15. Claire Atkinson, “Trump’s Right: His Media Coverage Is Mostly Negative,” NBC News, October 2, 2017, https://www.nbcnews.com/ politics/donald-trump/trump-s-right-his-media-coverage-mostly-negative-n806681.
CHAPTER 3: LYING, LIBERAL HOLLYWOOD HYPOCRITES
1. Jennifer Hansler. “Michelle Obama: ‘Any woman who voted against Hillary Clinton voted against their own voice.’ CNN, September 27, 2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/27/politics/michelle-obama-women-voters/index.html
CHAPTER 4: LYING LIBERAL RINOS
1. Kelly Phillips Erb, “What’s Included (and What’s Not) in the $1.3 Trillion Omnibus Bill,” Forbes, March 24, 2018, https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/03/24/whats-included-and-whats-not-in-the-1-3-trillion-omnibus-bill/#6b2f27f4ff4c.
2. Benjamin Siegel, “McConnell, Ryan Say Congress Will Pay for Trump’s $12B Border Wall,” ABC News, January 26, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mcconnell-ryan-congress-pay-trumps-12b-border-wall/story? id=45063195.
3. Justin Fishel, John Parkinson, Riley Beggin, Jordyn Phelps, Maryalice Parks, and Cecilia Vega, “Ryan Pulls ‘Fundamentally Flawed’ GOP Health Care Bill Following Call from Trump,” ABC News, March 24, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ryan-pulls-gop-health-care-bill-call-trump/story?id=46346773.
4. Jim Tice, “Army Shrinks to Smallest Level Since Before World War II,” Army Times, May 7, 2016, https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/ 2016/05/07/army-shrinks-to-smallest-level-since-before-world-war-ii.
5. Christian Davenport, “Congress Boosts Funds for Fighter Jets, Missile Defense in Military Spending Spree,” Washington Post, March 23, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/congress-boosts-money-for-fighter-jets-missile-defense-in-military-spending-spree/2018/03/23/98347796-2e08-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html?utm_term=.a11523cc4972.
6. Debra Goldschmidt and Ashley Strickland, “Planned Parenthood: Fast Facts and Revealing Numbers,” CNN, August 1, 2017, https://www.cnn. com/2015/08/04/health/planned-parenthood-by-the-numbers/index.html.
7. Peter Hasson, “BROKEN PROMISE: Trump, GOP Congress Give Planned Parenthood $500 Million in Taxpayer Funds,” The Daily Caller, March 23, 2018, http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/23/trump-gop-omnibus-planned-parenthood.
8. Tessa Berenson, “Reminder: The House Voted to Repeal Obamacare More Than 50 Times,” Time, March 4, 2017, http://time.com/4712725/ahca-house-repeal-votes-obamacare.
9. Bridget Johnson, “McConnell: Trump’s ‘Drain the Swamp’ Term-Limits Vow Going Nowhere in the Senate,” PJ Media, November 9, 2016, https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/11/09/mcconnell-trumps-drain-the-swamp-term-limits-vow-going-nowhere-in-the-senate/1/.
10. Ali Rogin, “Senate Leader McConnell Cautions Trump on Travel Ban, Warns Against ‘Religious’ Tests,” ABC News, January 29, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-leader-mcconnell-cautions-trump-travel-ban-warns/story?id=45112817.
11. Kyle Blaine and Julia Horowitz, “How the Trump Administration Chose the 7 Countries in the Immigration Executive Order,” CNN, January 30, 2017, https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/how-the-trump-administration-chose-the-7-countries/index.html.
12. Katie Reilly, “Read Paul Ryan’s Speech Calling Donald Trump’s Victory the ‘Most Incredible Political Feat,’” Time, November 9, 2016, http://time.com/4564832/paul-ryan-speech-donald-trump-election/.
13. Eric Bradner, “Ryan: ‘We Are Not Planning on Erecting a Deportation Force,” CNN, November 13, 2016, https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/13/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-obamacare-deportation-force/index.html.
14. Feliks Garcia, “How Donald Trump’s Victory Has Devastated the US Political System, in Two Quotes,” The Independent, November 13, 2016, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-immigration-deportation-paul-ryan-president-elect-wall-video-watch-a7415296.html.
