GOP Congressman, Wife Indicted for Multiple Campaign Finance Violations

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Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and his wife, Margaret, were indicted on Tuesday for misusing $250,000 worth of campaign funds for personal expenses and filing false campaign finance records, CNN reported.

“The charges of wire fraud, falsifying records, campaign finance violations and conspiracy were the culmination of a Department of Justice investigation that has stretched for more than a year, during which the Republican congressman from California has maintained his innocence,” CNN reported.

Unusual charges on Hunter’s credit card included “an Italian vacation, dental work, purchases at a surf shop, and huge tabs at bars in restaurants in the San Diego and Washington, DC, areas.” One of the strangest charges was for a flight for their pet rabbit which one of Hunter’s aides said was charged to the wrong credit card.

Hunter said wrongful spending did occur but it wasn’t by him. He blames his wife, who was also his campaign manager, for charging the campaign’s credit card. (Read more from “GOP Congressman, Wife Indicted for Multiple Campaign Finance Violations” HERE)

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A College Instructor Comes Under Fire for Segregating Concealed Carriers in Her Class

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An instructor at the University of Utah is facing massive backlash after she created a “Second Amendment zone” in her classroom. Students who legally carried were forced to stand in a corner of the room that was roped off just for them, Campus Reform reported.

The instructor provided her “weapons policy” to students, which stated:

Concealed carry is protected under your second amendment rights! However, because the University of Utah reserves the right to restrict elements of the first amendment on campus to specifically sanctioned ‘free speech zones’ I am reserving the right to restrict elements of the second amendment in my own classroom.

If you feel that it is somehow at all appropriate to bring a gun to class (hint: it is not—this is absurd, antisocial, and frightening behavior), you are restricted to spending your time in class in my “second amendment zone” a 3×3 taped square on the floor in the very back of the classroom, that will be shared with all other gun carriers. This zone also does not include a desk, because desks are reserved for students who respect the personal and psychological safety of their classmates and instructor.

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Students on the University of Utah campus are allowed to carry firearms on campus as long as they have a license to do so. (Read more from “A College Instructor Comes Under Fire for Segregating Concealed Carriers in Her Class” HERE)

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Here’s How Much Pervert Kevin Spacey’s New Film Earned on Opening Day…

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. . .The sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey have begun to take their toll on his box office numbers. “The Billionaire Boys’ Club,” which opened in 11 theaters Friday, made only $126 at the box office. It is a record-breaking low.

The film, which also stars Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton and Emma Roberts, was filmed before Spacey’s fall from grace. Starting last October, more than 20 people have come forward to accuse the actor of inappropriate behavior, sexual harassment and assault. The first allegation came from Anthony Rapp, an actor who alleged that Spacey had made sexual advances on him in his New York apartment in 1986. There were many more accusations where that came from. Some of Spacey’s victims were emboldened to come forward last year in the height of the “Me Too” movement.

In June, Vertical Entertainment explained their decision to go ahead and release “The Billionaire Boys’ Club” with Spacey’s scenes intact.

“We hope these distressing allegations pertaining to one person’s behavior — that were not publicly known when the film was made almost two-and-a-half years ago and from someone who has a small, supporting role in ‘Billionaire Boys Club’ — does not tarnish the release of the film,” Vertical told THR. “In the end, we hope audiences make up their own minds as to the reprehensible allegations of one person’s past, but not at the expense of the entire cast and crew present on this film.” (Read more from “Here’s How Much Pervert Kevin Spacey’s New Film Earned on Opening Day…” HERE)

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Michael Cohen Reaches Plea Deal With Feds; Surrenders to FBI Hours Before Court Appearance

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Michael Cohen admitted to the court that he violated campaign finance laws at the direction of a candidate for federal office, Bloomberg tweeted:

According to the outlet, Cohen said that he was “directed to violate campaign law at the direction of a candidate for federal office. At the same candidate’s direction, he said he paid $130,000 to somebody to keep them quiet, which was later repaid by the candidate.”

Though Cohen did not identify the people involved, the facts match Cohen’s payment to Stormy Daniels and Trump’s acknowledged repayment, Bloomberg noted.

