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Federal employee Henry Kyle Frese was arrested today for allegedly leaking national security secrets to reporters at CNBC and NBC. One of the reporters was his girlfriend. Read the indictment here.
Frese was a federal employee at the Defense Intelligence Agency. It comes as no surprise that Frese — like so many other federal employees in Washington, D.C. — is full of hatred toward Donald Trump and willing to use his personal power and government job to attack the president and conservatives. Let’s peruse his Twitter feed before it disappears. [Read More]
Is Loneliness Causing the Rise of Socialism? (Encounter Books)
From presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, figures who openly call themselves “democratic socialists” dominate much of the discussion within the Democratic Party. How did this happen? How has America gone from a nation in which socialist arguments are on the fringe to one in which they are the topic of mainstream debate? [Read More]
DC Council approves ’emergency’ bill to rename Columbus Day ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ (FOX News)
Washington, D.C. city council members rushed to approve legislation renaming Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” this week before its Oct. 14 commemoration, citing similar moves by several states and a slew of cities in recent years.
The D.C. Council invoked a special provision for emergency legislation Tuesday that allowed the bill’s sponsors to force a vote without the standard process involving committees, multiple votes and congressional approval. Another bill in the works would make the change permanent — the emergency bill will be in effect for “no longer than 90 days” after Mayor Muriel Bowser signs it. [Read More]
Authorities arrest pair who helped Giuliani in Ukraine sleuthing (Washington Examiner)
Authorities arrested a pair of Soviet-born donors to President Trump who his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, enlisted to investigate the business activities in Ukraine of Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.
Russian-born Lev Parnas and Ukrainian-born Igor Fruman were expected to appear in federal court in Virginia on Thursday after being arrested Wednesday and spending the night in an Alexandria, Virginia, jail. [Read More]
