President Obama Can See Russia From His House…

Someone, anyone, please tell me the best play for the Obama administration is not to trot out Clapper and Brennan to blame the Russians…. because the entrenched unwillingness to accept defeat is now getting way too funny.
The latest batch of moonbattery stems from the New York Times and Washington Post who are now quoting mysterious and secret sources, within the CIA, who claim the Russians were involved in the 2016 presidential election… or something:

[…]  It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia’s goal here was to favor one candidate over the other, to help Trump get elected,” the paper quoted a senior US official as saying. “That’s the consensus view.” (link)

It was already funny when candidate Hillary “pickles” Clinton was blaming a mysterious planetary conspiracy theory created by earth’s nationalist movement under the auspices of oppositional frog memes:

[…] The “vast right-wing conspiracy” went weirdly global today when Hillary Clinton delivered an actual presidential speech claiming she was being chased around by looming global forces of darkness, aligned in ideological intent to ensure her destruction (link)

But, it’s yet another level of absurdity entirely when the actual U.S. intelligence apparatus assigns the official position office of the president to the same global conspiracy.
These people don’t need to be refuted, they need to be laughed at.  Period.
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Speaker of The House, Paul Ryan, sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity for a lengthy discussion about the incoming Trump administration, congress, and legislative priorities.
Here’s the full interview. It is essentially self congratulatory explanatory:

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Tonight, for the first time in three weeks, Rudy Giuliani appeared for an in-person media interview with Fox News Eric Bolling.  The obvious topic was Giuliani’s decision to withdraw his name from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet:

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Call it “the revenge of John Galt“, call it “the revenge of main street“, call it “the rebuke of the compliance department”, or call it something else…. but what’s brutally missing amid all the pearl-clutching punditry is an acceptance that President Trump is ushering back an era of The Titans of Capitalism.

A succinct comment by thesavyinvester cuts to the brutal heart of the matter:

How ironic… The last 8 yrs ( and frankly much longer ) the non producing bureaucratic state only focused on growing it’s own organisms ( like something Ripley fought against ) rather than fostering yours, will now be run by those that for eons that had to dot their I’s and cross their T’s for all these pencil pushers. Yikes, they will be more uncomfortable than Rodney Dangerfield constantly adjusting his collar and tie during his comedy routine?. No I am not tired of winning, grab the popcorn this will be fun.

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Today marks exactly three weeks since former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was visible on any MSM interview or broadcast.

Moments ago Mayor Giuliani called in to Fox News Neil Cavuto and announced he was removing himself from being considered by Donald Trump for any cabinet position; specifically from consideration for the nomination of Secretary of State. Watch:

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Earlier today former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was interviewed on Fox and Friends morning broadcast. Ms. Conway discusses the ongoing President-elect transition and nomination process, as well as the ongoing internal interviews.
Additionally, Conway reacts to the current Clinton, media and moonbat narrative to blame “fake news” for their poor election result.

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Long before President-elect Donald Trump selected Andy Puzder to be the nominee for Secretary of Labor, Puzder appeared with John Stossel for a forum interview. Within the short 5:00 minute segment which aired you can sense the general perspectives of Puzder.

Additionally, it would be intellectually dishonest not to note the inherent libertarian perspective. This, when combined with the Trump, Bannon, R & R Mercer connection, provides the backdrop for the nomination of a more libertarian-minded business executive.
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Tonight Donald Trump and Mike Pence will be together in Des Moines Iowa for the third stop on the ongoing post victory Thank You Tour.
The Thank You Tour Rally venue is the Iowa Events Center, and coverage is scheduled to begin at 7:00pm CST, 8:00pm EST.
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

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It is being widely reported that President-elect Donald Trump is intending to nominate Andrew Puzder as Labor Secretary. The move will likely fire up the SEIU and affiliated labor activists in opposition. Similarly there will be those amid the more conservative ranks that see Puzder as less than their desired nominee.

However, CTH has an alternate perspective on the nomination essentially hopeful that Donald Trump is intending to finally bring closure to a labor issue with over twenty years of economic crisis, and hundreds of millions spent on litigation as the backdrop.
Most people are oblivious to a reality that began within the U.S. Department of Labor under the administration of George W Bush. The issue encapsulates thusly:

• Under federal statue it is unlawful to hire an illegal alien who is not eligible to work in the U.S.
• However, under existing EEOC legal interpretations (Disparate Impact Rulings), it is unlawful NOT to hire an illegal alien who is not eligible to work in the U.S.

Within that strange and very specific dichotomy you find the problem with the modern interpretations of “disparate impact” as they apply to employment screening and employment eligibility.
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Retired Admiral James Stavridis talks to the media about the meeting with Donald Trump and the Trump transition team today in HQ.  The media frame this meeting as Stavridis floated as potential cabinet pick. WE DOUBT.

Stavridis was former head of NATO Allied Command during the most consequential NATO intervention in the Mid-East. The Obama/Clinton/Panetta NATO attack against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.  It was Stavridis who coordinated the intervention on behalf of the U.S. State Department, CIA, White House and French leader Nicolas Sarzoky.
Hopefully, this meeting was simply to gain Stavridis perspective on the construct of the current NATO architecture.   Admiral Stavridis is an interventionist’s globalist.