They want to give up how Comey and McCabe destroyed the bureau. Leaving aside anything else, 47% conviction rate? That’s abysmal.

Via Daily Caller:

Many agents in the FBI want Congress to subpoena them so they can reveal problems caused by former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, three people in direct contact with active field agents tell TheDC.

“There are agents all over this country who love the bureau and are sickened by [James] Comey’s behavior and [Andrew] McCabe and [Eric] Holder and [Loretta] Lynch and the thugs like [John] Brennan–who despise the fact that the bureau was used as a tool of political intelligence by the Obama administration thugs,” former federal prosecutor Joe DiGenova told The Daily Caller Tuesday. “They are just waiting for a chance to come forward and testify.”

Ahead of the release of the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general report on how the FBI handled the Clinton email investigation, TheDC spoke with DiGenova, a former Trump official who maintained contact with rank and file FBI agents and a counter-intelligence consultant who conducted an interview with an active special agent of the FBI’s Washington Field Office (WFO).

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Next, they’ll honor Hamas and MS-13.

Via Daily Caller:

The city of West Hollywood will honor adult film actress Stephanie Clifford, better known by her stage name Stormy Daniels, with a key to the city and a public proclamation Wednesday for her role in the “#RESIST movement.”

Daniels has “proven herself to be a profile in courage by speaking truth to power even under threats to her safety and extreme intimidation,” said a press release announcing the ceremony and naming May 23 as “Stormy Daniels Day” in West Hollywood.

The Trump administration “has been a direct threat to the people of the city of West Hollywood — our LGBTQ community, our immigrant community, women here in this community — so Stormy Daniels has really showed up as the woman to save the Republic,” said Mayor John Duran, ABC 7 reports.

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*Warning for language*

Via Daily Wire:

While visiting a Minneapolis restaurant with her mother for brunch over the weekend, Fox News contributor Tomi Lahren was verbally and physically attacked, seemingly for her political views.

In videos posted to social media, Lahren is seen being cursed out by restaurant customers who call her a “b****,” “racist” and a “c***.” In a proudly-posted video, one woman throws a drink on the 25-year-old as she exits the establishment.

One man, being cheered on, spewed the following at Lahren: “F*** that b****. F*** this h**. Racist ass b****. Why you even out here? Get this b**** out of here. F*** that b****.”

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She makes it too easy.

HT: WFB

The FBI didn’t do an early morning raid.

Via Daily Mail:

Disgraced politician Anthony Weiner hired a private investigative firm run by a former New York prosecutor to help deal with the fallout from his underage sexting scandal just two days after his relationship with a 15-year-old girl went public, according to newly unsealed FBI court records.

Weiner’s sexting relationship with a high school sophomore was first reported by DailyMail.com on September 21, 2016.

Two days later, he turned over his cell phone, iPad and laptop to Granite Intelligence, a Manhattan-based firm that specializes in ‘intelligence, investigation, and risk management services’.

In a federal warrant unsealed last week, federal investigators noted that Weiner’s electronic devices were being held by the private firm when the FBI tried to obtain them on September 26, 2016.

The warrant requested an iPhone ‘that as transferred from the Target Subject [Weiner] to Granite Intelligence LLC (the ‘Security Firm’) on September 23, 2016′ and is ‘currently housed at the Security Firm’s office’.

The warrant also requested an iPad and a Dell laptop that Weiner gave to Granite Intelligence and that ‘currently is housed at the Security Firm’s office’.

The document does not say whether Granite Intelligence performed any other services for Weiner, 53, besides housing his electronics.

The use of private intelligence firms has come under scrutiny recently, after it was reported Harvey Weinstein hired an Israeli intelligence firm to gather information of his sexual assault accusers.

Granite Intelligence is run by Jeffrey J. Mueller, a former New York City prosecutor.

Co-founder R. David McDonough is a former investigator at Kroll, another private security firm that reportedly worked with Weinstein.

According to the website, the firm specializes in investigations, business intelligence and litigation support.[…]

According to the unsealed court warrant, the FBI was searching for the name and identity of Weiner’s victim, including ‘photographs, contact lists, address books, instant messages, chats, text messages, emails, and photographs or videos sent to and received by minors’.

They were also searching for evidence of child pornography or images of the victim.

In addition, they wanted to pinpoint the times the messages were sent and whether Weiner as personally using the devices.

Apparently a report from the Justice Department inspector general will slam senior FBI leaders, including James Comey, claiming they did not move quickly enough when agents realized Weiner had a trove of her emails on his laptop.