More from Bloomberg:

The prosecutor told the judge the purpose of the payments was to ensure that the individuals did not disclose “alleged affairs with the candidate.” Besides the $130,000 payment, Cohen admitted to making an illegal contribution of $150,000, which was how much McDougal received from the National Enquirer’s publisher to quash her story.

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Poll Reveals America’s Number One Problem

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A recent Gallup poll revealed that a plurality of Americans view the government as the No. 1 problem facing the country. . .

More than one in five voters (21 percent) told pollsters that dissatisfaction with some facet government or poor leadership was the most important problem the U.S. faces today.

Immigration and illegal aliens came in second at 16 percent. That’s a six-point drop from July, when voters said immigration was the leading problem in the country — pushing government out of the top spot. During that time, stories of the separation of illegal alien parents and children dominated headlines as the Trump administration announced it would fully enforce immigration laws. . .

In January 2017, the month President Donald Trump was sworn in, 11 percent of Americans named the government the top problem. As rancor in Washington, D.C., has increased over the last 19 months, that percentage has increased markedly — hitting a high of 25 percent in both June 2017 and January 2018.

Race relations and racism came in a distant third at 7 percent, followed by “unifying the country” (6 percent). (Read more from “Poll Reveals America’s Number One Problem” HERE)

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Leftists Are Suddenly VERY ANGRY That Donald Trump Deported a Nazi

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Tuesday morning, the Trump Administration announced that it had struck a deal with Germany to return the last remaining Nazi on American soil after more than a decade of negotiations, and that the (much hated) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency had descended on the Queens home of 95-year-old Jakiw Palij.

You’d think that there’s nothing more unifying than deporting a Nazi prison camp guard, but you would be wrong. Somehow, leftists, including a writer at GQ and a content creator for the left-leaning site, Upworthy, were pretty miffed that Trump — and ICE — got the win.

“New media artist” Thom Dunn was adamant that nabbing the Nazi was actually part of a nefarious plot on the part of the Trump Administration to disguise its own Nazi connections.

“These ICE agents don’t realize that someone else will come for them when they turn 95,” Dunn opined in a now-deleted tweet. . .

When more rational Twitter users pointed out that it is indeed a good thing that America is no longer home to a Nazi war criminal — even if he happens to be an elderly man, well beyond being a threat to his neighbors — Dunn doubled down, suggesting again that Trump’s actions were part of a cover-up. (Read more from “Leftists Are Suddenly Very Angry That Donald Trump Deported a Nazi” HERE)

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Powerful Hurricane Looms in Pacific, Could Be First of 2018 to Hit U.S.

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A powerful and rare storm is brewing in the Pacific Ocean and threatens to hit one Hawaiian island for the first time in more than a quarter of a century.

According to Fox News, Hurricane Lane was identified this week about 450 miles to the south-southeast of Kailua-Kona, which is located on the big island of Hawaii.

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued an advisory Tuesday morning, describing the storm as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds as high as 150 miles per hour.

It was moving at about 12 miles per hour at the time of the report and is expected to weaken as it heads toward possible landfall.

“Hurricane conditions are possible within the Hurricane Watch area on Thursday,” according to the advisory. “Excessive rainfall associated with Lane is expected to affect portions of the Hawaiian Islands on Wednesday into the weekend, leading to flash flooding and landslides.”

Both Hawaii and Maui counties have been added to the hurricane watch region. Whether Lane remains a hurricane or is downgraded to a tropical storm, experts say it could wreak havoc on the island state.

Fox News Senior Meteorologist Janice Dean said forecasts show the storm heading “very close” to land, but as of the latest reports it was unclear which path it would take.

“What is uncertain is the exact track and how strong the system will be as it approaches land,” she said.

The meteorologist noted how uncommon landfall in this area of the U.S. is, explaining only three have hit Kauai in recorded history. The latest was in 1992 with Hurricane Iniki. Hurricanes Iwa and Dot preceded it in 1982 and 1959, respectively.

In a tweet on Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Honolulu announced a flash flood watch would be in effect for 28 Hawaii counties from 6 a.m. Wednesday to 6 p.m. Friday.

Local officials are similarly expressing caution and advising preparation ahead of the storm’s arrival later this week.

“Some people might say, ‘Another hurricane, it didn’t hit us last time. We don’t need to worry,’” Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said.

