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The 'Russia collusion' story has revealed the Deep State scheme to obstruct President Trump

Sharyl Attkisson
The Epoch Times
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 15:00 UTC
clapper brennan mccabe comey
© Getty Images(L-R) Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and former FBI Director James Comey.
Special counsel Robert Mueller is more than a year and five months into his investigation into whether President Donald Trump "colluded" in some illegal fashion with Russian President Vladimir Putin (or any other Russians). But Mueller has yet to reveal what he has - or hasn't - concluded.

On the other hand, there's now an impressive body of public evidence to address another facet of this international controversy: collusion against Trump.

Evidence on this matter has trickled out slowly over the course of about two years. It has come in the form of sworn testimony from witnesses interviewed by Congress, information revealed by the Justice Department's inspector general, government documents and text messages, and court files.

Comment: The swamp is wide, deep, and stinks to high heaven. Draining it may be a matter of decades, if it's possible at all.

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Heart - Black

Aid for publicity: Saudis, UAE demanded favorable PR from UN in exchange for aid to Yemen


RT
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:25 UTC
UN aid Yemen
© Reuters / Abduljabbar ZeyadA man carries aid kits received from UN agencies in Hodeidah, Yemen June 27, 2018
Saudi Arabia and the UAE demanded favorable PR from UN aid agencies at an unprecedented level, including articles written in major Western newspapers, in return for a $930 million aid package for Yemen, leaked documents reveal.

The Gulf kingdoms said future humanitarian donations to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) would be reflected by the amount of positive humanitarian coverage both countries received for their efforts in Yemen, now in its fourth year of civil war, according to the internal UN files seen by Guardian.

Both nations are heavily involved in the conflict, joining after Houthi militants overthrew the government, with the Saudi-led bombing campaign responsible for scores of civilian deaths and casualties. The destruction caused by the air campaign has devastated infrastructure and areas essential to aid supply, with over half the Yemeni population - some 14 million - now at risk of famine, according to the UN's own statistics.
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Bad Guys

CIA coder in prison for leaking hacking secrets to WikiLeaks claims he's being tortured


RT
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 10:43 UTC
CIA Logo
© ReutersThe Central Intelligence Agency's logo seen at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Virginia
A former CIA coder who allegedly gave files about the agency's hacking tools to WikiLeaks claims he is being tortured in a Manhattan prison, where he is currently being held while awaiting trial for espionage.

In a letter to a New York judge, filed on Monday but later mysteriously removed from court records, Joshua Schulte claims he is being subjected to "torture" in Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center.

"Otto Warmbier received better treatment in North Korea that I have received in America," Schulte's letter reads. "Terrorists receive better treatment in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - I have seen the footage myself," Schulte added.

Warmbier was detained in North Korea in 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster. After allegedly being tortured in detention, Warmbier was returned to the US in a vegetative state in June 2017, where he died several days later.
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USA

Trump slams Paul Ryan: 'He knows nothing' about birthright citizenship


RT
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 10:43 UTC
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan
© Carlos Barria / ReutersPresident Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, December 2017.
President Donald Trump seems to have had enough with his Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, saying that the establishment Republican 'knows nothing' about birthright citizenship and vowing a new GOP majority would do a better job.

Ryan should be focusing on preserving the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, Trump tweeted on Wednesday, rather than giving opinions on the issue of birthright citizenship, "something he knows nothing about!"

"Our new Republican Majority will work on this," as well as securing the border and closing the immigration loopholes, Trump added.
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Stop

Iranian FM slams US for using sanctions to wage 'economic terrorism'


Sputnik
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 10:43 UTC
Bahram Qassemi
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi
The Iranian foreign ministry has responded to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claims about an Iranian economy on a road to "ruin."

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has lashed out at Pompeo over projections of a 3.6 percent decline in Iran's GDP in 2019 due to its support for the Syrian government, suggesting such claims are "merely based on populism" and "fallacy," and that Iran's contribution to the fight against terrorism in the region has raised concerns among US officials.

"The American officials are seeking to find a pretext to cover up their crimes against the people in the region and Iran, using economic terrorism and oppressive and illegal sanctions as a tool," Qassemi said in a press briefing on Tuesday, PressTV has reported.
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War Whore

Oh the irony! 'Act normal, stop putting Asia, Africa and Latin America into debt', US tells China


RT
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:20 UTC
Mike Pompeo
© Reuters / Andy WongChina's Foreign Minister Wang Yi with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Washington is pressuring Beijing to act like a "normal nation" on the world stage, Mike Pompeo has repeated, accusing China, ironically, of disregarding international laws and seeking to impose "decades of pain" around the globe.

"We're very worried that China will put the people in many countries around the world, in Africa and Central America and Latin America, in a debt trap that will cause those countries decades of pain," the Secretary of State said on the Laura Ingraham Show, stressing that Donald Trump's administration is the first one to recognize the danger, one which it is more-than-willing to tackle.

