Wishful thinking: Obama official Evelyn Farkas Could Become the John Dean of Trump Surveillance Scandal

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Daniel John Sobieski  "How long does a smoking gun have to smoke before someone picks it up? With all the gorilla dust being tossed about by Democrats and the media, including some on Fox News, that there is no evidence the Obama administration deliberately surveilled Team Trump, an Obama administration State Department official, who later worked for the Hillary Clinton campaign, admitted that was going on.

"Dr. Evelyn Farkas, a non-resident fellow at the vehemently anti-Russia Atlantic Council and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia in the Obama administration. According to Politico, she was the Pentagon’s top Russia official, resigning in 2015.

"With the exception of Sean Hannity, who talked at length Wednesday night about her incriminating March 2 interview with MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski, few have noted that she not only admitted the Obama administration was conducting surveillance of Team Trump, but was feeding that information to “people on the Hill”. She told MSNBC in an interview available on YouTube:" . . .

. . . "Farkas does not like Donald Trump and has been writing pieces trashing his credibility and fitness for office while leading the chorus on Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia. She was a perfect fit for the Clinton campaign." . . .

. . . "Evelyn Farkas could be the John Dean of the Obama surveillance scandal.John Dean revealed the secrets of Watergate that helped topple Richard Nixon. Farkas has inadvertently revealed the Obama administration’s secret – that a sitting president was conducting surveillance of the team of his successor. From Hillary’s emails to pay-for-play at the Clinton Foundation to Obama’s illegal surveillance, this was in fact the most corrupy administration in American history, more worthy of Venezuela than our great democracy."

Voxsplained: Vox Says Pence Policy Of Not Eating Alone With Ladies Is Illegal…

It's about time for another "American Silliness" gallery

Weasel Zippers

Guardian Feminazi Calls Mike Pence A “Sexist” For Respecting His Wife…

Trump: Pence has 'one hell of a good marriage'  . . . "Liberal critics and many women said the rule was misogynistic and limited women's options for advancement in workplaces with male bosses. Some religious conservatives, however, likened Pence's practice to that of famed evangelist Billy Graham, who would not meet, eat or travel with a woman alone, which came to be known as the "Billy Graham Rule.'"

Why It’s Taking So Long To Get People Into Trump’s White House And What Can Be Done About It

GotNews

"You might have noticed that leaker and now former Deputy White House Chief of Staff Katie Walsh was fired today — a month after I broke the story that she was leaking to The New York Times.

"But she’s probably not the only one: the top #NeverTrump Republican donor has an employee who works in the Office of Personnel Management in the Trump administration.

"Hedge funder Paul Singer spent millions of dollars against then-candidate Donald J. Trump, but — incredibly — one of his top employees is deciding who makes it into the government through the Office of Personnel Management.

"One of the reasons you haven’t gotten the government you voted for is that it is taking longer than any other administration in recent history to get people into the government." . . .

Gotnews.com founder and editor-in-chief Charles C. Johnson is an investigative journalist, author, and sought after researcher. He was a contributor to the Daily Caller and the Blaze, and his work is frequently featured on Drudge Report. He is author of Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America’s Most Underrated President and The Truth About the IRS Scandal. Charles is an award-winning journalist who has also written for Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, American Spectator, Daily Beast, National Review Online, PJ Media, and Weekly Standard. Charles has appeared on Fox News with Megyn Kelly, Sean Hannity, and Lou Dobbs and numerous radio programs, including Rusty Humphries, Dennis Prager, Larry Elder, and Mark Levin. He is at work on a new book about the researcher community and Barack Obama.

The road to single-payer health care

Charles Krauthammer   "Repeal-and-replace (for Obamacare) is not quite dead. It has been declared so, but what that means is that, for now, the president has (apparently) washed his hands of it and the House Republicans appear unable to reconcile their differences.

"Neither condition need be permanent. There are ideological differences among the various GOP factions, but what’s overlooked is the role that procedure played in producing the deadlock. And procedure can easily be changed.

"House leadership crafted a bill that would meet the delicate requirements of “reconciliation” in order to create a (more achievable) threshold of 51 rather than 60 votes in the Senate. But this meant that some of the more attractive, market-oriented reforms had to be left out, relegated to a future measure (a so-called phase-three bill) that might never actually arrive.

"Yet the more stripped-down proposal died anyway. So why not go for the gold next time? Pass a bill that incorporates phase-three reforms and send it on to the Senate.

