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Trump vs Deep State: Will Trump upend the neocolonial world order?

Nauman Sadiq
Global Research
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released an extraordinary statement on Tuesday, decrying a political scene he said "has moved away from spirited debate to a vile, vituperative, hate-filled morass, that is unbecoming of any free nation." "The world is watching America with abject horror," he added.

Romney tweeted his statement under the title "My thoughts on the current state of our politics." "I have stayed quiet," he said, "with the approach of the election." "But I'm troubled by our politics," the sole Republican to vote to impeach Trump added in his statement.

"The president calls the Democratic vice-presidential candidate 'a monster'. He repeatedly labels the Speaker of the House 'crazy.' He calls for the justice department to put the prior president in jail. He attacks the governor of Michigan on the very day a plot is discovered to kidnap her. Democrats launch blistering attacks of their own, though their presidential nominee refuses to stoop as low as others," Romney, a Utah senator who was the 2012 Republican nominee for president, complained in the statement.

Though superficially trying to appear "fair and balanced" in the didactic sermon patronizingly delivered by the only adult in the room full of political upstarts, Romney's perceptible bias in the polemical diatribe was hard not to be noticed.

Comment: Don't miss: What Trump is really about

Western anger as China, Russia elected to UN Human Rights Council and Saudi Arabia rejected over war and humanitarian disaster in Yemen

Alan Macleod
Mint Press News
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC

© Manuel Balce Ceneta | AP
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, listens to Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud speaks during their meeting at the State Department, Oct. 14, 2020, in Washington.

In a secret ballot at the United Nations yesterday, Saudi Arabia was rejected for a position on the body's 47-country Human Rights Council (HRC). The only country that did not receive the required number of votes from member states, the failure has been seen as a repudiation of the Kingdom's abysmal human rights record and its decreasing international support.

15 positions were filled yesterday, although most of them were pre-selected. Only the Asia-Pacific region faced an open vote from UN member states. Pakistan received 169 "yes" votes out of a possible 193, Uzbekistan 164, Nepal 150, and China 139. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, received just 90.

Saudi Arabia's allies in the West had actually been campaigning to halt the election of states that draw Washington's ire, including China, Russia, and Cuba, trying to organize opposition against those nations, but were ultimately unsuccessful. China received 41 fewer votes than it did in 2016, amid increased global concern over the alleged treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang Province, but ultimately comfortably surpassed the 50 percent threshold for admission.

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Plane bias: Russia's decision to quit MH17 panel a logical result of Dutch provocations

Neil Clark
RT
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:50 UTC

MH17 crash site in Ukraine

Russia's decision to quit the three-sided consultations with the Netherlands and Australia on flight MH17 is not surprising. It's surprising that Moscow hasn't done this earlier, having been declared guilty from day one.

Almost as soon as the terrible news came out on 17th July 2014 that a passenger airliner had come down over eastern Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board, the fingers of blame in the West were pointing at Russia, and the Kremlin was declared guilty until proven innocent.

'Putin's Missile' was the headline of the Sun newspaper, implying that the Russian President had personally fired the missile which allegedly downed the airliner. 'MH17: Can Russia be held to account?' asked The Economist - again implying it was a foregone conclusion who was responsible.

Russia's guilt was already established - before any inquiry was held - and even saying 'let's wait a while before we see more evidence' could bring you under attack as part of 'Putin's lie machine.'

That has more or less been the case ever since.

Just eight days after the tragedy, the Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said the EU would widen its already existing sanctions on Russia on account of the crash. The explanation for the disaster was simple. The plane had been shot down by separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine who had been armed by Russia. End of Story.

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Coronavirus: Test and Trace consultants paid equivalent of £1.5m salary

Ed Conway
Sky News
Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:11 UTC

The government is paying individual private sector consultants million-pound wages to work on its test and trace system, according to documents seen by Sky News.

Some executives from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) helping the government set up and run its testing system are being paid day rates of around £7,000 - equivalent to an annual salary of around £1.5m.

While individual consultants may only receive a portion of that sum, it is still considerably more than than any other public sector worker.

The revelation is the latest evidence of the expense of the government's testing scheme, which is budgeted to cost £12bn this year - making it one of the most expensive government programmes in recent years.

