05/16/2023 05:08 CDT

DURHAM CONCLUDES THAT OBAMA’S INVESTIGATION OF TRUMP HAD NO VALID BASIS; WILL BLINKEN BE HELD IN CONTEMPT?

TODAY’S TOP TEN

OBAMA PUT TRUMP UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR NO VALID REASON

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAD NO EVIDENCE of collusion with Russia when it opened investigation of Trump, Durham report concludes. The Federalist.

• Trump: “Total vindication.” Just the News.
• 7 takeaways from the report. The Daily Signal.
• The 61 hacks who peddled the Russia collusion lie. The Federalist.

OBAMA CIA DIRECTOR BRENNAN ADMITS in closed-door interview that Hunter Biden letter was “political.” Fox News.

SECRET SERVICE REFUSES TO HAND OVER emails naming Biden’s Delaware visitors. New York Post.

TONY BLINKEN COULD BECOME FIRST Secretary of State held in contempt of Congress. Free Beacon.

PRO-LIFE GROUPS CHALLENGE TRUMP’S suggestion that Florida’s Heartbeat ban is “too harsh.” The Daily Signal.

U.S. NATURAL GAS DRILLING COLLAPSES at fastest rate since 2016. ZeroHedge.

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S REPARATIONS experiment backfires on him. Legal Insurrection.

DEMOCRAT-RUN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA forced to confront big crime surge. Breitbart.

FAMILY PURSUES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST Massachusetts school after it censored son for “there are only two genders” shirt. Fox News.

KANSAS CITY STUDENTS WANT TEACHER FIRED for not using using preferred pronouns. The College Fix.

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COMMENTARY WORTH READING

• Take GOP debates away from the liberal media. Paul Bradford.
• Time for Republicans to confront J6 lead prosecutor. Julie Kelly.
• Mass murderers’ motives matter to media except when they target Christians. Jonathan Tobin.

VIDEO WORTH WATCHING

• An “F” on everything: Americans grade Biden’s handling of border. Fox News.
• Taxpayer-subsidized PBS is highly anti-GOP, study shows. Media Research Center.
• Sean Davis: FBI is a domestic terror organization. Real Clear Politics.

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TWEETS OF NOTE

• (@DLoesch) The Democrat party colluded with the FBI to overthrow the will of voters and undermine a free and fair election. There is nothing — including their claims about January 6th — that comes close in recent time to this crisis of a catastrophe. Tweet.
• (@MonicaCrowley) The Durham report finally proves what we knew all along: Mrs. Clinton, the FBI and DOJ, & our intel agencies crafted & weaponized a LIE to frame, discredit & destroy Donald Trump. This was a treasonous coup. No one's been held accountable. That's how corrupt the System is. Tweet.

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• PROMINENT HISTORIAN NIALL FERGUSON SAYS TRUMP victory in 2024 is likely. Just the News.

BONGINO REPORT TOP HEADLINE AT TIME OF EMAIL

• Durham Report Exposes Faults in FBI's Trump-Russia Probe BONGINO REPORT.