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Trump sued by Democrats for alleged voter intimidation in four states

Andy Sullivan
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Mon, 31 Oct 2016 21:05 UTC
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© Silence is ConsentThe art of deflection.
Democratic Party officials sued Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in four battleground states on Monday, seeking to shut down a poll-watching effort they said was designed to harass minority voters in the Nov. 8 election.

In lawsuits filed in federal courts in Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Ohio, Democrats argued that Trump and Republican Party officials were mounting a "campaign of vigilante voter intimidation" that violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act and an 1871 law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan.

"Trump has sought to advance his campaign's goal of 'voter suppression' by using the loudest microphone in the nation to implore his supporters to engage in unlawful intimidation," the Ohio Democratic Party wrote in a legal filing. Similar language was used in the other lawsuits. The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Since August, Trump has urged his supporters to monitor polling locations on Election Day for signs of possible voting fraud, often urging them to keep a close eye on cities like Philadelphia and St. Louis that have high minority populations.

Comment: The Democrats are frantic as they see the election slipping away and their pillar of strength crumbling daily. What is one more outrageous accusation in the mud sling of this pathetic election process?

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Kuril Islands: Russia's claim of sovereignty is unquestionable


RT
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:16 UTC
Kuril Islands
© Ekaterina Chesnokova / Sputnik
Russia's upper house speaker has said that Russian sovereignty over the Kuril Islands cannot be questioned because these territories became Russian territory as a result of WWII and this fact is stated in international legal acts. "As for the Kuril Islands - their belonging may be questionable for Japan, but not for Russia. They became our territory as a result of the Second World War and this is registered by international documents. Therefore, Russia's sovereignty over these islands cannot be doubted," Valentina Matviyenko told reporters.

However, the Federation Council speaker added that Russian authorities are ready for a compromise in talks over the peace treaty with Japan so that a final agreement is acceptable for both countries. She added that the success of negotiations depended on how much realism Japanese authorities and diplomats show.

"They should be fully aware of the fact that there are things that Russia will never allow. Restricting Russia's sovereignty over Kurils or their transfer under Japanese jurisdiction is one such thing. This is the position of not just the Russian leaders, but of the whole Russian people," Matviyenko said. She also noted that strengthening of cooperation between Russia and Japan was a guarantee of better trust between the nations which, in turn, would bring closer the compromise in the territorial row.

Comment: Countries that lose something tend to live in the past.

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'Atlantic' editor: Israel's expulsion of Palestinians not 'a tragedy'

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Sun, 30 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
Jeffrey Goldberg
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On Thursday night, Jeffrey Goldberg, the new editor in chief of the Atlantic, spoke at Temple Emanu-El in New York, and said many quotable things: 60 percent of Americans depend on the mainstream media and the internet is a swamp of unreliable reporting that has given rise to Trump; the American Jewish community and the Israeli Jewish community are now "like two ships in the night;" the Democratic Party is split on Israel between its progressive base and its big Jewish donors; it is incumbent on Israel, the client state, to make things right with the U.S.; Netanyahu is a "reckless" "stunt"-man; the American Jewish community fed young Jews a "simplistic" narrative about Israel, but young Jews on campus don't know what they're talking about when they adopt the Palestinian version of events.

And: the dispossession of the Palestinians in 1948 was not a tragedy. No; the tragedy was Israel wasn't founded in 1938. That comes last. Now let's listen to Goldberg.

Comment: The heck with Jeffrey Goldberg and his biased concerns of past and present. If allowed to take place, political and 'human'itarian evolution will provide psychopathic Israel the means and will to join the human race. Caught in the antisemitism snare with blind allegiance, the US could help foster the change by addressing its own tricked obedience. By denying Jewish/Israeli passive-aggressive martyrdom and its complementary manipulative-based propaganda, the US might loosen the yoke of psychological and monetary leverage currently influencing congress and the American people.

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Former FBI chief calls Clintons a 'crime family' as bad as Gambino mob

Zoe Efstathiou
The Express
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:03 UTC
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© GettyEx-FBI chief James Kallstrom claims Hillary Clinton and Bill are a crime family
James Kallstrom hit out at the Democratic candidate and her husband during an interview for US radio, in which he compared the Clinton family to notorious criminal mob the Gambinos.

The ex-FBI official, best known for leading the investigation into the explosion of TWA flight 800 in the late 1990s, said: "The Clintons, that's a crime family, basically.

"It's like organised crime. I mean the Clinton Foundation is a cesspool."

The former director, who is a Trump supporter, also criticised the handling of the FBI investigation into the presidential candidate's emails, claiming it was impeded by Attorney General Loretta Lynch - a Clinton ally.

James Kallstrom hit out at Hillary Clinton in a scathing radio interview He said: "The problem here is this investigation was never a real investigation."
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U.S. election reform is needed - some proposals to consider

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:49 UTC
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With less and less faith in elections in the western world being free and fair, urgent reforms are required to solve this crisis of faith.

With the American election less than two weeks away, people ought to be talking about election reform. Since both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton think the election is rigged, here are some ideas to make elections less prone to sabotage.