"September might be the time for resurrecting repeal-and-replace. That’s when insurers recalibrate premiums for the coming year, precipitating our annual bout of Obamacare sticker shock. By then, even more insurers will be dropping out of the exchanges, further reducing choice and service. These should help dissipate the preemptive nostalgia for Obamacare that emerged during the current debate." . . .

Farkas Friday, so far

Evelyn Farkas Goes Full Sergeant Schultz  "Evelyn Farkas is the former Obama administration/Department of Defense official who appeared on MSNBC earlier this month to explain and vouch for the page-one New York Times story on the Obama administration efforts to get disseminate word of the Trump team’s supposed connection to Russian “hacking.” Farkas left the Department of Defense in late 2015 to become a Clinton campaign adviser. I wrote about her in “A Times source outs herself.”

Appearing on MSNBC on March 2, Farkas spoke as a former Obama administration insider with personal knowledge of the game that was afoot: “I was urging my former colleagues, and, and, frankly speaking, the people on the Hill, it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as much information as you can – get as much intelligence as you can – before President Obama leaves the administration. Because I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior [Obama] people who left.” And so on.

"Appearing on CNBC yesterday, however, in the wake of the attention drawn to her comments, Farkas denied knowledge of anything. She only knew what she read in the newspapers. Who doesn’t remember Hogan’s Heroes? She went full Sergeant Schultz." . . .

Tucker Carlson’s evisceration of a lefty prof is more than entertaining

Thomas Lifson  "A counter-narrative is building to the MSM’s constant Trump-hating.  It is not that Trump is driven by hate ("Love Trumps Hate"), rather it is the left that is driven by hate – for America, especially the Trump-voting, America-loving, war-fighting parts of it.  The mainstream media is so widely mistrusted that there is plenty of room for counter-narratives to flourish.

"Last night, Tucker Carlson made an important contribution to the counter-narrative, as he demonstrated his mastery of blood sport interviewing, allowing leftist fools to flaunt their folly and then hanging them with their own words."

You've met this professor before. Remember him from these?

Tucker Carlson interviews professor who struggled ‘not to vomit’ over show of gratitude for soldier

White Professor wants “White Genocide” for Christmas  "A Drexel University professor may just have put himself on the top of the list for most hated people in America after he tweeted a message on Christmas Eve in support of “white genocide.” By the way, the professor who said it is white. Yes, he actually has a PhD in political science. George Ciccariello-Maher, the associate professor at Drexel, tweeted, “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide.” The school didn’t think it was as funny as he did. The University responded with “While the University recognizes the right of its faculty to freely express their thoughts and opinions in public debate, Professor Ciccariello-Maher’s comments are utterly reprehensible, deeply disturbing, and do not in any way reflect the values of the University.”

When challenged with opposition, his response was usually something like, "I'm sorry you have been so poorly educated that you can't understand me"

Maxine Waters: The media belong to Democrats no matter what.

The press is Waters' world.

A rant about recent media bias, including a flattering article about Maxine Waters
"I woke up this morning to a long article in my morning paper by the AP called “No Holds Barred, Representative Maxine Waters' Remarks Draw Fans.” The brilliant Maxine Waters who recently called out Russia for attacking Korea instead of Crimea. Thank goodness, she didn’t make a serious mistake like misspelling potato." . . .

. . . "Can anyone imagine all the laughs and reporting by Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon, Conan, The Today Show, the View and the rest of the media if Ivanka or the Bush twins had tweeted out that they hoped the picture of Abe Lincoln wearing a Make America Great Again hat wasn’t photo shopped?  Somehow I believe a lot of these people were strangely silent when Chelsea Clinton tweeted that. 

"The bias and agenda of the media is tremendously easy to spot. It is exactly the same as the Democrats’agenda. It is sad that people in the media like Brokaw, Koppel and Lauer pretend they are objective." 

Here’s Video Proof College Students Think All Professors Should Be Anti-Trump

Daily Caller

"Nearly all students at one college signed a petition prohibiting the employment of pro-Trump professors when asked to do so in a video released Thursday.

"Campus Reform contributor Cabot Phillips visited American University in Washington, D.C., to get signatures for a petition that would prevent the university from hiring professors who supported President Donald Trump.

"One faculty member even signed the petition."  
 Read more.

