December 13, 2019
Latest columns

December 13, 2019
RENEWAMERICA STAFF ? RenewAmerica has partnered with multi-national pro-life organization Real Estate for Life to help sustain the work of RenewAmerica. Real Estate for Life is a faith-based real estate network that funds "gospel of life groups worldwide."... (more)


December 13, 2019
BYRON YORK ? The great debate about whether the FBI spied on the Trump campaign continues. The question is why there is still any argument. The newly released report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz shows that by any definition the FBI did indeed spy.... (more)


December 13, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER ? The FBI sought a warrant to wiretap a U.S. citizen and, in effect, a U.S. presidential campaign, based on a shoddy Democrat-funded pile of conspiracy theories known as the Steele dossier. The dossier's allegations against then-candidate Donald Trump were based on "multiple layers of hearsay upon hearsay," and the document also took seriously comments made in jest.... (more)


December 13, 2019
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON ? Donald Trump certainly is mercurial at times. He can be uncouth. But then again, no president in modern memory has been on the receiving end of such overwhelmingly negative media coverage and a three-year effort to abort his presidency, beginning the day after his election. Do we remember the effort to subvert the Electoral College to prevent Trump from assuming office? The first impeachment try during his initial week in office? Attempts to remove Trump using the ossified Logan Act or the emoluments clause of the Constitution?... (more)


December 13, 2019
POLITICO ? President Donald Trump has signed off on a mini-trade deal with China, four people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday, marking another trade victory he can tout as he faces impeachment led by House Democrats. A final deal will be announced on Friday, said one of the people directly briefed on the agreement.... (more)


December 13, 2019
Labour Party dream of a socialist Britain in ruins
DAILY MAIL ? Boris Johnson hailed the political 'earthquake' that has given him a 'mandate to get Brexit done' today as he marched his new blue-collar Tory army towards a staggering election landslide. After laying waste to Labour's 'red wall' of Leave-backing strongholds, the PM said he had been given a 'powerful' vote of confidence by the British people and vowed to 'rise to the challenge'.... (more)


December 12, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER ? The Trump administration is considering suing Facebook for antitrust violations over the way the tech company's multiple platforms interact. Facebook controls a variety of apps including Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp. The Federal Trade Commission is considering suing the tech giant over how its apps integrate and work with competitors, according to the Wall Street Journal.... (more)


December 12, 2019
NEWSMAX ? Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., thinks President Donald Trump should add Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz to his impeachment defense team. "I have advocated that there needs to be one other attorney that's added to the mix for the president. And that is Alan Dershowitz," Meadows said Wednesday during an appearance on the House Freedom Caucus podcast.... (more)


December 12, 2019
NEWSMAX ? Constitutional law expert and Harvard professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz harshly criticized the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump presented by the Democrats as unconstitutional and damaging to the rule of law in an op-ed in The Hill on Tuesday.... (more)


December 12, 2019
Horowitz: FISA report ?doesn?t vindicate anyone at the FBI?including the leadership?
FOX NEWS ? Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy, R-La., said Wednesday that Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report on FISA abuse during the 2016 Trump presidential campaign made him want to vomit. While questioning Horowitz, Kennedy said the inspector general did a good job in compiling his report and that its findings are not a reflection on him.... (more)


December 11, 2019
Sen. Lee: ?Scathing indictment of the FBI' (3:22:30); Sen. Cruz: ?Stunning indictment of the FBI and Dept. of Justice' (3:45:50)
YOUTUBE ? Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday and explained his lengthy report into irregularities by the FBI as it obtained FISA approval to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign. In cross-examination, Sen. Mike Lee, at 3:22:30 of the video, summed up the IG's report as "a scathing indictment of the FBI, of the agents that were involved" in the agency's FISA abuse. At 3:45:50, Sen. Ted Cruz added the report is a "stunning indictment of the FBI and Dept. of Justice of a pattern of abuse of power."... (more)


December 11, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham: 'A massive criminal conspiracy'
YOUTUBE ? DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz faced the Senate Judiciary committee today after his report uncovered the FBI's repeat abuse of the FISA system, while simultaneously clearing FBI officials of bias in beginning the Russia probe.... (more)


