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FBI Is Still Hiding Details of Russiagate, Newly Released Document Shows By Aaron Maté, As Donald Trump re-enters the White House on a pledge to end national security state overreach, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is still hiding critical details on the Russia conspiracy investigation that engulfed his first term. In response to a Freedom of Information request filed by RealClearInvestigations in August 2022, the FBI on Dec. 31, more than two years later, released a heavily redacted copy of the document that opened an explosive and unprecedented counterintelligence probe of the sitting president as an agent of the Russian government. The Electronic Communication, dated May 16, 2017, claimed to have an “articulable factual basis” to suspect that Trump “wittingly or unwittingly” was illegally acting on behalf of Russia, and accordingly posing “threats to the national security of the United States.” The FBI’s “goal,” it added, was “to determine if President Trump is or was directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with, the Russian Federation.” It additionally sought to uncover whether Trump and unnamed “others” obstructed “any associated FBI investigation” – a reference to Crossfire Hurricane, the initial FBI inquiry into the Trump campaign’s suspected cooperation with an alleged Russian interference plot in the 2016 election. ... and by Jim Baker, the FBI general counsel. While Crossfire Hurricane, which was formally opened on July 31, 2016, had by that point focused on members of Trump’s orbit, the May 2017 probe was specifically targeted at the president himself during his fourth month in office. The investigation of Trump was undertaken at the behest of then-acting FBI director Andrew McCabe, one week after Trump had fired his former boss and mentor, James B. Comey. https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/01/06/fbi_is_still_hiding_details_of_russiagate_newly_released_document_shows_1082631.html

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Incoming Border Czar Celebrates Discovery of Cartel Drug Smuggling Tunnel Under Mexico-Arizona Border by Bob Price Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan celebrated the discovery of three drug smuggling tunnels used by Mexican cartels along the Arizona border. U.S. and Mexican law enforcement teamed up and used drone technology to discover the tunnels. Homan posted a report on social media calling the discovery “great news.” The incoming Trump administration border czar described a joining operation between “American and Mexican officials. “This is one of three recently found since last year alone, with this one being found with the help of a drone,” Homan stated. https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/01/06/incoming-border-czar-celebrates-discovery-of-cartel-drug-smuggling-tunnel-under-mexico-arizona-border/ Trump's border czar plans weekly White House briefings to announce arrests and deportations crackdown by Rob Crilly The man who will take charge of Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigrants wants to hold weekly White House briefings on arrests and deportations. Tom Homan, who will become border czar when Trump is sworn into office on January 20, said Sunday evening that he planned to enforce the law 'without apology.' Trump has tasked him with sealing the southern border, launching a massive deportation program and tracking down what he claims are 300,000 missing undocumented children. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14254933/trump-border-czar-briefing-tom-homan.html

Jack Smith’s Top Hatchet Man in Trump Classified Documents Case Abruptly Resigns From Justice Department by Christina Laila Jack Smith’s top hatchet man, Jay Bratt, abruptly resigned from the Justice Department last week, according to Deep State reporter and fake Trump-Russia dossier peddler Michael Isikoff. Jay Bratt was one of the main prosecutors who spearheaded the Mar-a-Lago raid, he threatened a lawyer defending Trump’s valet driver and admitted the DOJ tampered with evidence. Jay Bratt tried to bribe Stanley Woodward and threatened him with a sinking judicial nomination if he didn’t get Walt Nauta to testify against Trump. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/breaking-jack-smiths-top-hatchet-man-trump-classified/

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Confirm Pete Hegseth Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) has privately told President-elect Donald Trump that he believes that Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick to run the Pentagon, has the votes to be confirmed. We hope that's the case. Hegseth brings impressive academic credentials combined with real-world experience—in his case, a distinguished record of service in the Army, where he did tours in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq that earned him two Bronze Stars. "Daily life in the States distorts our perspective, we get petty and particular; but from Iraq, America shines on the horizon, her flaws minimized by distance and her virtues magnified by comparison," he wrote friends in a moving letter from Iraq in 2006. Hegseth, who ran two nonprofit organizations when he returned from the Middle East and went on to become a Fox News anchor, doesn't have the traditional qualifications of a secretary of defense, but he does have the confidence of the president, the sine qua non of success in a Trump administration. He has given us a window since his nomination in mid-November into how and why he has endeared himself to Trump, demonstrating an ability to push back and shut down false narratives in the press. He has a fighting spirit that saved his nomination from an early demise just weeks ago. By his own admission, Hegseth is not a bureaucrat or a typical striver who has led his life with an eye toward career advancement. Like Trump, he is a thrice-married man who has been in the public eye for decades; unlike the president-elect, Hegseth says he is a reformed man who has found God. His confirmation hearing next week will no doubt offer Democrats the opportunity to take some more swings at him, but there is no reason Republicans should flinch. Most importantly, in an administration that will include aides and advisers with divergent views on foreign policy, including some who represent the Republican Party's resurgent isolationist wing, Hegseth is clear-eyed about the multitude of threats our country faces. https://freebeacon.com/columns/confirm-pete-hegseth/

