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House Intel Republicans are demanding Rep. Adam Schiff's immediate resignation: 'No faith in your abilities to discharge your duties'

Jennie Taer
saraacarter.com
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:10 UTC
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© Screenshot/House Intel Committee hearingHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) refuses to give up on collusion narrative. During the hearing committee Republicans demand his resignation on March 28, 2019.
House Intelligence committee Republicans are demanding Chairman Adam Schiff resign, citing Schiff's refusal to accept Special Counsel Robert Mueller's findings that President Trump did not collude or conspire with Russia in the 2016 elections.

It was evident that Schiff was not giving up. On Thursday, Schiff opened the hearing with "Putin's Playbook: The Kremlin's Use of Oligarchs, Money and Intelligence in 2016 and Beyond." What happened next put Schiff on the defensive, as his Republican colleagues laid out the case against him.

Comment: Delusional Schiff not backing off. Zerohedge reports:
Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who made Donald Trump's now debunked Russiagate "witch hunt" his one mission in life, furiously pushed back as all nine Committee Republicans demanded his resignation, defending his past comments by lighting into the president and his family and campaign over its contacts with Russia.

Calls from Republicans and president Trump for the Russiagate-obsessed Schiff to resign as head of the House Intelligence Committee have been loud in the days following the release of the four-page Mueller report summary. And on Thursday, the call was made right to the Congressman's face in what Mediate described was an "explosive" clash, and The Hill dubbed a "striking display."

At the start of the House intel hearing on Thursday morning, Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) called for Schiff to step down - a call which he said was supported by all nine Republican members of the committee.

"Your actions, both past, and present are incompatible with your duty of the chairman of this committee - which alone, in the House of Representatives - has the obligation and authority to provide effective oversight of the U.S. Intelligence community," Conaway said. "As such we have no faith in your ability to discharge your duties in a manner consistent with your Constitutional responsibility and urge your immediate resignation as chairman of the committee. Mr. Chairman, this letter is signed by all nine members of the Republican side of the committee, and I ask unanimous consent that it be entered into the record at today's hearing."


A visibly angry Schiff responded immediately after, at which point the "clash exploded" as the Russiagate-obssessed Democrat aggressively pushed back defending his past comments by lighting into the president and his family and campaign over its contacts with Russia.


In their letter, Republicans implied that Schiff was involved in or aware of leaks of committee information that fueled speculation about collusion as the Daily Caller reported.
"Your repeated public statements, which implied knowledge of classified facts supporting the collusion allegations, occurred at the same time anonymous leaks of alleged intelligence and law enforcement information were appearing in the media," the letter reads.

"These leaks, often sources to current or former Administration or intelligence officials, appeared to support the collusion allegations and were purported to be related to ongoing investigations of President Trump and his associates."


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Trump vows to declassify & release 'all FISA docs'

Sara Carter
saraacarter.com
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:57 UTC
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President Trump, in an exclusive wide-ranging interview Wednesday night with Fox News' "Hannity," vowed to release the full and unredacted Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants and related documents used by the FBI to probe his campaign, saying he wants to "get to the bottom" of how the long-running Russia collusion narrative began.

Trump told anchor Sean Hannity that his lawyers previously had advised him not to take that dramatic step out of fear that it could be considered obstruction of justice.

"I do, I have plans to declassify and release. I have plans to absolutely release," Trump said. "I have some very talented people working for me, lawyers, they really didn't want me to do it early on."
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Boeing introduces 737 Max software overhaul as lawmakers question FAA policies

David Shortell
CNN
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:40 UTC
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© Reuters / Tiksa NegeriAircraft engine parts scattered at the scene of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. March 11, 2019.
Boeing unveiled an overhaul Wednesday to a software system and the pilot training of its signature 737 MAX plane, marking its most direct attempt to fix an element of the plane's original design that investigators believe led to two recent crashes.

