Hillary Protected Aide Accused of Sexual Assault

By Jessica Estepa. Hillary Clinton reportedly asked to keep an adviser to her 2008 presidential campaign onboard, despite accusations that he had sexually harassed a young woman.

The New York Times reported that Burns Strider, Clinton’s faith adviser at the time, was accused of harassing a 30-year-old woman who sharing an office with him. The woman told the campaign that Strider sent her suggestive emails, rubbed her shoulders inappropriately and kissed her on the forehead.

A sexual harassment report was made to campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle. Doyle reportedly approached Clinton and asked that Strider be fired. Clinton declined to do so, and Strider remained on staff.

Strider, who was married at the time, instead was docked several weeks of pay and was ordered to undergo counseling, per the Times.

The young woman, who reportedly signed a nondisclosure agreement that prevents her from publicly speaking about the campaign’s inner workings, was moved to a new job. (Read more from “Hillary Protected Aide Accused of Sexual Assault” HERE)

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Clinton Kept Adviser on 2008 Campaign Despite Sexual Harassment Allegation

By Dan Merica and Veronica Stracqualursi. Hillary Clinton decided not to fire a senior adviser on her 2008 presidential campaign who had been accused of sexual harassment, against the recommendation of her campaign manager, two sources who worked on the 2008 campaign tell CNN.

A female campaign staffer had accused Clinton’s faith adviser, Burns Strider, of harassment that included inappropriate touching, kissing her forehead and sending her suggestive emails, the sources said. The woman shared an office with Strider.

After hearing of the complaint, Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle and other senior aides urged Clinton to fire Strider, but Clinton declined to dismiss him and kept him on for the rest of her failed run for the Democratic nomination, the sources said.

The other source said Clinton made clear that “we should explore other options” than firing Strider. “I certainly thought he should just be fired,” the source added. (Read more from “Clinton Kept Adviser on 2008 Campaign Despite Sexual Harassment Allegation” HERE)

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Trump: ‘Firing’ Report Is Fake News

By Washington Examiner. President Trump said Friday that the New York Times story saying he wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller last year was “fake news.”

“Fake news, folks, fake news,” Trump said in Davos. “Typical New York Times fake stories.”

The Times’ report said Trump ordered Mueller to be fired, and was stopped by White House counsel Don McGahn, who said firing Mueller in the middle of his probe into Russian meddling in the election would be a political disaster for Trump.

McGahn later said the idea of firing Mueller has “never been on the table, never.” (Read more from “Trump: ‘Firing’ Report Is Fake News” HERE)

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Trump Slams Report Claiming He Sought to Fire Mueller, Blames ‘Fake News’

By Fox News. President Trump on Friday denied reports that he ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June and only backed down after his White House counsel refused to carry out the instruction and threatened to resign . . .

The Times’ report said that White House lawyer Don McGahn said he would not deliver the order to the Justice Department, according to The Times, which cites four people familiar with the request by the president.

Trump argued at the time that Mueller could not be fair because of a dispute over golf club fees that he said Mueller owed at a Trump golf club in Sterling, Va, the report said. The president also believed Mueller he had a conflict of interest because he worked for the same law firm that was representing Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner. (Read more from “Trump Slams Report Claiming He Sought to Fire Mueller, Blames ‘Fake News'” HERE)

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Thief Steals Entire Church All by Himself

A thief stole a church from Peoria, Arizona early Tuesday morning all by himself.

As the church service is held at a local elementary school, the entire church is stored in a trailer during the week.

“We have all of our church equipment for worship in a 7×16 trailer that we haul each Sunday,” Cross of Glory Lutheran Church & School wrote on Facebook. “It’s our church in a box.”

The Facebook post also included the license plate number and details so the trailer can be easily identified and reported to police.

“The trailer is white with damage at the back left side. Please share and let’s get the social media eyes going.”

The surveillance videos show a white pickup first scouting the church property around 3 a.m., and then returning a few hours later and, within minutes, driving away with the trailer.

“You feel violated,” Pastor John Ehlers told ABC News.

The thieves only left the wheel stoppers from the trailer behind.

“It’s hard to function without it because, when you’re worshipping in a school — in a gymnasium, you have to bring everything in,” Ehlers said.

A Church in a Box is an easy way to have a church without actually having a building because everything is portable.

“Maybe if they open it up and actually read the Bible that’s in there, they’ll get to know a little bit about their savior,” Ehlers told ABC News.

