Oh, this is fun... I’m reading U.S Special Counsel Mueller -Vs- Paul Manafort - Judge TS Ellis III Presiding

I got my hands on the May 4 transcript from the USA v. Manafort hearing in front of Judge Ellis. (Thanks to a close friend.)

Here we go... pic.twitter.com/MsEmKIlUhn

— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) May 5, 2018

Oh, this is fun... I’m reading U.S Special Counsel Mueller -Vs- Paul Manafort - Judge TS Ellis III Presiding: https://t.co/XxAOxCkM98

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) May 5, 2018

Federal Judge Catches Robert Mueller Using Preexisting FISA Title-1 Warrant Against Paul Manafort Instead of Title 3 Authority... https://t.co/AXJAGKrf8L via @thelastrefuge2

— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) May 5, 2018

Thread: Explaining Judge Ellis comments on #Mueller prosecution of #Manafort. Judge noted #Mueller authorization is limited to Russian government collusion w/ Trump campaign. #Mueller has found no such collusion. Yet, he prosecuted Manafort claiming it "arose from" the case.

— Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) May 5, 2018

Friday's federal court hearing in the Manafort case could be a turning point. Media covered some sensational stuff from the hearing, but they missed a lot of substantive and important news. https://t.co/2exO6rGrPF

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 7, 2018

The Urgent Need to Address Rising Religious Persecution in China

Chinese Christians, Uighur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and Falun Gong practitioners have long experienced persecution—but restrictions on religious freedom in China are on the rise. https://t.co/4X1gSDIQU7

— Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) April 11, 2018

Christian Mom Faces Execution For ‘Blasphemy’ In Pakistan

Mother of five Noreen "was arrested in 2010 following an argument with a Muslim woman over a water bowl.
She was sentenced to death under the blasphemy law and her sentence was upheld by a lower court."
👉https://t.co/uz32NCy9ochttps://t.co/OUjcsa36ed

— PragerU (@prageru) December 7, 2017

“Give me liberty or give me death”

Dutch populist leader Wilders rises in polls after conviction for 'hate'... https://t.co/eNnCWPVK0W

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) December 11, 2016

Geert Wilders as Patrick Henry

“Give me liberty or give me death.”... https://t.co/Vm3sr5mFTM

— Trevor Loudon (@newzealblog) December 12, 2016

If you are not familiar with the Gatestone Institute, you are missing out on thought-provoking and intellectual articles written in a way to educate readers on the truth sans the agenda. One such article, titled “The Dutch Death Spiral: From Paradise to Bolshevik Thought Police” explains that the recent, terrifying conviction of Geert Wilders was “historic” in that for a dissenting opinion about Islam was “criminalized.”

This is an attack not only on the First Amendment but on the entirety of the political process itself.

Dem AGs, climate change groups colluded on prosecuting dissenters... https://t.co/qFqIKfPT5a

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) April 18, 2016

Our editorial on @ceidotorg @exxonmobil & more: https://t.co/97Ej45rGUB pic.twitter.com/S724NC10aC

— National Review (@NRO) April 18, 2016

3 Latest Indicators The Left Wants To Kill The First Amendment | Daily Wire https://t.co/sRBETdJ1wP pic.twitter.com/y3XHOP8hTZ

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 18, 2016

Deafening Silence from Western "Feminists"

Hirsi Ali: We must "retake feminism from our fellow idiotic women" https://t.co/F3LEytTmsk pic.twitter.com/WQGkGq159W

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) November 23, 2015

Deafening Silence from Western "Feminists" -> When will U Fight Islam? https://t.co/MeOydTYJQ7 #refugeeswelcome #p2 pic.twitter.com/ZchLHSzJLj

— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) November 18, 2015

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a harsh critic of Islam’s treatment of women, said Wednesday that modern American feminism is focused on “trivial bullshit” and needs to be reclaimed.

Speaking at the Independent Women’s Forum Women of Valor dinner, where she received an award for courage, Hirsi Ali reminded her audience of how far feminism has strayed from its original purpose.

Editorial: Obama must make a priority of confronting Islamic persecution of Christians

Editorial: Obama must make a priority of confronting Islamic persecution of Christians. http://t.co/r6ka2ogpB2 pic.twitter.com/mauX2JfSE7

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) October 19, 2015

Kirsten Powers: Obama only mentions Christians to lecture them, rather than defend them from persecution.

