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Obama Made Watergate Look Like A Parking Ticket
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Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace for a third-rate burglary he tried to cover up. Barack Obama weaponized the federal government against his political enemies – and the media gave him a Nobel Peace Prize and a Netflix deal.
When historians rank presidential scandals, they love to circle back to Watergate. But in terms of long-lasting damage to the rule of law and public trust, nothing Nixon did even touches what happened under Obama. The left’s favorite president didn’t just break norms – he shattered the constitutional guardrails designed to keep power in check, and, in doing so, made Watergate look like a parking ticket compared to his crimes.
Start with the IRS scandal. Obama’s IRS targeted conservative nonprofits – especially Tea Party groups – right as they were mobilizing against his administration. The agency delayed their applications, demanded donor lists, and intimidated citizens into silence. Imagine the outrage if Donald Trump’s IRS had slow-walked liberal organizations like Black Lives Matter or Planned Parenthood. There would have been wall-to-wall CNN coverage and impeachment calls within the hour.
Instead, Obama’s media allies downplayed it, calling it a “misstep” and a “bureaucratic error.” But make no mistake: this was the full force of the federal government being turned against everyday Americans for their political beliefs. And nobody at the top was held accountable.
Then came the spying. Under Obama, the FBI used phony opposition research funded by the Clinton campaign – the Steele Dossier – to justify surveillance of the Trump campaign. Obama’s DOJ and intelligence agencies signed off on secret FISA warrants against American citizens based on evidence they knew was sketchy at best and fabricated at worst. That’s not just unethical – it’s authoritarian.
Watergate was a bad scandal because Nixon tried to cover up a crime. Under Obama, the intelligence community itself became the weapon. It was a full-blown abuse of surveillance power – something straight out of a banana republic. And yet again, no real consequences.
And let’s not forget Fast and Furious. The Obama administration ran guns to Mexican cartels – yes, cartels – with the harebrained idea that they could trace the weapons back to criminal networks. Instead, those guns were used to kill people, including a U.S. Border Patrol agent. When Congress demanded documents, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder refused – and Obama shielded him with an executive privilege claim. If that had happened under a Republican president, we’d still be hearing about it in every history class.
The Obama White House also leaned heavily on journalists. James Rosen, a Fox News reporter, was labeled a criminal co-conspirator so the DOJ could secretly monitor his emails and movements. All while Obama claimed to be the most “transparent” president in history.
In Nixon’s case, at least the system worked. Investigative journalism exposed the wrongdoing, Congress took action, and Nixon resigned. But under Obama, the media largely looked the other way, Congress was stonewalled, and the public was fed spin instead of truth.
We were told Obama’s administration was “scandal-free.” That was the sales pitch. But the reality is, Obama normalized a dangerous trend: using the government itself as a political weapon. Not against foreign enemies. Against fellow Americans.
That precedent matters. Because once one side opens that door, the other side feels justified in doing the same. And the next thing you know, trust in our institutions is completely gone – and the republic starts to crack.
Watergate was a dark moment, yes. But Obama’s legacy of institutional abuse, political surveillance, and targeted intimidation has had far more dangerous consequences. It taught a generation of political leaders that the ends justify the means – if you have the right media allies.
If Nixon was forced to resign for a cover-up, then Obama’s behavior deserves far more than a glowing Netflix documentary. It deserves scrutiny, outrage, and, yes, accountability.
Because if we don’t call it what it was, we’re not just rewriting history.
We’re erasing the Constitution.
Brilyn Hollyhand is a 19-year-old political commentator, bestselling author of “One Generation Away: Why Now is the Time to Restore American Freedom”, and host of “The Brilyn Hollyhand Show”. For more of his hot takes you can follow him on socials @Brilyn Hollyhand or visit BrilynHollyhand.com.
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The Trump administration will soon push the United Nations (UN) to rewrite the international asylum rules, calling the current framework a “haphazard and chaotic system” routinely abused by bad actors, the Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed.
U.S. officials are planning an event later this month during the UN’s annual General Assembly to spotlight reforms aimed at curbing asylum abuses that have “disrupted entire regions, enriched criminal cartels and violated the sovereignty of nations,” a State Department spokesperson told the DCNF. Proposed changes include requiring migrants to seek protection in the first country they enter rather than “asylum shopping” for a destination of choice.
“The United States plans to begin a conversation on reforming an outdated, decades-old system that has long been abused by bad actors and economic migrants to fuel the global migration crisis,” the spokesperson told the DCNF.
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Most countries, including the U.S., are signatories to UN treaties that set a framework for those fleeing persecution to seek asylum at another country’s borders. The Trump administration, however, plans to push for “commonsense and necessary reforms” emphasizing that every nation has a right to control its borders, there is no right to receive asylum in a country of choice, asylum is meant to be temporary, sovereign states determine when return is possible, and that every country is obligated to accept return of its citizens, the spokesperson said.
European countries that have taken in millions of refugees, many from Muslim-majority nations, have been grappling with social turmoil and violence linked to migrants. Germany alone — with a population of 83 million — had 3 million refugees as of mid-2024, according to the UN.
The push aligns with President Donald Trump’s broader push to tighten asylum standards and “realign” U.S. policy.
“Cities and small towns alike, from Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and Springfield, Ohio, to Whitewater, Wisconsin, have seen significant influxes of migrants,” Trump wrote in his Jan. 20 executive order temporarily suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which is currently being challenged in court.
“The United States lacks the ability to absorb large numbers of migrants, and in particular, refugees, into its communities in a manner that does not compromise the availability of resources for Americans, that protects their safety and security, and that ensures the appropriate assimilation of refugees,” the order continued.
The administration is also expected to set its refugee admission ceiling for fiscal year 2026 this month. More than 100,000 refugees were admitted into the country under former President Joe Biden in fiscal year 2024 — the highest figure since 1994 — according to the Migration Policy Institute.
Meanwhile, Trump has highlighted the violence and discrimination faced by Afrikaners, the minority group of predominantly Dutch descent in South Africa, whose harrowing testimonies the Daily Caller has documented. In May, the president signed an executive order promoting the resettlement of Afrikaners, and several groups have already arrived in the U.S.
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The man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk reportedly lives with a transgender-identifying “partner,” according to Fox News reporter Brooke Singman.
Authorities have arrested Tyler Robinson, 22, accusing him of gunning down Kirk during a TPUSA “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, during which the late activist was debating attendees on a variety of topics, including transgenderism. Authorities say that communications between Robinson and the biological male who identified as a transgender female confirm Robinson as the person responsible for the assassination of Kirk, Singman posted on X Saturday.
Kirk had engaged in a debate about transgender mass shooters with Hudson Kozak shortly before being assassinated. The subject became a hot-button issue following the Aug. 27 shooting during an all-school mass held at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis that left two children dead.
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Authorities had recovered a rifle containing ammunition that was reportedly marked with left-wing messaging, from a wooded area near the site of Kirk’s fatal shooting. The phrases included “Hey fascist! Catch!” and “If you read this you are gay LMAO,” according to Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.
Kirk founded TPUSA, an organization for conservative college and high school students, in June 2012, according to the group’s website. He also hosted “The Charlie Kirk Show,” a podcast that later became a radio show on the Salem Radio Network, according to his biography on TPUSA’s site.
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