At the company's plant in Renton, Washington, where the plane is assembled, Boeing pilots ran through scenarios on a flight simulator that was transmitted live into a conference room where regulators and some 200 pilots from client airlines were gathered, according to Mike Sinnett, Boeing's vice president for product strategy. The guests were able to request test simulations. "We're working with customers and regulators around the world to restore faith in our industry and also to reaffirm our commitment to safety and to earning the trust of the flying public," Sinnett said. "The rigor and thoroughness in the design and testing that went into the MAX gives us complete confidence that the changes we're making will address any of these accidents."

The gathering came at a crisis moment for the iconic American company, now under criminal scrutiny by the Justice Department for its certification and marketing of the 737 Max plane. At back-to-back hearings in Washington on Wednesday, Trump administration officials were grilled about the decision to defer large parts of the 737's safety certification to Boeing. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Wednesday that she found it "very questionable" that safety systems were not part of the standard package offered by Boeing on its 737 Max jets. "It is very questionable if these were safety oriented additions why they were not part of the required template of measures that should go into an airplane," she said in testimony before the Senate, where she was appearing to answer questions about her annual budget request. But Chao defended the decision of the Federal Aviation Administration not to ground Boeing's signature plane after the first of two fatal crashes.

Comment: It appears that competition, cost saving, and corruption led to the Boeing 737 Max 8 never being deemed fit for use, for more, check out: Governments worldwide ground Boeing 737 MAX, mystery "new data" emerges: What do we know so far? UPDATE: Boeing 'pauses' deliveries

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The Left will not let go of Russiagate, no matter what

James P. Pinkerton
The American Conservative
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:11 UTC
mueller save us
By now, anyone with a political pulse knows that special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry has reached its conclusion. On March 24, Axios headlined, "Mueller investigation finds no Trump campaign conspiracy with Russia." Later that night, CNN's Chris Cillizza dampened Democratic hopes by stating flatly, "Collusion is now off the board." And the inimitable President Donald Trump declared in a tweet, "No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION."

To be sure, Mueller found plenty of wrongdoing by Trumpians and Russians. He did, after all, issue 34 indictments and secure seven convictions, with one trial (that of Roger Stone) still to come.

For its part, the loyal but hostile opposition is not giving up. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler tweeted, "Mueller did not exonerate the President." Nadler wants to haul in Attorney General Bill Barr for a little heart-to-heart on Capitol Hill-with 200 TV cameras watching.

Still, no sound and fury is going to change the headline atop The Washington Post on Monday morning: "Mueller finds no conspiracy."

Without a doubt, the mainstream media, which was so breathless in its pursuit of "Russiagate," has now had the wind knocked out of it. And in the meantime, other journalistic figures and outlets, further to the left and also to the right, have the wind at their backs. As The New York Times' lone conservative opinionator Ross Douthat observed, Sunday was a good day for such ideologically disparate critics of the media as The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, the Daily Caller's Chuck Ross, and The Federalist in toto.

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Erdogan blames US for triggering 2018 economic crisis in Turkey


Sputnik
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:15 UTC
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© AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused Western countries - primarily the United States - of triggering the economic crisis that Turkey faced last year.

"Attempts by a range of Western countries, most importantly the United States, to put pressure on Ankara were behind the August 2018 manipulations in the Turkish currency market", Erdogan said at a meeting with media representatives, as quoted by the Anadolu news agency.

Relations between Turkey and the United States escalated last August after US President Donald Trump authorised the doubling of previously imposed import tariffs on Turkish aluminium and steel to 20 percent and 50 percent, respectively. The US move resulted in the Turkish lira hitting a historic low. Turkey responded by increasing tariffs on 22 types of US goods worth $533 million.

Comment: Overt and covert economic attacks on countries that won't follow US diktats isn't without precedent. And there's also good reason to think that US players were behind the 2016 coup attempt: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Confessions of an Economic Hitman: Interview with John Perkins

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Hawking the Russiagate hoax: A rogues' gallery of political and media hacks who should never be trusted again

Margot Cleveland
The Federalist
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:27 UTC
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© CNNCNN commentator Manu Raju
Since 2016, some big names - both inside the government and out - have peddled the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy with such vigor you'd think they invested their life savings in Reynolds Metal Company. Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has closed the door on such hysteria, let's take a look back at the Most Mistaken Men and Women in America (and the world).


