Hillary Clinton fumed President Donald Trump is “modeling” himself after Russian authoritarian Vladimir Putin and has “betrayed the West” since returning to the White House in an acid-tongued rant in Germany.

The ex-secretary of state went off on Trump at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday — and her rant was so intense that one of her fellow panelists had to joke about it. Clinton doubled down by saying he needed to take a “hard look” at the damage Trump is doing to the Europe-USA relationship; more on that in a moment.

“He has betrayed the west, he’s betrayed human values, he’s betrayed the NATO charter, the Atlantic charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Clinton started off saying about Trump.

She then accused Trump of wanting “unaccountable power,” before saying “none of us in this room — including all of us on this panel — would choose to live under a regime that is so unaccountable, that it could act with impunity the way Putin does, except that’s who Trump is modeling himself after.”

Co-panelist Petr Macinka, the deputy prime minister of the Czech Republic, scoffed.

“I think you really don’t like him,” Macinka quipped.

“That is absolutely true,” Clinton responded. “Not only do I not like him, I don’t like him because of what he’s doing to the United States and the world, and I think you should take a hard look at it if you think there’s something good that will come of that.”

The back-and-forth got some chuckles from the room.

Macinka told her that he felt what Trump was doing was simply a “reaction” to “some policies that really went too far” for “regular people.”

Clinton asked him to point to examples, and Macinka said the “woke revolution” and cancel culture. “This is something that went too far,” he added, after saying the belief there are more than two genders is a “social construct.”

“But does that justify selling out the people of Ukraine?!” Clinton shot back.

“Can I finish my point? I’m sorry it makes you nervous,” Macinka sardonically said.

Clinton said she was not nervous about Trump and the two discussed the Russia-Ukraine War from there.

Watch above via Forbes.

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Border Czar Tom Homan did not defend the remarks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when confronted about her saying DHS has been “proactive to make sure that we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country.”

Noem made the comments during a press conference in Arizona on Friday to promote the SAVE Act that would require all voters to show I.D. at the polls.

“So, what does she mean when she says electing the right leaders?” Tapper asked on Sunday’s edition of CNN’s State of the Union. “That’s not really immigration enforcement or DHS responsibility.”

“I don’t know, that’d be a question for the secretary,” Homan answered. “If I had to guess, probably, that, you know, only those legally eligible to vote would vote, but I have not talked to the secretary about those statements. That’d be something she’d have to answer.”

Tapper then asked about the “credibility issue” faced by DHS following Noem’s stint in Minneapolis where she defended the aggressive tactics taken by ICE and Border Patrol agents.

“Do you agree that there are people in the Trump administration that are causing DHS to have a credibility problem?” Tapper asked.

Homan first said that he ordered more internal affairs officers to Minnesota to investigate allegations of officer misconduct.

“We’ll let the internal affairs and the bureau investigate these allegations, and that’s the right thing to do,” He said, continuing:

But I’m not going to let the media divide this administration. Look, it’s one team, one fight. And, you know, do me and Secretary Noem agree on everything? No, we have discussions and we have difference in opinion. That’s what makes it a strong team. We bring different ideas to the table, then agree on a mission. But based on, you know, again, you can’t work in an echo chamber. You want to hear different opinions. Different — you know how you think this should happen or that should happen. But in the end, we clear a mission. We have great success on it. But it’s one team, one fight. I’m not going to divide this administration. I’m just going to keep doing what the president wants me to do as a border czar. And we just keep going and doing what president promised the American people.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper confronted Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on Sunday’s State of the Union over Trump’s Department of Justice trying and failing to indict six Democratic lawmakers for creating a video urging troops not to obey illegal orders.

President Donald Trump had called their actions “sedition at the highest level” and demanded the DOJ prosecute Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D- MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Chris Deluzio (D-PA).

“So, your fellow Republican senators were pretty outspoken about what the Trump administration tried to do,” Tapper began, listing off comments from Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA).

“How do you feel about the Trump administration trying to send those six members of Congress, including two of your Senate colleagues, to prison?” Tapper asked.

Mullin claimed he had no opinion on the DOJ’s actions, saying, “It’s not the lane I walk in — I leave that to the DOJ. I’m not an attorney, don’t pretend to be an attorney.”

“I do have a tough time imagining, let’s say if the Biden administration had tried to prosecute Rand Paul for saying things about Covid that they didn’t like,” Tapper pushed back. “I have a tough time imagining you would say the same thing.”

