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Trump rightfully calls for Russia to be back in G7


RT
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:06 UTC
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© Adam Scotti/Prime Minister's Office/Handout via / Reuters
The leaders of the G7 group spent a lot of their time during last week's summit discussing Moscow, and so having Russia itself at the negotiation table would have been an extremely logical move, US President Donald Trump has said.

"You know, we spend probably 25 percent of our time talking about Russia, and I said wouldn't it be better if they were here," Trump said, in an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier, adding that "I'm not for Russia. I'm for the United States."

President Trump made headlines last week after stating that Russia should be invited back to the gatherings of the Group of Seven industrialized nations. "They should let Russia come back in because we should have Russia at the negotiating table," he suggested, ahead of the 2018 G7 summit, held in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.

Speaking to Fox, Trump explained his position, noting that Russia's presence in a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, would allow these countries, and especially the world's two biggest nuclear powers, to not just discuss but actually to address the pressing issues of the day.
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Mueller's 'made up' cases and indictments are falling apart - time to shut him down

Joe Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:44 UTC
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Very few Americans who voted for President Trump would believe that today we have a special investigation into the President for collusion with Russia during the election and none into the many Clinton and Obama criminal activities unearthed over the past decade.

More than one year ago, on May 17, 2017, corrupt Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed a Special Counsel to look into the phony Trump - Russia collusion allegations, a total scam to remove Donald Trump from the Presidency that he won.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself of anything related to Russia during the 2016 Presidential campaign and the Robert Mueller Special Counsel team took over to investigate the alleged Trump crimes. Ironically over the past year, no crimes related to the President have been uncovered but numerous crimes have been uncovered related to the Deep State's corruption, abuse and brazen disregard for the rule of law through the Trump - Russia 'Witch Hunt'.


One of the most profound interviews that described the events over the past few years by the corrupt and criminal individuals in the Deep State that led to the Mueller investigation was reported by the Daily Caller in January. Legal expert Joe DiGenova explained the many criminal activities by the Deep State -


Corrupt and dirty cop Mueller started the 'witch hunt' and began looking into individuals with any relationship with President Trump. Mueller's team were not interested in crimes that President Trump committed. There are none. Instead, Mueller went after anyone with any relationship to the President. His entire team has serious conflicts of interest and his investigation is unconstitutional, but this has not deterred Mueller.

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MPs vote down House of Lords' amendment to EU Withdrawal Bill


RT
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 09:30 UTC
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MPs voting in House of Commons.
MPs have voted down the House of Lords amendment to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, which, if it had passed, would have given parliament the final say over Brexit negotiations.

This is essentially a win for Brexiteers who feared the change could be used to halt Brexit entirely.

Earlier on Tuesday Brexit Minister David Davis issued a warning to parliament over the possibility of rejecting the government's compromise on the "meaningful vote" and backing the House of Lords amendment.

"What it actually amounts to is an unconstitutional shift which risks undermining our negotiation with the European Union," he said. "The government cannot demonstrate the flexibility necessary for a successful deal if its hands are tied midway through that process."

Comment: Tory Remainers take off the gloves with Theresa May over Brexit: 'If she f**ks us, she's f**ked'

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Self-proclaimed 'centrists' whine that Trump is insufficiently hawkish toward North Korea

Caitlin Johnstone
Rogue Journalist
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
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Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
Today American centrists (who only get to call themselves that because plutocratic media control has made Orwellian neoliberal neoconservatism the dominant ideology in the US) are deeply, profoundly concerned that Donald fucking Trump is insufficiently hawkish.

This would be the same Donald Trump whose administration just facilitated the bombing of Yemen's new cholera treatment center. The same Donald Trump who has increased US troops in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria. The same Donald Trump who is openly pursuing regime change in Iran. The same Donald Trump whose administration committed war crimes in Raqqa. The same Donald Trump who has made many dangerous cold war escalations against Russia. The same Donald Trump whose administration has voiced a goal of regime change in Damascus and the intention of remaining in Syria indefinitely. The same Donald Trump whose air strikes are killing far more civilians than the drone king Obama's did.


Comment: To be fair, what attempts Trump has made to defuse geopolitical tensions have generally been confounded by Deep State actors. Trump, like most US Presidents, is not in control.


Centrist pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle are saying that this very man is being too soft and cuddly toward North Korea. These would be the same centrist pundits and politicians who loudly cheered both of the times this administration bombed the Syrian government, effectively sending the message that the only way this narcissistic president can win praise by the manufacturers of the mainstream narrative is by rejecting peace and embracing war. Thanks guys.

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The power of social media: Libya "before and after" photos go viral

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:17 UTC
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A Libyan man who took photos of himself posing at various spots across Beghazi in 2000 has revisited the same locations 18 years later to photograph life under the new "NATO liberated" Libya.

The "before and after" pics showing the utter devastation of post-Gaddafi Libya have gone viral, garnering 50,000 retweets after they were posted to an account that features historical images of Libya under Gaddafi's rule between 1969 and 2011.

It appears people do still care about Libya even if the political elites in Paris, London, and Washington who destroyed the country have moved on. Though we should recall that British foreign secretary Boris Johnson was caught on tape in a private meeting last year saying Libya was ripe for UK investment, but only after Libyans "clear the dead bodies away."

