Blue Strongholds Funnel 'Welfare for Immigration Lawyers' RealClearInvestigations As their immigration battle with President Trump escalates, cities and states run by Democrats are funneling millions of dollars they can ill afford to progressive groups to provide undocumented aliens with something courts have ruled they are not entitled to: free lawyers. Fusion GPS Tied to Russian Anti-Sanctions Bid as Well as Dossier CRTV In a video drawing on public testimony and published reports, conservative commentator Mark Levin brings together evidence that Democrat-friendly opposition research firm Fusion GPS both assisted the Russian anti-sanctions effort of Natalia Veselnitskaya -- the lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. -- as well as produced the discredited, Russian-sourced Trump dossier. The video includes Senate testimony last week -- which major media largely ignored -- by William Browder, an American investor and anti-corruption campaigner banished from Russia. Fusion GPS Venezuelan Links Shed New Light on Trump Dossier Tablet At the same time Fusion GPS was being paid by representatives of Russia in Washington, it was also being paid by a Venezuelan company called Derwick Associates, which reportedly skimmed billions from rigged contracts with Hugo Chavez's regime -- and did large amounts of business with Russian state companies like Gazprom and Gazprombank that are sanctioned by Washington over Russia's involvement in Ukraine. New Questions About Wasserman Schultz and Tech Aide Daily Caller News Foundation Circumstantial evidence suggests that Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz planned to continue paying a technology aide at the center of a criminal investigation, if his arrest by the FBI had not stopped him from ltraveling to Pakistan. The suspect, Imran Awan, had previously wired money to the Muslim country and was frantically liquidating multiple real estate properties on the day he was arrested. More DNA Testing Producing More Awkward Results Washington Post Alice Collins Plebuch decided to try a home DNA test and discovered that her ancestry was not as purely Irish as she had expected: Her dad had been switched with another baby in the hospital. Another home DNA tester found that her father was not related to her. As genetic testing grows more popular, family mysteries are easier to solve. But can people handle the truth? Investigative Classics: How Diamonds Became a Girl's Best Friend RealClearInvestigations Diamonds have been forever only since 1948. That's when an American advertising firm developed the slogan that allowed a sophisticated cartel to turn "tiny crystals of carbon into universally recognized tokens of wealth, power, and romance." Edward Jay Epstein explored this phenomenon in a 1982 article for The Atlantic. |