Instead, he said Hawaiians have “got to plan for the worst and hope for the best.”

Maui’s mayor agreed.

“Anyone who is waiting until the storm hits to prepare will find themselves running around at the last minute and standing in line at the gas stations and grocery stores,” Alan Arakawa advised. “So prepare now and avoid being on the road when you should be safe at home.” (For more from the author of “Powerful Hurricane Looms in Pacific, Could Be First of 2018 to Hit U.S.” please click HERE)

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FBI Confirms: Despite Democrat’s Claims, No New Evidence That Russia Hacked State Voting System

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The FBI and Department of Homeland Security have told Florida’s top election official that they are unaware of Russian efforts to hack into the Sunshine State’s voting systems, as Florida Sen. Bill Nelson claimed earlier this month.

In the letter, obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation, FBI Director Christopher Wray and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner that U.S. officials “have not seen new or ongoing compromises of state or local election infrastructure in Florida.”

“Russian government actors have previously demonstrated both the intent and capability to conduct malicious cyber operations,” they added.

Nelson, a Democrat, claimed during an Aug. 7 campaign event that Russian hackers had infiltrated some Florida counties’ voter registration systems. He said that leaders on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence asked him to “let supervisors of elections in Florida know that Russians are inside our records.”

Russians “have already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now have free rein to move about,” said Nelson, who faces a tough re-election fight in November against current Florida Gov. Rick Scott. (Read more from “FBI Confirms: Despite Democrat’s Claims, No New Evidence That Russia Hacked State Voting System” HERE)

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Kentucky Dem Tells Voters She’s Moderate; Privately Tells Far-Left Donors the Truth

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A Kentucky Congressman in a 2018 midterm battleground congressional district has released a new ad featuring recorded audio of his opponent, at a Democratic fundraiser, claiming she is more progressive than “anybody in the state of Kentucky.”

Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., sent his new ad in a tweet Monday morning, slamming his Democratic opponent, Amy McGrath, as “too liberal for Kentucky.”

The ad features McGrath speaking at a Democratic fundraiser in Massachusetts, describing her political principles.

“I am further left, I’m more progressive, than anybody in the state of Kentucky,” McGrath says.

McGrath, a Marine and former fighter pilot, has positioned herself in public as a more moderate Democrat who could win election in so-called Trump country. She claims to be a strong supporter of the Second Amendment, fiscally conservative, and an independent-minded Democrat who would not be a “puppet of the party.”

But behind closed doors when she’s asking for money, she tells Democratic donors that she’s the furthest-left Democrat in the Bluegrass State. (For more from the author of “Kentucky Dem Tells Voters She’s Moderate; Privately Tells Far-Left Donors the Truth” please click HERE)

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LOL: This Gun-Grabbing Dem Is Considering a Presidential Run

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So Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., said Monday that he’s open to running for president in 2020.

That’s right, the guy who made headlines for pushing for outright gun confiscation back in May and who peddles Obamacare via specious Thanksgiving anecdotes thinks he might somehow have a shot at winning the electoral college.

And why not? Because with Sens. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., all potentially running for the Oval Office, there might not be enough far-left coastal politicians in the next Democratic primary.

But even though his name recognition might not be anywhere near that of his fellow party members mentioned above, he’s shown that he can hang with the best of them when it comes to far-left shenanigans. Let’s take a look at some of his greatest hits.

When he appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show to defend his extreme gun control stance, it didn’t go so well.

It got even worse when he tried to double down on his agenda a few days later. Like, really bad.

Then a few days later, he got into a Twitter fight with a Parkland survivor (and lost).

Then a few weeks later he went back on Tucker Carlson Tonight to talk about Spygate, and that didn’t go well for him, either.

He also likes to use gifs to push Russia theories while attacking the president’s daughter.

Yeah, he’s really big on the whole Russia thing, turns out:

But, Obama officials unmasking private citizens isn’t really that big a deal.

Oh, and he appears to be pretty sympathetic to the impeachment cause.

You know what? With the way 2020 is shaping up so far, if he does run, he’ll fit right in. (For more from the author of “LOL: This Gun-Grabbing Dem Is Considering a Presidential Run” please click HERE)

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