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Maxine Waters strikes again: Putin helped Trump come up with 'crooked Hillary' and 'lock her up'


Russia Insider
Fri, 19 May 2017 16:03 UTC
Maxine Waters on TV
Putin is a man of many talents apparently.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters proves that you can say anything on TV and not be chased off, as long as you liberally sprinkle it with the word "absolutely" in the strangest of places:
"Yes absolutely. I am talking about strategies that were developed. Working with the Trump campaign. I really do believe that much of what you saw coming out from Trump's mouth was a play from Putin playbook.

I think that when you saw him, absolutely, calling Hillary 'crooked', 'lock her up, lock her up', all of that I think was developed strategically with people from the Kremlin, with Putin and I think it's more of them bank records.

I think that you can see that visits to Moscow were made during the campaign by [campaign manager] Manafort and others. I think it's a lot more absolutely than just following papers.
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Treasure Chest

Buying the election: Tory billionaires outspend Labour's trade unions in donor war


RT
Fri, 19 May 2017 15:43 UTC
Jeremy Corbyn (R) and Unite union General Secretary Len McCluskey
© AFPBritish oppostion Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (R) and Unite union General Secretary Len McCluskey.
Donations from the billionaire business lobby to the Conservative Party are already almost double the total handed to Jeremy Corbyn's Labour by the trade union movement, figures published by the Electoral Commission on Friday show.

In the first of six pre-poll donation reports, accounting for the week between May 3 and May 9, the Tories received a whopping 56 big-money donations, amounting to more than £4.1 million (US$5.3 million). In the same period, the Labour Party gathered just under £2.7 million from nine donations, of which the main ones came from trade unions.

As per the Political Parties Elections Referendums Act 2000, parties must hand the Electoral Commission a total of six donation and loan reports for any money received ahead of the election in values of more than £7,500.
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Two Chinese fighter jets buzz within 150 feet of US nuke 'sniffer' aircraft over East China Sea


RT
Fri, 19 May 2017 15:30 UTC
Air Force WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft
Air Force WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft.
A US aircraft that specializes in detecting radioactive debris after a nuclear detonation was intercepted by two Chinese fighter aircraft in international airspace near the Korean peninsula.

Two Chinese Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets came within 150 feet of a US Air Force WC-135 Constant Phoenix aircraft while it was flying in international airspace above the East China Sea on Wednesday, officials told CNN.

Earlier, a US official told CNN the Chinese jets came within 150 feet of the US plane, with one of the Su-30s flying inverted, or upside down, directly above the American plane.

Officials told NBC News that the crew of the Constant Phoenix described the confrontation as "unprofessional." The US crew said they were acting in full accordance with international law.
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Info

Here's why Special Counsel Robert Mueller is going to disappoint the Democrats and the media

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Thu, 18 May 2017 14:50 UTC
Robert Mueller
Far from being a threat to President Trump the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller seems to be intended to draw a line under the Russiagate affair.

Robert Mueller's appointment as Special Counsel to supervise the Russiagate investigation has led to a state bordering on euphoria on the part of the Democrats and the mainstream media.

It is understandable. The Democrats have been calling for the appointment of a Special Counsel and President Trump - very unwisely - has been resisting them. Though President Trump appeared in his statement yesterday to welcome the decision, in tweets today he has made clear his continued resentments about it.
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Info

Report reveals Le Pen French election victory would have triggered 'emergency crisis plan'


RT
Fri, 19 May 2017 14:30 UTC
Marine Le Pen
© Christian Hartmann / Reuters
France was ready to deploy a secret crisis plan to "protect the republic" if far-right politician Marine Le Pen had won the election, a French magazine has reported, citing sources. The plan included flooding the streets with police to maintain order.

Citing three senior sources close to the French government and state organizations, France's L'Obs magazine has revealed that a plan was devised because the country was fearing "extreme violence" and chaos if Le Pen won the election against Emmanuel Macron.

