First “his” point:
Then “her” counter point: (more…)
In addition to the prior motion filed by Bernie De La Rionda to avoid having any key witness testimony absence presented as evidence of poor case construct; BDLR has also filed motions to keep the jury from hearing evidence about the background of Trayvon Martin.
Specifically, the State has filed a protective order to exclude the Trayvon Martin toxicology report;
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And another motion to stop the introduction of information about the known background of 17-year-old Trayvon. (more…)
WASHINGTON DC – Senator Ted Cruz says the IRS scandal “harkens back to the days of Richard Nixon,” and proves that President Obama keeps an “enemies list.”
“This is part of a distressing pattern of the Obama administration of being less than honest with the American people and using the machinery of government to target their political opponents,” Cruz tells National Review in an interview.
“It harkens back to the days of Richard Nixon and maintaining a political enemies list and treating the federal government as a tool to exact the administration’s retribution,” he adds. (more…)
Update 2: The White House Reponds – (Politico) — The White House has “no knowledge” of the Justice Department’s efforts to obtain phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors, press secretary Jay Carney said Monday.
“Other than press reports, we have no knowledge of any attempt by the Justice Department to seek phone records of the AP,” he said in a statement. (link)
Update 1 : Eric Holder personally approved of wiretapping reporters – On Monday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. Department of Justice had “secretly obtained two months of telephone records” from 20 phone lines assigned to reporters and editors from the global news organization. The shocking revelation comes on top of news that the IRS targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny. It will be harder for President Obama to pin the DOJ’s action on lower level bureaucrats, however, because requests to subpoena news organization records require the approval of Attorney General Eric Holder. (link)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news. (more…)
Multiple motions filed by the State of Florida last week are coming to light today. One of the more interesting motions is the “State Motion Regarding The Calling Of A Witness“.
In essence BDLR is filing a motion, in advance of the case even starting, asking the judge to deliver an order, to stop the defense from using the absence of witness testimony to show the weakness in the State’s case.
The motion itself is predictive in nature – meaning the State is predicting the Defense will use a non-called witness against them. Which begs the following question:
What witnesses are optically so valuable to the State’s case that their absence would prejudice a jury? (more…)
The jury has reached a verdict….. we are awaiting information – Update information coming through: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was convicted Monday of three counts of first-degree murder for severing the spinal cords of infants born during abortions at his West Philadelphia clinic.
The trial now moves into a sentencing phase to decide whether Gosnell should receive the death penalty or face life in prison. The verdicts were announced hours after the jurors informed the judge in the case that they were hung on two charges. (link with more information)
Fox News reporting that Kermit Gosnell and his defense attorney were totally shocked to hear THREE 1st Degree Murder Guilty Counts. Guilty also of 1st degree manslaughter in death of adult patient. (more…)
….. and we’re not JUST talking about the 12 version “talking points”, but the epicenter of the actual White House response – or, lack thereof.
Perhaps now the media has accepted the fact that the “talking points” were highly manipulated, they will turn their investigative eye onto the origin, and subsequently on to something we outlined earlier:
Back in January we posted a discussion around a newly released photo from the White House. The picture was taken in the oval office on Sept 11th 2012, the date of the Benghazi attack.
At the time we thought the picture was worth a thousand words. After research, and with the hindsight of the latest revelations, it appears we were correct. Yet again, it provides more sunlight into the events surrounding the Benghazi, Libya events and who made the critical decisions in those moments of crisis.
At 5pm, according to the White House and media reports, President Obama was set for a prior scheduled meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey. It was just prior to this meeting that White House National Security Advisor Tom Donilon tells President Obama of the attack and the fire at the main villa…
…..how long the meeting took is unknown, but we do know by 6:30pm President Obama and Joe Biden were on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (more…)
Ever since the name “Francine” came up during the George Zimmerman hearing(s) as the author of the DeeDee statement, and chaperone for the August 2012 visit to Jacksonville, many people have been puzzled by exactly who this person could be.
According to statements/testimony during the discovery hearings, during her deposition Witness #8 (aka Dee Dee) claimed the letter/statement with her signature was not authored by her, but by a person named “Francine” of unknown (to W8) last name. It was also stated during the more recent hearing that “Francine” accompanied Witness #8 to Jacksonville for a follow-up of some sort with the State’s attorney.
Many people have been chewing this revelation over and speculating about who “Francine” might be. It is an interesting consideration. (more…)
Given the fact the media huddled with the White House prior to the Carney press briefing this should not be a surprise. Nah, probably just another one of those now famous NBC production mistakes…. move along, move along…. nothing to see here folks…. Look, over there, shiny things.
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Via Newsbusters) If you were a journalist reporting on Benghazi whistleblower Gregory Hicks, wouldn’t you find it interesting that he was a Democrat who voted for Barack Obama twice?
Someone at NBC News didn’t according to Hicks’s attorney Victoria Toensing who disclosed the spike job to NewsMax host Steve Malzberg on WMAL radio Saturday
VICTORIA TOENSING: By the way, Mr. Hicks is a Democrat. He voted for Hillary – I’ve yet to announce this – he voted for Hillary in the primary and Obama twice. You know what? NBC spiked the story where I told it before the hearings. It’s just amazing what the press is still trying to do to cover this up…So they try to make this partisan because of the lawyer. Well I’m not the messenger, he’s the messenger…The modus operandi, you know, to find anything they can do to just attack. So why wouldn’t NBC News report this? (more…)