YES, RISING INFLATION AND A FLAT ECONOMY WILL DO THAT: Wow, Democrats Lost the Capitol Riot Narrative Big Time. In the four years since the Capitol riot, Democrats have tried incessantly to turn it into a national tragedy akin to 9/11 and/or the Pearl Harbor attack. With the goal of preventing Trump from being able to seek the presidency again, they even called it an insurrection (it wasn’t) and accused Trump of inciting it (he didn’t). Their efforts failed, and Trump was reelected on November 5, becoming the first Republican presidential candidate to win the national popular vote since George W. Bush. Oh what a sweet victory it was. On Monday, Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris was certified, and once again, Democrats proved they just can’t let their phony baloney narrative go. I won’t bother posting all the tweets from Democrats waxing philosophical about the difference between January 6, 2025 and January 6, 2021, but I will show you this cringey post from Sen. Chuck Schumer and some silly “moment of prayer” he and a few other January Sixth-copalians held on Monday. They’re really trying hard, aren’t they? The problem for them is that it’s not working. Despite all their efforts, that day didn’t leave the lasting political scar on the public Democrats had hoped for. Despite the massive media coverage, congressional hearings, and the general pushing of the narrative that the riot was an “insurrection,” most Americans have moved on. CNN’s chief data reporter Harry Enten laid out the data starkly: back in early 2021, a majority of voters—56 percent—believed Trump’s actions on January 6 should disqualify him from the presidency. That figure included those who supported removing him from office. But by 2023, the percentage dropped to 47 percent, flipping the narrative. As Enten put it, “This nine-point shift was tremendous,” because it took the issue from a majority stance to a minority one. Trump captured the overwhelming support of the other 53 percent, effectively neutralizing the talking point. A deeper dive reveals an even more striking reality. In January 2021, 48 percent of voters blamed Trump for the Capitol riot. By December 2023, that number had fallen to just 37 percent. Fewer Americans blamed Trump, fewer thought it made him ineligible to lead, and, perhaps most tellingly, far fewer cared enough to remember it. When asked about their biggest memory of Trump’s first term, only 5 percent of Americans pointed to January 6. Among Republicans, it was a meager 2 percent. Pardon me while I laugh hysterically for a moment. Enten captured the sentiment perfectly: “Folks—fewer folks thought he was responsible… and more than that, as it went into the rear-view mirror, far fewer folks thought that it was their number one memory.” Simply put, the public has moved on. {snip} The bottom line? January 6 has become a historical footnote for most Americans, far from the game-changing issue Democrats envisioned. While they may have bet big on the riot defining Trump’s legacy, voters seem to have made up their minds: it’s time to move on. https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/06/wow-democrats-lost-the-capitol-riot-narrative-big-time-n4935726

Along with 77 other million Americans. You need to self-reflect on your self destructive anger, We are doing fine. . Back to the thread:

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Exit Interviews By Democrats Show They're As Delusional As Ever Duane Patterson 2025 is already shaping up to be a pretty good political year. In 14 days, Democrats will not be in control of any branch of government. They will only control regime media, which is decreasing in viewership and influence by the day. Up north, if the scuttlebutt is true, Canada's long national nightmare might end today with the resignation of Justin "Baby Castro" Trudeau. And Labour's reign in the United Kingdom may be measured in Scaramucci's rather than years, because Keir Starmer has lost 49 points in approval, and that was before it turns out that as prosecutor in Pakistani sex and groomer gang cases, his conduct is being covered up. The Labour government is blocking an inquiry into his performance. Joe Biden continues to demonstrate the slide into mental decline is a steep grade. If his decline were a highway, it would need a special truck lane. On the Sunday shows, It was a mixture of a farewell tour of Democratic governance combined with newfound concern about deficit spending now that Republicans are going to be running things. But on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was asked about his previous assurance of the President's mental acuity, and naturally weaseled his way around it. https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2025/01/06/exit-interviews-by-democrats-as-delusional-as-ever-n3798520

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But what would he know ? Another January to remember Cuba American Thinker, by Sylvia Canto Jr. Cuba became an independent country in 1902. You can divide the island’s history into two periods: the pre-Castro years and the current regime’s period in power since 1959. I was born in the last decade of pre-Castro Cuba. My story so typical of the other kids born in the 1950s. We were the grandchildren or great-grandchildren of immigrants from Spain or elsewhere. Our ancestors came to Cuba because it was a prosperous island, an attractive place for Spaniards seeking a better life, for Jewish refugees from Europe, hardworking Asians, and others. It was a young and vibrant country with hope and a future. In other words, the island of Cuba attracted people rather than driving its citizens away looking for a future. It is really sad to watch Cuba today, from energy blackouts to importing sugar. Let me repeat: importing sugar. As a result, the young escape and look for a better life, preferably in the U.S. The old get stuck behind. As I saw yesterday, Cuba is on track to have the oldest population in Latin America. It is even more painful when you realize that pre-Castro Cuba attracted thousands of immigrants from all over the world To wither is to shrivel, fade, decay, or lose the freshness of youth. Cuba is indeed withering today. So another January to remember the tragedy of Cuba and how much longer it will go on. https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/another_january_to_remember_cuba.html

Israel's Commando Strike on a 'Bombproof' Missile Factory Tells Tehran, 'You Can Run but You Can't Hide' A daring Israeli commando raid deep into Bashar Assad's Syria in early September not only destroyed an Iranian factory producing missiles for Hezbollah to shoot into Israel, it may have been a test of a concept that puts all of Iran's nuclear facilities at risk. On the night of September 8-9, a 120-man unit of elite Israeli Air Force Shaldag commandos in CH-53 attacked the underground factory in the Masyaf area of Syria, west of Hama, using a combination of landing and fast roping https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/05/israels-commando-strike-on-a-bombproof-missile-factory-tells-tehran-you-can-run-but-you-cant-hide-n2183986