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ABC Chokes Down Double Helping of Crow, Retracts MAJOR Detail in Flynn Story

Liberals were gripped by something very close to orgasmic rapture on Friday morning when it was reported that Michael Flynn cut a plea deal with Deep State dirty cop Robert Mueller.

President Trump’s former National Security Advisor may be ready to cooperate with the unaccountable Mueller and his Gestapo by singing like a canary, it was the moment that the left has been waiting for and was like Christmas came early.

Ironically Flynn cited his dedication to the country but also his massive legal costs as the reason for him becoming a stool pigeon, there is also the matter that Mueller like a true fascist, hauled in Flynn’s son as leverage against his father.

There was joyous exultation within the swamp as the smell of Trump’s blood hung in the air, a D.C. pub was offering $5 “Moscow Mueller” drinks and the swamp roiled with anticipation of the coming show trials – alas, it was just the smell of bullshit.

When reporting the scoop, ABC presstitute Brian Ross made one very big mistake.

He tweeted out that Flynn was ready to cop to getting ordered by Trump to contact Russia BEFORE the election back when he was a candidate.

JUST IN: @BrianRoss on @ABC News Special Report: Michael Flynn promised “full cooperation to the Mueller team” and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump “directed him to make contact with the Russians.” https://t.co/aiagnvr8eS http://pic.twitter.com/r8u2LWAd0O

— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2017

It was such a bombshell that the markets tanked.

Then, realizing that the goof, ABC had to do a CNN and retract their story because the truth is that Flynn was chatting with the Russian ambassador after Trump had already won and was just waiting to be sworn in which is an entirely different matter.

Some of the wind was taken out of the sails of the Democrats who would be erecting the scaffolding to string Trump up with over the weekend if that were the case.

Via CNBC “ABC News clarifies, then corrects its bombshell report of Michael Flynn’s discussions with Russia”:

ABC News on Friday corrected a stunning news report about Michael Flynn, the former White House official who pleaded guilty to giving a false statement to the FBI, which sparked a feeding frenzy and ricocheted across markets.

Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, admitted to lying to federal investigators about conversations he held with Sergey I. Kislyak, a Russian diplomat. The former general’s plea was part of an ongoing probe into Russia’s suspected attempts to influence the 2016 election.

Earlier in the day, ABC cited an unnamed source saying Flynn was prepared to testify that he made overtures to the Russian ambassador at Trump’s behest, while the heated presidential contest was underway.

Yet Friday evening, the network backtracked, saying Flynn would likely state that Trump’s instructions occurred after the election. That distinction effectively altered the timeline and lessened the significance of the discussions — which according to ABC’s report were meant to galvanize U.S.-Russian efforts to fight ISIS in Syria.

It’s gonna take a lot of Moscow Muellers to wash down the crow that Brian Ross will be eating after that epic fuckup.

While the timing of when Flynn spoke to Ambassador Sergey Kislyak shows that there was no collusion – it was his freaking JOB as a member of the transition team – the fact that he has now turned on Trump is not good news for the President because Mueller isn’t done, not by a longshot and will continue using Flynn’s son to extort him.

At the end of week one of the Fake News Trophy race, ABC has just assumed a commanding lead.

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PRAGER: If It Damages America, It’s Good for Democrats

In almost every area of American life, the better things are, the worse it is for the Democratic Party. And vice versa.

Marriage.

Even today, after decades of feminism, most Americans agree that it is better for women (and for men) — and better for society — when women (and men) marry. Yet, when women marry, it is bad for the Democratic Party; and when women do not marry, even after — or shall we say, (SET ITAL) especially (END ITAL) after — having children, it is quite wonderful for the Democratic Party.

Married women vote Republican. Unmarried women lopsidedly vote Democrat.

It is both silly and dishonest to deny that it is in the Democrats’ interest that women not marry.

Blacks.

Blacks who are not angry at America, especially white America, are more likely than those who harbor such anger to vote Republican. On the other hand, the more a black American considers America a racist society, the more he or she is a guaranteed Democratic voter.

Therefore, it is in the Democratic Party’s interest to ensure that as many blacks as possible regard America negatively. If Democrats feel it will benefit their party, they will play with fire — the fire of violence. Take Ferguson, Missouri. No Democrat or Republican knows what happened in Ferguson just before a black teenager was shot by a white policeman. The only thing almost any American has known about Ferguson is that a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager. Yet, while blacks in Ferguson demonstrated, some violently, the reaction of Democrats — both politicians and the mainstream left-wing media — has been to side with the demonstrators.

