Vindictive, Trump-hating Judge Boasberg gets the judicial beatdown he needed

"The Obama-appointed judge has a pattern of corner-cutting that just happens to support the deep state's power-grabs every time."

Monica Showalter - American Thinker

. . . "Now he has to follow the law same as everyone else, thanks to some better class judges above him who know how to sort out his petty little egotistic games and great desire for power." . . . 

AfterMath - Home

"It's always good to see out-of-control judicial activists get smacked down, especially by their own peers.

"Which brings us to Judge James Boasberg, who's done more than any of them to try to shut down President Trump's legitimate power to govern.

"He's in the donkey seat now, berated by a higher court for his 'abuse of power,' as they put it.

"According to the Washington Times:

A federal appeals court delivered an embarrassing spanking to U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Tuesday, ordering him to shut down his “intrusive” criminal contempt of court investigation against the Trump administration.

The circuit court of appeals said not only is Judge Boasberg’s continued investigation “improper,” but his reasoning for why Trump officials could be prosecuted for contempt of court is a “dead end” because the judge is misreading his own orders.

Circuit Judge Neomi Rao said Judge Boasberg has crossed too many lines, risking damage to the separation of powers between the president and the courts.

"Boasberg, recall, is the judge who told us what he was about when he gave former FBI attorney probation for literally altering a CIA email in order to obtain a FISA warrant to spy on a Trump campaign operative, claiming that Clinesmith "likely believed" the information was true (true because he made it so?) and simply took 'an inappropriate shortcut.' What kind of ace judicial reasoning is that, in what all the other FBI and federal employees understood very well was a jailtime offense? Anybody believe a request for an FBI FISA warrant is what it says it is after that one?

"By 2025, Boasberg was well on his way to other abuses of power, . . . " More...

Pelosi’s Monster: The Creation and Destruction of Eric Swalwell

 Jonathan Turley  

Mary Shelley made the point most vividly in Frankenstein that there is little difference between the creators and the monsters in such moments: “It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”

. . . "In Mary Shelley’s famous work, Dr. Frankenstein is asked, “Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?”

"This week, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D. Calif.), the leading Democratic candidate for California governor, may wish he could ask that of former Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). After sexual assault allegations were raised by former staff members, Pelosi, Sen. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), and even his close friend (and former campaign chair) Sen. Ruben Gallego (D., Ariz.) have withdrawn their endorsements.

"The fact, however, is that (regardless of the merits of these latest allegations), Swalwell was always a notorious figure in Washington who was constructed by Pelosi and others to serve their interests.

"As Pelosi and his other allies now seek to destroy him, they cannot escape their hand in his creation.

"Multiple women came forward this week to allege sexual assault and other potentially criminal acts by Swalwell. The first allegations came from a former staffer who said that she was raped twice by Swalwell, who had sex with her when she was too drunk to consent. Swalwell is denying the allegations.

"Four women spoke to the Chronicle; one former staffer alleged that she tried to fight off Swalwell who left her bruised and bleeding after a rape. Even CNN, which eagerly featured Swalwell on programs as he attacked the Trump Administration, ran detailed accounts of another alleged assault in a hotel room. One of these accounts is from February of this year.

"The accounts, if true, suggest that Swalwell is not just a sexual harasser but a sexual predator operating in plain view. One woman, Ally Sammarco, alleged that she (like other women) received nude photos of Swalwell as well as inappropriate social media messages.

"Swalwell’s scandal is about as surprising in Washington as the return of the cicadas.

"Swalwell was infamously accused of having an affair with an alleged Chinese spy named Fang Fang. His patron in Congress, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, immediately moved to protect him, declaring, “I don’t have any concern about Mr. Swalwell.”

"Pelosi even blocked efforts to remove him from the House Intelligence Committee despite obvious concerns that he was susceptible to blackmail over his sexual trysts.  She lashed out at those calling for his removal in the interests of national security, declaring “I do think that it is unfortunate that Mr. McCarthy is trying to make an issue of this.”

After sexual assault allegations were raised by former staff members, Pelosi, Sen. Adam Schiff and even his close friend (and former campaign chair) Sen. Ruben Gallego have withdrawn their endorsements." . . . The most obvious beneficiary of the scandal, Katie Porter, has denied any involvement with the woman who organized the disclosures against Swalwell. The irony is that Swalwell’s scandal will remove a candidate who has allegedly physically assaulted staffers in favor of a candidate who has verbally assaulted staffers.