Some FBI officials knew in September 2016 of Hillary’s emails on Weiner’s laptop but the bureau did not obtain a warrant to review them until the following month.

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To hell with the safety of the public, it’s for the votes.

Via NY Daily News:

Cop killer Herman Bell is among the more than 24,000 parolees granted conditional pardons by Gov. Cuomo so they can vote.

While the governor’s office in an announcement Tuesday did not provide a list of names of those included on the list, a state corrections website shows Bell was issued a voting pardon.

Bell, a former Black Liberation Army member who served about 40 years for the killing of two cops, was recently released from prison after the controversial decision by a Parole Board to set him free. The decision was blasted by law enforcement and Republican lawmakers.

Cuomo has said he disagreed with the decision to grant Bell parole, but Tuesday’s announcement set off a new wave of outrage.

“Herman Bell is a killer. The governor and his parole board allowed a three-time murderer to go free. The truth is Herman Bell should have been killed by the police when he was apprehended years ago and we would not be discussing him now,” said Ed Mullins, president of the sergeants’ union.

The Cuomo administration has said the executive order the governor signed in April covers anyone who is out on parole and in good standing, and that anyone who meets the criteria is automatically processed.

Cuomo when announcing his executive order said that New York was following 14 other states and the District of Columbia in restoring voting rights to people upon their release from prison. Two other states never take them away.

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There is room at Starbucks. Update to this story.

Via CNY Central:

A 30-year-old man has been ordered by a judge to leave his parents’ home in Camillus.

New York State Supreme Court Judge Donald Greenwood ruled Tuesday afternoon that Michael Rotondo must remove himself. […]

Rotondo was frustrated with the judge and said in court Tuesday that he didn’t think the judge fully read the case.

He said it sounded like the judge said he needed to leave the home immediately, but Rotondo told reporters after the court appearance that “that’s just ridiculous.”

“It seems to me like I should be provided with, you know, 30 days or so, because generally you get 30 days after you’re found, you know, to have to vacate the premesis,” Rotundo said. “So I’m expecting something like that. But realistically, if that’s not the case, I don’t know.”

Rotundo said he will appeal the judge’s decision.

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That was then, this is now.

Via Washington Examiner:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Thomas Homan slammed a Democratic lawmaker during a House hearing Tuesday after she accused his agency of demonizing people who have illegally entered the country.

“We love to talk about this issue of MS-13 gangs. We love to paint immigrants as criminals. That is not the complete facts and that is very offensive for me to see continuing to happen,” Rep. Nanette Barragan, D-Calif., said during a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on border and maritime issues.

“It makes me sick to my stomach to keep hearing over and over again, painting the broad stroke and the picture as though these are folks who are coming here to do harm,” Barragan said.

Homan, who was not questioned following her remarks, asked for a chance to respond to Barragan’s initial statement.

“First of all, no one on this panel is anti-immigrant. We’re law enforcement officers enforcing the laws that you all enacted. So to sit there and say that we’re anti-immigrant is wrong. We are enforcing laws,” said Homan, acting ICE director. “If you think it’s OK to enter this country illegally — you shouldn’t be arrested, that’s just wrong. The laws clearly state, ‘You enter here illegally, it is a crime.'”

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Clashed with the Mexican flag shirts on Cinco De Mayo day.

Via Oregon Live:

A Liberty High School senior is suing his school, the principal and school district, claiming his First Amendment rights were violated when he was told by an administrator to go home or cover up a T-shirt that promoted President Donald Trump’s demand for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Addison Barnes is seeking an injunction stopping the Hillsboro School District from enforcing school dress codes “in a manner inconsistent with” the First Amendment and an order allowing him to wear the banned shirt to Liberty High School. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland, also seeks an undisclosed amount of money in damages.

The shirt’s logo: “Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.” Under the logo it said, “The wall just got 10 feet taller.”

Barnes wore the shirt sometime this school year to his first period “People and Politics” class, where immigration was going to be the topic of discussion, the lawsuit said. Assistant principal Amanda Ryan-Fear took Barnes out of the class and told him to cover the shirt because at least one other student and a teacher said they were offended by it.

Barnes covered the shirt and returned to class, but then decided to uncover it minutes later. Ryan-Fear sent a security guard to escort the teen from class to her office, the lawsuit said.

According to the court document, Ryan-Fear threatened Barnes with suspension for “defiance” and reiterated that he couldn’t wear the shirt because it offended students. Barnes was told to cover up the shirt for the rest of the day or go home. He chose to go home, the lawsuit said.

