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John Durham aide resigns reportedly due to pressure to complete Trump-Russia probe

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© UnknownUS Attorney John Durham
A top prosecutor in the office of U.S. Attorney John Durham submitted her resignation on Friday, The Daily Caller News Foundation has confirmed.

The Hartford Courant reported that Nora Dannehy resigned because of political pressure from Justice Department headquarters regarding Durham's investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.

According to the Courant, associates of Dannehy's said that she was concerned that Barr is pressuring Durham's team to release a report on the investigation before the probe is finished.

The story notes that Dannehy is not a supporter of President Trump.

"We can confirm that she resigned (effective today), and have no further comment or background to provide," Thomas Carson, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Connecticut, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Fauci warns US needs to be prepared to 'hunker down' for fall, winter - 'wise to not underestimate a pandemic'

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in a panel on Thursday that the U.S. should be ready to "hunker down" in its fight against the coronavirus and indicated that the fall and winter will not be easy.

"We've been through this before," he told a panel of doctors from Harvard Medical School, according to the Hill. "Don't ever, ever underestimate the potential of the pandemic. And don't try to look at the rosy side of things."

The Associated Press reported that winter is ending in the Southern Hemisphere and countries noted that steps to prevent the virus' spread also limited the flu outbreak. The report said that it is not a certainty that the Northern Hemisphere will have the same outcome.


Comment: Doubling down, Fauci's belief system has not let facts or research get in the way. His mindset is in lockdown, no matter which 'hemisphere'.

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Maduro says US spy captured near oil sites just as Venezuela is facing a second deep scarcity of fuel

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© EPAPresident of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has claimed a "US spy" targeting the largest oil refining complex in the country, which is facing a severe fuel shortage crisis, has been captured.

Mr Maduro said the man, alleged to be a marine who served as a CIA operative in Iraq, was arrested on Thursday for spying on the Amuay and Cardon refineries in the northwest state of Falcon.

"He was captured with specialised weapons, he was captured with large amounts of cash, large amounts of dollars and other items," Mr Maduro, an adversary of the United States, said. Mr Maduro gave no identity but said the man was being interrogated about his activities.

The president also said Venezuelan authorities had foiled a plot on Wednesday that was aimed at blowing up a third refinery, El Palito in Carabobo state, and urged the nation's oil workers to be on alert for more attacks.

"The gringo empire wants revenge against Venezuela," he said. "It wants to prevent Venezuela from producing all petroleum products, gasoline."

Neither the US State Department nor the White House have commented on the issue.

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In control of response panel, Remdesivir maker Gilead is behind the war on Hydroxychloroquine, will make billions

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It was beyond strange when the major media networks began to attack a pharmaceutical, especially in the middle of a pandemic. When did the major media networks ever criticize a drug?

It turns out that controversial pharmaceutical is a cheap medicine that helps human cells uptake zinc so their immune system can recover from coronavirus infections. Dr. Didier Raoult of France was using something as simple and cheap as hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) in combination with zinc and an antibiotic to successfully treat coronavirus patients.

The news of Raoult's success spread like wildfire, and U.S. President Donald Trump ultimately promoted the treatment, which acts as both a prophylactic and a therapeutic.

But it doesn't matter how many doctors successfully treat coronavirus patients using HCQ and zinc. It doesn't matter what people do in the home to help their immune system through the infection. What matters is drug company profits.
Cartoon treat covid19

Cult

'Whistleblower' redux: Looks like another Adam Schiff hit job is underway

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© Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesAdam Schiff punts the programming
The New York Times reported Wednesday that a "whistleblower" at the Department of Homeland Security had alleged that officials "directed agency analysts to downplay the threat of violent white supremacy and of Russian election interference."

The Times report noted the role of House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) in releasing the complaint. Indeed, the "whistleblower" in this case is represented by attorney Mark Zaid, the same lawyer who represented the so-called "whistleblower" in the impeachment. Zaid also notoriously tweeted in favor of a "coup" against President Donald Trump.

