheMemo: CTH
Democrats flail; fail to stop another qualified Trump judicial nominee: Margot Cleveland

Economy

Playgrounds for Elites: CJ
Trump in Davos: 'America is open for business': Sarah Westwood
Global Business Leaders Heap Praise on Trump at Davos Dinner: GWP

Scandal Central

Peter Strzok’s Lawyer Donated $416,000 to Hillary Clinton in 2016: Jacob Wohl
Mark Levin: ‘No way in hell Barack Obama didn’t know’ about disturbing behavior of FBI': CR
Convicted Dems Corrine Brown and Chaka Fattah Still Receiving Taxpayer-Funded Pensions: WFB

Media

The Photo That Never Saw The Light of Day: Obama With Farrakhan In 2005: Esme Cribb
Media Push Gun-Control Activists’ Misleading School Shooting Count: Stephen Gutowski
Rep. Joe Kennedy III to deliver Dem response to Trump's State of the Union: John Bowden

World

President Trump Holds Bilateral Meeting With Prime Minister Netanyahu at Davos: CTH
President Trump Hosts Bilateral Meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May: CTH
It’s Official: Richard Silverstein is One of Dumbest Israel Haters On The Planet: Aussie Dave

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Forensic Experts Retrieve ‘Ghost Texts’: Sara Carter
China Creates a Laser of Mind-Boggling Power --"Could Rip Space Asunder": DailyGalaxy
US Army seeks bullet-proof 'Iron Man' suits: DailyMail

Cornucopia

Hillary’s Danger Field: Jay Homnick
Texts: FBI considered Patrick Fitzgerald as special prosecutor for Hillary Clinton emails: Politico
9th Grade Students Gain the Attention of Scientists After Their Experiment: Awareness

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QOTD:

As everyone rushes to treat today's NYT report on Trump wanting to fire Mueller last June based on unnamed sources as fact, note the same reporters @maggieNYT & @nytmike told us Sec'y of State Tillerson would be long gone by now. How's that coming along? https://t.co/0QiiDS7j7P

— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) January 26, 2018

The Stench at Obama's DOJ and FBI

By Charles Lipson

For a brief, shining moment, CNN paused in its nonstop coverage of everything it loathes about President Trump for some actual “breaking news.” One of the network’s reporters had noticed that Congress was looking into malfeasance and political corruption at the Obama-era Department of Justice, FBI, and intelligence agencies.  This is still news to most mainstream outlets.

There are now three major congressional investigations, peeling away layers of political bias, unequal application of the law, and, perhaps even felonies by senior officials who may have leaked classified documents, obstructed justice, and violated Fourth Amendment guarantees against unreasonable search and seizure.

Larwyn's Linx: The Stench at Obama's DOJ and FBI

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The Stench at Obama's DOJ and FBI: Charles Lipson
DOJ tells Nunes releasing FISA memo would be 'extraordinarily reckless': Kelly Cohen
DOJ and FBI Demand Access To Nunes Memo While Making Wrong Assumptions: CTH

Grassley Confronts FBI, DOJ: Asks Full Senate To Review Steele Criminal Referral: CTH
Report: DOJ Retrieving Missing Text Messages Between Anti-Trump FBI Lovers: GWP
Andrew McCarthy: Why Clinton Email Scandal Was Protected By President Obama: CTH

Mueller's probe is entering it's 'critical phase' according to the media: Stealth Jeff
Don’t Talk to Mueller, Mr. President: EIB
Voters Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate FBI: Rasmussen

Sessions Has No Choice But To Appoint A Special Counsel: Mollie Hemingway
Did Mueller Help Cover Up Connections Between Saudis And 9/11?: Anders Hagstrom
Dems see PA special election as 'temperature check on Trump': Laura Barrón-López

Economy

The Marie Antoinettes: The Z Man
Will Economic Growth Revive the GOP’s Fortunes?: Josh Kraushaar
The Real-World Consequences Of Schumer’s Political Stunt: GOP

Scandal Central

What Do We Do About the FBI?: Roger L. Simon
Clinton Foundation Uses Unseen Transactions for Influence Peddling: Charles Ortel
Evidence suggests a massive scandal is brewing at the FBI: Michael Goodwin

Media

Levin on Why Media Agreed Dems Lost Gov’t Shutdown: There’s Another Battle Coming: Michael Morris
The Problem Isn’t Just Corruption at the FBI and Main Justice, It’s Also The Media: CTH
Media warming up to Trump's border wall: Eddie Scarry

