FBI ‘Revolt of Watergate Proportions’ If Hillary Skates

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A former U.S. attorney says there is no doubt that, before the November election, the FBI will recommend to Attorney General Loretta Lynch that she prosecute Hillary Clinton for mishandling of classified information, warning that intervention by the White House would provoke a revolt of Watergate proportions.

In an interview with WND, Joseph diGenova said that based “on all the available evidence, including what is publicly known and what is known in the law enforcement community, there is sufficient, credible evidence needed to meet the predicate to begin a grand jury – sufficient evidence for probable cause to believe various crimes have been committed.”

“There is simply no doubt that the FBI is going to recommend a series of charges to Attorney General Lynch,” he insisted.

DiGenova said he has been speaking with former FBI, Secret Service and intelligence people about the case.

“Based on the information they have secured from their brothers and sisters in the law enforcement community, there is unanimity on the fact that charges are going to be recommended by the FBI,” he said. (Read more from “FBI ‘Revolt of Watergate Proportions’ If Hillary Skates” please click HERE)

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Rubio Breaking Silence on Plans for His Political Future

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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., will be seeking re-election to his U.S. Senate seat, reversing an earlier decision to return to private life.

Rubio, who waged an unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination for president, was scheduled to make his announcement Wednesday.

Rubio had decided not to seek re-election when he made his decision to run for president. However, in the wake of his withdrawal from the race, he was urged by Republican leaders to reconsider that decision.

For weeks, Rubio said he would be a private citizen at the end of this year. After the June 12 Orlando massacre, Rubio indicated he might change his mind.

In a recent interview, Rubio added another reason, saying the Senate needed strong voices.

“No matter who’s elected president, there’s reason to worry,” he told the Miami Herald. “If it’s Hillary Clinton, you know we’re going to have four more years of the same failed economic policies, four more years of the same failed foreign policy. … The prospect of a (Trump) presidency is also worrisome to me in many ways. It’s no secret that I have significant disagreements with Donald.”

“I think that the point that really drove me to change my mind is that as we enter this kind of new chapter in our history here is, there’s another role the Senate plays that I think can be really important in the years to come,” Rubio added. “And that’s the power given to it in the Constitution to act as a check and balance on the excess of the president. It’s even more important given the fact that control of the Senate could very well come down to what happens in the Florida race.”

Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos López-Cantera has reportedly told Rubio that he will withdraw from the Republican ticket if Rubio files to run. One other candidate has already withdrawn, although others have said they will remain in the race, meaning Rubio would have to win the GOP primary in August. (For more from the author of “Rubio Breaking Silence on Plans for His Political Future” please click HERE)

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Former Secret Service Agent Gives Inside Look Into Obama’s Presidency

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Remaining true to form, the recent shooting at an Orlando nightclub has not only led to a call for stricter gun laws from the Obama administration, but has left many wondering how to minimize their chances of being a victim in such an attack.

Former Secret Service agent Daniel Bongino issued his list of the top three steps to increase personal security.

He posted the list on Facebook, which read:

1. Ignore Obama. He knows absolutely nothing about security and his proposals aren’t only ignorant, they’re dangerous.

2. Stay out of “gun-free” zones. They are only “gun-free” for the good guys and they are magnets for killers and terrorists.

3. Acquire & learn to use a rifle & pistol. Terrorists only understand force and laws mean less than nothing to them. Fact!

On Bongino’s blog page, he expounds on the first step, listing numerous “facts” which have occurred during President Barack Obama’s time in office.

According to Bongino, his presidency saw the birth of ISIS.

Calling the president’s “strategy” for fighting ISIS a total failure, he accused Obama of attempting to use media rhetoric concerning gun control to take attention away from his numerous failures.

“Barack Obama is concerned only with Barack Obama. If he really cared about you and your family’s safety, then he would prioritize safety over his “transformation” of America. But, I know Barack Obama, and his priority will always be social transformation. Your safety is a distant second place,” Bongino scathed.