15. Max Ehrenfreund, “Paul Ryan Might Not Be Happy About the First Item on the Agenda in Trump’s Victory Speech,” Washington Post, November 9, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/09/paul-ryan-might-not-be-happy-about-the-first-item-on-the-agenda-in-trumps-victory-speech/?utm_term=.beef4012fc55.
16. Lisa Mascaro, “Speaker Ryan ‘Does Not Agree’ with Trump’s Pardon of Arpaio,” Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2017, http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-speaker-ryan-does-not-agree-with-1503856893-htmlstory.html.
17. Kevin Breuninger, “House Speaker Ryan Opposes Trump’s Tariffs, Warns of ‘Unintended Consequences,’” CNBC, March 8, 2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/08/house-speaker-ryan-opposes-trumps-tariffs-warns-of-unintended-consequences.html.
18. Howard Blum, “How Ex-Spy Christopher Steele Compiled His Explosive Trump-Russia Dossier,” Vanity Fair, March 30, 2017, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele.
19. Dan Nowicki and Ronald J. Hansen, “John McCain Decries Memo Release: ‘We Are Doing Putin’s Job for Him,’” USA Today, February 2, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/02/mccain-nunes-memo-statement/301932002.
20. Julia Manchester, “McCain Associate Invokes Fifth Amendment on Trump Dossier Sources: Report,” The Hill, February 22, 2018, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375205-mccain-associate-invokes-fifth-amendment-on-trump-dossier.
CHAPTER 5: LIBERAL SANCTUARY CITIES
1. “Remarks by President Trump at Law Enforcement Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities,” White House, March 20, 2018, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/ remarks-president-trump-law-enforcement-roundtable-sanctuary-cities.
2. Cleve R. Wootson, Jr. “Widespread panic as Oakland mayor warns sanctuary city of an ICE sweep” Washington Post, February 26, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/25/oaklands-mayor-just-warned-the-sanctuary-city-about-a-potential-ice-raid/?utm_term=.ada8ec4d852d.
CHAPTER 6: LYING, LEAKING, LIBERAL LEADERSHIP
1. Tal Kopan, “Polygraph Panic: CIA Director Fretted His Vote for Communist,” CNN, September 15, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote.
2. Fred Fleitz, “Trump Will Face a Huge Challenge with U.S. Intelligence If He Wins,” National Review, August 18, 2016, https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/08/donald-trumps-right-cia-intelligence-politicized-left.
3. Mark Mazzetti and Carl Hulse, “Inquiry by C.I.A. Affirms It Spied on Senate Panel,” New York Times, July 31, 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/senate-intelligence-commitee-cia-interrogation-report.html.
4. Awr Hawkins, “Brennan Accused of Involvement in Altered Benghazi Talking Points,” Breitbart News, February 27, 2013, http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2013/02/27/white-house-releases-more-benghazi-information-gop-sees-brennan-s-hand-in-cover-up.
5. Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, and Adam Entous, “Obama’s Secret Struggle To Punish Russia For Putin’s Election Assault,” Washington Post, June 23, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/ world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/?utm_term =.3e8979cc071e.
6. Mark Mazzetti, “Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to Get Intelligence Briefings,” New York Times, July 28, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-intelligence-briefings.html.
7. Washington Post Staff, “Full Transcript: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Russian Interference in 2016 Election,” Washington Post, March 20, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/20/full-transcript-fbi-director-james-comey-testifies-on-russian-interference-in-2016-election/?utm_term=.aefc2895a558.
8. Alex Pappas, “Senators Flag ‘Unusual’ Susan Rice Email on Russia Probe from Inauguration Day,” Fox News, February 12, 2018, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/12/senators-flag-unusual-susan-rice-email-on-russia-probe-from-inauguration-day.html.
9. Susan Power, “Bystanders to Genocide,” The Atlantic, September 2001, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/09/bystanders-to-g
enocide/304571.
10. Dennis Ross, “How Obama Got to ‘Yes’ on Iran: The Inside Story,” Politico, October 8, 2015, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/iran-deal-susan-rice-israel-213227.
11. Politico Staff, “The Full Ginsburg,” Politico, May 15, 2013, https://www.politico.com/gallery/the-full-ginsburg?slide=0.
