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CNN threatened Tuesday to expose the identity of the Reddit user who had claimed credit for creating the spoof wrestling video that President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday morning, showing him fighting the cable network. Ultimately, CNN decided not to reveal his identity — not for safety reasons, but for political ones, apparently rewarding him for apologizing and recanting his views. In addition, CNN threatened to expose the Reddit user’s identity in future if it disapproved of his behavior or his statements — essentially blackmailing him: Critics pounced on CNN’s decision: CNN extorts amateur satirist who made video tweeted by...

Five people were injured when a gunman opened fire on US congressmen at a baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia. House of Representatives Majority Whip Steve Scalise is among the injured. The shooter later died in the hospital.“The assailant has now died from his injuries,” President Donald Trump said in a statement around 11:30 am local time on Wednesday. Earlier, police had said that the suspect was in custody and “not a threat.” Trump called Scalise (R-Louisiana) a "patriot and a fighter,” and thanked the Capitol Police for their heroic actions in stopping the shooter. He also addressed the possibility that...

Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate former attorney general Loretta Lynch instructing James Comey to mislead the public about the Clinton email investigation. Comey testified on Thursday that Lynch instructed him, without explanation, to call the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use a private email server as secretary of a state a “matter” instead of an investigation. Lynch’s request, Comey said, made him feel “queasy” as it appeared she was “looking to align the way we talked about our work with the way the political campaign was describing the same activity, which was inaccurate.” (RELATED:...

RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. - An Augusta woman charged with leaking classified information was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count, but prosecutors said they are likely to add more. A federal magistrate judge held a detention hearing for Reality Winner Thursday afternoon. The 25-year-old worked as a contractor for the government and is accused of giving classified information from the National Security Agency to an online news outlet. She entered a not-guilty plea. The judge denied bond. Prosecutors argued that the only thing Winner could do if she were released on bail is be recruited by the nation’s...

President Trump on Saturday offered the United Kingdom “full support” during a phone call with Prime Minister Theresa May following two attacks in London. “The President offered his condolences for the brutal terror attacks on June 3 in central London,” the White House said late Saturday. “He praised the heroic response of police and other first responders and offered the full support of the United States Government in investigating and bringing those responsible for these heinous acts to justice.” Officials originally reported three separate incidents, including a van that ran down pedestrians on London Bridge and an incident at Borough...

POLICE are responding to a THIRD suspected attack in the Vauxhall area of south London. It comes just minutes after London Bridge was struck by a van and knife assault. And armed cops stormed nearby Borough Market moments later. A tweet from the Metropolitan Police said: “Officers are now responding to an incident in the Vauxhall area.”

Kathy Griffin’s picture triumphantly holding up the “bloody” decapitated “head” of a Donald Trump dummy is receiving the attention of the Secret Service. After she posted the image, numerous people on social media not only criticized her but also tagged the Secret Service, the agency charged with protecting the president and handling assassination threats.

Brennan, who previously lied under oath to Congress, bemoans Moscow's 'brazen' attempts to influence election! Former CIA Director John Brennan told a U.S. House committee Tuesday that Russia was “brazen” in its attempts to influence the 2016 presidential election in the United States, and while he was unable to determine whether there was “collusion” between the Russians and members of the Trump presidential campaign, he was “aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign.” He was convinced, he explained to members of Congress, those indicators were “worthy”...

OK. Sorry for the vanity. I am just checking however, recently UA by way of the police, pulled (physically) a paying passenger out of a flight recently. He was actually dragged off the plane. The plane was over-booked. The airline did some sort of lottery, and the guy lost. Now I get that things happen, and I get that the flight was overbooked (not a good thing, from my view) but I think I just heard a report that this was partly due to a UA employee reservation, being kept. On a nationwide, live news program. So the guy was...

Strikes represent first time a U.S. military operation deliberately targeted regime of President Bashar al-Assad WASHINGTON—The U.S. military launched nearly 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles against a Syrian air base Friday, responding to mounting calls for a display of force in the wake of ....

WASHINGTON — U.S. warships launched dozens of cruise missiles against a Syrian government-controlled air base Thursday in a major retaliatory strike against Syrian president Bashar Assad for chemical attacks against scores of civilians earlier this week. The missiles were launched by the Rota, Spain-based U.S. guided missile destroyers USS Ross and USS Porter from the Mediterranean Sea and were programmed to hit aircraft shelters, ammunition storage sites, radar sites, aircraft and fuel sites at Shayrat Air Base. That base is where Assad regime military aircraft that carried out the chemical strike launched from, President Donald Trump said in an address...

President Trump delivered an ultimatum to House Republicans on Thursday night: Vote to approve the measure to overhaul the nation’s health-care system on the House floor Friday, or reject it and the president will move on to his other legislative priorities. The president signaled that the time for negotiations was over with rank-and-file Republicans who were meeting late at night on Capitol Hill to try to find common ground on the embattled package crafted by House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). The move was a high-risk gamble for the president and speaker, who have both invested significant political capital in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dY77j6uBHICall it "Vol 13" out of a career of countless lies that may be covered by volumes 1-1000. No lies since January 2016 are counted in this volume. By no means comprehensive, this is just a brief video review of some possible pertinent but topical lies and hypocrisy authored by the thoroughly discredited Hillary Clinton as she is busted over and over again.Despite being busted, Hillary shamelessly screeches lie after lie after lie -- BIG lies. Watch her routinely deny changing mind on matters and issues even having been caught with her hand in the cookie jar on politically damaging...

President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner in Washington, DC. SHOW MORE

I'm kind of worried about Hillary. It sounds like she has Alzheimer's. Does Big Bill have to clean up after her when she cr@ps the bed when she forgets where the bathroom is? CNN: Clinton Told FBI She Didn't Recall 39 TimesWashington Free Beacon ^ | September 2, 2016 | David Rutzhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3465575/posts

OS ANGELES -- Gene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such unforgettable roles as the neurotic accountant in "The Producers" and the deranged animator of "Young Frankenstein," has died. He was 83. Wilder's nephew said Monday that the actor and writer died late Sunday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, from complications from Alzheimer's disease. Jordan Walker-Pearlman said in a statement that Wilder was diagnosed with the disease three years ago, but kept the condition private so as not to disappoint fans. "He simply couldn't bear the idea of one less smile in the world,"...

SANDERS LEAVES DEM PARTY -Will return to his Senate seat as an Independent.

A blonde Danish teenager has murdered her mother after watching multiple sickening ISIS videos, which include the beheadings of British hostages, has been jailed along with her older jihadi lover. Lisa Borch was only aged 15 in October last year when she spent hours on YouTube watching footage of the barbaric decapitation of David Haines and Alan Henning. Afterwards she and her radical Muslim boyfriend, named Bakhtiar Mohammed Abdulla, took a long-bladed kitchen knife and proceeded to stab her mother at least 20 times at the home they shared. [Borch] became obsessed with militant Islam after falling in love with...

On Sunday, President Obama’s administration announced that he would, by executive order, change the name of Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. He did not explain the decision, which frustrated Ohio legislators upset at the slap at President William McKinley’s legacy; he is expected to speak on the topic today in Anchorage.

There are reports on social media of a massive explosion at a U.S. military base in Sagamihara City, Japan. UPDATE: Here’s a video of a local Japanese news report. It appears to show munitions going off in multiple explosions: Read more: http://therightscoop.com/breaking-massive-explosion-at-u-s-military-facility-in-japan/#ixzz3jfu8PFOG