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'Trump is winning': Lamentations of a sore losing liberal

Thomas D. Williams
Breitbart
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 23:25 UTC
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© AP/Susan Walsh
In the midst of much hand-wringing and anguished sighs, the Huffington Post has announced to its readers that after his first year in office "Trump Is Winning."

"This is one of the hardest things I've ever had to write and admit," begins Earl Ofari Hutchinson in his essay, "Trump is winning."

Hutchinson, an author and co-host of the Al Sharpton Show, observes that according to numerous indicators the Trump presidency is a success, beginning with his delivery of a long list of campaign promises.

Among Mr. Trump's many victories, Hutchinson enumerates Mick Mulvaney's appointment to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Neil Gorsuch's contribution to the Supreme Court, Scott Pruitt's work at the EPA, Trump's support of fossil fuels to make America energy independent, the RNC backing of judge Roy Moore in Alabama, the fizzling out of Russiagate, the passage of the tax reform bill, and the record-level stock market.

Comment: Trump may very well be 'winning' in a number of ways, but much is due to liberals going over the edge. In the end, much of what Trump initially stood for has been diminished by powers greater than he.

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Arrow Down

Russian military withdrawal shall prompt Assad to compromise

Andrew Korybko
Oriental Review
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
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© Sputnik/KJN
Russia has every right to withdraw most of its Aerospace Forces from Syria following Daesh's defeat, with one of the most immediate consequences of this move being that it will prompt President Assad into a "political compromise" with the "opposition".

President Putin's surprise visit to Syria saw the Russian leader announce the large-scale withdrawal of his country's Aerospace Forces from the Arab Republic, signifying that Moscow truly believes that Daesh is defeated and that its original mission in Syria has been accomplished. It needs to be reminded that Russia's 2015 anti-terrorist intervention was initiated by the need to destroy this international terrorist threat, although other more locally active terrorist organizations were also targeted for elimination in the course of events as well.

Contrary to some of the expectations and misleading inferences shared across a few Alt-Media platforms since that time, Russia did not get involved in Syria in order to "save Assad", but to protect the constitutional order of the state and prevent its Libyan-like fall to terrorists. To this end, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov even once remarked that "Assad is not our ally, by the way. Yes, we support him in the fight against terrorism and in preserving the Syrian state. But he is not an ally like Turkey is the ally of the United States", further driving home this point in an unforgettable way.

Comment: The future for Syria is coming down to specific and defining moments, decisions and actions. Putin has unfolded a masterpiece of strategy and execution, a lesson in leading from integrity and respect.

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Arrow Up

Iranian defense minister predicts Trump's Jerusalem decision will speed up Israel's demise, unite Muslims


RT
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:57 UTC
Israeli posters burn
© Tasnim News Agency / ReutersIranians burn Israeli flag posters during a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Tehran, Iran.
Last week's decision by the US president to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital is bound to backfire, hastening the demise of the Jewish state and banding Muslims together, Iran's defense minister has said. And should conflict break out in the region, Washington will have to bear responsibility, General Amir Hatami said.

"(Trump's) move will hasten the destruction of the Zionist regime [Israel] and will double unity among Muslims," Brigadier General Hatami told a meeting of senior military officials Monday, as cited by various Iranian media outlets.

Washington's "anti-security decision," which has drawn widespread condemnation from Muslim nations and the international community, is ratcheting up tensions in the region, he said. Denouncing the move as "provocative and unwise," Hatami said the declaration could possibly mean the Middle East descending into bloodshed.

"The occupying regime of Israel knows the illegitimate actions of the US government will bring no change to Al-Quds [Jerusalem] as the Palestinian people and the freedom-loving people of the world will become more determined than ever to become united and stand up for liberation of Jerusalem and the land of Palestine," the general said, as cited by the Mehr News Agency.

Comment: Trump's announcement has ignited support for the Palestinian plight on a global scale. See also:

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Pirates

Rep. Adam Schiff is a Soros Machine drone

Aaron Klein
Breitbart
Mon, 10 Apr 2017 23:07 UTC
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, was previously financially aided by the George Soros-financed MoveOn.org to win his Congressional seat.

Schiff was also awarded the Toll Fellowship, which is sponsored by the Council of State Governments, a nonprofit that monitors federal government activities and is heavily financed by Soros's Open Society Foundations.

The Open Society and Soros-funded groups have additionally supported a number of Schiff's legislative efforts.
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Briefcase

The man who gave fake "Trump dossier" to John McCain for Chris Steele speaks out

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 21:43 UTC
Sir Andrew Wood Trump Dossier
© CBSSir Andrew Wood, a former British ambassador to Russia
British spy Christopher Steele told "go between" to reach out to McCain.

Anti-Trump senator, and career warmonger US Senator John McCain was deeply involved in pushing the very fake, and equally very disgusting, Trump dossier into the mainstream.

McCain's "go-between" is now speaking to Fox News about the dossier, British agent Steele, and John McCain.

Sir Andrew Wood told Fox News that his mission was "to tell the senator and assistants that such a dossier existed."

After receiving the goods on the Steele dossier, it was McCain who made sure the FBI paid special attention to the dossier Woods passed off to him.

The same dossier that was used to spy on Trump campaign officials.

The same dossier that the FBI and entire Deep State would base their Trump-Russia collusion on.

