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Biden says 'no', voters don't deserve to know if he will pack the court

Celine Ryan
The Post Millennial
Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:00 UTC
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Presidential nominee Joe Biden
Joe Biden has blatantly admitted that he does not believe voters "deserve to know" if he plans to pack the court.

Biden: "You've been asked by the viewers who are probably Republican who don't want me to continue to talk about what they're doing to the court right now," asked a local reporter, shown in new video from an KTNV Las Vegas.

Reporter: "Well sir, don't the voters deserve to know —

Biden: "No, they don't — I'm not gonna play his game," Biden responded before insisting that he has "already said something on court packing."

Comment: Okey Dokey Joe...but then he said: "Republicans are 'packing the court now"! [No such thing!]
Joe Biden commented on criticism directed at him in response to his previous statement that he would not talk about the potential Democrat strategy to add Supreme Court seats until after the election.

Biden was on his way to board a plane to his next stop on the campaign trail, and stopped briefly to say this to reporters:
"Look, there's always ... court packing going on right now. It's going on with the Republicans packing the court now; it's not constitutional what they're doing. We should be focused on what's happening right now... <cough> and the fact is that the only packing going on is this court is being packed now by the Republicans are packing it after the vote has already begun. I'm gonna stay focused on it, so we don't take our eyes off the ball here."
The Republicans have no plans to add to the Supreme Court at this time.
They plan to fill a currently vacant Supreme Court seat left by the death of one of its justices.

At no point in the short interview did Biden comment on what the Democratic party may or may not do after election time regarding the issue.
See also:
Biden says he'll reveal position on court packing 'when the election is over'

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'Not clinging to power': Zelensky says he'll walk away from presidency if he fails to stop war in Donbass

Jphnny Tickle
RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 13:49 UTC
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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky
Despite over a year of failing to stop hostilities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that he will be able to end the war in Donbass, and says someone else should lead the country if he can't.

Speaking to the BBC, Zelensky also claimed that he will be able to make a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin and return Crimea to the control of Kiev.
"I believe in this. Otherwise, I would not have run for Ukrainian President. This is very difficult, and we need the help of the whole world, that's true. But I'm not losing faith."
The Ukrainian president also sought to assure the BBC interviewer, Stephen Sackur, that he would not hang on to power, and is willing to walk away in case of failure.
"I always said - I'm not clinging to the ratings, nor am I clinging to power. "So, if I can't stop the war, then there needs to be a different person who will be able to end this tragic story."
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McCabe: I will not testify out of fear for my health...even remotely

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
McCabe
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Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe
Former FBI Deputy Director (and CNN contributor) Andrew McCabe has long said that he was willing to answer questions under oath about his controversial actions in the Russian investigation. He was scheduled to do so on Tuesday, but he now has refused — citing the infection of three senators with Covid-19. However, McCabe also refuses to testify remotely as did both former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates. He simply says that "fairness" dictates that he not testify at all. The basis for his refusal to appear remotely is utterly and almost comically absurd.

It is hard to see the letter as anything other than a mocking refusal not to go under oath. McCabe knows that the Democrats may retake the Senate and the White House. At that point, Democratic senators are expected to shutdown all continuing investigations related to McCabe and misconduct in the Russian investigation. The problem is that recent disclosures have magnified concerns of serious conduct in the Russian investigation and, in the last few months, Comey, Yates, and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said that they would not have signed off on the Page application if they knew then what they know today. Rosenstein called for further investigation into FBI misconduct, including matters that would relate to McCabe. Rosenstein expressly slammed McCabe in his testimony.

Comment: It seems obvious McCabe is waiting it out, hoping for a 'change of fortune' come election time to absolve him of his crimes. Meanwhile, he has his bully pulpit on CNN providing a whole new meaning to 'covering the news'.

