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'We fight too many wars!' Reverend Jesse Jackson denounces US militarism after Venezuelan embassy raid

RT
Fri, 17 May 2019 00:57 UTC

Renowned American civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson has spoken out against US militaristic foreign policy after delivering food supplies to peace activists at the Venezuelan embassy in DC before their forceful eviction.

The arrest of four remaining activists from the so-called Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective on Thursday by police will not change people's resolve to protest against an American foreign policy which simply disregards the laws and sovereignty of other nations, Jackson told RT after visiting the embassy site on Wednesday. He announced:

"We are going to have a major demonstration in front of the embassy on this coming Sunday. It will be focused not only on Venezuela but also on Yemen and North Korea and on South and Latin America. We want the conflict in Venezuela to be resolved. We want both sides to come to the common table and work out a solution to let people live in peace."

Stressing that the US has repeatedly violated international law, citing examples of American wars in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, as well as the US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, Rev. Jackson called on peace activists to "intensify struggle" in an effort to change the US' foreign policy.

"We fight too many wars. We choose too much fighting instead of talking," he stressed. "People must protest that because if they can violate this [international] law they can violate another."

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Train derailed: Trump Administration cancels $929M in California high speed rail funds, appeal rejected

David Shepardson
Reuters
Thu, 16 May 2019 03:02 UTC

The Trump administration said on Thursday it was formally cancelling $929 million in previously awarded funding for California's high-speed rail program after rejecting an appeal by the state.

The U.S. railway regulator, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), said on Thursday it had canceled the funding awarded in a 2010 agreement after it said the state had "repeatedly failed to comply" and "failed to make reasonable progress on the project."

In a statement, the FRA said it was still considering "all options" on seeking the return of $2.5 billion in federal funds the state has already received.

The decision is the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and California over a series of issues including immigration, vehicle emissions standards and internet policy.

The largest U.S. state has repeatedly sued the Trump administration and officials expect the state will sue over the rescinding of rail funding.

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Syria: Nusra Front terrorists plot to frame Russians with false flag provocation

Sputnik
Fri, 17 May 2019 05:45 UTC

Terrorists are planning to film imitation of Syrians getting poisoned next to Russian shrapnel and spread the video online in western media, Russian military reported.

Militants of the Nusra Front terror group are preparing to stage a false-flag provocation in Syria's Idlib province to frame the Russian Aerospace Forces for allegedly attacking civilians with chemical weapons, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday. The ministry's Center for Syrian Reconciliation stated:

"According to residents of the Serakab settlement, in this area, Nusra Front militants are preparing a provocation with poisonous chemical substances and fragments of Russian aviation munition... The provocation is aimed at accusing the Russian Aerospace Forces of allegedly using 'chemical weapons' against civilians in the Idlib province."

The militants were planning to film the alleged poisoning of civilians next to the fragments of the Russian munition to subsequently spread the footage across social platforms and western media outlets, the military added.

"The information received by the Reconciliation Center from the residents of the Serakab settlement has been checked and confirmed with another independent source," the statement added.

Adiós gringo? Russia, Venezuela negotiate swap-out of US dollar for ruble in bilateral trade

RT
Fri, 17 May 2019 13:19 UTC

Caracas is in talks with Moscow over the possibility of using the Russian ruble in mutual trade settlements and abandoning dollar transactions, according to Venezuela's representative to the UN office in Geneva Jorge Valero.

The ambassador added that the countries are also discussing the use of Venezuelan state-sponsored oil-backed cryptocurrency El Petro, launched last year. Caracas pegged the value of the petro to the price of one barrel of Venezuelan oil. The government also pegged Venezuela's national currency, the bolivar, to El Petro last summer.

Numerous sanctions introduced against Venezuela by the US have forced the Bolivarian Republic to stop using the dollar for its international transactions. It switched to the euro last October. In addition, the country started swapping crude oil for imported products.

Venezuela is currently trying to get over one of the worst economic crises in history with hyperinflation heading for 10,000,000 percent this year, according to the forecast by the International Monetary Fund.

Italy's Salvini excoriates Merkel and Macron for 'ruining Europe'

Adam Shaw
Fox News
Thu, 16 May 2019 18:31 UTC

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini excoriated German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, accusing them of having "ruined" Europe -- after Merkel said he wasn't welcome in her center-right European party.

"It is we who do not want to have anything to do with Merkel and with Emmanuel Macron and with those who have ruined this Union," he said in San Severo, according to Libero Quotidiano.

"We want to save Europe, which is not that of bureaucrats, bankers, financiers and those who have ruined it in recent years," he said.

Salvini is leader of the right-wing League, which is in coalition with the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement. But he has quickly become the de facto face of the government abroad in his role as interior minister, often overshadowing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, as he has fought to cut immigration from Africa and has formed alliances with other nationalists abroad.

Trump: Those connected with spying on my presidential campaign should be convicted of treason

Caitlin Yilek
Washington Examiner
Fri, 17 May 2019 18:23 UTC

President Trump said court-ordered FBI surveillance of his 2016 presidential campaign was treason and those connected to it should serve long prison sentences.

"A really bad situation," Trump tweeted Friday. "TREASON means long jail sentences, and this was TREASON!"

FBI Director Chris Wray said earlier this month he did not consider the surveillance to be "spying" and he had no evidence the bureau illegally surveilled Trump's campaign during its investigation into potential collusion between the campaign and Russia.

U.S. terminates Turkey's preferential trade agreement, reduces tariffs on steel

Humeyra Pamuk and Eric Beech
Reuters
Fri, 17 May 2019 17:39 UTC

The United States on Thursday terminated Turkey's preferential trade treatment that allowed some exports to enter the country duty free, but it has halved its tariffs on imports of Turkish steel to 25%.

The White House said it was appropriate to terminate Turkey's eligibility to participate in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, based on its level of economic development. The decision is effective May 17, it added.

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in early March said Turkey was no longer eligible to participate because it "is sufficiently economically developed." It had begun reviewing the NATO ally's status in the program last August when the two countries were embroiled in a diplomatic row.

But Ankara had been hopeful that Washington would not go ahead with the decision, saying it would be against the $75 billion target for mutual trade laid out by President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.

Libyan national army DEFEATING the UN-installed puppet government and its terrorists

Joanne Moriarty
Libyan War The Truth
Thu, 16 May 2019 17:29 UTC

The UN puppet government, know as the Government of National Accord, is using Libyan money (without authority) to arm and maintain terrorist mercenaries and militias. Serraj, head of the illegitimate government, has NEVER been vested by the Libyan people to have any authority in their country. He and his terrorist minions (Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, LIFG, Ansar Al Sharia, ISIS, Daesh, etc) sneaked themselves into Tripoli by boat, by the dark of night in 2015 with the help of the UN. Once landed in Tripoli, they were protected by LIFG terrorist founder, Belhaj. The next morning, the UN declared that Serraj and his self appointed criminals (many members of his family) were the legitimate government in Libya.

The GNA is losing, they and their terrorists are losing to the LIBYAN PEOPLE. The Libyan National Army, supported by all the great tribes of Libya (representing the Libyan people) is cleansing Tripoli of Terrorists. That list includes the GNA headed by Fayez al Serraj.

The GNA was put in place in Libya by the Khazarian mafia Zionists (New World Order - responsible for NATO destruction in 2011) to maintain control of Libya's resources and keep the Libyan people oppressed and without their sovereignty. The GNA (Serraj) has been stealing money from the Libyan central bank to pay mercenaries and terrorist militias, there is ample proof of this fact. Meanwhile the Libyan people suffer with little food, poor medical, bad water, no electricity etc. Absolutely, nothing has been done by this phony, illegitimate GNA for the Libyan people. However, many foreign countries have been allowed to steal Libyan resources with the blessings of the GNA. France has been mining Libyan gold illegally, Italy steals Libyan natural gas and much of Libya's oil is sent to Israel without proper payment.

Trump is sure Iran will seek to negotiate with Washington 'soon', but Iran sees his tactics as 'psychological warfare'

RFE/RL
Thu, 16 May 2019 17:21 UTC

U.S. President Donald Trump says he is sure Tehran will "soon" seek to negotiate with Washington, and he dismissed media reports suggesting there was disagreement within the administration of his policy toward Iran.

"I'm sure that Iran will want to talk soon," Trump wrote on Twitter on May 15 without elaborating.

Trump's remarks follow comments he made on May 9 when he said he did not rule out a military confrontation with Iran. But he added, "What I would like to see with Iran, I would like to see them call me."

Iranian leaders responded by rejecting any talks with Washington.

Comment: Meanwhile, a senior Iranian official described Trump's tactics as "like holding a gun at someone and asking for friendship and negotiations" and that the US military buildup in the ME is "psychological warfare".

Dutch govt, like every other western European govt, relying heavily on Russophobia to garner votes for European election

RT
Fri, 17 May 2019 17:03 UTC

When you get crushed at the ballot box and want to undercut the guys who beat you, the best strategy is to say they are in love with the Kremlin and want to sell the country to Putin, the ruling Dutch party apparently believes.

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the party of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, is in a perilous situation at the moment. Two months ago political newcomers from Forum for Democracy (FvD) crushed the centrist ruling coalition in provincial elections.

Next week Dutch voters choose their representatives at the European Parliament and Prime Minister Rutte and his people have apparently decided it's time to unpack the ultimate weapon: red-baiting.

A political ad published by VVD on Thursday tells the Dutch they shouldn't vote for FvD because its leader Thierry Baudet ... wants to hand the Netherlands over to Vladimir Putin. Why? Because Baudet, is in love with the Russian president - at least that's what the cartoonish popping out eyes, with hearts in them and the hashtag #Kremlincrush imply.

Comment: The Dutch are obviously taking a page from America's playbook. No matter how spurious the claims, the goal is for it to stick in the minds of the voting populace.

Note the similarity of the refrain "...but all our military intelligence agencies say it is so..."

The " I love my job, but not as much as my freedom " is much too tame. It should read " I love my job, but not as much as my life "

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Puppet Masters

'We fight too many wars!' Reverend Jesse Jackson denounces US militarism after Venezuelan embassy raid

Train derailed: Trump Administration cancels $929M in California high speed rail funds, appeal rejected

Syria: Nusra Front terrorists plot to frame Russians with false flag provocation

Adiós gringo? Russia, Venezuela negotiate swap-out of US dollar for ruble in bilateral trade

Italy's Salvini excoriates Merkel and Macron for 'ruining Europe'

Trump: Those connected with spying on my presidential campaign should be convicted of treason

U.S. terminates Turkey's preferential trade agreement, reduces tariffs on steel

Libyan national army DEFEATING the UN-installed puppet government and its terrorists

Trump is sure Iran will seek to negotiate with Washington 'soon', but Iran sees his tactics as 'psychological warfare'

Dutch govt, like every other western European govt, relying heavily on Russophobia to garner votes for European election

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