The same dossier that was commissioned by opposition research firm Fusion GPS and funded by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Comment: Kramer and Akhmetshin are both interesting, if low-grade, swamp critters. Looks like the Dems and Killary were trying to entrap Trump from multiple angles

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Bulb

SOTT Focus: US Tacitly Admits Defeat to Russia in Syria, White House Reportedly Accepts Assad's Rule Until 2021 Elections

Beau Christensen
Sott.net
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 22:28 UTC
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© AP Photo/ Syrian Presidency Facebook
Here's some news you may not have expected to read today.

The New Yorker, citing unnamed US and EU officials, claims that the White House will accept Assad as Syria's president until the next elections in Syria in 2021:
Donald Trump's administration is prepared to accept the continuation of Syrian President Bashar Assad's rule until the country's next presidential election, set for 2021, The New Yorker newspaper reported, citing unnamed US and EU officials, explaining that depending on the results of the next US presidential election in 2020, he might still be in power, when the incumbent US president leaves office.
Imagine that! The US, in all its supposed omnipotence, is willing to 'allow' the democratically-elected President of a foreign nation to serve out his term. Maybe Assad should send a gift to the White House in recognition of the astonishing honor that Washington has afforded him.

This report is, however, in stark contrast to what other Trump Admin. officials have been saying very recently. Earlier this year, crazed war-hawk Nikki Haley said that "Assad has no place in Syria", while Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said "the reign of Assad is coming to an end". Well, I guess not! It's possible that part of Putin's reasoning in pulling most of the Russian military out of Syria was to appease the crazies in Washington and get them to accept Assad as the Syrian president for the foreseeable future.
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Russian Flag

Russian Railways passenger line to bypass Ukraine finishes ahead of schedule


bne IntelliNews
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:18 UTC
russian train Russian Railways (RZD)
Russian Railways (RZD) doubledecker passenger car
Starting on December 11 all Russian Railways (RZD) passenger trains will bypass Ukraine on their way to western destinations, Tass reported on December 7 citing the RZD head for passenger transportation Dmitri Pegov.

One of the main routes to be affected will be the Berlin-Moscow train, which has long been the main route used by western visitors on their way to Russia by train.

The RZD delivered on the promise to bypass Ukraine by the end of 2017, as a part of larger Kremlin strategy of a series of infrastructure projects that will cut Ukraine out of Russia's connections to its main customers in Europe.

Comment: Yet another way Ukrainian have shot themselves in the foot by buying into the West's false promises of EU membership.

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Star of David

The farce of Israeli democracy: Palestinians systematically abducted and imprisoned on false or no charges almost daily

Eva Bartlett
RT
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:59 UTC
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© ReutersA Palestinian demonstrator holds an anti-U.S. President Donald Trump poster during a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, near Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 22, 2017
People around the world are rightfully outraged by Donald Trump's recent effective handing over of Jerusalem to Israel.

Behind the scenes, out of sight, an outrageous and illegal practice continues, the alleged "only democracy in the Middle East" on a near-daily basis abducts Palestinian men, women, and children under false pretexts (or no charges at all), using sham legal proceedings to enforce prolonged, illegal, detentions.

According to October 2017 statistics by the Palestinian prisoner support group Addameer, Israel holds 6,198 Palestinians in prison (including 280 children and 58 women).

On October 27, Israeli forces abducted Ashraf Abu Rahme (36) from Bil'in, a village of around 2,000 people, just west of Ramallah. Abu Rahme's alleged crime? "Throwing stones."
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Brick Wall

McCabe cancels House Intelligence testimony, something "far more sinister" to come out in connection with Fusion GPS?

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 19:49 UTC
Andrew McCabe
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe abruptly cancelled his closed door testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee as news emerged that the wife of Senior DOJ official Bruce Ohr worked for Fusion GPS, the opposition research firm which assembled the infamous "Trump dossier." Ohr was demoted last week after allegedly trying to conceal his contacts with Fusion.

Fox News reporter Chad Pergram's sources tell him "McCabe has an Ohr problem," and they believe "FBI DepDir McCabe not coming to Hse Intel Cmte tomorrow because he'd be asked about Bruce Ohr & Ohr's wife Nellie who worked for Fusion GPS," adding "something far more sinister."

Pergram also tweeted "Expect subpoenas to compel McCabe to appear this wk."

Comment: With any luck, a major swamp drain may be in the offing. Will it eventually reach Killary?

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Light Sabers

N. Korea declares military and political victory over US, calls human rights issue "nonexistent"


RT
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 20:17 UTC
korean soldiers
© Damir Sagolj / Reuters
North Korea has declared a political and military victory over the US as it accused Washington of trying to deflect attention from its Pyongyang failures by peddling "non-existent" human rights abuses at the UN.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) discussed the human rights situation in the reclusive country Monday at the request of the US, UK and France along with six other non-permanent member states. The session was convened despite objections from Russia and China. Beijing argued that the timing of the meeting will further inflame tensions in the region.

The meeting came days after after Pyongyang fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile late November, allegedly able to strike the large parts of the US mainland, following a more than two months respite. Russia, which condemned the launch, blamed Washington for provoking North Korea to act recklessly with its saber-rattling and large-scale military maneuvers.


Comment: On the issue of US military provocation, the US just held a massive drill with Japan off the Korean peninsula that was aimed at N. Korea. Russia is absolutely correct when they blame the US for provoking N. Korea. What else are they to do when they see American fighter jets planning for war right off their coast?


Despite the warning by China's UN deputy ambassador, Wu Haitao, that the meeting would be "counterproductive" at this time, it went ahead, after ten UNSC members voted "yes" in the procedural vote, with nine required.
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