'Snarky' Stanford Impeachment Witness Apologizes After Outrage Over Barron Trump Comment.

Zero Hedge  Update: Stanford University Professor Pamela Karlan apologized on Wednesday after receiving sharp rebuke for mentioning President Trump's 13-year-old son, Barron Trump.

No apology from an angry partisan would be complete, however, without a new attack in the same breath...

"I want to apologize for what I said earlier about the president's son. It was wrong of me to do that. I wish the president would apologize, obviously, for the things that he's done that's wrong, but I do regret having said that," she said.

"In response to Karlan's comments, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-CA) slammed Karlan, first asking her about contributions to Hillary Clinton - before calling her out for obvious contempt towards conservatives - including Barron Trump. Gaetz suggested she may not recognize how insulting she's being "from the ivory towers of your law school," adding "when you invoke the president's son's name here. When you try to make a little joke out of referencing Barron Trump, that does not lend credibility to your argument. It makes you look mean. It makes you look like you're attacking someone's family ... the minor child of the President of the United States." . . .

First:  Melania’s Christmas Decorations and Outfit Once Again Trashed  

"The liberal tradition for the last three years has been to criticize pretty much everything First Lady Melania Trump does or says. And the Christmas season is no different.

"Like every first lady before her and many throughout the US, Melania puts a lot of effort into how her home is decorated for the holiday. And every year, she gives a video tour of her staff’s hard work, which, nearly as soon as it is released, is pounced on by the heartless liberal left and every detail, including Melania’s outfit, is labeled as somehow less than acceptable" . . .

The anti-Trump Washington Post sniffed,  Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations are lovely, but that coat looks ridiculous

Racist Liberals Furious Over ‘Hidden Message’ Melania Snuck Into WH Christmas Decor  . . . "As it turns out, the left is downright furious over the “hidden message” that Melania snuck into her Christmas décor. In fact, it wasn’t long before enraged liberals were coming out of the woodwork to complain that the decorations seen were, frankly, “too white.”

On Monday, First Lady Melania Trump unveiled the White House’s Christmas theme — “Time-Honored Traditions.” And, judging by the looks of the White House’s decorations, those “traditions” are white. Very, very white. [Source: Splinter]

Then the Media Attacks Melania’s Christmas Decorations, But Praised Michelle Obama. . .

Remember the Obama's Chairman Mao Christmas tree decoration?

And the Obama drag queen ornament featuring "Hedda Lettuce". So in tune with the Christmas season.

CNN Just Hit With A $435 Million Lawsuit For ‘Demonstrably False’ News Story

Analyzing America

"Rep. Devin Nunes filed a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against CNN.
"The complaint is related to CNN’s published article on Nov. 22, which Nunes argues is a “demonstrably false hit piece.”
"It alleged that Nunes, who lives in California, traveled to Vienna in 2018 to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.
"The lawsuit reads, “Devin Nunes did not go to Vienna or anywhere else in Austria in 2018.”
Nunes says he visited two countries: Libya and Malta on a congressional delegation, or “codel.”
"The lawsuit seeks $435 million in damages. The CNN claimed Nunes met with former Ukrainian chief prosecutor Viktor Shokin. The complaint goes on to say, “Devin Nunes has never met Viktor Shokin. This meeting never took place. Viktor Shokin doesn’t know and hasn’t even heard of Devin Nunes.” . . .

Multiple War Heroes Slam ‘Prissy’ and ‘Disgraceful’ Lt. Col. Vindman Following Testimony

Multiple military vets made biting comments on Twitter about Vindman during and after his testimony. Tim Kennedy, an active, Green Beret, Special Forces Sniper with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, said “correcting a civilian about how to be addressed is for sure a way to make everyone in the military think you’re a douche bag.”

The Minnesota Sun

"A number of famed military heroes blasted Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman on Tuesday, calling him “prissy,” a “disgrace,” and “an operative with an agenda.”
"Vindman on Tuesday earned their scorn for testifying against his commander-in-chief in uniform before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the Democrats’ unraveling impeachment inquisition.
"Early in the hearing, Vindman tersely corrected Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the top Republican on the Intel Committee, when the congressman referred to him as “Mr. Vindman.”
"The awkward moment came amid a back-and-forth over the identity of one of an unnamed official Vindman briefed about President Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Vindman’s lawyer and House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) objected to the questioning because they said it would lead to the disclosure of the so-called “whistleblower’s” identity.
“ 'Mr. Vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistleblower,” Nunes stated.
“ 'Ranking member, it’s Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, please,” the witness scolded." . . .

