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AOC and Ilhan Omar coordinated Supreme Court arrest stunt with Soros-funded dark money group

Andrew Kerr
Washington Examiner
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:30 UTC
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© GettyReps. Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and the 15 other Democratic lawmakers who were arrested Tuesday outside the Supreme Court coordinated the stunt with a progressive dark money group funded by billionaire George Soros.

Getting arrested was the whole point of the stunt, Ocasio-Cortez said in an Instagram post on Tuesday. She said organizers of the Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund asked her and her colleagues to "submit themselves for arrest in front of the Supreme Court."

The New York lawmaker insisted in the post what she and her colleagues did was "very different than a 'publicity stunt.'"

Comment: A better question than why Ocasio-Cortez had her hands behind her back was why was she wearing a heavy cold-weather jacket?



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Germany weighing €8 billion bailout of energy giant Uniper, company is largest importer of Russian gas


Deutsche Welle
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 18:41 UTC
Uniper
The German government may step in to save the utility company amid the threat of reduced gas supplies by Russia, including giving Uniper up to €8 billion in loans.
The German government is looking at taking up to a 30% stake in utility firm Uniper, Reuters news agency and German newspaper Handelsblatt reported Wednesday.

What do we know about the bailout package?

Uniper is Germany's largest importer of Russian gas. The German government may intervene to save the company, amid the threat of reduced gas supplies by Russia and soaring prices, according to the reports.

Sources told Reuters that the company may pass on some costs to German consumers in the framework of the rescue package.


Comment: So, citizens will be paying twice.


A German government spokesperson said Berlin is working on a deal to save the company, but would not provide further details.

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EU urges member states to 'voluntarily' slash gas use by 15%, declaration of emergency would make it mandatory

Jennifer Rankin
The Guardian
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:37 UTC
Nord Stream I gas pipeline
© Hannibal Hanschke/ReutersEurope faces an increased gas squeeze from Wednesday, when Russia's Gazprom has said it would cut flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to a fifth of its capacity.
The European Union's executive body has urged member states to slash their gas consumption by 15%, as it warned that a complete shutdown of Russian supplies was "likely".


Comment: Russia has been supplying gas to Europe throughout the West's proxy war, what developments up ahead make the EU establishment think that will change?


The EU has been scrambling to wean itself off Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine, but is alarmed about a potential energy crisis this winter.

In response to EU support for Kyiv, the Kremlin has already stopped or reduced gas supplies to a dozen EU member states and is expected to send lower volumes of gas to Germany when the Nord Stream 1 pipeline reopens on Thursday after scheduled maintenance works.


Comment: Not quite, Russia has only stopped gas to those countries that have refused to pay their bills, it also was forced to reduce supplies because Canada is, by their own admission, withholding a turbine that's critical to the pipelines function. Otherwise, as Russia has repeatedly stated, all gas is being delivered according to contracts.


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Bad Guys

Kissinger warns Biden against endless confrontation with China

Courtney McBride
Bloomberg
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:42 UTC
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© Agence France-PresseHenry Kissinger at 99
Nixon's top diplomat, now 99, talks about US-China ties now, and says European leaders have lost continent's sense of direction

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said geopolitics today requires "Nixonian flexibility" to help defuse conflicts between the US and China as well as between Russia and the rest of Europe.

While warning that China shouldn't become a global hegemon, the man who helped reestablish US-China ties in the 1970s said that President Joe Biden should be wary of letting domestic politics interfere with "the importance of understanding the permanence of China."

"Biden and previous administrations have been too much influenced by the domestic aspects of the view of China," Kissinger, 99, said in an interview Tuesday in New York with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait. "It is, of course, important to prevent Chinese or any other country's hegemony."

Comment: Though Kissinger is mostly out of the political limelight, it's clear he still has the ear of world leaders. For good or ill remains to be seen.

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The criminal focus of secret US biolabs now becomes apparent

Vladimir Platov
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 19:42 UTC
11 Pentagon Biolabs
11 Pentagon Biolaboratories in Ukraine and around Russia. Click to see full-size image
Russia's special military operation to localize neo-fascist activities in Ukraine continues to receive more and more documentary evidence of the criminal plans and activities of the current government in Kiev, sponsored by Washington, as well in as the USA itself.

This special operation has helped to publicize many secret programs for the development of biological weapons by the United States and its NATO allies in Ukraine. Documentary evidence was obtained of the research on dangerous pathogens, including the Ebola virus, the causative agent of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, as well as many others (for by no means peaceful and humane purposes) by American, British, and German military biologists in Kiev and Odessa. It became known that the American company Metabiota was going to study the Ebola virus in Ukraine. Due to such experiments being prohibited in the USA over their inherent risk, they were transferred to Ukraine and other countries - as a rule, those where the government is corrupt, completely subordinate to Washington, and does not ask unnecessary questions.

Comment: The world is indebted to the brilliant research of Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, who first brought these stories to light.

