AFTER THE MCCABE APPETIZER, COMEY AND LYNCH ARE ON THE MENU
President Trump’s tweets indicate the hammer soon will fall on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former FBI Director James Comey.
The potshots they took at each other this weekend suggest Lynch and Comey think so too.
“Slippery James Comey” is a “slimeball” who “committed many crimes,” will go down as “the WORST FBI Director in history, by far,” the president said in a tweetstorm Sunday (4/15), and again Monday.
Trump was responding to Comey’s criticisms of him in Comey’s book, in bookstores this week.
Reviews – even by lefties – have not been kind.
THE CRIMINAL REFERRAL ON CLINTON, COMEY, AND LYNCH
Congressional lawmakers made a criminal referral yesterday (4/18)to the Department of Justice Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
It was against former senior-level Obama administration officials, including employees of the FBI connected with the unverified dossier alleging collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, as well as those involved in the warrants used to spy on a former Trump campaign volunteer.
The lawmakers also made a criminal referral on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and threats made by her DOJ against the FBI informant, who provided the bureau with information on the Russian nuclear industry and the approval in 2010 to sell roughly 20 percent of American uranium mining assets to Russia.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, along with ten other colleagues sent the letter Wednesday to Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray criminally referring:
*Obama FBI Director James Comey
*Obama Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
*Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch
*Obama FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
All for their involvement in the investigations into President Trump and alleged violations of federal law. The letter states:“We write to refer the following individuals for investigation of potential violation(s) of federal statutes. In doing so, we are especially mindful of the dissimilar degrees of zealousness that has marked the investigations into Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, respectively. Because we believe that those in positions of high authority should be treated the same as every other American, we want to be sure that the potential violations of law outlined below are vetted appropriately.”
IS GERMANY HEADED FOR RECESSION?
The economic outlook in Germany is deteriorating with alarming speed and any mistake by policy-makers could push the country into a full-blown slump, a leading economic institute has warned.
“The danger of recession has increased markedly. It is a notably more critical picture than a month ago,” says the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK) in Düsseldorf.
The IMK’s early warning indicator says the recession risk over the next three months has jumped suddenly to 32.4% as trade tensions mount and liquidity ebbs away in the international financial system.
Germany is heavily reliant on world trade and is therefore a bellwether for the broader health of the global economy. Its industrial sector lurched abruptly from boom to bust early in the last downturn and proved to be a leading indicator for the Great Recession.
GOODBYE, PAUL
What, Then, Is To Be Our War?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3A5CKkbH1o
When we enjoyed this back in 1984, and began to understand black criticisms of our dancing, we had no idea it would be prophecy. More people are waking up to the fact that the civil war is here, and it's real. The Thing is under the boat, and it's beginning to rise. If you aren't woke to that reality yet, recent events should wake you. After that, we face a question that was old when Thyucididies chronicled it: what then is to be our war? Recent times offer us more than a few pointers. So do ancient times.
I'm going to touch on a few highlights, and offer some resources you can peruse now or later. There is hope. There is always hope. But genuine hope can only begin once you understand where you really stand...
HFR 04-20-2018: Reports from the Front Lines
The Flight 93 Election was only the beginning. We live in an era of total political war, and even outsiders can see it clearly. To fully understand where we stand, read "What Then, Is To Be Our War?" which kind of ate me up this week. This week's HFR begins our answer.
How to beat the Left? Hungary's answer? Or Angelo Codevilla's? Or does it lie somewhere else?
What are Bad Boy vs. Mean Girl political strategies? Why does this matter? Why in the world did Comey decide to take this metaphor so literally, and how many facepalms has it generated this week?
Who is out there building things for us?
Who is out there fighting? Why was Starbucks such a refreshing break this week, and so instructive? In related news, who the heck is "Hotep Jesus," and why is he someone you want to know?
How does a hateful left-wing Fresno State professor illustrate the core problem with libertarianism, and the way forward for a fighting right?
Should David Hogg be hailed as a GOP hero?
Why are the tech firms the most important fulcrum of our current political problems? What 3 principles do we need to focus on going forward, in order to keep liberty alive in an era of social networks + A.I. + pervasive robotics?
How is science about the destroy the core of Leftist religion?
On the flip side, why does science need Christianity? Yes, you read that right.
These answers and more in this week's HFR.
THE MCCABE REPORT IS JUST THE APPETIZER
What a delicious hors d’oeuvre Michael Horowitz gave the world on Friday!
The inspector general for Department of Justice finally issued his eagerly awaited (eagerly awaited by some of us, anyway) report on Andrew McCabe, the disgraced former deputy director of the FBI.
Note that this is only an appetizer. In the coming weeks, Horowitz will follow up with entrees on the FBI’s partisan activities in the 2016 presidential election and, later, another report on (if I may employ the term) collusion with the State Department.
As of today (4/17), it is unclear exactly what the scope of the inspector general’s inquiries will be.
Speaking for myself, I hope the desert course includes a close look at the January 5, 2017 meeting at the Obama White House.
AFTER THE MCCABE APPETIZER, COMEY AND LYNCH ARE ON THE MENU
President Trump’s tweets indicate the hammer soon will fall on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former FBI Director James Comey.
The potshots they took at each other this weekend suggest Lynch and Comey think so too.
“Slippery James Comey” is a “slimeball” who “committed many crimes,” will go down as “the WORST FBI Director in history, by far,” the president said in a tweetstorm Sunday (4/15), and again Monday.
Trump was responding to Comey’s criticisms of him in Comey’s book, in bookstores this week.
Reviews – even by lefties – have not been kind.
HALF-FULL REPORT 04/13/18
Mike Ryan is filling in for Jack Wheeler this week.
President Trump uses an advanced management strategy that has the deep state baffled.
John Bolton joined the White House and was in the hot seat immediately.
Oh no, They Didn’t! Assad used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon. And those missiles are very smart.
Attorney Michael Cohen was raided at the same time a fire broke out in Trump Tower. Coincidence?
Child traffickers dealt a serious blow, and we are back with more fun with Zuck!
All this in this week’s HFR!
AMERICA AT MASADA
Masada, Israel. The story of Masada is one of epic heroism. At Israel’s creation in 1948, its founders were determined to create a paradigm shift in how Jews looked upon themselves. Here is where they found it.
For centuries Jews had passively accepted their fate of being murderously discriminated against. Now they had to see themselves as warriors willing to fight or die for their freedom. The epic heroism of Masada provided the perfect historical basis for such a paradigm shift, with every Israeli schoolchild imbued with it from kindergarten on.
No more pogroms, no more Jews lying down and taking it. Like the heroes of Masada, Jews were now to be feared and respected for their absolute determination to defend themselves against evil and ruthless enemies.
It’s a lesson America has to learn and take to heart today.