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Sic Semper Tyrannis Why Was the CIA Spying on American Citizens? by Larry C Johnson It is illegal, or at least on paper it is, for the CIA to spy on American citizens on American soil. So why was the CIA spying on Mr. Edward Butowsky and/or Matt Couch? If you have read Joe Hofts excellent piece (see here) on the latest trials and travails of Ty Clevenger, an intrepid attorney battling the Deep State, who has been fighting for more than three years to secure the release of damning documents exp...

>> laura: the media are in a tizzy about the presidents dehumanizing comments about omarosa but apparently crickets when influential democrats like the clintons when they make outrageously dehumanizing remarks. take a listen to chelsea clinton supporting abortion on demand. >> this is not a disconnected fact that american women entering the labor force from 1970 to 2009 added $3.5 trillion to our economy. i mean, a net new entrance of women. that is not disconnected from the fact that roe became...

Schmuck. >> he looked like a thug, he looked like a goon. a a you look at the handshake, look at this. just what a thug. >> and you have somebody inside the white house that the "new york daily news" says is mentally unfit, that people close to him say is mentally unfit, that people close to him during the campaign told me had early stages of dementia. >> david: i mean, amazing. what you saw is not just a mirage. in fact, according to a study from the media research center, 91% of trump related ...

Times, numerous times, fake news, very fake news, because the media refuses to talk about his accomplishments that he has been able to make in one year and that is going to help turn americans lives around, from tax cuts, lower regulations, these are the issues, the policies that he ran on, that he talked about and how its going to be america first and the forgotten men and women. that is what he is putting first. >> david: so, lets go back to ellen ratner. ellen, youve been in the media busines...

Ladies, great to see you all. a very belated merry christmas to you. >> thank you, david prayed >> i got to tell you something, ellen, im going to go to you first on this, weve done a lot of analysis on this over the years. where was the policy disagreement with donald trump and what we just played for the audience? >> well, first of all, i think that you are not showing what he tweeted out when he goes after people. i think that, you know, he is supporting the economy, but a lot of those rules ...

To you. >> thank you, david. >> david: i got to tell you something, ellen, im going to go to you first on this, weve done a lot of analysis on this over the years. where was the policy disagreement with donald trump in what we just played for the audience? >> well, first of all, i think that you are not showing what he tweeted out when he goes after people. i think that, you know, he isop supporting the economy, but a lot of those rules and regulations and policies were under barack obama, and i...

His accomplishments that he has been able to make in one year and that is going to help turn americans lives around, from tax cuts, lower regulations, these are the issues, the policies that he ran on, that he talked about and how its going to be america first and the forgotten men and women. that is what he is putting first. >> david: so, lets go back to ellen ratner. ellen, youve been in the media business a long time. you and i have watched and analyzed campaigns, and we are looking at what i...