Epstein Secrets

n already girded for combat. How depressing to look back on those days and see not just the obvious -- Douglas Feith, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice; those who promised America would be "greeted as liberators" (Cheney), and who threatened nuclear "mushroom clouds" (Rice) if action didn't come im

, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice; those who promised America would be "greeted as liberators" (Cheney), and who threatened nuclear "mushroom clouds" (Rice) if action didn't come imminently. But there also were still-popular and prominent figures who got it wrong. We now know that the strongest war adv

Hurricane Sandy and too squishy on gun control. The conservative group GOProud was disqualified because they are openly gay. While both on wives #3, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump is lauded as an American patriot, because he demanded the President Obama show his long- fonn birth certificate, were invited to sp

ilar dissatisfaction with the state of "the movement," all chuckling when asked if they would be attending CPAC. Too many kooks, said one. Too much Gingrich and Trump, said another. It's funny, then, to see a panel discussion celebrating the legacy of sainted conservative intellectual William F. Buckley,

stice Department lawyers on surveillance issues; firing Cheney's dearest friend, Donald Rumsfeld, from his Pentagon job; letting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice win the argument over whether to bomb a Syrian nuclear reactor site (we didn't). Finally understand that he had been seriously played by Cheney, in

been a weird amnesty and amnesia about people's misjudgment on the most consequential decision of our times.... Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bremer, Rice, McCain, Abrams, and others including the pro-war press claque are still offering their judgments unfazed. One of my father's saying is, "history i

. Would Americans have landed on the Moon in 1969 if JFK had not challenge the scientific community and the country at large? I often disagree with Newt Gingrich, but applauded him when during a January 2012 Republican Primary Debate he tried to defend US space exploration, suggesting that America should emb

the country at large? I often disagree with Newt Gingrich, but applauded him when during a January 2012 Re

ervatives like Paul D. Wolfowitz pressed a doctrine of preventive war and put it into effect in Iraq. Eventually, more pragmatic conservatives like Condoleezza Rice pulled the president back toward diplomacy. Over the last four years, Republicans tried to paper over their divisions. In the 2008 and 2010 electi

has derided Mr. Obama's handling of foreign policy (notably on Iran and Israel) with overheated rhetoric but only vague hints at alternatives. Ms. Rice (whose rhetorical jab at Mr. Obama's "leading from behind" was a big applause line) and Mr. McCain (whose calls for aiding the Syrian opposition dr

, including Mr. Romney's. Conservatives like Newt Gingrich and Representative Michele Bachmann have stoked

Cain and Lindsey Graham to arm Syria's rebels and impose a no-fly zone have largely fallen on deaf ears, including Mr. Romney's. Conservatives like Newt Gingrich and Representative Michele Bachmann have stoked fears about Islam in general, leaving it hard to tell just how much democracy they would seek to p

hich was closed in December after the department said it could not charge the officers." In a letter to Garland from Friday, attorneys representing Rice's mother said, "The election of President Biden, your appointment, and your commitment to the rule of law, racial justice, and police reform give T

al opening remarks from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, conversation with Republican Rep. Jim Banks and

Must Lead in Solving Americans' Health Care Problems' Heritage Foundation virtual discussion, with special opening remarks from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, conversation with Republican Rep. Jim Banks and Domestic Policy Studies Director Marie Fishpaw, and discussion with Domestic Policy Studies Visiti

hich was closed in December after the department said it could not charge the officers." In a letter to Garland from Friday, attorneys representing Rice's mother said, "The election of President Biden, your appointment, and your commitment to the rule of law, racial justice, and police reform give T

al opening remarks from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, conversation with Republican Rep. Jim Banks and

Must Lead in Solving Americans' Health Care Problems' Heritage Foundation virtual discussion, with special opening remarks from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, conversation with Republican Rep. Jim Banks and Domestic Policy Studies Director Marie Fishpaw, and discussion with Domestic Policy Studies Visiti

providing her own personal breeze with a colorful rice-paper fan. Then sp/at/-right in her porcelain-lik

ose positions because they are their positions too. I’ Il tell you how | survived this past year, how | maintained such high approval ratings, while Newt Gingrich fell by the wayside. How | managed, in short, to remain president. It was partly the state of the economy, and it was partly the state of the culture

maintained such high approval ratings, while Newt Gingrich fell by the wayside. How | managed, in short, to

ught Katie Walsh. “That’s what you think?” Bannon, joining Walsh in a pitiless contempt for the White House effort, targeted Kushner, Cohn, Priebus, Price, and Ryan in a series of calls to reporters. Kushner and Cohn could, per Bannon, be counted on to run at the first sound of gunfire. (Kushner, in fac

Bannon. On the campaign trail, he recalled, Newt Gingrich “would come with all these dumb ideas. When we wo

ooked like he would die.” “T now understand what it is like to be in the court of the Tudors,” reflected Bannon. On the campaign trail, he recalled, Newt Gingrich “would come with all these dumb ideas. When we won he was my new best friend. Every day a hundred ideas. When”—by spring in the White House—“T got co

16, 1995) Martin Friedland, The Death of Old Man Rice Trial, p. 90 (March 1995) Hans Zeisel, The Limit

Justice" Shows a Culture of Complacency, Huffington Post November, 2011 Shining a Light on Britain's "Gutter Press", Huffington Post December, 2011 Gingrich And The Constitution, Huffington Post December, 2011 Punishing Cops for Hate Speech. Huffington Post December, 2011 "Three Generations of Imbeciles

National Republican Senatorial Committee, 112 National Security Advisor Brzezinski as, 66 Flynn as, 4, 17, 95, 101-7, 191 McMaster as, 176, 188-89 Rice as, 6, 41 National Security Agency (NSA), 102, 223 National Security Council (NSC), 42, 103, 105, 176, 185-86, 190-91, 193, 265, 267 Navarro, Peter,

308 Gaza, 6 Gazprom, 101 Geffen, David, 12, 178 General Electric (GE), 88 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020126 General Motors, 88 Georgia (post-Soviet), 226 Gingrich, Newt, 177 Giuliani, Rudy, 16, 30, 86-87, 210, 242, 279 Glover, Juleanna, 78 Glover Park Group, 203 Goldman Sachs, 55—56, 81-82, 119, 143-49, 174,

pening to China. But does anyone think Colin Powell left State with a better reputation than he had before becoming secretary? Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice broke the gender barrier and were competent enough, but left no historic imprint. The State Department isn’t called “Foggy Bottom” for nothing. For

ting to offer tips on how to avoid making cuts that would affect vulnerable people—children, the elderly—and look bad politically. (She recalled that Newt Gingrich’s effort to slash the school-lunch program, which put Gingrich on the defensive, was the real turning point in the 1995 budget debate.) Several second-

nerable people—children, the elderly—and look bad politically. (She recalled that Newt Gingrich’s effort to slash the school-lunch program, which put Gingrich on the defensive, was the real turning point in the 1995 budget debate.) Several second-tier Cabinet members thought it one of the most useful White