“This was unconstitutional,” the lawsuit said. “The First Amendment protects students’ right to speak on political or societal issues — including the right to express what school officials may consider unpopular or controversial opinions, or viewpoints that might make other students uncomfortable.”

Barnes’ decision to leave the school was initially noted as a suspension, but that was changed after Barnes and his father met with Ryan-Fear and Principal Greg Timmons a few days later. Barnes was told not to wear the shirt to school again or he could be subject to discipline, including suspension.

The shirt didn’t considerably disrupt or interfere with work at the school or the rights of other students, the lawsuit said. Barnes was trying to “comment on a national debate about a serious political and societal issue,” through his attire, according to the court papers.

The lawsuit said the school has allowed opposite viewpoints on immigration. One of Barnes’ teachers once displayed a sign in front of the classroom that said, “Sanctuary City, Welcome Home.”

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Thankfully Muslims are very peaceful…no, wait?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned Europe’s treatment of Turks yesterday as he used a fiery speech to urge the continent’s Muslims to stand up and fight for their rights in “failing democracies.”
His call at a massed rally in Sarajevo, Bosnia was met by ringing cries of “Allahu akbar ” and “Sultan Erdogan” from thousands of expatriate Turks, the Times reports.

“The European countries that claim to be the cradles of democracy have failed,” he told 15,000 cheering members of the Turkish diaspora, many of whom had travelled from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.

“European Turks must show their strength to the whole world,” he said. “You need to be in those parliaments instead of the ones who betray our country.

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Bad enough dodging the blue hairs from New York in the passing lane with the left blinker on.

Via Fox News:

A South Florida city warned thousands of residents of “extreme zombie activity” in an alert over the weekend about a widespread power outage.

“Power outage and zombie alert for residents of Lake Worth and Terminus,” residents were told in an alert sent around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, according to a Palm Beach Post report Monday. The paper reported that Terminus may have been a reference to the zombie TV show “The Walking Dead.”

“There are now far less than seven thousand three hundred and eighty customers involved due to extreme zombie activity,” the notification said, according to the paper.

Lake Worth Live, a community Facebook page, said an update from the city indicated the message was unintended, the paper reported.

“We are looking into reports that the system mentioned zombies,” Lake Worth spokesman Ben Kerr said in the post.

“I want to reiterate that Lake Worth does not have any zombie activity currently and apologize for the system message.”

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HT: Louisiana Mom

Bake that cake!

Via Patheos:

A female Muslim employee of a salon refused to wax the genitals of a man, because her religion prohibits her not to physically touch the private area of a male outside her family. I say “male,” because I’m using the traditional sense of the word… meaning the person has a penis. He is under the impression that he’s a female, because he identifies as such.

Yet, there are certain biological realities that this Muslim employee recognizes which he apparently does not. Powerline reports:

Earlier this month, a male-to-female transgender filed a $50,000 human rights complaint after a Muslim woman refused to perform a Brazilian wax on his genitals. …

“She never once asked for a leg wax [from] us,” Max Wax manager, president and CEO Jason Carruthers told PJ Media. “She said, ‘Women have penises and women have balls and if your staff is not comfortable they can look for another job.’”

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Via Daily Wire:

A community-based coalition headlined by Black Lives Matter recently issued a litany of demands to government officials as they negotiate court-ordered oversight policies to reform the Chicago Police Department (CPD).

The 127-page manifesto released last week outlines sweeping recommendations that the Mayor’s Office and Illinois Attorney General must “meaningfully review and consider,” according to an agreement filed in federal court earlier this year. Suggested procedural changes include removing police officers from public schools, reducing the use of force, and eliminating racism and gender-based discrimination the coalition says its members have long endured.

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Via Daily Caller:

NFL owners are proposing that teams meet in the locker rooms before the anthem in order to decide if they wish to take the field for the song. If they decide to, they will be penalized 15 yards for each player who kneels.

The proposed deliberation and penalties were reported first by Sports Illustrated.

The in-game penalty proposed by NFL owners came during a three-hour session of conversation between owners and family members in Atlanta. The anthem protests led to the most controversial season in recent NFL history, where players and team owners fought with angry fans and the President of the United States over the unpopular protests.

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Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe on Democrats going after President Trump: "If you’re going to shoot him, you have to shoot to kill."

CNN's Chris Cuomo offered no pushback on Tribe's comments. pic.twitter.com/uBJwSCjYpk

— Ryan Saavedra 🇺🇸 (@RealSaavedra) May 22, 2018

This guy is supposed to be a law professor but he’s constantly wrong both factually and legally.