Sara Carter: FBI Agents Want to Know Why Strzok and Page Are Still There: Tim Hains
Facebook will now ask users to rank news organizations they trust: WaPo
Levin explains how Mueller is leading a ‘silent coup’ against Trump: Martin Walsh

World

Wilbur Ross Shreds Globalists at Davos: CTH
Mentally Ill and Radical Refugees Rejected by Australia Arrive in the States: S. Noble
Mexico Deports Thousands of Central Americans Back to Conflict-Ridden Countries: Report: TeleSUR

The Big Palestine Lie: Sultan Knish
ISIS Group Puts Crosshairs on Vegas Hotel in Threat to Shed 'Dirty Blood': Bridget Johnson
Kerry to Abbas confidante: 'Stay strong and do not give in to Trump': JPost

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Google Has An Actual Secret Speech Police: Peter Hasson
Your Family: Past, Present, and Future (2014): Tim Urban
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say: Fox

Cornucopia

Official: FBI Agents Threatened Physical Harm to President Trump In Missing Texts: TruePundit
The Old Praetorian Guard Senses A Disturbance In The Force: MOTUS
US stealth bombers in Guam readying for a tactical nuclear strike on North Korea?: AMN

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QOTD:

Matt Drudge Fires Off Ominous Tweet of Obama, Comey & Mueller After Recovery of "Missing" FBI Texts Begins https://t.co/KEYmnpGloh

— kerry (@K1erry) January 25, 2018

"SECRET SOCIETIES": The Obama Administration’s Criminal Perversion of Government

By Daniel Greenfield

A week after the election, groups inside and outside the government, some calling themselves Obama Anonymous, had begun meeting to plan the “resistance” to Trump. Unlike the angry protesters in the streets, this resistance wasn’t a new organization. It consisted of Washington D.C. government lifers.

At the CFPB, there was a group calling itself Dumbledore’s Army. Within the FBI and the DOJ, there was a nameless “secret society”. Its details are being derived from text messages exchanged between Peter Strzok, a disgraced member of Mueller’s team, and his mistress, Lisa Page, who worked for FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Previous Strzok texts had spoken of taking out “insurance” against a Trump win. This was all the more significant since Strzok had investigated Hillary and interviewed Flynn. He was a crucial figure in both the investigations of Hillary Clinton and President Trump.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy revealed that the day after Trump won the election, texts between Strzok and Page suggested, “Perhaps this is the first meeting of the secret society.”

Larwyn's Linx: Don't be confused: these people are going to deconstruct, then rebuild, the DOJ

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These people are going to deconstruct, then rebuild, the DOJ: TheLastRefuge
Why Mueller Can't Avoid Charging Comey With Theft of Classified Information: D&S
Levin: Mueller probe has become a ‘silent coup’ against POTUS: CR

FBI's Strzok allegedly dismissed Mueller probe: 'no big there there': Fox
‘Blackmail’: FBI Fears ‘Foreign Actors’ May Have Hacked Strzok’s Unsecured Phone: GWP
FBI Director Chris Wray replaces James Rybicki, Comey-era chief of staff: Alex Pappas

Why FBI's 'missing' five months of texts is worse than Watergate: Richard Manning
Levin on 50k Exchanged Texts: Worse Than Watergate's 18-Minute Gap: ‘Damning’: CNS
FBI text messages lost due to ‘misconfiguration’ perplex security analysts: Jeff Mordock

Trump to 'Cryin' Chuck Schumer: 'If there is no Wall, there is no DACA': Naomi Lim
Watch: Dreamers just storm Schumer's house in NYC demanding amnesty: Penny Starr
Justices can put a leash on America's Inspector Javert: Eric Peters

Economy

Verizon Expects $4 Billion Boost From Tax Cuts: Scott Moritz
Top Half of Taxpayers Paid 97% of Income Taxes Collected in 2015: Ali Meyer
The decline and fall of General Electric, the poster child of Obamanomics: Timothy P. Carney

Scandal Central

Evidence suggests a massive scandal is brewing at the FBI: Michael Goodwin
Strzok-Page texts missing, as 'secret society' details emerge: Samuel Chamberlain
Sessions Meets with Mueller's Investigators While Launching Probe to Find Missing Texts: Ian Mason

Media

NeverTrumpers face vexing question: What to make of Trump successes?: Byron York
NBC Admits To Spreading North Korean Propaganda – They Treat Us With Respect: TPI
Gorka: ‘How Does Strzok Afford Expensive DC Lawyer on FBI Salary?’: GWP

