Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani is dead, struck down by a U.S. airstrike last Thursday. And his reign of terror dies with him. Soleimani had helped orchestrate attacks on coalition bases in Iraq, including one in December that killed a U.S. contractor and injured several other U.S. troops. According to U.S. intelligence, he had been…
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Following the Iraqi Parliament’s vote on Sunday to expel foreign troops from Iraq, President Trump threatened to impose economic sanctions that he says will “make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame.” (Via CNBC) Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the U.S. president said: “If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very…
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UPDATE: The Pentagon has released a statement explaining that today’s strike was launched in order to “deter future Iranian attack plans.” And it sounds like there were quite a few. Julio Rosas ✔@Julio_Rosas11 from the Pentagon: At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad…
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Republicans ratcheted up their accusations that Democrats are overplaying their impeachment hand after court filings from the House Judiciary Committee indicated the two articles of impeachment adopted last week may only be the beginning. GOP lawmakers already were fuming at Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her surprise decision to delay transmitting the articles to the Senate in a bid to…
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Well, the final vote in the House of Representatives was not a shocker. House Democrats’ lust to impeach President Trump on some shoddy quid pro quo allegation over military aid to Ukraine passed after nearly 12 hours of debate. As Katie wrote, the vote was 229-198-1. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a 2020 Democratic candidate, voted present, while…
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Wednesday will be a historic day in the country—with President Donald Trump all but certain to be impeached by the House of Representatives. After a long debate on Tuesday, the House Rules Committee voted along party lines, 9-4, to set the procedures, which allow for members to debate for six hours. Democrats and Republicans will…
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell struck back Tuesday at his Democratic counterpart’s calls for an in-depth impeachment trial featuring multiple new witnesses, dismissing the push as a “fishing expedition” that would set a “nightmarish precedent.” “The Senate is meant to act as judge and jury, to hear a trial, not to re-run the entire fact-finding investigation because angry partisans rushed…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) laid into Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) after he criticized Graham’s comments about not being a “fair juror” in President Trump’s upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate. “What Lindsey Graham said speaks not of the fairness of the trial or the facts, it speaks of him and it demeans him…
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In case you missed it yesterday, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz was asked how many FBI agents who engaged in FISA misconduct are still working at the FBI. Although former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and Counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok have been fired, everyone else is still employed. They…
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House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins interrupted Chairman Jerry Nadler at Thursday’s articles of impeachment hearing with a point of order. For the umpteenth time since the impeachment inquiry against President Trump began, Democrats have ignored Republicans’ request for a separate minority hearing so they can question their own set of witnesses. Nadler explained…
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It turns out that the most revealing aspect of the long-awaited Justice Department’s inspector general’s report on the origins of the Russia collusion hoax comes from Attorney General William Barr’s damning assessment of it. In unmistakably terse language, Barr denounced “a small group of now-former FBI officials” for their “misconduct,” “malfeasance and misfeasance,” and “clear abuse of the…
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House Democrats on Tuesday announced articles of impeachment against President Trump alleging abuse of power and obstruction of Congress regarding his interactions with Ukraine, touching off a rapid-fire sequence that could result in a momentous floor vote in a matter of days. “The framers of the Constitution prescribed a clear remedy for presidents who so violate their oath of…
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“The author of the Schiff Report is not here,” House Judiciary Committee ranking member Doug Collins (R-GA) observed at Monday morning’s public impeachment hearing against President Trump. “I guess that’s what you get when you’re making up impeachment as you go,” he said. Schiff’s absence spoke volumes this morning, particularly since he is the guy…
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Kellyanne Conway, the counselor to President Trump, railed on the Democrats’ impeachment witness who made a quip about his 13-year-old son while testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Stanford University law professor Pamela Karlan told Congress about how the Constitution bars nobility titles, “I’ll just give you one example that shows you difference between him…
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that Democrats will proceed with articles of impeachment against President Trump, declaring that the president’s conduct “leaves us no choice but to act.” The announcement comes after a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday featuring four law professors — most of them Democrat-invited witnesses who presented arguments for impeachment. Pelosi claimed the facts are…
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Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, heavily criticized the ongoing the impeachment inquiry during his opening remarks on Wednesday. Collins noted how there were no fact witnesses present for the first day of the Judiciary Committee hearing and how Chairman Jerry Nadler and other Democrats have a history of…
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White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham responded to the recent articles from media outlets that have been critical of First Lady Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations that were unveiled this week. “It has become an annual holiday tradition for the media to attack all that the First Lady does. If this was a Democratic Administration, I…
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The White House on Sunday notified House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NJ) that they would not be participating in the Committee’s impeachment hearings scheduled for Wednesday. “As you know, this baseless and highly partisan inquiry violates all past historical precedent, basic due process rights, and fundamental fairness,” White House Counsel Pat Cipollone wrote to…
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Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a prominent supporter of Kamala Harris who has previously supported the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, abruptly announced Sunday that she no longer saw any “value” in the process and called for her fellow Democrats to throw their support behind a symbolic censure resolution. Lawrence’s about-face came as polls have shown that independents are souring on the…
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