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Several unanswered questions remain In the Hillary Clinton State Department email scandal. For instance, there was never an official government report detailing if and how her illegal email practices damaged national security.

Now, Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit to find an answer to that question.

In the critical matter of Hillary Clintons illegal email practices, the Director of National Intelligence simply ignored a directive requiring a damage assessment and a report, Judicial Watch said in a statement.

As such, they have filed a lawsuit in federal court to force the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Department of State to comply with the law.

The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, cites the requirement in Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 732, issued on June 27, 2014, that a damage assessment be conducted whenever there is an actual or suspected unauthorized disclosure or compromise of classified national intelligence that may cause damage to U.S. national security ICD 732(D)(2) (Judicial Watch v. Office of the Director of National Intelligence et al. (No. 1:17-cv-00508)).

Since the election is over, and because President Trump has declined to prosecute the case against Clintons mishandling of classified information, the story has fallen out of the news. It is important to remember that Clintons actions werent scandalous merely because she was a presidential candidate, but because her actions might have enabled Americas enemies to access classified State Department intelligence.

With all the suspicion over suspected Russian hacking, one would assume there would be bipartisan support for determining how Hillary Clinton may have compromised Americas security. If nothing else, there should be interest in preventing such gross negligence from happening again.

Judicial Watch says this new lawsuit presents the Trump administration with the opportunity to hold Clinton and others responsible for compromising national security to account.

Chris Pandolfo is a staff writer and type-shouter for Conservative Review. He holds a B.A. in Politics and Economics from Hillsdale College. His interests are Conservative Political Philosophy, the American Founding, and Progressive Rock. Follow him on Twitter for doom-saying and great album recommendations @ChrisCPandolfo.

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HillaryClintonhasnt made any comments on the Republican Partys effort to repeal Obamacare. The closest thing she has said on the topic isatweetasking her followers to read a book on healthcare that her daughter Chelseawrote with the chair of Public Health at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Despite being completely absent during Democrats fight to keep Obamacare intact, Hillary Clinton tweeted out a statement and a series of crafted anecdotes to capitalize on the Republican Party failing to pass their healthcare billon March 24.

Today was a victory for all Americans,Clintonsaid in the statement, citing the healthcare rallies and town hall meetings that mobilized opposition to the Republican Partys efforts, which she participate in. The fight isnt over yetwe will have to push back on future bad ideas and embrace good ones to make healthcare more affordable. However, Clintondidnt push back on Obamacare repeal efforts until a victory emerged that she could align herself with.

Clinton concluded her series of tweet series saying, Lets not be distracted. Lets continue to stand up, organize, resist, put forth good ideas to improve the existing system & peoples lives.Clintonfailed to put forth good ideas to improve peoples lives during her campaign; instead she focused on manufacturing outrage toward DonaldTrump. She tells her supporters not to be distracted, yet her and her staffers have focusedon Russian election interference allegations over discussing good policy.

Despiteonce supportingsingle-payer healthcare andpollsshowing that most Americans support replacing Obamacare with a single-payer healthcare system, Clintonclaimedduring the campaign, It will never, ever happen. Meanwhile, Chelsea Clintonovertly liedabout Sen.Bernie Sandershealthcare plan ata campaign event, claiming that Sanderswould empower Republican governors to take away Medicaid.

Clintons current criticism of a single-payer healthcare system is symptomatic of theDemocratic Partysoverall politics, which have shifted to a centrist, more pragmatic positionone that happens to cater to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. SeveralDemocrats, including Sen. Ted Kennedy,have previously arguedthat a single-payer healthcare system would be the best solution.

As she attempts to portray her brand of politics as successful,Clintonnever fails to miss an opportunity to exploit any semblance of victorydespite often having no role in the fight.In line with this trend, Clinton triedto steal credit from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sen. Bernie Sanders in their announcement ofplans to try to bring free public college tuition to New York, though her campaign strongly pushed back on Sanders supporters fromincludingit in theDemocratic Partysplatform.

Similarly, when Trumps Muslim travel ban was knocked down by a federal court,Clintonand her campaign stafferstried to alignherwith the victory, despite herrecord on contributing to perpetual unrest in the Middle East, propagating Islamophobic views in The War on Terror, and allyingherself with powerful figures that have overtly spread Islamophobia.

Hillary Clintondoesnt fight for policies that benefit working, middle class and low income Americans. If she did, she would haveengaged with communities that were hurting across the United Statesas former President BarackObamadid in 2008 and 2012 and asSandersis currently doingand she would likely be president instead of Trump. Instead of learning this valuable lesson, theDemocratic Partyhas maintained its out-of-touch leadership and billionaire donors, while blaming the partys election loss on a variety of scapegoats.

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After Ignoring the Fight, Hillary Clinton Exploits Obamacare Win for Personal Gain - Observer

Updated: Mar 24, 2017 5:58 PM ET

Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called the House Republicans' failure to repeal and replace Obamacare Friday a victory for the millions people she said would have become uninsured if the bill had passed.

"Today was a victory for the 24, 000, 000, people at risk of losing their health insurance, for senior, for families battling the quiet epidemic of addiction, for new moms and women everywhere," she wrote in a statement posted on Twitter . "Most of all it's a victory for anyone who believes affordable health care is a human right."

House Republicans withdrew the bill from a floor vote after they did not have support to pass it.

Clinton subsequently began tweeting stories of people who she says would have been adversely affected by the passage of the bill.

She also credited constituents for fighting against the proposed legislation. "This victory happened because people in every corner of our country committed their time and energy to calling their representatives, showing up at town hall meetings, and making their voices heard," she wrote. "We are reminded today that there is no substitute for standing up and defending our values."

