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the voice is saying that what the likes

of Google Facebook and Twitter are doing

may be illegal and that his

administration is looking into it

joining us tonight

host of Justice with judge Jeanine on

Fox News author of The New York Times

best seller Liars leakers and liberals a

case against the anti-trump conspiracy

judge great to have you with us good to

be with you I have to say the the

president exceeds himself he is tearing

everyone out there in the left-wing

media

well he's giving them a proper

perspective of where he thinks they

should be and how they should be

operating and you know the amazing part

of this Lou is here's a man who probably

should be vacationing right it's the end

of the summer that he just doesn't give

up and that's why he was elected he's a

Jersey yeah ten days in Jersey works

every day I know that I mean the guy is

constantly working but you know what a

lot of what he says is absolutely true

Americans believe what he's saying so if

you start with NBC look Jeff Zucker now

with NBC right is it Zucker with NBC CNN

CNN ok so Andy lack called the Mandy

Lackey all right it's Andy liking look

wasn't it MVC you told Ronan Farrow who

had that whole thing about Harvey

Weinstein we don't want this story it's

not ready this is not something we're

interested in why because they were

owned by Harvey Weinstein in the in the

more that figurative sense and then

you've got NBC with Matt Lauer there was

a man who sat on the second floor who

told me about Matt Lauer years ago and

his dalliance --is and if we knew about

it I'm sure NBC knew about it and then

you've got all of the other issues at

NBC that you know they're the first ones

to criticize us look NBC and CNN CNN is

devoted to saying every three seconds

Donald Trump should be impeached being

peach to be impeached and if we can't

impeach him how can we indict him oh the

Office of Legal Counsel says we can't

indict the president well let's get a

State Attorney General to indict the

president

I mean you know Americans are kind of

fed up with this and so was a president

for good reason I and the American

people are fed up and irrespective of

the polls that you choose it's mine it's

my personal opinion that President Trump

is at least 10 points greater than the

numbers being reported

whether it's 44 percent 46 percent the

American people are going to make

themselves heard in these midterm

elections I think there's a very big

surprise awaiting the Dems who are

moving so far left and this this attack

concerted orchestrated in the National

left-wing media with the Democratic

National Committee the Democratic Party

the left it's going to blow up in their

faces well you know if you look at what

just happened in the primaries you know

Ron DeSantis wins Florida right in a

Republican primary on Wednesday and then

to the right is this this gentlemen

Gilliam all right and then yeah and he

is very left-wing they never expected

him to win so whereas you go through

even Arizona and Florida California they

are so far left their candidates that

when it comes to November it's going to

be a different game totally I mean we

are central whoever Donald Trump

supports wins their primaries you have

to appreciate the president's sense of

humor he tweeted up that Attorney

General Jeff Sessions job is safe that

he will not wear them before the midterm

elections right before November how many

days is that okay 68 days well you know

what and I think a look I don't know

where Jeff session gets off being the

Attorney General when in truth how can

you work for a guy who doesn't want you

where's your dignity where's your

self-esteem you know where's your sense

of self the guy doesn't want you give it

up well we're not gonna give you up

thank you for being with us judge hello

judge Jeanine Pirro

at Joyner Saturdays 9 p.m. Eastern

every Saturday of every Saturday

Rhyno Senator Marco Rubio weighing in on

well on architecture and buildings he

apparently Charles Schumer has stolen

the March on him so he's trying to find

a place to name something for John

McCain Marco Rubio has decided he would

like to rename NATO's new headquarters

and Brussels after a u.s. senator

building Rubio will probably not visit

than any official capacity perhaps ever

I an amazing idea from an amazing fellow

joining us tonight

another amazing fellow and Rollins

chairman of the great America PAC Hall

of Fame political consultant Republican

strategist without without Pierre

Rolland served as White House political

director under President Reagan great to

have you here Michael Rubio what is case

they're in there's the Trump derangement

syndrome and now there is let's lionize

john mccain syndrome in washington on it

without any attempt on this funeral week

and it's like a presidential week like

you think a president died yeah and and

and they're doing with their but i don't

i don't dump on him but i think it's

very important to basically separate the

man in the myth and and people will do

that we're not talking about Rubio now

are we well Rubio loses out of the game

now I mean Rubio basically the

combination of Scott and now the Santis

has really eliminated the bushes and and

Rubio are pretty much no longer the

players in Florida yeah and I think to a

certain extent you know he basically

cast his lot with with McCain on a

number of things unsuccessfully to go

with an immigration or comer our Schumer

you know with the gang of eight and it

was always a gang was never a gang of

