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Trump Executive Order could mean Killary's goose is cooked

Zach Haller
Medium
Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:13 UTC
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The devil in the detail of Trump's Executive Order makes one thing clear: Clinton's in deep.

On December 21, 2017, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order that would strike fear in the hearts of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and every corrupt actor in their international cabal that coalesced behind closed doors in an effort to install Hillary Clinton as President in 2016. The EO follows news of an FEC complaint blasting the money laundering scheme devised as part of the covert arrangements Clinton, Obama, the Democratic Party, big media, and big tech used to undermine democracy in 2016.

In Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption, Trump's administration threw down a gauntlet in drastically expanding punishments for the world's most crooked politicians and human rights abusers.
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Attention

Tale of two roads: The glaring contrast between Chinese and American infrastructure

Caleb Maupin
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
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Municipalities across the US are un-paving roads due to budgetary concerns.
As the end of 2017 approached, the Chinese Ministry of Transportation announced its plan for the next year. In 2018, China intends to build over 200,000 kilometers (124274.238 miles) of new roads in rural areas. The result will be to connect 5,000 rural villages to asphalt roadways and bus services. Furthermore, the Transport Ministry intends to renovate 180,000 kilometers (111846.815 miles) of roads, as well as restoring 2,500 bridges. In the last five years, China has constructed 1.275 million kilometers (776713.9903 miles) of new roads.

Meanwhile, in the United States, the opposite is taking place. According to Wired Magazine, municipalities across the country are un-paving roads due to budgetary concerns. In order to save money, rural towns in 27 different states have removed asphalt and restored dirt roads. For example, the city of Montpelier in Vermont, saved $120,000 by removing asphalt from a number of its roads. The process involves a machine called a "reclaimer" that pulverizes the asphalt and spreads it evenly across the roadway.

This stark contrast, with still-developing China building new roads at great speed as the long-developed USA un-paves them, is a culmination of two trends. Politics and economics are closely tied, and the government policies of China and the United States have both evolved over the past decades, leading to the current situation.
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Gear

Major Russian bank reveals Yeltsin-era tendencies by courting American favor


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:34 UTC
Alfa Bank
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Alfa-Bank, Russia's seventh biggest by asset value, says it will phase out business contacts with internal defense enterprises to avoid falling foul of latest US sanctions which come into force this month.

"These companies have been notified. It doesn't mean that we are just closing down all accounts this moment. But we are trying to minimize risks," Oleg Sysuev, deputy chair of Alfa-Bank's board of directors, told the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

Sysuev said defense companies represented a "significant part" of the bank's credit portfolio. Last month, the bank's founder, Mikhail Fridman, whose net worth is estimated at $16.2 billion by Forbes, told the magazine that Alfa-Bank was cutting ties with the Russia's defense industry, saying, "What can we do?"
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Evil Rays

Trump tweets late night blast: Christens Bannon with new nickname - "Sloppy Steve"

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:16 UTC
Steve Bannon
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Trump fires back at author Michael Wolff and "Sloppy Steve" Bannon.

"Little" Marco Rubio, "Crooked" Hillary, "Rocket Man" Kim Jong-un, "Fake News" CNN.

When Trump works his marketing magic against you, look out...his nicknames stick, often stigmatizing a person for life.

Late last night US President Trump fired off a tweet saying he never authorized access to the White House for Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff.

Trump's tweet blasted Wolff, and then demolished former White House strategist Steve Bannon, ushering in the latest and greatest Trump nickname, "Sloppy Steve".

Comment: Gateway's take:
Rumors are swirling Breitbart owners are debating ousting Steve Bannon amid an explosive feud with President Trump.

The Drudge Report currently has a bright red scathing headline linking to a Wall Street Journal article asking if Bannon is out at Breitbart:

As previously reported, the rift between President Trump and former White House strategist Steve Bannon has been in steady escalation this week. The former White House strategist Steve Bannon claimed that Don Trump Jr will "crack [...] like an egg" under pressure from the erroneous Russia investigations. Continuing, Bannon went as far as to call Trump Jr's agreement to meet with a Russian attorney "treasonous".
"Even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad s***, and I happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the FBI immediately."

"It goes through Deutsche Bank and all the Kushner s-t. The Kushner s-t is greasy. They're going to go right through that. They're going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me,"
On the heels of Mr. Bannon's claims, President Trump punched back saying that the former strategist has "lost his mind", that he "only pretends to have influence", and that Bannon had "very little to do with our historic victory."

President Donald Trump's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to former Chief Strategist Steve Bannon on Wednesday night.


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DOJ reopens Killary email investigation - releases more Abedin information

Cristina Laila
The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:04 UTC
Hillary Clinton et sa directrice de cabinet Huma Abedin.
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The Department of Justice has reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private server following the release of new evidence Huma Abedin mishandled classified information.

The Daily Beast reported there is a renewed effort in the Justice Department to get new details on how Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin and other aides handled classified information. The DOJ wants to know just how much classified information was on Hillary's private email server and how it got there.