There does not appear to be any level of black anger at white America that is too much for Democrats, who would rather see riots — no matter how unwarranted — than potentially lose black votes.

Latinos.

The more a Latino assimilates into American society, the more likely he or she is to vote Republican. On the other hand, the more Latinos continue to identify with the country they or their parents fled, the more likely they are to vote Democrat.

Thus, Democrats and the rest of the Left have engaged in two massive undertakings for decades: One has been to label Republicans “nativist,” “anti-Hispanic,” “xenophobic” and “anti-immigrant.” The other has been to promote “multiculturalism,” the anti-assimilation doctrine that cultivates ethnic identity over American identity.

Democrats repeatedly assert that America is “a nation of immigrants.” This is undeniable. But there is a big difference today. In the past, nearly all immigrants sought to become American and to shed their previous national or ethnic identity. Today, many, perhaps a majority of, immigrants from Latin America do not have that goal. They come primarily or exclusively for economic benefits (and no one should blame them for doing so). Meanwhile, under cover of “multiculturalism,” Democrats and the rest of the Left cultivate these immigrants’ Latin American identities, knowing that the more American an immigrant feels, the less likely he or she is to vote Democrat.

Victim identity.

Americans who do not see themselves as victims — of an “unfair” or “racist” or “misogynist” society — are more likely to vote Republican. On the other hand, Americans who see themselves as victims of American society are likely to vote Democrat.

Therefore, the Democratic Party and its supportive media cultivate victimhood among almost all Americans who are not white and male.

Dependency.

The more Americans depend on themselves or on their family or community, the more likely they are to vote Republican. On the other hand, the more Americans depend on the government — whether for a job or for economic assistance — the more likely they are to vote Democrat. Therefore, it is in the Democrats’ interest to have more and more Americans depend on the state.

In other words, in almost every area of life, the better things are, the worse it is for the Democratic Party. Democrats have placed themselves in the role of benefiting from social and moral dysfunction.

And they have embraced this role. The Democratic Party cultivates singlehood, black anger at America, Latino separatism, victimhood, group grievance and dependency on government. Nor is this the only way in which Democrats do terrible damage to America. They are also tearing America apart, setting women against men (with such falsehoods as “the war on women,” “the rape culture” at American colleges, and the nonsense that “women are paid less for the same work”), blacks against whites, and Latinos against other Americans. They do this because the less women see men as an enemy, the less blacks regard whites as an enemy, and the more Latinos see themselves as Americans, the worse it is for Democrats.

The Democratic Party has been become a wholly destructive force in this country. Even though you may not intend to, if you vote for any Democrat, you contribute to that damage.

Dennis Prager’s latest book, “The Ten Commandments: Still the Best Moral Code,” was just published by Regnery. He is a nationally syndicated radio show host and creator of PragerUniversity.com.

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Rivers of Liberal Tears Flow After Republicans Pass Senate Tax Reform Bill

Democrats and their media surrogates like the New York Times threw everything into depriving President Donald Trump of a big legislative victory by sinking the tax reform bill but like so many other things in this year of their discontent, their efforts failed.

Thinks began looking bad when reliable allies like Susan Collins and John McCain cut and run on their Democrat pals and in the end, only bitter, backstabbing Bob Corker was left as the “Republican” who sided with the obstructionist Dems who saw the Senate bill pass 51-49 early Saturday morning.

Via Politico “Senate passes sweeping tax overhaul”:

The Senate narrowly passed a massive tax overhaul early Saturday morning, putting Republicans on the cusp of revamping the U.S. tax system for the first time in more than three decades.

The 51 to 49 vote came after Senate Republicans frantically rewrote the multi-trillion dollar legislation behind closed doors to win over several final holdouts, and left congressional Republicans just a few steps away from sending legislation to President Donald Trump’s desk. The House passed its own plan in November.

Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee was the only Republican to oppose the measure, in what’s also a big victory for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who repeatedly fell short in his efforts to push through an Obamacare repeal measure this year.

“I think one reason we were able to get there was because there’s widespread interest,” McConnell said in an interview with POLITICO. “Every single member of our conference wanted to get to yes, and all but one did.”