World

Pentagon Denies Chinese Warship Drove U.S. Destroyer From S. China Sea: Bill Gertz
Is Putin about to use Russian S-400 missiles to push the US out of Syria?: Tom Rogan
More than 100 UN peacekeepers ran a child sex ring in Haiti. None were ever jailed: The Star

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Facebook seeks to redefine time with 'flicks': Stephen Shankland
The dangerous evolution of HIV: Edsel Salvaña
Physical Bitcoins: Our Hands-On, End-to-End Review of Opendime: Giulio Prisco

Cornucopia

Hang ‘Em High: MOTUS
Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say: Fox (5/5/17)
Source: Twitter Pins #ReleaseTheMemo on Republicans, Not Russia: Beast

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QOTD:

CIA Director Mike Pompeo on President Trump: "I have seen 25 year intelligence professionals receive briefings. I would tell you that President Trump is the kind of recipient of our information at the same level as they are." #CIA #AEI pic.twitter.com/kaJHC5mGQJ

— TrumpSoldier (@DaveNYviii) January 23, 2018

Larwyn's Linx: What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts

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Nation

What's next in the investigation of those missing FBI texts: Byron York
Sessions: More than 50,000 texts exchanged between FBI officials Strzok and Page: Fox
Gowdy: Strzok And Page Need To Explain Anti-Trump "Secret Society" Texts: RCP

The Continued Creation of The “Fall Guy” Bill Priestap – John Brennan Edition: CTH
Obama WH ‘Brazen Plot To Exonerate Hillary Clinton’ Starting To Leak Out: Ginni Thomas
Deep Weeds Beyond “The Big Ugly”…: CTH

Sessions: ‘No Stone Unturned’ To Find FBI Agents’ Missing Text Messages: Chuck Ross
Rep. Ron DeSantis: “I don’t believe the FBI”: CTH
Dem Schiff Doesn't Want FISA Memo Released: Americans Can't Understand It: GWP

MS-13 wants to send 'younger, more violent offenders' to the US: Greg Norman
Antifa Responsible For Another Brutal Trump Supporter Attack: DaggerNews
New Poll: 79% Oppose Chain Migration [PDF]: Harvard-Harris Polls

Economy

Polling Shows Tax Bill Provides Boost For GOP In Mid-Terms: Neil Stevens
Wealthy exodus to escape new tax rules worries California Democrats: Adam Ashton
Democrats get rolled in shutdown standoff: Politico (Yes, Politico)

Scandal Central

“Shadowy” FBI Official Protected Obama After Unsecured Email Exchange With Hillary: GWP
Missing Texts? – Inspector General Horowitz Letter to Chairman Nunes: CTH
Clinton Foundation Spent Less Than 6 Percent On Charitable Grants In 2014: Sean Davis (2016)

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Your Burger Habit Which Causes ‘Climate Change’ Could Be Made Worse By ‘Climate Change’: Cove
Tsunami warnings issued after 7.9 earthquake southeast of Kodiak, Alaska: Twitchy

Media

News Media On Schumer Shutdown: Uh, What Did This Accomplish Guys?: Matt Vespa
Wasserman Schultz: This Shutdown Gave Us, Um … The “Potential For Momentum”: Hot Air
CNN’s John King: ‘Why Did They Shut Down the Government in the First Place?’: Charles Russell

World

Iran Threatens U.S. Navy Ships Amid Massive War Drills: Adam Kredo
Doctor who aided hunt for bin Laden languishes, forgotten: Kathy Gannon
Trudeau may create most stunning example of selective enforcement in Canada’s history: Vlad Tepes

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Humans will one day live in balloons in the stormy skies of Venus - Mars One backer: DailyMail
Six Major South Korean Banks to Support Crypto Exchanges, Price Surge Imminent?: NewsBTC
Lack of Security Costs Initial Coin Offerings $400 Million in 2017: NewsBTC

Cornucopia

A Trial Is Starting That Could Sink Andrew Cuomo’s Presidential Hopes: Jazz Shaw
#FakeNews Alert: Trump allies weaponizing revelations about ousted Mueller investigator Strzok": Sonam Sheth
#FakeNews Alert: Wray Stands Up to Trump and Sessions: Comey's Leaker Boy

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QOTD:

In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI now says it is missing five months worth of lovers Strzok-Page texts, perhaps 50,000, and all in prime time. Wow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2018

Why, you'll never guess what events coincide with the start and end of the missing Strzok-Page text messages

At this point, I'm in favor of a military tribunal that can get to the bottom of DOJ and FBI corruption. And, of course, I'm not talking about the rank-and-file. I'm describing a horrifically corrupt set of leaders who abused their office to absolve Hillary Clinton of her crimes while falsely accusing Donald Trump of "collusion".

