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A Virginia Election & the “Hold Your Nose Republicans”

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Last night Democrats scored big wins in Virginia.

Ralph Northam won the governorship with an 8.5-point victory over the establishment GOP (GOPe) candidate Ed Gillespie. This was not particularly surprising.

What happened in the Virginia House of Delegates was another matter entirely.

The Democrats began the night just one net loss away from giving Republicans a super-majority. This morning – with results still being tallied – they stand one seat away from parity.

Democrats might end up with a majority in the Virginia House.

I came away from this election with two primary thoughts.Continue Reading

A Koi Feeding, the MSM’s Lies & Hard Truths from Glenn

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I started my day with the ridiculousness of mainstream reporters in an uproar over President Trump feeding Koi with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

What upset these shining beacons of journalistic integrity was a video of President Trump seemingly – and unceremoniously – dumping his entire box of Koi food into the pond.

Except that’s not what happened.Continue Reading

FOIA Documents, FBI Preservation Requests, the CFIUS & Uranium One

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By now, everyone is aware – at least to some extent – of Hillary Clinton’s involvement in the Uranium One transaction. It ultimately generated almost $150 million in donations to the Clinton Foundation and resulted in the sale of 20% of U.S. Uranium to Russia.

It was a transaction that should never have been allowed to occur.

It turns out there may be much more to the story.Continue Reading

The Manafort Indictment – Podesta Connections & A Message to Influence Peddlers

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Paul Manafort and his long-time protege Richard Gates were both indicted today.

Manafort’s indictment comes as no surprise given the July pre-dawn FBI raid on his home.

Manafort and Gates were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts: conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money, unregistered agent of a foreign principal, false and misleading FARA statements, lying to investigators and seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts.Continue Reading

Obama’s DOJ Slush Fund Deception

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Back in March, I wrote about the Department of Justice’s Slush Fund.

The Working Group was created within the Justice Department by Eric Holder in 2012 as a means of prosecution and punishment for those perceived to be responsible for the financial crisis of 2008.

At its formation Mr. Holder made the following statement:

Over the past three years, we have been aggressively investigating the causes of the financial crisis.  And we have learned that much of the conduct that led to the crisis was unethical, and, in many instances, extremely reckless.  We also have learned that behavior that is unethical or reckless may not necessarily be criminal.  When we find evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we bring criminal prosecutions.  When we don’t, we endeavor to use other tools available to us.Continue Reading

The Clinton Dossier Disclosures

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The Washington Post reported yesterday that Hillary Clinton, her campaign and the DNC were officially behind the funding of the Trump Dossier.

For this reporting, say a big thank you to Devin Nunes.

The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee – a Republican Representative from California’s San Joaquin Valley – has been aggressively pursuing the false allegations and disinformation campaign put forth by Democrats.

It started with finding evidence of Obama’s surveillance of President Trump – see, Devin Nunes, Classified Intelligence and Schiff’s Political Pretense.

But is was a July 27, 2017 letter – actually two letters – that really brought things to lightContinue Reading

Unraveling – Undisclosed Emails & Two Joint House Committee Investigations

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Hillary Clinton appears to be having a difficult week.

There have been three significant announcements – one by Judicial Watch yesterday and two investigation joint House Committee announcements made today.

In a Monday interview on C-Span, Hillary Clinton stopped blaming everyone except Chelsea for her election loss just long enough to make this claim on Uranium One:

I would say it’s the same baloney they’ve been peddling for years, and there’s been no credible evidence by anyone. In fact, it’s been debunked repeatedly and will continue to be debunked…Continue Reading

The Draining of the Swamp

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My past two posts have centered around new revelations relating to Uranium One – and the involvement of both the Clintons and the Obama Administration.

While these items are highly significant they herald something even greater.

It’s the Significance of Timing.

Question: Why are these new revelations emerging at this point?

Answer: The D.C. Swamp is starting to self-drain.Continue Reading