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Trump suggests car import tariffs in latest threat to Mexico over drug trafficking

Roberta Rampton
Reuters
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:48 UTC
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© Susana Gonzalez/BloombergWorkers walk past a vehicle frame on the production line at an assembly plant in Pesqueria, Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to eventually slap tariffs on car imports from Mexico unless it does more to stop drug trafficking, in his latest warning to America's southern neighbor to tighten border security.

After backing away from a threat this week to immediately shut the border if Mexico does not do enough to halt illegal immigration, Trump gave the country a deadline to do more to stop drugs or face tariffs.

"We're going to give them a one-year warning, and if the drugs don't stop, or largely stop, we're going to put tariffs on Mexico and products - in particular cars. The whole ballgame is cars," Trump told reporters. He also suggested that future tariffs could be linked to Mexico helping fight illegal immigration.
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Question

Did Carter Page have a more important use beyond a FISA warrant?

sundance
The Conservative Treehouse
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Carter Page
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It has never made sense that U.S. Person Carter Page was an FBI witness from 2013 through to March/May 2016 and yet in October 2016, to achieve a FISA warrant, the FBI called him an agent of a foreign government. [FISA APPLICATION]
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It just never made any sense; perhaps, until today.

Put yourself in the mindset within the highly political small group at the DOJ and FBI who have a plan to help Hillary Clinton win the presidency.

From October 2015 through early March 2016 Fusion GPS was assembling opposition research on all the GOP candidates. However, mid-March it became obvious Donald Trump was going to win, so all other efforts were side-lined and Trump becomes the Fusion-GPS focus. Billionaire Paul Singer, a Rubio backer, drops funding for Fusion-GPS Trump research; the DNC and Clinton campaign take over the payments.

After carefully negotiating issues with the Clinton email scandal, the FBI small group has successfully announced Hillary Clinton was 'extremely careless' but not 'intentionally grossly negligent'. The team timed the whitewash to conclude prior to the conventions.
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Attention

Ecuador: INA Papers twist is a pretext to oust Assange


Defend Wikileaks
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Moreno
© Dolores Ochoa/APEcuador's President Lenin Moreno
On 26 March, WikiLeaks' Twitter account announced that President Moreno is being investigated by Ecuador's Congress for corruption, sparked by the INA Papers leak. The same tweet referenced President Moreno's attempt to surrender Assange in exchange for US debt relief, a fact that had been reported by The New York Times.

The following day, Foreign Minister Jose Valencia said that the WikiLeaks tweet was
"an absurd lie to harm the dignity of our country... we will not tolerate... inventions and insults... I cannot anticipate when and when we will take action in relation to this, but we will take action for certain."

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Footprints

US House votes withdrawal from Yemen war, Trump is expected to veto

Susannah George
KCWY 13
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 08:51 UTC
US capitol
© Martin Falbisoner/CC BY-SA 3.0/(MGN)
The House on Thursday voted to end American involvement in the Yemen war, rebuffing the Trump administration's support for the military campaign led by Saudi Arabia.

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump, who is expected to veto it. The White House says the measure raises "serious constitutional concerns," and Congress lacks the votes to override him.

By a 247-175 vote, Congress for the first time invoked the decades-old War Powers Resolution to try and stop a foreign conflict. The Senate vote was 54-46 on March 13.

"The president will have to face the reality that Congress is no longer going to ignore its constitutional obligations when it comes to foreign policy," said Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He said the humanitarian crisis in Yemen triggered by the war "demands moral leadership." The war in Yemen is in its fifth year.

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Tornado2

Galloway: General election best solution to Brexit chaos


RT
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:50 UTC
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© Reuters/RTPM Theresa May • Jeremy Corbyn • George Galloway
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was right to ask opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn to participate in Brexit talks, according to George Galloway. However, the veteran politician argues that she waited far too long to do it.

Meeting with the Labour leader has already cost May two government ministers, Chris Heaton-Harris and Nigel Adams, who stepped down on Wednesday.