More evidence is surfacing that on Hillary's orders, Huma Abedin directed Hillary's immigrant D.C. maid, Marina Santos to print out classified "call sheets" and access other sensitive Clinton emails, Paul Sperry of the New York Post reported.

Marina Santos, an immigrant from the Philippines does not have the security clearance required to access such sensitive information.
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Fire

Ukraine deputy minister says Kiev planned to blow up 'Russian gas pipe'


RT
Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:55 UTC
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A Ukrainian deputy minister has revealed that Kiev had plans to blow up a "Russian gas pipe" in 2014-15. It opted not to do so to in order to avoid "Russian aggression."

Yury Grimchak, the deputy minister for temporarily occupied territories - the official Ukrainian definition for the rebellious self-proclaimed republics in the country's southeast - revealed the plans Thursday during a talk show aired on the Zik news channel. Grimchak claimed Kiev had been considering to blow up the "Russian gas pipe" in 2014-2015.

"You think there've been no plans to blow up the gas transit system on our side? I'm telling you about state-level plans," Grimchak stated. He added there had been a lot of "hot shots" in the General Staff and other government bodies back then.

Comment: Did they think that depriving Europe of gas would make the EU rally to support their dictatorship? This has Deep State fingerprints all over it, trying to provoke Russia to a military response. For once Ukraine showed some sense.

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Sherlock

Lock her up: Justice Dept. launches new probe into Clinton Foundation's pay-to-play scheme

John Solomon
The Hill
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:41 UTC
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The Justice Department has launched a new inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in any pay-to-play politics or other illegal activities while Hillary Clinton served as secretary of State, law enforcement officials and a witness tells The Hill.

FBI agents from Little Rock, Ark., where the foundation was started, have taken the lead in the investigation and have interviewed at least one witness in the last month, and law enforcement officials said additional activities are expected in the coming weeks.

The officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the probe is examining whether the Clintons promised or performed any policy favors in return for largesse to their charitable efforts or whether donors made commitments of donations in hopes of securing government outcomes.

The probe may also examine whether any tax-exempt assets were converted for personal or political use and whether the foundation complied with applicable tax laws, the officials said.
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Arrow Down

Trump administration plan would open oceans to offshore drilling for 'energy dominance'


RT
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:22 UTC
Offshore drilling
© Alex Gallardo / Reuters
Bucking a three-decades-old prohibition, the Trump administration announced it plans to expand offshore drilling leases in 90 percent of US oceans. The move is stirring strong public opposition.

"We're embarking on a new path for energy dominance in America, particularly on offshore," Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Thursday as he unveiled the plan, according to the New York Times. "This is a clear difference between energy weakness and energy dominance. We are going to become the strongest energy superpower."

Zinke's plan is considered the most ambitious offshore drilling proposal in decades, and is a consequence of President Donald Trump's executive order in April encouraging more drilling rights in federal waters.

Under the 2019-2024 leasing program, 90 percent of the total US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) would be made available and more than 98 percent of federal offshore areas would be available for oil and gas development. Currently, 94 percent of the OCS is considered off-limits.

Comment: See also:

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Light Saber

Manafort civil suit: Robert Mueller's swan song?

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 15:36 UTC
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Paul Manafort's civil suit Manafort's application for Judicial Review pinpoints how Mueller's probe is running amok

There has been some confusion and no little ridicule of the civil suit which Paul Manafort has brought against Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

In my opinion the ridicule is misplaced because Manafort's suit has homed in on what is beyond question the single greatest weakness of Robert Mueller's Russiagate inquiry.

This is that as the evidence of collusion during the 2016 election between the Trump campaign and Russia which Mueller is supposed to be investigating stubbornly refuses to appear - because it doesn't exist - Mueller is increasingly going off on tangents investigating other wholly unrelated matters.

The propriety of that is questionable, and now it is its legality which Manafort is challenging.
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Briefcase

Trump attorney sends Bannon cease and desist letter over 'disparaging' comments - Move backfires, book gets early release

John Santucci
ABC News
Wed, 03 Jan 2018 22:35 UTC
Trump Bannon
© Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesThis file photo taken on Jan. 22, 2017, shows President Donald Trump and Stephen Bannon in Washington.
Lawyers on behalf of President Donald Trump sent a letter Wednesday night to former White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon demanding he refrain from making disparaging comments against the president and his family.

The letter comes after excerpts from a forthcoming book by journalist Michael Wolff were made public Wednesday, causing a stir.

Trump attorney Charles J. Harder of the firm Harder Mirell & Abrams LLP, said in a statement, "This law firm represents President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. On behalf of our clients, legal notice was issued today to Stephen K. Bannon, that his actions of communicating with author Michael Wolff regarding an upcoming book give rise to numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with our clients. Legal action is imminent."

Comment: Anne Coulter on the recent spat:

Instead of forcing the publisher to nix the book's release with a cease and desist letter, the book will hit shelves 4 days early due to "unprecedented demand".

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