Stacy McCain on RussiaGate: ‘But I Didn’t Know Until This Day That It Was Hillary Clinton All Along.’ "Of course I’m kidding. We’ve all known from the get-go who was really behind the “Russian collusion” hoax, but I just had to use that line from The Godfather now, because the release of the so-called Durham annex (previously classified evidence obtained by John Durham during his Special Counsel investigation) has finally proven what we’ve suspected." Matt Vespa at TownHall say Former Rolling Stone Editor Couldn't Hold His Tongue on This Aspect of the Russian Collusion Hoax. Anymore Althouse put her own spin on Matt Taibbi "The Russiagate scandal has long been one of the most convoluted, hard-to-follow news stories of all time...." saying "This post is really a place-holder. It marks my own nonfollowing of the story. Notice what I am quoting — Taibbi's acknowledgment that the story is too hard for people to follow. And it's not as though he's solving the problem for us. The quoted material is conclusory assertion. For someone who isn't already pro- or anti-Trump, you still have no way to sort out what's true. I also read The New York Times, and here's Taibbi telling me The New York Times is systematically screwing it up. Maybe. How am I supposed to know?" So she has her eyes and ears covered. But can she escape the smell? Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi "There’s no shortage of possible crimes in Russiagate, from perjury to illegal leaks of classified intelligence to criminal misuse of FISA to concealing/destroying evidence and obstruction of justice, even the Espionage Act, and various conspiracy offenses." Quote Jose Ortega @dosxxamber Replying to @mtaibbi "There still has been NOTHING released that changes the findings of the Trump DOJ or @marcorubio led Senate Russia investigations. They both concluded that Russia interfered and that Russia's actions helped the Trump campaign." From Fox, The Russia hoax is simple. Democrats lied and half the country believed them. "Documents show emails between campaign advisers and Open Society Foundation officials discussing strategy." Dirty tricks are part of politics. It became criminal when they enlisted the FBI, CIA et al to assist. Vicky Taft at PJM, And There It Was — One Sentence in Declassified Docs Proves We All Were Censored to Protect Hillary. Fox, Trump 1.0 alums share chilling Google message from before second-term return: 'LAWFARE at its finest.' "Scavino, Patel, Clark claim FBI surveilled their Google accounts/" Remember, the clock on the statue of limitations doesn't start until the last act of conspiracy. At Am Spec, Scott McKay, has Five Quick Things: The Long Overdue Russiagate Reckoning. "The lies concocted by Hillary Clinton’s campaign team cannot go unpunished." UndeadFOIA, Obama Plan Dates To October 2016 "In 2018, New York Magazine noted the existence of a plan formed in October 2016 with the idea that Trump would refuse to concede the election upon Clinton’s sure-victory."
PM reports Chris Wray referred to DOJ for misleading lawmakers on memo claiming traditional Catholics were domestic extremists. From Fox, DOJ targets noncitizens on voter rolls as part of Trump election integrity push. "Civil Rights Division seeks voter registration data with emphasis on identifying noncitizens on rolls." NYPo, Secret Service halts ex-director Kimberley Cheatle’s security clearance renewal. RCP, Secret Service Stops Renewal of Former Director’s Security Clearance.
At NYPo, the Divine Ms Devine is impressed Trump nailed the biggest trade deal in American history and proved everyone wrong – again! From the Brussels Signal, Despite euro-fantasies, Trump, Xi and Putin do not regard the EU as a sovereign state. Hey, let's restrict them to one vote in the UN! LifeZette reports Trump Slaps Canada with a Tariff Increase Over Failure to Curb Flow of Fentanyl. Fox, Dem senator agrees with GOP that Trump's making progress on trade war "Aside from Fetterman, Hill Democrats are continuing to blast Trump’s tariffs strategy, saying its negative effects are still on the horizon." At WaEx, Trump says he would remove Powell ‘in a heartbeat’ if it didn’t ‘disturb the market.’ From ET, Senate Passes $187 Billion ‘Minibus’ Funding Package "It includes funding for Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, legislative branch operations, and other non-controversial spending. . . It’s the first time in years that the Senate has passed any funding legislation before the August recess."
