Only 27? From the perspicacious Mollie Hemingway:
"Nearly the entire political media establishment worked with anonymous sources inside the government and Democratic offices to spread the false conspiracy theory that Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton. This false and dangerous conspiracy theory negatively affected national security and foreign policy, sidelined Barr’s predecessor at the Department of Justice, and generally made it difficult to run the executive branch or secure good political appointees to work in the administration.
As the media did with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), who accurately raised the alarm about Russia collusion story, they have put out a series of attacks and hit pieces on Barr and John Durham, the federal prosecutor Barr appointed to investigate the FBI’s spying on the Trump campaign. The playbook is for the media and Democrats to discredit whomever they decide is a threat."
President Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long
Forget about it, Jake. It's the AP, but it still manages to do a random act of journalism:
"Those who got a break from Trump include financier Michael Milken, the “junk bond king” who served two years in prison in the early 1990s after pleading guilty to violating U.S. securities laws, and Edward DeBartolo Jr., the former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in a gambling fraud scandal after building one of the most successful NFL teams in history. But Trump also commuted the sentences of several women with more sympathetic cases to balance out the men convicted of corruption.
In all, Trump took clemency actions related to 11 people, his latest interventions in the justice system as he faces growing criticism for weighing in on the cases of former aides. Trump made clear that he saw similarities between efforts to investigate his own conduct and those that took down Blagojevich, a Democrat who appeared on Trump’s reality TV show, “Celebrity Apprentice.”
“It was a prosecution by the same people — Comey, Fitzpatrick, the same group,” Trump told reporters. He was referring to Patrick Fitzgerald, the former U.S. attorney who prosecuted Blagojevich and now represents former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump fired from the agency in May 2017. Comey was working in the private sector during the Blagojevich investigation and indictment."
Wayback Machine: Remember Obama's Iran Deal Pardons?
Victoria Taft at PJ Media:
"It wasn't too long ago, one year before he left office, that Barack Obama gave full pardons to men in prison at the behest – not of Alice Johnson or Alveda King– of the Iranian government as part of the Iran nuclear deal.But since it's now Trump wielding that pen, we're all gonna die. Or something.
On January 16, in his last year of office, President Obama put the finishing touches on his dreadful Iran deal by giving full pardons to people with ties to the number one state sponsor of terrorism."
Judge Amy Brennan Jackson plans to go full steam ahead with sentencing Stone
The New Neo:
"Note the way the entire thing is framed. Those are the first two paragraphs of the story, and the focus is on Trump’s comments (which Barr said did not influence him) rather than anything about Hart. It’s obvious why it’s written that way.It would all be grounds for immediate mistrial or new trial, but since it's hate Trump, all day, every day; move along, nothing to see.
The article doesn’t go into just why Stone’s attorneys are asking for a new trial until paragraph number seven, which goes like this:"
Boy Scouts Of America Files Bankruptcy In Wake Of Abuse Lawsuits
Get woke, go broke:
"As far as I’m concerned the organization started circling the drain when it went “woke,” a term I find offensive and ignorant, by allowing females (isn’t there a Girl Scouts?) and allowing openly homosexual Scout Masters. Being gay does not make one a pedophile, of course, but the optics are bad and have resulted in declining membership as a result of these self-inflicted wounds.
And now the organization is filing for Chapter 11 because of the surge of sexual abuse lawsuits."
Free the Nipple with Bernie. Then, fight, fight, fight!
TOM:
"If you’re protesting dairy subsidies, I suppose showing your udders makes sense. By the way, I believe a majority of Trump supporters agree with me in opposing federal agriculture subsidies on limited-government principles. Nor do we mind attractive young women going topless, but the word “attractive” doesn’t describe most of Bernie’s supporters."
Brawl erupts at Sanders rally in Colorado over 'Black Guns Matter' T-shirt
"White dude calls a Black guy's shirt racist, and that's all she wrote..."Leftism truly is a mental disease.
UK: Hospitals to Deny Care to “Racist” or “Homophobic” Patients
Paul Joseph Watson at Summit News:
"Police will also be given new powers to prosecute “hate crimes” committed against NHS staff.Pundits far smarter than moi have stated the obvious, "Orwell's dystopian classic '1984' is a cautionary tale, not a how-to manual."
What is determined to be “racist” or “homophobic” is anyone’s guess, since many elderly patients will be totally unfamiliar with modern politically correct speech codes and could be deemed to have behaved in a racist or homophobic way even if they didn’t maliciously intend to.
...The line between critical and non-critical care is also up for debate. Will refusal to treat a patient because they said something someone deems offensive result in accidental deaths?
This is even worse than China’s social credit score, which hasn’t yet gone so far as to punish people by withdrawing medical treatment if they engage in wrongthink."
The Road to Hell is Paved
President Trump Takes a Slap at Iranian Stooge Sen. Chris Murphy(D) Over His Secret Meeting With a Terrorist State Leader
Did Murphy fail to register as a foreign agent? If so, prosecute!
Streiff at RedState correctly observes that the Logan Act ain't a thing, however, Paul Manafort, Trump’s Former Campaign Chairman, is currently rotting in prison for failing to register as a foreign agent.
A Failure of the Victim-selection Process
"He thought it was a good idea to break into a home. Man shot, killed after allegedly forcing his way into Montco home."Self-defense is a human right.
Hog hung next to no-hunting sign sends message loud and clear
"Many are opposed to the Forest Service's recent rule change that bans feral hog hunting in Mark Twain National Forest (located in southern Missouri), except during deer and turkey seasons, where hogs can be shot if they happen to be seen by hunters.Washington County landowner Dan Hopper found this feral hog Wednesday, hanging next to a "no hog hunting" sign in the Mark Twain National Forest.
Hopper, who lives on private land bordered on three sides by the Mark Twain National Forest, said it was misty and raining when he took the photo of the hanging hog. He says he did not kill it.
...If the hog was killed on Mark Twain property, whoever did it could face a fine of up to $5,000. The News-Leader asked U.S. Forest Service for a comment about the hog photo, but had received no response by Thursday morning."
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