Joking that it is "so obvious that it can not possibly be a trap" Galloway warned Corbyn that the prime minister may be trying to ensnare him into sharing responsibility for a Brexit deal which looks certain to upset Remainers and Brexiteers alike.
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Attention

Julian Assange: Liberals and socialists now must choose their side

Craig Murray
craigmurray.org.uk
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Julian A.
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Cassandra Fairbanks' account of her visit to Julian in the Ecuadorean Embassy paints a truly harrowing picture of the conditions in which he is being held. Last week after receiving a message from Julian I applied to the Ecuadorean Embassy to go and see him. I have done this many times but a new regime has established involving forms and strict time windows.

The Ecuadorean Embassy claim not to have received my email with the application, which is peculiar as I received no undeliverable message and bcc copyees received it. I therefore re-sent it with a new email advising they may change the date and time if the original is not now achievable. I have heard nothing so far in response.
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Star of David

Moscow theater? Bibi's meeting with Putin a transparent ploy to woo Israelis prior to election


RT
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:41 UTC
BibiPutin
© Reuters/Alexander ZemlianichenkoPutin and Netanyahu: Expressions tell the story...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Moscow was motivated primarily by a desire to show weary voters ahead of Israel's upcoming election that he is a respected leader on the world stage, an analyst told RT.

The Israeli prime minister met for several hours with President Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital on Thursday, but the timing of his visit, rather than the topics of discussion, seemed to interest analysts the most.

Amir Oren, a veteran Israeli journalist and political commentator, said that while Netanyahu likely petitioned Putin on one of his favorite pet issues, Iran's military presence in Syria, the meeting was clearly held for domestic consumption back home in Israel.
"The main point is probably to gain domestic support because [Netanyahu] has consistently tried to portray himself as being, as he said, in a different league than all other political candidates - someone with global stature, who can meet with both the American and Russian presidents, and host the Brazilian president and others."
Whether the diplomatic stunt will give him a boost in the polls ahead of the April 9 election is another matter, noted Oren.
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Black Cat 2

President Assad to visiting Venezuelan FM: 'Your crisis similar to what happened in Syria'


Almanar News
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:49 UTC
Assad Arreaza
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday received Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza and the accompanying delegation.

President al-Assad was briefed on the latest developments taking place in Venezuela by Minister Arreaza, as he expressed confidence that Venezuela will overcome the crisis that it is currently facing and restore the state of stability soon enough.

President al-Assad pointed out that the policies adopted by some western states, on top of which, the USA towards what is going on in Venezuela in terms of their blatant interference in the Latin state's affairs and their imposing economic siege and sanctions on it have become an approach they adopt with all states that do not agree with their policies.
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Network

Russia helps Israel recover remains of soldier lost in 1982 Lebanon battle


Source
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:38 UTC
Russian Ministry of Defense
© Russian Ministry of Defense
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for helping to find and recover the remains of an IDF soldier who went missing in a 1982 battle with Syrian forces during the First Lebanon War.

"You personally answered our request and you gave an order to render assistance in this matter," Netanyahu told Putin during his visit to Moscow. He added that the funeral of IDF Sergeant Zachary Baumel will take place later on Thursday in Israel.

Netanyahu said that Baumel's father, who "traveled the world to track down any piece of information" about his son, has passed away, and the mother is almost 100 years old. Baumel's sister will attend the funeral. "She is very grateful to Russian soldiers, who risked their lives to recover Zachary's remains," Israeli PM said.
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Snakes in Suits

Russian FM slams NATO SG Stoltenberg, who likens Stalin to Hitler, ISIS in US Congress speech


RT
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:33 UTC
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
© Reuters / Yves HermanNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Russia's Foreign Ministry criticized NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for mentioning Joseph Stalin in the same breath as Adolf Hitler and ISIS, as "enemies of freedom."

In his address to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday Stoltenberg made a case for greater defense spending for NATO countries, stressing that "in an ideal world, we would not need to spend any money on defense, but we do not live in an ideal world."

Hitler could not have been stopped with peaceful protest. Stalin could not have been deterred with words. ISIS could not have been defeated with dialogue.

That is what Stoltenberg said, emphasising NATO's importance for Europe and the US.


Comment: Stoltenberg is a complete tool. But then, he was PM of Norway when the Utoya/Oslo terror attacks happened, so he knows who's boss.

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