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/politics/bowe-bergdahl.html
13. Cheryl K. Chumley. “Susan Rice sought ‘detailed spreadsheets’ on Trump aide calls: Report.” The Washington Times, April 4, 2017. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/4/susan-rice-wanted-detailed-spreadsheets-trump-aide/
14. Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, “FBI Reviewed Flynn’s Calls with Russian Ambassador but Found Nothing Illicit,” Washington Post, January 23, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-reviewed-flynns-calls-with-russian-ambassador-but-found-nothing-illicit/2017/01/23/aa83879a-e1ae-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.d0d78e228ed0.
15. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, S. 139 as amended, https://intelligence.house.gov/fisa-702.
16. Washington Post Staff, “Full Transcript: Sally Yates and James Clapper Testify on Russian Election Interference, Washington Post, May 8, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/08/full-transcript-sally-yates-and-james-clapper-testify-on-russian-election-interference/?utm_term=.97b2162bdb09.
17. “U.S. Interests at the United Nations,” CSPAN, June 16, 2015, https://www.c-span.org/video/?326583-1/ambassador-samantha-power-testimony-us-interests-un.
18. Ibid.
19. https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-state-department-samantha-powers-unmasking-documents.
20. https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/appendix/13489.html
21. Scott Shane, “Court Unbraided NSA On Its Use of Call-Log Data, New York Times, September 10, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/us/court-upbraided-nsa-on-its-use-of-call-log-data.html?pagewanted=all.
22. Charlie Savage, “NSA Gets More Latitude To Share Intercepted Communications. New York Times, January 12, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html
23. United States v. Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, No. 10-225 (CKK) https://fas.org/sgp/jud/kim/plea.pdf
24. Annie Gown, “Clinton says ‘follow the money’ in the Trump-Putin relationship,” Washington Post, March 12, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/12/hillary-clinton-says-follow-the-money-in-the-trump-putin-bromance/?utm_term=.1f3b72647723.
25. Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, “FBI Has Been Investigating Clinton Foundation for Months,” Washington Post, January 5, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fbi-is-investigating-the-clinton-foundation/2018/01/05/1aca0d4a-f1cf-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?utm_term=.6aeca4979ace.
26. William K. Rashbaum, J. David Goodman, and William Neuman “Why Mayor de Blasio Is Facing So Many Investigations,” New York Times, April 28, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/nyregion/the-de-blasio-inquiries-a-recap-and-whats-next.html.
27. Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman, and Any Narayanswamy, “The Clintons, a Luxury Jet and Their $100 Million Donor from Canada,” Washington Post, May 3, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-clintons-a-luxury-jet-and-their-100-million-donor/2015/05/03/688051d0-ecef-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html?utm_term=.3e0afb9d4acc.
28. Harriet Sinclair. “Fox Host Told Trump to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Clinton at Private Meeting with President.” Newsweek, November 14, 2017. http://www.newsweek.com/fox-host-told-trump-appoint-special-counsel-clinton-private-meeting-711542
CHAPTER 7: LYING, LEAKING, LIBERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
1. Glenn Harlan Reynolds, “Florida Shooting Yet Another Government Failure to Keep Us Safe: Glenn Reynolds,” USA Today, February 25, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/02/25/florida-shooting-yet-another-government-failure-keep-us-safe-glenn-reynolds-column/371372002/.
2. Tammy Bruce, “The FBI and Pulse Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen,” Washington Times, March 28, 2018, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/28/the-fbi-and-omar-mateen-pulse-nightclub-shooter.
3. Dan Barry, Serge F. Kovaleski, and Juliet Macur, “As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested,” New York Times, February 3, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/sports/nassar-fbi.html?mtrref=www.google.com.
4. Peter Helsel, “McCabe Took Notes of Interactions with Trump, Notes Turned Over to Mueller,” NBC News, March 17, 2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mccabe-took-notes-interactions-trump-notes-turned-over-mueller-n857621.
5. Laura Jarrett and Pamela Brown, “Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Is Fired—and Fires Back,” CNN, March 17, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/andrew-mccabe-fired/index.html.
6. William McGurn. “McCabe, the New ‘Deep Throat’.” The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2018. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccabe-the-new-deep-throat-1523915645
7. Matt Zapotosky, “FBI Disciplinary Office Recommends Firing Former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe,” Washington Post, March 14, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-disciplinary-office-recommends-firing-former-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe/2018/03/14/c1d0dc1a-208a-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html?utm_term=.a4293eb9be1a.