Cross of Glory Lutheran Church & School hosts their second site at Lake Pleasant Elementary School, and their trailer had everything they needed for their service from audio equipment to a baptismal font.

Ehlers estimated the stolen trailer had about $40,000 worth of equipment.

A service will still be held at the school whether or not they get their trailer back.

“They can’t take God’s word from you,” Ehlers said.

The pastor passed along a message for the thieves: “You’re welcome to bring it back any time you’d like, no questions asked. Bring it back and, hey, Jesus does forgive you for those sins too. (For more from the author of “Thief Steals Entire Church All by Himself” please click HERE)

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Nikki Haley: ‘Disgusting’ Claims of Affair with Trump ‘Absolutely Not True’

U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, is the latest political figure to come under scrutiny after the publication of Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury.”

After Wolff appeared on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” rumors began to circulate that Haley was having an affair with the president.

The author stated that he was “absolutely sure” that President Donald Trump was having an affair, even though the accusations weren’t specifically printed in his book, according to Politco, and readers will be able to determine who is suspected on a close reading of the book.

“Now that I’ve told you, when you hit that paragraph, you’re gonna say, ‘Bingo,’” Wolff reportedly said.

From there it seems, readers honed in on the line, “The president had been spending a notable amount of private time with Haley on Air Force One and was seen to be grooming her for a national political future,” reported Politco.

The ambassador said that the claims are completely false, “highly offensive” and “disgusting,” while also noting that the attacks are similar to smears that other women have faced when coming into power.

“It is absolutely not true,” said Haley during an appearance on Politico’s Women Rule podcast.

Responding to Wolff’s assertion that she had spent significant time on Air Force One with the president, Haley said: “I have literally been on Air Force One once and there were several people in the room when I was there.”

“He says that I’ve been talking a lot with the president in the Oval about my political future. I’ve never talked once to the president about my future and I am never alone with him.”

“So the idea that these things come out, that’s a problem,” she told Politico.

“But it goes to a bigger issue that we need to always be conscious of. At every point in my life, I’ve noticed that if you speak your mind and you’re strong about it and you say what you believe, there is a small percentage of people that resent that and the way they deal with it is to try and throw arrows, lies or not.”

“Fire and Fury” has been heavily criticized for several noted inaccuracies, as previously noted by CNBC.

Wolff reportedly did not respond to Politico’s request for comment.

Haley meanwhile, asserts that strong women who speak their mind are always at risk for an attack.

“I saw this as a legislator. I saw this when I was governor. I see it now. I see them do it to other women,” she said. “And the thing is, when women work, they prioritize, they focus, and they believe if you’re gonna do something, do it right.”

According to Politico, Haley was followed by rumors of an extramarital affair during her time in South Carolina state politics.

“Others see that as either too ambitious or stepping out of line. And the truth is, we need to continue to do our job and if that means they consider it stepping out of line, fine. And if that means they’re gonna throw stones, people see lies for what it is. Do I like it? No. Is it right? No. Is it gonna slow me down? Not at all,” Haley told Politco. “Every time this has happened, it only makes me fight harder. And I do it for the sake of other women that are behind me because they should never think that they have to put their head down and cower out of fear that somebody’s gonna do something to you.” (For more from the author of “Nikki Haley: ‘Disgusting’ Claims of Affair with Trump ‘Absolutely Not True’” HERE)

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Poll: Majority of Small Business Owners ‘Very Concerned’ About the Cost of Health Care in 2018

Roosevelt Opinion Research recently surveyed 500 small business owners at the behest of the Job Creators Network, and found that the cost of health care is a significant concern going into 2018.

When asked: “What is the biggest threat your business faces in 2018?” 16.2% replied “health care mandates.” While that ranks far below “finding qualified workers” (27.3%) and “other” (22.1%), 16.2% (approximately one sixth) is a significant number.

Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent (FTE) employees must offer affordable health insurance for those employees and their dependents, or face a fine.

When asked: “Is the cost of health care a concern to you in 2018?” 55.9% said that they are “very concerned,” and 20.6% said they are “somewhat concerned.” A combined 20.2% said they are either “somewhat unconcerned” or “very unconcerned.” . . .

In early January, the Trump administration’s Department of Labor announced a proposal that would let a larger number of small businesses and sole proprietors than is currently allowed to band together and form associations. These groups could then use their collective power to negotiate lower health insurance costs. (Read more from “Poll: Majority of Small Business Owners ‘Very Concerned’ About the Cost of Health Care in 2018” HERE)

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Report: FBI Agents Used ‘Private’ Devices While Investigating Hillary’s Private Server

Two anti-Trump and pro-Clinton FBI agents caught in the middle of a massive scandal regarding corruption and political bias at the nation’s leading investigative bureau allegedly used “private” devices to communicate with each other about government work while investigating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.

