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Pompeo Warns About Chinese Influence in Balkans
By David Brunnstrom OHRID, North Macedonia (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Montenegro and North Macedonia on Friday and warned Balkan leaders of possible risks from Chinese investment in technology and big infrastructure projects. Recent Stories in National Security Pompeo Warns About Chinese Influence in Balkans North...
WaPo Gives Schiff Four Pinocchios for Whistleblower Claim
Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler gave Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) four Pinocchios for falsely claiming the House Intelligence Committee had not heard from the Ukraine whistleblower. During a September interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Schiff said the committee, which he chairs, had not spoken directly with the whistleblower...
Pelosi’s Impeachment Bank Shot
Democrats are rushing into impeachment despite the knowledge that, given what we know now, the Senate will not remove Donald Trump from office. Why is Nancy Pelosi doing this? Because she has resigned herself to the argument that impeaching Trump is the way for Democrats to win the presidency and Senate 13 months from now. Pelosi’s bank...
CNN Refuses to Air Trump Campaign Ad Accusing Biden of Corruption
CNN is refusing to air a new Donald Trump campaign ad that spotlights former vice president Joe Biden’s role in the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating an energy company that hired Hunter Biden, with the network complaining that the ad “disparages” CNN employees. The ad paints the Democratic frontrunner as a...
Pelosi Says Impeachment Vote Is Not Inevitable
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) downplayed the possibility of an impeachment vote in a Thursday interview. House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry in September following a whistleblower allegation against President Trump. ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Pelosi if Congress had reached a “point of no...
Continetti: Democrats Must Move Quickly On Impeachment
Democrats must move quickly on impeachment to maximize the political damage they can do to President Donald Trump, according to Washington Free Beacon founding editor Matthew Continetti. Polling suggests that support for impeachment has grown since House Democrats launched a formal impeachment inquiry in September, but Continetti said the...
Maxine Waters, Who Opposes Solitary Confinement, Wants to Throw Trump in Solitary Confinement
Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) expressed her desire to throw President Donald Trump in solitary confinement despite her previous opposition to the practice. Waters suggested that Trump should be tried and executed for treason or at the very least placed in solitary confinement after Tump characterized the Ukraine phone call whistleblower as...
In Potential Boon for Trump, Biden Campaign Demands Networks Blacklist Giuliani
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign demanded on Sunday that news networks stop booking Rudy Giuliani for interviews, handing President Donald Trump and his allies a new talking point against the former vice president. Biden’s campaign sent a letter to executives and anchors at ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, and NBC, according to the New York...
Steyer: Trump Hates 80 Percent of Americans
California billionaire and Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer said at a Thursday campaign rally President Donald Trump “hates” 80 percent of Americans. Roughly halfway through the event, Steyer said Trump manipulates inequalities between segments and classes of Americans. Recent Stories in Politics Steyer: Trump Hates 80...
After Saudi Attacks, Russia Makes Its Regional Presence Felt
By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) – In the two weeks since attacks blamed on missiles or drones shut down half of Saudi Arabia’s oil output, the country that has arguably moved most deftly to position itself for any upside is Russia. Recent Stories in National Security After Saudi Attacks, Russia Makes Its Regional Presence Felt U.S. Seeks...
