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It was easy to forget the Senate hearing on Monday featuring former acting Attorney General Sally Yates and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was supposed to be about Russias meddling in the election.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) got things started with a line of questioning that echoed Trump talking points about unmaskinga talking point rooted in Trump supporters desire to defend the presidents baseless accusation that President Obama wiretapped him.

The unmasking claims have been thoroughly debunked. Last month, both Republican and Democratic sources told multiple news outlets that the intelligence communitys conduct with regard to the intelligence reports in question was normal and appropriate.

Republican senators who followed Graham took things even further afield. Instead of asking about Russian meddling, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) grilled Yates about her decision not to enforce President Trumps Muslim bana decision that resulted in Trump firing her on January 30.

Later, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spent time asking Clapper about Hillary Clintons emails.

Cruz eventually returned to the topic of the Muslim ban, prompting Yates to give him a lesson in constitutional law.

There was more talk about the Muslim ban to come. Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-LA) conducted a mansplaining clinic while grilling Yates about the reasoning she used to determine the Muslim ban is unconstitutionala judgment that has since been vindicated by numerous federal courts that have come to the same conclusion.

Kennedy later expressed confusion about the difference between classified and unclassified information, prompting laughter from the audience.

Cornyn and Cruz reportedly left the hearing before it ended. Neither of them asked a single question about the purported topic of the hearing.

While it makes for good Fox News fodder, the conduct of Republicans during Mondays hearing only strengthens the case that Congress isnt equipped to conduct a fair, thorough investigation into Russian meddling. Democratic senators Dick Durbin (IL) and Amy Klobuchar (MN) both called for such an independent investigation during the hearing.

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Former secretary of stateHillary Clinton came out swinging against the media on Sunday.

In a tweet congratulating Emmanuel Macronon winning the election in France despite a last-minute hacking attackagainst his campaign Clinton wrote:

Clinton was referencing criticism she received last week after an interview in which she took absolute responsibility for her surprise election loss in 2016, but also blamed a combination of interference byRussiaand the FBI.

I was on the way to winning until a combination of Jim Comeys letter on October 28th and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but got scared off, Clinton said. And the evidence for that intervening event is, I think, compelling, persuasive.

Last week, Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com said Clinton was right, at least about the Comey part.

Hillary Clinton would probably be president if FBI Director James Comey had not sent a letter to Congress on Oct. 28, Silver wrote.

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By Kody Fairfield

A political columnist who voted for then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in last years presidential election has some blunt advice for the twice failed presidential candidate after she announced her intentions this week to remain involved in politics, reportsthe Blaze.

Hey, Hillary Clinton, shut the f up and go away already, wrote Gersh Kuntzman, a columnist at the New York Daily News, in a column earlier this week.

I voted for Clinton on Nov. 8 and thought shed be a good president, he explained. But she lost. And she still wants us to feel bad about that. And, worse, shes still blaming everyone else.

Kuntzmans upsettedness appears to be in response to Clintons recent faux acceptanc responsibility for her loss, in which she quickly turn around and blamed misogyny, FBI director James Comey, and anyone else she could. (RELATED:Hillary Clinton: I Would Be Your President If Not for Russia, Comey, or Misogyny)

In his column, titled, Hillary Clinton shouldnt be writing a book she should be drafting a long apology to America, Kuntzman lays out the reasons why Clinton lost the election, despite her failure to admit even one, according tothe Blaze.

Boo hoo, he wrote. Simon & Schuster may want Hillary Clinton to write the history, but Im not about to let her re-write it. No one deserves more blame for the election debacle than Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Kuntzman instead argued that Clinton lost the race for four reasons:her untrustworthiness, a poorly run campaign, her private email server and her Goldman-Sachs speeches.

Remember her fainting spell at the 9/11 ceremony? Remember how long it took for her to tell the truth? Remember how that reminded every voter in America that Hillary Clintons first instinct is to lie?

Just like she did when she claimed she had taken sniper fire during a First Lady trip to Bosnia. Just as she did when she said she never sent classified documents over her private email server.

He wrote of her untrustworthiness.

He explained that upon Clinton claiming that Trumps supporters were a basket of deplorables,the election was was pretty much over.

On the former Secretary of State utilizing a private email server, Kuntzman said:Its basic. The only reason to set up a private email server and delete some of the emails on it is because you want to hide something from the public. Clinton never provided a good answer to the simple question, Why would you do that?

Lastly, Clinton can blame her tight relationship with Wall Street as a reason she lost to Trump, according to Kuntzman, explainedthe Blaze.

You cant be a prostitute on Wall Street and then go to church on Main Street, he wrote.

The American public does not want a book from Hillary Clinton. It wants an abject apology. And it wants it for free. She got what she deserved: She lost, Kuntzman concluded. Now she needs to shut up and go home.

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Liberal Columnist Excoriates Hillary Clinton: "Shut the F Up and ... - The Libertarian Republic

Iconic singer Barbra Streisand gave a special shoutout to Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonDebra Messing to Ivanka Trump: 'Please stop blindly defending your father' House Democrat plans to attend town hall for GOP lawmaker Comey: Twitter is 'like every dive bar in America' MORE at her New York concert Saturday night as the former Democratic presidential nominee and former President Bill ClintonBill ClintonBill Clinton to pen first novel with James Patterson Trump admin heading to court Monday on travel ban: report Hillary Clinton gets standing ovation after shoutout at Barbra Streisand concert MORE sat in the audience.

Streisand introduced our groundbreaking first lady, senator from New York, secretary of State, and the winner of our countrys popular vote, Hillary Rodham Clinton as the audience rose to give her a standing ovation.

Barbra Streisand gave Hillary Clinton a special shoutout pic.twitter.com/9qcjYLzFHi

The singer referred to a recent interview by Hillary Clinton in which she said she has returned to public life and joined the movement against President Trump.

Streisand said it makes us yearn for what could have been, what should have been, The Associated Press reported.

"I was thrilled to hear yourself describe yourself as an activist citizen and part of the resistance.

A vocal supporter and fundraiser for Clinton during the presidential election, Streisand also knocked Trump during her remarks. The singer recalled performing at Bill Clinton's inauguration, and touted the former president's accomplishments on taxes.

And speaking of taxes, he showed us his tax returns, she said about Bill Clinton, according to the AP.

hillary clinton gets a standing ovation at the barbra streisand concert tonight in brooklyn pic.twitter.com/1j2AadzvPs

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Hillary Clinton's Absolution New York Times One of the best and one of the worst bits of news last week were the same: Hillary Clinton is deep into the writing of another book. It's due to appear much sooner than I'd realized in September, to be precise and it's billed as a reflection on ... Hillary's election loss excuse means one thing she's running in 2020New York Post Hillary Clinton imagines an alternate universe in which she is presidentWashington Examiner Hillary finally speaks, but on the wrong topicDetroit Free Press TheBlaze.com -NewsBusters (blog) -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -Fortune all 281 news articles »

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