ICE Report Dumps Cold Water On A Favorite Defense Of Sanctuary Cities

Weasel Zippers

"Big surprise, Democratic cities letting violent criminals go, then lying about it…

"Via Daily Caller:

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement report puts a damper on the argument that sanctuary cities aren’t a problem because they only shield non-violent illegal immigrants.

Sanctuary city proponents often say their policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities don’t endanger public safety. But ICE’s latest weekly declined detainer report shows, however, many county and city law enforcement agencies regularly release criminal aliens who have been convicted of violent crimes, including domestic battery and sexual assault.

The report, which covers February 4-10, tallied 47 declined detainer requests from two dozen jurisdictions across the country.

New York City accounted for 12 of those rejections, far more than any other jurisdiction. Among those illegal aliens released by New York jails were several who had been charged or convicted of violent crimes.

Keep reading…

Planned Ann Coulter Visit To UC Berkeley Has Organizers Fearing Another Backlash

5KPIX  "The planned visit by firebrand conservative commentator Ann Coulter to the University of California, Berkeley has officials and organizers worrying about a repeat of the rioting which greeted Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos.

"Coulter’s visit to UC Berkeley isn’t for another month. But student organizers of the event say they are nervous that the visit from the outspoken conservative will spark another massive backlash.

“ 'We are pretty apprehensive right now about everything,” said Pranav Jandahyala, president of the nonpartisan student political organization BridgeCal. “But at the same time, what’s pushing us forward is our optimism. We truly believe we can put on a great event.”

"In January, college Republicans cancelled a talk by right-wing commentator Yiannopoulos after violent protesters smashed windows and started a fire outside the event.

"This time, the college Republicans are working with BridgeCal which says it’s hoping the university has a stronger security plan." . . .

Video: Democratic Filibuster Hypocrisy On Gorsuch

Why people hate politics and politicians

Weasel Zippers

McCaskill Warns Blocking Gorsuch Would Beget a ‘Worse’ SCOTUS Nominee

" . . .McCaskill, a Democrat up for reelection in a state Trump won by a wide margin, has not decided whether to support Gorsuch or the Democratic filibuster. But she warned blocking the current nominee could bode ill for Democrats going forward.

" 'The Gorsuch situation is really hard. There are going to be people in this room that are going to say, ‘No, no, no. You cannot vote for Gorsuch,'" McCaskill said at the fundraiser. "Let's assume for the purposes of this discussion that we turn down Gorsuch, that there are not eight Democrats that vote to confirm him and therefore there's not enough to put him on the Supreme Court. What then?"

"She went through a list of potential nominees and said Gorsuch may be Democrats' best option. The Missouri senator added that in the event Republicans choose another nominee, they would probably use the nuclear option and only need 51 votes.

" 'So they pick another one off the list and then they bring it over to the Senate and we say no, no, no, this one's worse. And there's not enough votes to confirm him. They're not going to let us do that too long before they move it to 51 votes," she said." . . .

The Yanks Over There – 100 Years Ago

Victor Davis Hanson  "One hundred years ago, on April 6, 1917, the United States entered World War I. The ongoing conflict ended just 19 months later with an Allied victory.

. . . 

"Unfortunately, World War I ended with an armistice — at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 — and not with an unconditional surrender of the defeated. Although Germany and Austria-Hungary clearly lost the war, their countries were not occupied and monitored, as would be true after World War II.

"The 1919 Treaty of Versailles that was supposed to bring peace is often blamed for being too harsh on the losers. But it was more complicated than that. The settlement of Versailles combined the very worst of both worlds: blaming the defeated side, but without any means of ensuring that the humiliated losers would not rearm and try their luck again." . . .

"Defeat and occupation force an enemy to cease its aggression. Armistices without a definite result only lead to postponements — and eventually more war. (As with North Korea. TD)
"World War I’s terrible irony is that today its horrible carnage seems even more senseless than the far greater death toll of World War II, which ended quite differently and did not lead to another world war — at least so far."

. . .

Get ready to start paying sales tax on those Amazon purchases

Hot Air

"We’ve spent more time than I’d care to remember talking about the long dormant Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) here over the past few years. Nothing much ever came of it in terms of new legislation (yet) but one of the key players in that space is obviously Amazon. They’ve fought tooth and nail against the government stepping in and forcing the issue, much to the distress of many brick and mortar outlets.

