Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Russia May Reduce More U.S. Diplomats in Moscow
OAN Newsroom
Russian President Vladimir Putin is floating the idea of eliminating more U.S. diplomats in Moscow as a response to the recent closures of several Russian embassies in the U.S.Putin said America has the right to reduce the number of foreign diplomats, but went about removing the staff members in a — quote — “boorish” manner.
Putin also said the closing of the Russian embassies was a violation of property rights, and he plans to sue the U.S. over the matter.
The Russian president made clear that he is reserving the right to reduce U.S. diplomats in Russia, but will wait to see how the situation develops.
House intel panel subpoenas for records on unverified Trump dossier
Christopher Steele Spy :-) |
The House Intelligence Committee has issued
subpoenas requesting records related to the FBI's relationship with a
former British spy who compiled a dossier of unverified allegations
about President Donald Trump's connections with Russia.
The committee subpoenaed the FBI
and the Justice Department on Aug. 24, giving them until Sept. 1 to turn
over information about the nature of the bureau's relationship with
Christopher Steele. The panel also wants to know how much Steele was
paid and to what extent the dossier was relied upon to obtain FISA
warrants and launch the FBI's investigation into Russian activities
during the 2016 election campaign.
The subpoenas were first reported by the Washington Examiner.The FBI and Justice Department did not respond to the initial request for records and the committee has now given them until Sept. 14 to comply. If the records are not provided, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Jeff Sessions will be directed to appear before the committee to answer questions.
Steele compiled the 35-page dossier while working for U.S.-based Fusion GPS, an investigative firm headed by former Wall Street Journal reporter Glenn Simpson. The document was initially created as opposition research on behalf of Trump's political rivals and contained a number of salacious allegations involving Russian prostitutes. None of the allegations in the dossier have been corroborated.
However, the dossier was part of the evidence the FBI used to obtain a FISA warrant to monitor communications of Carter Page, a peripheral adviser in the Trump campaign. Former FBI Director James Comey considered the dossier so important that he insisted it be included in January's final Intelligence Community Report on Russian meddling in the election and reportedly offered Steele $50,000 to corroborate the dossier---something the bureau denies paying.
Ex-Sheriff David Clarke to join pro-Trump super PAC
Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke Jr. announced
Tuesday he will join the super PAC devoted to electing candidates who
support the Trump-Pence administration.
Both the super PAC, America First
Action, and a spokesperson for Clarke announced that he would join the
team as a senior advisor and spokesman.
“It’s truly an honor to join the America First Action
team, most importantly because we share the same values that most
hard-working, law-abiding Americans do,” Clarke, who resigned last week
from his post as sheriff, said in a statement Tuesday. “It gives me the
chance to do what I love most—promote President Trump’s agenda,
including his fierce support for the American law enforcement officer,
and ensure the will of the American people who got President Trump
elected is not derailed by the left or the self-serving Washington
establishment.”In June, Clarke announced that he had rescinded his acceptance of a post in the Office of Public Engagement for the Department of Homeland Security. However, the office had never confirmed that it offered him the job, in which he would have served as a liaison between DHS and state and local law enforcement.
Since his resignation last week, Clarke, who has been a loyal Trump supporter, had been rumored to take a post within the administration.
On Friday, DHS pointed Fox News to its announcement in June that “Sheriff Clarke is no longer being considered for a position within DHS.”
“His status with DHS has not changed,” a DHS official told Fox News. Also Friday, the White House told Fox News that it had “no announcement” in regards to a potential administration post for Clarke.
“David Clarke is an American patriot, and we are very proud to welcome him to America First,” Brian O. Walsh, president of the PAC, said Tuesday. “Having spent a lifetime in law enforcement –protecting and serving his community and fighting for justice and the Second Amendment –Sheriff Clarke doesn’t just believe in making America safe again; he’s devoted his life to it.”
Clarke had built a following among conservatives with his social media presence during the 2016 presidential campaign. He spoke at the Republican National Convention last July.
Clarke recently published a memoir, titled, “Cop Under Fire,” which President Trump promoted on Twitter last week.
Illinois Democrat Gutierrez: Kelly a 'disgrace to the uniform' over DACA
U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat Idiot |
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly |
An Illinois congressman blasted
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly — a retired Marine Corps general
and Gold Star father — as a “disgrace to the uniform” Tuesday after the
Trump administration announced the dismantling of the DACA program.
DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals) was created by former President Barack Obama by executive
action in 2012.The program gives hundreds of thousands of young people
brought to the country as children protection from deportation and
allows them to work in the U.S.
The Washington Examiner reported
that U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat, took personal aim at Kelly
because Kelly once reportedly spoke favorably about the program. House
members reported in July that Kelly told Latino lawmakers in a
closed-door meeting that he was supportive of the program, but pointed
out that it was probably illegal.“He's personally for it. He thinks it will not hold up, according to the attorneys he's spoken with,” Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, told the Associated Press at the time. “He was challenged by those of us in the room, by lawmakers, to publicly announce his own position and to be a leader and to stand up and defend DACA. He said he would consider it.”
Gutierrez also said, after the July meeting, that Kelly, who previously headed the Department of Homeland Security, took credit for keeping the program alive for so long since Trump took office.
Gutierrez changed his tune after the Trump administration's Tuesday announcement.
“General Kelly is a hypocrite who is a disgrace to the uniform he used to wear,” the congressman said in a statement.
"General Kelly, when he was the head of Homeland Security, lied straight to the faces of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about preventing the mass deportation of DREAMers," Gutierrez also said. "He has no honor and should be drummed out of the White House along with the white supremacists and those enabling the president's actions by ‘just following orders.'"
The Examiner reported that Kelly is a retired four-star general and Gold Star father. One of his sons died in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
New York's de Blasio hints there should be a parade in his honor
Mayor de Blasio claims he’s running the city so
well that “you’d assume they’d be having parades out in the streets” —
and insisted he’d be more popular if it weren’t for “the time in
history.”
“When I think about how crime’s
gone down for four years, graduation rates up, test scores are up, more
jobs than ever in our history — I think, ‘Wow, just that quick profile,
any candidate anywhere would want it,’ ” he boasted to New York
magazine.
“You’d assume they’d be having parades out in the
streets. But that’s not the time in history we’re living in,” he
arrogantly added.De Blasio’s job-approval rating plummeted over the summer to a 50 to 42 percent margin, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released in late July.
New Yorkers are split — 46 percent to 46 percent — on whether he deserves a second term, the poll found.
The mayor admitted he had made “missteps” and had “insufficiencies as a communicator” — but said New Yorkers were simply taking out their frustrations with the current economic climate on their leaders.
“The Great Recession, specifically, but really the decades of people being economically stagnant, deeply affected people’s views, understandably,” de Blasio said. “And the increased cost of living around here.”
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