He ended the blog saying, “I wish it weren’t so but these are the facts.”

Bongino is running for Florida’s 19th congressional district. (For more from the author of “Former Secret Service Agent Gives Inside Look Into Obama’s Presidency” please click HERE)

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Ex-Cruz Campaign Spokesperson: Trump Lying About Campaign Cash

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Typically, there’s a healthy amount of exaggeration in any kind of political rhetoric, but what Donald Trump has told voters about his fundraising doesn’t even have a shred of truth.

Take this tweet he wrote on May 29

On Sunday evening, when his FEC report covering his spending and expenses for the month of May was made public, it was revealed he only had a meager $1.3 million cash on hand, even after lending his campaign $2.2 million in personal funds over the last filing period.

Hillary Clinton reported $42 million in the bank.

Trump’s campaign does not, not even “perhaps,” have “more cash than any campaign in the history of politics.” His presidential campaign, perhaps, has the least amount of cash on hand for any presidential campaign in modern history at this stage of the election.

He lied.

His supporters, grasping at straws, argue that Trump’s personal wealth is a backstop and can be used at any time to infuse the campaign with resources.

Republican National Committee Spokesman Sean Spicer told CNN “Donald Trump financed his campaign all the way to this point by adding in more of his own personal money. So it’s false to say that he has $1.3 million. If he wanted to get that number up in two seconds, he just strokes a check and it’s up.”

Well, why hasn’t he stroked that check? What’s Trump waiting for? For Clinton and her allies to amass the $1 billion they’ve discussed? Why is he choosing to let Clinton get such a significant head start?

No one in their right mind would make this choice. Trump isn’t stupid; he’s stuck. Remember, he won the primary, in part, by promising voters he didn’t need anyone else’s financial support. He backed himself into a corner.

If Trump could and was truly willing to self-fund his campaign, he would be self-funding his campaign. He’s not and it’s either because he doesn’t have the money or doesn’t want to put it into his campaign.

Not that the reason really matters. Bottom line, Trump’s campaign doesn’t have cash from donors or Trump’s coffers. Either way, it’s broke.

And that’s what makes the tweet he wrote on May 29 about having “more cash than any campaign in the history of politics” his biggest lie yet. (For more from the author of “The Biggest Lie Trump Has Told About His Campaign Yet” please click HERE)

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Facebook to Provide ‘Political Bias’ Training for Employees

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Facebook is adding a training program for its employees to address concerns that the company has a bias against conservatives.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, announced the addition of a “political bias” section to the company’s managing unconscious bias class during a Wednesday event at the American Enterprise Institute.

“We have a managing bias class that all of our leaders and a lot of our employees have taken that I was part of helping to create. And we focused on racial bias, age bias, gender bias, national bias, and we’re going to add in a scenario now on political bias,” Sandberg said. “So as we think about helping people understand different points of view and being open to different points of view, we’re dealing with political bias as well going forward.”

Sandberg’s announcement comes six weeks after a former Facebook contractor accused the company of suppressing conservative news on the platform. Since that Gizmodo report on May 9, Facebook has revamped how it operates the Trending Topics feature. The company also hosted more than a dozen conservative leaders, including Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint, at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters on May 18 to address the fallout.

AEI President Arthur Brooks, who attended the May 18 meeting, called the addition of “political bias” training both “interesting and encouraging.”

Sandberg used her appearance at AEI to articulate Facebook’s commitment to all points of view.

“Facebook is a platform for all ideas and all voices,” she said. “We have 1.6 billion people using the platform, which means all ideas have to be able to be expressed.”

She acknowledged, however, that Facebook and other tech companies are perceived to be liberal.

“That’s a pretty important accusation and it’s one we take seriously,” Sandberg said. “It’s also one which frankly rang true to some people because there is concern that Silicon Valley companies have a liberal bias. And so we took it very seriously and did a thorough investigation, and we didn’t find a liberal bias.”