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Julia Melnikova: World War Three is off - why NATO can't afford to have Russia as its main enemy

Julia Melnikova
RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:58 UTC
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© Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The world is currently changing so rapidly that the term 'new normal,' which first appeared in the business realm and later enriched diplomatic slang, has been added to the active vocabulary of not only all those who follow the news, but even those who don't.

The NATO summit held in Madrid, last month, was rich in information, claiming to be one of the key political events of the summer of 2022. The gathering marked another milestone in relations between Moscow and Brussels, with the the continuing conflict between Russia and the West the main focus.

First, a new Strategic Concept for the bloc was released, in which Russia was publicly declared its main security threat. Secondly, the procedure for Sweden and Finland's membership was officially launched, symbolically confirming the unity of the Euro-Atlantic camp. Thirdly, a number of measures and plans have been announced which are aimed at directly deterring Russia militarily.

These are all alarming signals that create a depressing impression for outsiders. The reaction of officials does not add optimism either. For example, in commenting on NATO's 2022 Strategic Concept, Russia's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Grushko, said:
"The very existence of a state like Russia is recognized as a serious threat to the alliance. This is a very serious turn and a real bid to confront us."
It would seem that everything points to a 'new normal' in Russia-NATO relations. Naturally, questions arise: How did this happen? What will Brussels do in practice, and how will Moscow react? Can a strategic confrontation in the information field and the buildup of means of deterrence on both sides escalate into an open conflict?

However, if you look deeper, the fundamental answers are not as scary as they might seem.

Comment: Reaching into the past offers parameters for the near future - should they be utilized and abided.

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Biden's Mideast tour puts American impotence on display

Scott Ritter
PressTV
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:24 UTC
Biden
© PressTVUS President Joe Biden
What happens when you take a dysfunctional president, fly him oversees to meet with the dysfunctional government of a dysfunctional country, and have them discuss dysfunctional policy?

Nothing.

And that is exactly what transpired when US President Joe Biden traveled to Israel, where he met with interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid to discuss ongoing US effort to negotiate a return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA (popularly known as the Iran nuclear agreement).

A quick history lesson — President Barack Obama helped bring the JCPOA to fruition back in 2015, over strenuous Israeli objections. In May 2018, President Donald Trump precipitously withdrew from the JCPOA after succumbing to Israeli pressure to do so. Since that time, both the US and Israel have come to regret that decision.

Comment: Israel is not above manipulating Biden to strike first.

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Snakes in Suits

Russia warns of 'tougher' terms for talks with Ukraine


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:10 UTC
Rus/Uke talks
© Sputnik/Consulate General of the Russian Federation in IstanbulRussian-Ukrainian talks • Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul
Moscow will make much harsher demands if and when talks on a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict resume, Leonid Slutsky, a member of Moscow's negotiating team, has warned.

"Today, the conditions on our part will be tougher regarding demilitarization and 'denazification'; tougher both in terms of essence and the timeframe of their implementation." Slutsky, who leads the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) in the Russian State Duma, said during a press conference on Tuesday.

However, the parliamentarian pointed out that currently "Kiev doesn't show any eagerness to resume the negotiations."

On Monday, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov also addressed the possibility of the resumption of talks with Ukraine, saying that Russia's demands would be "different" if the two sides sit down at the negotiating table now.
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Petr Akopov: As Putin visits Tehran, Russia and Iran are ready to create a strategic partnership

Petr Akopov
RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:05 UTC
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© Sergei Savostyanov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool/APRussian President Vladimir Putin • Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Iran for a fifth time. Is that a lot or a little? Well, if you count back to 2000, when he first became the leader of Russia, it doesn't seem like much. However, if you look at the dates of the visits, a very different picture emerges. It turns out that this trip is the fourth in the last seven years.

Yes, Putin first came to Tehran in 2007, but his regular trips did not start until 2015. At the same time, all of Putin's visits have been of a working nature. He has never been to the Islamic Republic on an official tour. Each time his arrival was linked to a multilateral event held in the Iranian capital, such as The Caspian Forum, a summit of gas-exporting countries.
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Lavrov: US and UK want 'real war' between Russia and EU


RT
Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:29 UTC
Serguei Lavrov
© Sputnik / Servicio de Prensa del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de la Federación de RusiaRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
The US and UK want to escalate the Russia-Ukraine conflict into a larger confrontation between Moscow and members of the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday in an interview with RT and Sputnik.

"Our American counterparts, British counterparts... with active support from Germans, the Polish and the Baltic states, they really want to turn this war into a real war and start a confrontation between Russia and European states," Lavrov told RT's editor-in-chief, Margarita Simonyan.

The Western governments are "keeping Ukraine from any constructive steps" towards a peace settlement, Lavrov argued. "[Ukraine is] not just [being] pumped with weapons. They are forced to use these weapons in an increasingly riskier way."
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