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Republicans unload on Trump for Syrian shift when he needs em most

Senators pile on the NBA for yielding to China over Rockets GM pro-Hong Kong tweet

Supreme Court begins without ill Clarence Thomas ...

Republicans, Independents supporting POTUS ‘in ways that they were not doing before’

Harris proposes six months of government-paid family leave

Oil slips as US-China trade talks loom

Two earthquakes rattle Charlotte area ...

Mitt Romney: Trump’s Syria withdrawal a ‘betrayal’ of Kurds

‘POTUS went rogue’: Trump’s Syria move blindsides national security leaders

The 50-year low in unemployment isn’t helping workers paychecks

Minneapolis police union selling ‘Cops for Trump’ shirts ahead of rally

Elizabeth Warren calls to ‘reclaim the court’ and impeach Kavanaugh

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Trump launches ambitious play to turn New Mexico red

The spike in oil prices will have to get a lot worse before it wrecks the economy

‘Iranian weapons used’ [in Saudi oil attack] ...

Beto O’Rourke confirms, ‘Yes, I want to tear down border walls’

Obama’s team lines up to defend Andrew McCabe in court

2020 Democrats cheer the auto workers strike as they look to top Trump in swing state Michigan

Teachers in Chicago inch closer to possible strike ...

Chicago weekend: 25+ shot, 7+ killed

Judiciary chairman throws cold water on Kavanaugh impeachment

Trump rages after NYT updates story to say alleged Kavanaugh victim ‘does not recall’ incident

RASMUSSEN: Trump approval back at 50% ...

‘Locked and loaded’: Trump tweet threat to Iran

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Moderate Democrats warn Pelosi of impeachment obsession

Apple is becoming a camera company

Iran says ready for war with USA after attack allegations ...

New old hysteria: NYT tries to destroy Kavanaugh again

Tony Blair: All Brits are sick of Brexit

UAW calls a strike against General Motors for first time since financial crisis

White House expected to reveal gun control legislation this week ...

Mitt Romney says he’s not planning to endorse Trump in 2020

David Cameron: Boris Johnson didn’t believe in Brexit

Kamala Harris and Julian Castro call for impeachment of Brett Kavanaugh

Idle mines portend dark days for US coal ...

New leftist Italian gov’t ‘invites’ migrants in ...

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Peter Strzok sues [FBI] over firing for anti-Trump texts

China’s exit from US agriculture is devastating blow to an already struggling sector

China blinks?  Stocks bounce ...

Twitter account allegedly linked to Ohio shooter anti-ICE

Poll: Biden maintains lead over Sanders in New Hampshire

House Democrats ask National Archives for Brett Kavanaugh’s White House records

Uruguay issues travel warning for USA ...

Beto O’Rourke tells Trump: Stay out of El Paso

Huntsman to step down as ambassador to Russia

Bulletproof backpacks have become another back-to-school special

Palin wins appeal reviving defamation lawsuit against NYT ...

Cory Booker campaign demands Trump cancel New Hampshire rally

Intimidation

A clear tactic of the left is to intimidate its opponents. Joaquin Castro, twin brother to Texas Rep. Julian Castro who is a  Democrat presidential candidate, has put out a hit list of Republican donors (called doxxing) to try to get them punished by their employers, friends or neighbors. Kind of a low-life thing to do IMHO ... and not something seen (yet?) on the right. Also the left has organized flash mobs to loudly protest outside the homes of Mitch McConnell, Tucker Carlson, Brett Kavanaugh, etc. to intimidate them into submission. Thankfully, it didn’t work.

But the Castro boys and other menacers are not alone. Intimidation from the left is a popular political pastime. What was the Mueller investigation but an attempt to throttle the Trump team from fixing the carnage that Obama left in his wake? The masked ANTIFA is organized to intimidate, physically intimidate. Biden threatens to take Trump behind the barn. While Kathy Griffen cuts of his virtual head. The spittle-flecked rhetoric of the Democrat talking heads — RACIST, NAZI, WHITE SUPREMACIST, etc. — is designed to cower their opposition ... a tactic that they learned from Trump, but have escalated it to the moon and beyond ... no slackers they.

So Trump has helped create a monster ... a monster that is now out to devourer him. Will it succeed? Or will it devour them? We’ll see what happens.

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D.C. mayor slams Trump ‘s Fourth of July celebration

Trump tells Iran threats ‘can come back to bite you’ in nuclear standoff

DOJ ordered to find ways to include citizenship question on census

WSJ: Nike’s ‘patriotic fumble’ a ‘donation to Trimp’s re-election’

Most top military chiefs skip Trump’s Fourth of July fest

Trump’s latest Fed moves are another attempt to take control of interest rates

Ruth Bader Ginsburg praises Kavanaugh ...

