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Lindsey Graham says the quiet part: GOP can't 'move forward without President Trump'

Jordan Williams
The Hill
Fri, 07 May 2021 17:05 UTC
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© Saul Loeb / Contributor/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump and South Carolina GOP Senator Lindsey Graham during a Keep America Great campaign rally for US President Donald Trump at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina, February 28, 2020.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday said the Republican Party can't "move forward" without former President Trump.

Graham made the remarks in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News. The comment comes as Republicans seek to remove their third-ranking House member, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), from her leadership post amid her continue criticisms of the former president.

"I would just say to my Republican colleagues, can we move forward without President Trump? The answer is no," Graham said.

"I've always liked Liz Cheney, but she's made a determination that the Republican Party can't grow with President Trump. I've determined we can't grow without him."

Comment: Liz is a chip off the old neocon block. The sooner the Republicans ditch her, the better:

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IRGC Chief says Israel's 'security bubble has burst' amid string of mysterious security incidents

Ilya Tsukanov
Sputnik
Thu, 06 May 2021 11:57 UTC
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Tehran has repeatedly threatened to "exact revenge" against Israel following last year's murder of a senior nuclear scientist and last month's sabotage of a nuclear enrichment plant, stressing it will retaliate "at a time and place of its choosing". Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in these incidents.

The recent string of serious and inexplicable security disasters befalling Israel is an indication that the country's "national security bubble has burst", with Tel Aviv suffering decay and the prospect of collapse from within, Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami, commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed.

"The Zionist system is breaking apart, faltering and crumbling from within. Over the past year and a half, they tried to project a powerful image of themselves, to inflate themselves like a balloon," the commander said, speaking in a televised interview cited by Tasnim.

The reality, Salami suggested, was more sobering, with a string of security incidents in recent weeks involving Israeli commercial shipping demonstrating Tel Aviv's vulnerabilities and showing that it is "very easy" for the country's maritime trade to "suffer serious obstruction".
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Best of the Web: Apartheid instituted in France: Parliament approves 'Covid-19 passports for large gatherings'


RT
Wed, 05 May 2021 09:24 UTC
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© Eric Gaillard / ReutersPeople wait to be given a Covid-19 vaccine in Nice, France, April 29, 2021.
A key committee in France's parliament has given the green light for the so-called Covid-19 'health passes' that people will have to carry when attending crowded events and venues. Some MPs have said it may lead to discrimination.


Comment: May lead to discrimination?? It's the first formal plank of Apartheid - under the extremely thin guise of a medical emergency. It's the ultimate in discrimination. Remember, until 2020, medical information was legally privileged between patient and doctor...


The Law Committee of the National Assembly, the lower house of France's parliament, has approved a bill on health passes that citizens will be required to carry in order to attend gatherings of more than 1,000 people. According to the government's plan, the pass will serve as proof that a person has been vaccinated, has tested negative for Covid-19, or has recovered from the virus.


Comment: "PAPERS PLEASE!" Well folks, we're officially back living under fascism.


Comment: ...at first.

But these are political types speaking here. They will say WHATEVER to assuage public concerns. And then they'll betray those concerns without a second thought.

The virus is so "dangerous" that they are coercing people to get the vaccine. In France and in many other countries, some kind of Covid 'passport' or 'ID' will soon be required for international travel also. Elsewhere, in Serbia, the state is bribing people to get vaccinated.

This is like Pavlov's experiments on a grand scale - and humans are the dogs this time.

If Covid-19 was so deadly, would all these tyrannical, illogical, and idiotic measures be necessary?

The programming of the general population is so deep that most of them can't see what is really going on.

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US brainwashes the world

Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts.org
Thu, 06 May 2021 02:14 UTC
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The American Establishment uses the presstitute lie machine to control the narrative for most of the world by broadcasting disinformation in 59 languages. Countries and their news services rely on "news" from the US to comprehend world events. Most of the world has little alternative to American news sources except for the BBC which is part of the US presstitute network. In effect, the US has been effective in brainwashing the world.

Just as the US controls the international payments system, the US controls world opinion. Despite the facts that the felon George Floyd died from a fatal overdose of the dangerous opioid fentanyl, which is 100 times more potent than morphine, the world believes police officer Chauvin killed Floyd by holding his knee on Floyd's neck when in fact the police videos show that Chauvin's knee is on Floyd's shoulder blade, an approved holding technique. The jury was afraid to go against the opinion created by the presstitutes and convicted Chauvin despite the powerful evidence of his innocence. The powerlessness of facts in America today has sealed our fate.

The world believes this falsehood of Floyd's death, because the presstitute US media repeatedly showed a video conflicted by "camera perspective bias" that from its perspective makes it look as if Chauvin's knee is on Floyd's neck.

Wherever you look in the world you see that US presstitute lies — fake news — have succeeded in controlling world understanding.
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Bolsonaro says that coronavirus possibly made in lab to wage "biological warfare"


South China Morning Post
Thu, 06 May 2021 12:53 UTC
Jair Bolsonaro
© Ueslei Marcelino / ReutersJair Bolsonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro said the novel coronavirus may have been made in a laboratory to wage "biological warfare", in the latest comments likely to strain Brazil's relations with China.