In this case, the "whistleblower" has been identified — as Brian Murphy, a former intelligence official at the department — but the complaint was filed with Schiff's Intelligence committee rather than the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Comment: Gateway Pundit highlights Adam Schiff's spin:
House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) crawled out of his hole on Wednesday and said he received a 'new whistleblower complaint' alleging Russia is meddling in the election.

Schiff claims the whistleblower complaint alleges serious misconduct by senior Trump Administration officials to politicize, manipulate and censor intelligence to benefit Trump:
  • Improper Administration of an Intelligence Program and Abuse of Authority regarding Russian Influence
  • Improper Administration of an Intelligence Program with respect to the Homeland Threat Assessment
  • Improper Administration of an Intelligence Program regarding ANTIFA
  • Perjured Testimony and Abuse of Authority
Whistleblower Brian Murphy, who was the principal deputy under secretary in the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the DHS before he was demoted, says DHS chief Chad Wolf instructed him to withhold intel notifications on Russian meddling because 'it made Trump look bad.'

Mark Zaid said in a statement that Brian Murphy had "followed proper lawful whistleblower rules in reporting serious allegations of misconduct against DHS leadership, particularly involving political distortion of intelligence analysis and retaliation."


The whistleblower reprisal complaint depicts a sustained and disturbing pattern of misconduct by senior Trump Administration officials within the White House and DHS relating to the activities of DHS's I&A — an element of the U.S. Intelligence Community which Mr. Murphy led from May until August of this year, before he was reassigned to DHS's Management Directorate, and where he previously served as Principal Deputy Under Secretary beginning in March 2018. The complaint alleges repeated violations of law and regulations, abuses of authority, attempted censorship of intelligence analysis, and improper administration of an intelligence program related to Russian efforts to influence the U.S. election.

Whistleblower Brian Murphy alleges Trump's DHS attempted to censor intel analysis related to so-called Russian efforts to influence and undermine the US:
The complaint states that Mr. Murphy "made several protected disclosures between March 2018 and August 2020 regarding a repeated pattern of abuse of authority, attempted censorship of intelligence analysis and improper administration of an intelligence program related to Russian efforts to influence and undermine United States interests. The relevant officials at issue were Secretary [Kirstjen] Nielsen and Messrs. [Chad] Wolf, [Kenneth] Cuccinelli, [Miles] Taylor, and Acting Deputy Director for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Kash Patel."

The complaint asserts that, in mid-May 2020, and while purporting to serve as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Mr. Chad Wolf "instructed Mr. Murphy to cease providing intelligence assessments on the threat of Russian interference in the United States, and instead start reporting on interference activities by China and Iran. Mr. Wolf stated that these instructions specifically originated from White House National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien. Mr. Murphy informed Mr. Wolf he would not comply with these instructions, as doing so would put the country in substantial and specific danger."
"Mr. Murphy's allegations are serious — from senior officials suppressing intelligence reports on Russia's election interference and making false statements to Congress about terrorism threats at our southern border, to modifying intelligence assessments to match the President's rhetoric on Antifa and minimizing the threat posed by white supremacists. We have requested Mr. Murphy's testimony before the Committee, pursuant to subpoena if necessary, alongside other already scheduled interviews with other DHS officials.," Schiff said in a statement.

"We will get to the bottom of this, expose any and all misconduct or corruption to the American people, and put a stop to the politicization of intelligence," he added.

The DHS denied Murphy's allegations in a statement to CBS News and said it "looks forward to the results of any resulting investigation and we expect it will conclude that no retaliatory action was taken against Mr. Murphy."

"As Acting Secretary Wolf outlined in his State of the Homeland Address today, DHS is working to address all threats to the homeland regardless of ideology," the spokesperson said. "The Acting Secretary is focused on thwarting election interference from any foreign powers and attacks from any extremist group."

You can read more of Adam Schiff's insane ramblings here.



Yoda

Julian Assange, a modern Prometheus Bound

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He is being punished not for stealing fire - but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking the god of Exceptionalism.