Ilhan Omar: ‘I don’t know’ if any2020 Democrat can beat Trump

‘We have a predator living in the White House’: Harris sharpens attack’s on Trump

Federal appeals court says Amazon is libel for third-party sellers’ products

STOCKS ROAR TO RECORD HIGHS ...

CNN death spiral continues with double digit Q2 ratings collapse

Showdown

From Powerline

Avenati and Kavanaugh ...

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Cohen testimony on Trump: ‘He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat.’

Trade deficit in goods jumps 12.8 percent amid tariff battles

Foreign boycott of US Treasuries continues ...

Belgium’s biggest city now majority minority ...

Pakistan says it downed 2 Indian warplanes, captured pilot

Tesla faces a cash crunch with a $920 million debt payment due on Friday

Paper: Why Pelosi unlikely to try to impeach ...

Feds: Millennials  face $1 trillion in debt, mostly student loans

House Democrats forge ahead on electoral reform bill

Volvo unveils Tesla Model 3 rival Polestar 2

Mag: Justice Kavanaugh fails his first test as an originalist ...

Study: Green New Deal would cost 4 times national debt

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Linkedin co-founder backs $35 million voter data project in existential threat to Democrat party

Yellen warns of another potential financial crisis: 'Giant holes in the system'

Supreme Court gives Planned Parenthood a victory in Medicaid case ... Kavanaugh joins liberals ...

France accuses Trump of interfering in its politics

Trump's man in Brussels slams 'out of touch' EU

Trump teases 'important announcements' and touts 'very ptiductive' China trade talks

Google employees sought to block Breitbart from ads, emails show ...

Illegal immigration into U.S. at highest level in more than decade

EU leader: We won't renegotiate Brexit deal

Steel and aluminum  tariffs not hurting the economy: study says

Trump: Military will build [Mexico] wall if Pelosi, Schumer will not pay

China promises to uphold human rights that 'fit the China context'

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After Session, who will Trump dump next?

The gas engine still has a long life to live, Aston Martin CEO says

Manchin unloads on Trump after win; 'junkyard dog' ...

[Rep.] Jerry Nadler: Democrats will 'impeach Kavanaugh,' investigate Trump

Trump warns House Dems against 'war-like' posture in boastful, bitter remarks

The San Francisco homeless tax that pitted tech billionaires against each other passes

Mob outside home of Ticker Carlson ...

Chinese state media celebrates far-left U.S. midterm election winners

Pelosi looks to grind out bid for [House] speaker

Trump scorns midterm losers who did not 'embrace' him

White House suspends CNN's Acosta's press pass ...

Judge: NRA suit against New York can proceed on 1st Amendment

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Trump's narrative vs. Pelosi's subpoenas

Mortgage applications drop to 4-year low as interest rates hit 8-year high high

Rust belt defeats warning to Trump ...

Pelosi: Any impeachment move 'would have to be bipartisan'

Voters send record number of women to Congress

Republicans strengthen their grip on Senate by flipping key Democrat seats

China to become world's No. 1 travel destination ...

'Beto 2020' buzz builds

Beto O'Rourke drops F-bomb in raucous concession speech

Kavanaugh signals possible break with fellow conservatives on death penalty case

Potential juror tossed for wanting El Chapo's autograph ...

Schiff: Tearing down of Justice Department 'going to end'

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Final polls point to narrow House majority for Democrats

Democrats hold 7 point advantage are ad of midrem election as Trump's base 'comes home': NBC-WSJ poll

Hannity and Limbaugh at rally with Trump!

Senate report reveals Christine Blasey Ford had an encounter similar to her Kavanaugh claim

Democrats aren't moving left. They're returning to their roots

A Wall Street veteran who's bullish on stocks sees one more major leg down, and China's the reason

5 million already voted in TX ...

Maxine Waters: 'Trump is putting a target on my back' -- 'He's promoting violence'

Pompeo not worried about North Korean 'rhetoric' ahead of New York talks

David Stockman believes the 40% market correction he's long predicted has finally arrived

Voter enthusiasm surges among Hispanics ...

Stacey Abrams: Georgians could have to 'turn their guns in '

Straight Skinny

Christine Blasey Ford

Got some extra time ... maybe while waiting for the midterm election results? Then maybe you want to see the report from the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Kavanaugh hearings. It is extensive and dry reading ... except for the fact that it bares the hypocrisy of the Resistance. Go ahead, play detective and see if you can find the goods on Brett Kavanaugh? Or perhaps see the perfidious nature of those who tried to take him down?