President Donald Trump praised McConnell and Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch in a tweet after the bill passed, adding, “We are one step closer to delivering MASSIVE tax cuts for working families across America.”

McConnell and GOP leaders were able to score the necessary votes on Friday by acceding to demands by Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and others for expanded tax breaks for small businesses, homeowners and others. That gave leadership the breathing room to reject conflicting demands by Corker and others to rein in the cost of the plan.

Democrats harshly condemned the legislation and the way it came together.

But of course, the Democrats condemned the legislation, they want no part of governing and at this point are so consumed by the mission to avenge Hillary’s loss and their irrational hatred of President Trump, they are about as useless as pieces of furniture.

Some of the early reactions from the sore losers – including those “leadership” figures who helped to establish the idea that the Dems didn’t need to even bother wasting time on issues that actually affect the lives of real Americans. They only pander to the low-skilled, lazy chiselers who are only motivated to vote because they are promised “free” stuff that productive members of society have to pay for.

Let’s start with the supreme commander of the resistance himself:

Now the rest of them who are as worthless as tits on a bull and need to be voted OUT, OUT, OUT!

Perhaps had the Dems spent a bit more time on trying to reach across the aisle instead of holding sham hearings on Russian election meddling they may have been able to get some of their input recognized but tough titty said the kitty.

They have nothing to whine about but their own lack of interest in jobs, affordable health care, lower taxes and any one of hundreds of other issues that matter to real Americans.

And it isn’t fantasies that Russia cheated Hillary out of the White House.

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Kate Steinle Jury that Acquitted Illegal Alien Killer Was Not Sequestered, Stacked with Millennials

Kate Steinle Jury that Acquitted Illegal Alien Killer Was Not Sequestered, Stacked with Millennials

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by John Binder1 Dec 2017San Francisco, CA0



The jury that found 32-year-old Kate Steinle’s illegal alien killer not guilty of first and second-degree murder or negligent homicide was not sequestered and was stacked with millennial Americans, including some legal immigrants.

On Thursday, the jury in the Steinle murder trial found five-time deported and seven-time felon illegal alien Jose Garcia Zarate, also known as Juan Francisco López-Sánchez, not guilty on homicide charges that he murdered the woman, despite his previous admission to shooting and killing Steinle while she was walking on a pier with her father.

In a mid-October profile of the jurors selected to serve on the Steinle murder case, the Mercury News revealed that six of the jurors were men and six were women. Of those 12 jurors, three were immigrants.

The report also revealed that most of the jurors appeared to be in their 20’s and 30’s, with the pool of individuals including at least two tech workers, and degrees ranging from high school diplomas to PhDs. The Mercury News described the jury as “a cross-section of today’s San Francisco” where the foreign-born population is more than 30 percent of the overall county population.

Despite Kate Steinle’s murder sweeping the nation and galvanizing a grassroots movement of pro-American immigration reformers and Angel Parents — the family members of Americans killed by illegal aliens — to demand an immigration policy that works in the American publics’ interests, the jury was not sequestered, as juries sometimes are in high-profile trials.

Steinle was killed while walking with her father on a pier in San Francisco in 2015 when the illegal alien shot her. Steinle pleaded with her father to not let her die, but she soon passed away in her father’s arms.

In 2015, a local news station interviewed Zarate. In this interview, the illegal alien admitted that he had relocated to San Francisco because of its sanctuary city policy.

“Sanchez said he knew San Francisco was a sanctuary city where he would not be pursued by immigration officials,” the report added.

Since Steinle’s death in 2015, the state of California has become a sanctuary state, Breitbart California reported in October, allowing illegal aliens to roam freely across the West Coast region without being detained or deported by federal immigration officials.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has committed to deporting — for the sixth time — the illegal alien who caused Steinle’s death, as Breitbart News reported.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.

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Nolte: Obamacare Mandate Repeal Is the Most Important Civil Rights Victory in Years

Going all the way back to 2009, it was obvious Obamacare would end up looking like a Rube Goldberg machine powered by totalitarianism. Who would have ever guessed, though, it was such a fiasco that the mandate would actually cost the government money — a delicious irony that would result in its undoing.

It works like this…

For the sin of being born, Obamacare mandates that every American purchase health insurance. If we do not purchase this totally unnecessary, godawful product (more on this below), we are required by law to pay a hefty tax to the federal government.

