Barr has made plain that he intends to examine carefully how and why Comey, as FBI director, decided that the bureau should investigate two presidential campaigns and if, in so doing, any rules or laws were broken. In light of this, the fired former FBI director apparently has decided that photos of him on Twitter …
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The increasing willingness of Twitter and Factbook to censor critics of the left was inevitable. It was unrealistic to think they would provide a platform for views their bigs disagreed with. The only practical response is to develop alternative channels. The segmentation of the Internet has been on for some time. This is the latest …
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The Chinese communist party seeks to diplomatically isolate Taiwan by stripping it of its diplomatic allies, by meddling in democratic elections and by applying economic pressure through redirecting tourism and financial development away from the island, Randall Shriver, assistant secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Affairs, said during a Friday media briefing about the report.“China has …
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One of my proudest professional accomplishments is a weird one: I convinced a handful of colleagues to just give up.We were in a brainstorming session trying to solve a problem that had been giving us trouble for some time. We must have run through a half-dozen solutions, each more convoluted than the last, essentially trying to figure …
Who benefits from renewables? Ironically those who sell oil and gas. Since renewables are not currently technologically viable this forces those who prematurely rely on it to become more dependent on things like Russian gas. Wind power was the how Putin became indispensable to Germany. Now comes a major article in the country’s largest newsweekly magazine, Der Spiegel, …
The “College Football Captain” was praying too — as fervently as he could by Virtue Signalling for all he was worth — to satisfy whatever gods or universal righteousness he believed in. Such religious zealots go by many names, mutaween among them. Wow. An elected Dem state rep, a “College Football Captain,” videos himself (presumably …
At some point in the near future there will be more dead Facebook users than living ones. It will be a vast graveyard. The research by the Oxford Internet Institute, a department at Oxford University, describes an extremely conservative scenario in which Facebook gains no new users. In this case, at least 1.4 billion users will be …
What better way than to install it? Russia has nowhere close to China’s tech reach. The Chinese have taken the view, according to the DoD and other outside national security experts, that information dominance is key to winning conflicts. This could be done by denying or disrupting the use of communications equipment of its competitors. …
Following on recent rocket attacks on Israel, whose funding is ascribed to Iran, the US is deploying a carrier group to the Middle East. WASHINGTON—The U.S. is deploying a carrier strike group and a number of bombers to the Middle East to serve as a deterrent to Iran based on new intelligence that suggests allied …
The difference between ISIS and other “hate groups” is that ISIS has the resources and organization of quasi state. KATTANKUDY (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police on Sunday discovered a 10-acre camp in the eastern town of Kattankudy, where Islamist militants linked to the deadly Easter attacks are believed to have practiced shooting and bombmaking. Reuters …
The great advantage of Beto, Elizabeth, Kamala and Pete is they are essentially firewalled from any Obama Era scandals. They are a promissory note, not a bounced political check or worse, a potential co-conspirator. The DNC’s dilemma is polls show they can’t win from the extreme left. Their chance is in the center but Joe …
Tickets to the latest stop on Bill and Hillary Clinton’s speaking tour were going for as little as $20 on the secondary market as their 13-city adventure continued to struggle to find an audience.The best seats in the house at Seattle’s WaMu Theater on Friday could be had for $829, a steep 54% drop from the $1,785 …
In its most detailed account yet, the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington says a Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider during the 2016 election solicited dirt on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman and even tried to enlist the country’s president to help.In written answers to questions, Ambassador Valeriy Chaly’s office says DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa sought information from …
The cramped space is home to Facebook’s newly opened operations center to oversee the European Union’s parliamentary election, which will be held May 23 to May 26 in 28 countries. Modeled after the “war room” that the Silicon Valley company created before last year’s midterm elections in the United States, the people inside are tasked …
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I made a mistake when I gave my older children phones when they were 13,” she shares. “It ended my relationship with them, really. Not completely, but it became a very, very big part of their lives. They became too inundated with imagery and started to compare themselves to other people, and that’s really bad …
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“For every child who will drive down this street and see the name of the first Black President of our country, this boulevard will serve as a physical reminder that no goal is out of reach and that no dream is too big,” tweeted City Council President Herb Wesson after the renaming Saturday. CNN
Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker both argued during Sunday interviews that former President Barack Obama deserves the credit for a good economy under President Donald Trump. Daily Caller
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Foreign intervention without military force.