Comment: Monumental waste of money. And all for this:

Trump to participate in NBC town hall, competing with Biden event

Morgan Chalfant
The Hill
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 07:33 UTC

President Trump will participate in an NBC News town hall held outdoors in Miami on Thursday, the network announced, setting up an evening of competing events featuring the incumbent president and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.

The events will take place in lieu of the second presidential debate between Trump and Biden, which was canceled last week after the president objected to new plans for a virtual format. The next and final debate will be held on Oct. 22.

Thursday's town hall will be moderated by Today host Savannah Guthrie and will take place outdoors at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami, NBC News announced early Wednesday. Public health guidelines will be followed amid the coronavirus pandemic, the network added. The event will air at 8 p.m. for one hour, with Guthrie moderating a conversation between Trump and Florida voters on various issues.

Biden previously announced that he would take part in an ABC News town hall the same evening in Philadelphia, which will air at the same time as Trump's town hall and will run for 90 minutes.

Comment: Anti-Trumpers to boycott NBC for hosting Trump's town hall:

Trump's critics derided the network for "rewarding" him with a "platform" after he had earlier decided to skip a virtual debate with Biden. The network's fans-turned-critics launched the hashtag #BoycottNBC, calling on viewers to switch channel.

Others dug through NBC's backlog, trying to highlight the network's history of supposed malpractice in providing the president with media coverage. Unsurprisingly, Trump's notorious 2015 hosting of Saturday Night Live featured a lot.

US conservatives, however, seemingly "couldn't wait" to watch a solo Trump event without Biden plugged into it.

Bias running amok, there is no fair and equal play according to some folk.

Biden's son-in-law advises campaign on pandemic while investing in Covid-19 startups

Ben Schreckinger
Politico
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:30 UTC

© AP/Lau Fook Kong/The Straits Times
Joe Biden with daughter Ashley and Jill Biden with son-in-law Howard Krein
Singapore, July 2013

Howard Krein is an informal adviser to the Democratic nominee and part of a $1 million coronavirus-focused investment effort.

At the same time that Joe Biden's son-in-law, Howard Krein, has been advising Biden's campaign on its coronavirus response, Krein's venture capital business has been running a special initiative to invest in health care startups that offer solutions to the pandemic.

In March, as Covid-19 began spreading in the United States, the investment firm, StartUp Health, unveiled a new coronavirus initiative soliciting pitches from entrepreneurs with products that addressed the outbreak.

The next month, reports in Bloomberg and the New York Times listed Krein among those participating in daily calls to brief Biden on health policy during the pandemic, while StartUp Health announced its intention to invest $1 million across 10 startups with coronavirus applications within 30 days.

"StartUp Health is putting the full support of its platform and network behind building a post-Covid world that uses technology and entrepreneurial ingenuity to improve health outcomes," the firm said at the time.

Krein simultaneously advising the campaign and venturing into Covid investing could pose conflict-of-interest concerns for a Biden administration or simply create the awkward appearance of Krein profiting off his father-in-law's policies.

Comment: Profiting from his familial connection to Joe Biden and access to insider information, Krein has multiplied his investments, profits and market share to exploit victims of the 'medical lockdown fiasco'.

Mark Zuckerberg donates $100 million to election security after $300 million donation last month

Brianna Kraemer
Just the News
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 04:20 UTC

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, will donate an additional $100 million to help with election security to the Center for Tech and Civic Life.

The announcement was made Tuesday. Zuckerberg and his wife last month donated $300 million to assist with election safety, and Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook on Tuesday that he and his wife want to continue to help meet this urgent need in allowing for a safe election.

"Priscilla and I remain determined to ensure that every state and local election jurisdiction has the resources they need so Americans can vote," Zuckerberg posted.

The money is used for voting equipment, PPE for poll workers and to hire additional poll staff. Zuckerberg stated:

"To be clear, I agree with those who say that government should have provided these funds, not private citizens. I hope that for future elections the government provides adequate funding. But absent that funding, I think it's critical that this urgent need is met."

