Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.WHAT DID OBAMA KNOW? The declassification of notes written in 2016 by former CIA Director John Brennan highlight -- they don't solve, but they highlight -- one of the biggest mysteries of the Trump-Russia investigation. We know that the Obama administration's intelligence and law enforcement agencies targeted the Trump campaign in the last three months of the 2016 campaign, and after that in the transition. But how much did President Barack Obama know about it? That's the mystery.The . In Brennan's own handwriting, they show...…Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.WHAT DID OBAMA KNOW? The declassification of notes written in 2016 by former CIA Director John Brennan highlight -- they don't solve, but they highlight -- one of the biggest mysteries of the Trump-Russia investigation. We know that the Obama administration's intelligence and law enforcement agencies targeted the Trump campaign in the last three months of the 2016 campaign, and after that in the transition. But how much did President Barack Obama know about it? That's the mystery.The . In Brennan's own handwriting, they show...WW…

Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.ACTIVIST JUDGE TAKES OVER UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Remember the Post Office scandal? Before the Bob Woodward book, before the Atlantic magazine article, it was what Democrats had their hair on fire about: A completely unfounded theory that the new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, was crippling the Post Office so that Democratic mail-in votes would not be counted in November's election, thus assuring the re-election of President Trump.It was a crazy idea from the get-go. Why? Because there is no doubt the Postal Service...…Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.ACTIVIST JUDGE TAKES OVER UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. Remember the Post Office scandal? Before the Bob Woodward book, before the Atlantic magazine article, it was what Democrats had their hair on fire about: A completely unfounded theory that the new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, was crippling the Post Office so that Democratic mail-in votes would not be counted in November's election, thus assuring the re-election of President Trump.It was a crazy idea from the get-go. Why? Because there is no doubt the Postal Service...WW…

Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.WHY THE FLOOD OF NEW TRUMP-RUSSIA REVELATIONS? It seems like there's new material every day. Now, there is a just-declassified portion of Susan Rice's infamous January 20, 2017 "-- the one where she went out of her way to insist, in a memo to herself, that President Obama did everything "by the book" investigating the incoming Trump administration. We're also seeing all sorts of new documents from the continuing Michael Flynn debacle, including a in January in which he told the story of his decision -- under duress, he said...…Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.WHY THE FLOOD OF NEW TRUMP-RUSSIA REVELATIONS? It seems like there's new material every day. Now, there is a just-declassified portion of Susan Rice's infamous January 20, 2017 "-- the one where she went out of her way to insist, in a memo to herself, that President Obama did everything "by the book" investigating the incoming Trump administration. We're also seeing all sorts of new documents from the continuing Michael Flynn debacle, including a in January in which he told the story of his decision -- under duress, he said...WW…

MISSION, Texas — Anyone paying attention to the news knows the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border is terrible. Anyone who actually visits the border discovers it is worse than that.Here is what is most striking about the government's response to the unprecedented surge of illegal border crossers: It is entirely improvised. Jury-rigged. Thrown together in a scramble to accommodate thousands of migrants who were not coming just months ago. And the reason it is being improvised is that during his first days in office, President Joe Biden blew up the foundation of the government's handling of...…MISSION, Texas — Anyone paying attention to the news knows the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border is terrible. Anyone who actually visits the border discovers it is worse than that.Here is what is most striking about the government's response to the unprecedented surge of illegal border crossers: It is entirely improvised. Jury-rigged. Thrown together in a scramble to accommodate thousands of migrants who were not coming just months ago. And the reason it is being improvised is that during his first days in office, President Joe Biden blew up the foundation of the government's handling of...WW…

Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.BIDEN'S QUIET IMMIGRATION MOVE. Last week the Biden administration took another step in its drive to ease the way for illegal border crossers to stay in the United States. Hardly anyone noticed.Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would no longer impose fines on people who are in the United States illegally, who have been ordered by a judge to leave the country, and who refuse to go. (The announcement called them "noncitizens who fail to depart the U.S.") Mayorkas also announced that he would work with the Treasury...…Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.BIDEN'S QUIET IMMIGRATION MOVE. Last week the Biden administration took another step in its drive to ease the way for illegal border crossers to stay in the United States. Hardly anyone noticed.Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas would no longer impose fines on people who are in the United States illegally, who have been ordered by a judge to leave the country, and who refuse to go. (The announcement called them "noncitizens who fail to depart the U.S.") Mayorkas also announced that he would work with the Treasury...WW…

