Hillary was protected from investigation by the same agencies who hounded Trump on false charges…
…promoted by Hillary.
…[There were] many ways the FBI went easy on [Hillary] Clinton, as Durham reveals the agency dropped at least four criminal investigations related to her.
The Clinton Foundation was understandably suspected by FBI agents in three different field offices — Little Rock, Washington, and New York — as a dodgy vehicle enabling donors, very much including foreign regimes and their operatives, to give goo-gobs of money to Hillary and Bill Clinton without appearing to violate the campaign finance laws.
But McCabe was infuriated, during the stretch run of the 2016 campaign, when the Wall Street Journal reported that he had tied the hands of investigators on the Clinton Foundation case…
To push back against that, McCabe had his subordinates leak that the Obama Justice Department had pressured him to shutter the Clinton Foundation probe.
This was true. In fact, it is substantiated by Durham. He found that the bureau had meetings with top Obama DOJ officials who were hostile to the investigation…
The Obama DOJ, including its appointed U.S. attorneys in Manhattan and Brooklyn, made clear to the FBI that they had no interest in a Clinton Foundation case…
This was a pattern. As Durham found, even when there may have been evidence that foreign powers were trying to cultivate Clinton and possibly try to bring her under their influence, the same FBI that couldn’t open a case on Trump fast enough became paralyzed.
As McCarthy says, it was “quite a contrast.”
And although we already knew this, at least the general outline and patterns, the details are interesting.
The question is, as usual: what to do? It’s all very well and good to say “Defund the FBI! Clear out the DOJ!” and that sort of thing. But it can’t be done without gaining political power and numbers. And does anyone think those numbers will be attained in 2024? I certainly don’t.
There’s nothing that can be done. The bad guys win and Sauron takes over Middle Earth. End of story.
It is probably true that nothing can be done and that all hope is lost, but at least Vivek R (probably the most intelligent person to run for the presidency in many a decade) is articulating sensible policies which will perhaps convince some voters of the dire predicament presently plaguing our moribund republic.
I used to think that Hillary was the most corrupt person to get that close to the presidency since Aaron Burr. Biden has outdone her.
I’ve begun reading Bill Quick’s novel, “Lightning Fall.” I sense disaster coming soon. We’ve been discussing 40 year cycles in history ovr at Chicagoboyz. I think we are near the end of one.
I too sense disaster. We are sharing the American land with millions of migrants and 50%+ of Democratic voters, who are ignorant, stupid, or evil. Or some combination thereof. They have never read the Constitution, none of them.
Maybe a move to Honduras is not irrational. The country has been cleaned out of its lower classes, who are now all here.
Andrew Klavan’s weekly Daily Wire podcast features him interviewing Andrew McCarthy on this topic. I recommend it. McCarthy comes across well. And contrite.
Cicero
If I were 20 years younger, I would consider Honduras or Costa Rica. I think I’ll have to just wait it out where I am now, and hope that I don’t last long enough to see the worst of it. Terrible way to look at longevity and life in general, but there it is.
So which is the more frightening/loathsome person: the apparatchik who knows what happened and is OK with it or the true believer who believes whatever spin the party line needs today? In “1984”, it was the inner party which were the true believers but in today’s world, it’s the outer party.
The question is, as usual: what to do? It’s all very well and good to say “Defund the FBI! Clear out the DOJ!” and that sort of thing.
IF our ‘news’ media were not so unanimously corrupted by its slavish progressive groupthink, it could, in just a few months of honest reporting, put an end to some fraction of said groupthink, even in the Federal government and some bits of the Universities, and of course more widely among all those millions of Biden voters. It’s surprising that more upstart Republicans are not singing from this hymnal, chapter and verse – right now brer Durham has dug up enough evidence to attract attention no matter how loudly the faithful still wail the Big Nothingburger Blues.
jvermeer,
Or the true believer who is certain Trump’s showmanship bamboozled the unwashed masses and said beuracrat saved us through his brilliance and magnanimity?
The interview of James Comey from about 6 years ago where he openly brags about sending agents to trick Trump’s administration is still fresh in my mind. And Peter Strzok’s assurances to his paramour.
They have no remorse. They are the heroes of the Republic in the scripts they have written. Legends in their own minds.
At least it’s “NOW” clear why Pelosi and Bowser et al. DID NOT WANT any National Guard or additional security to ensure orderly conduct on Jan. 6.
“NOW”? Heh, Actually, it’s been clear for quite some time—to those who have been willing to look; who don’t have their eyes (and brains) “wide shut”.