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Jonathan Turley is a law professor and the best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”

What’s Different This Time? - Whitson G. Waldo, III   

"Swallwell's(sp) relentless hounding of Pres. Trump washed away all his sins, and he was the only Democrat with name recognition in the California gubernatorial race."

John Cleese Blasts Black Lives Matter, Liberal Silence amid Easter Massacre of Nigerian Christians by Islamist Terrorists

 Simon Kent

"Human rights experts routinely rank Nigeria the deadliest place in the world to practice Christianity as a result of the large annual death tolls of Christians in targeted attacks."

"British comic legend John Cleese has blasted Black Lives Matter and the wider liberal elites for their collective silence in the wake of the Easter massacre of Christians in Nigeria who were targeted by Islamic terrorists.

“It looks rather as though Black Lives Don’t Matter,” Cleese lamented on his social media account.

"He further added a sideswipe of liberal media by observing, “Also, writing about it would damage the image of the murderers who killed these poor people.”

"The 86-year-old actor/comedian was responding to a post from the Chair of the DOJ Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Senior Counsel at The Justice Department, Leo Terrell, who had posited, “Why isn’t the world talking about the massacre of Christians by Islamist terrorists??!!!!” . . .

.@michaelgwaltz praises @NICKIMINAJ: "I'm grateful she's leveraging her massive platform to spotlight the atrocities against Christians in Nigeria" pic.twitter.com/woIhxyuoLM

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) November 18, 2025

Swalwell Faces Backlash As Past Kavanaugh Comments Resurface Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

 SurgeZirc 

"The controversy has reignited scrutiny of Swalwell’s past statements during the 2018 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, when the congressman emphasized the importance of listening to sexual assault accusers."

. . . "Swalwell’s comments from 2018 have circulated widely online, drawing renewed attention. At the time, he urged lawmakers to take allegations seriously during Kavanaugh’s confirmation process.

“I saw continued demeaning of victims of sexual assault, people who deserve to be heard, people who deserve their allegations to be investigated and a president who wants to rush this through,” Swalwell said in an MSNBC interview.

“And so, for Brett Kavanaugh’s sake, if he is innocent, I hope tomorrow he opens his statement and says, ‘You know what? Bring in all the victims, all of them to be questioned.’ That will clear his name if he is indeed innocent.”

"Legal analyst Jonathan Turley criticized Swalwell on social media, saying he is “hoping that voters will apply a different standard than the one he applied to Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation.”

"“When Kavanaugh was asserting his innocence, Swalwell was leading the mob,” Turley added.

"Mike Davis, former chief counsel for nominations on the Senate Judiciary Committee, also weighed in, posting “Receipt time” while resurfacing Swalwell’s past criticisms of Kavanaugh." . . .   More... 

Senior Political Correspondent. Fred Charles is a political editor at SurgeZirc, where he covers the latest developments in U.S. politics. He has a passion for breaking news and a commitment to delivering accurate reporting. Fred is a trusted voice in political journalism.

Argus Hamilton remarked, "Eric Swalwell vowed to fight the sex assault charges Friday and apologized to his wife. Four women came forward including a former staffer who says he raped her. Nancy Pelosi urged him to drop out of the race, Adam Schiff withdrew his support and Hillary Clinton defended him out of habit."

The Democrats’ Swalwell Follies (Operative word is "Democrats")

 The American Spectator  

"Chuck Schumer. Chris Murphy. Chris Coons. Dick Blumenthal. Adam Schiff. Hakeem Jeffries. Robert Garcia.They’re all the same. They’re all expendable. When any of them seek to actually run anything, like going for the presidential nomination or even running for governor, they find out how expendable they are." 

"Friday’s Five Quick Things column had four other entries, all of which I thought were more interesting, but the one which got me the most feedback was Thing #4 about Eric Swalwell, the noxious, oafish California congressman who, over the weekend, “suspended” his bid to become that state’s governor amid a tsunami of allegations of sexual abuse in his past.

"Here’s what I said about Swalwell (in part; feel free to read the whole thing here)…

Eric Swalwell is a political beta male. He might be a sexual alpha predator, if only in a hookup sense, but it’s the lack of moral standing that makes it impossible for him to wield any real power within that party. He’s compromised.