In a letter, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) told FBI Director Chris Wray that FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page may have used private devices while investigating Hillary Clinton for “similar” practices, Fox News reported Friday . . .

This latest revelation comes after Grassley released new text messages on Thursday between Strzok and Page, who were having an affair, that showed the two talked about using private devices to communicate about work-related matters while investigating Clinton. Fox News notes:

In an April 10, 2016 text, Strzok messaged Page to say: “Gmailed you two drafts of what I’m thinking of sending Bill, would appreciate your thoughts.”

In other messages, on June 3, Strzok told Page: “Dude. It’s all unclassified…Type on home computer and email to yourself.”

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Trans-Age: Accused of Assaulting 3 Young Girls, Man Claims He’s a 9 Year Old ‘Trapped’ in Adult’s Body

A Chicago man accused of sexually assaulting three young girls told prosecutors he considered himself a boy in a man’s body, according to Cook County court documents.

Joseph Roman, 38, is charged with predatory criminal sexual assault stemming from repeated attacks on three girls who were 6 to 8 years old at the time, according to prosecutors. Roman was a friend of the girls’ families at the time of the attacks between 2015 and January of this year.

During a hearing Wednesday, prosecutors said Roman admitted to some of the attacks and told Chicago police “he is a 9-year-old trapped in an adult’s body.” He was ordered held without bail.

Prosecutors said the attacks began when the family of one of the girls moved into Roman’s home for 10 weeks. Roman is accused of regularly assaulting her between August 2015 and December 2017 while the other family members were sleeping. The girl was 6 when the assaults began.

In October 2016, Roman is accused of assaulting an 8-year-old girl while her family stayed with him for 10 weeks. Her mother worked a night shift, and Roman would help take care of the children, prosecutors said. One attack occurred while two younger children were in the room watching a video on a cellphone, prosecutors said. (Read more from “Trans-Age: Accused of Assaulting 3 Young Girls, Man Claims He’s a 9 Year Old ‘Trapped’ in Adult’s Body” HERE)

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‘Black, Queer-Owned’ Brewery in ‘Beer City’ Says It Closed Because of ‘White Supremacy’

A brewery in Asheville, North Carolina that boasted it was black and queer woman-owned shut down, and offered this reason for the closing: “white supremacy.”

Black Star Line Brewing Co. of Hendersonville was one of numerous breweries near the city of Asheville; according to exploreasheville.com the city has more breweries per capita than any U.S. city.

But last week, the brewery bemoaned its closing on Facebook. On Monday, the brewery stated, “Like many people of color on this land, displacement at the hands of white supremacists policies and institutions is not past, but present.”

That was followed by a post on Wednesday that acknowledged the brewery had bought “oversold” supplies and utilized hand-me-down equipment. The post added, “Black Star Line was sabotaged by white supremacists, government officials (J. Edgar Hoover), and policies and procedures that were invoked to intentionally end the operations of Black Star Line.”

Company founder L.A. McCrae complained to Munchies, “White supremacy shut us down. Our world has been rocked,” although McCrae admitted that the brewery had been underfunded when it opened last summer. She claimed a lender had given the brewery $50,000 but the brewery could not contact the lender before the brewery was evicted from its premises. (Read more from “‘Black, Queer-Owned’ Brewery in ‘Beer City’ Says It Closed Because of ‘White Supremacy’” HERE)

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‘Lies’ About 9/11 Apparently ‘Approved by Mueller’

By WND. . .Now there is an eye-opening report at Judicial Watch with evidence indicating Mueller approved a series of “lies” about a federal investigation of links between a Florida family and the 9/11 terror attack on the United States.

Judicial Watch says the evidence comes from court documents in a long-running cause involving a Saudi family whose members fled their Florida home just days before the terror attack, leaving behind cars and personal belongings.

The documents, Judicial Watch explains, “further rock the credibility of Russia Special Counsel Robert Mueller because they show that as FBI Director Mueller … worked to cover up the connection between a Florida Saudi family and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The documents reveal that Mueller was likely involved in publicly releasing deceptive official agency statements about a secret investigation of the Saudis, who lived in Sarasota, with ties to the hijackers.” . . .