Those perceptions about Facebook are at least partly fueled by donations Facebook employees have made to political causes. According to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance data, 79 percent of Facebook employee contributions in 2016 have supported Democrats. Those employees donated more than $114,000 to Democrat Hillary Clinton—nearly $100,000 more than to the closest Republican, Sen. Marco Rubio, before he dropped out of the presidential race, according to The Hill.

Even though Facebook’s investigation found “no systematic bias,” Sandberg said the company decided to take steps to improve.

“We think a lot about diversity at Facebook. It’s something our industry has struggled with, we’ve struggled with,” she said. “We think to build a product that 1.6 billion people use, you need diversity. And what you really want is cognitive diversity … intellectual diversity.”

Sandberg noted that Donald Trump has almost as many Facebook fans as Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders—combined. She also praised Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as a model example of a member of Congress who is using the platform effectively.

In her role as a leader at Facebook, Sandberg said, she encourages employees to speak up and disagree with her. She shared with Brooks two examples of how that played out at the company and why employees were rewarded as a result.

“You need people with different opinions and you need an environment where people can express those opinions,” she told the packed room at AEI’s 12th floor conference center in downtown Washington.

“People are not going to speak truth to power unless you make that apparent,” she added. “And that’s how we get not just different voices into the company but make sure we’re listening to different voices.”

At a time when publishers of all ideological perspectives use Facebook as a distribution platform, Brooks pressed Sandberg on the company’s role in the dissemination of news. But Sandberg dismissed the notion that Facebook wanted to be a media company.

“We’re clear about the industry we’re in and the company we’re in: We’re a tech company, we’re not a media company,” she said. “We’re not trying to hire journalists and we’re not trying to write news.” (For more from the author of “Facebook to Provide ‘Political Bias’ Training for Employees” please click HERE)

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See How Your Senators Voted on 4 Gun Control Amendments

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The Senate shot down a series of gun control measures Monday, all brought up for debate after the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11.

The four gun control bills—two proposed by Republicans and two by Democrats—were torpedoed after the sides were unable to come to an agreement.

The votes came less than a week after Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., filibustered for more than 14 hours to support a universal background check system to stop terrorists from acquiring guns.

After learning the FBI had twice investigated Islamist-inspired mass murderer Omar Mateen on suspicion of terrorist sympathies, Democrats and Republicans largely agreed that those under investigation for terrorist activity should be barred from purchasing weapons. Mateen killed 49 persons and wounded 53 more in his June 12 shooting rampage at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

“No one wants terrorists to be able to buy guns or explosives. No one,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said.

But senators could not come together on specifics to address the problem, with each side accusing the other of using the votes for base political ends.

Senate Republicans rejected two Democratic proposals that would have barred firearm sales to people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list and required every gun purchaser to undergo a background check, arguing that the measures too dramatically expanded the federal government’s power.

“The Democratic alternative would not ensure due process, protect our constitutional rights, or require the government to periodically review its procedures to ensure it’s investigating the right people,” McConnell said.

Democrats, in turn, shot down Republican alternatives that would have required the government to prove probable cause within three days to block a gun sale to a suspected terrorist and increase funding for background checks. They argued the proposals were insufficient half measures only intended to help Republicans who receive donations from gun groups to save face.

“It doesn’t matter how sensible the legislation or how terrible the tragedy,” said Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., “Republicans are beholden to the National Rifle Association, the NRA, and not the people that elect them to come here and represent them.”

The votes of 60 senators were needed to end debate and proceed to a final vote on each measure.

The Republican proposals each received 53 votes. A total of 47 senators voted for the terrorist watch list amendment proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and 44 voted for the expanded background checks proposed by Murphy.

Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., was the only Republican to vote for both Democratic proposals. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., voted against one or both.

Some hope for a compromise amendment remained.

Sens. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, said they would present a measure that, while similar to Feinstein’s bill, would restrict gun purchases to a smaller group than the FBI’s far-reaching terrorist watch list.

