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Peter Strzok defends FBI after Trump Mar-a-Lago raid: 'Trust what the FBI is doing'

Biden gave flippant response to NBC reporter Peter Alexander In media news today, an NBC report blasts Biden's 'humiliating' Afghanistan withdrawal, Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin gets accused of 'running PR for the Taliban,' and Andrew Cuomo gets stripped of his Emmy amid sexual harassment scandal The White House cut off the audio feed for President Joe Biden after he was posed a question Wednesday on stranded Americans in Afghanistan. As he wrapped up a meeting on cybersecurity in the State Dining Room, Biden dismissed the press as they continued to ask questions. However, he appeared to answer one reporter’s query...

1. What kind of exercise do lazy people do? Diddly-squats. 2. What do you call a pony with a cough? A little horse! 3. What is Forrest Gump's password? 1Forrest1. 4. Why did the M&M go to school? He wanted to be a Smartie. 5. What did one traffic light say to the other? Stop looking at me, I'm changing! 6. What do you call bears with no ears? B. 7. What's a foot long and slippery? A slipper! 8. Why do French people eat snails? They don't like fast food! 9. What's red and moves up and down? A...

A day in the life of some loathsome Democrats.Wow. What a day on Capitol Hill. Rogue FBI agent Peter Strzok, married, long-time FBI powerhouse, having long-term affair with other FBI agent named Miss Lisa Page, had sent texts over his official FBI phone calling Trump supporters “pieces of s–t,” had said he could “smell” them at a Walmart in southern Virginia. Had promised Lisa Page that the FBI would prevent Trump from being elected just as he was starting the fake Trump-Russia collusion probe. Had said that even when Trump was elected, the FBI would cook up something to keep...

Although his texts to his paramour indicate he hated Donald Trump as much or possibly more than most of us hate Hitler or Saddam Hussein, Peter Strzok insists his extreme feelings did not affect his work....... He repeated that ad nauseam throughout the circus-like congressional hearing Thursday. But no matter how many protestations the man makes, under oath or not, Occam's razor plus most of our life experiences tell us that Strzok is full of it. Still, you need concrete evidence and, in a situation like this, that is hard to come by. Only a real nincompoop would generate it...

Embattled FBI agent Peter Strzok suggested during an open hearing Thursday that the ongoing congressional investigation into political bias within the FBI would severely damage the institution of American law enforcement. “This entire exercise comes at a cost,” said Strzok, who was removed from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. “We are doing things that are going to, in the future, tear down the underpinnings of what represents law and order in this country. And there is not a robust, thick wall there. I think people don’t appreciate how tenuous the balance of...

FBI agent Peter Strzok said Thursday he doesn’t know how many witnesses, if any, he interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe before texting his mistress that President Trump should be impeached. Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, had asked Mr. Strzok the question early in the embattled FBI agent’s testimony before Congress. However, Mr. Strzok declined to answer citing the advice of FBI counsel. After a brief recess, Mr. Strzok said he was advised that he could answer the question. But when they returned from recess, Mr. Gowdy again asked Mr. Strzok how many witnesses he...

Starbucks may have appeased progressives with its social-justice workshops and open-bathroom policy, but such moves have failed to caffeinate the company’s bottom line. The coffee giant’s stock took a tumble Wednesday after CEO Kevin Johnsonannounced that Starbucks would close 150 company-owned stores next year instead of the expected 50, with an emphasis on underperforming shops in densely populated urban areas, and lowered growth projections. Mr. Johnsonacknowledged that the decision to shut down 8,000 U.S. stores on May 29 for anti-bias training, driven by the high-profile arrests of two black men in Philadelphia, played a role in the company’s sluggish second-quarter...

