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Sources say Trump 'apoplectic' in phone call with UK's Johnson over including Huawei in 5G plans


Sputnik
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:12 UTC
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© Reuters / Peter Nichollsritain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump at the NATO leaders summit in Watford
The UK decided to allow tech company Huawei to be involved in the development of its 5G cellphone network last week, following threats by the US that a post-Brexit trade deal would be untenable if the Chinese firm was given access.

A conversation between US President Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly became heated over the United Kingdom's decision to allow Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to have a role in the UK's new 5G network last Tuesday.

Anonymous sources in London and Washington described the call between the two anglosphere leaders as "apoplectic" to the Financial Times.

Comment: Trump may be fighting a losing battle. Huawei is the top choice of several other countries already. Huawei has already offered several olive branches to ease concerns over its security, but since it's China, the leader of the 'free world' isn't having it.

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MIB

FBI shown to have had 'multiple informants' on Trump campaign

Aaron Klein
Breitbart
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:39 UTC
Comey
© AP/Carolyn KasterJames Comey
The FBI team investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election cultivated and maintained numerous sources close to Donald Trump during the election and the transition period when Trump was entering the White House.

The FBI sources include one person who was in direct contact with Trump and who was utilized by one FBI agent to, "obtain insight into the incoming Trump administration." Another source was described as voluntarily providing the FBI team probing Trump with large volumes of documents.

Yet another FBI source held a position in the Trump campaign and another was described as a Trump "supporter." Another source was documented as attending a private gathering with Trump.
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DOA: Dissecting Trump's vision for the future of Palestine

Mike Peled
MintPress News
Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00 UTC
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© Alex Brandon/APIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump announce the so-called Mideast Peace Plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 28, 2020.
Now that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed the details of the so-called Deal of the Century, the only appropriate response is a bold, well-defined plan which offers a real solution to the ongoing colonization of Palestine. To be viable, the alternative plan will need to include at least three vital elements: A total and unequivocal rejection of Zionism and the State of Israel, a plan by which Palestine will transition from an apartheid state to a democratic country and immediate implementation of the Palestinian right of return.

Zionism, fascism and apartheid

Zionism is a racist ideology that produced a dangerous, violent and racist regime. Like fascism and apartheid before it, Zionism must be denounced clearly and unequivocally. In an interview from 1984 with Palestinian leader the late Dr. George Habash, Habash explains why peace cannot coexist with Zionism, he says, among other things, that "Israel is the embodiment of Zionism" and "Zionism is fascism."

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Arrow Up

AG Barr: FBI required to obtain his approval before investigating 2020 candidates

Zachary Evans
Yahoo News
Thu, 06 Feb 2020 00:00 UTC
AGBarr
© UnknownUS Attorney General William Barr
Attorney General William Barr has issued a memo requiring the FBI to obtain approval from Barr himself before conducting any investigation into any 2020 presidential election candidate.

"In certain cases, the existence of a federal criminal or counterintelligence investigation, if it becomes known to the public, may have unintended effects on our elections," Barr wrote in the memo, which was obtained by the New York Times. The attorney general went on to emphasize that "we also must be sensitive to safeguarding the department's reputation for fairness, neutrality and nonpartisanship."

The memo establishes certain requirements for the FBI and other agencies under the purview of the Justice Department to meet before opening a "politically sensitive" criminal or counterintelligence investigation against candidates or donors. Barr must personally give approval for investigations into presidential and vice presidential candidates, as well as their respective senior staffs.
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Brick Wall

Lavrov: Latin America free to make policy choices without US threats, humiliating Monroe Doctrine


RT
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 00:03 UTC
Guaido
© Sputnik/Carolina CabralWho's that climbing over the fence? Why it's Juan Guaido trying to get into parliament!
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hit back at threats from Washington over Moscow's support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, insisting Caracas and its neighbors deserve the option not to be US vassal states. Lavrov confirmed during a press conference in Mexico City on Thursday:
"I have heard the threats from Washington about punishing all those who work with Venezuela. But we are used to that. We are used to American officials saying that yes, Washington is still true to the Monroe Doctrine. If the Latin American countries believe they are comfortable under the Monroe Doctrine, well, it's up to them, but to me it would be humiliating. They can take any position on any international issue they want."
Russia was merely offering Venezuela and its neighbors in the region a second option, beyond the status quo of subjugation to their northern neighbor, Lavrov suggested.

Lavrov emphasized that Russia was not forcing anyone's hand in the region. The 1820s Monroe Doctrine posits that the US has dominion over the nations of the Western Hemisphere, and that any incursion by foreign powers is a hostile act.

Lavrov was apparently referring to a warning from US special envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams, who had hinted earlier on Thursday that Russia could be sanctioned over its continued support for the Latin American country.

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Pocket Knife

Romney stabbed US workers in the back long before he tried to take out Trump

Rebecca Mansour
Breitbart
Wed, 05 Feb 2020 00:00 UTC
Romney sign
© Getty Images/Scott Olson
Mitt "Pierre Delecto" Romney is enjoying an outpouring of "strange new respect" from the media today after voting with the Democrats to impeach President Trump.

Thanks to Mitt, the Democrats get to claim that their impeachment show trial was "bipartisan." Anyone who has followed Mitt's career could have seen this betrayal coming. This isn't the first time he's behaved like a bitter sanctimonious weasel when it comes to Donald Trump.