“There is a solution here, and I’m committed to finding it. But to find that solution, we have to come together instead of having competing proposals that have already mostly failed in this chamber when we took these votes back in December,” Ayotte said. “Let’s put aside the gamesmanship and come together to get a proposal that will be effective and get a result for the American people.”

Here’s how the Senate voted on the first Republican-sponsored gun control measure:

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Here’s how the Senate voted on the second Republican-sponsored gun control amendment:

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Here’s how the Senate voted on the first Democrat-sponsored gun control measure:

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Here’s how the Senate voted on the second Democrat-sponsored gun control amendment:

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Hacked Documents Reveal DNC Investigations Into Hillary Clinton ‘Vulnerabilities’

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News of computer hacking of U.S. presidential campaigns by “Guccifer 2.0,” first reported a week ago by the Washington Post among other sources, has taken a new turn today with the release of information revealing that the Democratic National Committee has been investigating Hillary Clinton for potential vulnerabilities as a candidate for president.

The hacker, whom U.S. officials have claimed is associated with Russian intelligence services but who claims he is actually a Romanian national, released thousands of additional pages of DNC information to the internet today. The documents, summarized in reports by thesmokinggun.com and the Daily Mail, include dozens of pages of DNC investigations into Clinton’s speaking fees, her use of private aircraft and concerns related to the Clinton Foundation’s financial affairs.

One section is headed, “The Clinton Foundation has accepted donations from individuals, some of whom had ties to foreign governments, during her tenure as secretary of state.” Another noted that donations to the Foundation from “individuals tied to Saudi Arabia” had “raised eyebrows inside the FBI.”

The DNC Noted

The DNC also made note of Hillary Clinton’s “standard” $225,000 speaking fee and her requirement for travel aboard a 19-passenger private jet, a presidential suite plus up to “three (3) adjoining or contiguous rooms for her travel aides;’ and “a flat fee of $1000” for “an immediate transcription of Secretary Clinton’s remarks” to be prepared for Clinton’s private use by a stenographer.

The DNC also indicated potential concerns related to the Clinton Foundation’s relationship with organizers of paid speaking engagement by former president Bill Clinton. DNC accounting indicates he was paid $105.8 million for 544 speeches in the first three years following his departure from office.

There were also questions raised in the DNC documents about the Clinton Foundation’s compliance with disclosure agreements made with President Obama.

Guccifer 2.0 objected to The Smoking Gun’s previous characterization of himself or herself as a “felon” or “vandal.” “I’m not a criminal,” he said. “I’m a freedom fighter.”

Hilary Clinton Responds

Hillary Clinton responded to the cyberattack, reported the International Business Times, that “The Russian government uses cyberattacks to gain information to be used for economic commercial advantage, for political advantage and for military advantage. This seems like another example where they are trying to vacuum up information. Why? We don’t know yet.”

She said he campaign had not been hacked but that she would make cybersecurity “an issue that I will be absolutely focused on as president because whether it’s Russia, China, Iran or North Korea more and more countries are using hacking to steal out information. We can’t let that go on.”

The same report adds that “Russia has denied involvement. German Klimenko, the advisor to Russian president Vladimir Putin, said it was likely that a DNC staffer “simply forgot the password.” (For more from the author of “Hacked Documents Reveal DNC Investigations Into Hillary Clinton ‘Vulnerabilities'” please click HERE)

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Bachmann, Dobson, Reed Headline Trump Evangelical Advisory Board

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Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump rolled out his evangelical advisory board Tuesday as he looks to assuage conservatives and supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz to unify the GOP ahead of November.

Trump released a list of 24 members of his “executive board,” which is headlined by former Rep. Michele Bachmann, Pastors Robert Jeffress and Tony Suarez, as well as Dr. James Dobson. Suarez and Dobson are notable inclusions.

Earlier in the race, Dobson supported Cruz and campaigned with him in Iowa. Suarez, on the other hand, has been a critic of Trump’s in the past thanks to the real estate mogul’s rhetoric on immigrants and the Hispanic community.

