Category: Politics

Though Democrats repeatedly disrespected Attorney General Bill Barr when he testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, in their eyes they’re the victims.

After the hearing, multiple female Democrats — some of the rudest ones too, ironically enough — rushed to far-left outlets like MSNBC to weep and gnash their teeth.

“You saw his affect yesterday. He was disrespectful, spoke over top of every one of us, in particular he spoke over women,” one of those Democrats, truth-averse Pennsylvania Rep. Madeleine Dean, whined on MSNBC early Wednesday morning.

“He was flanked by at least 10 staffers, not a person of color among them, and he couldn’t identify that we have systemic racism in this country.”

“Maybe that’s because he’s living in a bubble. I just have to tell you, it was so disrespectful the way he approached Congress, the way he approached our committee,” she added.

Many folks, however, would agree that it was Democrats who were disrespectful and kept speaking over AG Barr.

As of Thursday morning, every tweet posted by Dean within the past 24h was ratioed, with critics pouncing on her for the disrespect she’d shown.

“I realize you have to feign outrage while questioning AG Barr to appease your base and your donors, but a lot of former Dems like me are disgusted. You acted insane,” one user wrote.

“I saw one of your interviews about Barr talking over everyone. A bunch of BS! You forget we the people watched the whole clown show! All of you wouldn’t let him answer a question! Every time he tried to speak..the chorus said “I’m reclaiming my time!”” Wrote another.

On Thursday, President Trump floated delaying November’s presidential election lending extraordinary voice to persistent concerns that he would seek to circumvent voting in a contest where he currently trails his opponent by double digits.

The President posted a tweet Thursday morning, coming 96 days before the election, and offered the suggestion because he is afraid that the contest will be flawed.

“With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA,” President Trump wrote.

“Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump questioned.

Trump’s campaign stated that the President was offering a query.

“The President is just raising a question about the chaos Democrats have created with their insistence on all mail-in voting,” campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said.

“They are using coronavirus as their means to try to institute universal mail-in voting, which means sending every registered voter a ballot whether they asked for one or not,” he added.

Attorney General William Barr said that he has “no reason to think” that the upcoming election will be “rigged,” but he also said that he believes that “if you have wholesale mail-in voting, it substantially increases the risk of fraud.”

Attorney General William Barr shot back at Rep. Joe Neguse during congressional testimony Tuesday, saying, “I’m going to answer the damn question,” when Neguse continually cut him off.

AG Barr was asked by Neguse, a Colorado Democrat, to affirm under oath a statement he made earlier that the White House fully cooperated with the Mueller investigation to which AG Barr said he believed the statement to be true at the time and was cut off by Neguse when he attempted to elaborate.

“You said under penalty of perjury, I’m going to answer the damn question,” AG Barr responded.

AG Barr was often interrupted by Democratic House Judiciary Committee members during the hearing with the phrase “reclaiming my time,” which appeared to frustrate the attorney general and Republican members of the committee.

“I don’t think we’ve ever had a hearing where the witness wasn’t allowed to respond to points made, questions asked, and attacks — attacks made. Not just in this hearing, not just in this committee, but in every committee I’ve been on,” Rep. Jim Jordan said at one point.

“Particularly when you think about the fact that we have the attorney general of the United States here,” Jordan added.

“I want the attorney general to be able to have enough time to respond to accusations and questions asked him, and you guys not cut him off.”

Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler called Jordan’s comment “irrelevant” and called out Rep. Jordan for “rudeness” during the hearing to which Jordan responded, “Rudeness is on the other side. Time after time, you refused to let the attorney general of the United States answer the questions posed to him.”

At another point in the hearing, after being cut off by Democratic Rep. Lou Correa, Barr wondered aloud why he wasn’t being heard at a hearing.

“This is a hearing. I thought I was the one who was supposed to be heard,” Barr said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that AG William Barr acted like a “blob” and a “henchman” of President Trump during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.

The California Democrat denied her own comments could lead to violent consequences when she was asked Tuesday to respond to AG Barr saying it was possible that her comparison of federal law enforcement to “storm troopers,” an allusion to Nazi paramilitary forces, could place officers in danger.

“I never heard him say anything about Rudy Giuliani when he said they were like storm troopers when they went into Michael Cohen, was it his home, or one of his other henchmen said that the law enforcement were like the Gestapo when they went into one of the other of the president’s henchmen’s place,” she said.