If you look around, you will see that’s true of the vast majority of the higher-profile male Democrat politicians around the country. My theory, which I’ll confess is pretty new, and I’ve not fully tested it, is that this is a major — if not THE major — factor in the Dems’ hard matriarchal turn of late. That party has been feminized, and its moderating forces stripped away, because it no longer can produce male politicians with traditional convictions.

I mean, how can you when you want to turn boys into girls and Trump Derangement Syndrome is your sole political currency? What self-respecting male would be willing to lead a party like that?

"It’s probably worthy of a little further examination, because I did get a few questions about what I meant in that passage.

"First, though, boy… this really escalated quickly, didn’t it?

New York’s Mamdani Plays the Race Card

 Las Vegas Review-Journal, 

New York’s Mamdani Plays the Race Card . . . "But it is important here to understand the background of the Democrat elites that led to this kind of blatantly racist policy-making. So step into the time travel capsule with me, and we’ll go back to, yes, the very beginning of the Democrats’ party and what they said in their very first platform in, yes, 1840. The platform said, among other things, this — with bold print for emphasis supplied:

Resolved, That congress has no power, under the constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several states, and that such states are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the constitution; that all efforts by abolitionists or others, made to induce congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our political institutions.

"Got that? Right off the bat, from the moment of their first organizing, the Democrats were supporting racism in its rawest form. Which is to say: they were supporting slavery." . . .

"From the beginning of the party’s history to this moment, as now personified by Mayor Mamdani, race is what they always seem to care about. The question now is whether Mamdani will get away with this. Or not?"

"Those on the right who failed to show up to the polls for Mamdani”s election—shame on you. For those who elected him, shame on you. You will be reaping the crazy socialist programs that he will institute. NYC will be a cautionary tale for the rest of the US as elections come up." Comment to the below post by Cindi Ludlum

 Ben Shapiro: The Rise of MAMDANI, Explained  Video.  "Zohran Mamdani seemingly appeared from nowhere via TikTok, and has since become the Democrat Party’s model for the next generation of American politicians. But behind his smarmy smile, Zohran Mamdani is nothing more than champagne socialist—radicalized at his family’s Riverside Drive dinner table and keen on importing Third-worldism into the financial capital of the West.

We’re Blockading Iran, Not the Strait

 Power Line  

"Centcom has clarified exactly what our naval forces will do, beginning tomorrow evening:" 

The American Spectator

. . . "So we aren’t closing the Strait, we are blockading Iranian ports. This means that Iran won’t be able to sell any oil. Two countries will be hurt: Iran and China, which buys 80% of Iranian oil. The Gulf States will be able to ship their oil through the Strait as soon as they choose to do so.

"Meanwhile, we are sending vessels to the Strait to try to dispose of the mines that Iran may or may not have laid there. Other countries may aid in that effort. Iran still has a lot of small boats that they have used to harass shipping, but they will be useless against our ships. And reportedly, a number of oil tankers have diverted from other courses and are heading to the Gulf of Mexico America to load up on American oil and gas.

"Maybe I am missing something, but this seems like an excellent solution. In the short term, China will have an incentive to lean on whoever is left in the regime to open the Strait. In the meantime, we aren’t destroying Iran’s petroleum infrastructure, merely preventing it from selling any oil. That means that Iran’s supply will be added to the global total before long, one way or another, and if the Iranian people are able to throw off the yoke of Islamic tyranny, they will take over an intact oil infrastructure.

"Medium term, the Strait will be rendered mostly irrelevant once the Israeli-Saudi pipeline that will connect the Gulf States to the Mediterranean has been constructed. At that point, I believe the only countries that will need Hormuz to ship oil will be Iran and perhaps Iraq."  More...

Alan Dershowitz: Trump could move to expunge 2019 impeachment after release of bombshell evidence

  Just The News  "'It's never been done. I don't see any reason why it couldn't be done," the famed law professor told Just the News."

"These government officials will probably have to pay a political price, if not a legal price, for violating the Constitution, because that's what they've done. They violated the Constitution," he said. 

"Famed Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz says he believes President Donald Trump could have grounds to expunge his 2019 impeachment in the House after bombshell new evidence revealed the intelligence community failed to disclose that his main accuser had the potential for bias, made a false statement and only had hearsay to back up his allegations.

"Dershowitz, a Democrat at the time who worked to defend Trump at the impeachment trial that ended in the president's acquittal, said it would be "an interesting, novel approach" for Trump to go to Chief Justice John Roberts, who presided over the case, or Congress and ask for the impeachment to be reversed because the defense team was denied the right to confront his accusers with exculpatory evidence.