The Bulldog reported it had issued a report in 2011 disclosing the existence of an FBI investigation about the family and the fact that it had been concealed from Congress.

What followed were statements from FBI officials in Miami and Tampa that “sought to discredit the story, asserting that agents had found no connection between the Sarasota Saudi family and the 9/11 plot.” (Read more from “‘Lies’ About 9/11 Apparently ‘Approved by Mueller'” HERE)

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As FBI Director Mueller Helped Cover up Fla. 9/11 Probe, Court Docs Show

By Judicial Watch. Director Mueller he worked to cover up the connection between a Florida Saudi family and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The documents reveal that Mueller was likely involved in publicly releasing deceptive official agency statements about a secret investigation of the Saudis, who lived in Sarasota, with ties to the hijackers. A Florida journalism nonprofit uncovered the existence of the secret FBI investigation that was also kept from Congress.

Under Mueller’s leadership, the FBI tried to discredit the story, publicly countering that agents found no connection between the Sarasota Saudi family and the 2001 terrorist plot. The reality is that the FBI’s own files contained several reports that said the opposite, according to the Ft. Lauderdale-based news group’s ongoing investigation. Files obtained by reporters in the course of their lengthy probe reveal that federal agents found “many connections” between the family and “individuals associated with the terrorist attacks on 9/11/2001.” The FBI was forced to release the once-secret reports because the news group sued in federal court when the information wasn’t provided under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

The disingenuous statements were issued by FBI officials in Miami and Tampa in a desperate effort to disparage a 2011 story exposing the agency’s covert investigation of the Sarasota Saudis as well as reporting that it had been concealed from Congress. Mueller is referenced in a document index that was ordered by a federal judge to be created in late November 2017. The south Florida judge, William J. Zloch, a Ronald Reagan appointee, asked the FBI to explain where it had discovered dozens of pages of documents in the public-records case filed six years ago. The index reference to then-FBI Director Mueller appears in an item involving an agency white paper written a week after the publication of a news story about the abrupt departure of Saudis Abdulaziz and Anoud al-Hijji from their Sarasota area home about two weeks before 9/11. The couple left behind their cars, clothes, furniture, jewelry and other personal items. “It was created to brief the FBI Director concerning the FBI’s investigation of 4224 Escondito Circle,” the al-Hijjis’ address, the index says. (Read more from “As FBI Director Mueller Helped Cover up Fla. 9/11 Probe, Court Docs Show” HERE)

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Since Global Warming Didn’t Happen, Humans Are Now Accused of Making the World Colder

By WND. After insisting for more than three decades that human activity was driving the earth’s temperatures to dangerous levels, climate scientists and activists now contend that same activity is keeping the planet artificially cool and that cleaning up the atmosphere will leave us feeling the heat.

On Jan. 22, an online article for Scientific American makes the claim that certain parts of the pollution created by human behavior are actually preventing us from feeling the impact of the other emissions we spew into the air.

“Pollution in the atmosphere is having an unexpected consequence, scientists say – it’s helping to cool the climate, masking some of the global warming that’s occurred so far. That means efforts worldwide to clean up the air may cause an increase in warming, as well as other climate effects, as this pollution disappears,” wrote Chelsea Harvey for the Scientific American story.

“New research is helping to quantify just how big that effect might be. A study published this month in the journal ‘Geophysical Research Letters’ suggests that eliminating the human emission of aerosols – tiny, air-polluting particles often released by industrial activities – could result in additional global warming of anywhere from half a degree to 1 degree Celsius,” added Harvey.

So after years of telling people their activity is responsible for the climate we experience, climate activists are now claiming our behavior is responsible for not feeling what we’ve supposedly caused? (Read more from “Since Global Warming Didn’t Happen, Humans Are Now Accused of Making the World Colder” HERE)

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Macron Jokes About Trump’s Climate Change Stance at Davos

By The Hill. French President Emmanuel Macron poked fun at President Trump’s climate change denial while giving a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“Obviously and fortunately, you didn’t invite anybody skeptical with global warming this year,” Macron joked Wednesday at the annual gathering of global elites.

Macron has frequently criticized Trump’s denial that climate change exists, especially after Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accord over the summer.

Macron said that was a mistake and announced in December that he would give grants to American climate scientists to conduct research in France during the remainder of Trump’s presidency. The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants, totaling around $70 million, will go toward 50 climate research projects. (Read more from “Macron Jokes About Trump’s Climate Change Stance at Davos” HERE)

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