"It's a new virus. Nobody knows whether it was born in a laboratory or because a human ate some animal they shouldn't have," said the far-right leader.

"But the military knows all about chemical, biological and radiological warfare. Could we be fighting a new war? I wonder. Which country's GDP has grown the most?"

Comment: For insight into who meddled with this virus and the possible reasons why, check out SOTT's: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Light Saber

Anti-lockdown candidate Ayuso wins big in Madrid elections as Podemos party leader quits politics in defeat


RT
Wed, 05 May 2021 01:41 UTC
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© Reuters / Susana VeraMadrid premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso and national People's Party leader Pablo Casado celebrate the regional election results at the balcony of PP's headquarters, in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2021.
Madrid premier Isabel Diaz Ayuso, a fierce critic of Covid-19 lockdowns, secured a major victory in Spain's regional elections, prompting the head of the left-wing Podemos to end his political career after taking fifth place.

With more than 99% of the ballots counted late on Tuesday night, Ayuso's People's Party took 45% of the vote, or 65 seats in the regional legislature, just four shy of an outright majority. Doubling its share of the vote compared to the last race in 2019, the People's Party is expected to enter into a coalition with the right-wing Vox Party, which itself took fourth place with 9% of the vote.

"Freedom has won in Madrid, once again," Ayuso told supporters after her win, echoing a campaign slogan, while People's Party leader Pablo Casado said voters "trusted [Ayuso's] handling of the pandemic."

Comment: It could be a good sign that a significant number of Madrid's people are seeing through the coronavirus propaganda, but, as often happens with a candidate at odds with the establishment's schemes - if that is indeed the case with - it's possible that Ayuso will be silenced in one way or another, eventually; see Jeremy Corbyn in the UK or Trump in the US - as just 2 of the many examples - for some ideas.

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Former Israel PM Olmert pens warning against continued attacks on Palestinians

Ehud Olmert
The Jerusalem Post
Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:34 UTC
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© Ronen Zvulun/ReutersFormer Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert in 2012
It's a known fact that Palestinians are not responsible for most terrorist attacks take place in Jerusalem - this responsibility falls solely upon us.

The events that have transpired in Jerusalem these last few days are not a coincidental occurrence that will disappear so quickly. We are on the brink of a violent awakening that could intensify and lead to violence and acts of terrorism on our streets. These clashes could end in a significant number of casualties, among both Palestinians and Israelis.

Twenty years ago, as mayor of Jerusalem, I found myself in the eye of the storm that shook our lives and threatened Israel's security. Jerusalem was the main target of the terrorist attacks - which took place on Jaffa Road, on Pat Street not far from Teddy Stadium, at Sbarro Restaurant and Moment Café and many other locations. I remember every horrible image from these attacks - they will remain with me for the rest of my life.

No normal person wants to return to those days. Back then, Yasser Arafat was the Palestinian leader. Arafat didn't want peace, had no intention of striving for peace and never stopped dreaming about the continuation of terrorism as the only way to achieve the goals he set for himself. The Palestinian terrorism of the early 2000s, which was spearheaded by Arafat, did not take place as a result of Israel's unwillingness to negotiate with him. It was a consequence of Arafat's inability to disengage from his terrorist past and reframe himself as a statesman, like Menachem Begin or Nelson Mandela.

Comment: Despite the distortions of history Olmert has included in his article, he is right about one thing. The Palestinians, after 70 years of Israeli tyrrany, have had enough. Jerusalem is a powder keg, and it is completely the fault of the fanatical, apartheid-supporting right wingers. Should Lehava and Yamina light that powder keg, a bloodbath could erupt all over Israel. Reports from East Jerusalem:





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The West wants Syria to die rather than work with Russia to rebuild the ravaged country

Abbey Makoe
SABC News
Mon, 03 May 2021 03:55 UTC
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More than half a million Syrians have died since the outbreak of the Western-backed war in 2011 to topple President Assad.

History teaches us that multilateral organisations are undoubtedly the glue that helps to maintain world peace. Without them, it is hard to fathom lasting harmonious regional and global relations. However, multilateral organisations risk losing their credibility when powerful cliques from within hijack their mission and embark upon meting out their own brand of kangaroo court-style punishment to weaker members they loathe.

Sadly, this is the disastrous route that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has regrettably chosen. At their heated meeting at The Hague earlier this month three powerful allies - the US, UK and France pushed - and succeeded - when they persuaded the majority of like-minded OPCW members to endorse a Paris-led sanction on Syria.

Using a highly disputed report, by the controversially created Investigation and Identification Team (IIT), France, aided by the UK and the US rallied the majority of members to strip Syria of most of her rights and privileges. This was following a guilty verdict against Damascus on grounds that the country had used chemical weapons in the decade-old war.

The voting by the 136-strong countries went overwhelmingly in favour of punitive measures as follows: 87 voted yes, 15 no and 34 abstained.

