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Gabbard presidential campaign joins voices raising concerns over DNC rigging debate-qualifying criteria

RT
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:06 UTC

Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign has called on the DNC to ensure fairness by updating its approved debate-qualifying polls, raising concerns about a lack of transparency and the consistency of the required criteria.

In order to qualify for the next round of Democratic presidential debates in September, the Democratic National Committee's rules require all candidates to have 130,000 unique donors and to have reached 2 percent in four approved polls. Representative Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has surpassed 2 percent in 26 national and state polls - including two polls by the biggest newspapers in the early primary states of New Hampshire and South Carolina - but only two of these are DNC-certified. Strangely, the DNC has not released the criteria it used to select the sixteen polling organizations they have certified.

"Without these exclusions, Gabbard would have already qualified," her campaign says. Gabbard's team also point out that there have only been four certified polls released since the second round of Democratic debates, whereas there were 14 released after the first debate.

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The Epoch Times hits back at NBC Facebook stories

Stephen Gregory
The Epoch Times
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:44 UTC

We were surprised to learn from media reports that Facebook has blocked The Epoch Times ability to advertise for print-subscriptions. This appears to be a response to NBC News' reporting on us.

Despite a vast "dark money" political conspiracy alleged in NBC News reporting, the reality is much simpler.

The Epoch Times has been running a very popular digital marketing campaign for our print-newspaper subscriptions. In the video advertisements, we discuss The Epoch Times' editorial and feature content and encourage people to subscribe to our print newspaper.

Facebook has specific rules for advertising that require everyone — including publishers like The Epoch Times — to label content as political advertising if it touches on social issues or politics, something some news content naturally does. Many other media run advertising campaigns for their content and products in the same category on Facebook.

In the US, crime does pay: CNN hires disgraced ex-FBI director Andrew McCabe

RT
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 17:55 UTC

What does one get for leaking to the media, lying to federal investigators about it, and allegedly participating in a plot to derail an American election? If you answered jail time, too bad. The correct answer is a job at CNN.

That is at least the case for Andrew McCabe, the former acting FBI director and one of the people deeply involved in the 'Trump-Russia' investigation before it was taken over by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. CNN announced on Friday it was hiring McCabe as a contributor.

Just a day earlier, however, the network was in full meltdown over former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders getting hired by Fox News, and her predecessor Sean Spicer appearing on Dancing With the Stars - arguing that both were liars who did not deserve gainful employment.

Comment: Perfect match: Leakin', lyin', fired former G-man Andy McCabe hired by CNN

Jammu & Kashmir: Terrorist killed in first encounter since abrogation of Article 370

Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu
India Today
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC

The J&K police said in a tweet that the militant had been identified as "Momin Gojri" a resident of Baramulla. He was affiliated to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

In the first counter-terror operation since the abrogation of Article 370, one Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operative was gunned down in North Kashmir's Baramulla district in a joint operation launched by Indian Army, Jammu Kashmir Police and Crpf. One policeman was martyred while another was seriously injured. The operation which began on Tuesday evening, ended on Wednesday morning.

The J&K police said in a tweet that the militant had been identified as "Momin Gojri" a resident of Baramulla. He was affiliated to Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba.

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Professor Robert Epstein: Hillary Clinton 'in Google's pocket'

Allum Bokhari
Breitbart
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:01 UTC

Psychologist and search engine expert Dr. Robert Epstein, a liberal Hillary Clinton supporter, blasted the failed presidential candidate on social media yesterday after she falsely claimed his research showing pro-Clinton bias from Google in 2016 had been "debunked."

"This is going to hurt me to write, because I & my whole extended family have been strong supporters of the Clintons for decades," wrote the liberal professor "I have a framed, signed letter from Bill on the wall near my desk. But Hillary should be ashamed of herself."

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The G7 is an obsolete, useless talking shop

Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture Foundation
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:24 UTC

The Group of Seven (G7) self-declared advanced nations meet this weekend in France for their 45th annual summit. US President Donald Trump caused a stir ahead of the gathering in Biarritz when he remarked that Russia should be included in the format, thereby making it a G8 summit.

"Russia should be at the negotiating table," said Trump, in a rare moment of lucidity.

His view of including Moscow appears to be shared by France's President Emmanuel Macron who hosted Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in southern France earlier this week, only days before the G7 summit.

Of course, Russia should be at the table to discuss resolving global economic problems. Not just Russia, but China, India and a few others as well.

