Longtime Clinton aligned organization MoveOn.org is raising funds to continue to disrupt Donald Trump rallies, according to emails sent out to members. While seemingly innocuous at first, the emails are potentially indicative of something much more calculating and sinister.

"Last night, without consulting local police, Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a rally in Chicago in the face of massive and overwhelmingly peaceful student-led protests," an email to MoveOn.org members stated. "We're being flooded with aggressive emails and social media posts from Trump supporters. Some of them are threatening. We refuse to be intimidated by Donald Trump, Fox News, or anyone else..."

"So here's the plan: We'll support MoveOn.org members to call out and nonviolently protest Trump's racist, bigoted, misogynistic, xenophobic, and violent behavior — and show the world that America rejects Trump's hate. And to keep it going, we're counting on you to donate whatever you can to cover the costs of everything involved — the organizers, signs, online recruitment ads, training, and more."

The email asks for a donation of $3 to continue the campaign against Trump.

We're not sure what the deal is with The Jerusalem Post but recently it has published more than one elaborate tale that nobody else wants to touch with a six foot pole. In its latest such offering it picked up a story from the Kuwaiti daily called Al Jarida that Vladimir Putin has decided to "punish" Iran by suspending deliveries of S-300 air defense systems because Tehran violated its earlier agreement not to transfer sophisticated Russian weaponry to Hezbollah. Supposedly this evidence was delivered to Putin by Israeli intelligence.

Now the weirdest part of this story is why would of all publications in the world an Arabic language Kuwaiti daily be the one with such a great inside track on a story involving Russians, Iranians and Israelis. It turns out there is an explanation for that - Al Jarida is in fact a known Israeli front:

Al-Jarida is seen as tightly linked with Netanyahu's close associates. Since Netanyahu's return to the Israeli government in the spring of 2009, his colleagues allegedly have, on occasion, used the Kuwaiti paper to leak information without leaving footprints.

Many in Israel and the West view leaks in Al-Jarida as originating Israeli sources, which tends to increase their credibility.

So the timeline is: Israelis tell a story to Al Jarida they want published. Then Jerusalem Post picks up the story as having originated in Kuwait rather than Israel.

Over the past week the situation in the Donetsk People Republic sharply deteriorated.

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Over the past day the Ukrainian military violated the ceasefire sixty-seven times and shelled the territory of the Republic two hundred ninety-four times. The Ukrainian Nazi ten times used tanks in the direction of Yasinovataya, launched forty120mm mortar shells to the territory of Lozovoye, thirty-four 120mm mortar shells to the territory of Nikolaevka and twenty-eight mortar shells of the same caliber to the territory of Staromikhailovka. Altogether in the shellings the enemy used tanksfifteen times, 120mm mortars a hundred and twenty times, 82mm mortars a hundred and five times. The enemy also used infantry fighting vehicles, grenade launchers of different types, anti-aircraft systems and small arms.

Over the week the Ukrainian side shelled the territory of the Republic two thousand and nine times, including nine hundred eighty-two times from heavy weapons.

Russia is keeping the option of re-engaging open but the withdrawal does encompass its fighting element. Russians now plan to monitor the ceasefire rather than fight outright

The Kremlin has just published a shock announcement that Putin has ordered the withdrawal of most of the Russian strike force from Syria.

The withdrawal is apparently slated to begin on Tuesday 15th March 2016.

The reason Putin has given for the decision is that with the announcement of the truce and with the Syrian army reorganised and able to conduct offensive operations on its own, the presence of the Russian strike force is no longer needed.

It is clear that there will not be a total withdrawal. Khmeimim air base will not be entirely abandoned and the Russians will keep a presence in Syria sufficient to monitor the truce. However that will most be done using aerial drones.

It is also clear that the Russians stand ready to return to Syria if the need arises.

"We want no Gestapo or secret police. The FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail. J. Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him."—President Harry S. Truman

"Don't Be a Puppet" is the message the FBI is sending young Americans.

As part of the government's so-called ongoing war on terror, the nation's de facto secret police force is now recruiting students and teachers to spy on each other and report anyone who appears to have the potential to be "anti-government" or "extremist."

Using the terms "anti-government," "extremist" and "terrorist" interchangeably, the government continues to add to its growing list of characteristics that could distinguish an individual as a potential domestic terrorist.

For instance, you might be a domestic terrorist in the eyes of the FBI (and its network of snitches) if you:

• express libertarian philosophies (statements, bumper stickers)
• exhibit Second Amendment-oriented views (NRA or gun club membership)
• read survivalist literature, including apocalyptic fictional books
• show signs of self-sufficiency (stockpiling food, ammo, hand tools, medical supplies)
• fear an economic collapse
• buy gold and barter items
• subscribe to religious views concerning the book of Revelation
• voice fears about Big Brother or big government
• expound about constitutional rights and civil liberties
• believe in a New World Order conspiracy

Despite its well-publicized efforts to train students, teachers, police officers, hairdressers, store clerks, etc., into government eyes and ears, the FBI isn't relying on a nation of snitches to carry out its domestic spying.

There's no need.

The nation's largest law enforcement agency rivals the NSA in resources, technology, intelligence, and power. Yet while the NSA has repeatedly come under fire for its domestic spying programs, the FBI has continued to operate its subversive and clearly unconstitutional programs with little significant oversight or push-back from the public, Congress or the courts. Just recently, for example, a secret court gave the agency the green light to quietly change its privacy rules for accessing NSA data on Americans' international communications.

Indeed, as I point out in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, the FBI has become the embodiment of how power, once acquired, can be easily corrupted and abused.

When and if a true history of the FBI is ever written, it will not only track the rise of the American police state but it will also chart the decline of freedom in America.

Russia on Monday opposed slapping sanctions on Iran over recent ballistic missile tests that Moscow's UN envoy said did not violate a UN resolution adopted after the landmark nuclear deal.

The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting on the missile launches at the request of the United States, which along with Britain had pushed for a special report to decide on possible sanctions.

But the meeting concluded with no specific follow-up action other than further discussion on the test-launches within a designated Security Council committee on Iran.

"We did agree that it's not a violation," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters, welcoming "a very satisfactory outcome of the discussion."

Since the beginning of the Syrian civil war at least 1,491 people have died in attacks where poisonous and asphyxiating agents such as sarin, chlorine and mustard gas were used, according to an aid agency report.

Violence in the country has been ongoing since 2011, as rival rebel and terrorist factions continue to battle government forces for control of the region.

In a report detailing first hand accounts of "horrific" human rights violations, the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) says 161 chemical weapons attacks occurred in the country up to 2015.

SAMS says a further 133 chemical assaults "could not be fully substantiated".

The charity has counted about 14,581 injuries from chemical exposure, with weapons such as sarin missiles and chlorine gas bombs reportedly hitting rural and civilian areas.

The US Justice Department cautioned local courts that it is unconstitutional to jail someone for not paying fines without determining whether they are able to pay, and warned against using court fees to generate revenue for cities.

The warnings came as part of an effort to reform court practices that "perpetuate poverty and result in unnecessary deprivations of liberty," the Justice Department said.

"The consequences of the criminalization of poverty are not only harmful - they are far-reaching," said Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a statement. "They not only affect an individual's ability to support their family, but also contribute to an erosion of our faith in government."

She added that abusive court practices that disproportionally affect the poor erode trust in the government. The legal system should treat all Americans the same regardless of their economic status, she said.

We reported yesterday that China has become the first foreign buyer of Russia's most advanced air defense system, the S-400, and noted how the deal is consistent with growing military and political ties between the two countries.

Moscow clearly sees Beijing as a long-term ally if it's willing to provide China with its best military hardware.

If the S-400 deal isn't persuasive enough though, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's comments during his recent visit to Moscow should remove all doubt regarding the China-Russia alliance:

The pontiff has imposed new rules on the Vatican's saint-making process, which are aimed at making the Catholic Church more financially accountable. The move comes after monetary abuses were revealed in two books.

The new regulations will require Vatican bank accounts created for beatification and canonization purposes to be externally monitored, AP reported.

Beatification is recognition granted by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into heaven and ability to intercede on behalf of people who pray in his or her name. Canonization is the official process of declaring a dead person a saint. The rules will also require regular budgeting and accounting to make sure that donations from Church members are being used as intended.

Each saintly cause will be assigned to an administrator subject to oversight of the local bishop or religious superior. They will also be required to keep a running tab on expenditures and donations, prepare an annual budget, and "scrupulously respect" the intention of each donation.

In addition, the administrator must approve the annual budget and send it to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints — the Vatican office responsible for reviewing saintly candidates, investigating miracles, and preparing cases for the Pope's ultimate decision.

The rules also set out a process by which each cause pays the congregation for its services in finalizing the canonization or beatification, though they do not specify how much. Once the candidate is made a saint, the congregation decides what to do with any remaining funds, which could include sending them to an account for less well-off candidates.