Somehow, and I do not really care how, this tax actually costs the government money, some $340 billion — with a “B” — every ten years.

Only Bill Ayers’ pal and his merry band of congressional nincompoops could crawl so far up their own backsides that they were able to find a tax that increases the deficit.

But thank heavens they did. Had they not, the Senate would not have repealed the mandate Friday night.

After the humiliation of failing to keep their defining promise to repeal Obamacare, the Senate turned to tax reform, which also looked sketchy due to deficit projections. But then the clouds parted and the stars aligned with the discovery that repealing the Obamacare mandate would save the government this $340 billion.

Talk about a win-win. Here was a way to kill the most hated (and crucial) part of Obamacare and pass tax cuts. And that is exactly what happened — the American people won a sweet two-fer:  lower taxes and freedom from a fascist mandate.

Normally I am cautious about celebrating such a thing until it is signed into law. My understanding, though, is that the worst that can happen from here is the House passes the Senate bill — which means the Obamacare mandate is dead, which means this is the most important civil rights victory in years.

If I purchase a car, I am voluntarily taking on certain civic responsibilities that require the purchase of insurance. I have no problem with that. The Obamacare mandate is something altogether different.

For no other reason other than the fact I am born, the mandate is the federal government forcing me to buy something. This is nothing less than a legalized violation of my civil rights.

Forget the fact that Obamacare so over-regulates the insurance industry that we are now required to purchase a ridiculously expensive, one-size-fits-all Cadillac plan with a deductible so sky-high most of us will never use it. That is the least of this outrage, and something the Senate still needs to fix.

What I am talking about is the principle of the state forcing you to purchase something for your own good and for the good of others.

Sorry to be crude, but f**k that.

Setting a precedent that allows the government to force me to buy something for my own good is as un-American as it gets. What if studies show that the key to a long life is owning a Bible and gun? Is it okay with you Obamacare fans if Trump and Co. mandates the purchase of those?

Because the numbers come from the mainstream media and our government, I do not believe that the mandate repeal will result in 13 million more uninsured Americans. After all, how many of those will be thrilled to no longer be forced to purchase insurance, how many will gladly volunteer to be uninsured?

But if you want to know the truth, even if you could convince me that the mandate repeal would result in 13 million losing the insurance they want, I still don’t give a damn — for four reasons.

1) No one incapable of working will lose their insurance. There is plenty of welfare out there.

2) Until the government told me I had to buy health insurance, I have managed to be insured my whole life. Even during those years when I was as poor as a working man can be. I worked two jobs. My wife worked two jobs. I suggest you do the same.

3) Everyone has access to health care. You may have to pay for it yourself. You may have to go into debt. But health care is available to everyone.

4) Thirteen million uninsured is a small price to pay to restore my freedom, my civil rights, my God-given right to handle (or not handle) my personal health care in whatever way I so choose.

The federal government’s only job is to protect my rights, not to strip them in a fit of fascist do-gooderism.

So to this Obamacare repeal, I say without a hint of irony, Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last.

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Did the prosecutors make a fatal mistake in the trial for the Kate Steinle killer?

So far as I can tell, jurors who acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate of all charges related to the death of Kate Steinle have not been hounded by journalists seeking an explanation for their puzzling findings. At a minimum, involuntary manslaughter should have been a slam dunk. Google does not find anything about interviews that jurors have granted.  In fact, I have seen very little in the way of coverage of key moments in the trial.


But yesterday, the Armstrong and Getty Show, broadcast in most major cities in the West, interviewed an experienced former Bay Area prosecutor and current Defense attorney, Michael Cardoza, who sat through much (though not all) of the trial. He was reluctant to harshly criticize his former colleagues in the San Francisco DA’s office, but he did indicate that the prosecution seems to have made a major mistake during the course of the trial.



The initial charges filed, including manslaughter, peaked with second degree murder. But part way through the trial, the prosecutors added first degree murder, which requires intent to kill. This charge would be very difficult to sustain in the lest political of circumstances, because damage to the bullet that struck Ms. Steinle indicated that it had ricocheted off the cement surface of the pier. Thus, it could not have been directed at Ms. Steinle.


In the experience of Mr. Cardoza, juries sometimes stop believing prosecutors who change their charges in the course of a trial. There is at least a chance that at that point in the trial, the jurors turned against the prosecution.