"But now there’s been a major sea change. It may be because Anthony Kennedy recently said he’d vote to allow states to require such collections. Perhaps it was a number of red states imposing online taxes as trial balloons. Or maybe it’s just because Neil Gorsuch is on his way to serve as a tie-breaker on the Supreme Court and he’s widely considered a states’ rights advocate. Whatever the cause, Amazon has done an about face and announced they’ll be collecting and remitting sales tax in all 45 states that charge it. (Axios)" . . .

Jewish Voice for Peace Featured Speakers List a “Who’s Who” of Israel haters

"Is the group sponsoring this collection of speakers really a Jewish voice for peace?"

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Legal Insurrection “ 'Jewish Voice for Peace” bills itself as a Jewish pro-peace organization.

"But JVP is not a Jewish organization. At most it claims to support “Jewish traditions of social justice” as set forth on its 2016 listing of Core Values.

"JVP also is not a pro-peace organization. As our extensive coverage over the years has demonstrated, JVP in reality is dedicated to delegitimizing Israel by providing an “as a Jew” cover for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and others who seek the destruction of Israel." . . .

. . . 

"In addition to these speakers, JVP will be featuring a parade of anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian speakers.

"Notably, no representation of the more standard ‘pro-peace’ line of Israeli (or for that matter) Palestinian speakers will be present. Rather, the speakers, almost to a one, has a record of blaming Israel for racism and aggression (or ‘colonialism’), and, among those who have spoken out on the matter: all support a blame Israel approach that manifests itself in boycotts and hostility to everything Israel.

"This piece will survey some of the Featured Speakers and their history of anti-Israel activism.

As you go through the list, ask yourselves, is the group sponsoring this collection of speakers really a Jewish voice for peace?" . . .

More on these JVP speakers here.

Evelyn Farkas; The US is incompetent to keep it's secrets while Obama is highly skilled at revealing all we know

Who Is Evelyn Farkas and Why Did She Spill The Beans on Obama’s Secret Surveillance Operation?…

Fox News has run two stories:

• FIRST – Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump. (link)
• SECOND – Who is Obama administration official who spilled beans?  (link)

"Stick with the timelines.  If you get stuck, go back to the timeline.  Always go to the timelines. It’s the timelines that trip up the deceivers and the timelines that deliver the truth."

 Gowdy: ‘I Wish… The Other Side Would Be A Little More Outraged’ Over Unmasking Of Private Citizens 3
"Trey Gowdy told CBS “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson Sunday that he’s disappointed that Democrats aren’t “more outraged” over the unmasking of private citizens in relation to the investigation on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election."

“All of this is important, John, every bit of it,” Gowdy added. “The felonious dissemination of classified information is the only thing we know for sure is a crime, and it would be nice if we showed the same level of interest in that.”

Updates:
Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team

Nobody saw this March 2 interview all this month because, well, who watches MSNBC?

PJ Media adds more to the Farkas story  . . . "According to Powerline's Scott Johnson, Farkas "all but outed herself as a key source" for a New York Times story earlier this month that detailed the Obama administration’s efforts to undermine the incoming Trump administration." . . .

A Health Care Plan so Simple, Even a Republican Can Understand!

Ann Coulter  "It's always impossible to repeal laws that require Ann to pay for greedy people, because the greedy run out on the streets wailing that the Republicans are murdering them. 

"Obamacare is uniquely awful because the free stuff isn't paid for through income taxes: It's paid for through MY health insurance premiums. This is unfortunate because I wanted to buy health insurance.

"Perhaps you're not aware -- SINCE YOU EXEMPTED YOURSELVES FROM OBAMACARE, CONGRESS -- but buying or selling health insurance is illegal in America.

"Right now, there's no free market because insurance is insanely regulated not only by Obamacare, but also by the most corrupt organizations in America: state insurance commissions. (I'm talking to you, New York!)

"Federal and state laws make it illegal to sell health insurance that doesn't cover a laughable array of supposedly vital services based on bureaucrats' medical opinions of which providers have the best lobbyists.

"As a result, it's illegal to sell health insurance that covers any of the medical problems I'd like to insure against. Why can't the GOP keep Obamacare for the greedy -- but make it legal for Ann to buy health insurance?

"This is how it works today: 

"ME: I'm perfectly healthy, but I'd like to buy health insurance for heart disease, broken bones, cancer, and everything else that a normal person would ever need, but no more.