"Americans are working," President Obama proudly declared at a White House press conference Friday morning. He was referring to the new jobs report that revealed unemployment has dropped to 4.9 percent - the first time it's fallen below 5 percent in 8 years. The president also remarked on how his administration has added 14 million new jobs over his tenure and that over the past 6 months wages have risen at an impressive rate. He couldn't help pointing to falling gas prices as well. After gleefully sharing these new numbers, Obama quipped that the supposedly successful economy is "inconvenient" for...

The Ultimate Biden Laugh and Smirk Compilation

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: There were a lot of roads last night, some damn fine roads that Romney drove over to get to that debate last night, ladies and gentlemen. Romney drove a bunch of smart roads, well prepared roads, experienced roads, roads built on hard facts. But Obama, Obama's road had too many bumps, unemployment over 8%, and, by the way, did you like the way Romney just took it right to him? Obama tried to get away with acting like he hadn't been in office for four years and Romney didn't let him get away with it. (paraphrasing) "Eight...

Well, that didn't take long. About 12 hours after last night's debate wrapped up the RNC went live with an online video attacking what it's calling President Obama's debate "smirk." Here was the blast that went out to reporters (via the Washington Examiner): "Good morning, we're out with a new video 'Smirk' highlighting the president's debate performance where he was visibly uncomfortable as he struggled to give Americans answers on how he'll turn our country around with another four years.

Had CNN spliced footage of a sparsely-attended Capitol Hill rally to discredit the reports of large numbers of attendees to the 9/12 rally in September, conservatives would have rightly howled about media bias. What will conservatives say about Fox News splicing footage of the 9/12 rally into coverage of Michele Bachmann’s otherwise well-attended rally last week? Jon Stewart gives Fox News a well-deserved poke in the eye for fudging the footage, as well as exposing rather clearly its source:

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Will a majority of the American electorate vote for this arrogant, elitist, closet-communist snob? Yahoo News caption: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., smiles while commenting on President Bush's energy policy while he delivers a speech on energy at the Sweeney Center in Santa Fe, N.M. Monday, Oct. 11, 2004. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

(CNSNews.com) - In a speech to an enthusiastic crowd in Wilkes Barre, Pa., on Wednesday, President Bush suggested that after hearing what Sen. John Kerry had to say at last week's debate, it's no wonder the cameras captured him making faces. Democrats played up Bush's smirks and scowls the day after the debate, even releasing a 51-second video of Bush grimacing in reaction to Kerry's words. On Wednesday, running down a list of what Kerry has said in recent days, Bush noted that the senator has "come down firmly on every side of the Iraq War." Said Bush: "He...

WASHINGTON: George W Bush must get rid of the grimaces and smirks, John Kerry is still struggling to put on a natural smile, experts said after the first presidential debate. Communications experts said on Friday both contenders must work on their body language ahead of the two remaining presidential debates and the November 2 election. According to Patti Wood, an Atlanta-based body language consultant, Bush had an assured first 30 minutes at the crucial first debate. "But he seemed to run out of planned stuff to say and I think he became emotional," added Wood, who has advised the US...

NEW YORK — CNN rented an elegant ballroom a few weeks ago, feeding breakfast to top advertisers and filling them in on 2004 election coverage plans. Virtually all the network's big names were there. Except Aaron Brown, whose star appears to be fading in the CNN firmament.Larry King was master of ceremonies. Christiane Amanpour appeared via satellite from London. All four "Crossfire" combatants argued politics. Judy Woodruff, who had flown from a California assignment a few days earlier, boarded a 5 a.m. train from Washington to New York for scrambled eggs and small talk.CNN's chief executive, Jim Walton, cautioned against...

Does anyone remember a book circulated during the 1992 Presidential election that really tore apart Clinton? It might have been after the actual election, I'm not sure. What I remember of it was that it was a very thin paperback sent out free. I think the author was Floyd Abrams and the title was "Boy President," but I could be wrong on both counts. What I most remember about it is the cover photo of Clinton. He has the most phenomenal smirk on his face. What I am looking for is a scan of that cover, particularly that horrid smirk....