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So far as I can tell, jurors who acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate of all charges related to the death of Kate Steinle have not been hounded by journalists seeking an explanation for their puzzling findings. At a minimum, involuntary manslaughter should have been a slam dunk. Google does not find anything about interviews that jurors have granted.  In fact, I have seen very little in the way of coverage of key moments in the trial.


But yesterday, the Armstrong and Getty Show, broadcast in most major cities in the West, interviewed an experienced former Bay Area prosecutor and current Defense attorney, Michael Cardoza, who sat through much (though not all) of the trial. He was reluctant to harshly criticize his former colleagues in the San Francisco DA’s office, but he did indicate that the prosecution seems to have made a major mistake during the course of the trial.


The initial charges filed, including manslaughter, peaked with second degree murder. But part way through the trial, the prosecutors added first degree murder, which requires intent to kill. This charge would be very difficult to sustain in the lest political of circumstances, because damage to the bullet that struck Ms. Steinle indicated that it had ricocheted off the cement surface of the pier. Thus, it could not have been directed at Ms. Steinle.


In the experience of Mr. Cardoza, juries sometimes stop believing prosecutors who change their charges in the course of a trial. There is at least a chance that at that point in the trial, the jurors turned against the prosecution.


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Report: Doug Jones Paid by Corrupt Democratic Politician’s Foundation

Report: Doug Jones Paid by Corrupt Democratic Politician’s Foundation

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Alabama candidate for the U.S. Senate Doug Jones worked for a Democratic politician’s foundation caught in a still-unraveling bribery scandal, according to a new report from local WHNT19 News.

The new report reveals information from Jones’s Senate ethics disclosure filings, which say he was paid as a lawyer for the Oliver Robinson Foundation. The foundation’s namesake has been reportedly embroiled in a bribery scandal that federal officials have said is not over yet.

Former state representative Robinson pleaded guilty this year to conspiracy, bribery, and honest services wire fraud. WHNT reported that Robinson took bribes “to encourage residents to oppose a federal cleanup of contaminated property in a low-income neighborhood in north Birmingham.”

Local ABC33 News reported that Robinson pledged to cooperate with federal authorities in an attempt to evade a 100-year sentence.

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office has made it clear their investigation is ongoing,” the report stated.

Robinson signed a plea agreement in the case that stated that two lawyers paid the then-state legislator as part of the scheme and that the funds were funneled through the foundation, according to WHNT.

A statement from the Jones campaign to WHNT claimed that Jones “did not represent Oliver Robinson at the time he was charged” and directed questions to the then-attorney for the foundation, Richard Jaffe.

Democrat Jones is facing off against Judge Roy Moore in Alabama’s December election to fill the Senate seat formerly held by now-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

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Obama Campaigners Pour Another $733,000 into Single Day of Media Buys to Oppose Roy Moore, Total ‘In-Kind Contributions’ Now Exceed $2.7 Million

A secretive Washington, DC, consulting firm run by former Obama campaign staffer Jim Margolis poured $733,000 into a media buy for Highway 31 — a shell independent expenditure organization set up to support liberal Democrat Doug Jones and oppose Roy Moore in the December 12 Alabama U.S. Senate special election — for just one day of advertisements purchased on Thursday, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) late Friday.

According to a report it filed with the FEC for the period from its inception on November 6 to November 22, Highway 31 has no assets. However, it has obtained more than $2.7 million in advertising services over a 25-day period (Nov. 6-30) from two D.C.-based consulting firms founded by former Obama campaign officials: Bully Pulpit Interactive, an online advertising firm founded by former Obama campaign digital media director Andrew Bleeker, and Waterfront Strategies, a media purchasing firm that is a wholly owned subsidiary of GMMB Consulting, which was founded by Margolis.

According to an independent expenditure report signed by Highway 31 Treasurer Edward Still and filed with the FEC on Friday, Highway 31 incurred two separate obligations, totaling $733,464, for media buys for local television and radio station advertisements “publicly distributed/disseminated” on Nov. 30, purchased by Waterfront Strategies to oppose Roy Moore.

One of these obligations was for $519,537 and the second was for $213,927, together totaling $733,464.

All told, in the 25 days since its inception, Highway 31 has incurred more than $2.7 million in obligations, almost all of it with Bully Pulpit International and Waterfront Strategies. The entire $2.7 million appears to have been provided to Highway 31 on credit.