This is the tale of an Ancient Greek tragedy reenacted in AngloAmerica.

Amid thundering silence and nearly universal indifference, chained, immobile, invisible, a squalid Prometheus was transferred from the gallows for a show trial in a faux Gothic court built on the site of a medieval prison.

Kratos, impersonating Strength, and Bia, impersonating Violence, had duly chained Prometheus, not to a mountain in the Caucasus, but to solitary confinement in a high-security prison, subject to relentless psychological torture. All along the Western watchtowers, no Hephaestus volunteered to forge in his smithy a degree of reluctance or even a sliver of pity.

Network

China and India agree to disengage at disputed border

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© Dar Yasin/APAn Indian army convoy moves along the Srinagar- Ladakh highway. China and India have been engaged in a tense standoff in the Ladakh region since May but have since agreed to de-escalate.
India and China have agreed to "disengage as soon as possible" after troops were involved in a series of clashes at their disputed Himalayan border, according to a joint statement from the two countries.

The nuclear-armed neighbours accused each other this week of firing shots across the contested border in Ladakh, known as the line of actual control (LAC), intensifying a months-long standoff that has already claimed at least 20 lives.

After a meeting on Thursday between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in Moscow, a joint statement said the two sides had agreed to de-escalate.

Comment: Hindustan Times reports on the agreed upon 5-point plan:
India and China agreed on five points to guide their approach to the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), including the disengagement of troops and easing of tensions, following talks between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on the margins of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet in Moscow on Thursday. Here are the five points

1. Both sides should take guidance from the consensus of the leaders on developing India-China relations, including not allowing differences to become disputes.

2. The current situation in the border areas is not in the interest of either side and therefore the border troops of both sides should continue their dialogue, quickly disengage, maintain proper distance and ease tensions.

3. The two sides shall abide by all the existing agreements and protocols on China-India boundary affairs and maintain peace and tranquillity in the border areas and avoid any action that could escalate matters.

4. The two sides will continue communications through the Special Representatives mechanism, and meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on border affairs will continue.

5. As the situation eases, the two sides should expedite work to conclude new confidence-building measures to maintain and enhance peace and tranquillity in the border areas.
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Why Navalny was handed over to Germany

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© Getty Images/Maja HitijGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel
I happened to take a taxi home yesterday. The taxi driver, with an appearance of Bill Murray, was very sociable: during the trip, as is often the case, we touched on all topics - from the weather to blondes at the wheel.

At some point, the news was playing in the background on the radio.

After the story about the poisoning of Aleksey Navalny, Nord Stream 2, and possible EU sanctions, the taxi driver shook his head and said thoughtfully: "Yes, mother got ensnared..."

"What mother?" I asked.

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Bizarro Earth

'The Age of Disorder' is coming - Deutsche Bank

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The four-decade era of globalization may be coming to an end, and we could be entering "The Age of Disorder," which will reshape both economies and politics, Deutsche Bank analysts have said in a new research note.

One of the key characteristics of the new era will be the reversal of unfettered globalization, a team of analysts led by strategist Jim Reid predicted. While we saw "the best combined asset price growth of any era in history, with equity and bond returns very strong across the board" since 1980, "the Age of Disorder" is likely to break this trend.

Deteriorating US-China relations is another theme (out of eight) that will define the next distinct era of modern times, "which is hastened, but not caused by, the pandemic." The analysts note that the Chinese economy will be closing the gap with the US and could finally outperform it by the end of the decade.

Comment: It would appear that the 'Age of Disorder' has already begun: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal #26: Globalization vs Nationalism - The Hidden Causes of The Yellow Vest Protests in France


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Best of the Web: Trump nominated for SECOND NOBEL PRIZE for 'historic Kosovo-Serbia' peace agreement

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President Trump was nominated for a second Nobel Peace Prize Friday for the "Historic Kosovo-Serbia" peace agreement brokered by the United States Government.


Comment: It's hard to deny, Trump is on fire these last few weeks! It would be hilarious to watch the left melt down if he actually wins.

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