8. John Solomon, “Comey’s Private Memos on Trump Conversations Contained Classified Material,” The Hill, July 9, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/341225-comeys-private-memos-on-trump-conversations-contained-classified.
9. “McCabe, Barbara Jill,” FollowTheMoney.org, 2018. https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=31990894&default=candidate.
10. Joseph Curl, “REPORT: McCabe Threatened to ‘Torch the FBI’ if Forced Out of Bureau Without Pension,” The Daily Wire, January 30, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/26526/mccabe-threatened-torch-fbi-if-forced-out-bureau-joseph-curl.
11. Brian Fitzgerald, “Hoover Wrecked My FBI Hero Dad, Reveals CFA Prof,” The Bostonian, October 5, 2005, https://www.bu.edu/today/2005/hoover-wrecked-my-fbi-hero-dad-reveals-cfa-prof.
12. “Melvin Purvis Biography,” Biography.com, December 30, 2014, https://www.biography.com/people/melvin-purvis-9542100.
13. “From TIME’s Archives: The Truth About J. Edgar Hoover,” Time, December 22, 1975, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879566-1,00.html.
14. “ARMZ Takes Hold of Uranium One,” World Nuclear News, June 9, 2010. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-ARMZ_takes_hold_of_Uranium_One-0906107.html.
15. Peter Koven, “Uranium One Bought by Top Russian Shareholder ARMZ for $1.3-billion,” Financial Post, January 14, 2013, http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/mining/ uranium-one-bought-by-top-russian-shareholder-armz-for-1-3-billion.
16. Jo Becker and Mike McIntyre, “Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation amid Russian Uranium Deal,” New York Times, April 23, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html.
17. Ibid.
18. John Solomon and Alison Spann, “FBI Uncovered Russian Bribery Plot Before Obama Administration Approved Controversial Nuclear Deal with Moscow,” The Hill, October 17, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration.
19. Ibid.
20. John Solomon, “Senate Seeks to Interview FBI Informant in Russian Nuclear Bribery Case,” The Hill, October 18, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356155-senate-seeks-to-interview-fbi-informant-in-russian-nuclear-bribery.
21. John Solomon, “Senate Seeks to Interview FBI Informant in Russian Nuclear Bribery Case,” The Hill, October 18, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356155-senate-seeks-to-interview-fbi-informant-in-russian-nuclear-bribery.
22. John Solom
on, “Uranium One Informant Makes Clinton Allegations to Congress,” The Hill, February 7, 2018. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372861-uranium-one-informant-makes-clinton-allegations-in-testimony.
23. Katie Bo Williams, “Dems: Uranium One Informant Provided ‘No Evidence’ of Clinton ‘Quid Pro Quo,’” The Hill, March 8, 2018, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/377404-dems-uranium-one-informant-provided-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-by.
24. Tom Kertscher, “Hillary Clinton’s State Department Cut Security in Libya Before Deadly Terror Attacks, Sen. Ron Johnson Says,” PolitiFact Wisconsin, May 19, 2014, http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/may/19/ron-johnson/hillary-clintons-state-department-reduced-security.
25. Marc A. Thiessen, “Commentary: Hillary Clinton’s dreadful lies,” Chicago Tribune, September 20, 2016, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-lies-health-emails-benghazi-20160920-story.html.
26. Tim Hains, “Rand Paul: CIA Annex in Benghazi Shipped Arms from Libya to Syria; Clinton Lied About It,” Real Clear Politics, August 12, 2016. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/08/12/rand_paul_cia_annex_in_benghazi_shipped_arms_from_libya_to_syria.html.
27. Kim Ghattas, “Hillary Clinton Has No Regrets About Libya,” Foreign Policy, April 14, 2016, http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/14/hillary-clinton-has-no-regrets-about-libya.
28. Dakshayani Shankar, “Rod Rosenstein: What to Know About the Deputy Attorney General Under Sessions,” ABC News, June 26, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rod-rosenstein-deputy-attorney-general-sessions/story?id=48845480.
CHAPTER 8: LYING AND LEAKING TO FIX AN ELECTION
1. Charles R. Kubic, “Hillary’s Huge Libya Disaster,” The National Interest, June 15, 2016, http://nationalinterest.org/feature/hillarys-huge-libya-disaster-16600.
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