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Friday, December 15, 2017

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Woman Accused Of Sexual Harassment Drops Out Of Congressional Race

Democratic congressional candidate Andrea Ramsey announced that she will drop out of the race for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday after allegations of sexual harassment against a male coworker resurfaced.

“In its rush to claim the high ground in our roiling national conversation about harassment, the Democratic Party has implemented a zero-tolerance standard,” Ramsey said in a statement Friday, announcing her retirement from the race.

Her announcement comes after Gary Funkhouser accused Ramsey — the former executive vice president of human resources at LabOne — of subjecting him to “unwelcome and inappropriate sexual comments and innuendos” in 2004 when he was a LabOne human resources manager, according to the Kansas City Star.

“After I told her I was not interested in having a sexual relationship with her, she stopped talking to me,” Funkhouser wrote in a 2005 lawsuit against her. He alleges that prior to rejecting her advances, Ramsey had said great things about his performance, but that following his refusal of her posturing, she reported poor performance and subsequently fired him. LabOne dismissed the lawsuit in 2006 after mediation.

CNN political reporter Eric Bradner tweeted out the surprising news Friday morning.

Ramsey maintains that she fired Funkhouser because he was not adequately fulfilling the duties of his position in the company. It’s sad that “a vindictive, terminated employee’s false allegations are enough for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to decide not to support our promising campaign,” Ramsey said in her Friday statement.

“If anyone is guilty of sexual harassment or sexual assault, that person should not hold public office,” said DCCC spokeswoman, Meredith Kelly, the Kansas City Star reports.

Her 2018 challenge to Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder in Kansas’ 3rd District will now go unfulfilled.

This whole thing stinks

James Comey Drafted Statement Ending Hillary Clinton Email Probe Months Before Interviewing Her

1. While under subpoena, repeat subpoena, to turn over her emails Killary deletes 31,000 of them. That had to be a crime unto itself.

2. The infamous tarmac meeting most certainly was not about golf and grandchildren. Would have liked to be a fly on the fuselage for that one.

3. After systematically shooting down every one of Killary's lies, "I never sent nor did I receive any classified material". "I wanted to use only one device", etc. Then after concluding his blistering dissertation, Comey allows her to walk.
I about fell out of my chair!

If this was the WWE they would be tag team champions.

BTW...WTF...is Jeff Sessions????

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The draft of the July 5, 2016, statement, first reported by Newsweek, was released into the FBI’s “vault” reading room Monday. The release was called “Drafts of Director Comey's [sic] July 5, 2016 Statement Regarding Email Server Investigation Part 01 of 01,” but almost all of it is redacted.

The FBI record shows an email titled “Midyear Exam — UNCLASSIFIED” sent from Comey on May 2, 2016, to a group including Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, general counsel James Baker and chief of staff James Rybicki.

The document also shows a May 16 response from Rybicki requests comments “so we may roll into a master doc for discussion with the Director at a future date.”

The release would appear to confirm the contents of a letter sent by Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to FBI Director Christopher Wray in August in which he wrote that “it appears that in April or early May of 2016, Mr. Corney had already decided he would issue a statement exonerating Secretary Clinton.”

According to Newsweek, in the months between May and the July statement, Comey interviewed Clinton as well as several other key figures.

In that nationally televised July statement, Comey blasted Clinton at length for being “extremely careless” with classified information when she served as secretary of state. However, crucially for Clinton and her presidential campaign, he did not recommend charges to the Justice Department — effectively killing off the chances of Clinton being prosecuted by then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s Justice Department.

The early drafting of the statement raised eyebrows among FBI analysts, suggesting such a move was highly unusual.

“To me, this is so far out of bounds it’s not even in the stadium,” Chris Swecker, who retired from the FBI in 2006 told Newsweek. “That is just not how things operate…. It’s built in our DNA not to prejudge investigations, particularly from the top.”

Comey’s statement kept Clinton’s campaign alive, at least until October when Comey announced the reopening of the investigation after the discovery of related emails on a laptop belonging to disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner — the husband of Clinton aide Huma Abedin. Clinton has repeatedly blamed that announcement for sinking her campaign and losing her the White House.

Trump, in turn, pointed to the initial revelations in August that Comey had drafted the July statement in May as proof of a “rigged system.”

Are you on the internet this morning?

Not according to CNN.

The end of net neutrality took effect today. You would have thought the apocalypse was upon us.

Uh-OH... they'll have to refund the $billions$ Barry gave them

Haley says missile parts prove Iran violating UN resolutions

Haley: Iran cannot be allowed to continue aggressive actions

U.N. ambassador holds a news conference on Iran violating the U.N. resolution, arming rebels in Yemen.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday that she had "undeniable" evidence that Iran has been funneling missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen in violation of U.N. resolutions.

The evidence Haley unveiled included segments of missiles launched at Saudi Arabia from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. She said the missile parts bear markings showing they originate in Iran and that they have technical specifications that are specific to Iranian-manufactured weapons.

"The evidence is undeniable," Haley told reporters in a hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. "The weapons might as well have had 'Made in Iran' stickers all over it."

Haley gestures as she speaks in front of recovered segments of an Iranian missile. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

U.S. officials have long suspected Tehran of supporting the Shiite Houthis in Yemen, which has been locked in a vicious civil war since 2015. On Wednedsday, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the world body was investigating Iran's possible transfer of ballistic missiles that may have been used in launches aimed at Saudi Arabia on July 22 and Nov. 4.

Haley said the recovered missile fragments came from a weapon that targeted the main airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

"Just imagine if this missile had been launched at Dulles Airport or JFK, or the airports in Paris, London, or Berlin," Haley said. "That’s what Iran is actively supporting."

Haley said the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers "has done nothing to moderate the regime’s conduct in other areas ... It's hard to find a conflict or a terrorist group in the Middle East that does not have Iran’s fingerprints all over it."

Haley vowed that the U.S. would rally other nations to push back on Iran's behavior.

"The fight against Iranian aggression is the world’s fight," said Haley, who later added, "We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is: a threat to the peace and security of the entire world."

“For months, we've seen Iran disregard international laws and norms by continuing its provocative ballistic missile testing. Now, with the evidence unveiled today by Ambassador Haley, Iran has been caught red-handed flagrantly violating the prohibition on transferring missile technology to third parties—namely the Houthis in Yemen,” former Sen. Joe Lieberman, now the chairman of the advocacy group United Against Nuclear Iran, responded.