"INSURANCE COMPANY: That will be $700 a month, the deductible is $35,000, no decent hospital will take it, and you have to pay for doctor's visits yourself. But your plan covers shrinks, infertility treatments, sex change operations, autism spectrum disorder treatment, drug rehab and 67 other things you will never need.

"INSURANCE COMPANY UNDER ANN'S PLAN: That will be $50 a month, the deductible is $1,000, you can see any doctor you'd like, and you have full coverage for any important medical problems you could conceivably have in a million years.

. . . "Mine is a two-step plan (and you don't have to do the second step, so it's really a one-step plan). " . . .

Maxine Waters silent on threats to murder president, violence against Trump supporters

"As we’ve reported multiple times, Trump supporters have been violently attacked by radical leftists and the president has been targeted with death threats."

Joe Newby

"As we and others reported Tuesday, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., continued her non-stop attacks on President Trump by going after those who support him, suggesting that she and others of her ilk are somehow more patriotic than those who support the chief executive.  We reached out to her Washington, D.C. office to find out if she condemns the many calls and threats to murder the president and the violence meted out against his supporters.  As of our midnight deadline, we received no answers to our questions.

"Here are the three questions we asked:

1. As you may know, there have been numerous reports of threats and actual violence directed at the president’s supporters (including children).  Does the Congresswoman condemn those actions?
2. There have been numerous threats directed at the president himself, some of which include threats and calls to assassinate him.  Does the Congresswoman condemn those as well?
3. Is the Congresswoman at all concerned that her rhetoric might encourage more of the type of attacks and threats we’ve seen since November, and will she publicly call for an end to those attacks/threats?. . . 

They are all Maxine Waters now...  . . . "Apparently there are 28 Democrats in the Senate for whom the right path is too damn hard.  Could these men and women be any more childish?  They are allMaxine Waters now.  Rep. Waters has vowed to boycott any event, meeting, or ceremony with Trump in attendance.  Congresswoman Waters is the jealous middle school mean girl who likes to gang up on the student body president.  Of  course, everyone with a brain sees her for what she is, a woman so handicapped by vituperation and self-aggrandizement that she has become a joke.  She may be a heroine to ignorant millennials for her anti-Trumpism but that just proves their constitutional and political illiteracy. " . . .

Big Names Headline The People’s Summit In Chicago – It’s A Who’s Who Of Communists

Noisy Room  "The commies have truly come out of the closet. The whole gang will be getting together in Chicago on June 9th thru the 11th. Bernie Sanders, Michael Moore, Danny Glover and Van Jones will be headlining the People’s Summit. Chicago is where the headquarters of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) is located. They are still labeling themselves as progressives, but anyone with two functioning brain cells knows these are devout communists… comrades in arms. Thousands will join them to plot taking back America from President Trump and the Republicans. It will be one giant war room.  

"This should be common knowledge now and come as no surprise to anyone. Van Jones has a long, violent history of being a Marxist. Don’t believe his protestations that he has reformed, he hasn’t. Bernie Sanders calls himself a socialist… in reality, he’s a communist and the current healthcare plan he is presenting to Trump should prove that. He is pushing single payer healthcare. Michael Moore is a Marxist film producer and the editor of The Nation. And Danny Glover never met a communist or dictator he didn’t love." . . .

Calling themselves the politically correct term “progressives” instead of the anti-American, anti-freedom communists that they are, the above communist leaders will join thousands of other totalitarians who are hellbent to fundamentally transform America into North Korea or Venezuela.

 

In the Nunes Affair, Don’t Lose Sight of the Unanswered Questions

Andrew C. McCarthy

Aspects of the FBI’s handling of the Flynn case deserve further scrutiny.

 "Let us stipulate that it would be difficult for House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R., Calif.) and the Trump White House to have handled a critical intelligence matter any worse. 

"Still, the questions Nunes has raised are more important than the fact that he shot himself in the foot while pursuing the answers. 

"The chairman says he was invited by an unidentified intelligence official to review classified documents on the White House grounds — at the Old Executive Office Building, it appears, where the National Security Council has secure facilities for that purpose. These documents purportedly show that communications from Trump transition officials, and perhaps Trump himself, were intercepted during intelligence-agency monitoring of foreign powers; and Nunes says the monitoring in question appears unrelated to Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election. 

