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ICYMI: "Those responsible for the ‘dirty tricks’ against Trump need to face consequences"
https://nypost.com/2022/02/18/those-responsible-for-dirty-tricks-against-trump-need-to-face-consequences/
Those responsible for the ‘dirty tricks’ against Trump need to face consequences
“Dirty tricks” was a term used to describe the behavior of operatives within the Nixon administration to smear the reputations of opponents and undermine the appeal of certain politicians. Fifty years ago, these dirty tricks included a false allegation that Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson (D-Wash.) had fathered an illegitimate child with a 17-year-old girl and the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC, when Nixon aides and operatives attempted to find materials the Nixon team could use against his perceived “enemies.”
Dirty tricks are not to be confused with negative campaigning, which at least has some component of truth, but a filing by special counsel John Durham that alleges the 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton paid a technology company to “spy” — the word Donald Trump uses — on his presidential campaign, goes beyond dirty tricks into the illegal.
Rep. Adam Schiff speaks as members of Congress share recollections of the January 6 Capitol riot.
In a court filing, Durham alleges the purpose behind Russian “collusion” allegations was to establish a “narrative” between then-Republican presidential candidate Trump and Russia. Trump denied it at the time and many times since, including during an interview with Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes.”
Stahl said there was “no evidence” for Trump’s claim. Trump said there was and that her job was to investigate and find it. Now that there is at least a credible allegation, will Stahl deliver a correction? Not likely, and neither is it likely other major media, which flogged the Russian collusion story, will acknowledge error. These include The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC and NPR, as well as numerous liberal Web sites.
They seem to have their own narrative, and it is based on a visceral hatred of Donald Trump. Consider this: Donald Trump was being effectively slandered as a Russian agent, or minimally a Russian asset.
On Tuesday, The New York Times published a story about the Durham report on its website but seemed to dismiss it as “old news,” a familiar tactic often used when it reported on the various Clinton scandals.
The Times and Washington Post won Pulitzer Prizes for basically repeating Democratic talking points. The prizes should be returned and the newspapers penalized by not allowing them to apply for another one for at least 10 years.
Former FBI Director James Comey testified in the Russia probe involving former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), did not cover himself in glory as he chaired a House panel investigation into all things Trump and repeatedly accused Trump of violating laws. Don’t expect an apology from him, either.
And then there were the four FISA warrants obtained because of allegations by then-FBI Director James Comey and others that proved to be untrue. The Justice Department later admitted that two of the warrants lacked probable cause and said information from all four warrants would not be used.
A New York Post editorial summed up the matter: “A candidate for president (Hillary Clinton) weaponized the nation’s Justice Department to pursue an investigation into their political opponent based on what they knew were lies. Americans were wiretapped! Some were entrapped for flimsy claims of perjury. The director of the FBI (Comey) went into the Oval Office to tell the president that there was a sexual rumor floating around, so that it could be promptly leaked to the media. ‘Outrageous’ doesn’t cover it.”
Durham has only scraped the surface of what could, if proven, be the biggest scandal in American political history, and that’s saying something, given past political behavior by members of both parties.
Will the grand jury that is being presented this information issue indictments of higher-ups? Will the powerful and connected finally be held accountable when so many have escaped accountability in the past? News consumers may have to search for their information in other places than the major media because so far they are engaging in a coverup that resembles what Richard Nixon did.
https://nypost.com/2022/02/18/those-responsible-for-dirty-tricks-against-trump-need-to-face-consequences/
ICYMI: Trump moves to close off Liz Cheney’s political escape hatch
Trump moves to close off Liz Cheney’s political escape hatch
The former president has been privately pressing Wyoming’s governor to change state election laws to deny the congresswoman Democratic support.
Former President Donald Trump and his allies have been privately lobbying Wyoming lawmakers to change the state’s election laws as part of an effort to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
On Thursday, Trump endorsed Wyoming legislation that would prevent crossover voting in a primary election. Were the law to pass, Democrats, Republicans, or independents would no longer be able to switch party affiliation on the day of the state’s primary to vote for a candidate in another party.
The bill, introduced by Republican state Sen. Bo Biteman, is part of a push by some Republicans in the state to oust Cheney by blocking Democrats from switching parties to support her in her upcoming election against Trump-endorsed congressional candidate, Harriet Hageman.
Behind the scenes, Trump and Club for Growth’s David McIntosh have both personally called Wyoming’s Republican governor, Mark Gordon, to encourage him to back the bill, according to two people familiar with the calls.
“The Governor has had many conversations about this issue, including with President Trump and David McIntosh, however characterizing that as ‘pressure’ would be incorrect. Governor Gordon is going to do what’s best for Wyoming and he respects the legislative process,” said Michael Perlman, the communications director for Gordon.
The intensity of the push for the legislation peaked earlier this week, when Republicans began speculating that Gordon could announce his support for it in his State of the State address. But he did not. And as the week has gone on, Trump’s private lobbying became public.
“This critically important bill ensures that the voters in each party will separately choose their nominees for the General Election, which is how it should be!” Trump said in a statement. “It makes total sense that only Democrats vote in the Democrat primary and only Republicans vote in the Republican primary.”
