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Supreme Court declines to hear Democrats' emoluments case against Trump

John Kruzel, Harper Neidig
The Hill
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:17 UTC
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case by 29 Senate Democrats who alleged that President Trump violated the Constitution's Emoluments Clause, which prohibits self-dealing by federal officeholders.

The lawmakers had asked the court to review a February ruling by a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the senators lacked the legal right to sue the president.

In their brief, the lawmakers had argued that Trump's continued ownership of companies engaged in business with foreign governments amounted to accepting "unauthorized financial benefits from foreign states" in violation of the constitutional restriction.

The court's denial means that Democrats' petition failed to garner support from at least four justices. It also leaves in place the lower court ruling.
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China trials digital currency backed by central bank, attracts users with free cash

Cissy Zhou
South China Morning Post
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 06:51 UTC
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The digital yuan, officially known as the Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), is part of China's plan to move towards a cashless society.
Nearly 2 million people in Shenzhen, 15 per cent of the southern technology hub's total population, signed up to take part in the latest trial for China's sovereign digital currency.

Distribution of a total of 50,000 digital "red packets" - gift envelopes traditionally given out during holidays and special occasions - each containing 200 yuan (US$30), began on Monday after Chinese citizens living in Shenzhen were asked to sign up between Friday and Sunday.

But with 1,913,847 people having signed up for the lottery-style giveaway, according to the local authority, only 2.61 per cent of applicants were successful.

Comment: See also: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Bitcoin, Gold and the Cashless Society

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Trump has put some very rich people on notice

Brian Cates
uncoverdc.com
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
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George Soros
In a late August interview with Laura Ingraham for the Fox News network, Trump spoke about the continued rioting and rising crime Americans have been watching with increasing alarm in the blue cities such as Portland Oregon, New York City, Seattle and Chicago. While commenting on this, President Trump said something revealing. He talked about 'very stupid rich people' that are bankrolling & enabling the violent Marxist & anarchistic groups as well as the governors, mayors, and district attorneys who are refusing to prosecute them.
"The money is coming from some very stupid rich people [who] have no idea that if their thing ever succeeded, which it won't, they will be thrown to the wolves like you've never seen before."
That looks like a dichotomy, incredibly wealthy people funding Marxist revolutions. But once you dig into it, it is not a contradiction at all.

The most prominent public figure people think of when it comes to wealthy people funding international Leftist revolutionary causes is billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist, George Soros. Over the course of his life Soros is rumored to have given away as much as $30 billion of his money, something that might look strange for a miser. He is said to be currently "only" worth $8 billion. Since he gives away such a large amount of the money he's made over his life it's clear Soros is far from a miser.

For Soros it's about playing the game to make the money, not the money itself. Once you understand **that** you have an easier time seeing what he's doing.
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Trump aiming for nuclear arms deal with Russia before election day

David Lawler
Axios
Fri, 09 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
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The Trump administration is pushing to get a nuclear arms control agreement with Russia ready for President Trump and Vladimir Putin to apply their signatures before Election Day.

Where things stand: The U.S. believes the prospective deal has buy-in from Putin — who has discussed arms control on a series of phone calls with Trump — and could be negotiated in as little as a week, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
  • The Russians have not yet sounded such an optimistic note, or signaled they're prepared to engage in such expedited negotiations.
  • The agreement would involve freezes on both countries' stockpiles of nuclear warheads, as well as a framework for a future multilateral arms control treaty.
The big picture: Election day is not the only deadline driving this process. New START, the last major bilateral treaty limiting the nuclear arsenals of the U.S. and Russia, is due to expire on Feb. 5.
  • Putin wants to extend New START for five years. So does Joe Biden.
  • But Trump's arms control envoy, Marshall Billingslea, has said the administration is only interested in extending New START — an Obama-era deal which the Trump administration has repeatedly criticized — in conjunction with a parallel agreement on the future of arms control.
  • Otherwise, he says, they'd be willing to see it lapse and gear up for a potential arms race.

Comment: A new treaty agreement would be a giant step in restoring global stability. Considering we have seen false 'positives' before, there is 'no time' like the present while the impetus to do so is high.