December 11, 2019
YOUTUBE ? In an exclusive interview, Attorney General William Barr spoke to NBC News' Pete Williams about the findings on the Justice Department Inspector General's report on the Russia investigation and his criticisms of the FBI.... (more)


December 11, 2019
YOUTUBE ? House Democrats announce their articles of impeachment against Trump.... (more)


December 9, 2019
YOUTUBE ? Attorney General Barr doubles down on claims the FBI spied on Trump campaign... (more)


December 9, 2019
CLIFF KINCAID ? If Ukraine had kept and modernized the nuclear weapons it had inherited from the old Soviet Union, it is entirely possible that Russia would never have invaded in 2014. Those weapons could have been transformed into a deterrent to Russian aggression. But President Bill Clinton signed an agreement to send the weapons to Russia.... (more)


December 9, 2019
?Christians give thanks that the Son of God came into the world to save humanity?
YOUTUBE ? President Trump reminded Americans that Jesus is the true meaning of Christmas in his remarks at the National Christmas Tree lighting. First Lady Melania Trump was on hand to illuminate the tree.... (more)


December 9, 2019
DAILY CALLER ? Historian Doug Wead described President Donald Trump as a "calculated" and "purposeful" leader in an interview Friday with the Daily Caller News Foundation following the release of his book about the administration. Wead gained exclusive access to Trump, his family and senior staffers for his Nov. 26 book "Inside Trump's White House: The Real Story Of His Presidency." He disagreed with other past reports about the president and described Trump as a "great leader" who has spent years detailing what the government is doing.... (more)


December 9, 2019
BREITBART ? House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) failed to show up at the presentation of his own committee's impeachment report at the House Judiciary Committee on Monday. "The star witness failed to show up!" exclaimed Ranking Member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA). Schiff's 300-page report, released last Tuesday afternoon, is the only "evidence" to be presented in the impeachment inquiry.... (more)


December 9, 2019
Rep. Meadows says report?s findings are ?every bit as bad as advertised? and ?certainly worse than the media has been suggesting?
ART MOORE ? The Justice Department inspector general report released Monday into the Obama administration's Russia-collusion investigation presents evidence that the FBI misled the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in its effort to obtain a warrant to surveil a Trump campaign adviser.... (more)


December 9, 2019
YOUTUBE ? Horowitz lays out FBI's extensive FISA failures.... (more)


December 8, 2019
DAILY CALLER ? Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard posted a video to Twitter of herself and what appeared to be her ukulele-playing husband, Abraham Williams, singing John Lennon's legendary hit "Imagine." Twitter was awash with tributes to the former Beatles member on the 39th anniversary of his December 8, 1980, murder at the hands of Mark David Chapman. Many included renditions of the song, co-written by the English musician and his wife, Yoko Ono, and released in 1971.... (more)


December 7, 2019
YOUTUBE ? These are the top 10 things 2019's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, directed by Marielle Heller and starring Tom Hanks and Matthew Rhys, got factually right. Can a person really be this kind and genuine? For this list, we're taking a look at the details in this biographical drama that remained true to the lives of both Fred Rogers and Tom Junod, the journalist who wrote the Esquire article it is based on, "Can You Say...Hero?"... (more)


December 7, 2019
DAILY SIGNAL ? House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler opened Wednesday's impeachment hearing with testimony from three left-wing law professors who consider President Donald Trump to be evil incarnate. If Nadler thought this display would somehow convince the public that the president's actions merit impeachment, he is sure to be disappointed.... (more)


December 7, 2019
WORLDNETDAILY ? Despite the fact that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi snapped when a reporter asked her about "hate" for the president and her angry denial, she and her party actually do hate the president. So says talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh.... (more)

 
 
 
Be sure and share the newsletter with others who might be interested.
Thanks for your continuing support.
 

 
To SUBSCRIBE to RenewAmerica updates:
        Go to http://www.renewamerica.com/subscribe

To UNSUBSCRIBE:
        Go to http://www.renewamerica.com/remove

        or you can reply to this message with the word
        "remove" in the subject line.