eight or gang of seven or six none of

whom were ever successful and my only

issue is you know you start renaming

buildings you know Madison just make

them all Federal Building one Federal

Building to you know we're gonna go back

and say that the historic moment this

person was there was a Schumer once as a

leader at the Russell Senate building

well Senator McCain Senator Russell was

a very important player when he was

there and

he was he was he sees the real power

behind the Senate very important to our

defenses very important to our foreign

policy and Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Johnson

he was Lyndon Johnson's mentor and

basically so if you eliminate that bill

and do the same thing with say Sam

Rayburn who was the counterpart right uh

you know it just it's some survey you

can use these as teaching lessons but

the idea we're gonna go basically change

we've changed all kinds of bridges in

New York pose this this idea of

Schumer's it suggests that he's

recognized that the the building will

never be named after him well it's

definitely never gonna be named after

him but the irony and again not notice

she's back to John McCain at this point

in time but he is the third most

unpopular member of the Senate right

today as he I thought that poll I can't

recall who did the poll but it is it's a

big poll and it's a stunning pollster

you know what another poll that I do

recall CBS News earlier this year

John McCain was more popular in the

Democratic Democratic Republicans and by

the way in both cases he had he was

under water that is more Republicans

viewed him unfavorably and more

Democrats view him favorably he didn't

he didn't fit the modern-day party not

just the Trump party but he was against

the Tea Party's against conservatives he

was basically he's antagonized every

Republican president with exception of

him being the nominee ever since he's

been in the center to the house so my

sense is wish him well but you see that

all the Democrats that are there as

pallbearers and what have you that he

was more closer to the Democrats than he

was to the Republicans at the end of the

day and a great American hero I'm gonna

happier went through an experience that

none of the rest of us ever have to do

that hopefully and and he was a great

champion of it I think that's that is

largely what the expression is here in

Washington is for his frankly for his

military service to this nation

I think Arabs and what he wanted and

what what he will get legitimately as he

was chairman of the Armed Services

Committee when you passed away and get a

big portrait they can rename that arm

sir

built wrong after them the committee

room and I think that's a very

significant thing this is not a time of

proportion is it perspective and you

know what at least at least we're moving

forward and and that's important I agree

all right good thank you

my pleasure and Rollins it's going to be

a heck of a night in in Indiana Mike

Braun just before we go I've got to ask

you how is that going to go the

president is putting his prestige on the

line for him he needs to because it's a

Senate seat that should be ours Donnelly

is basically what a Republican seat DOM

is 12 points ahead today in the polls so

the president has to go in there and

remind Republicans why he needs a

Republican in the Senate and and I think

he will make a big difference you think

her well yeah and I think well I think I

think it wouldn't win today but you've

got oh no but the elections on November

6 he said 10 days I'm asking you to

predict the future I'm predicting if the

president makes this should be one of

the high priorities of the president

addition to Florida several other places

he can make a difference that he can

remind those Republicans of why he needs

that Republican senator is bran gonna

win I think he can win the savant and

again the reason I the reason why the

reason on the savant is there's 10 weeks

to go and a lot can happen in ten weeks

I said he likes war today he wouldn't

win but 10 weeks from now he can win all

right thanks yeah and I was taking full

notes on this and we're going to bring

them back over the course of the next

few weeks and thanks for being thank you

see Ed Rollins

president Trump is freezing pay raises

for federal civilian employees he says

the pay increases would cost taxpayers

twenty five billion dollars the

president making his decision less than

a week after an Obama appointed judge

overturned three of his executive orders

aimed at weakening federal labor unions

instituting a merit-based pay system for

federal employees and the president

insisted that pay increases will be

merit-based

for civilian serving in the federal

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President Trump Announces Retirement Executive Order To Help Seniors - Duration: 2:36.

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Joe Biden's Eulogy Of John McCain Contained A Stinging Indictment Of Trump - Duration: 2:15.

came from a different age, live

by an ancient antiquated code

where honor, courage, integrity,

duty, that was how John lived

his life.

The truth is John's code was

ageless.

Is ageless.

When you talked earlier, grant,

you talked about values.

It wasn't about politics with

John.

He could disagree on substance,

but it was the underlying values

that ant mated everything John

did.

Everything he was.

You could come to a different

conclusion, but where he'd part

company with you is if you

lacked the basic values of

decency, respect.

