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Trump-Biden 'debate' full of hoaxes & emotional manipulation shows the press has failed as guardians of the American Republic

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US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden debate in Cleveland, Ohio, September 29, 2020.
President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden did not have a debate, but a shouting match filled with personal attacks, interruptions, hateful hoaxes asserted as facts, and emotional manipulation. American media is to blame.

The ninety or so minutes on Tuesday evening in Cleveland, Ohio just cannot charitably be described as civilized. There was Biden, who addressed Trump only when he wanted to insult him, but otherwise reciting prepared talking points or turning to the camera to talk to the audience directly.

There was Trump, frequently interrupting both Biden and the moderator rather than wait his turn. And there was Chris Wallace of Fox News, bending over backwards to practically squire for Biden and load questions for Trump with some of the nastiest innuendo imaginable.


To name just one example, Biden has repeatedly treated as fact the calumny that Trump called neo-Nazis "very fine people" when asked about the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. He did say those words - right before he condemned racists, white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the KKK in the strongest of terms. Yet Biden repeated the claim tonight and Wallace did the same. Little wonder Trump was livid. Wouldn't you be?

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Attention

Pennsylvania officials joke about wearing masks for 'Political Theater'

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Pennsylvania State Representative Wendy Ullman and Governor Tom Wolf were caught joking off camera about taking their masks off just before they spoke at a press conference touting the need to defend Obamacare during Covid-19.

Just as Ullman was preparing to speak behind the podium on Tuesday at a press conference north of Philadelphia, Wolf can be heard off camera to her left, saying: "So Wendy, I'm gonna take, I'm gonna take my mask off when I speak." Ullman walks toward Wolf, off camera, and says: "I will as well, just, I'm waiting so that we can do a little political theater."

Wolf replies, "OK," and the two Democrats share a laugh. Ullman then walks back toward the podium and finishes her sentence, saying, "so that it's on camera."

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Eye 1

'No peasants, please': BoJo's love-in with Bill Gates on Twitter shows just how broken UK democracy really is

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© (L) Bill Gates Getty Images/Chesnot; (R) Getty Images/Chesnot.
Boris Johnson's effusive response to a tweet from Bill Gates, which the public couldn't comment on, and the draconian restrictions imposed on the UK without debate are indicative of the way democracy has been suspended in 2020.

Prime Minister Johnson (or at least the person operating his account), doesn't respond to ordinary members of the public raising issues with him on Twitter. He doesn't respond to them by letter either, if my friend's un-answered postal communication to him is anything to go by.

Johnson is there to tell us what to do, not to hear what we have to say. There was no greater example of this than the recent Twitter exchange he had with US billionaire and vaccine promoter Bill Gates. Gates tweeted that it was "great to see" the UK commit "vital funding" (£550m) to a global Covid-19 vaccine scheme, and said that BoJo's plan would improve "the way we prepare for future crises like this."


I wonder how many tweets Johnson is copied into over the course of a day? But tellingly, the only one the British prime minister replied to was one from an American who has an estimated fortune of $100bn. "Fantastic to have your support Bill," he declared.


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Dominoes

Lavrov offered Merkel a choice between Russia and Navalny

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Russian FM Sergey Lavrov
In fact, the statement made a couple of days ago, in which Russia blamed Germany for the impending deterioration of relations between the countries due to the situation with Navalny, had the status of a Foreign Ministry statement.

But since the diplomatic department does not issue statements that would not have been approved by its head, we can rightfully call Sergey Lavrov its co-author.

Moreover, I am absolutely sure that if Vladimir Putin did not edit this statement, at least he was familiar with its content and it also received the president's approval. It's too sharp.

On the one hand, it's possible, of course, to recall the statements of the Foreign Ministry on the Skripal case and find similar passages there. But the fact is that in the Skripal case, we were dealing with the UK. This country has always taken a hostile position towards Russia. Economic ties between Moscow and London have never been strategic. Britain has always been a loyal ally of the US. Therefore, it was possible to warn Britain about the deterioration of relations completely freely — the British obviously sought to worsen them, and even if we assume that the operation with the Skripals failed, they would have come up with something else.

Arrow Down

Progressive Democrats denounce Biden's 'shift to left' with 'Bidenomics' as nothing more than Reaganomics

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Presidential candidate Joe Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's attempt to woo estranged left-leaning voters with an economic plan presented as a 21st-century New Deal has been slammed by progressive voters as too little, too late.