"'It's never been done. I don't see any reason why it couldn't be done," Dershowitz said during an interview Monday night on the Just the News, No Noise television show. "Impeachment is a quasi-judicial procedure, whether you have to go back to Congress and ask them to expunge it or go to the courts.

"'But I have to tell you one thing, history will expunge it already based on your work, because what you've done is you've created so much doubt about the credibility of the main accuser that it's hard for anybody to sit back now and say that was a just, a just impeachment, but I don't know that there's going to be any remedy," he added. "Maybe we should try to create one." . . .

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Trump tells Dershowitz he should seek to vacate 2019 impeachment based on new intelligence evidence | Just The News  

"On Sunday, Just the News reported on recently declassified memos showing that the CIA analyst who prompted the 2019 Ukraine-focused impeachment of President Donald Trump submitted false information in his whistleblower complaint, among other derogatory evidence." 

Swalwell’s Sudden Collapse Isn’t About ‘Sexual Misconduct’ ; Cue the polka-dot underwear cartoons

Issues & Insights 

"But don’t mistake Swalwell’s lightning-fast fall from grace as a sign that Democrats suddenly care about sexual misconduct, or misconduct of any kind. Swalwell was the first sacrificial lamb in the party’s determination to keep control of California. He probably won’t be the last."

"Just a few weeks ago, Rep. Eric Swalwell was said to be leading a crowded pack of Democrats trying to win the nomination for California’s governor. Then, in the blink of an eye, his party abandoned him.

The alleged reason is evidence of sexual misconduct. In reality, Swalwell fell victim to the Democratic Party’s unquenchable lust for power and California’s bizarre jungle primary.

On Friday, the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN both ran stories about women accusing him of sexual misconduct. Within hours, Democrats were taking their endorsements back and calling on him to drop out of the race. By Sunday, he’d suspended his campaign. On Monday, he said he would resign from Congress.

"Has any politician fallen so far so fast?

"Keep in mind that the normal way for Democrats to handle accusations of sexual misconduct – including rape allegations – among one of their own is to circle the wagons and count on the press to smear the accusers. (Just ask Paula Jones or Tara Reade.)

So why did Democrats and the mainstream press instantly throw Swalwell overboard – before any of the allegations had even been investigated?

"It has less to do with his antics than it does with the upcoming California governor’s race and the state’s bizarre “jungle” primary system.

"Let us explain.

"Started in 2012, the state’s primary system lets anyone vote for any candidate, and the top two finishers – regardless of party – go on to the general election. It was advertised as a way to open the door to more qualified candidates, but it was really a way to impose one-party rule on the state by keeping Republicans off as many ballots as possible." . . .More...

Swalwell’s blanket party | Power Line

   "Mr. Swalwell walks away from his blanket party bruised and stumbling. He suspended his campaign. It’s hard to see a political future for him, but stranger things have happened in politics. The partisan split in Congress is tighter than a tick. Every warm body counts. Will the Democratic Party Machine toss Mr. Swalwell overboard even if doing so makes life a little easier for congressional Republicans for the next few months?"

Sex Scandals End 2 Congressional Careers in 1 Day

Toon added by TD

. . . "Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales, who was facing allegations of sexual misconduct with subordinates, announced his intention to resign on Monday.

“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all. When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office. It has been my privilege to serve the great people of Texas,” Gonzales, a Republican, wrote on X. 

"Gonzales’ announcement came an hour after Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who has also been accused of sexual misconduct, announced he would resign from Congress. Swalwell fully denies the accusations." . . . More...

Executions in Iran doubled in 2025, marking a 36-year high: report

 Caitlin McCormack

. . ."At least 57 others, including two protesters, were given the death penalty for intangible charges like “waging war against God” and “corruption on Earth,” according to the report." 

"The Iranian regime executed more than 1,600 people last year — marking a three decade high not seen since the end of the Islamic Republic’s war against Iraq in 1989.

" 'The shocking figures were included in a joint report released by the nonprofit Iran Human Rights and Together Against the Death Penalty, which estimated that in 2025 at least four people were put to death each day in Iran.

" 'In total, at least 1,639 were executed in Iran last year, the highest reported number since the post-war bloodbath in 1989, where an estimated 1,700 political prisoners were executed, according to the report. . . ." More...

Had enough Swalwell yet?

