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But I'm sure (because I've looked into his heart) that Dana Rohrabacher knows nothing about young beautiful Russian women who find 60 or 70 year old men virile and exactly who they want to have sex with.

In recent public comments on the allegations, Jordan appeared to be banking on his former wrestlers’ silence and shame. But if he believed he could humiliate them back into submission, he was sorely mistaken. At least nine have spoken out so far. Dozens more will almost certainly be telling their stories in criminal and civil court along with Strauss’ hundreds of other alleged victims from 13 Ohio State teams. (A separate lawsuit was filed by four former wrestlers on Monday; this one didn’t call out Jordan by name, but he will almost certainly become involved if the case goes forward.)

Back home, where Jordan’s political future will be determined, local media are determined not to let him slide. “No more denials. Jim Jordan must acknowledge what he knew,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorialized this past weekend. Jordan has made it clear, though, that the truth will have to be pried out of him. (He says he is cooperating with independent investigators hired by Ohio State, though what he tells them may never become public.) If either or both of these lawsuits lands him in court, it will be.

Ann Coulter: ‘It’s Time To Disband The FBI’

Why Do The Democrats Refuse To Allow FBI To Examine Its Hacked Servers??

U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has revised and retracted statements it used to buttress claims of Russian hacking during last year’s American presidential election campaign. The shift followed a VOA report that the company misrepresented data published by an influential British think tank.



In December, CrowdStrike said it found evidence that Russians hacked into a Ukrainian artillery app, contributing to heavy losses of howitzers in Ukraine’s war with pro-Russian separatists.



VOA reported Tuesday that the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which publishes an annual reference estimating the strength of world armed forces, disavowed the CrowdStrike report and said it had never been contacted by the company.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense also has stated that the combat losses and hacking never happened.

CrowdStrike was first to link hacks of Democratic Party computers to Russian actors last year, but some cybersecurity experts have questioned its evidence. The company has come under fire from some Republicans who say charges of Kremlin meddling in the election are overblown.

(Reuters) - The White House struggled on Wednesday to contain the furor over President Donald Trump’s heavily criticized summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, denying Trump ever meant to say that Moscow was no longer targeting the United States.
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Asked by reporters before a morning Cabinet meeting at the White House whether Russia was still targeting the United States, Trump shook his head and said, “No.”

But at a later news briefing, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the president was saying “no” to answering questions not to the question itself. Sanders said Trump believes the threat from Russia to undermine November’s U.S. midterm elections still exists and that Moscow would still target American elections.

“The president has made clear to Vladimir Putin that he should stay out of U.S. elections,” Sanders said. “The president and his administration are working very hard to make sure that Russia is unable to meddle in our elections as they have done in the past.”

U.S. intelligence officials have said Russia’s efforts to undermine elections are continuing and now target the Nov. 6 congressional elections.

It was the second time since the summit that Trump and the White House have blamed a misstatement or misunderstanding for the furor over Russia.

American Conservatives Played A Secret Role In The Macedonian Fake News Boom Ahead Of 2016
An investigation reveals that the fake news sites that flourished in Macedonia in 2016 weren’t just the work of local teens — and that security agencies are probing possible connections to Russia.

But at a later news briefing, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the president was saying “no” to answering questions not to the question itself.

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BREAKING: A U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has just ruled against the implementation of the Trump admin's transgender military ban!!

This means transgenders can continue to serve and enroll with our military.

TRUMP LOSES AGAIN!

Dozens of retired military and national security officers joined the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the American Medical Association in urging a federal appeals court to uphold a court order blocking President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military.

between the country

The mid-terms are coming.

Help people register.

Help people get to polling stations.

Good to see people on my FB feed getting after the registrations. No time to waste.

lifesite's not happy

It is one activist liberal judge.

Appeals court's ruling is the seventh to rule against the Trump administration's requests to begin enacting the ban

“Seven courts across the country have considered this so-called plan, and seven courts have recognized that there is no defensible reason to bar transgender Americans from serving our nation,”

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