Larry O'Connor

McCarthy: Steele’s reputation is irrelevant, it’s his anonymous sources that needed vetting

Democrats recklessly played the national security card in their desire to keep FISA memo secret

One of the most offensive aspects of the FISA memo release Friday was the realization that despite dire warnings from Democrats and activist pundits in the media, there appeared to be no overriding national security concern with the information President Trump declassified allowing for the public release of the memo.

The sliming of Carter Page

Pundits and defenders of the Obama Justice Department took to social media and the airwaves over the weekend to inform the world that Carter Page was the target of a FBI Russian espionage investigation in 2014, but he wasn't. In fact, it appears as though Page was an FBI informant in that case. He helped the federal government put Russian spies in jail.

On the dossier, did FBI have lower standards than the media?

One of the more disconcerting revelations from the long-anticipated FISA memo released by the House Intelligence Committee Friday was that the FBI had barely begun a verification process of the Russian dossier when they used it to justify a FISA surveillance warrant on Carter Paige. Meanwhile the media refused to publish the dossier allegations because they could not be verified.

Rep. Mark Meadows clarifies exactly what is at stake with the FISA memo

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) the Chairman of the Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives, took to Twitter last night to express the dire stakes in the political chess game surrounding the FISA memo, scheduled to be released today.

If the FBI isn’t accountable to Congress, then who are they accountable to?

With all the drama (real and manufactured) over today's expected release of the FISA memo from the House Intelligence Committee, one important issue appears to be lost in the rhetoric and political manipulation of the narrative.

Eric Holder was Obama’s ‘wingman’ but Trump can’t ask Rosenstein if he’s ‘on my team’

CNN journalists' heads are collectively exploding over a "report" that states President Trump asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if he was "on my team."

Trump’s ‘Draconian’ immigration policies were recently embraced by Dems and Establishment Repubs

The politics of immigration in the Trump era dictates that the president's plan to secure the American border with a barrier and increased enforcement, restrict family migration to immediate families and reduce overall legal immigration numbers to 500,000 per year must be decried as draconian, hateful and racist.

Why was Judge recused from Mueller/Flynn case?

In early December 2017, Judge Rudolph Contreras was recused from the criminal case involving Gen. Michael Flynn who had pleaded guilty in an arrangement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Trump on #ReleaseTheMemo: ‘Don’t worry… 100 percent’

Possibly the most significant statement from President Donald Trump last night in the House Chamber came after his historic State of the Union address.

Blinded by their hatred of Trump, Dems reveal they’re not rooting for America

If there's one thing President Donald Trump excels at as a politician it's his uncanny knack to draw his opponents onto a high-profile, national stage where they reveal their ugliest traits for the world to see.

Clergy gather to bless DC area late-term abortion clinic

On the same day the United States Senate took up a bill that would have banned abortions for unborn infants who had reached the 20th week of development, a group of clergy gathered to pray for and bless the work of an abortion clinic in the DC area.

Trump should ignore TV audience and speak directly to Congress in SOTU

As viewers watch cable news this evening before and after the speech they're going to hear a lot of cliches thrown around. That's what pundits do on nights like this. And here's the cliche that's most annoying... "The audience for this speech isn't really the Congressman and Senators sitting in the chamber, the audience is the American people watching at home."

It’s official: Bloomberg hates America

The latest cover story for Bloomberg Businessweek focuses on the incredible resurgence of the American oil and gas industries. The idea of the United States surpassing Saudi Arabia and other foreign oil-producing nations as the dominant producer of fossil fuels in the world was once mocked as a fantasy. The fact that America can soon claim that title and flex our energy independence should be something to celebrate, but not at Bloomberg.

In Davos, Trump is ready to deal; Britain jumps to the front of the queue

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the U.S. is ready to negotiate an "attractive" trade deal with Britain once the country has left the European Union.

Make the Trump tax cuts permanent now

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DC’s largest suburban area just told federal immigration authorities to shove it

With a population of 1.14 million, Fairfax County, Virginia is the largest county in the Washington DC metropolitan area. It is the home of government workers, administration officials, media personalities and, lately hordes of MS-13 gang members.

Next time you’re audited by the IRS, try the FBI’s excuse

If one positive development can be gleaned form the constitutional crisis developing in the "Dossier-FISA-FBI-Secret-Society-Insurance-Plan" scandal from the Obama Justice Department (let's call it Obama-Gate, ok?) it's that lame, pathetic and totally unbelievable excuses for circumventing the law are completely and totally acceptable as far as the federal government is concerned.

FBI text: Lynch knew ‘no charges will be brought’ against Hillary

Don Imus to end legendary radio career