The WHOLE THING was a set up. An extraordinary conspiracy, like Russiagate. Like Nov. 2020.
Pretty darned clever!
Nobody was supposed to find out.
Nobody is supposed to find out.
Nobody will be supposed to find out.
For ever and ever….
(Because 2+2=5…which must be “true”…because otherwise, MATH IS RACIST!)
https://twitter.com/wretchardthecat/status/1659585245648404480
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1659367524369088513
H/T Instapundit.
“They are the heroes of the Republic in the scripts they have written. Legends in their own minds.”
Indeed, the gobsmacking thing is the WHY? of it!!
What’s in it for them?
Could it be PURE VENALITY? Since it would appear to be that with this action to help the Democratic Party wreck America, it would appear that the FBI, along with other agencies, have egregiously veered into “We have to destroy the country to save the country” territory.
(Um, make that “We have to destroy the country to save the country—and if we can also make a few bucks on the side, well why the hell not? We’re heroes, AREN’T WE?” territory.)
And this—cliche-ridden as it is—may well be true.
But might there be more to the story?
That is, could there be any other cause, or rationale, that’s entirely warped, twisted, bent, corrupted and derailed those tasked with protecting the country and upholding the Constitution?
The only conclusion—or rationalization—that I can come up with is that they are so convinced—besotted?—with the idea that a Trump presidency will bring about WAR with China (a way of thinking, by the way, that the CPC has gone out of its way to encourage and promote) that anything that can be done to reduce or eliminate the chances of such a war is heroic, courageous, the cutting edge of moral, and hence entirely justified…even if one has to wreck the country to accomplish this(!!!!).
“…rationalization…”?
Make that “GROTESQUE rationalization”…since this is most certainly NOT an attempt at “to understand is to forgive”….
YMMV.
Related:
“FBI Played Fast And Loose With The Facts To Exaggerate ‘Domestic Terror’ Threat”—
https://tinyurl.com/mvmz9mpa
Another well-oiled end-around is to “tie” (or “EXPLORE ties”) between so-called “domestic terrorists”) and foreign countries.
“FBI Improperly Used Surveillance Program To Spy On Jan. 6 Suspects”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fbi-improperly-used-surveillance-program-spy-jan-6-suspects
So smaaaht! So Clevuh!!
But TRIED ‘n TRUE, since that’s how they got Trump et al.—and especially Flynn, which was an especially “delicious” success.
(And as they say, “if it works(!), dont fix it…”. That’s right, charges/allegations/heavy innuendo of “foreign influence” and “rape”/”sexual assault” is the old one-two! Count on it!!)
…Oh, right. Forget to add, “to protect the country, but of course”!!
NOW he cares?? He was one of the people pushing to get rid Trump.
Essentially, the Russians OWNED Hillary “Collusion” Clinton.
Given her stellar personality, it is no wonder that Ms. “What Difference Does It Make?” turned that situation right around and decided to exploit the same accusation against Trump.
And with all the help she had—and which she knew she had—she got away with it. As did the entire Democratic Party and its apparatchiks, sewn into the woof and warp of the Deep State and the Media.
Nonetheless, she STILL lost the 2016 election. (This because she KNEW she was a shoo-in—had she known how dire her situation REALLY WAS, she would have taken the necessary steps to win. Needless to say, the Democrats, in 2020, did NOT repeat that BLUNDER.)
Having lost the 2016 election—the first incarnation of her plan having failed—she and her fellow uber-powerful conspirators set in motion phase two of the plan: the multi-layered hog-tying of Trump and his presidency.
That Trump was in fact able to accomplish so much in spite of this Deep State- and media-sponsored subversion and sabotage is absolutely extraordinary….
In fact, he was ALSO able to overcome the additional mega-subversion thrown at him by the CDC/NIH/WHO/Fauci-driven syndicate; and could only be “defeated” in 2020 when the Democrats, amply prepared this time around, were forced to UNLEASH their REAL—HEAVILY FORTIFIED—INSURANCE POLICY…to hijack the country and transform it, which transformation, alas for them, had to be DELAYED by four years.
“Insurance policy”, continued…
“Human error turns every registered voter in New York county into a Democrat”—
“https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/human-error-turns-every-registered-voter-new-york-county-democrat”
Human error?
Dry run?
False flag? (I.e., “See, perfectly honest mistakes CAN be made…so you Republicans really should shove it!”)
