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Jim Jordan Destroys Loretta Lynch’s Alibi on Hillary Clinton Case

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) refuted Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s claim that she had deferred to the FBI’s recommendation over whether to prosecute Hillary Clinton for mis-handling classified information because she wanted to prevent any public perception of unfairness.

Loretta Lynch (Jim Watson / AFP / Getty)

Obama to Police: ‘I’m Your Best Hope’

President Barack Obama told a gathering of law enforcement officials on Monday that he was critical to their efforts to reconcile with the black community: “I’m your best hope,” he declared, according to a police official quoted by the Washington Post.

Beer summit (Pete Souza / White House)

After Dallas, L.A. Police Surrender to Black Lives Matter

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) deliberately allowed a Black Lives Matter protest to stage an illegal protest on Sunday night, disrupting traffic on the Interstate 405 and taking over intersections in the predominantly black neighborhood of Inglewood.

LAPD Charlie Beck (Nick Ut / Associated Press)

Trojan Horse: Obama Embraces ‘Public Option’ on Obamacare

Critics of Obamacare warned in 2009 and 2010 that the so-called “Affordable Care Act” was merely a “Trojan Horse” that would eventually to a complete government takeover of health care. For that, conservatives were mocked and demonized.

AFP PHOTO/Jewel Samad

Left Slams Troy Aikman for Backing Dallas Police

Black Lives Matter supporters on Twitter, cheered on enthusiastically by the Huffington Post, have gang-tackled former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman for tweeting “Back the Blue” in response to Thursday’s police murders in Dallas.

Former NFL player Troy Aikman arrives at the 5th annual NFL Honors at the Bill Graham Civi

How We Got to the Brink of Civil War, and How to Stop It

The people facing off against police on highways in Atlanta and Oakland may never have had any kind of negative experience with police — indeed, they share an implicit trust that the police will let them protest, even illegally — and yet they are forging a new political identity that can create its own reality.

Police his life matters (Trinity Police / Twitter)

Hugh Hefner Declares Victory in Sexual War Against Republicans

Hugh Hefner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Playboy, has penned an essay in the magazine’s latest (nude-free) issue, declaring victory over conservative Republicans in the decades-long struggle since the sexual revolution began in the 1960s.

Hugh Hefner (Charlie Gallay / Getty)

L.A. Officials Express Outrage over Dallas; S.F. Officials Equivocate

Political leaders and law enforcement officials in Los Angeles have expressed outrage at the murders of five police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas. In contrast, officials in San Francisco and Oakland equivocated, or ignored the event.

LAPD seal (JBrazito / Flickr / CC)

Republicans Shredded James Comey’s Case for Hillary Clinton

Republicans on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform turned in a strong performance on Thursday as they dismantled FBI director James Comey’s arguments against prosecuting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Chaffetz and Gowdy (Alex Wong / Getty)

Chaffetz: We Will Refer Hillary Clinton to the FBI for Perjury

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), chair of the House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform, told FBI director James Comey during his testimony on Thursday morning that the committee would refer former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for investigation for perjury, given that she lied under oath before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in October.

The Associated Press

Another Democrat Trashes Elie Wiesel: ‘Holocaust Whore’

Another prominent Democrat has trashed Elie Wiesel — the Holocaust survivor, author, and Nobel Peace laureate who died on Saturday. Dorothy Reik, president of the Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains and a member of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee, wrote an email quoting a reference to Wiesel as a “Holocaust whore.”

Dorothy Reik (Facebook)

13 Questions Congress Must Ask FBI Director James Comey

On Thursday, FBI director James Comey will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about his agency’s decision not to recommend that Hillary Clinton be prosecuted for mis-handling confidential information.

James Comey (Drew Angerer / Getty)

Loretta Lynch: No Charges Against Hillary Clinton

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Wednesday afternoon that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will not face criminal charges in relation to her mishandling of classified information on her secret, private e-mail server.

Lynch Comey (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press)

Trump Son-in-Law on Antisemitism: Don’t Cry Wolf over a Tweet

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has blasted accusations that the Trump campaign sent an antisemitic tweet, saying that false accusations make it more difficult to confront real bigotry.

Jared Kushner (Mike Coppola / Getty)

Clinton Cash: Hillary Rakes in Nearly $70 Million in June

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised $68.5 million in June for her own campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and state-level party organizations, according to a statement from Hillary for America.

Hillary Clinton at Dem Debate (Charlie Niebergall / Associated Press)

Two More Ways Hillary Clinton Committed Perjury at Benghazi Committee

Hillary Clinton appears to have perjured herself before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in at least three ways: first, by stating that she had turned over “all my work related emails” from her private email server to the government; second, by insisting there was “nothing marked classified on my e-mails”; and third, by telling the committee that her attorneys “went through every single e-mail.” FBI director James Comey’s statement Tuesday suggests none of those statements were true.

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Hillary Clinton Campaign Rejects Max Blumenthal’s Antisemitism

While the media have been obsessively focused on whether a deleted Donald Trump tweet was antisemitic, Hillary Clinton has had to deal — albeit less publicly — with the antisemitic remarks of Max Blumenthal, son of close aide Sidney Blumenthal.

Max Blumenthal and Sidney Blumenthal (@gregmccarron1 / Twitter)

FBI Proves Hillary Clinton Committed Perjury Before Benghazi Committee

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified under oath before the House Select Committee on Benghazi last October that she had turned over “all my work related emails” from her private email server to the State Department. But on Tuesday, FBI director James Comey revealed that the agency had found “several thousand” work-related emails Clinton had not turned over, including three that included information that had been classified at the time that they had been sent.

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At Joint Event, Hillary Clinton Offers Third Term of Barack Obama

President Barack Obama joined former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at their first joint campaign event of 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina — just hours after FBI director James Comey said he would not recommend prosecuting her for mishandling classified information.

Clinton Obama Air Force One (Nicholas Kamm / AFP / Getty)

Court: Gov’t Emails on Private Servers Are Still Subject to FOIA Requests

While the FBI decided not to recommend Hillary Clinton be prosecuted for using a private server to send classified emails, the left-leaning D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that e-mails on private servers are indeed subject to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.

Hillary with a cell phone and Huma AP

Hillary Clinton: ‘This Matter Is Now Resolved’

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign welcomed the decision by FBO director James Comey on Tuesday not to recommend prosecution for mishandling of classified information, despite evidence that she and her staff had been “extremely careless.”

Reuters