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Trump trial postponed indefinitely


RT
Wed, 08 May 2024 15:08 UTC
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© Chet Strange/Getty ImagesFormer US President Donald Trump
A US federal judge has indefinitely postponed the trial of former US president and Republican front runner Donald Trump over allegations of mishandling classified documents.

In the summer of 2022, FBI agents raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, recovering hundreds of classified documents. The Washington Post reported in September of the same year that some materials related to US nuclear secrets, Iran's missile program, and Washington's intelligence activities in China.

A year later, Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury in Miami, Florida. The former president has pleaded not guilty.

The trial was initially set to begin on May 20, 2024. However, in a ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Aileen Cannon reset the date, arguing that there were eight substantive pending motions on which she has yet to decide. The judge also said she believed the national security mishandling allegations to "present novel and difficult questions."

Cannon said that the finalization of a trial date at this point "would be imprudent and inconsistent with the court's duty to fully and fairly consider" numerous issues in the case, noting that "additional pretrial and trial preparations [are] necessary to present this case to a jury."
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'Israel is too cowardly': Houthis speak to RT about war, Zionism and Palestine

Abbas Juma
RT
Fri, 03 May 2024 15:43 UTC
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Houthi official Nasr Al-Din Amer
Exclusive interview with Nasr al-Din Amer, an official representative of Yemen's Ansar Allah movement

Yemen's Houthis (officially the Ansar Allah movement) have dismissed US peace proposals, The National writes, citing Yemeni sources.

Over the past week, Ansar Allah fighters have attacked US and Israeli ships in the Red Sea at least four times, following a brief pause in hostilities. These attacks have caused considerable economic damage and undermined the public image of the US and its allies. Unable to deal with the Yemenis by means of the "stick," the US resorted to the "carrot," promising to lift the blockade on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and the port of Hodeidah if the Houthis stopped the attacks. However, the Ansar Allah movement does not intend to stop its operations until Palestine is liberated.

Nasr al-Din Amer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yemen's Saba news agency, and deputy head of the press service of the Ansar Allah movement, spoke with RT about all this and more, in an exclusive interview.
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Biden's DOJ threatens to sue another state for enforcing immigration law

Jason Hopkins
Daily Caller
Fri, 03 May 2024 03:36 UTC
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© unknownMigrant caravan
The Department of Justice is threatening a lawsuit over Iowa's new illegal immigration law, the latest move in the Biden administration's effort to stop GOP states from addressing the ongoing border crisis.

Justice Department Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton wrote to Iowa Republicans Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird on Thursday, threatening to sue the state unless they suspend enforcement of the newly-enacted Senate Bill 2340, the Des Moines Register first reported.

"SF 2340 is preempted by federal law and violates the United States Constitution," Boynton wrote in the letter, arguing that the Iowa law violated the Immigration and Nationality Act and "intrudes into a field that is occupied by the government and is preempted."

He gave Iowa officials a deadline of May 7 to put a halt to the law or else the Justice Department will take action.
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Conflict in Ukraine perpetuated by private and corrupt interests linking Zelensky and the Bidens

Uriel Araujo
InfoBrics
Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00 UTC
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With regards to the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza, the point of Benjamin Netanyahu's supposed personal and political interests in the perpetuation of the military occupation has been raised by several analysts and journalists. Marc Champion, for example, writing for Bloomberg, highlighted the fact that the Israeli Prime Minister is currently "fighting corruption charges in court" (it being implicit that it is of course usually harder to investigate and to condemn incumbent national leaders). Netanyahu, in addition, will "face a political reckoning over Oct. 7's security failures as soon as the war in Gaza ends."

Thus, writes Champion, "under cover of the country's blinding rage and deep yearning for long-term security, Netanyahu is fighting to secure his own political survival." Champion and other analysts may or may not be spot on, with regards to Netanyahu's motivations and calculations. The point is that personal, private and business interests (sometimes even involving shady deals) may indeed shape, to some degree, foreign policy decisions. And the issue is more outstanding in Ukraine than perhaps anywhere else.
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'NATO lake' to put pressure on Russia's Kaliningrad during upcoming Baltic training, writes former supreme allied commander

James Stavridis
Bloomberg
Thu, 09 May 2024 14:52 UTC
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With the addition this year of Sweden and last spring of Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Baltic Sea has been dubbed a "NATO lake" by some analysts. A glance at a map show that is largely (but not completely) true — the coastline has a couple of slivers of Russian territory. The rest of the coastal littoral is in NATO hands: Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Denmark.

Russia controls a bit of coast between Lithuania and Poland because of its strange enclave of Kaliningrad. And President Vladimir Putin remains in control of the far eastern corner of the Baltic Sea in the approaches to St. Petersburg — ironically once thought of as the "window to the Western world" by the czars beginning with Peter the Great. Today, in the event of a conflict between Moscow and NATO, any of Russia's warships there would be quickly and easily bottled up or destroyed.


Comment: Unfortunately, in order to garner insight into the West's scheming, one must bear with Stavridis' delusions of grandeur, and the relentless inaccurate and snide remarks.


Comment: Delusions, such as that displayed in the last line, in addition to the rapid deterioration of NATO member states, and Israel's escalating genocide in Gaza, does not bode well for the future of the West and its vassals.

We can take the above opinion piece as perhaps a hint as to how the West has might provoke Russia next.

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Israel threatens it'll use 'imprecise missiles and destroy 10 buildings instead of 1' after US pause on 'precise' arms supplies


Andalou Agency
Thu, 09 May 2024 14:06 UTC
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© Hatem Khaled/ReutersRemnants of Israeli strike on a house in Rafah • May 5, 2024
A member of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) threatened on Thursday to use "imprecise missiles" in the war on the Gaza Strip in response to a US pause on arms transfer to Tel Aviv.

"The US is threatening not to give us precise missiles. Oh, yeah? Well, I got news for the US. We have imprecise missiles, and we have the right to defend ourselves," Tally Gotlive, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, told Israeli Channel 7.


Comment: Actually, according to China's testimony at Israel's ICJ genocide trial, according to international law it's the Palestinians inalienable who have the right to defend themselves and to take up 'armed struggle' in order to liberate themselves from the occupying forces of Israel.


"So, maybe instead of using a precise missile and take down a specific room, or a specific building, I'll use my imprecise missiles, and I'll just destroy ten buildings. That's what I'll do."

Comment: Israel claims to be able to continue without Western support, but it, like Ukraine, would cease to function were it not for weapons supplies; the tens of billions of dollars in funding that is helping keep its collapsing economy afloat; as well as military assistance in the form of intelligence, and even dual citizens who are fighting for them in the IDF:

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Israeli businessman murdered on video in Egypt is alleged to be Mossad spy, follows IDF seizure of shared border crossing


The New Arab
Thu, 09 May 2024 13:07 UTC
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© GettyEgypt and Israel have technically been at peace since the late 1970s.
The murder of a Canadian-Israeli businessman in Alexandria came a day after the Israeli army seized control of Rafah Border Crossing.

The Egyptian authorities opened an investigation into the murder of a Canadian-Israeli businessman in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, an incident believed to be triggered by Israel's ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

In a brief statement released in the early hours of Wednesday, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said that a Canadian man was shot in Alexandria and that a team of investigators has been formed to probe what it described as "a criminal case."

An Egyptian security official told The New Arab that senior national security officers are among the investigators tasked with probing the case.

Comment: See also:

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Is Meta facilitating Israel's AI-aided bombing of Palestinians in Gaza?

Maryam Qarehgozlou
PressTV
Fri, 03 May 2024 07:56 UTC
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A distant rumbling growing louder warns of a menacing airstrike, and suddenly the sky tears open with the deafening roar of engines and the piercing whistle of falling bombs.

Explosions send shockwaves through the air, shattering windows, and tearing apart walls.

Debris is raining down and the air is thick with smoke. Survivors emerge from the rubble, dazed and bloodied, searching frantically for loved ones amid the relentless cacophony of death and destruction.

This is the grim and gory reality unfolding across Gaza due to Israel's genocidal war on the besieged territory which has killed more than 34,500 Palestinians, two-thirds of whom are women and children.

According to recent reports, Israel has been indiscriminately targeting Palestinians in the narrow strip using its artificial intelligence (AI)-based programs such as "Lavender," "Gospel," and "Where's Daddy" using information partly provided by Meta's messaging app WhatsApp.

Comment: See also:

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West has a decision to make - Putin


RT
Tue, 07 May 2024 09:21 UTC
Russian President Vladimir Putin
© Sputnik / Alexander KazakovRussian President Vladimir Putin takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia
Russia remains open to dialogue and it is up to the other side to decide how to move forward, the president has said

It is up to the West to decide if it wants to engage in dialogue with Russia or pursue endless aggression in an attempt to hamper the country's development, President Vladimir Putin said during his inauguration speech on Tuesday.

Putin's address came after he was officially sworn in for a fifth term as Russian leader. The ceremony took place at the Kremlin Grand Palace and was attended by dozens of dignitaries, including senior officials from parliament and the constitutional court.

Comment: See also: Vladimir Putin to take his fifth presidential oath

On a less formal occasion, Vladimir Putin expressed how Russia views their partners in Western Europe.


One perspective on the problem for the West is expressed in this Tweet
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While it is true that the West has a decision to make regarding Russia, at least if it wants to change what it is and has been doing for a long, long time, is such a change even an option without some degree of suffering and subsequent collective self-reflection?

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US can't build its own LNG carrier ships - Navy Secretary


Al Mayadeen
Wed, 08 May 2024 19:18 UTC
LNG Carrier
LNG Carrier
US companies continue to rely on foreign-flagged ships to deliver their Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Europe.

No shipyards in the United States can build carrier ships capable of transporting Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), US Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro acknowledged in a congressional testimony on Wednesday.

"We've lost that art here in the United States. We can't even build our own LNG ships here in the United States," Del Toro told the US House Armed Services Committee.

According to shipbuilding records, the last time a US shipyard produced an LNG tanker was in 1980. In total, 16 LNG ships were built in the United States between 1977 and 1980.

Comment: That's not great news for Europeans, such as those in the UK, whose leadership conspired with the US to blow up their gas lifeline, the Nord Stream pipeline. These same ailing nations aren't exactly endearing themselves to some of the world's most prolific shipbuilders, either, such as Russia and China.

That said, the issue might be moot anyway what with the US considering whether it might just cut energy-starved Europe off entirely: Biden's suspension of LNG exports challenged by 16 states

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