. . . Lt. Col (Ret.) Jim Hickman, who remembers Vindman as an anti-American partisan, was particularly irked by Vindman’s decision to wear his full military uniform, telling American Greatness that he did it “to again make him beyond reproach, and to make a political statement against the President. He should’ve worn his daily uniform, which is a civilian suit, period.”

"The Iraq/Afghanistan war vet said that civilians are under no obligation to refer to officers by their rank but it’s considered proper etiquette to do so while they are in uniform. However, he told American Greatness that Vindman shouldn’t have been in uniform.

“ 'LTC Vindman showed his pompous, arrogant side in today’s hearing by demanding Congressman Nunes address him as Lieutenant Colonel Vindman,” Hickman said. “The same arrogance he showed by advising the Ukrainians to do just the opposite of what President Trump’s policy was. The same arrogance that has him working against the President as a partisan in Congressman Adam Schiff’s sham impeachment.”

"He added, “I witnessed this partisanship back in 2013 at Atlas Vision 13, and he hasn’t changed a bit.' ” . . .

REVEALING: MILITARY OFFICIAL WHO WORKED WITH TOP SCHIFF WITNESS ALEX VINDMAN REPRIMANDED HIM FOR INAPPROPRIATE AND PARTISAN BEHAVIOR IN MILITARY

LTC (R) Jim Hickman@Jim_Hickman13

 · Oct 31, 2019

Replying to @Jim_Hickman13

...verbally reprimanded him for his actions, & I'll leave it at that, so as not to be unprofessional myself. The bottom-line is LTC Vindman was a partisan Democrat at least as far back as 2012. So much so, junior officers & soldiers felt uncomfortable around him. This is..

LTC (R) Jim Hickman@Jim_Hickman13

...not your professional, field-grade officer, who has the character & integrity to do the right thing. Do not let the uniform fool you...he is a political activist in uniform. I pray our nation will drop this hate, vitriol & division, & unite as our founding fathers intended!

Are Facts White Nationalist?

By now, race discrimination against whites is de rigueur. Forget being embarrassed, this is race discrimination with attitude. And it’s all justified by the nonsensical phrase: “white privilege.”

"I hate my whiteness"

Ann Coulter "I gather it would be proof positive of “white nationalism” to point out that the only group discriminated against in college admissions is white people.
"We’ve heard a lot about discrimination against Asians lately, which reminds me: Asians are SO lucky they’re not white! Otherwise, America’s leading hate group, the Southern Poverty Law Center, would be churning out reports on the worrying rise in Asian Supremacy.
"In fact, however, a recent study by Georgetown University (probably White Nationalist), funded by the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation (presumed hate group), found that if colleges admitted students based solely on SAT scores, every single ethnic group would decline, except one: whites.
. . . 
"Obviously, this was NOT the purpose of the study. I’m pretty sure it was supposed to ferret out some small pocket of racism that had somehow passed undenounced. But when the only race being discriminated against turned out to be whites, the study was locked in a lead casket and dropped to the bottom of the sea." . . .

LGBTQ Group Calls on Hallmark Channel to Broadcast a “Gay Christmas”

Instinct Magazine

Todd Starnes  "You won’t find “I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus” on the Hallmark Channel this year and that’s a mighty big problem for some folks in the LGBT community.

"The family-friendly television network is under fire from activists for a lack of diversity in their Christmas programming. Specifically, they want Hallmark to don some gay apparel."

“Hallmark and Lifetime Have 70 New Holiday Movies – None with an LGBTQ Main Character,” Yahoo declared in a recent story.

"LGBTQNation.com got right to the point in a recent editorial.

“So, Hallmark and Lifetime, how long are we going to have to wait for that LGBT holiday romance movie,” they asked.

"They rationalized their request by suggesting that women and gays love to kiss. And therefore, a dude-on-dude smooth would be a boon for viewership and advertising revenue.

“The competition to witness the first gay kiss will most likely make it a hit. As for advertisers, they’re already there. Can you imagine Target, to name one, pulling their Hallmark advertising budget over a gay kiss? The reality is new advertisers want to be in on the event, and even if not, the backlash would be too much to overcome,” they wrote.

"Instinct Magazine also joined the call for gay Christmas movies.
“Despite being the go-to channel for Christmas films for decades, Hallmark has also been known for its fear of diversifying its stories. Frankly, Hallmark’s Christmas movies have continued to be about straight, white people,” they wrote.
"Hallmark has not committed one way or the other — seeing how they are in the business of entertaining, not indoctrinating.
"But don’t be surprised if Hallmark’s next Countdown to Christmas features a movie about a couple of Santa’s reindeer getting frisky up on the roof top."

Then a transgender Christmas?