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Biden claims 'court packing is going on now,' citing GOP efforts to confirm Barrett

Brittany Bernstein
National Review
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:17 UTC
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Joe Biden stumping in Las Vegas, Nevada October 9, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday once again evaded the question of whether or not he would support efforts to expand the Supreme Court, saying instead that voters should focus on the "court packing" that Republicans are doing in pushing to confirm Amy Coney Barrett ahead of the election.

Biden's convenient change of the definition of court packing came when Ohio's Local 12 news station asked about whether he would add seats to the nine-seat court, and pressed the Democrat to answer for the sake of "undecided voters who want to know your position on expanding the court before they cast their ballot."

The former vice president said he wants voters to focus on "the court packing [that] is going on now."
"Never before when an election has already begun and millions of votes are already cast has it ever been that a Supreme Court nominee was put forward — had never happened before. One of the reasons is the constitution implies that the only shot the American people get to determine who will be on the lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court or federal courts is when they pick their senator and their president.

"I'm not a fan of court packing but I don't want to get off on that whole issue. The president would love nothing better than to fight about whether or not I would in fact pack the court or not pack the court."

Comment: Putting forth a Supreme Court nominee to fill a vacancy is the prerogative of the current administration, regardless of when it occurs. Period.

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Trump no longer considered a risk to transmit COVID-19, doctor says

Brett Samuels
The Hill
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 23:24 UTC
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US President Donald Trump
President Trump is no longer considered a risk to transmit COVID-19 to others, according to a memo released late Saturday by the White House physician, though the White House did not say that the president has tested negative for the virus.

"This evening I am happy to report that in addition to the President meeting the CDC criteria for the safe discontinuation of isolation, this morning's COVID PCR sample demonstrates, by currently recognized standards, he is no longer considered a transmission risk to others," physician Sean Conley wrote in a memo released by the White House.

The White House still has not made clear when Trump last tested negative for COVID-19, but Conley's memo provides some cover for the president as he resumes holding public gatherings and speaking to supporters.

Comment: Trump gave a balcony appearance, which he dubbed the 'law and order' protest: ADD PIC BALCONY TRUMP
At the planned 'law and order' protest, Trump briefly delivered updates on his health following his three-night hospital stay before quickly moving into his usual political rhythms.
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The outdoor rally on the White House South Lawn was organized by BLEXIT, a movement co-founded by conservative author Candace Owens that encourages black Americans to abandon their support for the Democratic Party.


"The fact is I've done more for the black community than any president since Abraham Lincoln. Nobody can dispute it," Trump said, touting his work on criminal justice reform and his recently announced Platinum Plan, which would deem the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist organization and have the federal government invest in black-owned businesses.

Trump also slammed lockdown measures in various states as "unscientific," saying they can be used to "crush" an economic comeback. He blasted Democrats for wanting to "shut it all down" again.

At approximately 17 minutes, Trump's Saturday speech was much shorter than his typical campaign talks. Supporters that came out to see the president, who has been out of the hospital nearly a week, were all required to wear masks.
No rest for the wicked, Twitter slaps Trump tweet with a 'potentially harmful information' warning:
It claimed it flagged President Donald Trump's tweet for "spreading misleading or potentially harmful information." In it, he declares himself "immune" to the virus and incapable of spreading it to others.
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In a Fox News interview he announced the same thing multiple times: "It looks like I'm immune for, I don't know, maybe a long time, maybe a short time," he said. "It could be a lifetime. Nobody really knows, but I'm immune."

The president is already set to hit the campaign trail again, with an in-person event scheduled for Monday in Sanford, Florida.
See also:
Trump eyes return to rallies Saturday after doctor says COVID-19 therapy completed

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Australian media finally calls out Davos 'Great Reset' agenda for what it is


21st Century Wire
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
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This week, Sky News Australia contributor and former Australian Senator Cory Bernardi, tore open the debate on COVID after calling out a globalist agenda which few in mainstream media have dared to mention so far.

Since lockdowns began in March of 2020, few have challenged the government rationale for voluntarily imploding their economies and destroying communities and societies - based on a guess that coronavirus might kill tens of millions of citizens.