The Democratic challenger's economic policy, dubbed "Bidenomics" and aimed at propping up the country's ailing healthcare, education, and infrastructure with a hefty infusion of taxpayer dollars, has triggered a backlash from the Left, after a detailed explainer on it appeared in Financial Times on Monday.

The plan, which Biden earlier linked to the New Deal deployed by former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help pull the country out of the Great Depression almost a century ago, promises a tax increase on wealthy households and a hefty public investment program. It includes an eye-popping $2 trillion investment in clean energy and infrastructure to mitigate climate change, and $775 billion in funding to care for the elderly, sick and small children. The total amount of public investment proposed by the plan was estimated by Moody's at $3.9 trillion.

Comment: Biden appears to be a candidate without a solid position, to the confusion of his followers:
Accused by Donald Trump multiple times of being controlled by a "socialist" party and the "far-left," Joe Biden tried moving to the middle by rejecting the Green New Deal and the defund the police movement.

Debating the topic of the environment, Trump defended rolling back EPA regulations put in place by the Obama administration and claimed Biden would hurt the economy with initiatives like the Green New Deal (which is estimated to cost trillions).

"The Green New Deal is not my plan," Biden declared, saying he supports his own plan. Moments later, however, the former vice president said "the Green New Deal will pay for itself as we move forward."

"Do you support the Green New Deal?" moderator Chris Wallace asked.

"No, I do not support the Green New Deal," Biden clarified, likely previously referring to his "Biden plan," but misspeaking.

What has also led to confusion is the fact that Biden has been supportive of the Green New Deal in the past, even calling it a "crucial framework" when releasing his own environmental plan. His running mate, Kamala Harris, was also a co-sponsor on the Green New Deal.

Biden also rejected the defund the police movement, which has become a popular rallying cry with many Democrats, including Ocasio-Cortez. Told by Trump that he does not have the support of law enforcement and would defund police departments, Biden bit back by accusing Trump of being the one looking to defund police.

"I'm totally opposed to defunding the police officers," Biden shot back. "They need more assistance. Local police. The only one defunding, in his budget calls for a $400 million cut in local law enforcement assistance," he added. Biden has, however, expressed support for diverting funds for law enforcement agencies to other areas.

Some accused Biden of not supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as, criticisms by BLM supporters for not expressing explicit support for the movement.

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Padlock

The state's response to this 'virus' is nothing more than a weapon of mass submission

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"The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no means of resistance? Obviously they have. The worst tyrant, even under democratic plutocracy, has but one throat to slit. The moment the majority decided to overthrow him he would be overthrown. But the majority lacks the resolution; it cannot imagine taking the risks." *

Draconian measures by the State against the masses require the cooperation of the masses. This is the essence of political submission, and therefore, it is the foundation of the ruling "elite's" plan to achieve a complete global economic and total control reset. At this stage of the plot, all is going just as the globalists expected, as the takeover of the human population is well underway.

Comment: Many have opinions on what will happen going forward. Speculation is its own kind of fear factor.


Stormtrooper

Joe Biden falsely claims Antifa is simply 'an idea'

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Former VP Joe Biden
During the presidential face-off, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed that "Antifa is an idea not an organization." This despite the fact that the anti-fascist movement has mobilized across the nation in Democratic-led cities while organizing on social media.
The Post Millennial's editor-at-large Andy Ngo pointed out that "Rose City Antifa is a group," also the name of the attackers in his brutal assault last year in downtown Portland.

Comment: Ian Miles Cheong talks to Matthew Grainger about unrest in the US and Trump's chances of winning in November.




Bad Guys

Released documents show subpoenas to spy on General Flynn in 2017 'may have lacked legal authorization'

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(L-R) Ex-FBI agent James Comey, General Michael Flynn, ex- FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
Today General Flynn's legal team received more documentation that not only further exonerates Flynn, but indicates the Deep State FBI had no legal authorization to spy on Flynn in 2017.

Sidney Powell recommended to followers to look into an article online about the release of the Barnett 302 last week:


Today more documents were released and they further show that Flynn was set up illegally by Obama's Deep State FBI. Techno Fog shares highlights from the release.

Comment: More developments in Flynn's farce of a trial:
We reported yesterday that some more documents were dropped by the Justice Department in the General Flynn case. The documents were more proof of the General's innocence and the efforts by Obama's Deep State FBI to target and wrongfully arrest and indict the hero General.