Ban all postal/absentee voting

This is beyond scandalous. The idea that a vote can be cast without any proof of who is ticking the box is an insult to the concept of a free election. With increased security checks at US polling stations this election, it beggars belief that this practice should be allowed to continue.

In a recent interview with Infowars, Nigel Farage told of some of the practices in postal voting that lead to fraud. The classic example is elderly people being abused and exploited by those 'helping them' to fill out the ballot but whom in reality are voting for them.

Of course some of the sentiments behind postal voting are valid. What if someone is too frail to get to the polling station? The simple solution to this, is for a paid civil servant or police officer to attend the house of such a person on election day. If democracy matters, this matters.

Comment: Good ideas, presuming the 'reformers' actually want to clean up the election process. Otherwise it is easy to subvert such things as poll monitoring, mental soundness testing and even CCTV cameras. Look how difficult it is to hold the police accountable, even with bodycams.

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Feds closing in on Killary? How 5 separate FBI cases are investigating every one of Clinton's inner circle and their families


Daily Mail
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 18:11 UTC
Hillary Clinton
© AFP 2016/Brendan SmialowskiDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at Craig Ranch Regional Park Amphitheater after the final presidential debate at the University of Nevada October 19, 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
The extent to which Hillary Clinton's key advisers are now the focus of major FBI investigations is becoming clear.

The Clintons' long-term inner-circle - some of whom stretch back in service to the very first days of Bill's White House - are being examined in at least five separate investigations.

The scale of the FBI's interest in some of America's most powerful political fixers - one of them a sitting governor - underlines just how difficult it will be for Clinton to shake off the taint of scandal if she enters the White House.

There are, in fact, not one but five separate FBI investigations which involve members of Clinton's inner circle or their closest relatives.

The five known investigations are into: Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin's estranged husband sexting a 15-year-old; the handling of classified material by Clinton and her staff on her private email server; questions over whether the Clinton Foundation was used as a front for influence-peddling; whether the Virginia governor broke laws about foreign donations; and whether Hillary's campaign chairman's brother did the same.
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South Front: Russian T-90 tank in action in Western Aleppo (VIDEOS)


South Front
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:19 UTC
south front military situation
Clashes between the Syrian government forces (the Syrian army, including the Tiger Forces, the Desert Hawks Brigade, Hezbollah and others) and the Jaish al-Fatah militant coalition, led by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra, the Syrian Al-Qaeda branch) have been ongoing in the western part of Aleppo city.

The pro-government forces on the battlefield are supported by the Syrian Arab Air Force. The Russian Aerospace Forces don't provide a close air support to them, but provide intelligence and coordination of the operation (recently, the Russian Tu-214R electronic surveillance aircraft was observed in the area).


Comment: Bonus video: John Kirby being an idiot (watch till the end - it's worth it):



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'The blast points are too precise': Is the Deep State targeting Killary?

Charles Hugh Smith
Of Two Minds
Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:20 UTC
Hillary puppet
The Deep State's most prescient elements must derail Hillary's campaign to clear a path to Trump's executive team.

Back in August, I asked Could the Deep State Be Sabotaging Hillary? I think we now have a definitive answer: "These blast points on Hillary's campaign... too accurate for the Mainstream Media. Only the forces of the Imperial Deep State are so precise."

star wars hillary

Comment: That the Deep State is targeting Killary is a strong possibility. What they have in mind for Trump remains to be seen.

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Rumors abound: Will Weinergate expose the darkest secrets of Washington elites?

Lily Dane
The Daily Sheeple
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:16 UTC
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Anthony Weiner
Another day, another scandal...but this one might turn out to be the most damaging so far.

On October 28, FBI director James Comey informed the Senate Judiciary Committee via letter that the agency would be re-opening its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.

Comey wrote:
In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation ... I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.
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Amnesty Int'l warns white phosphorus used in Mosul 'poses grave danger' to citizens


RT
Tue, 01 Nov 2016 19:11 UTC
white phosphorus weapons mosul
© Pichi Chuang / Reuters
White phosphorus munitions used in Islamic State-held Mosul by Iraqi forces pose a grave danger to civilians, as their scattered remains can cause horrific burns all the way to the bones, a senior Amnesty International adviser told RT.

While white phosphorous is said to be a useful tool aiding the Iraqi forces during their advance on Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) stronghold of Mosul, it may cause more harm than good on the ground, Donatella Rovera, senior crisis response adviser at Amnesty International, told RT.

People trapped in Mosul are likely to start fleeing the city, taking the eastern road covered with half-burned white phosphorous munitions which may ignite again and hurt civilians who come into contact with the chemical.


"We are aware that civilians face tremendous risks from ISIS, of being caught in the middle of the fighting. There are mines planted by ISIS. [But our concern is] that civilians leaving Mosul eastward may get hurt by parts of white phosphorus munitions," Rovera said.

White phosphorus can leave severe burns, penetrating through the skin, muscles and bones, she explained.

Comment: White phosphorus is a thoroughly evil weapon. That won't stop the Empire from using it. In any case, Amnesty International's statements appear to be purely cosmetic:

Stupid Amnesty Int'l says to coalition: Don't use white phosphorus in Mosul siege 'unless absolutely necessary'

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