From Althouse, "Think of us as the 'Inglourious Basterds' of the House Democrats. We will do anything to win this." ""Trump has fundamentally changed the rules of political engagement in this country. If they attack, you attack back." Said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-California), quoted in "Blue-state Democrats face hurdles countering Texas GOP’s new election map/Democratic leaders in California, Illinois and New York are exploring retaliatory measures to offset the creation of more safe red seats. Moving as swiftly as their GOP counterparts will be difficult" (WaPo)(free-access link)." Kurt Schlichter @KurtSchlichter, "That’s a totally unexpected response by a guy they tried to frame and put in prison for the rest of his life, then tried to kill." Quote Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher, "One person close to the president summed up the White House’s political strategy succinctly: “Maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” What Texas and the redistricting wars reveal about our politics." Misty Severi at JTN, Trump says he wants to 'release everything' related to Jeffrey Epstein. Of course, a lot of it is tied up by courts which are in no mood to help Trump.
Fox lists 5 huge ways Trump can make civil service great again "Civil service plan includes changing incentives, embracing technology and creating private sector partnerships." Sarah Arnold at TownHall, sees Trump Slash IRS Workforce by 25 Percent, Marking Major Win for Taxpayers and Government Efficiency. Leslie Eastman at LI, Trump’s DOE Ditches 400 Climate Cultists, Taps 5 Experts for Balanced ‘Climate Assessment’ "The new climate assessment will be valuable as a basis for making wise decisions that balance the nation’s energy and economic needs with valid and reasonable environmental concerns." From Da Wire, For The First Time In 40 Years, The Federal Government Can Judge Applicants By Merit "The move opens the door to an elite federal workforce — and a major victory for President Donald Trump."
ET reports Trump Issues 60-Day Deadline for Drug Makers to Lower Prices. "In letters to 17 pharmaceutical companies, the president called for swift action to implement most-favored-nation prescription drug pricing." At NYPo Charles Gasparino explains Why the Washington Commanders’ owners are thinking hard about Trump’s demand they restore the ‘Redskins’ moniker "Behind the scenes, they say they are parsing all the ways Trump could screw things up for them. The stadium is on federal land leased to the DC government for the next 99 years."
Fox, Dems dig in, Trump demands all: Nominee fight boils over in Senate as GOP looks for a deal, "Thune says Democrats 'dug in on position that's just not working' as talks continue." Judge Pirro was finally confirmed as D.C. Attorney, 50-45. But it appears the Senate was done after that, going on break until Sept. Matt Margolis at PJM asks Are Senate Democrats Finally Going to Get the Payback They Deserve? Probably not.
ABC 13, Judge pauses Trump administration's push to expand fast-track deportations "Friday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., could benefit hundreds of thousands of people." Fox, Appeals court denies Trump admin's request to lift limits on Los Angeles immigration raids. "Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass celebrated the court's decision as 'a victory for the rule of law and for the City of Los Angeles'" DNYUZ, Court limits Trump’s asylum crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. "The three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit lifted its administrative pause on a July ruling from a federal judge who found Mr. Trump’s proclamation defied U.S. laws that require the federal government to hear the claims of migrants who want to apply for humanitarian protection out of fear that they could be harmed if deported." At ET, Appeals Court Allows Trump to End Union Bargaining for Some Federal Workers. "Unions sought to challenge the president’s order ending collective bargaining for employees of government agencies with national security missions." Josh Blackmun at the Volokh Conspiracy reports Justice Kavanaugh "Definitely Pay[s] Attention" To the Press "I am still incredulous that Justice Barrett does not read coverage about herself."Greg Piper at JTN, sees the Feds destroy a family farm for 'single paperwork violation.' GOP-appointed judges rebuke feds. "Supreme Court ban on agencies using in-house courts to fine companies prohibits Labor Department actions going back to Obama administration, appeals court rules. "We’ve been dragged through the mud," farm says."
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