Read: Senate Judiciary Committee Kavanaugh Summary Report

I can't leave this subject without mentioning one of Trump's finest moments: When Kavanaugh was being formally confirmed in the Oval Office, President Trump specifically took time to tell Kavanaugh's two young daughters what a fine and admirable man their father is ... offering some solace to what these girls had obviously suffered during these shameful attempts to slime their father.

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White House prepares to spin defeat as victory

Michael Cohen: Trump said black people are 'too stupid to vote for me'

Pence: We're keeping the House!

Kavanaugh rape accuser admits she made up her story

Trump tests his stamina with intense midterm rally schedule

Trump's top economic adviser says Cabinet was not asked to draw up a trade plan for China

NYT: Nationalism is breaking point for some suburban voters ...

Migration [caravan] lawyers recruit migrants to sue Trump

Supreme Court allows census trial to move forward

Warren Buffet loses nearly $4 billion in single day on his Apple stake

Biden threatens violence ...

Pittsburgh mayor: Armed security wrong response to synagogue shooting

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GOP see new bomb scare victim: Trump

'It's Christmas in October' Avenatti vows to put Supreme Court's Kavanaugh 'on trial'

NATO shows military might in giant exercises ...

Poll: Republican Desantis takes lead over Socialist Gillum in Florida race

Democrats make another big ad buy for Menendez

Amazon drops on revenue and guidance miss

Venezuelan exiles turn to prostitution to feed families ...

Facebook censors ads with newborn and ultrasound photos

Trump's drug plan losing ground in healthcare messaging

Morgan Stanley: Markets begin to 'sniff out' Republican sweep in midterms

USA to send 800 more troops to Mexican border ...

Report: New Jersey GOP candidate received letter threatening his kids

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In MAGA world, Trump's jokes always land

UBS said to warn staff over China travel after banker held in Beijing

Trump praises congressman who body-slammed reporter ...

EU 'secretly' plots to control UK taxes after Brexit and block cuts

Saudis confirm Khashoggi death, claim he died in a 'fist fight'

New York man arrested for threatening to kill two US Senators over backing Brett Kavanaugh

Beto supporters can't name any of his accomplishments ...

Facebook deletes disabled vet's page -- after taking $300K in ads

Pompeo: America is reaching 'moment of crisis' on immigration

Democrats want to repeal Trump's tax cuts and replace them with payouts for the poor

STAR IS BORN: Nikki Haley headlines Al Smith dinner ...

Nancy Pelosi hints at her successor: Adam Schiff

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Warren hits back at Trump, releases DNA test 'strongly' supporting Native American heritage

Microsoft co-founder Pail Allen dies of cancer at age 65

Bezos predicts 1 trillion humans in solar system ...

Poll: Nevada turns away from Democrats post-Kavanaugh

Dems fume as GOP advances Trump's judicial picks during Senate recess

Even optimists are giving up hope for a quick resolution of the US-China  trade war

New [illegal alien] caravan heads toward U.S. border: Doubles in size ...

Mueller's Russian probe losing relevance to midterm voters

Judge dismisses Stormy Daniels lawsuit against Trump

Don't expect a big Democratic wave this fall, new CNBC poll suggests

Beto, Crux set for [debate] showdown ...

Bernie Sander's declines to condemn harassment, violence against Republicans

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[Beto] O'Rourke raises a record smashing $38 million in third quarter

Saudi stocks plunge 7% on Khashoggi fallout, Kingdom vows to fight sanctions

Florida officials worry that Michael's death toll will rise ...

[David] Brooks: Trump has put the GOP at a moral disadvantage

'We have a Latino problem': Dems fret over midterm turnout in key House districts

China central bank still has plenty of tools to counter detrimental trade war effect: Governor

Tulley: Three reasons why Mueller will not charge Trump with obstruction ...

Dozens of witches gather to place public hex on Brett Kavannah

Trump thanks Erdogan for American pastor's release

BOJ's Kuroda warns of darkening global prospects as trade tensions weigh

Over 17 inches of snow fall in NDakota and only October ...

ANTIFA takes over Portland, harasses old man for disobeying

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Trump, no longer ratings Gold, loses his prime time spot on Fox News

Wall Street loses top through world markets as rate fear shake investors

Bezos loses $9.1 billion [in one day] ...

More illegal alien births in L.A. than total births in 14 U.S. states

Trump: Fed's have 'gone crazy'

Nearly $13 billion wiped off cryptocurrenciey market s as major coins plunge

CNN mocks Kanye [West] as 'token Negro' ...

Susan Rice's Republican son assaulted at pro-Kavanaugh rally

'Just ridiculous lies' Dems incensed over misleading GOP ads on Medicare for All

Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands safely

Mortgage rates 8-year high ...

McConnell: 'We're committed to help president get wall funding'