Meanwhile, Bachmann declined to endorse anyone during the GOP primary contest after her own 2012 bid, which ended after a sixth place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

Earlier in the day, Trump held an event with Dr. Ben Carson in New York where Trump answered questions from those in attendence and questioned Clinton’s faith, saying “we don’t know anything” about it. (Read more from “Bachmann, Dobson, Reed Headline Trump Evangelical Advisory Board” HERE)

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Former SEAL Riles CNN Host by Pointing out How to Stop Mass Shootings

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During a discussion hosted by Alisyn Camerota on CNN’s New Day Monday, political commentator Bob Beckel weighed in on gun control measures being pushed in the wake of the terrorist attack at the Pulse night club in Orlando, Fla., in which Omar Mateen killed 49 people.

“If you can’t pass one thing, after what happened in Orlando on terrorists not getting guns, then I don’t think you’ll ever get gun control laws,” reflecting on gun control bills in the House and Senate on Monday. The measures aren’t expected to pass according to Beckel.

David Gregory, also a CNN analyst, called the bills before Congress “common sense” but admitted he’s “similarly pessimistic” the bills will pass.

Former Navy Seal Carl Higbie was asked by Camerota to share his thoughts on gun control.

“I think the fact is that if you had security guards at that club that were carrying firearms, bullets going in the other direction always has stopped criminals from being armed and carrying out further acts of violence,” he said.

Seemingly agitated, the CNN anchor noted that the club did have one armed guard. “Carl, Just answer that. There was an armed security guard there and this time it didn’t stop the gunman.”

Higbie countered that the problem isn’t guns, it’s radical Islamic terrorism. “So let’s look at the fact here that they’re trying to blame guns for this whole thing,” he said. “You don’t blame Boeing for the planes hitting the towers [on 9/11]. You don’t blame spoons for people getting fat. … Let’s stop blaming guns and let’s start blaming the ideology.”

The former Navy Seal concluded the FBI should clarify what criteria must be met before someone is placed on the terrorist watch list before any American be placed on such a list, and before any decision banning those individuals from obtaining a firearm is made. He went further saying, “If you’re on a terrorist watch list, you should be in jail. I don’t think you should be on a list, you should be in jail.” (For more from the author of “Former SEAL Riles CNN Host by Pointing out How to Stop Mass Shootings” please click HERE)

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Florida Governor Furious After Obama Rejects Request for Orlando Aid

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The Obama administration has denied a request for federal emergency funds to be sent to Florida in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting that left 49 dead and 53 injured, much of which would have gone to assist the victims of the June 12 attack. The state’s Republican governor is not happy about it, declaring it is “unthinkable that President Obama does not define this as an emergency.”

Gov. Rick Scott had requested $5 million in federal funds under the Stafford Act to help with “emergency response efforts, law enforcement response, emergency medical care, counseling services and other social services to assist victims.”

The Obama administration authorized only $253,000 to be sent in order to pay for the overtime of those who worked during the crisis.

In a press release on the issue, Scott said, “It is incredibly disappointing that the Obama Administration denied our request for an Emergency Declaration. Last week, a terrorist killed 49 people, and wounded many others, which was the deadliest shooting in U.S. history. It is unthinkable that President Obama does not define this as an emergency. We are committing every state resource possible to help the victims and the community heal and we expect the same from the federal government.”

Scott also pointed out that the Obama administration has approved emergency funding for a Massachusetts water main break in 2010, the Boston marathon bombing in 2013 and the Flint water crisis this year, making the rejection of Florida’s request even more puzzling to him.

In his letter to Scott denying the request, William Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said, “Because your request did not demonstrate how the emergency response associated with this situation is beyond the capability of the State and affected local governments or identify any direct federal assistance needed to save lives or protect property, an emergency declaration is not appropriate for this incident.” (For more from the author of “Florida Governor Furious After Obama Rejects Request for Orlando Aid” please click HERE)

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