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US President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump
Conley said that President Trump had been "symptom-free" for over 24 hours and fever-free for more than 4 days.
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Conley said that President Trump had been "symptom-free" for over 24 hours and fever-free for more than 4 days.
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Biden supporter in Captain America costume, Perez Art Museum in Miami, Florida.
Biden supporter in Captain America costume, Perez Art Museum in Miami, Florida.
In a recent op-ed on RT, I outlined the puzzling and ironic configuration that is the anti-Trump 'resistance.' But I didn't explore one important 'interest group' within a 'deep state' intent on destroying Trump's presidency at all costs — namely, the neocon hawks of both major political parties and the military and intelligence establishments that defy strict party affiliation.
This contingent includes members of top military brass and intelligence officers, of course, but also military and intelligence contractors, including those employed by the permanent bureaucracy to foil Trump's first run for the presidency by attempting to tie him to "Russian collusion."
Comment: Trump has not promised the neocons their feeding frenzy. Biden will offer it gladly.
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Professor Stefan Halper - the center of a Pentagon whistleblower complaint.
Professor Stefan Halper - the center of a Pentagon whistleblower complaint.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee subpoenaed Cambridge professor and longtime FBI informant Stefan Halper for records relating to his work during the Russia investigation as part of their investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe. Fox News obtained a copy of the subpoena, issued on Oct. 5.
"You are hereby commanded to appear before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate on October 14, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. at its committee room," the subpoena read, adding that there, he is compelled to "produce all records related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Crossfire Hurricane investigation; the Department of Justice Inspector General's review if that investigation; and the "unmasking" of U.S. persons or entities affiliated, formally or informally, with the Trump campaign, Trump transition, or Trump administration."
Comment: The cadre of Russiagaters subpoenaed to join Halper in the upcoming investigative process reads like movie credits! May we finally receive bona fide confirmations of suspect activities and forthright answers nearly four years after-the-fact.
- Russiagate twist: Professor Stefan Halper, who spied for the CIA in the 80s, was sent by FBI to spy on Trump campaign
- Comey: Planting undercover operators close to political campaigns 'totally normal'; 'the FBI doesn't spy'
- Spygate source Stefan Halper: Was he working for Hillary Clinton's campaign?
- MI6 setups lead to Trump campaign advisors' indictments and the war on Trump
- Seriously? James Clapper (fmr director of National Intelligence) says he never heard of Carter Page, George Papadopoulos, or Stefan Halper until leaving office
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama
Former First Lady Michelle Obama
"They're stoking fears about black and brown Americans. Lying about how minorities will destroy the suburbs, whipping up violence and intimidation, and they're pinning it all on what's been an overwhelmingly peaceful movement for racial solidarity."That peaceful movement for racial solidarity has seen businesses and livelihoods destroyed, and property damage in up to $2 billion. As the riots have continued, leftist media has endeavored to change the definition of riot, so that property damage is considered something peaceful.
Comment: Stating the obvious, Michelle Obama's narratives are but cynical attempts to shame folks into voting for Biden. Dumbed down implications of terror and destruction suits their political tactic by turning 2020 into '1984'. What is more racial than 'racial solidarity'?
Whether the Dems win this election or not, they more than deserve to clean up this mess.
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Trump and troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan November 28, 2019.
Trump and troops at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan November 28, 2019.
"We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!" Trump tweeted on Wednesday evening, exactly 19 years to the day after the US invasion of the country in 2001.
Though the missive did not indicate any shift in policy, the suggestion of a full withdrawal by the holiday is at odds with the timetable laid out by National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien just hours earlier on Wednesday, when he told an audience at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that the administration would retain some 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan in early 2021.
Comment: 'Should be' and 'shall be' are two different promises.
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Presidential candidate Joe Biden
Presidential candidate Joe Biden
Moderator Lester Holt told viewers at the top of the broadcast on Monday night:
"Welcome to tonight's town hall, where we are surrounded by dozens of undecided voters and where Democratic candidate Joe Biden will answer our questions and make his case tonight."One question at the event came from attorney Peter Gonzalez. Six weeks ago, Gonzalez told MSNBC on Aug. 23 that "if we get four more years of Trump, good luck, and good luck with the future attracting younger voters."
An MSNBC on-screen graphic read "Voting for Biden" underneath Gonzalez as he spoke. The network promoted Gonzalez's comments on its official Twitter and Facebook pages at the time.
Comment: Optics are more important to Biden's campaign than reality. Participants were 'swamped' with bias.
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Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu
Turkish FM Mevlut Cavusoglu
Speaking to state media after the Global Security Forum in Slovakia, Cavusoglu said Turkey would host the first round of exploratory talks once they resume, but that the two NATO members were working on setting a date.
Comment: The ongoing question was whether Turkey would risk a war with Greece by continuing to drill for oil and gas in Greek maritime waters without support in the EU - given a withdrawal would show that Ankara failed to produce an economic justification for its actions or a diplomatic solution to the territorial dispute.
See also:
- Greece to approve maritime deals as tensions with Turkey rise
- Greek-Italian maritime deal disrupts Turkey's endeavor for East Mediterranean dominance
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'Democracy works better when there is less of it' warns Financial Times commenter Janan Ganesh. As far as he is concerned, "no global trend is better documented than the crisis of democracy," by which he means that too often people vote against the advice of the elites.
Ganesh joins the ranks of a small army of leader writers in the mainstream media who condemn democracy and the supposed stupidity of the electorate. "Too much democracy is bad for democracy" says a headline in The Atlantic. The Economist concurs and claims that "too much democracy threatens freedom."
"No, I'm not going to waste my time in a virtual debate," Trump said on Fox Business.
"That's not what debating is all about. You sit behind a computer and do ... and then they cut you off whenever they want," he continued.
He said the commission is trying to protect Biden.
The president said he just learned about the change in the format Thursday morning.
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Harris appeared on the cover of the November issue of Elle, which featured an interview with the candidate "on the power of optimism." It's exactly as platitude-laden as that tagline suggests, and the writer even seems to tire of Harris' pandering, admitting "sometimes it does sound a little like Harris was raised inside a Hallmark card" - though she has no problem helping Harris bury her old image as a corrupt prosecutor, replacing it with that of a reformer. But worse than that, the slickly-produced cover package is taking advantage of an odious double-standard, one that is as sexist as the candidate's supporters claim her critics are.
Comment: Antibody drug 'Regeneron' gets a rave review from President Trump as 'key to his recovery'. He offers promises to the public: