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When the Garbage Party trots out former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice to defend the previous administration, you know they’re getting desperate. Let’s put aside for a moment the fact that Rice worked for the most demonstrably lawless, unconstitutional, corrupt man to ever hold the presidency. But Rice, you recall, lied her ass off — unchallenged — on network after network following Hillary’s Benghazi screw-up which cost four good men their lives: Ambassador Chris Stevens and special ops pros Tyrone S. Woods, Glenn Doherty, and Sean Smith.

Hunter Biden move over. Now Nancy Pelosi’s son may be looking to take center stage with the Ukraine controversy. Paul Pelosi, Jr. spent time in Ukraine in 2017. “BOOM: Nancy Pelosi’s son Paul Pelosi Jr. (who went to Ukraine in 2017) was a board member of Viscoil and executive at its related company NRGLab, which DID ENERGY Business in UKRAINE! And Nancy Pelosi appeared in a promotional video for the company!” BOOM: Nancy Pelosi's son Paul Pelosi Jr. (who went to Ukraine in 2017) was a board member of Viscoil and executive at its related company NRGLab, which DID ENERGY...

On Friday’s “CBS This Morning,” former U.S. Ambassador to the UN and former National Security Adviser Susan Rice stated that the United States “is in effect under attack. And that attack is coming now from within. It’s coming from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Today’s Campaign Update, Part III (Because The Campaign Never Ends) The Campaign Update hates to say it told you so, but, well, it told you so. – To the surprise of literally no one who has paid attention to his mendacious machinations to position himself to seek the 2020 GOP presidential nomination in the event of the ultimate removal of President Trump in this latest Deep State coup effort, Mitt Romney on Friday issued a series of tweets which for all intents and purposes put him in direct league with San Fran Nan and the Munchkin caucus in the House...

<p>Per Catherine Herridge: IC Inspector General told lawmakers the whistleblower did not disclose contact w Schiff/Committee staff - so IG never looked into it. IG “had no knowledge of it”.</p>

Large protests have triggered a state of emergency in Ecuador, after President Lenín Moreno moved ahead with his plan to end fuel subsidies. Moreno says he's ending the "perverse" gasoline subsidy after 40 years because it was distorting Ecuador's economy."I want to manifest that the measures we take together are completely firm," Moreno said on Thursday, declaring a "state of exception" — essentially, a state of emergency — after intense protests flared up. Moreno added that there is no chance to change policies now, "especially those related to a perverse subsidy that was causing harm to the country."The fuel plan,...

Rep. Ratcliffe: No where else in the United States of America can you be both the fact witness and the lead prosecutor for an investigation in ANYTHING much less an investigation to remove the president from office. It’s entirely inappropriate and Chairman Schiff should be disqualified from running an investigation where his committee members or staff are fact witnesses about contact with the whistleblower and the whistleblower process.

NAVARRE BEACH, Fla. (WEAR) — Navarre Beach will no longer be wheelchair accessible. Last spring, Santa Rosa County invested over $8,000 to install mobi-mats. The mats ran almost to the water's edge with places for wheelchairs to turn off and park along the beach. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection are now calling the mats an "environmental violation." They add the county didn't seek approval to install the mats. Subsequently, the mats have now been removed. VIDEO AT LINK..................

Congressional testimony from the former top American envoy to Ukraine directly contradicts the impeachment narrative offered by congressional Democrats and their media allies. Ambassador Kurt Volker, who served for two years as the top U.S. diplomatic envoy to Ukraine, testified on Thursday that he was never aware of and never took part in any effort to push the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden or his son Hunter. He also stressed that the interactions between Giuliani and Ukrainian officials were facilitated not to find dirt on Biden, but to assuage concerns that the incoming Ukrainian government would...

Something called "The Democratic Coalition" is taking themselves and their roles in the as-yet-to-happen impeachment inquiry very seriously. They are unleashing an internet "rapid response" force made up of celebrities and other people who have too much time on their hands.(snip) The task force, designed to lead rapid response to Trump during the impeachment inquiry, has confirmed members including comedian Rosie O'Donnell; actors Tom Arnold, Ron Perlman and George Takei; and actresses Debra Messing and Alyssa Milano, The Democratic Coalition's co-founder Scott Dworkin told Newsweek. The task force launched a fundraising effort and basic plan on Thursday. The group has...

San Diego MassResistance parents who were protesting a horrid “Drag Queen Story Hour” at the library strongly stood up to a rabid crowd of LGBT activists who came to intimidate and harass them with anti-Christian bigotry. In fact, the LGBT activists were clearly surprised and disheartened that the parents were ready for them.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham would get real traction combating climate change, as well as ground-level ozone – which can aggravate conditions like asthma, bronchitis and emphysema – by ensuring the Clean Car Promise she signed with 23 other governors brings more states into the fold and provides a unified standard for vehicle emissions. Instead, she is mandating vehicles sold in New Mexico average 52 miles per gallon by model year 2022 – three years away. ... it doesn’t make sense to set fuel standards piecemeal, as the air we all breathe doesn’t acknowledge state boundaries. And it is...

I explore Surah XXIX, and explain how Mohammed's poor understanding of the Bible contributed to his misconceptions about Christians and Jews.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg offered her thoughts Thursday on how historians will view this period of American history. "An aberration," the 86-year-old justice said when the question was posed to her at an event hosted by Amherst College, the Boston Globe reported. The event's moderator, Amherst College President Carolyn Martin, asked several other political questions of Ginsburg, who sidestepped controversial topics like the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Instead, she spoke about broader aspects of political life in America today. “The people in this room gives me hope," Ginsburg replied when Martin asked her what she thinks will...

Sure, we revere Lincoln today, but in his lifetime the bile poured on him from every quarter makes today’s Internet vitriol seem dainty. His ancestry was routinely impugned, his lack of formal learning ridiculed, his appearance maligned, and his morality assailed. We take for granted, of course, the scornful outpouring from the Confederate states...But the vituperation wasn’t limited to enemies of the Union. The North was ever at his heels... Yes, his sure-footed leadership during this country’s most-difficult days was accompanied by a fair amount of praise, but also by a steady stream of abuse—in editorials, speeches, journals, and private...

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s facial recognition technology program has now arrived at Detroit’s international airport. Known as ‘Simplified Arrival,’ CBP’s biometric-based system matches the faces of arriving international travelers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport against the images contained in their travel documents, enabling the agency to quickly verify their identities. Detroit also joins a growing list of top US airports using the Simplified Arrivals system, where at least 20 of them will offer the facial recognition technology to speed through the Customs process by the end of 2020. Systems like Simplified Arrivals and its brother facial recognition program, Biometric Exit...

VIDEO On Friday's Morning Joe, HuffPost political reporter Sam Stein twisted himself into a pretzel trying to explain away why Congressman Schiff LIED to him about not having contact with the whistleblower. This has inspired a new dance craze called The Pretzel Twist.

So much is written about, and talked about, some ambiguous entity called the “Deep State” but nowhere is there any description of the “Deep State”, any real definition of the “Deep State” and, most importantly, any list of members of the “Deep State.” As long as there is no real identification of the entity or its membership it doesn’t really pose any danger to anyone anywhere and no one is forced to defend themselves or their actions. My suggestion is to nominate appropriate individuals for inclusion of their names as charter members of the “Deep State” and see what happens....

President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Young Black Leadership Summit 2019 (4:30 est)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday he has signed a resolution to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff. “Chairman Adam Schiff has been lying to the American people for years. Now he is so desperate to damage the president he literally made up a false version of a phone call,” Mr. McCarthy, a California Republican, said in a tweet. The measure to censure Mr. Schiff, a California Democrat, was introduced by last week by Rep. Andy Biggs, the incoming chairman of the House Freedom Caucus. Mr. Biggs, an Arizona Republican, introduced the measure after Mr. Schiff misrepresented...