Why did the FBI hate Trump in 2016? I don’t remember him calling them out during the campaign or anything like that.
yes mccarthy is always behind the eight ball,
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/05/a_cabal_of_sociopaths.html
mccarthy’s history, is something like that peter falk tale the inlaws, in the first wtc center, he was tasked with interviewing, all players involved, now one character who was embedded in the special forces was an egyptian army major who was here in the states because he was claiming persecution, the part they left out was he was tied to the crew that iced sadat, of course, at one part of the interrogation, the major told mccarthy he’d be back the next day, of course he skipped town, and helped case the embassies that would be bombed 5 years later in east africa,
oh really?
https://justthenews.com/world/europe/tueuk-intelligence-wouldnt-help-trump-russia-investigation
Lol
Neither Clinton is really motivated by money.
Yes they are worth 100 million, each gets $500000 for a 4 hour speech and greet
However, considering their wealth, they live rather modestly. They own zero private jets or super yachts. The own 2 houses. One in NY they bought for 1.5 million and a 2nd in DC that they paid 4.5 million for.
Likewise the Joe Biden.
Has has lived in DELAWARE all his life. He bought a summer house for 1.5 million he vacations on NANTUCKET, but can only rent in the off season. ?????? Show me the money!!!
What to do about it?
Shame those who vote to support it. Do not give them any excuses. They support totalitarian, Big Brother-style abuse of the law and the systematic destruction of the constitutional republic. They don’t get a pass for believing the extensive and blatant lying of the MSM. At this point, the evidence is overwhelming. No person of good faith with any kind of conscience can pretend to think that the Democrats are good guys.
Could you remain friends with a communist who supported all the crimes of communist despots? or a Nazi or fascist who supported those regimes?
We aren’t talking about normal political differences. This isn’t an argument about politics. This isn’t an argument about tax rates or welfare policy or the number of weeks for unemployment compensation or the budget for defense. This is about a corrupt cabal of criminals who lie and slander relentlessly while abusing the law and the constitution. Difference.
We face an existential struggle against Big Brother and the Thought Police. Get in the faces of anyone who supports the bad guys. Even if it makes Thanksgiving uncomfortable. Even if it costs a friendship.
History will not judge kindly those who defend their inaction in the face of evil with the excuse that they didn’t want anyone to be uncomfortable. Political prisoners in DC right now are a bit uncomfortable.
Shame those who support the bad guys.
haven’t we suffered enough
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/20/james-comey-central-park-west-mystery-novel/
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“For a long time, it was a truism that while liberals thought conservatives were evil, conservatives simply thought liberals were misguided. We are all aiming at the same things! We just differ on the means! All of us everywhere are on the same team, no matter where we are or what party we belong to.
What Carlson said, however, contradicted this directly. Made up of his usual running grab bag of funny stories, self-deprecating jokes, sincere tributes to others, and what can only be called a personal wrestling with what he thinks to be the truth about what’s going wrong in America without fear or favor of Democrats, Republicans, or any of the DNC-regime “media reporters,” Carlson’s speech ended with a stirring meditation on why it is that the two things we need these days are courageous truth-tellers and people who beg God’s help for our country. ”
—
“He talked about how our public life that is now filled with constant lies and the pressure to repeat them over and over again”
—
“we all can take part in resisting the evil falsehoods about what it means to be human”
…
“If you have people who are saying, ‘I have an idea. Let’s castrate the next generation. Let’s sexually mutilate children.’ I’m sorry, that’s not a political debate. What? That’s nothing to do with politics.”
John Said:
Lol
Neither Clinton is really motivated by money.
No at Least (Bill) Clinton and Obama seem driven by two things, Fame and Power. They both have severe daddy issues. Heck I think you have to go back to Truman to find a Democrat president who didn’t have at least SOME daddy issues. Nope I retract that after looking. Carter seems to have had a present and decent dad although he was a bit of a Mommas boy and seems to have been pushed by Lillian. Clearly Mr. Clinton and Obama want the fame to say ‘Look dad I was good why did you leave?”. Mrs Clinton is far more terrifying she seems to want power and control for its own sake like the Inner Party in 1984. As bad as Obama was I think we missed a bullet there in 2008 and again with Trump in 2016. Meanwhile Biden seems just a puppet, He’s Obama term three (or at least the handlers are). Not clear if the craziness is what Obama wanted or if Bidens handlers just are even more out of touch with the general populace than Obama was or if they just don’t have Biden well restrained.
An intelligent, masterfully written, scathing article (from RCI) that covers most of the key issues and is concise and to the point:
“The Durham Report Indicts The Deep State… And The Media”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/durham-report-indicts-deep-state-and-media
Opening graf:
“Our ruling class will use any means necessary—no matter how lawless, vicious, or brazen—to preserve its power and privilege. And it will seemingly never pay a price for its corruption and criminality. That is the ultimate lesson conveyed in the more than three hundred pages of gory details about the republic-eroding scandal that is Russiagate, comprising Special Counsel John Durham’s final report….”
