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Originally posted by sdy:
liking Nunes more and more

http://www.washingtonexaminer....port/article/2644540

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Thursday slammed the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for their "failure to fully produce" documents related to the Trump dossier, saying that DOJ and the FBI should investigate themselves.

“Unfortunately, DOJ/FBI's intransigence with respect to the Aug. 24 subpoenas is part of a broader pattern of behavior that can no longer be tolerated,” Nunes wrote in a scathing letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in which he complained about information and witnesses subpoenaed by his committee earlier in 2017.

“As a result of the numerous delays and discrepancies that have hampered the process of subpoena compliance, the committee no longer credits the representations made by DOJ and/or the FBI regarding these matters,” Nunes added in the letter obtained by Fox News.

Nunes demanded records and available dates for witnesses to testify be given to Congress by Jan. 3., threatening to introduce a contempt of Congress resolution if his request is not met.

The committee is seeking reports regarding meetings between the FBI and confidential human sources about the controversial dossier, as well as testimony from key DOJ and FBI officials.

Nunes also blasted the DOJ's response to the subpoenas as "disingenuous" because the department initially claimed the documents "did not exist."

“As it turns out, not only did documents exist that were directly responsive to the committee’s subpoenas, but they involved senior DOJ and FBI officials who were swiftly reassigned when their roles in matters under the committee’s investigation were brought to light,” Nunes said.

The House Intelligence Committee is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The dossier compiled by former M16 British spy Christopher Steele contains salacious and unverified allegations of misconduct and collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

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"but they involved senior DOJ and FBI officials who were swiftly reassigned when their roles in matters under the committee’s investigation were brought to light"

Nunes is shining light in dark corners

Two days of congressional questioning and suddenly Andrew McCabe decides to swiftly retire at age 50. Would really liked to have watched that question and answer session.

Nunes wants to interview Ohr, Strzok, FBI Attorney James Baker, FBI Attorney Lisa Page, FBI Attorney Sally Moyer and FBI Assistant Director for Congressional Affairs Greg Brower.






Andrew Weissman is on Muellar's team. Weissman attended Clinton's election night gathering in NY.

I'm trying to figure out the end game strategy of this deep state biased group. They are trying to continue a likely losing game as long as possible. They are either cleaning things up, or they hold a bombshell. Certainly they thought the dems would win and they'd have been protected from their illegal activities. Likely reason to drag their feet on releasing communications, is that they implicate them and/or they want the opportunity to destroy them.

The God Damned Commies never give up, even when the fat lady sings.

Their fat lady will never sing.

Newt's on a roll and I'm glad he's on our side.

Underestimate President Trump at your peril

Would you believe that during his first year as commander in chief, President Trump hosted 43 world leaders at the White House. In total, he engaged or met with 149 world leaders in 2017. In 183 calls, the president spoke with leaders from 51 countries. Not exactly the lack of connectivity his critics expected a year ago.

When Trump won the election, his critics expressed great concern about his apparent lack of preparation and experience in foreign policy and national security.

Even Republicans in the foreign policy and national security establishment were deeply opposed to the Trump presidency because they believed he lacked sufficient knowledge to lead.

As I pointed out in my #1 New York Times best seller “Understanding Trump,” it is easy to underestimate the speed at which Trump learns. He listens constantly (I tell folks he always listens, but he doesn't always obey). He is endlessly curious about virtually everything. He built a worldwide corporate system, which includes hotels, office buildings, golf courses, books, wine, and a successful reality show. That took constant curiosity as he stretched again and again beyond the real estate skills his father taught him back in Queens.

One of the keys to the Trump learning system is his intuition about personnel. He has hired a lot of people in his life, and he has a pretty good instinct for defining what he needs. For his national security team, he brought in Marine four-star General James Mattis to be Secretary of Defense, Army three-star Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster to be National Security Adviser, and Marine four-star General John Kelly to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Kelly proved so effective, the president brought him in to be White House Chief of Staff. It would be hard to suggest that Trump has lacked competent professional military advice.

That may also explain why after years of the Obama team's failure to defeat ISIS, the new Trump team calmly and professionally destroyed its territorial base in less than a year. In fact, the Trump team was so efficient and competent, the victory has been virtually unnoticed in the anti-Trump elite media.

According to the Daily Caller, “ISIS retains historically low numbers of fighters, controls little territory and has lost much of its command and control facilities in Iraq and Syria. The vast majority of the military progress against the group occurred in 2017.”

Part of his success has been due to Trump’s ability and willingness to listen to leaders who host him when he travels. During the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, not only did the king of Saudi Arabia meet Trump at the airport, but he was at his side any time Trump was in public during his stay. The amount of time in which they had to compare notes and discuss Iran, terrorism, and Israel was significant and historic.

At the State Department, Trump wanted a major leader as Secretary of State, and as the CEO of ExxonMobil, Rex Tillerson seemed the central casting vision of a global leader. He had routinely made billion-dollar deals, and he was comfortable and experienced in dealing with world leaders. In the first six months of the new administration, Tillerson played an important role in calming fears until people around the world got to know Trump.