Breitbart News asked Highway 31 spokesperson Adam Muhlendorf, a former staffer for a Democratic Congressman, to answer some very basic questions about Highway 31:

1. Has Highway 31 received any contributions as of close of business, Friday, December 1?

2. If so, what is the total amount of those contributions, and what are the names and addresses of anyone who has contributed more than $2,000?

3. How much has Highway 31 paid to its vendors as of close of business, Friday, December 1?

4. How much does Highway 31 owe its vendors as of close of business, Friday, December 1?

Muhlendorf has not yet responded.

The Washington Post noted on Friday that “Under the rules set out by the FEC, final contributor and expense disclosure reports for the race must be filed by Jan. 21,” which is more than one month after the date the election is to be held on December 12. “The second biggest spender in the Alabama Senate race looks and acts like a local operation,” the Post said of Highway 31, adding:

But in a state where out-of-state interference is seen as poisonous by many voters, the true identity of the donors to Highway 31, which exists to support Democratic candidate Doug Jones, has been carefully shielded from Alabama voters by legally evading Federal Election Commission disclosure rules.

To date, the organization has reported spending nearly $2 million on television, digital and direct mail ads, including attacks on Republican Roy Moore for allegedly dating teenage girls and praise for Jones as a Christian believer who will uphold Second Amendment rights. Highway 31 is named for the road connecting Alabama’s four major cities.

The unusual ruse deployed by the former Obama campaigners to flood Alabama with advertisements funded by secret, out-of-state investors appears to comply with federal election law as interpreted through rulings by the FEC, but a long list of critics say the sophisticated deception violates the spirit of the law.

More importantly, it fundamentally violates principles of transparency critical to confidence in the entire democratic process.

Breitbart News summed up the situation on Friday:

A legal expert on federal election law tells Breitbart News this arrangement is probably “a legal in-kind contribution to the IE” by Bully Pulpit Interactive, according to a recent FEC administrative ruling, even if Bully Pulpit Interactive is never paid a dime by Highway 31, the IE.

However, the arrangement may violate the spirit of federal election law if some other group is paying Bully Pulpit Interactive a like amount for an “unrelated project” that requires basically no work. Proving that such a behind-the-scenes arrangement was, in effect, made to compensate, however, would be very difficult, the expert says, even it does exist.

“Yes, this appears to be legal. FEC regulations concerning debt are fairly straightforward: political committees are allowed to have debt as long as they report the amount of debt to the FEC. The regulations do not address the situation of taking on debt when a committee has no assets or donors, ” Tyler Cole, Legislative Director & Policy Counsel at Issue One, a non-profit whose “goal is to pass and protect federal legislation that strengthens accountability and returns America to a system of self-governance for the common good,” told Breitbart News when asked about the propriety of the Highway 31 arrangement with Bully Pulpit Interactive and GMMB Consulting’s Waterfront Strategies.

“Issue One believes that it is important for voters to know who is funding advertisements that seek to influence their vote,” Cole added.

“This is disclosure in name only given that due to the reporting deadlines, voters will not be able to see what individuals or organization are funding Highway 31 until after the election. Unfortunate situations like these are why we believe that disclosure laws should be strengthened so voters get more information and get that information more quickly and easily,” Cole concluded.

The flood of secretive, out-of-state money coming in from liberals in Washington, DC, — and likely elsewhere — to elect liberal Democrat Doug Jones over conservative Republican Roy Moore on December 12 now looks to be at an unprecedented level.

In 25 days, these unknown donors funded $2.7 million in campaign ads supporting Jones and opposing Moore. At the daily rate of $733,000 spent on Thursday, the money spent over the next twelve days could be well over $8 million, bringing the total amount spent by unknown parties not from Alabama against Moore to well over $10 million in just a little over one month.

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Mueller’s New Restaurant Chain: Nothing Burgers

Christmas came early for ABC’s Brian Ross on Friday. Breathlessly reporting what the left has been wishing for under their tree on Christmas morning, “[Flynn] is prepared to testify…against President Trump, against members of the Trump family, and others in the White House.”