Eric Swalwell Facing Multiple Investigations Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations › American Greatness   

Congressional Democrats responded to calls for Swalwell to resign by moving to expel Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas), who’s currently being investigated by the Ethics Committee for sexual misconduct allegations,  Axios reported.

"Rep. Luna  declared on X that both congressmen “are a disgrace.”

“This is the last chance for corrupt members of Congress to resign and keep some sliver of personal dignity. It is better to resign that to be expelled… but if THEY do NOT decide to do the right thing, we WILL vote to expel them,” she wrote. “@RepSwalwell @RepTonyGonzales, NO one will protect you for what you have done. Resign NOW or face expulsion by your colleagues, party, and country.”

The Exact Moment CNN Host Realizes Dem Is a Monster

Eric Swalwell Is Facing Another Scandal – This Time It Involves His Nanny

The Committee, pursuant to Committee Rule 18(a), has begun an investigation and will gather additional information regarding the allegations that Representative Eric Swalwell violated the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard of conduct in the performance of his duties or the discharge of his responsibilities, with respect to allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, including towards an employee working under his supervision.

 

Swalwell Is Not Doing Well, but Neither Are the Fellow Democrats Calling for His Ouster – RedState  ..."Katie "Mrs. Potato Head" Porter has languished in the polls since Swalwell entered the race. Thirsty and bitter, she sees this as her opportunity to edge past her equally languishing opponents who make up the best and the brightest of the Democrat brain trust. And she wasn't afraid to pull the woman card."...

Broc Smith

Ethics Committee Opens Probe into Swalwell's Alleged Sexual Misconduct

The Spectator P.M. Ep. 205: The Impending Collapse of Eric Swalwell   "On this episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey Holmes, Lyrah Margo, and Morgan Weiner discuss the developing controversy with Swalwell and go through the horrific experiences that these women shared. They examine the responses by notable Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and connect Swalwell’s inappropriate encounters to Gavin Newsom’s past with women. (RELATED: The Women Who Will Haunt Gavin Newsom’s Presidential Campaign)

Swalwell Out; Democrats Admit Everybody Knew for Years – HotAir

New York Post

@nypost  

Influencer's husband threatens Eric Swalwell after he allegedly bombarded her with nudes and turned up at her house https://trib.al/ViaN3h5

PoIiMath posted: The good news is that the citizens of California can still elect the woman who assaulted her ex-husband by pouring scalding mashed potatoes on his head

When ‘me too’ turns into ‘Eric too’ - American Thinker  

. . . "That was 2018, and now it’s Rep. Swalwell who faces the music in 2026.  Honestly, I have no idea if the charges against Rep. Swalwell are true or false.  He is entitled to due process and a fair hearing, or precisely what they never wanted for then-Judge Kavanaugh." . . .

The Eric Swalwell allegations remind us why sexual morality, and what our politicians do in the bedroom, matters - Olivia Murray   

If he (or she) is a degenerate in the sheets, he’s probably also going to be a degenerate in the streets. It absolutely is my business what these people are up to in their private lives, considering these same people are making an authoritative claim over how I live my life.

Is California Targeting Investigative Journalists? Assemblyman DeMaio Sounds the Alarm

RedState   

AB 2624 can only be described as the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ — a bill designed to silence citizen journalists exposing fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars. Instead of fixing the fraud problems being uncovered, Sacramento politicians are trying to shut down the people exposing them.

"Ever since independent investigative journalist Nick Shirley exposed rampant fraud and abuse in Minnesota under the "watchful" eyes of Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison, Democrats' ire has not been focused on those who have gotten away with the fraud for, in many cases, years, but on those like Shirley who are shedding light on and exposing it. Now that Shirley has moved on to California and uncovered even more fraud there in the form of fake hospice scams, California Democrats want what people like Nick Shirley do outlawed.

Republican California State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio is blasting his state's Democrats over voting to advance AB2624. The bill would essentially squelch citizen journalists like Shirley and safeguard any taxpayer-funded organizations from any scrutiny. DeMaio has dubbed it "the Stop Nick Shirley Act." Shirley became a household name back in December of 2025, when he recorded videos of himself knocking on the doors of several Somali-run daycare facilities in Minneapolis. Ultimately, millions of dollars in fraud were discovered. (That's on top of a COVID-era child nutrition program that took in more than $250 million in fraudulent funds and has resulted in 98 indictments thus far.)" . . .

CA Democrats Advance “Stop Nick Shirley Act” to Criminalize Investigative Journalism - AD75 | DeMaio

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