Knowing that this project is

bigger than yourself.

John's story is the American

story.

That's not hyperbole.

It's the American story.

Grounded in respect and decency.

Basic fairness.

The intolerance through the

abuse of power.

Many of you have traveled the

world.

Look how the rest of the world

recently looks at us.

They look at us a little naive.

We are so fair.

We're so decent.

We're the naive Americans.

But that's who we are.

That's who John was.

And he could not stand the abuse

of power.

Wherever he saw it, in whatever

form, in whatever country.

It was always about basic values

with John.

Fairness, honesty, dignity,

respect.

Giving hate no safe harbor.

Leaving no one behind.

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Rep. Larry Bucshon speaks at President Trump's rally in Evansville - Duration: 4:06.

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President Trump signs proclamation allowing targeted relief on steel, aluminum quota - Duration: 0:39.

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed proclamations allowing targeted relief from American steel

quotas from some countries, including South Korea.

The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday that President Trump, who imposed tariffs

on steel and aluminum imports in March, signed proclamations permitting relief from the quotas

on steel from South Korea, Brazil and Argentina and on aluminum from Argentina.

It added that companies can apply for product exclusions based on insufficient quantity

or quality available from American steel or aluminum producers...and a quota exclusion

may be granted.

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Melania Trump Embarrassed Over Donald Trump's McCain Funeral Ban — But Will She Go? - Daily News - Duration: 3:47.

Every major politician will be at late Sen. John McCain's D.C. funeral, except President Donald Trump

We've got details on if wife Melania will still attend even though her husband has been banned

  One of late Sen. John McCain's final wishes was that President Donald Trump be banned from his funeral upon his death from brain cancer on Aug

25. All other living presidents will be in attendance on Sept. 1, and his 2008 presidential campaign rival Barack Obama will be giving the eulogy

That shows what a truly awful person McCain though Trump to be. Now wife Melania, 48, is feeling humiliation by proxy

"Melania feels embarrassed yet again by Donald, this time because of his ban from McCain's funeral

She attended Barbara Bush's funeral without him and now she feels pressure to go to this one without him too," a Washington DC insider tells HollywoodLife

com EXCLUSIVELY. Melania actually looked the happiest she has in ages when posing with former Presidents George W

Bush, Barack Obama and their wives after Barbara's service. She appeared relieved to be in the company of intelligent adults and not her bratty man-child husband

Trump was so cruel to McCain ever since the tycoon entered politics. The Arizona senator was a Vietnam war hero, spending nearly 6 years being tortured in a P

O.W. camp after his plane was shot down and Trump actually dissed him over that. "I don't like losers

He's not a war hero," Trump said mockingly of McCain at an Iowa campaign stop in 2015

"He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." Umm, Trump got five deferments from serving in Viet Nam because of alleged bone spurs in his foot, so it was incredibly unpatriotic for a draft dodger to diss McCain like that

"Melania does not feel entirely welcome or comfortable attending the funeral after John made it clear that Donald was not welcome

She resents Donald again for being put in the middle of an awkward position," our insider continues

 "Melania wants to do what is right, whether that means going in Donald's place, or respectfully staying away

But she feels humiliated that this is an issue and blames her husband again for putting her in another challenging situation

She is weighing her options, has been discussing the issue with the McCain family, wants to what is best, and will make the decision when she is ready

" McCain was so beloved by both Republicans and Democrats. Former Vice President and close friend Joe Biden gave the eulogy at his Arizona memorial service on Aug

30, breaking down in tears several times. After that the senator's body was flown to Washington D

C., where his casket will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Aug. 31, a day before his funeral in the nation's capital

Everyone who is anyone past or present in U.S. politics will be on hand….except for the sitting President of the United States

That speaks volumes towards Trump's awful character.

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Trump Goes ROGUE With Major Obama Announcement - Duration: 12:02.

Trump Goes ROGUE With Major Obama Announcement

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to call out Barack Hussein Obama

for the illegal thing he did to help Iran during his presidency and to call for an investigation

to be launched into him.

"The Obama Administration is now accused of trying to give Iran secret access to the

financial system of the United States.

This is totally illegal.

Perhaps we could get the 13 Angry Democrats to divert some of their energy to this "matter"

(as Comey would call it).

Investigate!" Trump tweeted.

Trump is referring to the fact an investigation by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

just found that Obama's Treasury Department secretly worked on a license to allow Iran

access to the American financial system.