Comment: A quick search provided the following:

The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) is a Chicago, Illinois-based center-left election reform advocacy group formed in 2012. The organization pushes for left-of-center voting policies and election administration. It has a wide reach into local elections offices across the nation and is funded by many left-of-center funding organizations such as the Skoll Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation.

Draw your own conclusions!

Will the Trump administration finally seize a golden opportunity to punish Clinton charity fraudsters?

Charles Ortel
American Thinker
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC

Four years ago, Donald Trump's campaign attacked Hillary Clinton for her brazen corruption, deriving personal and political gain from "The Clinton Foundation" in a brutal advertisement as well as on the stump.

The TV spot hits Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, on controversies related to her family's foundation, stating that "staggering amounts of cash poured into the Clinton Foundation from criminals, dictators, countries that hate America" and that "Hillary cut deals for donors."

At that time, we did not appreciate just how far outside strict laws a network of supposed charities had operated, starting Oct. 23, 1997 as Bill and Hillary Clinton flirted with disaster, dead broke with even more looming expenses to come fighting impeachment and a raft of scandals.

Thereafter, we saw the miraculous improvement in Clinton family fortunes as simply a money scandal -- not for what it truly is: solid evidence that rich donors, lawyers, accountants and others in both political parties have captured the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service and other regulatory bodies to protect themselves and to persecute their enemies.

Someone tell Kamala Harris: NYT says no evidence Trump owes Russia money, claims otherwise are conspiracy theories

RT
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 21:25 UTC

The New York Times, whose article last month on Donald Trump's tax filings set off a firestorm of accusations, now says there's no evidence the president owes money to Russia, and any suggestions otherwise are conspiracy theories.

David Enrich, the newspaper's business investigations editor, detailed in an article Tuesday some of the rumors that have been lobbed around by Democrats since the Times reported that Trump has $421 million in personally guaranteed debt. Some of the theories involve Germany's Deutsche Bank making loans to Trump because they were backstopped by Russians.

"But the theories don't hold up," Enrich wrote. Deutsche Bank confirms that all the loans in question remain on its own books. Personal guarantees by Trump, which would allow the bank to seize his assets in the event of default, ensure that risk is low.

"It is not impossible that evidence will emerge that muddles this picture," Enrich said. "For now, though, it isn't very complicated."

That hasn't stopped leftists from trying to stir up intrigue and innuendo about Trump's debts.

Lavrov: Russia sees no prospect of prolonging New START treaty with US, but not closing the door on negotiations

RT
Wed, 14 Oct 2020 20:32 UTC

Moscow doesn't believe the New START treaty with the US can be continued, as achieving common ground is impossible against the backdrop of ultimatums employed by Washington, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.

In his interview with three Russian radio stations, Sergey Lavrov was asked if he saw any prospect of the two countries agreeing to prolong the landmark deal until 2026. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, obliges Russia and the US to reduce the number of their strategic nuclear missile launchers by half, and it expires in February. He replied:

"There is no such prospect. I personally don't see such a prospect. My colleagues who work ... with the American delegation don't see such a prospect either. We're simply explaining that talking through the language of ultimatums is impossible."

However, Lavrov added that Moscow would never say it was closing the door on negotiations or curbing contact with Washington on the issue.

Comment: With the election commanding full and furious attention, a late START could still occur to Trump's benefit.

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Puppet Masters

Trump vs Deep State: Will Trump upend the neocolonial world order?

Western anger as China, Russia elected to UN Human Rights Council and Saudi Arabia rejected over war and humanitarian disaster in Yemen

Plane bias: Russia's decision to quit MH17 panel a logical result of Dutch provocations

Coronavirus: Test and Trace consultants paid equivalent of £1.5m salary

Trump to participate in NBC town hall, competing with Biden event

Biden's son-in-law advises campaign on pandemic while investing in Covid-19 startups

Mark Zuckerberg donates $100 million to election security after $300 million donation last month

Will the Trump administration finally seize a golden opportunity to punish Clinton charity fraudsters?

Someone tell Kamala Harris: NYT says no evidence Trump owes Russia money, claims otherwise are conspiracy theories

Lavrov: Russia sees no prospect of prolonging New START treaty with US, but not closing the door on negotiations

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