“Well, I would say the same thing if I’m not familiar with the case law,” Mullin persisted, adding, “What we don’t want to happen is for the DOJ to be used for political leverage, which is what happened underneath the Biden administration, which what happened when they went after Trump for year after year after year. And we’re trying to change that.”

A dubious Tapper argued, “Well, you just said you didn’t want to weigh in, but then you accused the Biden DOJ of politicizing the DOJ. I mean this DOJ is going after Trump’s political opponents: [James] Comey, Letitia James, people on the Fed, two of your colleagues, Kelly and Slotkin. I mean, you really don’t think this DOJ is politicized?”

Mullin ignored the question and returned to attacking Biden.

“I don’t think there’s even a question that the DOJ was weaponized against President Trump at this point. I mean, I don’t even think that’s a question.”

Mullin then claimed the DOJ issue was “nothing but a distraction” from the “political theater” of Democratic lawmakers allowing a partial government shutdown over immigration policy.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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Conservative pundit Pete Seat went at it with Elie Mystal over the Epstein files on CNN’s Table For Five on Saturday, accusing him of deflecting over the Biden administration’s lack of action.

Seat began by addressing host Abby Phillip’s bewilderment at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s embattled performance in front of the House Judiciary Committee this week.

“She did what she did because Pam Bondi is a triple threat: She is inept, incompetent and incapable, and that’s what we saw in that hearing,” Seat said before calling on President Donald Trump to get rid of Bondi just like he did with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Minnesota.

Seat then turned on Mystal.

“But I do want to follow up to what you said — Did you once ask why the Biden administration didn’t look those survivors in the face, even one time? And don’t roll your eyes!” he said.

Check out the exchange below:

MYSTAL: We’re not going to play whataboutism over the Epstein files. The person in charge right now is Pam Bondi and the Trump administration —

SEAT: Nothing! Four years!

MYSTAL: — and they should be investigating. And if you want to talk about things that I think Merrick Garland should investigate, you don’t want to get me started on who I think Merrick Garland should have in jail right now, because if Merrick Garland was doing a good job, Trump wouldn’t have even been able to run for president.

SEAT: That’s an incredibly skilled deflection.

MYSTAL: I am not deflecting!

SEAT: You are! Because you won’t answer the question. Did you wonder why the Biden administration did not seek justice for those survivors for four whole years?

MYSTAL: They didn’t not seek justice. I’m not deflecting from the question, I am disagreeing with your with your incorrect premise. They did seek justice. I didn’t think Merrick Garland went hard enough. I didn’t think Merrick Garland did a great job. I do not think that Pam Bondi is doing a great job. I do not think Donald Trump is doing a good job. Is that a full enough answer? Nobody involved here is doing enough to defend the Epstein victims. Are you satisfied with that answer?

SEAT: Sure, good job.

Watch above via CNN.

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New video from near the Tucson, Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie was released by TMZ on Friday and is currently being looked into by police.

Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today anchor Samantha Guthrie, has been missing since the beginning of the month. The FBI recently released additional details about the suspected kidnapper and increased the reward to $100,000 for anyone who can provide information that leads to an arrest or Guthrie’s location.

The new video released by TMZ on Friday was taken one week before Guthrie went missing. The Ring video footage shows a suspicious man lurking outside a home six miles from Guthrie’s house and trying to obstruct his face from the camera.

TMZ reported that police are giving a “hard look” at the video as a “potential lead.” The person who took the video said the unidentified person fled the home when they heard dogs barking. The man was masked in the video, but a goatee or beard can be seen through it.

Police found blood outside of the home of Guthrie and TMZ has reported on a ransom note for her return. Authorities previously released footage from outside Guthrie’s home showing a masked man wearing a backpack.

“The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9” – 5’10” tall, with an average build. In the video, he is wearing a black, 25-liter ‘Ozark Trail Hiker Pack’ backpack,” the FBI announced.

TMZ founder Harvey Levin said on Thursday that he received an email from a tipster claiming to know who kidnapped Guthrie and offering information in exchange for a Bitcoin payment.

“We’ve sent it on to the FBI. They’re looking at it. You know, but he says something in the middle of it that, you know, he paints a very bleak picture,” he told CNN.

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If you own a home with an unfinished attic, you’ve probably thought about all that precious space and how you might make it more useful. Your attic already serves an important purpose in temperature and moisture regulation in the house, of course, but that doesn’t mean it can’t do more. If you’ve got the budget, you can transform an attic into a bedroom or office space, or a crisp, well-lit storage option.

If you don’t have the budget to really build out your attic, though, you can still make it into a more useful space, even if it’s small or slightly scary. With just a few modest purchases (and possibly some sweat equity), you can make your attic an ideal storage space.

Install easy, modular flooring on the attic's floor

Your first step towards making your attic useful is to make it safe to walk around. Even if your attic is shallow and standing up straight is impossible, having a stable surface will reduce your chances of falling through the ceiling.

Putting down plywood or oriented strand board (OSB) is a cheap and relatively easy option, but it’s also labor-intensive and pretty permanent. If you want a faster solution, floor panels like these from Attic Dek are sized to fit most standard joist spacings and are designed to just snap together, allowing you to quickly drop a floor into place without needing to cut them. They come with screws, and it’s a good idea to secure them in place, but if you just need a temporary floor that can bear weight (up to 250 pounds) you can just click them into place and bolt them down later.

Add no-wiring lights to the attic's ceiling

If your attic isn’t wired up or lacks light fixtures, you don’t need to hire an electrician and spend a mountain of cash. Just pick up one or two of these rechargeable ceiling lights and stick them to the ceiling or overhead joist (literally—you place a magnetic sticker on the ceiling and that holds the light in place—no screws required). It’s motion-activated, so every time you haul yourself up into the attic, the light will come on and save you from stumbling about in the dark.

Install adjustable storage that fits the space

Once you have a sturdy, safe floor in your attic, you can start installing storage options. You could, of course, just pile up some boxes or bins and call it a day, but you can do a lot better than that without breaking the bank:

• Installing some hanging rods designed for slanted surfaces (like an attic ceiling or rafters) will give you the option of hanging clothing or storage bags without cluttering up the floor.

• A few cheap, adjustable shelving units like this one can add all the shelf space you need to keep bins of stuff organized and off the floor, making it easy to store or retrieve items.

• If your attic is tight and trusses make it difficult to store anything, you can install some truss-friendly shelving. This can be a relatively easy DIY job involving screwing some support brackets into the trusses (as seen here). If you don’t have a floor in your attic, you have to avoid placing heavy storage boxes or bins directly on insulation—compressed insulation isn’t very effective. You can purchase some truss brackets that support plastic bins or other storage boxes off the floor.

Install a way to transport your stuff into the attic

Once you’ve got storage, you need a way to get stuff up into the attic, which can be more challenging than you expect. Carrying awkward, heavy boxes up flimsy, pull-down attic stairs is a recipe for accidents, so consider rigging up some mechanical assistance. You can spend a fair amount of money on a fancy lift system that will make bringing stuff up to your attic pretty easy, but if that’s too rich for your blood, you could opt for a simpler winch system that will allow you to haul up to 440lbs of stuff up there at a time. If that’s still a little too much, you could also opt for a classic pulley system, using good old-fashioned mechanical advantage to get your stuff up into the attic.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) rejected his colleague Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) call to tone things down a bit during a wild hearing exchange with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) on Thursday.

Hawley’s questioning of Ellison in the Senate Homeland Security Committee got off to a rough start with Ellison refusing to give a yes or no answer to the senator about whether he is Minnesota’s attorney general. Things only spun out of control further as Hawley accused Ellison of having direct involvement in a group in the state committing $250 million in fraud. Ellison denied involvement and specifically reports that he took $10,000 in campaign donations from individuals tied to the Feeding Our Futures group.

“Mr. Chairman, I didn’t come here to be insulted. I came here voluntarily,” Ellison told Paul, the chair of the Senate committee, while Hawley was accusing him of enabling and benefitting from fraud in his state.

Hawley referred to audio of an exchange between Ellison and the group, obtained by the conservative group Center for the American Experiment during his time on Thursday. He also referred to records showing $10,000 in campaign contributions from people linked to the group to Ellison.

Ellison denied receiving money from the group and insisted his office assisted in their eventual federal conviction. He accused Hawley of misrepresenting transcripts from the conversation in question.

Hawley was having none of it and told Ellison he “should be indicted” and asked him if it “was worth it,” leading to Paul briefly stepping in to ask Hawley to watch his “tenor.”

“I think we’ve made the point,” the chair said.

“I’ll ask the question how I want to, Sen. Paul,” Hawley shot back.

Hawley then focused on Ellison again for another couple of minutes, and things devolved to the point where each said the other should resign their positions.

Watch above via CSPAN.

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