Constitutional Law Prof. Stuns Dems on Impeachment: 'It's YOUR Abuse of Power'

Law Professor Jonathan Turley appeared before congress for today's impeachment hearing and called out the Democrats for pushing through impeachment on the flimsiest of grounds saying: If you impeach over this "It's an abuse of power."

Jonathan Turley: 'This is wrong,' being mad is no basis for impeachment
"Jonathan Turley, professor at George Washington University Law School, delivers his opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee's public impeachment hearing."

"Democrats err in making skin color, not competence, the top qualification for a candidate."

Don Surber: "The departure of Kamala Harris from the Democrat presidential circus drew an unexpected bitterness from some African-Americans.
"Oh, they were not going to vote for her. Last month, The Hill reported, "47% of black voters said Biden was their first choice and 12% said both Warren and Sanders. Only 4% said Harris."
If we are to believe the poll, 96% of Democrats didn't think Harris was good enough to be president. Ah, but apparently the 96% also want her to still be a presidential candidate.
"MSNBC weekend personality Joy Reid tweeted, "The reality is that no 2020 candidate is perfect, but the extent to which people -- including the media but also would-be voters -- punished and refused to even consider Kamala Harris for flaws she frankly shared with other candidates, was telling and depressing.
. . . 
"Cory Booker, the other inexperienced black senator in this race, is upset that Harris departed. He told MSNBC, "We started with one of the most diverse fields in our history. It's a damn shame now that the only African American woman in this race, who has been speaking to issues that need to be brought up, is now no longer in it."
"Democrats offer diversity, not competence. But Booker has a point. The experienced white senators are even worse than him and Harris. One's a crook, one's a liar, and one's a commie. They are all socialists, which means they are willing to give you the shirt off your back."

No malarkey; Biden's the gift that keeps on giving

Jacobkunst

Joe Biden: Just Stupid Enough to Get Away with Being a Thief  "...you shouldn't be in

the least bit surprised. Joe Biden has always been just smart enough to see what he could get away with, and just dumb enough that few believed he could actually be that corrupt -- like finding out your favorite Bond supervillain had the IQ of an ashtray." 'I'm clearly too stupid to be that diabolical" has somehow worked for Biden for decades, 

but it's never worked well enough to win him the Democratic presidential nomination..."

Fun Mocking Biden’s ‘No Malarkey’ Tour, Here Are Alternate Slogans

Professor Mike Adams: "Victoria’s Secret"

This Mike Adams video is not related to the subject of my posted article; it is only to demonstrate why more than just the campus left wants to ruin the professor:

Mike Adams  "Victoria (last name withheld) is a senior at UNC-Wilmington where I have taught for 26 years. She is also an adult who exercised her First Amendment right to criticize me by name in a large online public forum. Unfortunately, some people who read her social media post incorrectly concluded that she had engaged in defamatory speech, which is not protected by the First Amendment. I disagree and write today in defense of her free speech rights. In order to establish appropriate context, I have reprinted her post below:

"Hey guys, I’m working with an anonymous professor on campus to create a resource where students can anonymously put in negative experiences with professors. Specifically this is in aims to address the racist and sexist remarks commented by professor Mike Adams. If you have any stories from the last two years at the university and would like to help me with this feel free to (direct message) me.  Also, If there are any ideas of how to set up this resource, let me know as well. A university that preaches diversity and it’s [sic] need for growth should not allow students to feel alienated or uncomfortable."

. . . "  the best remedy for bad speech is generally not to be found in lawsuits. The best remedy for bad speech is to be found in better speech. 
"In the case of Victoria’s bad speech, better speech did follow. Within minutes, a student named Brandon responded with the following:

"Lol this has to be a joke. I’ve felt alienated since freshman year for being a Republican."

"Part of the beauty of this remark is that Brandon is Hispanic. He also added a comment specifically denying that I am either sexist or racist. But the fun was just beginning.  . . .
. . . "But let us take a moment to contrast Victoria’s behavior with the cowardice of her secret professor and mentor. That professor is hiding in the shadows and trying to target me for my political views. That has been tried before here at UNC-Wilmington. It ended up with a jury verdict and an order from a judge to pay me over three-quarters of a million dollars in legal fees and back pay. I used the money to buy guns and several expensive guitars, which I named after the defendants. They are prominently displayed in my living room and make great conversation pieces."  . . .

Schiff's next targets after Trump, Devin Nunes and the Republicans

With the full support of news media and Hollywood.