CloseWas this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.THE DEMOCRATS' FILIBUSTER HYPOCRISY. On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to . The letter, to Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer, began: "We are writing to urge you to support our efforts to preserve existing rules, practices, and traditions as they pertain to the right of members to engage in extended debate on legislation before the United States Senate."The senators continued: "We are united in our determination to...…CloseWas this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.THE DEMOCRATS' FILIBUSTER HYPOCRISY. On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined a majority of Republicans to . The letter, to Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Charles Schumer, began: "We are writing to urge you to support our efforts to preserve existing rules, practices, and traditions as they pertain to the right of members to engage in extended debate on legislation before the United States Senate."The senators continued: "We are united in our determination to...WW…

CloseWas this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IN A POST-TRUMP WORLD. President Trump will become former President Trump tomorrow. When Joe Biden takes the oath of office, Democrats will control the White House, the House, and the Senate. An ambitious agenda lies ahead for the new Democratic administration. And yet there are signs that some Democrats' obsession with Donald Trump -- the condition known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS -- will be as strong, or perhaps even stronger, after Trump leaves than when he was in the White...…CloseWas this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME IN A POST-TRUMP WORLD. President Trump will become former President Trump tomorrow. When Joe Biden takes the oath of office, Democrats will control the White House, the House, and the Senate. An ambitious agenda lies ahead for the new Democratic administration. And yet there are signs that some Democrats' obsession with Donald Trump -- the condition known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, or TDS -- will be as strong, or perhaps even stronger, after Trump leaves than when he was in the White...WW…

Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.THE CRAZY IMPEACHMENT. Democrats started trying to remove President Trump from office before he entered office. Now they are proposing to remove him from office after he leaves office. How do you remove an ex-president? He's already gone. That is the bizarre question posed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's obsessive quest to re-impeach Donald Trump with just a few days left in his term. Why impeach the president now, as the House appears poised to do on Wednesday, January 13, when there is not enough time...…Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.THE CRAZY IMPEACHMENT. Democrats started trying to remove President Trump from office before he entered office. Now they are proposing to remove him from office after he leaves office. How do you remove an ex-president? He's already gone. That is the bizarre question posed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's obsessive quest to re-impeach Donald Trump with just a few days left in his term. Why impeach the president now, as the House appears poised to do on Wednesday, January 13, when there is not enough time...WW…

Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.GOP DISASTER IN GEORGIA. The Republican Party had a distinct advantage going into the twin Senate runoffs in Georgia. All it had to do was win one of the races -- GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler vs. Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock or GOP Senator David Perdue vs. Jon Ossoff -- to retain control of the Senate. Now, it appears Republicans have lost them both. If that turns out to be the case, Democrats will have shaky but critical control of the Senate. That, along with a Democratic House and a Democratic president, gives the...…Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive the newsletter.GOP DISASTER IN GEORGIA. The Republican Party had a distinct advantage going into the twin Senate runoffs in Georgia. All it had to do was win one of the races -- GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler vs. Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock or GOP Senator David Perdue vs. Jon Ossoff -- to retain control of the Senate. Now, it appears Republicans have lost them both. If that turns out to be the case, Democrats will have shaky but critical control of the Senate. That, along with a Democratic House and a Democratic president, gives the...WW…

The political world was stunned on July 24, 2019, when Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House and Senate. It was not anything Mueller said that shocked observers — it was his demeanor. The 74-year-old special counsel appeared confused at times. He sometimes had difficulty answering the most basic questions. He had difficulty forming complex sentences.The Mueller at the witness table was a far cry from the Mueller who took over the FBI 18 years earlier. Colleagues remembered a man who was super sharp, on top of everything, a micromanager. Now, many of those...…The political world was stunned on July 24, 2019, when Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House and Senate. It was not anything Mueller said that shocked observers — it was his demeanor. The 74-year-old special counsel appeared confused at times. He sometimes had difficulty answering the most basic questions. He had difficulty forming complex sentences.The Mueller at the witness table was a far cry from the Mueller who took over the FBI 18 years earlier. Colleagues remembered a man who was super sharp, on top of everything, a micromanager. Now, many of those...WW…