Fox's Kirsten Powers Rips Obama for Being 'Largely Silent' on Christian Slaughter http://t.co/DJSiFhR3k7 (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/3qvCa4AuP3

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 22, 2015

Kirsten Powers: Obama only mentions Christians to lecture them, rather than defend them from persecution. http://t.co/SPMkHrcmI9

— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) April 21, 2015

Kirsten Powers: Obama left Christians to drown http://t.co/6DRZTbYjKQ

— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) April 22, 2015

Kirsten Powers: Obama only mentions Christians to lecture them, rather than defend them from persecution. http://t.co/SPMkHrcmI9

— Instapundit.com (@instapundit) April 21, 2015

IBD) So Why Can't Barack Hussein Obama Admit ISIS Beheaded Christians? http://t.co/UO6dgOwN3w - pic.twitter.com/zffhmlzNsK

— Daniel John Sobieski (@gerfingerpoken) April 22, 2015

“The process is the punishment.”

This is politicized prosecution run amok -- and it must end. @RichLowry writes: http://t.co/h7CiK0Xw8b

— National Review (@NRO) April 21, 2015

And the offense was backing the wrong side in a highly contentious political dispute. It’s one thing for kids with bongo drums to register their opposition to Scott Walker; it’s another for armed agents of the state, operating with the force of law, to be used as essentially a political cudgel....

Absolutely correct. Disagreement with leftism is NEVER tolerated. https://t.co/12zK639xFU

— Yes, Nick Searcy! (@yesnicksearcy) April 21, 2015

Megyn Kelly interviews former cop who says he KNOWS Wisconsin raids politically motivated http://t.co/fqRKajiwHl pic.twitter.com/UZvEzpuvEH

— Right Scoop (@trscoop) April 24, 2015

REPORT: OBAMA BRINGS CHILLING EFFECT ON JOURNALISM

◼ The U.S. government's aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers, according to a report released Thursday on U.S. press freedoms under the Obama administration. - BRETT ZONGKER/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Committee to Protect Journalists conducted its first examination of U.S. press freedoms amid the Obama administration's unprecedented number of prosecutions of government sources and seizures of journalists' records. Usually the group focuses on advocating for press freedoms abroad....

"In the Obama administration's Washington, government officials are increasingly afraid to talk to the press," wrote Downie, now a journalism professor at Arizona State University. "The administration's war on leaks and other efforts to control information are the most aggressive I've seen since the Nixon administration, when I was one of the editors involved in The Washington Post's investigation of Watergate."

...To bypass journalists, the White House developed its own network of websites, social media and even created an online newscast to dispense favorable information and images. In some cases, the White House produces videos of the president's meetings with major figures that were never listed on his public schedule. Instead, they were kept secret - a departure from past administrations, the report noted.

Lois Lerner out at IRS...

Lois Lerner out at IRS...
Paid leave since May...
REPORT: Internal investigation found Lerner 'neglect of duties'...

Egyptian Forces Liberate Local Christians – Recapture Town From Muslim Brotherhood

◼ link - Andrew Marcus/Gateway Pundit

Take a close look at that. Obama’s allies in the Muslim Brotherhood are forcing non-muslims to pay “protection” money, also known as “Jizyah”. That’s the sharia my friends, circa 2013 (year 5 of our dear leader). That’s what Morsi and his crew of Bros had in mind all along. Now they have nothing to lose so the mask is off.

'Peaceful' (Muslim Brotherhood) protesters torch Coptic Christian churches

◼ When not ignored, Islamic supremacist aggression against Egypt’s Christians — which was a prominent feature of Muslim Brotherhood governance — is disingenuously reported. - Andrew C. McCarthy/National Review

In the familiar pattern, the Western media are focused on the military raids against Islamic supremacists in Egypt but ignoring the latter’s use of violence and of women and children as human shields. After all, the “protesters” say they are “peaceful.”

When not similarly ignored, Islamic supremacist aggression against Egypt’s Christians — which was a prominent feature of Muslim Brotherhood governance — is disingenuously reported. Take this AFP report of the fact that the Brotherhood and its allies are torching Coptic churches. The AFP endeavors to exculpate the Islamic supremacists by editorializing, in the report, that these were “reprisal” attacks. But the Brotherhood was not ousted by the minority Copts....

Egyptian mosque turned into house of torture for Christians after Muslim Brotherhood protest

◼ Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse. - FOX

The latest crackdown is further confirmation that the Muslim Brotherhood’s most hard-line elements are consolidating control in Egypt, according to Shaul Gabbay, a professor of international studies at the University of Denver.

“It will only get worse,” said Gabbay. “This has been a longstanding conflict, but now that the Muslim Brotherhood is in power, it is moving forward to implement its ideology – which is that Christians are supposed to become Muslims.

“There is no longer anything to hold them back,” he continued. “The floodgates are open.”