Comment: TL:DR? Just note the bolded names, and if you see an article, tweet or any other attempt to communicate information, best pass on it. Two years is a long time to be pushing a lie.

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Putin's Russia arrests another corrupt official - second this week


RT
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:43 UTC
Viktor Ishaev
© Sputnik / Alexey KudenkoViktor Ishaev
Veteran politician and ex-governor of Khabarovsk Region, Viktor Ishaev, has been detained by the Federal Security Service in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in the embezzlement of 10 billion rubles ($155 million).

According to police sources, Ishaev is a defendant in an investigation into massive fraud in the timber industry. Earlier this week, police in Khabarovsk Region detained the former high-ranking local official and timber mogul as a part of the case.

The alleged fraud involved illegal subsidies for forest exploitation projects that resulted in the loss of over 10 billion rubles ($155 million), the Prosecutor General's Office confirmed.

Comment: Not something you see in the West very often - and it's not because they're short of candidates: Former Russian minister detained over massive embezzlement, may face 20 years in prison - UPDATE

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UK Parliament rejects 8 Brexit options, agrees to delay withdrawal until at least April


RT
Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:30 UTC
John Bercow
© Reuters / Reuters TVSpeaker of the House John Bercow announces the results of the vote on alternative Brexit options in Parliament in London
British MPs have voted against eight Brexit options introduced on Wednesday night, rejecting the opposition's plan and 'soft' Brexit scenarios. It comes after they agreed to delay the divorce until at least April.

In a series of indicative votes, MPs voted down eight separate Brexit proposals, ranging from an extreme no-deal option to the so-called Norway-plus scenario, one of the softest versions of what has turned into a bitter separation between the EU and UK.

Comment: And the chances are that they won't have 'narrowed down' an acceptable solution by April 22nd, which will mean a further delay. Brexit has exposed (most) UK parliamentarians for the jobsworths they are: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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US lecturing Russia to 'keep out of Western Hemisphere' is hubris & hypocrisy on steroids

Robert Bridge
RT
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 20:09 UTC
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© AFP / Eric BARADAT
With US military assets scattered to the four corners of the planet, and entrenched on Russia's border, Washington believes the world is a playground that no other nation may enter. This is arrogance at its finest.

Imagine how less complicated life would be if American statesmen only took the time to consult a world map before speaking publicly on global events. Had John Bolton, for example, performed this simple exercise he would have avoided appearing like the representative of a nation that is hell bent on conquering every square inch of real estate on planet Earth, or at least the real estate with proven oil reserves.

"The United States will not tolerate hostile foreign military powers meddling with the Western Hemisphere's shared goals of democracy, security, and the rule of law," the national security advisor *tweeted this week in an apparent early morning bout of Napoleon complex. "The Venezuelan military must stand with the people of Venezuela."
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Pardon me, can we lock up Rachel Maddow now?

Raúl Ilargi Meijer
The Automatic Earth
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:50 UTC
Leap into the void
© Yves Klein, 1960Leap Into The Void
Message to Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tulsi Gabbard and the rest of the crew: you can stop asking for campaign donations, because you no longer stand a chance in the 2020 elections. Your own party, and the media who support you, made sure of that. Or rather, the only chance you would have is if you guys start another smear campaign against your president, and I wouldn't recommend that.

I don't want to start another Lock Her Up sequence, that's too ugly for my taste. But three parties in this No Collusion disaster must be held accountable: US intelligence, the Democratic party, and the media. You can't just let it go, too much water under the bridge. No can do. "The Democrats need to move on", a recent 'soft line', is not good enough. They must be held to account.

Bill Barr can investigate the FBI and DOJ, but the obstacles there are obvious: investigating the investigators. The Democratic party would mean going after individuals, but sure, let's see what Loretta Lynch, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Maxine Waters have to say for themselves and take it from there, before you get to Hillary. The media, though, is something else altogether.
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