This is it. Send the paddy wagon for Trump, his entire family, his White House Staff, the works. Turn Mar-a-Lago into a federal prison.  Joy Behar and her fellow magpies were giddy with delight. The rest of the media followed suit, happily not having to talk about their fellow travelers who have been outed as sexual predators. Or the Senate passing a tax bill. Or Kate Steinle’s illegal alien killer being given a pass, facing far less punishment than Mike Flynn who gave false statements to the FBI.



Trump haters in the media became hysterical, with Brian Ross of ABC embarrassing himself and his network by falsely reporting the contact as having taken place during the campaign, as Rick Moran reports.


So? What is an incoming administration supposed to be doing? The transition period is over two months long. Not simply to interview and vet candidates for myriad administration posts, but to begin building relationships with foreign governments, friends and foes alike. Discussing policies and future plans.


Lots going on in the world that a new president must contend with. Hard to begin from scratch on inauguration day. Which is why there is a transition period. Trump would have rightly been criticized for not being well prepared to lead the country when he took the oath of office.


Brian Ross and the Washington Post also have short memories. Especially when the previous president did the same thing, and before, not after the election. As the WaPo buried toward the end of a recent story,


Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, said that he was in Moscow meeting with officials in the weeks leading up to Obama’s 2008 election win.


In the “weeks leading up to the election”, Obama was still a private citizen, not the President-elect. Where was the outrage? Where was the special counsel? Where was Brian Ross?


If anything, this is a violation of the Logan Act, an old law that the fake news media is throwing around, specifically a “federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States.”


Did candidate Obama have authorization from President Bush to meet with Moscow? Unlike President-elect Trump, no longer just a citizen or a candidate, but a future president preparing to take office. Or Ted Kennedy who, “Made secret overtures to the Soviet Union’s spy agency during the Cold War to thwart then-President Ronald Reagan’s re-election.”


And who cares who directed Flynn, as incoming national security advisor, to contact Russia or any other country? Was it Trump himself? Or one of his surrogates, including his son-in-law Jared? All standard and expected for an incoming administration. Where’s the crime? Other than Flynn making false statements to the FBI.


What is Mueller charged with investigating? “Coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.” Campaign, not the incoming administration. Coordination meaning collusion, which thus far there is no evidence of. Nothing burger.


The problem is that Flynn’s communications with Russia were after the campaign, when Trump was the president-elect. Instead Flynn got caught up in, “The special counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.” Like contradicting himself when speaking to the FBI. Just as Scooter Libby did. Process crime only. A false statement about something irrelevant to the investigation and certainly not illegal. A nothing burger for Mueller.


Mueller was appointed over six months ago. Is this all he has after all the investigating, assisted with a bunch of Democrat lawyers, looking for anything to nail Donald Trump? A process crime? False statement to the FBI and nothing on his mandate of collusion with Russia to influence the election? An empty burger.


If Trump committed a crime, we would know about it after half a year of investigation by Mueller and his hoard of investigators. And the intrepid investigators of every major news organization who would like nothing better than to nail Trump.


Who’s happy over this? Besides the left-wing media finally getting a bit of holiday cheer after months of horrible news exposing their “women’s rights” icons as predators. I’ll bet Vladimir Putin is enjoying this immensely. Mueller is accomplishing what the Russians could only dream of. Sowing doubt and discord into the US electoral process and the duly elected president. Propaganda at its best.


Meanwhile the special counsel marches along, looking for scalps, convictions and pleas to justify their time and efforts chasing windmills. Forget In-N-Out Burger. Mueller, when this all winds down, can join forces with James Comey and Brian Ross, opening a new burger chain, Nothing Burger. A fat bun with nothing in between.


Brian C Joondeph, MD, MPS, a Denver based physician and writer. Follow him on Facebook,  LinkedIn and Twitter.


Christmas came early for ABC’s Brian Ross on Friday. Breathlessly reporting what the left has been wishing for under their tree on Christmas morning, “[Flynn] is prepared to testify…against President Trump, against members of the Trump family, and others in the White House.”


This is it. Send the paddy wagon for Trump, his entire family, his White House Staff, the works. Turn Mar-a-Lago into a federal prison.  Joy Behar and her fellow magpies were giddy with delight. The rest of the media followed suit, happily not having to talk about their fellow travelers who have been outed as sexual predators. Or the Senate passing a tax bill. Or Kate Steinle’s illegal alien killer being given a pass, facing far less punishment than Mike Flynn who gave false statements to the FBI.