The investigation found that under Obama's leadership, the Treasury Department issued

a license in February 2016, never previously disclosed, that would have allowed Iran to

convert $5.7 billion it held at a bank in Oman from Omani rials into euros by exchanging

them first into U.S. dollars.

The effort failed because American banks declined to participate, as they themselves were afraid

of violating sanctions.

However, the Obama administration still approached two U.S. banks to facilitate the conversion,

with both of them refusing.

"The Obama administration misled the American people and Congress because they were desperate

to get a deal with Iran," Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), the subcommittee's chair, said in

a statement.

We can only hope that Trump is able to get an investigation launched into Obama's activities,

and put the former president in prison where he belongs!

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Donald Trump Sent Three Tweets That Could Send Hillary Clinton To Jail - Duration: 12:23.

Donald Trump Sent Three Tweets That Could Send Hillary Clinton To Jail

Hillary Clinton escaped jail because the FBI rigged the probe into her private email server.

Former Director James Comey and his allies looked the other way with Clinton's crimes.

But Donald Trump changed all that with three tweets that could send Hillary Clinton to

jail.

A Bombshell Report About Hillary Clinton's Emails

Americans were shocked when the FBI found emails with classified information on a laptop

owned by Anthony Weiner in October 2016.

James Comey ordered the probe reopened.

Comey later said he took this action to protect Clinton.

Comey believed Clinton would win the election and therefore did not want her win tainted.

The FBI's investigation – however – was a joke.

Critics believe the FBI carried out a cover-up.

Journalist Paul Sperry went on Fox News and revealed the FBI's failure.

Sperry declared, "James Comey told Congress that they had reviewed all of the Clinton

emails, hundreds of thousands, that were found on the Weiner laptop.

But that was not true.

They barely looked at any of them.

Just 3,000 of 700,000."

Sperry then described disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok's role in this scandal.

"Peter Strzok, the disgraced agent who was in charge of this midyear investigation into

the Clinton emails, he actually personally handpicked the 3,000 sample," Sperry continued.

"And with two other investigators, they went through them all supposedly, pulled an

all-nighter, ordered pizza, and said nothing new here.

Case closed once again," Sperry concluded.

Donald Trump Responds Donald Trump bashed the FBI for rigging the

Clinton email probe.

President Trump tweeted:

BIG STORY OUT THAT THE FBI IGNORED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CROOKED HILLARY EMAILS, MANY

OF WHICH ARE REALLY BAD.

ALSO GAVE FALSE ELECTION INFO.

I FEEL SURE THAT WE WILL SOON BE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL OF THIS CORRUPTION.

AT SOME POINT I MAY HAVE TO GET INVOLVED!

"THE FBI ONLY LOOKED AT 3000 OF 675,000 CROOKED HILLARY CLINTON EMAILS."

THEY PURPOSELY DIDN'T LOOK AT THE DISASTERS.

THIS NEWS IS JUST OUT.

@FOXNEWS

"THE FBI LOOKED AT LESS THAN 1%" OF CROOKED'S EMAILS!

Trump also blasted Jeff Sessions for not taking action against Hillary and the FBI.

He wrote:

"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL NOT BE IMPROPERLY INFLUENCED BY POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS."

JEFF, THIS IS GREAT, WHAT EVERYONE WANTS, SO LOOK INTO ALL OF THE CORRUPTION ON THE

"OTHER SIDE" INCLUDING DELETED EMAILS, COMEY LIES & LEAKS, MUELLER CONFLICTS, MCCABE,

STRZOK, PAGE, OHR……

….FISA ABUSE, CHRISTOPHER STEELE & HIS PHONY AND CORRUPT DOSSIER, THE CLINTON FOUNDATION,

ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE OF TRUMP CAMPAIGN, RUSSIAN COLLUSION BY DEMS – AND SO MUCH MORE.

OPEN UP THE PAPERS & DOCUMENTS WITHOUT REDACTION?

COME ON JEFF, YOU CAN DO IT, THE COUNTRY IS WAITING! Trump supporters see how the FBI

targets Trump and ignores Hillary Clinton's crimes.

And Paul Sperry's report backs that up.

Donald Trump's tweets show he will not allow this double standard to continue.

And it gives his supporters hope that Hillary Clinton will pay a price for her crimes.

We will keep you up to date on any new developments in

this

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Vindictive McCain's 'Final Burn' For Trump Backfired Big Time And Scorched Himself Instead - Duration: 4:10.