Full-on trade war: Trump jacks up tariffs, China retaliates, markets dip

RT
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 21:09 UTC

US President Donald Trump has announced yet another major hike of existing and future tariffs on some $550 billion in Chinese goods, criticizing Beijing's attempt to offset the losses as 'unfair' and 'politically motivated.'

Duties on $250 million worth of Chinese goods already taxed at 25 percent will increase to 30 percent starting on October 1, the US president tweeted on Friday, enraged that Beijing dared to respond to his previous tariff jab. In addition, he said, $300 billion in imports set to be taxed at 10 percent starting on September 1 will be taxed at 15 percent instead.

The latest salvo in the raging US-China trade war ups the ante after Beijing applied duties of its own to $75 billion in American goods, sending US markets into a tailspin. Chinese countermeasures envisage 5 to 10 percent duties on American farm products including beef, pork, and soybeans, a 25 percent duty on cars, and for the first time, a tax on US crude oil.

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China to hit back at Trump with higher tariffs on soy, autos

Natalie Lung, James Mayger, Miao Han
Bloomberg
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:29 UTC

China threatened to impose additional tariffs on $75 billion of American goods including soybeans, automobiles and oil, in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned levies on Chinese imports that pushed U.S. stocks and farm commodities lower.

Some of the countermeasures will take effect starting Sept. 1, while the rest will come into effect from Dec. 15, according to the announcement Friday from the Finance Ministry. This mirrors the timetable the U.S. has laid out for 10% tariffs on nearly $300 billion of Chinese shipments.

An extra 5% tariff will be put on American soybeans and crude-oil imports starting next month. The resumption of a suspended extra 25% duty on U.S. cars will resume Dec. 15, with another 10% on top for some vehicles. With existing general duties on autos taken into account, the total tariff charged on U.S. made cars would be as high as 50%.

China's tariff threats take aim at the heart of Trump's political support -- factories and farms across the Midwest and South at a time when the U.S. economy is showing signs of slowing down. Soybean prices sank to a two-week low.

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Syria to eliminate Turkish observation points supplying terrorists with weapons in Idlib

Sputnik
Sat, 24 Aug 2019 02:54 UTC

The Syrian army may eliminate Turkish observation points in the Idlib de-escalation zone to cut off supplies of terror groups that are operating in the area, the aide of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Bouthaina Shaaban, told the Al-Mayadeen broadcaster.

"The Turkish observation point in the settlement of Morek is under siege. The Syrian army will be able to eliminate Turkish observation points and terrorists," Shaaban said on Friday.

She pointed out that Turkey was supplying terror groups with weapons.

"Turkey has not complied with the agreements, signed in Astana [currently, Nur-Sultan] and turned the observation points into facilities, used for redeploying weapons and occupying our territories," Shaaban added.

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George Osborne as head of the IMF? It's as insulting as 'Tony Blair, peace envoy'

Neil Clark
Sputnik
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:00 UTC

According to Bloomberg, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use this weekend's G-7 meetings in France to seek the backing of Donald Trump and other world leaders for former British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne becoming the new head of the IMF.

Earlier in the week, the current UK Chancellor Sajid Javid said that Osborne 'would make an excellent, absolutely superb head of the IMF'. He added, in an interview with Rupert Murdoch's Times newspaper: 'As you know these processes are never straightforward. But there's still time to play out'.

In fact, it's hard to think of a worse candidate to be head of the IMF. As Chancellor from 2010-16, 'Slasher' Osborne was the architect and chief-implementer of the policy of austerity which has done so much damage to the British economy and to the social fabric of the nation.

Comment: Or Saudi Arabia as Human Rights Council head - this is the inverted reality that dominates our planet... Then again, considering it is the legendarily corrupt, economy-imploding, nation-destroying IMF, Osbourne would make the perfect puppet; his previous 'successes' are solid proof he's made for the job:

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Puppet Masters

Gabbard presidential campaign joins voices raising concerns over DNC rigging debate-qualifying criteria

The Epoch Times hits back at NBC Facebook stories

In the US, crime does pay: CNN hires disgraced ex-FBI director Andrew McCabe

Jammu & Kashmir: Terrorist killed in first encounter since abrogation of Article 370

Professor Robert Epstein: Hillary Clinton 'in Google's pocket'

The G7 is an obsolete, useless talking shop

Full-on trade war: Trump jacks up tariffs, China retaliates, markets dip

China to hit back at Trump with higher tariffs on soy, autos

Syria to eliminate Turkish observation points supplying terrorists with weapons in Idlib

George Osborne as head of the IMF? It's as insulting as 'Tony Blair, peace envoy'

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