Via Daily Wire:

On Monday, Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe made a reference to shooting and killing President Donald Trump when he joined CNN’s “New Day” to discuss what the Democrats need to do if they want to impeach Trump.

Talking about the book Tribe co-authored, “To End A Presidency: The Power Of Impeachment,” CNN’s Chris Cuomo noted it warns that “Democrats shouldn’t be rushing down the road of impeachment.”

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Via Daily Wire:

Now that Socialist President Nicolas Maduro has won re-election and a “mandate” to continue destroying Venezuela for another six years, citizens are buying bus tickets for a mass exodus.

According to Reuters, some Venezuelans have saved for as many as eight months to buy a bus ticket out of the country. Tickets are 1.4 million Bolivars each (around $17.50 USD), more than what some people make in a month in the socialist paradise.

Speaking with Reuters, a nurse named Betsabeth Casique described the fury she and others felt upon Maduro’s re-election, an event that opposition and foreign governments have called illegitimate. “That was the straw that broke the camel’s back, what pushed me to do it faster,” said Casique, 29.

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They are going to have a complete meltdown if they don’t win the House.

Via https://www.dailywire.com/news/30950/backlash-left-leaning-poll-has-really-bad-news-ryan-saavedra

A new poll released on Monday from a left-leaning news publication showed that the Democrats are paying dearly for their disastrous week last week where they lied about President Donald Trump’s comments regarding violent MS-13 gang members.

The Reuters Poll revealed that the double-digit lead that the Democrats held over Republicans last month in generic ballot voting for the 2018 midterms among registered voters is now completely gone as Republicans have opened up a six-point lead over the Democrats.

The poll, for the week ending on May 20, shows Republicans at 40.7 percent with Democrats falling down to 34.5 percent. This is the first time Republicans have taken the lead in Reuters’ poll in approximately a year.

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Thinking of how to stay out of jail.

Via Daily Caller:

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper claimed Tuesday that he “made a mistake,” but that he didn’t lie when he told Sen. Ron Wyden in 2013 that the National Security Agency doesn’t collect data on Americans.

Clapper was defending himself on “The View” after President Donald Trump called him a “lying machine.”

A report from The Guardian later that year showed that Clapper’s statement was false, that the NSA does collect phone metadata on millions of Americans.

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Hint: it wasn’t when they say, and they were spying on people before then.

Via NRO:

The Trump-Russia investigation did not originate with Carter Page or George Papadopoulos. It originated with the Obama administration.

Exactly when is the “late Spring”?

Of all the questions that have been asked about what we’ve called the “Origination Story” of the Trump-Russia investigation, that may be the most important one. It may be the one that tells us when the Obama administration first formed the Trump-Russia “collusion” narrative.

See, it has always been suspicious that the anonymous current and former government officials who leak classified information to their media friends have been unable to coordinate their spin on the start of “Crossfire Hurricane” — the name the FBI eventually gave its Trump-Russia investigation.

The Original Origination Story: Carter Page

First, they told us it was an early July 2016 trip to Moscow by Carter Page, an obscure Trump-campaign adviser.

As we’ve observed, that story became untenable once a connection emerged between the Bureau’s concerns about Page and the Steele dossier. The dossier, compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, portrayed Page’s Moscow trip as seminal to a Trump-Russia conspiracy to hack Democratic email accounts and steal the election from Hillary Clinton.

It turned out, however, that the dossier was a Clinton-campaign opposition-research project, the main allegations of which were based on third-hand hearsay from anonymous Russian sources. Worse, though the allegations could not be verified, the Obama Justice Department and the FBI used them to obtain surveillance warrants against Page, in violation of their own guidelines against presenting unverified information to the FISA court. Worse still, the Obama Justice Department withheld from the FISA court the facts that the Clinton campaign was behind the dossier and that Steele had been booted from the investigation for lying to the FBI.

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WEST ASHLEY, S.C. (WCIV) — The signs of a graduation party are still left around the house of the Koscinski family.

Jacob graduated Saturday with the highest honors from a Christian-based home-schooling program. So, his mom ordered a cake.

“He did not know we were getting a cake because he’s not a big cake eater. So we were all standing there waiting to see it and when we opened it, it was a huge shock to all of us,” said Cara Koscinski.

She explained how she ordered the 3/4 inch sheet cake online through Publix.

But when she requested the bakery include Jacob’s honor, she was alerted that profane or special characters weren’t allowed. Cara clarified her request with special instructions.
“The website had censored me and this is a website that you can refer to for the Latin term for Summa Cum Laude which means highest honors,” she said.

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