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Trump Stuns Obama Holdovers With Massive White House Purge – He's Firing Them All - Duration: 12:23.

Trump Stuns Obama Holdovers With Massive White House Purge – He's Firing Them All

Ever since Donald Trump took office, his White House has been plagued by a series of leaks.

Now, Trump is finally making a huge move to put a stop to these leaks once and for all.

Right Wing News reported that rumors are swirling that a massive purge is about to take place

in the Trump White House, as the president is planning a major shake-up among his communications

team.

Sources say that White House chief of staff John Kelly has already approved of a plan

to purge some mid-level and junior aides in the hopes of finally ending the damning leaks.

Some staffers will be fired, while others will be moved to different departments.

Junior communications staffer Kelly Sadler was just fired after she made a remark about

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that was leaked to the press stating "It doesn't matter,

he's dying anyway."

She said this during a meeting with a group of about two-dozen communications staffers

shortly after McCain voiced his public opposition to President Trump's pick for CIA director,

Gina Haspel.

Once this was leaked, the White House moved fast to prevent future and further leaks by

limiting invitations to President Trump's daily communications meetings to a smaller

group of advisers.

The White House did not deny that Sadler made the statement, apologizing for any "discomfort"

it may have caused.

"We respect Senator McCain's service to our nation and he and his family are in our

prayers during this difficult time," the White House added.

A source close to the situation said that Sadler's firing has made communication aides

feel uneasy, as they higher ups "have made it clear nobody is safe no matter what."

We can only hope that this purge will finally stop the leaks that have plagued Trump's

White House from day one of his presidency.

What do you think about this?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

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Trump ready to slap tariffs on US$200 billion of China imports: report - Duration: 1:51.

U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to impose tariffs on 200 billion dollars

more in Chinese imports as soon as a public comment period on the plan ends next week.

The potential move was reported by Bloomberg on Thursday.

For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…

Aram… could we see this trade conflict escalate further?

Well Mark… it is hard to tell at the moment as the Bloomberg report notes that President

Trump's position is not final.

It also suggests that if any tariffs were to be imposed, they would be enacted in installments.

Any announcement on the matter is likely to come out late next week after the public-comment

period.

Companies and members of the public have until next Thursday to submit comments on the proposed

duties.

The report also said it's possible any tariffs imposed would take effect at a later date.

The White House is yet to comment on the report.

Markets have reacted badly to the news, with the S&P 500 hitting session lows and the U.S.

dollar, Chinese yuan and U.S. Treasury yields also falling.

It the U.S. goes ahead with slapping duties on 200 billion dollars-worth of Chinese goods,

it would be largest so far and could escalate what is already a tense trade war between

the world's two largest economies.

The new proposed 25 percent tariffs would also affect more products, including home

building supplies, bicycles and clothing.

The Trump administration has already applied tariffs to 50 billion dollars of Chinese goods,

with Beijing retaliating in kind.

Talks aimed at easing trade tensions ended last week without major breakthroughs.

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Trump calls Mueller investigation 'illegal' - Daily News - Duration: 2:37.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said the Russia collusion investigation headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is 'illegal' as the probe continues to hone in on his inner circle

Trump told Bloomberg News in an interview that Mueller's appointment last year to investigate his 2016 election campaign for possible collusion with Russia was wrong

'I view it differently. I view it as an illegal investigation,' he told Bloomberg

He cited unnamed 'great scholars' who say that 'there never should have been a special counsel,' according to the news agency

Some legal experts have questioned the Justice Department's naming of Mueller, a former FBI director, to handle the probe in the absence of a specific law governing special prosecutors

But Trump's own Justice Department says it is legal.Earlier this month Andrew Miller, a one-time aide to former Trump political consultant Roger Stone, challenged the legality of Mueller's appointment in appeals court

Miller is battling a subpoena to testify on Stone in front of a Mueller-commissioned grand jury

Share this article Share Miller's case, supported by the conservative legal group the National Legal and Policy Center, argues that Mueller's appointment on May 17, 2017 violated the constitution because it was done by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and not by Attorney General Jeff Sessions

In fact, Sessions, who served on Trump's election campaign, had already recused himself from the Russia investigation, leaving Rosenstein empowered to act as the attorney general in the case

Meanwhile a legal challenge to Mueller's broad mandate to chase down any lead, even if only obliquely related to Russia collusion, has also been rejected in court

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