Four years ago, Romney used his clout as the Republican Party's 2012 nominee to gather the media to Salt Lake City with great fanfare to hear his thoughts on the 2016 race just days before the crucial Michigan primary. But Mitt didn't use his encore on the national stage to endorse a candidate. No. He just wanted the whole world to hear him deliver an 18-minute speech trashing the hell out of his party's then-frontrunner Donald Trump.

If his anti-Trump jeremiad helped Hillary Clinton, Romney and the GOP establishment didn't care. They had already written off Trump by that point. They would rather lose than win with him. As I wrote at the time, Mitt Romney was the GOP establishment's St. George sent out to slay the Trump dragon. He failed then, but he's been trying ever since. Today was just the latest and most egregious attempt.

But long before Romney stabbed Trump in the back, he stabbed the working class voters that Trump brought to the Republican Party.

Comment: Mitt Romney has always been a slick shyster pretending to be a politician, best reflected in the shallowness of his statements and actions. The people won't buy it. He's an empty suit walking.

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Nuke

IAEA chief: No further steps taken by Iran to violate JCPOA since a January pledge to do so


Sputnik
Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:36 UTC
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© AP/Vahid SalemiUranium conversion facility near Isfahan, Iran from 2005
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said on Wednesday that Iran has taken no further steps toward violating the 2015 nuclear deal, following a pledge in early January by Tehran to do so.

Following the January 3 assassination of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani by a US airstrike in Iraq, the Iranian government announced it would take further measures to violate the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the agreement that lowered economic sanctions against Iran in exchange for its acceptance of very strict limits on nuclear material production and stockpiling.

"After the fifth step, there hasn't been any follow-up," IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi told the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, Reuters reported. "Of course, they continue to enrich," he noted.
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Pirates

UNSC Russian envoy: 'Unplanned meetings on Syria convene when UN-recognized terrorists are under attack'


RT
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:01 UTC
UNSC meet
© Reuters/Lucas JacksonMeeting of the UN Security Council
As Damascus forces repel attacks in terrorist-held Idlib, emergency Security Council sessions are called along a familiar pattern, Russia's UN envoy said.

As "violence only to terrorize and subdue" broke out in Idlib, the US, France and Britain convened an impromptu UN Security Council meeting on Thursday. The American representative slammed what she called an "unjustified military offensive" launched by Syrian government forces to defeat armed radicals led by Syria's main al-Qaeda faction HTS - still better known as the al-Nusra Front despite multiple rebrandings.

Moscow's envoy to the international body, Vassily Nebenzia, dismissed the complaints as hypocritical - noting that Washington never seems to care about any collateral damage but cries emergency every time Syrian forces make gains against the terrorists.
"The unplanned meetings have a common pattern now: we meet together precisely when the terrorists in Syria are under threat, and the Syrian government is regaining control of its national territory. These terrorists, I'd like to remind you, are recognized as such by the Security Council. Damascus has a "right and duty" to fight terrorism in its own sovereign territory."

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Whistle

OPCW responds to Douma leaks: Whistleblowers are not credible, tighter security measures needed


RT
Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:42 UTC
Hague session
© Reuters/Yves HermanSpecial Session of the Hague, Netherlands
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has said in a report that whistleblowers who raised concerns about the group's Douma probe are not credible, and called for new measures to prevent further leaks.

The international chemical weapons watchdog released its 'Independent Investigation into Possible Breaches of Confidentiality Report' on Thursday, in response to leaks from two former OPCW inspectors which put in question the organization's findings regarding an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018.

The OPCW claimed that the two individuals, identified as Inspector A and Inspector B, had incomplete information about the group's investigation and misused confidential material. Apparently, it's a reference to former OPCW specialist Ian Henderson and a whistleblower known as 'Alex'. The organization also claims that it was made aware of the inspectors' concerns before the group's final report was released, but deemed their criticisms as non-credible.

The chemical weapons watchdog rejected the notion that the two inspectors were legitimate whistleblowers, instead insisting that they were disgruntled ex-employees who "could not accept that their views were not backed by evidence."

Comment: There are plenty of reasons to doubt the OPCW's conclusions when considering the facts, logistics, and analysis. The purpose of this organization is to assign blame in order to substantiate a given course of action and fulfill a desired outcome.

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Pocket Knife

Phony lib media deems Republican Romney a hero for sticking it to Trump, like it did McCain and Bush

Zachary Leeman
RT
Thu, 06 Feb 2020 19:42 UTC
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© Reuters/Erin ScottRepublican Senator Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney is the latest token Republican being hoisted up on the shoulders of the mainstream media thanks to his "courageous" decision to defy Donald Trump by voting with Democrats to impeach the president.

You would think the Utah senator single-handedly defeated Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and then rescued a few kittens out of trees on his way home the way the media is writing about him.

The New Yorker declared that the former presidential candidate "seized" a chance to "rewrite his own place in history" with his impeachment vote.

An opinion piece in the Washington Post deemed the decision "courageous," and Twitter was full of love for the man once eviscerated by liberal commentators for simply saying "binders full of women."

Comment: There is less to this man than meets the eye. No wonder MSM is falling all over itself to hoist Romney to nosebleed heights as political standards continue to plummet and revenge dictates policy.

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