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Pope Francis envoy barred from delivering letter to former Brazilian President Lula


TeleSUR
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:32 UTC
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Mauro Lopes says the Pope has repeatedly "condemned state coups sponsored by conservative media" in a "direct reference to Brazil's" current government.

Juan Grabois, Pope Francis' special envoy and Justice and Peace Affairs adviser, has been barred from delivering a handwritten letter from the Pontiff to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Grabois, who attempted to hand over the message and a rosary in a visit Monday, was blocked from doing so by officials at federal police headquarters in Curitiba in the southern Brazilian state of Paraná.

"It's a serious incident," wrote Mauro Lopes of Brasil 24/7. "Barring the Pope's messenger" will result in "ample repercussion, both nationally and internationally, against the coup," he said referring to Michel Temer, who became president of Brazil through what many describe as a parliamentary-coup.
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Erdogan faces battle in presidential election amid economic turmoil

Benjamin Harvey
Bloomberg
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:22 UTC
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© AP/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Pool Photo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkey's election this month could go down to the wire, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing a tougher battle to cement power or even an upset, according to a poll commissioned by Bloomberg.

Erdogan can win the presidential vote in the first round on June 24 with 50.8 percent support and get the backing of a majority in parliament, the survey by Foresight Danismanlik of 500 people on June 7-11 found. But a surprise victory for the opposition is also within the margin of error.

The key takeaway is that any array of options is possible and the only certainty is that it will be very close. Erdogan and his AK party can't win alone, and in previous elections they got the support of religious conservatives, free-market liberals or Kurds to govern. Now success hinges on how voters identifying as nationalist cast their ballot, the poll found.

Comment: It's worth noting the high likllhood of economic warfare being wages against Turkey during their elections. Turkey remains an influential player in the geopolitics of the Middle East and beyond, and Erdogan's justified loss of trust in the West remains an obstacle to the dominance of US power.

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Mueller's Russiagate indictments still don't add up to collusion

Aaron Mate
The Nation
Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:11 UTC
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© Vanity Fair
Paul Manafort • Robert Mueller
In just over one year, special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia has generated five guilty pleas, 20 indictments, and more than 100 charges. None of these have anything to do with Mueller's chief focus: the Russian government's alleged meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign's suspected involvement. While it's certainly possible that Mueller will make new indictments that go to the core of his case, what's been revealed so far does not make a compelling brief for collusion.

The most high-level Trump campaign official to be indicted is Paul Manafort, as well as his former business partner and Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates. The charges, as a Virginia judge observed last month, "manifestly don't have anything to do with the campaign or with Russian collusion." Instead, Manafort and Gates are accused of financial crimes beginning in 2008, when they worked as political operatives for a Russia-leaning party in Ukraine (and for which Manafort was previously investigated, but not indicted).

There is widespread supposition that Manafort's dealings in Ukraine make him a prime candidate for collusion with Moscow. But that stems from the mistaken belief that Manafort promoted Kremlin interests during his time in Kiev. The opposite appears to be the case. The New York Times recounts that Manafort "pressed [then-Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor] Yanukovych to sign an agreement with the European Union that would link the country closer to the West - and lobbied for the Americans to support Ukraine's membership." If that picture is accurate, then Manafort's activities in Ukraine during the period for which he has been indicted were diametrically opposed to the Kremlin's agenda.

Comment: See also: UK and US intelligence colluded to smear Trump campaign as Russia lackeys

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Trump the Truther! US prez told G7 'Crimea is Russian', wonders why they're siding with 'corrupt' Ukraine


RT
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 17:09 UTC
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© Pavel Rebrov / Reuters
Crimeans wave Russian flags at a May Day rally in Simferopol
President Donald Trump seems to have demonstrated his trademark nuanced understanding of foreign politics when he reportedly told G7 leaders that "Crimea is Russian because everyone who lives there speaks Russian."

According to Buzzfeed's usual anonymous sources, Trump made his remark after wading into a discussion on foreign affairs during a dinner at the G7 summit in Quebec, Canada last Friday.

If true, Trump's statement will likely have 'Russiagate' fans and the #resistance screeching. Russia's 2014 reunification with Crimea, whose population is almost 60 percent ethnic Russian, is widely viewed in the West as an annexation, despite the fact that Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to join Russia.

During the dinner, Trump reportedly questioned why the other G7 leaders were siding with Ukraine, telling them: "Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries in the world."

Comment: If these comments are true, it appears Trump is using the increased political capital he has gained from the N. Korea agreement to share opinions of his that differ greatly from the Deep State's status quo.

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EU unanimously approves retaliatory tariffs against US amid trade row


Sputnik
Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:53 UTC
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and an Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Theresa May
© AP Photo / Geert Vanden Wijngaert
French President Emmanuel Macron, second left, speaks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, and British Prime Minister Theresa May, right, suring a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017
The move comes in response to trade tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, a measure that has slammed by Brussels as a "step toward protectionism."

The European Union has unanimously approved a set of retaliatory tariffs against the US trade duties, including those on whiskey and motorcycles, according to AFP citing sources.

"Member states have today unanimously supported the commission's plan for the adoption of rebalancing measures on the US tariffs on steel and aluminum," the media outlet reported, citing a source from the European Commission on condition of anonymity.

Comment: See also: US slaps 25% steel tariff on EU, Canada and Mexico - Brussels vows retaliation

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