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Comey to Trump:
The Russians Didn’t Influence the Election
by Ed Klein
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Top Headlines
Trump will hand over control of his businesses interests to his sons prior to inauguration. (The Washington Post)
Doh! Wisconsin recount ends, Trump adds 162 votes to tally. (Washington Examiner)
F-35 program "cost is out of control," Trump Tweets. He's right. (Fox News)
From the people's House to the big house: Ex-Dem Rep. Chaka Fattah gets 10-year sentence. (Washington Examiner)
Click bait provocateur Alex Jones finally finds a conspiracy he can't get behind. (Washington Examiner)
American University students retreat to "stress free zone" for cocoa, corn hole during final exams. (Campus Reform)
Ohio is making assisted suicide a felony. (National Review)
Policy: The impact of Trump's "Penny Plan" on federal spending. (The Daily Signal)
Policy: Key questions about Russia's alleged hacking (The Daily Signal)
Policy: How should the president-elect uphold Rule of Law? (Competitive Enterprise Institute) ~The Patriot Post
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Will Anti-ISIS Strategy Backfire
at an Open Border?
by TERENCE JEFFREY
by TERENCE JEFFREY
{familysecuritymatters.org} ~ In combatting the Islamic State, has the current administration pursued a strategy that increases or decreases the terrorist threat to people in the United States?... The U.S.-led military campaign against "ISIL" in Iraq and Syria began in August 2014. "First, we will conduct a systematic campaign of airstrikes against these terrorists," liar-nObama explained in a Sept. 10, 2014 speech. A report the next day in The Washington Post quoted a CIA spokesman: "CIA assesses the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria, based on a new review of all-source intelligence reports from May to August, an increase from our previous assessment of at least 10,000 fighters."... http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/will-anti-isis-strategy-backfire-at-an-open-border?f=must_reads
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Faithless Electors Lose Another Court Hearing
by gopusa.com
Democratic presidential elector Bret Chiafalo
{gopusa.com} ~ A longshot bid to deny Donald Trump the presidency suffered another setback Wednesday after a federal judge rejected an effort by two Democratic electors from Washington state... to avoid being fined if they ignore the results of the state’s popular vote. U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said electors Bret Chiafalo and Levi Guerra had presented a case far too speculative to warrant blocking state law. The pair have said they’re not sure how they’ll vote, and there’s nothing to indicate whether Washington would actually fine them. But they have said they might join with other so-called “Hamilton electors” from both parties to choose some other candidate when the Electoral College meets next Monday because they believe Trump is unfit for office...
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FBI’s Comey Calls Donald
Trump With BOMBSHELL New Evidence
{angrypatriotmovement.com} ~ Beleaguered FBI Director James Comey called President-Elect Donald Trump to update him on a highly controversial emerging scandal... Comey’s tidbits of information will likely not be shared by the mainstream media because the facts he relayed simply do not fit their liberal narrative. James Comey told Donald Trump there was NO credible evidence the Russians influenced the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. The FBI director went on to say his agency is not the only one that has reached the same conclusion, Newsmax reports. According to James Comey, the director of the National Intelligence Agency, James Clapper, says no proof of a Russian hack into the DNC email system has been presented. He added the ONLY member of the entire United States intelligence community who felt it was appropriate to point a finger at the Russians was CIA Director John Brennan... http://www.angrypatriotmovement.com/comey-calls-trump-bombshell/
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Cracks appear in CIA Russian-hack scenario
by Bob Unruh
{wnd.com} ~ The election didn’t work out for liar-Hillary Clinton, nor did a campaign for recounts, with some results showed Donald Trump gaining votes. Now, claims that the Kremlin hacked the U.S. election to hand the Oval Office to Trump are falling apart, too... As one commenter to WND said, “What is next … blame Bigfoot, blame aliens, divine intervention, George Bush, global warming?” “The bottom line is: Trump won!! Get over it!!” Writer Matthew Vadum at Canada Free Press speculated, after the CIA declined to provide evidence of a Russian hack to Congress: “Could it be the CIA – which employs more than a few Trump haters – doesn’t actually have any evidence? If they have proof they should cough it up. But they refuse... http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/cracks-appear-in-cia-russian-hack-scenario/
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McCain And Graham Still
Anti-Trump With Nominees
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ Lou Dobbs had a few thoughts on “President-elect Trump making it official and announcing ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his choice for Secretary of State today... But the President-elect yet again finding himself in a position where member of his own party are already working against him, including the latest iteration of the three amigos.” He notes, “Senators McCain and Graham calling over the weekend for an investigation into CIA claims that Russia interfered in our election to benefit Trump. And now the amigos are at it again, this time of Trump’s Secretary of State pick. McCain saying he’s concerned about Tillerson’s relationship with Vladimir Putin. Graham calling the ties “unnerving.” But the three amigos, which found themselves reduced to a party of two after Senator Kelly Ayotte lost her reelection forced to find support from new parts. One-time Trump primary rival Senator Marco Rubio saying he has “serious concerns,” now about Tillerson’s nomination. And Senator James Lankford also joining in. A Spokesman for the Senator from Oklahoma says ‘He is not ready to vote for Rex Tillerson.”...
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Comey to Trump:
The Russians Didn’t Influence the Election
by Ed Klein
{townhall.com} ~ In telephone conversations with Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey assured the president-elect there was no credible evidence that Russia influenced the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election by hacking the Democratic National Committee and the e-mails of John Podesta, the chairman of liar-Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
What’s more, Comey told Trump that James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, agreed with this FBI assessment.
The only member of the U.S. intelligence community who was ready to assert that the Russians sanctioned the hacking was John Brennan, the director of the CIA, according to sources who were briefed on Comey’s conversations with Trump.
“And Brennan takes his marching orders from President liar-nObama,” the sources quoted Comey as saying.
In Comey’s view, the leaks to the New York Times and the Washington Post alleging that the Russians tried—and perhaps even succeeded—in tilting the election to Trump were a Democratic Party effort to delegitimize Trump’s victory.
During their phone conversations, Comey informed Trump that the FBI had been alert for the past year to the danger that the Russians would try to cause mischief during the U.S. presidential election.
However, whether the Russians did so remains an open question, Comey said, adding that it was just as likely that the hacking was done by people who had no direct connection to the Russian government.
“It’s also unclear,” the sources pointed out, “why Putin would have preferred dealing with Donald Trump, who has promised a major military buildup, over liar-Hillary Clinton, who would have continued Barack liar-nObama’s cautious policies toward the Kremlin.”
What’s more, Comey told Trump that James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, agreed with this FBI assessment.
The only member of the U.S. intelligence community who was ready to assert that the Russians sanctioned the hacking was John Brennan, the director of the CIA, according to sources who were briefed on Comey’s conversations with Trump.
“And Brennan takes his marching orders from President liar-nObama,” the sources quoted Comey as saying.
In Comey’s view, the leaks to the New York Times and the Washington Post alleging that the Russians tried—and perhaps even succeeded—in tilting the election to Trump were a Democratic Party effort to delegitimize Trump’s victory.
During their phone conversations, Comey informed Trump that the FBI had been alert for the past year to the danger that the Russians would try to cause mischief during the U.S. presidential election.
However, whether the Russians did so remains an open question, Comey said, adding that it was just as likely that the hacking was done by people who had no direct connection to the Russian government.
“It’s also unclear,” the sources pointed out, “why Putin would have preferred dealing with Donald Trump, who has promised a major military buildup, over liar-Hillary Clinton, who would have continued Barack liar-nObama’s cautious policies toward the Kremlin.”
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