Adam Schiff's other impeachment target: Devin Nunes  "Rep. Devin Nunes is the most effective dismantler of all the calculated "narratives" and pre-scripted attacks against President Trump.  He's the one who revealed how these things cranked into gear well before Trump was elected and which have now shifted to the Rep. Adam Schiff impeachment bid.  If something's going on, Nunes has a way of finding it.  If Democrats would like you to think the "whistleblower" report was just some spontaneous effort by some "concerned" public servant instead of a pre-co-ordinated bid to Get Trump, nobody takes these things down like Nunes" . . .

This particular aspect of Schiff’s efforts appears to have no purpose other than to smear and/or sideline Nunes

Schiff is a lout and a liar. This particular aspect of Schiff’s efforts appears to have no purpose other than to smear and/or sideline Nunes, who has established himself as the Republicans’ most valuable player in deconstructing Schiff shows past and present.

Nunes sues CNN over 'demonstrably false' Ukraine report  . . . "Rep. Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, has filed a $435 million defamation suit against CNN over a story that alleged Nunes met with a fired Ukrainian prosecutor in an effort to dig up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

"The story — "Giuliani associate willing to tell Congress Nunes met with ex-Ukrainian official to get dirt on Biden" — was published Nov. 22. It was based on the words of Joseph Bondy, the attorney for Ukrainian-born Lev Parnas, who worked closely with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani in pursuing allegations of Ukrainian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election as well as allegations of corruption in Ukraine involving Biden's son Hunter. Parnas is currently under indictment on campaign finance charges." . . .

Christmas for CNN! Trump hits back after Trudeau appears to mock him in NATO summit video.

Fox News  "President Trump slammed Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday as "two-faced" after video surfaced of some of the world's top leaders at the NATO summit in London appearing to laugh at his expense.
"Asked about the video during a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump said of Trudeau, “he’s two-faced.” 

"Trump then abruptly canceled a planned news conference with reporters in London. "When today’s meetings are over, I will be heading back to Washington," Trump tweeted. "We won’t be doing a press conference at the close of NATO because we did so many over the past two days. Safe travels to all!' "  
. . . 
"In a video shared by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), Trudeau, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and French President Emmanuel Macron are seen with others, including Princess Anne, having a conversation at a reception at the Buckingham Palace about a press conference earlier in the day.
"Trump had made an impromptu conference and weighed in on the ongoing impeachment inquiry as well as the fiery exchange he had with Macron over France not taking back any ISIS fighters.
""Is that why you were late?" Boris smirked to Macron.
"He was late because he takes a 40-minute press conference off the top — 'Oh, ya, ya ya,'" Trudeau said, later adding, "You just watched his team's jaws drop to the floor." . . .

NATO leaders apparently mocking Trump in video proof America 'cannot be trusted' by allies, Cory Booker says  “ 'On the world stage, [Trump] just insulted, called the leader of Canada, our most essential ally who has been there with us in every conflict since 9/11, standing in partnership with us in so many ways, to just throw out a school-yard taunt, or punch, like that… [it] stunned me,” Booker said.

Hillary claims she is 'deluged' [with requests that she run for president]

Thomas Lifson  "It looks a lot as though Hillary Clinton is hoping for a deadlocked Democratic National Convention, and that Michelle Obama means it when she says that she's not interested in running for president.  Hillary would love to be begged to save her party from a split between the radicals and the less-radicals and take the stage in Milwaukee as the Democrats' nominee (again), this time visiting Wisconsin.
"Simon Kent of Breitbart caught her appearance on the BBC's Graham Norton Show, where before a friendly host and wildly applauding studio audience she praised a women's soccer star who stepped aside to let younger talent take the field before doing a 180 and, when asked if she applies this to her own career, responded, "Not yet." . . .

Maybe she understands that there are a lot of Democrats who resent the rabbit hole she has led them down with her claims of Russian interference leading to the Mueller investigation that whetted the demands for impeachment while simultaneously discrediting such efforts.  Now they are stuck with a choice between alienating their radical base by dropping impeachment and alienating the unaffiliated swing voters, who are likely to be turned off by what will come out in a Senate trial.

Is someone gonna ask the Clintons about all those trips to Epstein's 'cowboy village'?

Yet Epstein was obsessed with cameras and obviously blackmail.  He roped in Prince Andrew.  But the real question is to what extent he got the Clintons.  With all these new revelations rolling out, why is the press silent?

Hillary Clinton Becomes a Punchline for Establishment Dems  " . . . but odds are she'll have the last laugh when she's standing on the convention floor in Milwaukee next summer as the "unity candidate," once the fractured, demoralized Democratic Party comes to its senses and concludes that she really is the best it has to offer."

Gutfeld on ‘existential’ being word of the year (Used way too much by left – many clips)

Whatfinger News  "Dictionaries used to be awesome. Now they’re just like every other medium: Full of anxious social climbers, straining for relevance."  Greg Gutfeld