When the president made his controversial decision to move the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, he had been talking with every major American ally in the region for weeks. No one was surprised, and their approving reactions have been muted by the elite media.

Trump's growth as a foreign policy and national security leader is something which deserves major acknowledgment in every year-end review of 2017. Donald Trump is not the president his critics feared. He is adroitly learning the trade of presidential leadership at a rapid pace.

P.S. On Wednesday, I wrote about how dishonest the media has been about Trump’s achievements. On Thursday, I found more confirmation. The elite media has written endlessly about the president’s supposedly low approval ratings, yet a recent Rasmussen poll shows that Trump’s approval rating was nearly identical to Obama’s on December 28, 2009.

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Originally posted by pbslinger:
I'm trying to figure out the end game strategy of this deep state biased group. They are trying to continue a likely losing game as long as possible. They are either cleaning things up, or they hold a bombshell. Certainly they thought the dems would win and they'd have been protected from their illegal activities. Likely reason to drag their feet on releasing communications, is that they implicate them and/or they want the opportunity to destroy them.

They may not really have a strategy. They may have been unexpectedly caught out when the wicked witch lost and have just been hiding, hoping, and scrambling since then. It would be wonderful if they were all rooted out and burned at the stake. That probably isn’t happening (darn it!), but I am hopeful that under President Trump’s leadership enough light will be shine into the dank corners to expose them and some consequences will befall them.

Trump tweets...

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In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017

And leftist heads explode in indignation!

The global warming tweet is just pure win. Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth it has caused.....

It's good that the left are so arrogant and smug. They have no idea what's going on, and what could be better for us than having the enemy totally clueless? The main stream media is a complete shambles, but they will keep on thinking that they are right! and Trump is stupid! and his supporters are bigots! even as day by day they increasingly become the only ones paying attention to themselves.

If you wanted a perfect example of what it means to have your head up your ass: The Washington Press Corps.

"Global Warming was the old phrase. It's now "Climate Change." All I can say is that this cold is quite a climate change but not quite the same as the other climate change that is supposed to be wreaking havoc. I'm so confused. Maybe Al Gore will help us get this all straight.

All my life I've noticed four (4) "climate changes" throughout the calendar year. Yeah...it's called:

SPRING
SUMMER
AUTUMN
WINTER

Friggin' dunderheads....

On the morning of 1/20/18, this thread will be locked and pinned and a new thread will be started- The Trump Presidency, Year Two. At nearly 500 pages, this thread has become essentially unreadable.

That portent of journalistic excellence, Lemon, throws another tantrum.

He's funny.

This popped up on my FB memories from last year. I have noticed a few liberal/union loving friends have de-friended me since.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
On the morning of 1/20/18, this thread will be locked and pinned and a new thread will be started- The Trump Presidency, Year Two. At nearly 500 pages, this thread has become essentially unreadable.

Yup, there's so much Winning, even if one tried, one simply cannot comprehend it all!

For the record, I am NOT tired of all this Winning! And I look forward to The Trump Presidency, Year Two....Followed by Years Three thru Eight!

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
Trump tweets...

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In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 29, 2017

And leftist heads explode in indignation!

I love how Trump trolls these idiots every chance he gets and they fall for it each and every time!

Good Grief. This is no Republican. I don't care how she labels herself. She is not one of us.

'Morning Joe' guest worried Trump might invalidate 2018 midterm elections - even though he couldn't

Ridiculous. These people are not living in the real world.

I cannot wait until mid-terms, when we wipe the floor with these infants.

President Donald Trump spent Friday golfing, but this time, CNN probably won’t say a word.

CNN complained Wednesday and Thursday about not being able to grab footage of POTUS on the links, so on Friday, he gave the media a front row seat.

To the special “thank you” round he played with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, that is.

Trump welcomed the Coast Guard members and told them he wanted them to have a fun tournament to figure out who the best player is.

“It’s an honor to have you on the course,” Trump said.

According to the White House pool report, sixty members of the Coast Guard accepted Trump’s invitation to use his golf course for the day. Trump also provided the service members lunch.

“These brave men and women patrol the waterways near Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago everyday,” WH deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said. “The President wanted to thank these service members personally for their service to this nation.”

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12...h-coast-guard-video/

Ya know the Left sure has some sick puppies. As I'm sure you all know. Here's just one !

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"Trump Derangement Syndrome claimed another victim after a former executive assistant at NBC decided to “protest” the president by yelling at his animatronic robot doll during a show at Disney World.

The video clip shows Jay Malsky repeatedly screaming “lock him up” at the Trump robot while other audience members, probably concerned about their frightened children, tell him to shut up"

The Los Angeles Times points out an odd bit of presidential trivia as 2017 comes to a close: President Donald Trump could become the first president since Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower not to visit the State of California in his first full year in office.


http://www.breitbart.com/calif...lifornia-first-year/

New New Mexico is not worthy of a visit by President Trump.

Maybe he feels the same way I do; I love California...but it's ruined.