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On Thursday, the media world was in hysterics over the news that Donald Trump’s former “fixer” had worked out a new plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. After having already pled guilty to making illegal “hush money” payments on Trump’s behalf, Michael Cohen pled guilty again on Thursday, this time to lying to Congress about the date of the demise of talks over a deal to create a Trump Tower in Moscow. He’d said the project was axed in January of 2016, but now he says it was finally buried in June and that he’d lied in order to protect “Individual 1,” which we can safely presume to be the man for whom he’d once insisted he’d “take a bullet.” “According to court documents, Cohen admitted that he made the misstatements about the ‘Moscow Project’ – the Trump Organization’s efforts to ‘pursue a branded property in Moscow’ in an August 2017 letter to the House and Senate intelligence committees, which were conducting inquiries into alleged collusion and Russian interference,” ABC

We thought we’d reached peak 2018 with the public meltdown between Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Avenatti and his porn star-turned-feminist icon client, but Miley Cyrus has given us a new pinnacle for the absurd. “Hannah Montana” is now flashing a thong while running from police as priests enjoy a strip club with women wearing nothing else and creepily smiling children shoot at her with evil guns. In a new music video she produced in collaboration with Mark Ronson, who’s partnered with other big stars, including Lady Gaga, the daughter of the man notorious for “Achy Breaky Heart” laments that “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” while running from the cops O.J. Simpson-style. Because she must prove to us that she’s the edgiest of all the edgy artists, Miley makes sure to show us she’s in a thong in what must be a self-driving car while fans line the road holding signs that read “We Are Miley.” Since a police chase and just one thong isn’t enough to keep viewers’ attention for long

While some claim those part of the migrant caravan at the U.S.-Mexico border are seeking asylum in the United States, others flip that narrative, saying some of the Central Americans haven’t articulated the need for asylum. The Department of Homeland Security revealed the truth behind the “lawless migrant caravan” who “violently attempted to storm our Southern border, attack our border agents and illegally enter the United States.” DHS spokesperson Katie Waldman shared with IJR what makes one eligible for asylum and the tiny percentage a judge deems eligible — also shining a light on how many immigrants claim asylum but then disappear into the United States. Waldman made it clear that “greater economic opportunity or family reunification are not grounds for claiming asylum.” As Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen previously shared in a statement, a majority of those in the caravan are not truly eligible for asylum. “The overwhelming majority of these indivi

Paul Ryan is pointing out the issues with the California voting system. Many California GOP candidates discovered that their leads completely disappeared days after the polls had closed due to provisional ballot counts. During an event with the Washington Post, Ryan questioned the voting system. “It defies logic to me,” Ryan said to the Washington Post. “We had a lot of wins that night, and three weeks later we lost basically every contested California race. This election system they have, I can’t begin to understand what ballot harvesting is.” The state allows for same-day voter registration and also used ballot harvesting for the first time during the midterm elections. This means that a third party collected ballots and then gave them to election officials. Watch: Paul Ryan: "California just defies logic to me… We were only down 26 seats the night of the election & 3 weeks later, we lost basically every contested CA race. This election system they have – I can’t begin

The “War on Christmas” has returned once again this year, and it seems that HuffPo is poised to lead the charge. In the span of just two days, the far-left publication has already skewered a beloved Christmas classic and now lectured parents on why they should teach their children to say the more inclusive “Happy Holidays” greeting in December instead of the age-old classic, “Merry Christmas.” The article by Doyin Richards begins with a letter from a mother in Texas who claims her son stoked the ire of fellow neighbors when he wished them a “Happy Holidays.” “My family is Jewish, and we recently moved from Massachusetts to Texas for my husband’s job,” the letter from Chloe in San Antonio reads. “Last week, my 11-year-old son said ‘happy holidays!’ to the mom who lives across the street. According to my son and my husband (who was present), she got visibly upset and replied, ‘Don’t say that to me! We celebrate Christmas here!'” Obviously, the neighbor responded rudely and should

On Thursday’s episode of “The Michael Knowles Show,” the host cheered on White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for standing up to the media. “What’s really nice is that we have people in the White House like Sarah Huckabee Sanders who are fighting back against all of this nonsense,” said Knowles. “The Left right now, they’re trying to do the Obama trick, trying to give Obama credit for all the good Trump stuff and pretend that Obama never did any of the sort of things that Donald Trump is doing. Sarah Sanders puts an end to that one particularly with regard to the border crisis.” Knowles played a clip of Sanders reminding the press that “in fact, tear gas was used, on average, once per month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances.” “Once a month, during the Obama administration. How do you like that? How you like them apples,” Knowles responded. “Because now you’re seeing it being used because people are throwing rocks at Border Patrol,” he said