“I said they acted like storm troopers, and they did. And my colleagues have said that as well,” Pelosi told MSNBC.

“He should be answering for what he did at Lafayette Square, a disgrace,” Pelosi later added.

“So this — it’s really — he was like a blob. He was like just a henchman for the president of the United States instead of the attorney general of the United States of America.”

Pelosi said that AG Barr’s testimony was “despicable” and “beneath the dignity of an attorney general.” The speaker also suggested that Barr’s behavior was criminal.

“He is there to support the president, Donald Trump, no matter what. He’s not the president’s lawyer. That was Michael Cohen, and you know what happened to him,” Pelosi said.

Few weeks ago, Rocker Neil Young wrote the following open letter to President Trump saying that he would not sue him.

Now it appears, Young may change his mind.

This was the letter Young had posted on his website.

Dear Mr. President:

Although I have repeatedly asked you to please not use my music because it indicates that I support your agenda, you have always played my songs anyway at your gatherings, with no regards for my rights, even calling me names on twitter.

I did notice you played my music at your latest rally despite my previous request.

…Because you are in charge of the Covid 19 response here in the USA, I will not sue you, (as certainly is my right) potentially distracting from your important work at hand protecting and saving American lives,” the former CSNY member stated while sending his well-wishes for the nation’s leader for protecting and unifying Americans during the pandemic.

I suggest you listen to my song ‘Lookin’ For A Leader 2020,’ available on my website, neilyoungarchives.com as part of a work I recently completed with my wife- “The Porch Episode,” as I believe it would be an interesting addition to your next rally.

With respect for your office,

Neil Young

USA Today reported that Neil Young says he’s considering legal action against President Donald Trump for playing his music at events.

Young has been outspoken before about his disapproval of Trump’s use of his songs, but he’s previously written that he has no legal recourse to stop him. Now, the musician says he’s “reconsidering.”

“I am changing my mind about suing Donald Trump,” Young wrote online Monday. “I am looking at it again. There is a long history to consider and I originally considered it, deciding not to pursue.”

Young suggested his change of heart was inspired by Trump’s deployment of federal agents to curb civil unrest following the death of George Floyd.

In his post, Young said Trump “ordered thugs in uniform onto our streets” and shared a video of federal agents using force against a man in Portland, Ore. In an interview, the man says he is a military veteran.

“Trump has no respect for our military,” Young wrote. “They are not to be used on the streets of America against law abiding citizens for a Political charade orchestrated by a challenged President.”

He continued by describing the officers as “thugs with no IDs shooting Americans on the streets.”

“They are not our police,” he wrote. “Our police should arrest these untrained thugs for breaking our laws. They have zero de-escalation training, a must have for the job they are mishandling, so they’re totally unqualified to be there.”

Neil Young is ‘not ok’ with Trump using his music at Mount Rushmore event.

Young also criticized Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“When the states asked for help with Covid 19, the president did not give it,” he wrote. “He said he’s not responsible. When they said don’t bring military to our streets — we don’t need that, he did it anyway for his own political reasons — not for America. This rogue president is creating a much worse problem with his street thug army of uniformed hatred.”

As a result of these actions, Young says he might sue the president.

“Imagine what it feels like to hear ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ after this president speaks, like it is his theme song,” he wrote. “I did not write it for that.”

Rep. Cedric Richmond attacked AG William Barr on the basis of not having black people among his “top staff” that he brought along with him when he got the position of Attorney General.

Richmond made the point that Barr had this in common with both former acting AG Whitaker and Sessions.

Richmond then claimed: “that sir is systematic racism. That is exactly what John Lewis spent his life fighting” and suggests that AG Barr keep the name of John Lewis out of the DOJ’s mouth.

Rep. Cedric Richmond: “When you all came here and brought your top staff, you brought no Black people. That, sir, is systematic racism…”

“You really should keep the name of the Honorable John Lewis out of the Department of Justice’s mouth,” he added.

Tim Young wrote in response to Richmond’s remarks blasting him for his lack of terminology.

“Hey Cedric Richmond, it’s “systemic racism,” not “systematic racism,” Young pointed out. “If you’re going to accuse Bill Barr of it, the least you can do is get the terminology right.”

AG William Barr appeared Tuesday before the Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee for what is expected to be more political grandstanding by the party.