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Is Joe Bidens political career over? At 74 years of age, despite his seemingly excellent health, one might expect that it is. But that doesnt mean that he doesnt have some regrets about not running for the presidency when he had the chance. He chimed in on Friday night about the idea, and while not regretting his choice to spend more time with his son Beau before he passed away, its clearly difficult for him not to occasionally dwell on the path not taken. (The Hill)

Former Vice President Joe Biden late Friday night voiced regret about his decision not to run for president, predicting if he had secured the Democratic nomination he could have won against Donald Trump.

I had planned on running for president and although it would have been a very difficult primary, I think I could have won, he said. I dont know, maybe not. But I thought I could have won.

I had a lot of data and I was fairly confident that if I were the Democratic Partys nominee, I had a better than even chance of being president, Biden continued.

Some of that still sounds speculative, but it was this next comment which really put the icing on the cake. (Emphasized)

But do I regret not being president? Yes, Biden said. I was the best qualified.

Huh. Im not going to dispute his claim (a matter Ill get to in a moment), but by saying you were the best qualified, youre indicating that you were indubitably more qualified than somebody else who wound up running in the general election. If Hillary Clinton had any big ticket defenders left theyd probably be up in arms over that one. But lets return to the substance of what Biden was talking about.

Now that the dust from the 2016 battle has settled we have the opportunity to ponder some things which would have been more difficult to wrestle with during the heat of the campaign. With that in mind, its confession time. I dont think I ever came out and said this last summer, but of all the people on the Democrats bench the one I was most afraid of seeing the GOP run against was probably Joe Biden.

Sure, we make a lot of jokes about Joe and hes been the subject of endless hilarious memes. And why not? The guy was prone to more than his fair share of memorable gaffes and awkward moments, but they were relatively benign for the most part. He has a strange but infectious sense of humor which prompted many observers to think of him as crazy Uncle Joe. But underneath it all there was a powerful political force.

I take my own wife and some of her other liberal Democratic friends for prime examples. She was a Bernie supporter with zero interest in Hillary Clinton, but when it began to become obvious that Sanders wouldnt be the nominee she was loudly pining for Joe Biden to ride to the rescue of the party. I mean, she loves the guy. In fact, I dont know any Democrats who dont like Joe Biden. Yes, he might not have been in touch with the Black Lives Matter movement or any of the pet causes of the Elizabeth Warren / Bernie Sanders wing of the party and could definitely be seen as a figurehead of the old guard establishment in the DNC, but people liked him. Heck, I know a lot of Republicans who will admit that they like and admire Joe, even if they wouldnt have actually voted for him.

And it wasnt just personality either. Underneath all the jokes and golly gee shtick, Biden was easily the most qualified Democrat (or perhaps person of any party) looking at a potential White House bid. Years of experience in the legislative branch followed by by nearly a decade of actually helping to run the country alongside Barack Obama left him with a resume that made Hillary Clintons list of precisely zero significant accomplishments wither in comparison. Could he have actually defeated her in the primary when the Democrats were obviously hungering for the historic first female president? Tough to say, but you couldnt rule it out. Bidens list of scandals (such as they were) was nothing compared to the septic tank which was continually engulfing Clinton Incorporated.

If he somehow managed to secure the nomination, could he have won the White House? I can think about that question six days a week and come up with alternating answers every day. There are times when I believe that pretty much nobody could have beaten Donald Trump in that moment because critical portions of the nation were all shifting his way at precisely the right moment. But then I have days when I can seriously convince myself that scandal plagued Hillary Clinton might have been the only person who couldnt have beaten Trump. Thankfully well never know so we dont have to let hypotheticals keep us awake at night.

So back to the opening question. Is Biden done? Looking at Trumps current approval rating and the paucity of viable contenders currently on the Democratic bench, hes got to be tempted to consider one more battle. But hell be turning 78 years old a few days after the next presidential election. That would put him at 82 for a reelection bid. Im sure hes in wonderful shape for his age, but that sounds like an awfully big hill to ask him to climb.

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Joe Biden regrets not being president, pretty much writes off Hillary Clinton - Hot Air

Game of Thrones is actually all about comedy, didnt you know? Hidden underneath all the sex, lies and betrayals is a rich foundation for funnies.

First up, Late Nighthost Seth Meyers recently compared former Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to everyones favorite teenage assassin, Arya Stark. Meyers is a well known Game of Thrones fan, and has often mined the show for material on his late night gig. TheIndependentprovides the video.

Next up, our unabashed love for the Game of Thrones-themed retro talk show Power Hourcontinues, with two new brilliant episodes. The first one takes place during Stannis siege of Kings Landing, and features a very drunk Cersei Lannister, an overly positive Sansa Stark, and of course a snotty little Joffrey.Watch below.

More like flower hour, right virgin? And Sansas hesitation beforepraising our gallantKing Joffreyis perfect.The folks behind Power Hour clearly pay attention to detail.We applaud the creators, the Los Angeles based sketch comedy groupPractical Folks.

And in the second episode, regular host Petyr Baelish returns, and special guest Margaery Tyrell makes an appearance.

If this stuff doesnt make you laugh out loud, check your pulse. Littlefingers comment about Margaery giving the public access made me laugh for a solid30 seconds.

Finally, it turns out System of a Down front man Serj Tankian is a Game of Thrones fan, as the singer made a guest appearance at the Game of Thrones Live ConcertExperience. The heavy metal singer gave us a stirring rendition of The Rains of Castamere. Take us out, Tankian.

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