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Collected evidence that DOJ and FBI colluded with Fusion GPS on "Operation Trump"

sundance
The Conservative Treehouse
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 17:04 UTC
Following the released transcript of Fusion-GPS Co-Founder Glenn Simpson's testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Senator Dianne Feinstein, several media outlets have begun questioning the relationship between the FBI investigators, Glenn Simpson and dossier author Christopher Steele.

What we have discovered highlights the answer to those relationship questions; and also answers a host of other questions, including: Did the FBI pay Christopher Steele? Yes, but now how media has stated. Was the FBI connected to the creation of the Steele Dossier? Yes, but again, not the way the media is currently outlining.
russian dossier extended
The motive within the FBI/DOJ surveillance of the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump is simple. However, to understand how they did it - the story becomes more complex. Some key background understanding is necessary.
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Hypocrisy abounds: 7 times Trump critics called Russia a 's***hole' & worse, and no one cared


RT
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 17:48 UTC
McCain and Obama
© Reuters
7 times Trump critics called Russia a ‘s***hole’ & worse, and no one cared
Former US President Barack Obama and Senator John McCain would never stoop so low as to insult other countries - would they?
Donald Trump's remarks on "s***hole countries" roused a righteous high-mindedness in his detractors. But a perusal of their own past quotes suggest they are quite capable of similar words - when one particular state is involved.

John McCain, Republican senator

On Trump: "Respect for the God-given dignity of every human being, no matter their race, ethnicity or other circumstances of their birth, is the essence of American patriotism. To believe otherwise is to oppose the very idea of America."

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Russia may discuss possible exit from OPEC deal

Zainab Calcuttawala
Oilprice.com
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:45 UTC
Alexander Novak
Russia may be on its way out of the OPEC output reduction deal, according to the country's Energy Minister, Alexander Novak.

Reuters reports that Novak might discuss the country's potential exit from the pact in Oman next week. Russia had vowed to cut output by 300,000 barrels per day under the agreement as part of a group of non-OPEC producers who elected to coordinate the bloc's market stabilization initiative.

"We see that the market is becoming balanced. We see that the market surplus is decreasing, but the market is not completely balanced yet and, of course, we need to continue monitoring the situation," Novak said. Russian oil majors have been complaining about the deal and how it is creating stumbling blocks on the road towards the industry's expansion plans.

Comment: Not to mention the move away from the 'petrodollar' for oil prices:

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New UN boss reveals his plan to promote global mass migration

Jack Montgomery
Breitbart
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:23 UTC
António Guterres
© Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has unveiled his plan to promote global mass migration in the left-liberal Guardian newspaper.

Guterres, a former Socialist Party prime minister in his native Portugal, took over the top job at the UN on January 1st, having previously served as the institution's High Commissioner for Refugees.

His article, titled 'Migration can benefit the world. This is how we at the UN plan to help', makes the bold claim that mass migration "powers economic growth, reduces inequalities and connects diverse societies", in order to promote the Global Compact for Migration.

"This will be the first overarching international agreement of its kind," he boasted - but claimed it would not "place any binding obligations on states", but rather serve as "an unprecedented opportunity for leaders to counter the pernicious myths surrounding migrants".

Comment: Mass migration is the order of the day: EU Commission seeks demographic shift: Europe too white, mass third world migration must be 'new norm'

For an in-depth discussion on mass migration see (transcript available): The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Piggy Bank

The real bleep-hole moment: $40 trillion and counting

David Stockman
Contra Corner
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:56 UTC
run down US city
You can call it the bleep-hole moment (per the Fox "family channel") or the shit-hole moment (per the rest of the MSM), but what you can't call yesterday's contretemps in the White House is evidence that sentient adults are in charge of the Imperial City.

And, no, we are not getting down on the Donald for using a swear word---nor are we trying to out race-card Don Lemon as to the obvious implications of the President's crude phraseology.

Indeed, even prior to yesterday's outburst it was hard to deny that Trump is a semi-literate bully and that he never got (read) the memo on racial comity and respect. But we actually happen to think that the Donald's potty-talk eruption resulted not from some dark place in his mind and heart, but from sheer frustration as the intractability of the immigration issue closes in on him.