While some try to gloss over the fact that Christmas is a religious celebration for Christians, preferring to call Christmastime simply the “holiday season,” President Donald Trump approaches the holiday differently. His speech during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the White House on Wednesday was uplifting, appreciative and decidedly Christian. Trump was forthright in celebrating Christ’s birth as the reason for the festivities. After thanking everyone who made the Christmas decorations possible, the president began his speech with the story of Jesus’ birth from the Gospel of Luke. “For Christians all across our nation, around the world, this is a sacred season that begins 2,000 years ago when Jesus Christ was born,” Trump said. “An angel declared to the shepherds tending their flocks, ‘Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord,’” he said. “Th

Former president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, said former President Barack Obama had nothing to do with America’s increased oil production and actually frustrated many areas of the energy sector. Obama claimed he was responsible for America’s recent oil boom during an event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute on Tuesday night. Hofmeister challenged his assessment. “American energy production — You wouldn’t always know it but it went up every year I was president,” Obama said. “That whole, suddenly America’s like the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas — that was me, people.” “The facts are the facts. And, yes, the production did increase throughout his term,” Hofmeister said on “Fox & Friends” Thursday. “But, frankly, he had nothing to do with it.” “This was production in states like Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado — North Dakota in particular. And these were all state decisions made with industry applications for permits. The federal government

President Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy. From the southern border to the press, it seems as though there are very few issues from his presidency that haven’t sat under a cloud of hysterics. Former President Barack Obama had a much different tone following his presidency, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t have controversy. He even said, “I didn’t have scandals, which seems like it shouldn’t be something you brag about.” But that isn’t really true. Obama had several scandals that were unique to him. He had the “Fast and Furious” scandal when the Department of Justice sold guns to Mexico. He sent a mountain of cash to Iran without explanation. His IRS discriminated against Tea Party groups. The list goes on. In fact, many of the moves Obama made as president are similar to those of President Trump, but he didn’t face the backlash. Here are the top five times people were outraged by Trump for something Obama did, too. 1. Press relations Trump’s clashes with the press have

First lady Melania Trump has not been treated the same by the media as her predecessor Michelle Obama was, or still is. But with children it’s a different story, even if it’s one the media will never tell. We begin with this sweet moment captured on video of a group of children greeting the first lady during a White House Christmas event. Their reactions are priceless. Starting with one little boy getting attention and a big hug, soon they all surround her, all eager to get hugged. One even commented that “she seriously looks like an angel.” It is apparent from the video that she is quick to respond to the children with affection and care. And they are loving every moment of it. Now, contrast that with a White House Christmas event article published by New York magazine’s blog The Cut. The image used and accompanying first paragraph sum up the sentiment held toward the current first lady in most of the media. As some others have done, The Cut opted to feature an image of her strol

The second stop of their “An Evening With the Clintons” speaking tour was at another Canadian location, Montreal, where they touted the idea that Canada’s economy is superior to the United States’ and should be an “economic model” for the U.S. The first tour stop for former President Bill Clinton and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was in Toronto on Tuesday. It didn’t sell out, and tickets had dropped down to $6, with only one-sixth of the seats filled. The night was filled with bashing President Donald Trump and Hillary claiming she’s “thinking about standing for parliament here in Canada.” During their stop in Montreal on Wednesday, which was the Clintons’ second stop in a 13-city paid tour, Bill and Hillary expressed that Canada was the cure for the United States and President Donald Trump’s “authoritarian” and divisive politics, the Montreal Gazette reported. “Canada has done such a good job of both managing its contemporary diversity and it has a very in

