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Dem. Nancy Pelosi gets a clue: Voters "don't want to hear us criticizing the president"

Penny Starr
Breitbart
Sat, 02 Sep 2017 21:14 UTC
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on Wednesday that American voters elected President Donald Trump and they don't want to hear Democrats criticizing him, which "disrespects" their decision.

"(The voters) don't want to hear us criticizing the president," Pelosi said. "This was a choice; they made a decision."

"And to criticize the president personally is to disrespect their judgment," Pelosi said. "So I say to my members, 'This is about what we're going to do.' "

Pelosi, who was speaking to the editorial board and reporters at the Denver Post about the Democrat economic agenda before she attended a "progressive women's event" in Denver, weighed in on a number of issues.

Pelosi said it's too early to judge Trump on the response to tropical storm Harvey.

"We haven't seen it. He's been gracious, he went to Corpus Christi, which is sort of appropriate for him to do, because in the heart of the storm. It would be a challenge to accommodate a president," Pelosi said, adding that she is worried about Trump's proposed cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in his fiscal year 2018 federal budget.

Comment: What do you know, Ms. Pelosi is starting to act like an adult! But can she lead enough Democrats to make a difference?

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Syrian army advancing towards Deir Ezzor city, only 15 km from breaking the siege


South Front
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
Syria war map 9/3/2017
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On Sunday, government forces, led by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) Tiger Forces, captured the strategic Bir Ghabaghib and al-Shula villages on the al-Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway and deployed less than 15km away from Deir Ezzor city, according to pro-government sources.

Al-Shula was one of the last ISIS positions on the al-Sukhnah-Deir Ezzor highway.

If the liberation of al-Shula is confirmed, few remaining ISIS positions in the desert that can be easily overrun by the SAA.
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Fmr FBI Asst. Director: Hillary's crimes would land the normal person in Leavenworth

Jim Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:35 UTC
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Documents released on Thursday show former FBI head James Comey exonerated Hillary Clinton before the investigation into her email conduct had concluded.

Even more concerning is Mr. Comey even circulated an early draft statement to select members of senior FBI leadership.

The news on Thursday came after James Comey admitted in Congressional testimony that he leaked likely classified information to the media.

This was AFTER he told Senator Grassley under oath that he never leaked information.
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Iran chased away US spy plane and drone from national airspace


RT
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 17:38 UTC
US spy plane
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Over the past six months, Iran's air defense has forced a US U2 spy plane and an RQ-4 reconnaissance drone to change course away from Iranian airspace, its commander says.

The incident with the drone happened on August 26, Air Defense Commander Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili said in a TV interview aired on Saturday night, just as the country marked the force's anniversary. The U2 incident happened on March 21, with the pilot turning the plane around after a warning from the Iranians, he said.

"The aircraft's pilot... had to respond because the missile defense systems of the Air Defense Base and Air Force fighters as well as IRGC's drones were ready to confront it," Esmaili said, as quoted by Press TV.

The general warned that Iran would not hesitate to down a foreign spy aircraft if it violates the country's airspace.
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US: Another health occurrence on diplomats in Cuba last month

Josh Lederman
AP
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:54 UTC
U.S. embassy in Havana
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Mysterious incidents affecting the health of American diplomats in Cuba continued as recently as August, the United States said Friday, despite earlier U.S. assessments that the attacks had long stopped. The U.S. increased its tally of government personnel affected to 19.

The new U.S. disclosures came the same day that the union representing American diplomats said mild traumatic brain injury was among the diagnoses given to diplomats victimized in the attacks. In the most detailed account of the symptoms to date, the American Foreign Service Association said permanent hearing loss was another diagnosis, and that additional symptoms had included brain swelling, severe headaches, loss of balance and "cognitive disruption."
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Hurricane Harvey has changed the political and fiscal landscape in D.C.

Carl Hulse
The New York Times
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 16:26 UTC
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© Alyssa Schuka/NYTCleaning out a damaged home on Wednesday in Houston. Recovery aid will be a key project for Washington.
In swamping large swaths of Texas and Louisiana, Hurricane Harvey also forged a new reality for President Trump and the Republicans governing Washington.

Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the debt limit. Instead, both Mr. Trump and his putative allies in Congress - many of them professed fiscal hawks - are promising an outpouring of federal aid to begin a recovery and rebuilding effort that will last for years and require tens of billions of dollars, if not substantially more, from Washington.

The storm has utterly transformed the federal fiscal picture.

"This is going to change the whole dynamic for September and, quite frankly, for the Republican establishment for the remainder of the 115th Congress," said G. William Hoagland, a longtime chief budget adviser to Senate Republicans who is now a senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center. "The truth of the matter is, they don't need money to build a wall in Texas, but to rebuild the shoreline in Texas."
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North Korea tests new nuke nicknamed the Peanut: Continues to press for negotiations


Moon Of Alabama
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:25 UTC
Kim Jong Un admiring a thermonuclear device
© KCNAThe Peanut
Earlier today North Korea published pictures of its leader Kim Jong Un admiring a thermonuclear device or H-bomb. Hours later it tested such a bomb in an underground explosion. The North Korean news agency announced:
Pyongyang, September 3 (KCNA) -- Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un guided the work for nuclear weaponization on the spot.

He was greeted by senior officials of the Department of Munitions Industry of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and scientists of the Nuclear Weapons Institute before being briefed on the details of nuclear weaponization.
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He watched an H-bomb to be loaded into new ICBM.

Saying that he felt the pride of indomitably bolstering up the nuclear forces at a great price while seeing the Juche-oriented thermonuclear weapon with super explosive power made by our own efforts and technology, he expressed great satisfaction over the fact that our scientists do anything without fail if the party is determined to do.
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The H-bomb, the explosive power of which is adjustable from tens kiloton to hundreds kiloton, is a multi-functional thermonuclear nuke with great destructive power which can be detonated even at high altitudes for super-powerful EMP attack according to strategic goals.
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SOTT Focus: Behind the Headlines: The Truth About Israel and Palestine, with Robert Fantina


Sott.net
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 16:00 UTC
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In the first half of today's show we're joined by author Robert Fantina to discuss the latest developments in Palestine and Israel, as well as the wider Middle East. Robert's latest book, published last month by Red Pill Press, is Essays on Palestine, a collection of his articles on Israeli apartheid, assaults on Gaza, international law, and how Israeli policies intersect with U.S. foreign policy and wider conflicts in the region. You can check out his work on his website: robertfantina.com.

In the second half of the show, we'll be discussing the floods left in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the illegal seizure of Russian diplomatic property in the U.S., and the strange series of U.S. destroyers hit by tankers, among other news.

Join us for Behind the Headlines on the SOTT Radio Network, 12-2pm EST (4-6pm UTC / 6-8pm CET) this Sunday 3 September 2017.

Running Time: 01:37:32

Download: OGG, MP3

Listen live, chat, and call in to future shows on the SOTT Radio Network!

Here's the transcript of the show:
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Snakes in Suits

Democratic Congressman on Trump derangement syndrome: 'I would oppose Mother's Day if Trump endorsed it'

Pam Key
Brietbart
Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00 UTC
Rep. Brad Sherman
Rep. Brad Sherman
This week in an interview with the Los Angeles Times editorial board, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), who filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, said "Trump derangement syndrome" was so strong with his Californian constituents, he would be forced to oppose Mother's Day if Trump endorsed it.

Sherman said, "Then we have a Trump derangement syndrome where - thank God he didn't put out a message on Mother's Day because there would have been pressure on me to come out against Mother's Day."

He added, "If Trump takes a position, then you must take an equally extreme and opposite position. He's for Mother's Day - you must be against Mother's Day. He's for a wall - you have to be for unlimited immigration from all places."

Comment: This statement just speaks volumes on the pressures brought to bear on politicians to be - in any and all things - anti-Trump.

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Censorship: Twitter suspends RT's 'UK Embassy' account created for historical project after London complains


RT
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 14:52 UTC
1917.rt.com
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The UK Foreign Office is apparently so concerned with protecting its brand that it asked Twitter to suspend an RT account which reports what London diplomats had to say about Russia back in 1917 as part of a historical reenactment.

The account in question was created as part of RT's 1917LIVE project, which gives people the chance to experience the atmosphere of the Russian Empire as it was undergoing dramatic changes and eventual collapse a century ago.
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