The former president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., also called on Wyoming to “pay attention” to the bill and American Conservative Union president Matt Schlapp — a close Trump ally — tweeted on Thursday that his group might score the legislation as it considered its support of GOP lawmakers.
“There was a big push this morning to get all of our MAGA influencers to push it and make a big deal out of it,” said one Republican operative involved in the race.
Cheney told The New York Times she will not encourage party switching or support any effort to encourage Democrats to vote in the Republican primary.
It’s not the first time Wyoming’s primary voting laws have come under scrutiny. In 2018, some Republicans in the state claimed Gordon won the Wyoming GOP gubernatorial primary and defeated more conservative candidates like Foster Friess because Democrats switched party affiliation to boost his bid. Analyses of voter registration numbers from the Secretary of State’s office did not back up that claim, but the law has remained a focus of Republicans in the state.
Last year, the Wyoming Legislature rejected a different bill that was supported by Trump Jr. that would have required candidates to win a majority of votes to prevent a runoff election.
Last week, Trump held a fundraiser for Hageman at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. He is expected to hold a rally in the state this spring. He has targeted Cheney relentlessly for her vote to impeach Trump after the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and her involvement in the House select committee’s investigation into the attack.
The 2022 Wyoming Republican primary is August 16.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/17/trump-moves-to-close-off-liz-cheneys-political-escape-hatch-00009928
ICYMI: The border gets worse and worse
January 31, 2022
THE BORDER GETS WORSE AND WORSE.These days, the Biden White House talks a lot about the border. At press briefings, there are many questions about the border. But it's the Russia-Ukraine border. Meanwhile, the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border is deteriorating daily.
Two new developments.One, we are learning more about the administration's covert effort to relocate thousands of illegal border-crossers — single, adult males, not families — into the nation's interior. We'll talk about that today. And tomorrow, the second development — new information about the changing makeup of the thousands of people crossing the border illegally each month.
First, the relocation effort.Last week, Fox News broadcast body camera footage from security officers at New York's Westchester County Airport, about 30 miles outside Manhattan. It was the middle of the night. An unmarked passenger jet had just landed, and a steady stream of single, adult men came down the plane's steps. They were accompanied by federal contractors.
Alarmed, one of the security officers approached one of the federal contractors. "You're on a secure facility here, and we don't really know anything, and we're in charge of security," he said. "So, hence we're having a problem here."
"A lot of this is just down-low stuff that we don't tell people,"the contractor said. "Because what we don't want to do is attract attention. We don't want the media. Like, we don't even know where we're going when they tell us."
"I get the whole secrecy and all this,"the officer said. "But this is even above my pay grade."
"What's the big secret?" the contractor asked. "Everybody knows it's happening."
No, not everyone knows it is happening.Earlier, in Texas, Fox News's Bill Melugin witnessed bus after bus of illegal border-crossers being readied for flights further into the U.S. "Adult migrants have their chains and cuffs removed as they're released from ICE custody in Brownsville today," Melugin reported. "The men were then escorted into a parking garage where a black tarp was set up to obstruct public view, and they were discreetly taken away by a nongovernmental organization." The operation has turned ICE into an "unofficial travel coordination agency," one ICE source told Fox News.
You'll be shockedto learn that the Biden White House does not want to talk about it. Last week, Fox News's Peter Doocy asked White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, "Why is it that large numbers of single, adult men are being released into the United States just hours after being apprehended at the southern border?"
Psaki feigned ignorance— "I'm not sure the specifics of what you're referring to" — and then explained that one way the administration deals with single adults who cross the border illegally is "an alternative to detention program in the interior of the United States. Sometimes that means moving migrants to other parts of the United States to move to different detention facilities, where they wait for the next steps in the immigration process, such as a court hearing, and are required to check in with a local ICE office."
Doocy notedthat many do not show up for those check-ins with ICE. Psaki said that no-shows will be "subject to the repercussions of that," but she did not specify what those repercussions might be.
Later, Meluginreported that the Biden administration is allowing about 40% of single, adult illegal border-crossers to stay in the U.S. They're the ones being put on planes into the interior. Melugin also reported that some of those released have misdemeanor criminal histories, "including assault, DUI, drug possession, and illegal reentry." When Melugin asked ICE for comment, all he got was a statement that the U.S. government assesses each illegal immigrant on a "case by case" basis.
The public knows very little about this process. How many illegal immigrants have been relocated? Where have they been sent? How many have been charged or convicted of crimes? How many have complied with the requirement to check in with immigration authorities? What nongovernmental organizations are assisting them? How much is the federal government paying for this? Is there a limit on how many will be relocated? And more.
The bottom line: Yes, the news is filled with reports on Ukraine, or COVID, or the latest twists and turns of the Biden agenda on Capitol Hill. But what's happening on the border — the U.S.-Mexico border — is important news, and you need to know more about it.
https://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-border-gets-worse-and-worse
>ICYMI: The border gets worse and worse
>ICYMI: Trump moves to close off Liz Cheney’s political escape hatch
>ICYMI: "Those responsible for the ‘dirty tricks’ against Trump need to face consequences"