Author: nick

[ad_1] “I’m guessing I’ll be in line,” former FBI Director James Comey quipped after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a “settlement agreement” between President Donald Trump and the IRS that included $1.8 billion in taxpayer money for targets of “lawfare and weaponization.” Comey’s joke encompasses two reasons why the Senate should not confirm Blanche as attorney general: a flagrantly unconstitutional prosecution and a brazenly corrupt arrangement that delivered huge favors to Trump, his family, and his followers at taxpayers’ expense. Blanche’s participation in both of those scams demonstrated his eagerness to please his boss, which explains why Trump nominated…

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[ad_1] Tuesday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth break down another deadly shooting of a civilian by ICE, and what to expect from confirmation hearings for Todd Blanche for attorney general and Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence. They also look forward to the 2028 Democratic presidential contest, with Pete Buttigieg in Iowa and where other possible candidates stand. Plus, a look at Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan testifying today on the Hill, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio launching a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court “brick by…

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[ad_1] If I asked you to cut off your arm, would you do it? What if I pointed out that that your arm regularly punched a neighbor in the face so violently that it broke their nose and teeth, and left them unconscious? Would you cut your arm off then? I’m guessing the answer to both questions is a firm, “No.” Which is exactly why the European Union, Britain and the United States have precisely no intention of severing their support for Israel’s illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, however violent the Jewish colonizers who live…

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