The former president of Shell oil company, John Hofmeister, slammed former President Barack Obama for his claim that he is responsible for the boost in oil production within the United States. As IJR previously reported, Obama told the room that he was responsible for the boom in oil production and for the stock market’s success. Watch: Obama: "Suddenly America is the largest oil producer, that was me people … say thank you." pic.twitter.com/VfQfX1SR0x — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 28, 2018 “I was extraordinarily proud of the Paris Accords because I know we’re an oil country and we need American energy. And by the way, American energy production, you wouldn’t always know it, but it went up every year I was president. And you know that whole suddenly America’s like the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas. That was me, people. And I just want you to know. So it’s a little like sometimes you go to Wall Street and folks will be grumbling about anti-business.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) stalled things on Capitol Hill as he stood firm in voting against President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees until legislation is voted on to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, an investigation that’s looking into possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Moscow. On Wednesday, Flake showed that he wasn’t swaying as he voted “no,” siding with Democrats, to confirm Thomas Farr as a U.S. District Judge — resulting in Vice President Mike Pence needing to step in to break a tie procedural vote. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called out Flake as a “selfish narcissist,” adding that the senator’s hate toward the president outweighs “his sense of duty.” “Good riddance!” Huckabee wrote on Twitter to the soon-to-be-retired senator. “Flake is a selfish narcissist who would stop one of the few things he actually could do for his country-confirm responsible judges. His hate of @realDonaldTrump exceeds his sense of duty. His propo

It’s been three weeks since Fox News has posted a tweet, and since that time a number of conservative social media personalities have found themselves banned from the platform for reasons that strengthen claims of Twitter’s ideologically biased double standard. In what analysts believe is a response to fears of a growing conservative backlash, Twitter’s shares tumbled dramatically on Thursday. “Shares of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) tumbled 6 percent on Thursday after reports that Fox News had not tweeted for three weeks sparked fears of a backlash by conservatives protesting a perceived liberal bias by the company,” Reuters reports. The fall comes a day after Politico published a report noting that Fox News hadn’t sent a message to its over 18 million followers since Nov. 8, a response to Twitter allowing activists to use the platform to mount a personal harassment campaign against Tucker Carlson, which included Antifa radicals converging on his house while his wife was there alone. Here’s

The so-called Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) program, wherein grown men dressed as overly-dramatized and sexualized women read to children in public libraries, have popped up across the nation within the last five years or so. Parents, understandably, have raised serious questions and concerns over the general over-sexualized nature of the drag queens and clear transgender agenda being pushed on impressionable young minds. These concerns were horrifyingly validated in September by drag queen Dylan Pontiff, who proudly told the Lafayette City-Parish Council in Louisiana that drag queens at these story hours “are trying to groom the next generation.” “This is going to be the grooming of the next generation. We are trying to groom the next generation,” admitted Pontiff. According to LifeSite News, Pontiff, whose drag alter ego is named Santana Pilar Andrews, helped organize DQSH events for children as young as three years old at the Lafayette Public Library in October. “I’m a person who

Last Sunday evening, according to an affidavit from a Broward Sheriff’s Office report, a Florida woman passed gas as she waited in the checkout line at a Dollar General store, prompting a man waiting in line to complain. The enraged woman allegedly pulled a knife out of her purse and threatened the man, saying she would “gut” him. Shanetta Yvette Wilson, 37, reportedly engaged in an argument with John Walker, the customer standing next to her, “in reference to the defendant farting loudly.” The Miami Herald reported that Wilson then yanked out her small “lock back knife,” opened it, said she would “gut” Walker, and pulled her right hand back as if to assault him. Wilson then exited the store but was later located nearby and identified by Walker. She was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill. There must be something connecting flatulence and violence in Florida; in 2013, a woman from Immokalee, Florida reportedly hurled a kitchen kn

To hear former president Barack Obama tell it, America isn’t that exceptional (“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism,” he said shortly after moving into the White House). And to Obama, America is pretty racist (just this month Obama said “we are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism, mommy issues.”) What’s more, the mainstream media has been painting President Trump as an avowed racist since before he took office. So it should come as no surprise that the young people of today don’t think America is the “greatest” country, but they do think the nation is racist. In a survey of 1,078 Americans, conducted by polling firm YouGov and sponsored by the Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness (FLAG), finds that younger Americans (under 38 years old – Gen Z and Millennials), also think America is sexist. Some 46% of those polled don’t agree that “Americ