However, Bernardi believes that the COVID-19 pandemic hysteria is being used as the Trojan horse for a globalist agenda hatched out of the World Economic Forum in Davos. It's called The Great Reset, and its designed by elite billionaires supposedly to bring about 'social and economic change.'

"There is something unusual about the continuing pandemic panic," said Bernardi.

"Medical experts now acknowledge that lockdowns don't work....Now none of that makes any sense until you open your mind to consider if there is another agenda at work."

Comment: Nice to see that some widely-seen pundits, however few, are now connecting the dots and calling out these developments for what they are. The totalitarian-controlled corporate media can simply not control everyone. And there are still a few out there who have the courage and smarts to say what truth-seeking people everywhere are searching to know.

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Who funds the riotous American left and why? The globalist billionaire class, which uses it to build corporate socialism

Michael Rectenwald
RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 15:43 UTC
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A demonstrator holds up a "Black Lives Matter" sign during a protest over the death of a Black man, Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest on March 23, in Rochester, New York, U.S. September 6, 2020
Why do giant corporations and billionaires fund Black Lives Matter and Antifa, both avowed socialist groups? And why do the leftists accept their aid? They both want a kind of socialism, but only one of them could get their way.

If you're at all familiar with the corporate and billionaire funding sources behind Black Lives Matter and Antifa and the socialist commitments of these groups and their leaders, you've probably wondered why the 'capitalist class' would support a movement whose doctrine is apparently antithetical to their own interests. Aren't these funders capitalists after all, and don't capitalists naturally oppose socialism?

And why do American leftists dance like marionettes attached to strings pulled by globalist billionaires? Don't they understand that they're actually serving the masters they claim to oppose?

The answer is not so simple as the World Socialist Website suggests:
"The aims of the Black Lives Matter movement are aligned with those of Wall Street and the US government." Nor is the answer that BLM/Antifa have merely 'sold out' to capitalists. Nor is the donor class making a mistake, or merely interested in racial equality. The answer is that the corporate and billionaire elites prefer a kind of socialism - namely, 'corporate socialism'.

Comment: And to make economic and social matters far worse, these same interests are either behind - or aligned with - the elites that are bringing on the 'Great Reset'. These are jaw-dropping wide-scale paradigm-changing policies that serve no one but the elites themselves.

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Trump criticizes Fauci amid disagreement over campaign ad

Morgan Chalfant
The Hill
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:11 UTC
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President Trump on Tuesday mocked the top U.S. infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci, suggesting his "prognostications" about the coronavirus have been inaccurate amid a standoff between the doctor and the president's reelection campaign.

"Actually, Tony's pitching arm is far more accurate than his prognostications," Trump tweeted, referencing Fauci's wild first pitch at the Washington Nationals season opener in July.

The president also appeared to attribute a quote to Fauci that he never said publicly, describing how he and other health officials changed their position on mask usage early in the pandemic.

" 'No problem, no masks,' " Trump tweeted.

"WHO no longer likes Lockdowns — just came out against. Trump was right. We saved 2,000,000 USA lives!!!" Trump continued.

Comment: Fauci's got a Gates-mandated job to do - and that is to make Covid appear much more dangerous than it really is. He can't be seen to be supporting a leader that has, at every turn, tried mitigate the lies about Covid with his statements.

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Joe Biden forgets what office he's running for, declares senate candidacy

Tristan Justice
The Federalist
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:01 UTC
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2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appears to have forgotten what job he was nominated for this fall.

"We have to come together, that's why I'm running," the 77-year-old began during a Toledo drive-in rally Monday. "I'm running as a proud Democrat for the Senate."


Comment: At the same Toldeo rally, from RT:
Biden's speech in Ohio drowned out by Trump trolls chanting 'four more years'

Joe Biden's campaign stop in Toledo, Ohio was slightly overshadowed by some enthusiastic supporters of Donald Trump who drowned out his speech by chanting "four more years!"

While trying to speak about the economy during a drive-in event, Biden found himself talking over Trump supporters several times. Every time he mentioned the president by name, the MAGA supporters would honk their car horns and chant things like "four more years," "USA" and "Trump."

"Thanks for that introduction," Biden said after trying to continue his speech.

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