Overnight there was some additional analysis regarding yesterday's document drop.

First of all we find out that the documents were heavily redacted but not by the DOJ - the documents were redacted by Judge Sullivan:


The portion of the notes that are unredacted show that the FBI was no longer looking at collusion. However, in public the entire message was regarding Trump - Russia collusion. The FBI was lying to the American public and knew there was no Russian collusio

Should Judge Sullivan be impeached?


Next we see that the FBI was trying to remove General Flynn's security clearance. They were doing anything they could to prevent President Trump from transitioning into power peacefully. By taking away Flynn's security clearance, for no reason, they could hinder the incoming President:


Finally, the DOJ announced that top DOJ attorney Deputy Assistant Attorney General Hashim Mooppan will appear at the hearing today. As Roscoe Davis reports - this is pulling out all the stops short of AG Barr appearing himself:


We'll see what corrupt Judge Sullivan has up his sleeve today to further prolong the greatest travesty in US history. How much more does General Flynn and his family have to suffer at the hands of corrupt Deep State attorneys, FBI agents and corrupt judges?



Light Saber

Debate transcript: Trump agreed to condemn white supremacists; 'Stand by' followed Wallace's prompt UPDATE: Trump says Proud Boys need to stand down

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President Trump at the podium for the first Trump-Biden 2020 debate on September29, 2020
CLAIM: President Donald Trump told white supremacists like the Proud Boys to "stand by" and did not condemn them.

VERDICT: DECEPTIVE EDIT. The transcript shows Trump said "sure" when asked to condemn white supremacists. The "stand" language came from the moderator, and the "Proud Boys" were first brought up by Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Critics of the president are claiming, incorrectly, that he would not condemn white supremacists at the first presidential debate.

First of all, the question itself, from moderator Chris Wallace, was absurd: Trump has condemned white supremacists repeatedly.

Comment: Democrats have no compunction about twisting the truth. Videos to the contrary with media confirmation:


UPDATE: From RT:
Trump says Proud Boys need to 'STAND DOWN' and let police do their job - but he 'doesn't KNOW' who they are

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, September 30, 2020.
Pressed to clarify his debate comment about Proud Boys, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday they need to get out of law enforcement's way, and insisted he has always denounced white supremacists and vigilantism.

"I don't know who the Proud Boys are," Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, before he flew out to Minnesota. "They have to stand down and let law enforcement do their work."


Trump added that he has always denounced white supremacists, and that any form of crime, including that perpetuated by right-wing militias, concerned him.

Reporters were pressing Trump to explain his words from Tuesday night's debate with Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, during which moderator Chris Wallace had demanded Trump condemn "white supremacist and right-wing militia."

"What do you want to call them? Give me a name! Give me a name! Go ahead! Who do you want me to condemn?" Trump said at the debate. When Biden jumped in with "Proud Boys," Trump said, "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by."

Within minutes of the debate's end, this was interpreted by the mainstream media as Trump somehow refusing to disavow white nationalists.

During the debate, both Biden and Wallace claimed that Trump had referred to white supremacists at the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia rally "very fine people." Biden has repeatedly cited these remarks as spurring him to run for president. However, Trump's words had been stripped of context, because he had, in fact, condemned racism and racists at the same press conference as "evil" and "repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans."



Yoda

Spanish judge wants Sheldon Adelson security chief Zohar Lahav to testify in Assange spying case

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Julian Assange (L) Sheldon Adelson (R)
A Spanish judge's request to probe a Las Vegas Sands staffer's apparent role in a criminal spying operation against Julian Assange indicates the investigation is homing in on US intelligence. Tellingly, the Department of Justice is stonewalling the application.

The Spanish judge presiding over the trial of a security firm owner apparently hired to spy on jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange has sent a request to the US Department of Justice for an interview with Zohar Lahav, the Israeli-American vice president for executive protection at Las Vegas Sands.

Sands is owned by the ultra-Zionist casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson, one of the single largest donors to Donald Trump's presidential campaigns and the Republican Party.

According to court documents reviewed by The Grayzone, the judge seeks to probe Lahav's relationship with disgraced UC Global CEO David Morales, who was indicted for an array of crimes after allegedly presiding over a spying operation targeting Assange while he was confined within Ecuador's embassy in London.

Comment: Some of The Grayzone's excellent reporting on Julian Assange's persecution: And more: