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Swalwell scandal isn't about a one-off dalliance with a Chinese spy - Pelosi knows about 'the whole thing'

Allan Miller
100PercentFedUp.com
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC

In the days since a bombshell report linked Rep. Eric Swalwell with a suspected Chinese spy, the congressman's record on China has come under scrutiny...but that's not it...THIS COULD GET REAL INTERESTING REAL FAST.

A look at some of the California Democrat's statements and legislative history reveals a mixed bag: at times opposing the Chinese government's practices, but not when President Trump was involved.

"Director Ratcliffe said that China is the greatest threat, which does not match what we have been briefed on privately," Swalwell told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow in August, when discussing foreign election interference. While China, Iran, and Russia had all been suspected of trying to impact November's election, Swalwell only focused on Russia, which he recognized as being the "one country that has a preference for Donald Trump."

But it doesn't stop there!

The Swalwell Scandal isn't about a one-off dalliance w/ a Chinese spy.

Comment: Swalwell has proven he is better at running his mouth than his brain. Meanwhile we await with baited breath 'the whole thing'. Maybe it'll be like 'the kraken'?

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Chinese money launderer who called James Biden after FBI arrest, was really trying to reach Hunter

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:24 UTC

With Politico reporting on Wednesday that Hunter Biden's criminal investigation covers potential money laundering, and CNN's Simon Prokupecz reporting that the feds are looking into a 2017 gift to Hunter from CEFC China Energy Co. founder Ye Jianming - a 2.8-carat diamond, let's revisit a prime example of what one Chinese professor described as 'friends in high places' within the Democratic party.

In November, 2017, Joe Biden's brother James received a surprise call on his cellphone from Patrick Ho, Ye Jianming's lieutenant who was arrested by the FBI (and is now serving a 36-month sentence for bribery and money laundering), according to a December, 2018 report by the New York Times. According to James, the call was meant for Hunter:

James Biden, a financier and brother of the former vice president, was in a hotel lobby in November 2017 when he got a surprise call on his cellphone. The call was from Patrick Ho, Mr. Ye's lieutenant. Mr. Ho, 69, was in trouble.

Federal agents who had monitored CEFC's rise since at least the summer of 2016 had sprung into action, arresting Mr. Ho in New York on allegations that he had bribed African officials in Chad and Uganda. Days later, federal agents showed up at Mr. Ye's luxury apartment building across from Central Park with a subpoena to interview Mr. Ye, said people familiar with the matter.
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In a brief interview, James Biden said he had been surprised by Mr. Ho's call. He said he believed it had been meant for Hunter Biden, the former vice president's son. James Biden said he had passed on his nephew's contact information.

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Conservatives ask 'what about Biden?' after New Yorker breaks story on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's cognitive decline

RT
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:22 UTC

Dianne Feinstein is the oldest sitting US senator and, according to the New Yorker, is suffering from severe cognitive decline. Online, some pundits wondered why the magazine never examined Joe Biden the same way.

At 87 years old, Dianne Feinsten has represented California in the US Senate since 1992, and was previously the mayor of San Francisco between 1978 and 1988. After a long career in public service, the New Yorker reported on Thursday that her mind simply isn't what it used to be.

According to the magazine, Feinstein's "short-term memory has grown so poor that she often forgets she has been briefed on a topic, accusing her staff of failing to do so just after they have." Rumors of the California Democrat's decline have been out in the open for some time, backed up by videos of her bumbling through public statements and fueled by the gossip-hungry conservative press. Video footage of a Senate hearing last month, for example, showed Feinstein asking the same question twice of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

Comment: Perhaps the 'gossip-hungry conservative press' made the same sort of observations as depicted here. Given a partisan motive or not, a person in cognitive decline should not be a decision-maker in America's highest political arena - be it senator or president.

Comment: What others had to say:

Raytheon, Yemen and Biden

Michael Arria
Mondoweiss
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC

Meet General Lloyd Austin

President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate retired Army general Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary. After retiring from the military in 2016, Austin joined the board of Raytheon. The defense manufacturer has sold billions of dollars worth of weapons to the Saudi coalition that's been pummeling Yemen with bombs for years.

New York Times, earlier this year, reported:

"After the Yemen war began in 2015 and the Obama administration made a hasty decision to back the Saudis, Raytheon booked more than $3 billion in new bomb sales, according to an analysis of available U.S. government records. Intent on pushing the deals through, Raytheon followed the industry playbook: It took advantage of federal loopholes by sending former State Department officials, who were not required to be registered as lobbyists, to press their former colleagues to approve the sales."

In leaked audio, Biden says 'defund the police' being used to 'beat the living hell out of' Democrats

Dominick Mastrangelo
The Hill
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:29 UTC

Comment: Damn right it is, and with full justification. Take a look at Portland's latest fiasco. Intelligent Americans want nothing to do with weakening law enforcement.

President-elect Joe Biden privately warned a group of civil rights leaders to curb rhetoric about police reform in America ahead of the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January.

The leaders had been urging Biden to be aggressive in rolling back some of the Trump administration's policies via executive order during his early days in office, including on matters of voting and police misconduct.

They also took issue with Biden's selection of Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary instead of choosing a person of color. That prompted Biden to warn the group that such forceful statements could backfire in the Georgia Senate election, which will determine party control of the chamber.

Comment: Sleepy Joe is still coherent enough to realize what tactics are going to damage his case for being accepted a president. Not that it's likely, and he probably knows that, too. But one must keep up appearances.

Biden's pick for Pentagon chief further erodes key US norm: Civilian control

Glenn Greenwald
greenwald.substack.com
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:53 UTC

© Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images
Then-Commander of US Central Command Gen. Lloyd Austin III conducts a media briefing on Operation Inherent Resolve, the international military effort against (IS) Islamic State group, on October 17, 2014, at the Pentagon (Photo credit should read )

Joe Biden's pick to be the next Secretary of Defense, according to reports on Monday night, is recently retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin, III. The choice of Gen. Austin further erodes the once-sacred American norm that military officials will be barred from exercising control over the Pentagon until substantial time has passed after leaving active-duty military service.

Before Gen. Austin can be confirmed, Biden will need a special waiver from Congress under the National Security Act of 1947. That law, a cornerstone of the post-World War II national security state, provides that "a person who has within ten years been on active duty as a commissioned officer in a Regular component of the armed services shall not be eligible for appointment as Secretary of Defense." Enactment of the law after the war, explained the Congressional Research Service, was imperative to "preserve the principle of civilian control of the military at a time when the United States was departing from its century-and-a-half long tradition of a small standing military." A 2008 law reduced that waiting period to seven years, but Gen. Austin, who retired from the U.S. Army only four years ago, in 2016, still falls well within its prohibition.

Comment: China's Global Times is happy with the pick. Austin is not numbered among the ranks of China hawks:

[P]rovoking China will only bring the US more troubles. Picking Austin as the new secretary of defense signals that the US will to some extent ease tensions with China. We might see the US adjust its entire overseas military strategy.

It can be anticipated that Washington will attach more significance in the Middle East. It will not continue to withdraw its troops from the region. On the contrary, the US may send more soldiers there. That's why Biden is choosing Austin: Because he has deep experience in the Middle East.

US flew two bombers from Louisiana over the Persian Gulf, is joined by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar

Courtney Kube
Yahoo
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:43 UTC

The U.S. military flew two B-52H bombers from Louisiana to the Middle East Thursday, part of an ongoing effort to deter Iran from any aggressive actions, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

The bomber mission, which flew through the region but did not drop any bombs, comes as the U.S. military believes there is a heightened chance for Iranian actions or miscalculations, according to a senior U.S. military official with knowledge of the region.

The two B-52H "Stratofortresses" flew from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on a roughly 36-hour mission that took them across Europe, through the northern Red Sea, across Saudi Arabia and into the Persian Gulf for a north to south transit. The mission included a counterclockwise loop around Qatar, all the time staying closer to the western side of the gulf and outside Iranian airspace, according to the senior U.S. military official with knowledge of the region.

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Russia's State Duma approves bill giving ex-Presidents lifetime immunity

RFE/RL
Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:23 UTC

Dmitry Medvedev is Russia's only living former president.

Russia's lower house of parliament has approved the final reading of a bill that would grant sweeping lifetime immunity to former presidents.

The legislation approved by the State Duma on December 9 is part of a package of constitutional amendments approved in a referendum earlier this year that could potentially see President Vladimir Putin stay in power until 2036.

The draft stipulates that any former head of state and their families automatically obtain lifetime immunity from criminal or administrative charges. They also cannot be detained, arrested, searched, or interrogated.

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Biden names Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

Joseph Weber
Just the News
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:13 UTC

Rice was President Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador.

Democrat Joe Biden on Thursday named Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council for his anticipated administration.

The appointment is considered an unexpected change in role for Rice, a longtime Democratic foreign policy expert. She was President Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador.

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'The opposition does not have a leader': Ditch 'exhausted' Guaido charade, Venezuelan opposition figure pleads with US

RT
Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:41 UTC

Venezuelan opposition politician Henrique Capriles has urged the incoming Biden administration to halt US efforts to install self-styled interim president Juan Guaido as the rightful occupant of President Nicolas Maduro's office.

The projected US presidential election winner Joe Biden's administration "must understand" that the efforts to prop up Guaido despite declining support even among the Venezuelan opposition are "exhausted," and that it "cannot give continuity to the status quo," Capriles told the BBC during a Wednesday interview.

He called for Washington and the EU to help the opposition in Caracas "fight for fair electoral conditions" after this month's vote handed Maduro's ruling PSUV party control of even the National Assembly, formerly an opposition stronghold. As in 2018, most of the opposition boycotted the vote, leaving a wide-open path to victory for Maduro.

Their HELL bent in injecting this SHIT in to everyone and will stop at nothing until their demented goal is achieved. If you lose your job for not...

Winternights3

Someone deport this monstrous POS back to hell, or wherever. Anywhere with a good stockade 😤and his kids too

slbeaudry

To prevent Corona spreading they're gonna make everyone be asymptomatic super spreaders. if you agree with this action as legitimate you're a dumb...

sbc

If you read the linked white house statement try not to puke.

sbc

Let's go, Brandon! Fucking asswipe, worthless, POS. Fraud! Argh! 😤

slbeaudry

Puppet Masters

Swalwell scandal isn't about a one-off dalliance with a Chinese spy - Pelosi knows about 'the whole thing'

Chinese money launderer who called James Biden after FBI arrest, was really trying to reach Hunter

Conservatives ask 'what about Biden?' after New Yorker breaks story on Sen. Dianne Feinstein's cognitive decline

Raytheon, Yemen and Biden

In leaked audio, Biden says 'defund the police' being used to 'beat the living hell out of' Democrats

Biden's pick for Pentagon chief further erodes key US norm: Civilian control

US flew two bombers from Louisiana over the Persian Gulf, is joined by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar

Russia's State Duma approves bill giving ex-Presidents lifetime immunity

Biden names Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council

'The opposition does not have a leader': Ditch 'exhausted' Guaido charade, Venezuelan opposition figure pleads with US

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