"China is probably, over the long term, the biggest challenge, national security challenge that faces our country."

For the US, among the biggest threats posed by China is the theft of intellectual property, which Trump has vowed to root out, Pompeo reiterated. Conveniently unsealed on Tuesday, charges by the Justice Department against a group of Chinese intelligence officers who allegedly tried to steal US aviation secrets is the latest "mosaic of our strategic effort" to push back against Beijing, the diplomat noted.

Comment: Funny for Washington to dictate that China should 'behave like a normal nation'. If anything, the US will be the one to cause 'decades of pain' should they go to war with them. See also:

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Snow Globe

Is a US-China war in the future? Russia preparing for conflict? We've just had a week of warmongering predictions by top officials


RT
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:31 UTC
US M1A1 Abrams tanks in Poland
© Reuters / US Marine CorpsFILE PHOTO: US M1A1 Abrams tanks in Poland
Several top officials have issued thinly veiled - and outright blunt - 'warnings' about war over the past week. While the beating of war drums worldwide remains just hot air for now, many messengers seem a bit too eager about it. War between US and China just 10-15 years away

A grim prognosis was made by former US commander in Europe Lieutenant-General Ben Hodges (retired), who spoke last week at the Warsaw Security Forum. He urged European countries to do more for their own "security," explaining that Washington has "to deal with the Chinese threat" in the Pacific.
The United States needs a very strong European pillar. I think in 15 years - it's not inevitable - but it is a very strong likelihood that we will be at war with China.
While European security remains top priority for the US, the former official added, the country will also have to prepare for "the eventuality that in 10 or 15 years we're going to be having to fight in the Pacific."
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Hourglass

Inoffensively disastrous: Merkel's bland approach to rule should not permit her to get away with historic failure

Igor Ogorodnev
RT
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:14 UTC
Merkel out of time
© Reuters / Hannibal HanschkeOut of time
The departing German chancellor leaves her country with a fractured domestic political scene and myriad intractable social challenges, the EU as weak as it has ever been, and grave international crises no closer to resolution.

Angel Merkel's latest political obituaries have been as mealy-mouthed as her persona, designed to wearily sap drama in keeping with her (optimistic) three-year warning about leaving her post, which she announced on Monday. Her entire legacy has been written in these cushioned terms, from her 'Mutti' (mother) persona, to 'Merkeln' (a neologism meaning 'to dither'), and now to the extended 'Merkeldammerung' (Merkel twilight) that awaits.

This needs to stop now. Merkel's is no one's Mutti. Governing in accordance with unexamined centrist truisms even as the world confronts unprecedented existential challenges of globalization and technology, she is Canute, she is enfeebled and rheumy-eyed King Theoden from Lord of the Rings, she is Neville Chamberlain who isn't buying time for anything but her own downfall.

For years, Merkel's electoral success was prima facie evidence of her competence - how can someone be wrong if they are elected by tens of millions through four terms?

Comment: See also:

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Bad Guys

Why did media and Democrats abandon their investigation into Brett Kavanaugh?

Mollie Hemingway
The Federalist
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 20:45 UTC
Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump
© Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
What happened to the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation battle? The claims ranged from Christine Blasey Ford's remotely plausible if unsubstantiated allegation of a violent attempted rape to Michael Avenatti's completely outlandish and also unsubstantiated allegation of hosting serial gang rape parties.

From September 12 to October 6, the claims absolutely dominated all major media. They ran on the front pages of all major newspapers and filled the hours on cable and network news. Magazine journalists at The New Yorker ran with the claims, despite massive corroboration problems.

The claims were taken so seriously by the media and some U.S. senators it led to serious delays of the confirmation voting process. A hearing was held during and after which all the talking heads on cable asserted Blasey Ford was completely "credible." Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, even maneuvered to reopen an FBI investigation to dig into the claims. Then they disappeared. Overnight.

Comment: This story has all the hallmarks of having been political hit job, and the fact that this story and any further investigations have been dropped like hot potatoes shows just how much the media and the Democrats "cared" about Ford and the other alleged victims.

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Eye 2

Ominous casting call: Russian MOD says White Helmets hiring locals for staged chemical attacks, paying in food


Sputnik
Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:16 UTC
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© Associated Press / Syrian Civil Defense White HelmetsFake aid group White Helmets
According to intelligence information available to the Russian defense ministry, Daesh (ISIS)* has committed some 57 terrorist attacks and members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces since September 1.

Terrorists Planning Provocation Using Chemical Weapons in Aleppo, Elsewhere

Militants in several Syrian regions including Aleppo are engaged in planning provocations involving the use of chemical weapons including chlorine, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said, citing information provided by the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria.

"We have repeatedly informed the public about attempts by radical militants and the White Helmets, notorious for their fakes, to organize provocations using chemical agents and accusing government forces of using chemical weapons against the local population," Konashenkov noted, speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday.

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