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Democrats Try To Force Recusal of All Trump Appointees

sunbeam April 4, 2019 Comments Off

The Mueller investigation into Russian collusion has ended. The investigation that was started as an indirect result of the corrupt FISA warrant has found no criminal lapses connected to the campaign. The investigation did financially bankrupt some good people who found themselves in court supposedly for lying. No such accusations about lying have been proven in court to date. The investigation did a very good job of shielding corruption in the Obama administration from public disclosure.

Painting The Truth

sunbeam April 3, 2019 Comments Off

Jon McNaughton, an American artist, has done a painting that says more about the national emergency on our southern border than a thousand words could ever say. It is a truly wonderful piece of art. I happen to think his point about who to blame is 100% right. PDJT is trying to do what is right and the people Jon has painted are very wrong.

The Big Lie

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Steve McCann over at American Thinker has written a very insightful piece about “The Big Lie.” In it he talks about the incessant chattering of the MSM and Democrats that PDJT had acted illegally and unethically in winning the 2016 election. The accusations were ridiculous as the Mueller Report demonstrated. However, eventually this “Big Lie” was believed by a majority of Americans and by almost all Democrats. This has led to violence being committed against PDJT’s supporters time and again.

Another writer has noted,

Border Crisis Intensifies

sunbeam April 2, 2019 1 Comment

How bad does the situation at the southern border have to be for Democrats to admit it’s an emergency? Are there any numbers of illegal border crossings into the United States that would cause Democrats to recognize an emergency?

Appearing Friday on Morning Joe, Jeh Johnson, DHS secretary during former President Barack Obama’s second term, was blunt in addressing the border crisis. He declared Friday the southern border is in a “crisis” state, a claim the Trump administration made last year.

Sunlight Coming To The Comey Memos

sunbeam April 1, 2019 Comments Off

An interesting story was reported on a number of news sites last week. A federal judge, Judge James E. Boasberg, ordered the FBI to produce all documents relating to the infamous Comey memos. This is to be done by today April 1^st.

Earlier this year the same judge had rejected a lawsuit that asked memos by former FBI Director James Comey be made public. The Department of Justice had argued that releasing the memos “might prematurely reveal . . . the nature, scope, direction and focus of its investigations” involving Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

U.S. District Judge Boasberg agreed after speaking with an attorney from the Office of Special Counsel, though calling the entire situation “rather unprecedented.” He said releasing the memos “could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings.”

Keep in mind that part of Comey’s memos had been leaked by Comey himself to the news media through an intermediary. In testimony to Congress he said he did so in the hopes of getting a Special Counsel investigation underway.

Humor

sunbeam March 30, 2019 Comments Off

A little humor for a Saturday.

The Curious Case of Jussie Smollett

sunbeam March 29, 2019 Comments Off

On January 29th , the news flashed across the country that Jussie Smollett had been the victim of an attack that was characterized as a lynching.

Supposedly “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was attacked in the early morning hours on the 29^th. The two people who attacked him were “yelling out racial and homophobic slurs”. They also yelled, “this is MAGA country.” One of Smollett’s alleged attackers also put a rope around his neck.

The reaction around the country was predictable. To the elites on the left this was another example of the hate that PDJT was fostering around the country. Democratic candidates for President including Core Booker and Kamala Harris were quick to jump in and condemn the attack.

The problem? As the Chicago police did what police do, that is, investigate, they discovered that the whole thing was a hoax, a complete fraud. The investigation was thorough and dispassionate. Smollett orchestrated the whole thing. The police have a check for $3500 paying for the crime. They have the check number (#1603) from his bank account. He is caught. This is not a “who done it.” He did it.

Thought for the Day

sunbeam March 28, 2019 Comments Off

A thought for the day from Thomas Sowell.

Is San Antonio anti-Christian?

sunbeam March 27, 2019 Comments Off

In another move demonstrating the anti-Christian bias that pervades the progressive left, the San Antonio City Council voted to ban Chick-fil-A from the San Antonio International Airport.

The Party’s Over

sunbeam March 26, 2019 Comments Off

Now that the Mueller investigation is over, what can be expected next? The normal process does not allow for the release of investigative material unless there is an indictment. The privacy of innocent people who have never been charged with any crime must be protected.

The Democrats will mine whatever the DOJ releases for any crumb that they might use against the President. If the DOJ does not release all of the report, Rep. Adam Schiff and others will claim that high crimes and misdemeanors are being covered up even though he knows better. It will be all about trying to make some political hay out of the disaster that was the Mueller investigation.

Pelosi and Schumer will demand that all investigative materials be declassified and released. They will probably say that full transparency is needed to protect the integrity of the US intelligence community or some such crap like that. The complete investigative file would likely be millions of pages. There would also be wiretaps, emails, text messages, etc.