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Dismissed FBI Agent Is One Who Changed Hillary Email Scandal Language From "Grossly Negligent" To "E

Dismissed FBI Agent Is One Who Changed Hillary Email Scandal Language From "Grossly Negligent" To "Extremely Careless"

"....Alas, as it turns out, Strzok, who was blatantly exposed as a political hack by his own reckless text messages, also had a leading role in the Hillary email investigation.  And wouldn't you know it, as CNN has apparently just discovered, Strzok not only held a leading role in that investigation but potentially single-handedly saved Hillary from prosecution by making the now-infamous change in Comey's final statement to describe her email abuses as "extremely careless" rather than the original language of "grossly negligent." .....

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-04/anti-trump-fbi-agent-changed-assessment-hillary-email-scandal-extremely-careless-gro

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Pelosi: GOP tax proposal 'the worst bill in the history' of Congress

This brilliance from the same person that said about Obamacare "we have to pass it to see what's in it".  How does she manage to get dressed and feed herself?

Most of all does anyone seriously listen to her anymore?

Pelosi: GOP tax proposal 'the worst bill in the history' of Congress

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/363240-pelosi-gop-tax-proposal-the-worst-bill-in-the-history-of-the-united

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ABC News Suspends Brian Ross After Fake Bombshell Story

ABC News Suspends Brian Ross After Fake Bombshell Story

By: Peter Hasson
Source: Daily Caller

"ABC News has suspended anchor Brian Ross after having to correct what initially seemed to be a bombshell story on President Trump and former national security adviser Michael Flynn that sent markets tumbling.

The veteran newsman has a long history of erroneous reports.

“We deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday. The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process,” the network said in a statement. “As a result of our continued reporting over the next several hours ultimately we determined the information was wrong and we corrected the mistake on air and online.”

Ross, citing a single anonymous source, falsely reported that Flynn was prepared to testify that Trump ordered him to make contacts with the Russians during the campaign. ABC News later corrected the report, saying the still-unnamed source had “clarified” that Trump’s order took place after the election, during his administration’s transition phase into power. ....."

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/02/abc-news-suspends-brian-ross-after-fake-bombshell-story/

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ABC Makes "Epic Mistake", Retracts Bombshell Flynn Story

Who's going to get the "Fake News" award of the year?

ABC Makes "Epic Mistake", Retracts Bombshell Flynn Story

Dec 2, 2017 1:35 PM
Source:  ZeroHedge

"Having caused chaos in financial markets briefly, set the liberal media on fire with 'I told you so's, and sparked a renewed round of #ImpeachTrump demands, ABC News issued a 'clarification' to their bombshell Flynn report that not only negates the entire story but provides President Trump with another round of ammunition to fire against the 'fake news' media.

Critically, ABC News reports, correcting their earlier report, that Michael Flynn is prepared to testify that Donald Trump directed him to contact the Russians as president-elect, not as a candidate.

Here is the full 'clarification'

During a live Special Report, ABC News reported that a confidant of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Flynn was prepared to testify that then-candidate Donald Trump instructed him to contact Russian officials during the campaign.

That source later clarified that during the campaign, Trump assigned Flynn and a small circle of other senior advisers to find ways to repair relations with Russia and other hot spots.

It was shortly after the election, that President-elect Trump directed Flynn to contact Russian officials on topics that included working jointly against ISIS.

So to clarify - just as President Trump had stated, there was no contact with Russians during his time as a candidate but in fact it was in transition as he attempted to mend broken bridges with another world super-power in his role as president-elect - this in no way a criminal act at all. In fact, reaching out to foreign governments during transitions is standard procedure.

CNN is embarrassed...  "

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-01/abc-makes-epic-mistake-retracts-bombshell-flynn-story

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Millennial Hopes To Become Ohio's Youngest Rep On Trumpist Platform

I hope more young adults who are fiscal conservatives run for office and win.

We only have to look at Venezuela as an example of 'don't do it that way'.

Millennial Hopes To Become Ohio’s Youngest Rep On Trumpist Platform

“I come from the middle class, and I believe that the middle class elected Donald Trump to president,” she told TheDC in a phone interview. “The people in Washington that are there now have not looked out for the best interests of the middle class and lower income Americans. They have absolutely fought for the elite in this country, and as somebody who waited tables for 15 years, when I met President Donald Trump as a candidate, and he took the time to listen to me and discuss issues with me and realize I had a valuable story to tell as a young legislator I knew he wasn’t your average politician.”

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/01/millennial-hopes-to-become-ohios-youngest-rep-on-a-trumpist-platform/

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Major Bali eruption could cool the Earth for years to come

Major Bali eruption could cool the Earth for years to come

Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 3:13 PM -   

"Bali's Mount Agung appears to be on the brink of a major eruption, and according to scientists, such an event has the potential to cool the Earth for years to come, and could diminish the impacts of global warming for more than a decade. ...."

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/eruption-bali-mount-agung-delay-global-warming-more-than-a-decade/90051/

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Donald Trump, Feminist Hero

Whoda thunk it???  Idea  So much winning!

DONALD TRUMP, FEMINIST HERO

"The firing this morning of Matt Lauer from NBC prompts me to roll back the tape this this post from last month, in which actress Amber Tamblyn said that “Honestly, I trace everything back to the election of Donald Trump. I think that without him being elected, if it had been Hillary Clinton, this would’ve never happened to Harvey Weinstein.” And if it “didn’t happen” to Weinstein, would it have happened to Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey, etc?

Clearly the rules have changed. We now live in a zero tolerance regime for sexual harassment. It is long overdue in many ways, but let’s be clear—sexual harassment has persisted chiefly because of the hypocrisy of liberal elites who run our media and Hollywood institutions, going back at least to their defense of Bill Clinton in the 1990s. Now they are reaping the whirlwind. ...."

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/11/donald-trump-feminist-hero.php

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Chinese investors sue McAuliffe, Rodham over green-car investments

Chinese investors sue McAuliffe, Rodham over green-car investments

"Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham are facing a $17 million fraud lawsuit from Chinese investors in Greentech Automotive, an electric car company that appears to be struggling to survive.

A group of 32 Chinese citizens filed the suit last week in Fairfax County, Virginia court, claiming that they were swindled out of about $560,000 apiece as a result of misrepresentations made by McAuliffe and Rodham—two of the most prominent and politically connected proponents of the venture aimed at manufacturing electric cars in the U.S.

The suit is yet another headache for McAuliffe as he mulls a potential presidential bid in 2020, buoyed in part by Democrats' strong showing in the state in the election earlier this month. McAuliffe confirmed last year that his business dealings with foreign nationals were under investigation by the FBI and federal prosecutors. It's unclear whether that probe involved Greentech or whether the inquiry is still ongoing. ....."

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/28/greentech-automotive-lawsuit-terry-mcauliffe-262771

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Navajo Code Talker Breaks Silence After Trump Pocahontas Comment – What He Says, Wow

Navajo Code Talker Breaks Silence After Trump Pocahontas Comment – What He Says, Wow

"...Reporter and writer Joshua Green met Thomas Begay, one of the code talkers honored Monday, on his way out of Washington, D.C. Begay asked him about the event. Begay said he was “puzzled” about the comment but not offended.

Then Begay dropped a very non safe-space one liner:

“The Marines made us yell ‘Geronimo’ when we jumped out of planes and that didn’t offend me either.”

http://dailycaller.com/2017/11/28/navajo-code-talker-breaks-silence-after-trump-pocahontas-comment-what-he-says-wow/

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