Timing of missing Strzok-Page texts:

Start date: 12/14/16: same date WaPo cites unnamed intel officials stating... wait for it... Russians tried to hack election for Trump.

End date: 5/17/17: same date Mueller is named Special Counsel.

Full timeline: https://t.co/AeFR7ZItzj

— Doug Ross 🔵 (@directorblue) January 23, 2018

Tar and feathers is far too lenient of a treament for this crew.

Thanks to @JacobAWohl for the tip.

Larwyn's Linx: FBI Agents Felt ‘Pressure’ To Close Clinton Probe As Trump Surged To Nomination

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Nation

FBI Agents Felt ‘Pressure’ To Close Clinton Probe As Trump Surged: Chuck Ross
Was Lynch coordinating with Comey in the Clinton investigation?: Sharyl Attkisson
Rep DeSantis Rips FBI Director Wray Over ‘Missing’ Strzok Text Messages: GWP

The Schumer Shutdown Puts Illegals Over Americans: Daniel Greenfield
Women Hit, Killed by Illegal Immigrant. Who Was Deported 8 Times: Crowder
Democrats Fear Debate about Dreamers Will Pivot to ‘Chain Migration’ : John Fund

The Republican Rally: New Reason To Believe GOP Can Hold House: James Freeman
#SchumerShutdown reveals: Democrats will destroy America to spite Trump: Tommy Hicks
Chuck Schumer Basically Calls Himself an Idiot Causing “Governmental Chaos”: S. Noble

That “explosive” House intel committee document — an update: Paul Mirengoff
Rep. Lee Zeldin and Rep. Ralph Norman Discuss #ReleaseTheMemo: CTH
How the FBI “Failed to Preserve” The Most Damning Peter Strzok Text Messages: OA

Economy

California Democrats want to confiscate half of companies' tax-cut savings to state: Melody Gutierrez

Scandal Central

The FBI "Lost" 5 Months Worth of Text Messages Between Anti-Trump Agents: CTH
When you read Ron Johnson's letter to FBI Director Wray, note these 5 questions: TrumpSoldier
FBI Covered Up Obama-Hillary Unsecured Emails in Territory of “Hostile Adversary”: GWP

Media

Black Nixon: The Z Man
Trump Year 1: Yes he’s a conservative: John Ruberry
Stephanopoulos to Durbin: ‘Is It Right to Hold the Government Hostage?’: David Rutz

World

Hezbollah and Iran deal: is Trump lining Obama up for charges of treason?: Imperator_Rex
Attorney General Sessions Announces Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team: DOJ
Nebraska Dem Skipped Key ISIS Hearings, Wants Credit for Advances Against Terror Group: Brent Scher

Time for the U.S. Military to Get Its Swagger Back: Mackenzie Eaglen
Erdogan to US: Get out of the way so we can kill Kurds: Kenneth R. Timmerman
2nd explosion rocks Malmo, Sweden in less than a week: RT

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

100 tools for investigative journalists: Journalism2Is
Facebook is a ‘living, breathing crime scene,’ says one former tech insider: NBC
The ABCs of Gen Z: Ad Age

Cornucopia

Are You Talking About Me?: C&S
Feminism: Making Homosexuality a Viable Alternative Since 1973: GayPatriot
Chelsea Manning subject to prosecution for running for office, fmr military lawyers say: BPR

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QOTD: "The Dems aren’t satisfied with the voters they have. They want the voters that they’re not allowed to have by law. And they’re holding the country hostage until the White House and the Senate majority elected by the voters agree to break the law and destroy the country.

Democrats don’t care about illegal aliens out of the goodness of their crooked hearts. If the average illegal alien crossing the border were Republican, the wall would be up yesterday. And it would be topped with heavy artillery and surrounded by a moat filled with piranhas and crocodiles. Drones would fire Hellfire missiles at anyone even looking at it the wrong way because he might be a Republican...

...Is there anything that the Democrats care more about than exploiting illegal aliens for political power?" --Daniel Greenfield