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The dud that will blow up Washington (Washington Examiner)
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report is said to be close to completion and ready for submission to the Justice Department. There is even conjecture that it is already finished, but Mueller decided, or was perhaps persuaded by newly confirmed Attorney General William Barr, to delay submission until President Trump returns from the Southeast Asia talks with North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un.
In a perfect world, the final report would be a nonevent. Alas, that is not our world, so Mueller’s conclusion will be only the beginning of a free-for-all, featuring Washington hypocrisy at its worst. [Read More]
The Steele Dossier’s ‘Corroborated’ Claims Were Old News (National Review)
Ross Douthat had an excellent column in Times on Sunday about the state of the Trump-Russia investigation. He homed in on the Steele dossier and its four major claims (or, as he put it, the four “big possibilities” it raised). The first of these “was that Russian intelligence was behind the hacks of the Democratic National Committee and the release of stolen emails through WikiLeaks.” Ross adds that this big possibility was “soon well corroborated.” [Read More]
Michelle Malkin denounces ‘the ghost of John McCain’ at CPAC (Washington Examiner)
Michelle Malkin, a conservative blogger and commentator, blasted deceased Sen. John McCain in an anti-immigration speech she gave Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
“And yes, I’m looking at you, the ghost of John McCain,” Malkin said to a standing ovation after blaming GOP party leadership, including former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for not dealing with what she described as an immigration crisis. [Read More]
A group of leading Jewish organizations petitioned the House of Representative’s top Democrats on Monday, demanding that Rep. Ilan Omar (D., Minn.) be removed from her position on the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee in light of her numerous anti-Semitic remarks and ties to groups that advocate terrorism against Jewish people, according to a copy of a letter exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. [Read More]
Luke Perry, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Star, Is Dead at 52 (NYT)
Luke Perry, who burst onto the television scene and countless fan-magazine covers in 1990 as one of the core cast members of the Fox drama “Beverly Hills, 90210,” then went on to a busy career in television and film that included, most recently, the CW series “Riverdale,” died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 52.
His family announced the death. He had been hospitalized after a stroke last Wednesday. [Read More]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sat down for one of his first interviews since announcing his 2020 presidential bid to brag about how he will end private health insurance and raise taxes.
During an interview with “The Breakfast Club,” Sanders explained how he will be able to follow through with his long list of promises to the American people, including tuition-free college, “Medicare-for-all,” and an economic overhaul to combat climate change. [Read More]
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is defending the FBI’s reliance on the Steele dossier as well as the bureau’s use of a confidential informant to make contact with the Trump campaign as part of an investigation into possible collusion with Russia.
In an interview as part of a recent book tour, McCabe disputed Republicans’ claims that the FBI misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court about aspects of the dossier in applications warrants to spy on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. [Read More]
Hillary Clinton blames gutting of Voting Rights Act for her 2016 loss (AOL)
Speaking Sunday at the historic Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church, former Secretary of State, First Lady, and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton suggested a key Supreme Court decision may have cost her the White House.
Clinton was participating in an annual commemoration of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches that included the infamous “Bloody Sunday” where Civil Rights activists were viciously beaten by white police and protesters. The church where she spoke was the starting point for the marches, which were organized by a group that was pushing for voting rights and included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rep. John Lewis (D-Ala.). Clinton connected the push for voting rights to her 2016 presidential campaign. [Read More]
Per-student spending in Arlington tops $20,000 in new budget proposal (Inside NOVA)
Already the highest among the Washington suburbs, Arlington Public Schools’ per-student cost would rise 3.4 percent to a record $20,012 under the fiscal 2020 budget proposal unveiled by Superintendent Patrick Murphy on Feb. 28.
The $671.6 million budget plan – also a record – would be up 4.9 percent from a year before, in large part because of the effects of ongoing student growth that has seen the system grow from 19,500 students in 2009 to a projected 28,500 next year – up 46 percent. [Read More]
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