"Nunes reports that the documents he was shown suggest that the Obama administration may have been using its foreign-intelligence powers to shadow the incoming Trump team. Though the communications in question were lawfully intercepted, Nunes suggests that the identities of Trump officials should have been “masked” (i.e., concealed) under standard minimization rules that guide the dissemination of classified foreign intelligence throughout the “community” of U.S. intelligence agencies. Instead, the identities of the Trump officials were revealed and widely transmitted to people with no apparent need to know about the officials’ communications — some of which, in Nunes’s description, had “little or no apparent foreign-intelligence value.' ” . . .

Yet some conservatives feel Nunes should step down

Gorsuched!

Borked:  1987, "to discredit a candidate for some position by savaging his or hercareer and beliefs," from name of U.S. jurist Robert H. Bork whose Supreme Court nomination in 1987 was rejected after an intense counter-campaign."  Also: Kennedy, Bork and the Politics of Judicial Destruction ...  Demagoguery made manifest.

Earick Ward  "After a handful of days of congressional testimony, Neil Gorsuch exposed the Democrats as being...well, ignorant of the law.

"If it had been a heavyweight fight, the referee would have been negligent in not calling the fight after the first or second round.

"But, lo and behold, the fight went the full ten rounds, with Gorsuch specifically, and Republicans generally, standing tall, as unanimous winners on all cards.

"One Democrat after another exposed his ignorance of the Constitution and its application to the rule of law.  Neil Gorsuch was nearly flawless, answering idiotic question after idiotic question.  He exposed not only Democrats on the dais, but Progressivism generally.

"Chuckie Schumer has announced that he will filibuster Neil Gorsuch's nomination."  . . .

"If we're not careful, and if we allow the Progressive Party a foothold, we'll be Gorsuched, as we were Borked years ago.  Grow a spine.  Trust that you are working on behalf of the majority of the American people, and move forward."

Sen. Schumer Harassed Well-Connected Woman at NY Restaurant Because She Voted for Trump

Report: Sen. Schumer Harassed Well-Connected Woman at NY Restaurant Because She Voted for Trump  . . . "According to witnesses, Schumer continued the harassment after the woman and her husband left the restaurant, following them outside and yelling more insults.  
"The senator was dining with friends at Sette Mezzo when he confronted Joseph A. Califano Jr. — the former U.S. secretary of health, education and welfare under President Jimmy Carter — and his wife, Hilary, who were trying to enjoy a quiet dinner." . . .

Rush Limbaugh describes the venue for the encounter:

. . . Yeah, I remember the last time I saw a Republican voter started yelling at somebody that voted for Obama. You remember that, don’t you? Yeah, it was some Republican who… Actually, it didn’t happen. That’s why I don’t remember it. There is no such story. Because Republicans do not act like insane people — in public. In public. (chuckles) They’re not right, folks. They are not right, these Democrats. They have a sickness. There is something that has overcome them.

Wait a minute; what's this version?  . . . "Another witness tells a different version of the story, where the Califanos actually approach Schumer’s table." . . .
Some anti-Trump witness may have just wanted to get these words into print, true or not, so they would begin a pro-Schumer narrative. This witness seems to be one of a kind and probably a New York Democrat. 

Global war....er, climate change; all powerful, all knowing, more omnipotent than the Creator

Is There Anything Climate Change Can’t Do?

"Just when you thought the climate change superhero could do it all, it outdid itself by causing Brexit and diabetes."

. . .  "Suppose I told you that during a similar time period, the number of people who drowned by falling into a pool correlated with the films Nicolas Cage appeared in? Or that per capita cheese consumption correlated with the number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets? Look at the graphs and see the correlation. Anyone believe these are cause and effect results rather than interesting but spurious associations?" . . .
. . . "Instead the media agenda is that climate change is caused by man and that urgent government intervention, in the form of new taxes and regulations, is the only way to stop it.

"Is the climate changing? Of course. It always has and always will. Is human activity contributing and how much? Unknown. Can corrective human efforts change anything? Doubtful, but also unknown." . . .

Trump’s Sweeping Executive Order on Climate Policy Has Been Sorely Needed

"As promised, President Donald Trump has issued an “energy independence” executive order to undo several of the Obama administration’s climate change regulations. 

"To the benefit of all Americans who desire affordable, dependable energy, the executive order will help energy companies establish some independence from overzealous regulators.

"Here’s what the order does:

Orders the Environmental Protection Agency to review and repeal, or revise, the Clean Power Plan.