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Barrett to praise Scalia in opening hearing statement and say court should not make policy, confirmation process begins tomorrow

Evie Fordham
Fox News
Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
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Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Amy Coney Barrett will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and emphasize her belief that it is not the job of the Supreme Court to create policy in the text of her opening statement obtained by Fox News. Barrett's opening statement reads:
"Courts have a vital responsibility to enforce the rule of law, which is critical to a free society. But courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. The policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the People."
Barrett will also talk about how philosophies about not only the law but family and purpose were shaped by Scalia:
"Justice Scalia taught me more than just law. He was devoted to his family, resolute in his beliefs, and fearless of criticism. And as I embarked on my own legal career, I resolved to maintain that same perspective. There is a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all-consuming, while losing sight of everything else. But that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life."
Barrett's confirmation process will begin on Monday, when she will deliver her opening statement.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham predicted on Sunday that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will be confirmed no later than Oct. 27, which is the Tuesday before the presidential election.

You can read the full text of Barrett's opening statement below:
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Russia slams 'disgraceful' ban on founding OPCW chief speaking at UN Security Council on Syria, PUBLISHES his speech unilaterally


RT
Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:18 UTC
Jose Bustani
© EVARISTO SA / AFP; REUTERS/ Ali Hashisho
Former OPCW Director Jose Bustani
An ex-OPCW chief, sacked under US pressure, has been barred from briefing the UN Security Council about a controversial probe into an alleged 2018 chemical attack in Syria. Russia called it a "shame" and published his speech.

Jose Bustani, a Brazilian diplomat who led the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) from 1997 until 2002, was invited by Moscow to speak at a UN Security Council meeting about the so-called "Syrian chemical dossier," but his appearance was blocked at the last minute by Belgium, Germany, Estonia, France, the US and the UK.

"What has happened now is yet more sad proof that Western delegations fear the uncomfortable truth," Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, stressed while addressing the UN global body on Monday.

He said the six countries had "made history" because the Security Council has never voted "on the presence or absence of a briefer proposed by the [UNSC] president." Prohibiting the former OPCW director general from speaking was a "shame and disgrace," Nebenzia concluded, promising to publish Bustani's statement after the meeting.
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Detained Taiwanese man 'confesses' on Chinese state TV for doing 'bad things', filming Chinese military drills

AFP
Hong Kong Free Press
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:58 UTC
Lee Meng-chu
© Screengrab via CCTV
Subtitles read: “I am very sorry.”
A Taiwanese man detained in China and accused of "endangering national security" appeared on Chinese television Sunday evening, admitting to illegally filming military exercises in a city bordering Hong Kong during protests there last year.

Relatives of Lee Meng-chu had said he went missing after crossing from Hong Kong into Shenzhen on August 19, 2019.

Hong Kong was then in the throes of months-long mass demonstrations against a law allowing extradition to China, the territory's government and the central government in Beijing.

At the time, thousands of Chinese military police had gathered in a stadium in Shenzhen for exercises with armoured vehicles.

The manoeuvres had fuelled speculation that China was going to deploy its forces to intervene in the Hong Kong unrest.

"I took my phone to record some videos," Lee said in the CCTV state television report on Sunday, interspersed with scenes from his alleged actions.

"I am sorry. I have done a lot of bad things," said Lee, his hair cropped short, wearing a blue shirt and an orange vest with his prisoner number.

Comment: No doubt he also "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people." For example, here's Peter Dahlin's scripted confession from 4 years ago:

Those who have gone on record after such confessions reveal that they are entirely scripted and thoroughly rehearsed, prior to a criminal trial, and with no access to a lawyer. Chinese media are often involved in their filming, reading questions prepared by the security services to hear answers also prepared by the security services. They are usually filmed during a stint in RSDL (residential surveillance at a designated location), which is basically 'off the books' solitary confinement for a period of months or years.

