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In secretly recorded talks with informer Stefan Halper, Carter Page dispelled key Russia collusion allegations before FISA warrant was even approved. Four days before the FBI secured a surveillance warrant against him in fall 2016, Trump campaign adviser Carter Page repeatedly knocked down the key allegations at the heart of the Russia collusion investigation while talking to a government informant who was wearing a wire. Page's unwitting statements of innocence to informer Stefan Halper were never shared with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court before it approved four warrants authorizing a full year of surveillance of Page's communications. Page's exculpatory statements...

RUSH: “Twin Suicide Bombings Rock the Iraqi Capital.” This is CNN. The foreign policy failures of the Biden regime are starting to mount here, folks. You look at the timeline here. Joe Biden’s inauguration triggered violence in American cities and abroad. Did you see what’s going in Portland? Did you see the violence in Portland? Antifa is attacking Democrat Party buildings. And the political powers that be in Portland are begging them to stop with megaphones, with Al Sharpton megaphones today begging them to stop. And Antifa is saying things like, “We don’t want Biden. We want revenge.” They’re just...

RUSH: Well, so far, folks, over 100 people have died today from COVID-19 due to President Biden’s mishandling of the virus. Isn’t that the way we report this stuff? I mean, that’s how they reported it with President Trump. Except they were a little bit more critical than I was. I mean, they had thousands of people dying every day because of Trump. I reduced my number to 100. Over 100 people have died so far from COVID-19 due to President Biden’s mishandling of the virus. Well, they were gonna fix it, right? We’re gonna unify ourselves out the wazoo...

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President Trump’s Farewell Address to the Nation: Full Transcript JANUARY 19, 2021 My fellow Americans, four years ago we launched a great national effort to rebuild our country, to renew its spirit, and to restore the allegiance of this government to its citizens. In short, we embarked on a mission to make America great again for all Americans. As I conclude my term as the 45th president of the United States, I stand before you truly proud of what we have achieved together. We did what we came here to do—and so much more. This week, we inaugurate a new...

RUSH: So we are one day away from the strangest inauguration of a president in our lifetimes. That would be the inauguration of Joe “Plugs” Biden. There’s an interesting story here today from The Federalist: “Trump Set To Leave Office With A Higher Approval Rating Than George W. Bush.”There was also a survey last week that told the story that Donald Trump’s the most admired man in the country, most admired man in the world, maybe. And everybody looks at that, how in the world can that be? Well, it can, and it was. And now he’s got a higher...

RUSH: We have a little sound bite here I want to play for you. Today on CNN, they had video of an unidentified “migrant from Honduras” talking about why he’s coming to the United States as part of “the caravan.” You know, the Biden campaign, the Biden team, the Biden whatever has told these guys, “No, no, no, no! “You don’t come now. You’re not gonna come here. You’re just gonna embarrass us. You can’t come now. You gotta say where you are. We’ll give you the go signal, but it’s not now! It’s not now. You can’t come now.”...

RUSH: Grab audio sound bite number 30. This is a two-part element of a point that I want to make. This afternoon on CNN’s Newsroom, the anchor John King had as his guest California representative Democrat Karen Bass. John King’s question: “Some of your colleagues — some activists around the country — remember what happened in June when there were Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington. The Capitol was very well protected by police and other law enforcement in riot gear.” Now, do you see where this is going? Do you remember…? In fact, one of the narratives today is...

RUSH: This is Rachel in Brooklyn. I’m glad you called, Rachel. How are you? CALLER: Hi, Rush. Thank you so much for all you’ve done for USA and we appreciate it and all the best to you. I’d like to tell you that I think President Trump has been a prince of a president, the best president the country ever, ever had. He never did anything criminal, never anything at all, and the other side has done all the criminal and illegal stuff, and it is unbelievable that they could get into all the courts illegally, change everything illegally, and...

RUSH: You can find news stories. (Snort!) “News.” There isn’t any news. You can find, quote-unquote, “stories” in the media about the plan to impeach Trump now. I don’t know how widespread it is, but I’m telling you it’s real. There are people, a lot of maybe pundits, but you know as well as I do: It doesn’t matter where you find a leftist, they’re leftists. They’re either disguised as journalists or elected Democrats or what have you. So pundit, journalist, commentator, pick your poison. They are suggesting that Trump be impeached, that he is such a threat, that yesterday...

RUSH: Here we go. Well, looks like the wife of Cocaine Mitch, the Turtle, Cocaine Mitch, by the way, is his nickname on the blogs for a reason I’ve never seen explained. So don’t look to me. In fact, I prefer the Turtle, which is my given nickname for Mitch McConnell. And don’t misunderstand. Don’t misunderstand. But his wife is Elaine Chao. She has just resigned. She’s Secretary of Labor, I think, Secretary Treasury, Secretary of Busing. I don’t know what. She quit. (interruption) What? (interruption) Ah, I tell you, I got a staff here that… you can’t believe how...

RUSH: Hey, folks, it’s great to be back. Really great to be back, and I need to ask you a favor. I need to you to give me a few minutes here just to get my sea legs. This has been a very, very bad couple of weeks for me. I don’t want to get into any more detail about it. Those of you have been through this know exactly what I’m talking about. But it has not been a break in the sense that it hasn’t been restful or relaxing or any kind of what people would call a...

RUSH: I’ve been thinking so many things, folks, during all of this, when I’ve had moments of, shall we say, consciousness. Imagine how things might be different today — and I know it’s no fun to play this game ’cause it doesn’t accomplish anything, but I still want to. I want to get some of these things out there and off my chest. Imagine how things might be different today if Congress was as mad, was as outraged when private businesses were being burned to the ground and innocent citizens were attacked this past summer during riots across the country...

“I don’t know about that… I don’t have it in front of me… we’re looking into that…”These weren’t the vague, non-committal words of the President of the United States on the phone call leaked by theWashington Post newspaper – which has recently taken millions of dollars from the Chinese Communist Party – this Sunday. They were the statements of the establishment Republicans on the call: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Ryan Germany, and Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs on the January 2nd call.Despite the partisan framing from the Washington Post – that the call somehow reflected Trump making demands...

RUSH: Grab audio sound bite number 1. I am glad to see that there is an echo out there. Sharyl Attkisson this morning on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal. The host is Pedro Echevarria and he spoke with the host of the syndicated political affairs program Full Measure, Sharyl Attkisson. She’s got a new book. Slanted: How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism. Now, Echevarria says, “You have written books taking a look at the media. What does this book have apart from the…?” In other words, how is this book different from your others? ATKISSON: The...

RUSH: Let me ask you a quick question. What do you think Donald Trump’s greatest legacy will be? (interruption) What’s that? (interruption) Supreme Court? Well, here’s my list, and I think I’m gonna have to add that to it, ’cause that’s not on my list. Supreme Court, three conservative justices, right? Giving us a supposed 6-3 majority. Okay. Operation Warp Speed, i.e., the vaccine. Oh, by the way, Pelosi back in 2018 referred to a $1,000 tax cut as “crumbs.” Remember that? She’s out there calling $600 per citizen for COVID relief significant. Significant? Six hundred bucks today is significant....

RUSH: California. They passed this massive tax increase on the rich. So the rich start moving away; California says, “Oh, no, you’re not! You do that, and we are still gonna find you, and we’re gonna get your money.” I’m gonna tell you how they’re gonna do it as a lesson, as a precursor. BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: “A California plan…” The Wall Street Journal that has the story. This is from four days ago. I’ll bet not many of you have heard about this. “California’s legislature is considering a wealth tax on residents, part-year residents, and any person who spends...

RUSH: The next 10 days are crucial, ladies and gentlemen. Do not get mad at me here. I’m just… You could disagree with me all you want. You may think that I’m not right about this, and you might want to say, “What do you know? You haven’t even been here in a week and a half. What do you know?” If you want to say that to me, have at it. But I’m thinking Trump needs… The Trump team needs nonstop bombshells if they’re gonna go to the next level. There has to be a next level, and I...

RUSH: Last night officials with Dominion voter systems — now, this is the company out of Venezuela along with their software partner smart screen, smart scom, whatever it is, these are the people that claim that their system is fair and aboveboard and there’s nothing to these charges about their system being used to rig elections or any of that. They were all set to explain it all. They were gonna testify before the Pennsylvania House state government committee today. And then the House Republicans in Pennsylvania are gonna hold a press conference this morning to address Dominion’s failure to...

Rose Garden 4:25 P.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  It’s beautiful out here this time of year.  In the past nine months, my administration has initiated the single greatest mobilization in U.S. history — pioneering, developing, and manufacturing therapies and vaccines in record time.  Numbers like nobody has seen before.No medical breakthrough of this scope and magnitude has ever been achieved this rapidly, this quickly.  And we’re very proud of it, and I had tremendous help from the military — generals, admirals — and many of the great people at the White House.Operation Warp Speed is...