Far-left CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill, who on Wednesday appeared to call for the elimination of Israel and defended the use of violence, has been terminated from his job at the network. “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” Matt Dornic, a network spokesman, said Thursday. Hill made his remarks while speaking during the United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as first reported by Arutz Sheva. “If we are in true solidarity, we must allow the Palestinian people the same range of opportunity and political possibility. We must recognize the right of an occupied people to defend themselves,” Hill said. “We must prioritize peace, but we must not romanticize or fetishize it. We must advocate and promote non-violence at every opportunity, but cannot endorse narrow politics of respectability that shames Palestinians for resisting, for refusing to do nothing in the face of state violence and ethnic cleansing.” Hill concluded by saying

President Donald Trump told the New York Post Thursday that he’s considering declassifying “damaging” documents on his Democratic opponents if they persist in badgering the White House with Congressional investigations. Speaking to the Post exclusively in an Oval Office interview, Trump suggested that as president, he has access to enough “damaging” information about Democratic leaders that a barrage of investigations — like the one Democrats already have planned — could be just as dangerous for his political opponents as they are for him. “If they go down the presidential harassment track, if they want go and harass the president and the administration, I think that would be the best thing that would happen to me. I’m a counter-puncher and I will hit them so hard they’d never been hit like that,” Trump said. “I think that would help my campaign,” Trump added. “If they want to play tough, I will do it. They will see how devastating those pages are.” The “pages” apparently include a

There has been a lot of talk on whether the use of tear gas was the right call as migrants tried to force their way across the southern border on Sunday, however, one of the “The View” co-hosts didn’t try to hide her hypocrisy that it didn’t matter tear gas was deployed during former president Barack Obama’s administration, it only matters for President Donald Trump’s. “The View” ladies discussed the tear-gassing at the southern border after migrants threw rocks and debris at U.S. Border Patrol officers. Co-hosts Meghan McCain and Abby Huntsman pointed out that Obama had done the same. During the Obama administration, tear gas was used sometimes more than once a month until the use significantly dropped in 2013. However, co-host Sunny Hostin took up the defense that it only mattered with the Trump administration, but not before co-host Joy Behar tried to defend Obama. “Do they have a photo like that when Obama was in office?” Behar asked. Huntsman then explained: “In that piece

The White House brought the Christmas spirit to the nation’s capital by hosting the 96th Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The event was hosted by Antonio Sabato Jr. and featured many performances entertainers like Matthew W. West, the Dominican Sisters, and Anthony Kearns. According to CBS News, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke introduced President Donald Trump as “the man who brought Christmas back to America.” In his comments, the president thanked first responders and military for serving during the holiday season. “Tonight, we honor the first responders who risked their lives to save the lives of others,” said Trump. “And all of America sends our profound gratitude to the incredible men and women of the United States Military. And I’m proud to say our military right now is stronger than ever before.” Watch: The White House brought the Christmas spirit to the nation’s capital by hosting the 96th Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. The event was hosted by Antonio Sabato Jr. and fe

To Bill and Hillary Clinton, Canada is just better than America. At least when they’re in country making bank, anyway. The former president and his wife, who was Secretary of State during Barack Obama’s administration, dropped in to Montreal on their second stop of their 13-city speaking tour across North America. “Canada has done such a good job of both managing its contemporary diversity and it has a very interesting immigration system,” Bill said, according to the Montreal Gazette. “And yet it’s still Canada. And I just think that you can model the idea that you can become more diverse and still keep your culture and your values. It’s really very good for a modern economy. The United States will have to return to that if it expects to play a positive role in the future.” “It’s going to be very bleak indeed if we all become more authoritarian and more homogenized and hunkered down on ourselves. It would be a big mistake. We shouldn’t do it,” he said. Hillary Clinton also touted

Thousands of migrants marched from Central America to the U.S. border over the last six weeks, but many of them are suffering from respiratory infections, tuberculosis, chickenpox and other serious health issues — including HIV. Of the 6,000 migrants gathered in Tijuana just south of the U.S. border near San Diego, more than a third of them (2,267) are being treated for health-related issues, a spokesman for Tijuana’s Health Department told Fox News. There are three confirmed cases of tuberculosis, four cases of HIV/AIDS and four separate cases of chickenpox, the spokesman said. At least 101 migrants have lice and multiple instances of skin infections, the department’s data shows. There’s also a threat of Hepatitis outbreak due to unsanitary conditions, the spokesman said. The thousands of migrants are being sheltered at the Benito Juarez Sports Complex near the San Ysidro U.S.-Mexico Port of Entry, despite the place being capable of providing for 1,000 people. The location also h