The first priority, the magazine said, was to preserve order on the streets, as authorities expected major violent protests, The Local reported, citing the L'Obs article.
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Venezuela ready to import 60,000 tons of Russian wheat per month


RT
Fri, 19 May 2017 14:20 UTC
Combine harvesters
© Ilya Naymushin / Reuters Combine harvesters work on a wheat field of the Solgonskoye farming company, southwest from Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has said the country is to import large quantities of Russian wheat. The announcement followed a phone call to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"We are ready, all the documents have already been signed, and very soon Russia will supply Venezuela with 60,000 tons of wheat per month on a regular basis starting from this year," Maduro said.

He added five enterprises to assemble Russian trucks would start soon in Venezuela.

Maduro and Putin discussed strategic partnership and the implementation of mutually beneficial projects.
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Attention

Thousands of Hezbollah troops deployed in al-Tanf to foil US plot in Syria


FARS News Agency
Thu, 18 May 2017 14:07 UTC
Hezbollah troops
Thousands of Hezbollah troops were sent to al-Tanf passageway at Iraq-Syria bordering areas to prepare the Syrian army and its allies for thwarting the US plots in the region and establish security at the Palmyra-Baghdad road.

Hezbollah has deployed 3,000 forces in al-Tanf region to participate in Badiyeh operations in Syria. Most of the forces had earlier been stationed in al-Zabadani, Madhaya and Sarqaya regions as well as the Western parts of the town of al-Tofail and Brital, Ham and Ma'araboun heights in the Eastern mountain.

Other units, including the Syrian army allies, have also been sent to this front to block the way to the US-backed forces.

A well-informed military source said on Wednesday that the Syrian army forces will not allow the US and its western or regional allies to create a buffer zone in the Southern part of the country as a safe haven for militants' activities.

Comment: This news comes after US coalition air strikes in the area: US-Led Coalition Strikes Hit Syrian Army Near At Tanf - UPDATES

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Network

#Vault7: CIA's 'Athena' anti-Windows malware 'better than bombing things'


RT
Fri, 19 May 2017 13:41 UTC
Windows phone
© Dado Ruvic / Reuters
The latest in WikiLeaks' series of #Vault7 leaks was released Friday detailing malware that provides remote beacon and loader capabilities on target computers using several Microsoft Windows operating systems.

'Athena' is the latest codename for the release which consists of five documents.

In the user guide, the operating systems which can be targeted are: Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit, Windows 8.1 32-bit/64-bit, Windows 2008 Enterprise Server, Windows 2012 Server, and Windows 10.

Once installed on a target computer, Athena will use a listening post to receive beacons from the operator, allowing it to signal and trigger additional malware payloads undetected on the target computer.
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Bad Guys

Pat Buchanan interview: It isn't Watergate yet, but how long can this sustain?

Alex Pfeiffer
The Daily Caller
Fri, 19 May 2017 13:10 UTC
pat buchanan
© Brendan Smialowski/Getty ImagesPat Buchanan speaks about Tim Russert to reporters outside NBC's bureau June 15, 2008 in Washington, DC. This week's Meet the Press show was a tribute to host Tim Russert who died at age 58 of a heart attack last week.
Pat Buchanan says the nonstop uproar following Trump's firing of former FBI director James Comey is not comparable to Watergate, but he does wonder if the Trump presidency can function with this level of drama.

Buchanan was a central figure in the Richard Nixon administration and just released "Nixon's White House Wars: The Battles That Made And Broke a President and Divided America Forever." He spoke to The Daily Caller Wednesday about the Trump presidency and other topics.
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Strong and Stable? Eve of Tories' manifesto launch a 'complete disaster'

Ed Sykes
The Canary
Fri, 19 May 2017 12:05 UTC
UK England Britain Tories Labour Party Eletions
© Neil Hall / ReutersCampaigners stand during the unveiling of an election poster for Britain's opposition Labour Party in London, Britain May 11, 2017.
On 17 May, even Sky News had to admit that it had been a disastrous day for the Conservative Party. And on the eve of the party's manifesto launch, too.

Failure on three fronts

Jon Craig, Chief Political Correspondent for Sky News, insisted that parties often only make announcements if they've got a good story to tell. But the Conservatives apparently didn't on 17 May. Instead, Craig explained, they came out with a Cost of Corbyn dossier, in which they argued that Labour's manifesto had a massive black hole in it. This assertion, he said, was simply:
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