And while Chairman Jerry Nadler will have his chance to grill AG Barr in the pursuit of electoral gains, it’s fair to wonder if he laid awake last night dreading the coming interaction with Rep. Jim Jordon, R-Ohio, the panel’s ranking member.

“Spying. That one word, that’s why they are after you Mr. Attorney General,” Jordan said in his opening statement. “Fifteen months ago, April 10th 2019, you said this in a Senate hearing, ‘I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal.’ … It sure is. And since that day when you have the courage to state the truth, they attacked you. They’ve been attacking you ever since for simply stating the truth that the Obama and Biden administration spied on the campaign.”

After sharing some of the reported tactics employed by the FBI, Jordan asked, “You know what they call that? Spying.”

He laid out the details behind the Carter Page FISA court applications and noted that the Justice Department inspector general’s report documented 17 lies in the process.

“But guess what? Chairman Nadler refuses to allow Mr. Horowitz to come here and testify and ask questions about the 17 lies the Obama/Biden administration told to the secret court,” Jordan said.

The Republican lawmaker proceeded to establish that the FBI never had any basis for launching the initial investigation of the Trump campaign

“There was never a proper predicate so why did they do it? There was no reason to do it, so why they do it?” he asked, before providing the answer.

Citing a series of texts from disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok, Jordan talked about how he told his secret lover, FBI attorney Lisa Page, that they will stop Trump from being elected.

“But guess what happens in November? November 8th, 2016, the American people get in their way — 63 million of them to be exact. Now everything changes,” he said.

Jordan explained that as a result of the election, these forces now must engage in a cover up and former national security adviser Mike Flynn was the first target in that endeavor.

With an emphasis on the last month of the Obama administration, he reminds us of the infamous White House meeting where all the major players were present — this occurring one day before fired FBI director James Comey tried to set President-elect Trump up during a briefing on the fake dossier.

As Jordon explained, the briefing would be leaked to the media so they could report on the dossier’s unverified contents.

Jordan laid out the process of Flynn being set up by the FBI and the general’s name being repeatedly unmasked by Obama officials.

“Flynn resigns on February 13, and now the cover-up is complete,” he said.

But when Comey is fired by President Trump, everything goes awry again.

“Now how do they continue the cover up?” Jordan asked. “Real simple, Jim Comey leaks his memos with the express purpose of getting a special counsel appointed to investigate something they already know isn’t true.”

This being Robert Mueller, who produced nothing.

“So all they have left is to attack the attorney general who had the courage to state the truth right from the get-go,” he added. “You guys attack him every day, every week and now you filed articles of impeachment against him, it’s ridiculous. He had the courage to do what no one else would do with the Justice Department.”

Addressing Barr, Jordan said, “I want to thank you for having the courage to call it what it was — spying. I want to thank you for having the courage to get the politics out of the Department of Justice that was there in the previous administration and maybe most importantly, we are going to talk about this on our side when questioning, I want to thank you for defending law enforcement and pointing out what a crazy idea it is to defund the police policy is and standing up for the rule of law.”

“In fact we have a video that we want to show that gets right to the point. Can we play that video please?” he then said.

The video begins with the mantra on the left about “peaceful protesters,” being repeated again and again by the media and Democratic politicians, to include former President Barack Obama.

The video then shifts to the extreme violence witnessed in one American city after another by lawless Black Lives Matter mobs being protected by Democrats. A press conference featuring the wife of slain former St. Louis police chief David Dorn was included.

The carnage plays over and over again on the screen, as well as one attack after another on law enforcement, for 8 minutes.

At the end, all Chairman Nadler, who called Antifa terrorists behind much of the mayhem “a myth that is being spread only in Washington, DC,” had to say was: “I hope Mr Jordan will never complain about the length of my opening statement.”

Today, House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler confirmed that he is ok after a car accident and began the House Judiciary hearing with scathing criticism of AG Barr.

“Your tenure has been marked by a persistent war against the department’s professional core in an apparent attempt to secure favors for the president,” said Nadler.

“After he finished utterly humiliating his first Attorney General. He found you. In your time at the department, you have aided and abetted the worst failings of the president,” he added.

Nadler was involved in a car accident Tuesday morning on his way to Washington but was not injured, his spokesman said. Which in turn delaying a highly anticipated hearing with Attorney General Bill Barr.