Trump haters in the media became hysterical, with Brian Ross of ABC embarrassing himself and his network by falsely reporting the contact as having taken place during the campaign, as Rick Moran reports.


So? What is an incoming administration supposed to be doing? The transition period is over two months long. Not simply to interview and vet candidates for myriad administration posts, but to begin building relationships with foreign governments, friends and foes alike. Discussing policies and future plans.


Lots going on in the world that a new president must contend with. Hard to begin from scratch on inauguration day. Which is why there is a transition period. Trump would have rightly been criticized for not being well prepared to lead the country when he took the oath of office.


Brian Ross and the Washington Post also have short memories. Especially when the previous president did the same thing, and before, not after the election. As the WaPo buried toward the end of a recent story,


Michael McFaul, who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia during the Obama administration, said that he was in Moscow meeting with officials in the weeks leading up to Obama’s 2008 election win.


In the “weeks leading up to the election”, Obama was still a private citizen, not the President-elect. Where was the outrage? Where was the special counsel? Where was Brian Ross?


If anything, this is a violation of the Logan Act, an old law that the fake news media is throwing around, specifically a “federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States.”


Did candidate Obama have authorization from President Bush to meet with Moscow? Unlike President-elect Trump, no longer just a citizen or a candidate, but a future president preparing to take office. Or Ted Kennedy who, “Made secret overtures to the Soviet Union’s spy agency during the Cold War to thwart then-President Ronald Reagan’s re-election.”


And who cares who directed Flynn, as incoming national security advisor, to contact Russia or any other country? Was it Trump himself? Or one of his surrogates, including his son-in-law Jared? All standard and expected for an incoming administration. Where’s the crime? Other than Flynn making false statements to the FBI.


What is Mueller charged with investigating? “Coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump.” Campaign, not the incoming administration. Coordination meaning collusion, which thus far there is no evidence of. Nothing burger.


The problem is that Flynn’s communications with Russia were after the campaign, when Trump was the president-elect. Instead Flynn got caught up in, “The special counsel is authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.” Like contradicting himself when speaking to the FBI. Just as Scooter Libby did. Process crime only. A false statement about something irrelevant to the investigation and certainly not illegal. A nothing burger for Mueller.


Mueller was appointed over six months ago. Is this all he has after all the investigating, assisted with a bunch of Democrat lawyers, looking for anything to nail Donald Trump? A process crime? False statement to the FBI and nothing on his mandate of collusion with Russia to influence the election? An empty burger.


If Trump committed a crime, we would know about it after half a year of investigation by Mueller and his hoard of investigators. And the intrepid investigators of every major news organization who would like nothing better than to nail Trump.


Who’s happy over this? Besides the left-wing media finally getting a bit of holiday cheer after months of horrible news exposing their “women’s rights” icons as predators. I’ll bet Vladimir Putin is enjoying this immensely. Mueller is accomplishing what the Russians could only dream of. Sowing doubt and discord into the US electoral process and the duly elected president. Propaganda at its best.


Meanwhile the special counsel marches along, looking for scalps, convictions and pleas to justify their time and efforts chasing windmills. Forget In-N-Out Burger. Mueller, when this all winds down, can join forces with James Comey and Brian Ross, opening a new burger chain, Nothing Burger. A fat bun with nothing in between.


Brian C Joondeph, MD, MPS, a Denver based physician and writer. Follow him on Facebook,  LinkedIn and Twitter.






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‘Thursday Night Football’ Suffers Yet Another Ratings Crash

‘Thursday Night Football’ Suffers Yet Another Ratings Crash

The Associated Press

by Warner Todd Huston1 Dec 20170



Thursday’s match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins brought the NFL another ratings dud, even without any players protesting during the national anthem.

The game captured a scant 10.7/18 result in metered markets on Thursday. This was a whopping 24 percent dive from the same week’s game during the 2016 season, Deadline Hollywood reported.

The announcement of the latest NFL ratings slump comes on the heels of another all time low registered for Monday Night Football.

Still, the game was up over the Thanksgiving edition of TNF, beating the Redskins-Giants ratings by ten percent. However, that game featured a 4-win team versus a two-win team, and it would have been next to impossible for the NFL to not surpass that woeful mark.

TV ratings weren’t the only problem the Thursday game faced. Fans also stayed home from the stadium as numerous photos showing scads of empty seats proved.

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