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Joe Biden's disturbing connection to the socialist 'Great Reset' movement

Justin Haskins
Fox Business
Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00 UTC
Biden
A pledge by Biden to support the Great Reset would pose a grave threat to liberty and free markets in the United States

A radical movement called the Great Reset embraced by some Democrats poses a grave threat to liberty and free markets in the United States and around the world. While former Vice President Joe Biden hasn't endorsed the movement, his ties to it are growing as he changes his long-held policy views to appease the far-left.

While it hasn't gained widespread attention, the Great Reset is perhaps the biggest danger to capitalism and individual rights since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

What is the Great Reset? Simply put, it's a growing movement backed by many of the world's most powerful business leaders, government officials and left-wing activists that aims to "push the reset button" on the global economy. It would destroy the current capitalist system and replace it with progressive and modern socialist systems, with a special emphasis placed on eco-socialist policies like those contained in the Green New Deal.

Comment: Yet another strong indication that Biden is largely a puppet for economic, political and social Globalist policies and interests that seek accrue more power to centralized organizations and forces. And the truth is he probably doesn't give a hoot what policies hurt or help people - as long as it helps him to reach his own political aims.

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Trump to take 'good, strong look' at whether there are UFOs

Chris Ciaccia
Fox News
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
Trump UFO's
The president replied, 'Well, I'm gonna have to check on that'

In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, President Trump said he would take a "good, strong look" at whether UFOs exist.

"Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump point-blank whether the objects exist, to which the president replied, "Well, I'm gonna have to check on that. I mean, I've heard that. I heard that two days ago, so I'll check on that. I'll take a good, strong look at that."

In June, the president's son Donald Trump Jr. asked his father if he would let us know if there are aliens, adding it's "the only thing I really want to know" and if he would ever "open up Roswell and let us know what's going on there."

"So many people ask me that question," the president told his son at the time. "There are millions and millions of people that want to go there, that want to see it. I won't talk to you about what I know about it but it's very interesting. But Roswell is a very interesting place with a lot of people that would like to know what's going on."

When pressed further about declassifying information about Roswell, the president said, "I'll have to think about that one."

President Trump had expressed skepticism of the existence of UFOs in previous interviews.
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Lukashenko meets with jailed opposition activists, talks constitutional reform - police threaten use of firearms


RT
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 17:25 UTC
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© Telegram / @pul_1
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has paid an unexpected visit to a detention center in Minsk, meeting incarcerated members of the so-called 'Coordination council of the opposition'.

The unusual move was reported by local media on Saturday, with a short video from the meeting emerging on social media later in the day.

Members of the opposition 'council' were detained over calls to overthrow the government amid the unrest that followed the contested August 9 presidential election. The activists are currently being held at the pre-trial detention center of the Belarus State Security Committee (KGB) in Minsk. Among other things, Lukashenko touched upon the impending constitutional reform in the country, footage from the scene shows.

"Half of you, as far as I know, are lawyers, who perfectly understand that the Constitution cannot be written in the streets," Lukashenko told the opposition figures.

The whole meeting is said to have lasted for some four hours and other topics discussed have not been disclosed.

Comment: Two of the detained opposition members have now been released - transferred to house arrest. This weekend, however, police cracked down on the continuing protests, using stun grenades, water cannons, and detaining over 20 journalists.

Today, police threatened to use live bullets for the first time since the protests began.

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'Build Back Better' - The latest code slogan for green global tyranny

James Delingpole
Breitbart
Sun, 31 May 2020 21:58 UTC
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Boris Johnson and George Soros, globalists
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised that, once the coronavirus crisis is over, he intends to "build back better" for future generations.

It's a catchy, fine-sounding, optimistic phrase but it's not one he invented himself. And its meaning, unfortunately, is a far cry from what you might hope to hear from a Conservative prime minister rebuilding a wrecked economy.

Comment: Maybe there's more to Creepy Joe lifting the phrase for his campaign then, than mere plagiarism?

More examples of 'build back better' creeping into the discourse:

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