Fox News previousley reported that AG Barr plans to use his first-ever appearance before the House Judiciary Committee to condemn the “grave abuses” in the “bogus Russiagate scandal,” while also defending law enforcement officers in no uncertain terms amid unrest in American cities.

The AG’s unusually aggressive posture will be matched by similarly full-throated arguments from GOP lawmakers on the panel, including ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Fox News is told.

GOP lawmakers plan to highlight former Attorney General Eric Holder’s remark that he was then-President Barack Obama’s “wingman,” noting their close relationship to preempt accusations that Barr is President Trump’s yes-man.

A strategy document from the GOP side also suggests they will defend the Roger Stone commutation and the recent controversial removal of a U.S. attorney.

Fox News reported on a call to CSPAN by a self described ‘Democrat’:

On Sunday, Trump 2020 adviser Boris Epshteyn scolded CSPAN host Jesse J. Holland for dismissing rhetoric made by a caller who appeared to threaten Trump supporters.

“This morning a Trump supporter was killed, was shot and killed in a drive-by in Milwaukee. I don’t know if you got that news, but the people in Milwaukee are waiting for those troops to come in because they got weapons, and it’s going to be a lot of bloodshed when they come, so that’s all I got to say,” the caller identified as a Democrat named John said.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Boris asked

“Now you’ve got people on your air threatening our lives? Is that what it is, Jesse?” the Trump surrogate asked as the feckless host tried to quickly move on to another caller.

“I don’t think we should keep going, we just had a caller call in that said shooting Trump supporters is right,” Epshteyn emphatically stated.

“Anybody who is a Democrat or independent should listen to what that gentlemen just said and realize where the Democrats are in this country. They’re threatening our lives. It is disgusting, it’s despicable and it’s criminal.” He went on to say.

The caller was referring to the the slaying of Bernell Trammell, well known Trump supporter in Milwaukee.

The local CBS affiliate reported that Milwaukee police said he was shot and killed around 12:30 p.m. Thursday. They’re still investigating what led up to the shooting and they are still looking for suspects.

Community members said Trammell was an independent who supported candidates on both sides of the aisle, including President Donald Trump in the presidential race and Sen. Lena Taylor in the Milwaukee mayoral race.

John Self said he had many philosophical conversations with Trammell over the years inside his business.

“He believed in democracy. He believed in his right to free speech,” Self said. “I don’t think he ever once tried to convert you or change you. He would just tell you what he thought, he would listen to what you had to think, and then he would respect that.“

Milwaukee police said they are still investigating the motive for the shooting.

Alec Baldwin is a well-known Trump hater and lately, he has been making wild accusations. Baldwin is mimicking the Democrats who are attempting to make Americans believe that the COVID crisis is out of control and that it’s all President Trump’s fault.

The truth is the exact opposite. Dr. Michael Levitt, a Stanford professor who also has a degree from Cambridge, claims that COVID-19 in the US will basically be over in 4 weeks.

“US COVID19 will be done in 4 weeks with a total reported death below 170,000. How will we know it is over? Like for Europe, when all cause excess deaths are at normal level for week. Reported COVID19 deaths may continue after 25 Aug. & reported cases will, but it will be over,” Levitt tweeted July 25.

Meanwhile, Alec Baldwin claims: “Trump’s presidency must die so that we can live.”

Alec Baldwin has made a series of strange and unverifiable claims about President Trump in recent weeks. Last week, the actor pushed a wild conspiracy theory that the president could use armed force to stop the election in November, citing the recent decision to send federal agents to quell the rioting in Portland.

In May, Baldwin declared that President Trump “has a degenerative mental illness that is costing 1000’s of lives.” He also claimed that Trump supporters who vote to re-elect the president November are “mentally ill.”

Folks on social media didn’t wait long to blast Baldwin’s ridiculous remarks.

“Think about that statement and how awfully close he is to calling for the President’s assassination. #awful @AlecBaldwin is a #traitor. #investigate Alec Baldwin!” tweeted Max Jones.

“What do you want to bet this clown was a frequent guest on Epstein Island? His opposition is too desperate not to be personal,” tweeted “MOCKBADOC.”

“Ain’t nothing dying but every hope and dream you got Alec. I want you to look out yonder… You see that? You hear that Mr Baldwin? That’s a big rolling train called ‘The Mighty USA’ that’s going to CRUSH you and the entire dEmocrat party. Might want to step out of the way,” tweeted “Wolf.”