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EU's response to Moscow's pushback on sanctions shows 'mania for impunity' that will 'lead to nowhere', says Lavrov


RT
Thu, 06 May 2021 15:01 UTC
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© APRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has dismissed recent EU complaints concerning Moscow's retaliation against sanctions imposed on Russia, calling out officials in Brussels as being possessed by feelings of impunity.

Foreign restrictions placed on Russian citizens and entities are "groundless and illegitimate" and "will not be left unanswered," Lavrov said during a trip to Armenia on Thursday.

In retaliation for several rounds of sanctions imposed against Russian officials, Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on April 30 that it was blacklisting eight European officials, including European Parliament chief David Sassoli and European Commission Vice President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova. Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell slammed Moscow's declaration of the travel ban against the Europeans as "unacceptable, devoid of any legal justification and baseless."

Lavrov said that Moscow targeted only those Europeans who
"played a decisive role in yet another wave of sanctions against our officials, including lawmakers. When the European Union begins to threaten us with new sanctions, I begin to think that - apart from the sense of complete permissiveness and infallibility - the European Union gets possessed from the mania of total impunity. I believe it's a road to nowhere."
The minister pointed out that Western countries initiated the sanctions war against Moscow in 2014, when Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and rejoin Russia, following the Euromaidan revolt in Kiev.
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Florida governor signs GOP voting law critics call 'un-American'


MYNorthwest
Thu, 06 May 2021 10:31 UTC
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© Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service/Getty ImagesFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday that he and other Republicans said would place guardrails against fraud, even as they acknowledged there were no serious signs of voting irregularities last November. Democrats and voter rights advocates said the partisan move will make it harder for some voters to cast ballots.

The Republican governor signed the freshly passed legislation ahead of his impending announcement that he'll run for reelection in the nation's largest battleground state. Aiming for a broad impact among Donald Trump's party base, he staged the signing on a live broadcast of Fox & Friends Thursday morning, flanked by a small group of GOP legislators in Palm Beach County. Other media organizations were shut out.

DeSantis said the new law puts Florida ahead of the curve in preventing any potential fraud. Upon signing it, he stated:
"Right now I have what we think is the strongest election integrity measures in the country. We're also banning ballot harvesting. We're not going to let political operatives go and get satchels of votes and dump them in some drop box."

Comment: DeSantis signed the Florida election bill on FOX News drawing quick responses from the Left:

The law was immediately challenged in court by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias.

"BREAKING: Minutes after Governor DeSantis signs new voter suppression law, @LWVFlorida, @BlackVotesMtr, @ActiveRetirees file federal court lawsuit," Elias tweeted. "Proud to be part of the legal team supporting these great organizations protecting the right to vote!"

"SB 90 does not impede all of Florida's voters equally," the lawsuit alleges. "It is crafted to and will operate to make it more difficult for certain types of voters to participate in the state's elections, including those voters who generally wish to vote with a vote-by-mail ballot and voters who have historically had to overcome substantial hurdles to reach the ballot box, such as Florida's senior voters, youngest voters, and minority voters."

The bill takes an omnibus approach, addressing many issues at once, similar to the approach of an election law that Georgia enacted earlier this year.

Also among its provisions is a "prohibition on the use of private funds for election-related expenses," which is a response to the fact Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others provided funding to some states and cities last year to help run the election.

Conservative groups that have been supportive of new election security laws lauded DeSantis and the new law on Thursday. Jessica Anderson, the executive director of Heritage Action, said in a statement:
"Governor DeSantis has led the fight for election integrity reforms in Florida every step of the way. We applaud the governor for signing SB 90 this morning, a strong bill that will ensure it remains easy to vote and hard to cheat in the Sunshine State."
Jason Snead, the executive director of the Honest Elections Project, added:
"Every Floridian can request a mail-in ballot, vote early, or cast a ballot on Election Day. Anyone who reads this new law will see that it keeps voting easy, and makes cheating harder. Maintaining a robust election system is a constant process of learning and improvement... Voters deserve the best election system we can deliver, and as Florida has shown, that work is never complete."
More changes: DeSantis is giving all First Responders a bonus, stating 'we're funding' the police 'and then some':
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that his administration is giving $1,000 bonuses to all of Florida's 174,000 first responders, including law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and firefighters.

The move by DeSantis, a rising star in the Republican Party, comes after far-left Democrats across the U.S. repeatedly called for defunding the police last year, and have this year gone as far as to call for abolishing policing and ending the incarceration system in the United States.

DeSantis' office said in a statement:
The authorization comes following the Governor's call for the bonuses in March, with the bonuses included in the 2021-22 state budget. While the budget is not yet signed, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is working to immediately implement this bonus program, expediting the distribution effort. Approximately $208 million has been allocated from DEO for over 174,000 first responders across the state, including 49,405 sworn law enforcement officers, 40,732 EMTs, 35,811 firefighters and 33,185 paramedics in Florida.
DeSantis remarked:
"Supporting our law enforcement and first responders has been a top priority for my administration, and it has never been more important than over the last year. As a state, we are grateful for their continued service to our communities. This one-time bonus is a small token of appreciation, but we can never go far enough to express our gratitude for their selflessness."
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