Absolutely could not happen to a "nicer" guy.

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Don't even fu@king get me started

Perhaps more evidence will emerge that the privately held opinions of two investigators contributed to then-FBI director James Comey's decision in July 2016 not to charge Clinton with a crime. (That was when the Republicans said the FBI was pro-Clinton. Before Comey called the finality of that inquiry into question just days before the 2016 election and the Democrats said the FBI was anti-Clinton.) Until charges are pressed and evidence is considered, however, Page and Strzok are owed some due process.  

They aren't getting it. This week, the Justice Department not only disclosed to Congress their private texts during an ongoing investigation, but then briefed their private texts to the media.

The FBI Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight

I have a real issue w/exposure of private communications outside of a trial discovery process or permission from the owner.

Nazareth is one of the holiest cities for Christians because it is where the angel Gabriel allegedly told the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to Jesus. The Christian savior also grew up in the town, according to the New Testament. Today, however, around two-thirds of the population in Nazareth is Muslim.

The decision by Mayor Ali Salam to cancel festivities was made in protest of Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a move the Muslim mayor, who once compared himself to Trump, found offensive.
"Our identity and faith aren't up for debate," Salam said during a press conference Thursday. "The decision [by Trump about Jerusalem] has taken away the joy of the holiday, and we will thus cancel the festivities this year."

This revealed under questioning by a GOP Senator.

Lord love a duck.  This is like hiring someone to be chief of surgery at a big hospital who does not know what a scalpel is.

The Trump administration is prohibiting officials at the nation's top public health agency from using a list of seven words or phrases -- including "fetus" and "transgender" -- in any official documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Policy analysts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta were told of the list of forbidden words at a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget, according to an analyst who took part in the 90-minute briefing. The forbidden words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender," "fetus," "evidence-based" and "science-based."

Peter Carr, Special Counsel spokesman:
"When we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process."

"What the defense did so well in this case is create such a good record for the appellate court to rule on. What they are asking for the appellate court to do is review all the evidence as they were the ones hearing this case," explained Rickman. Reeves is appealing Pasco judge Susan Barthle's ruling in March...
..."If Reeves wins his appeal, the case is over and he walks away a free man," said Rickman. If he doesn't, Reeves goes to trial. For now, the case is on hold until the appeals court rules.

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"Were the Moores really fellowshipping with rabbis? There was only one way to find out. I decided I would try to call every rabbi in Alabama. Here is what happened."

One day after the probation department submitted a report on Hastert, the judge ordered the tightening of the restrictions including barring him from possessing p*rnography, using s*x chat lines, and having contact with minors except in the presence of an adult who is aware of his sexual abuse of boys under age.

Disney to buy 21st Century Fox assets in a deal worth more than $52 billion in stock

Dababneh leaving Assembly

Local Democrat accused of sexual misconduct

A special election is expected to be called to replace Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (DEncino), who announced Dec. 8 that he will resign from his position on Jan. 1.

The news came four days after he was accused of masturbating in front of a woman in a Las Vegas bathroom last year.

Dababneh, a San Fernando Valley native in his second term in office, denies the allegation.

Trump is unpopular across a wide range of demographic groups in the state.
Sixty-nine percent of women, 68 percent of Iowans making less than $50,000 a year, 67 percent of city-dwellers and 62 percent of independents disapprove of his performance.

Sadly, in the Senate, Grassley (51%) and Ernst (48%), while having their approval ratings trend downward, still enjoy too much support.

On the plus side for the midterms, D's are favored 40 to 34% statewide. In the 4th District, currently held by Steve King (Repugnant), its 36 to 39% with 14% undecided.

The D's currently control one safe Congressional seat with one trending D and two toss-ups. With decent people running effective campaigns, there is hope for a sweep.

California lawyer Lisa Bloom's efforts included offering to sell alleged victims' stories to TV outlets in return for a commission for herself, arranging a donor to pay off one Trump accuser's mortgage and attempting to secure a six-figure payment for another woman who ultimately declined to come forward after being offered as much as $750,000, the clients told The Hill.

Bloom told The Hill she had no contact with Clinton or her campaign, but declined to address any contacts with super PACs that supported the Democratic presidential nominee.

this reeks of desperation.

WASHINGTON -- A federal court on Friday blocked Trump administration rules that made it easier for employers to deny insurance coverage of contraceptives for women.

Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Federal District Court in Philadelphia issued a preliminary injunction, saying the rules contradicted the text of the Affordable Care Act by allowing many employers to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage if they had religious or moral objections.

In May, Bigelow told "60 Minutes" that he's "absolutely convinced" that aliens exist and he doesn't care if it makes him sound crazy. There has been and is an existing presence, an ET presence. And I spent millions and millions and millions -- I probably spent more as an individual than anybody else in the United States has ever spent on this subject."

WASHINGTON - White House lawyers are expected to meet with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office late this week seeking good news: that his sprawling investigation's focus on President Donald Trump will soon end and their client will be cleared.

But people familiar with the probe say that such assurances are unlikely and that the meeting could trigger a new, more contentious phase between the special counsel and a frustrated president, according to administration officials and advisers close to Trump.

People with knowledge of the investigation said it could last at least another year - pointing to ongoing cooperation from witnesses like former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, as well as a possible trial of two former Trump campaign officials. The special counsel's office has continued to request new documents related to the campaign and members of Mueller's team have told others they expect to be working through much of 2018, at the minimum.