What we mean is that neither party has its cards face up on the matter----which goes way beyond the potential deportation of the 800,000 dreamers, chain migration, the diversity lottery and the Wall. Underneath it all there is a brutal, raging political struggle for dominance which is almost existential in import.
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France gives kiss of death to free speech

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:35 UTC
Emmanual Macron
© Reuters Christian Hartmann/File Photo
This year French President Emmanuel Macron has declared he will crack down on "fake news" with new laws banning publication of "offending" information.

The question is: who decides what "fake news" is? It is the French government. That means any article or viewpoint published across various media platforms is liable to be deleted - if French authorities judge the content to be "fake".

It's not hard to imagine how these new laws will be used to target Russian news media in particular. Macron has already made tendentious claims that Russian media outlets, Sputnik and RT, interfered in the French presidential elections last year by allegedly spreading "fake news" about his campaign.

Comment: Macron is only attempting to complete an agenda that has been at work in France for years.

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Bizarro Earth

The responsibility to protect the world from the United States

Ajamu Baraka
Counterpunch
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:16 UTC
US bomber
One of the most ingenious propaganda weapons ever developed is that the powerful nations of the West - led by the United States - have a moral responsibility to use military force to protect the rights of people being repressed by their governments. This "responsibility to protect" (R2P) always had a dubious legal standing, but its moral justification also required a psychological and historical disengagement from the bloody reality of the 500-hundred-year history of U.S. and European colonialism, slavery, genocide and torture that created the "West."

This violent, lawless Pan-European colonial/capitalist project continues today under the hegemony of the U.S. empire. This then begs the questions of who really needs the protection and who protects the peoples of the world from the United States and its allies? The only logical, principled and strategic response to this question is citizens of the empire must reject their imperial privileges and join in opposing ruling elites exploiting labor and plundering the Earth. To do that, however, requires breaking with the intoxicating allure of cross-class, bi-partisan "white identity politics."
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Zuckerberg sees his net worth drop by billions after recent Facebook news feed announcement

Tom Metcalf
Bloomberg
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:46 UTC
facebook faceplant
Mark Zuckerberg's latest Facebook post is proving expensive.

The co-founder of the world's largest social-media business saw his fortune fall $3.3 billion Friday after he posted plans to shift users' news feeds toward content from family and friends at the expense of material from media outlets and businesses.
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USA

US military investigating shooting in newly leaked Afghan combat video

Wesley Morgan
Politico
Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:36 UTC
U.S. military Kabul
© Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images
The U.S. military headquarters in Kabul has lauded the Nangarhar mission as a rare success story in the stalemated war effort against the Taliban and other terrorist groups, citing recent success in winning some districts back from ISIS.
U.S. commanders have launched an investigation into video footage that appears to show an American service member firing into the cab of a civilian truck as the two vehicles pass on a road in Afghanistan, an action that could have violated the military's rules of engagement and may hamper the alliance with the Afghan government.

The shooting briefly appears during a gritty montage of combat footage allegedly recorded by U.S. troops battling the Islamic State's Afghan affiliate. An anonymous user recently uploaded the video to YouTube under the title "Happy Few Ordnance Symphony," then quickly removed it.

"The amateur video posted on a public website gives us serious concern," the U.S. Central Command told POLITICO in a statement. "The video in question is not official, not authorized and does not represent the professionalism of the service members of U.S. Central Command.
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Attention

China slams unilateral sanctions policy, urges US to 'cherish' Iran nuclear deal


RT
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 16:27 UTC
Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi
© Greg Baker / Reuters
Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi
China has reiterated its support for the Iran nuclear deal, praising Tehran for adhering to the agreement despite Washington's unilateral sanctions and constant threats to scrap it unless some "disastrous flaws" are fixed.

"As the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] has not come by easily, all relevant parties should cherish it," Chinese Foreign Minister Lu Kan said on Saturday. He was responding to US President Donald Trump's announcement on Friday that he would reintroduce sanctions on Iran if a new nuclear deal is not negotiated within the next four months.

Lu stressed that China "always firmly supports" the deal and considers it an important multilateral achievement that serves a prime example of how international issues can be resolved by diplomatic and political means.
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