And so, OF COURSE Andrew Weissmann would brand this kind of blistering indictment as a “nothing-burger”…
Churchill: “This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never — in nothing, great or small, large or petty — never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”
My primary way to fight is money. Find people who fight and support them with money. Any contribution, no matter how small, is better than not fighting. Small money is particularly important in local and state races.
Examples in politics
ReformCalifornia.org
https://statefreedomcaucus.org/
Examples in education
Prageru.com
Hillsdale College
Home School Legal Defense Association Hslda.org
Look around. You’ll be surprised what you find. Even here in far left California, I recently came across a great candidate for an assembly seat: Lydia Kou. She is probably registered as a Democrat, but read her website.
Stan, something else to add to your “Evil Party” scrapbook:
“Pelosi Daughter Carts Failing Feinstein Around In Scheme To Hold Seat For Schiff”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pelosi-daughter-carts-failing-feinstein-around-scheme-hold-seat-schiff
Opening grafs:
‘ Already impaired by widely-reported mental decline, Senator Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate two weeks ago after a nearly three-month absence…. Feinstein appeared to be unaware that she’d been gone from the Senate, declaring, “No, I’ve been here. I’ve been voting.”
‘ Writing about the spectacle, we observed that a long-overdue Feinstein resignation “would go against the interests of her handlers who’d surely like to keep their Senate jobs as long as possible.”
‘ [But]…a more complex conspiracy has emerged: Rep. Adam Schiff wants her seat and desperately wants Feinstein to hang on through the 2024 election.
‘ Why is that so crucial to him? If Feinstein resigns, California Gov. Gavin Newsom would appoint a senator to fill the seat until 2024. Newsom has already promised to appoint a black woman in that event, and one of Schiff’s declared opponents is California Rep. Barbara Lee. If appointed, she’d enter the 2024 race with the power of incumbency.
‘ The plot gets thicker: Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Schiff in the Senate race and…Feinstein has been frequently accompanied by a mystery woman, whom Politico has now identified as Pelosi’s eldest daughter, Nancy Corinne Prowda….’
…Not that one would expect anything less from Adam Schiff OR family Pelosi…but this is pretty brazen…Make that, “pretty sick”.
The Zombie Party has evolved into the Party of Ghouls.
I wouldn’t say that the Clintons are not motivated by money. We had the long-ago Whitewater deal and the straddle trades in Hillary’s favor from (I think) the Tyson chicken guy, and their “charity” was designed to pull in big money and make it look sort of legal. I would agree that power also drives Hillary in a large way.
right thats why bertelsmann gave obama and his lovely consort 60 million dollars, thats why they bought beachfront in marthas vineyard tell me another one, the foundation was their grift, which allowed countries like haiti and nigeria, to be looted in grand style, the latter ring of mark rich’s pals from glencore, kurzin chadoury et al,
“…same agencies…”
Same “players”.
Same “playbook”.
Democratic Party corruption is so rampant, so mainstream, so everyday, so NORMAL…that no one really cares any more.
No one bats an eye.
In fact, they celebrate it!
Just more Democratic Party DEMOCRACY!
Here’s Devon Nunes with the recap:
https://twitter.com/Aspiemama_107/status/1659966152397967360?cxt=HHwWgMDSzfaasYkuAAAA
H/T Lee Smith Twitter feed.
of course they forced nunes out and they keep the likes of schiff and swallwell, the later is lesuo at least two different ways just from china, not to say qatar,
oh
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12108407/Jeffrey-Epstein-threatened-expose-Bill-Gates-2010-affair-Russian-bridge-player.html
The Clinton Foundation is primarily a money laundering operation. Bill knew the players, and Hillary was a Senator and then Secretary of State where she could direct influence and money. The Uranium One deal was a sellout of this country for big bucks to the foundation.
“Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich” by Peter Schweizer details the corruption of the Clinton Foundation.
A portion of the review:
“In the New York Times bestseller Clinton Cash, he follows the Clinton money trail, revealing the connection between their personal fortune, their “close personal friends,” the Clinton Foundation, foreign nations, and some of the highest ranks of government.”
Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, have attempted to do much the same. However, they’re not as slick as the Clintons. Bill and Hil have apparently gotten away with their scams. Joe and Hunter? Unless the DOJ suddenly becomes non-partisan, it looks like they will get off as well. 🙁