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Fox News legal analyst and attorney schools Deep State shill John Brennan for calling Trump's meeting with Putin an impeachable offense

Cristina Laila
Gateway Pundit
Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:32 UTC
gregg jarrett
Former CIA Director-turned-Twitter-troll, John Brennan went way off the rails Monday, calling Trump's presser with Putin an impeachable offense.

Brennan claimed Trump's presser with Putin exceeded the threshold of "high crimes and misdemeanors" then said it was "nothing short of treasonous."

Brennan promptly got schooled by attorney Gregg Jarrett.
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Dollar

Russia continues dumping the dollar by liquidating its Treasury holdings to 11-year low


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:18 UTC
piggy bank
© Peter Gridley / Getty Images
Russia is continuing to diversify state reserves away from US debt. The latest data from the US Treasury shows that Russia's share hit an 11-year minimum and totaled only $14.9 billion.

The share of US sovereign debt bonds in Russia's portfolio has been reduced dramatically in recent months. Russia held $96.1 billion in US Treasuries in March before selling half its holdings in April, dropping to 22nd place among major foreign holders of American treasury securities at $48.7 billion.

In 2010, Russia was among the top 10 holders of US Treasuries at $176.3 billion. With its holdings falling to $14.9 billion in May, the country is now below the $30 billion threshold for inclusion on the Treasury Department's monthly report of major holders. On Tuesday, the Treasury released a list of 33 countries which includes the biggest holder China to the smallest Chile. Russia is no longer on the list.
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Arrow Up

Number of Muslim-Americans running for office hits post-9/11 high


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:09 UTC
muslim immigration rally
© Amr Alfiky / Reuters
There has been a surge in the number of Muslim-Americans launching their bids for national and statewide offices, analysts say, crediting the Trump administration's policies with sparking the moment.

The primary season ahead of the November midterm elections is in full swing, and it has already broken some records. AP reported, citing Jetpac, a non-profit company assisting Muslim-American candidates, that 90 Muslim-Americans initially stood for statewide and nationwide offices in this year's elections. The number represents a record high, never seen after the 9/11 terrorist attacks eroded the trust of Americans in their fellow citizens of Islamic faith.

Not all of them have crossed the first threshold on the way to become elected officials. Only some 50 are still standing in their respective races after primaries. In some states, like Michigan, primaries are yet to take place and may see the number of Muslim-American candidates plummeting further. Still, 50 is a huge increase from about a dozen Muslim-Americans that ran for office in 2016, the report notes.

If they all succeed, Congress may receive up to nine new Muslim members.
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Man kicked out of Trump-Putin summit accuses media of lying, says he asked question about Israel's nuclear arsenal


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:52 UTC
sam husseini
© Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto / ReutersSecurity removes Sam Husseini before the Putin-Trump press conference in Helsinki
Political activist and writer Sam Husseini, who was ousted from a joint media conference by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, accuses the media of lying about his goal at the event. He had a question about Israel's nuclear arsenal.

Husseini, a contributor to The Nation who also wrote for a number of major media outlets as well as the media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), was evicted from a media conference held by the two presidents on Tuesday in Helsinki.

The news agency Associated Press (AP) quoted him as saying that he had a question "on Syria's nuclear policy" and the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia.

Husseini says AP misquoted him and that he wanted to hear Putin's and Trump's opinion on Israel's clandestine nuclear arsenal, the existence of which the Jewish state neither acknowledges nor denies.

In further tweets Husseini called the AP story by Jari Tanner a "piece of crap" that has spread to other media outlets. He added his ousting from the event was falsely attributed by many to Russian officials, while in fact the decision was made by Finnish security. The statement even made it to his Wikipedia page.
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Snakes in Suits

Syrian Kurds prepping a team for talks with Damascus


Sputnik
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:54 UTC
SDF in Raqqa
© Reuters/Rodi SaidSDF in Raqqa, Syria
The Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) plans for talks with the government come on the heels of the Helsinki summit meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump, where the two men focused extensively on the Syrian conflict and ways to resolve the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis.

The political arm of the SDF, a Kurdish-dominated militia group which controls much of northern and eastern Syria, is working to create a negotiating team for possible talks with the Assad government, key Syrian Democratic Council figure Hekmat Habib has told AFP.

"One of the meeting's aims is to create a platform to negotiate with the Syrian regime, "Habib said. "This platform will represent all areas in the autonomous administration and all areas held by the SDF," he added, without providing more details.

Members of the Syrian Democratic Council, the SDF's political arm, met in the northern Syrian town of Tabqa on Monday for discussions on a number of issues, including the possibility of negotiations with Damascus.

Comment: The Kurd problem is now back where it should be - with Damascus.

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Arrow Up

Tucker Carlson: 'Mexico interferes in US elections more successfully than Russia'


RT
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:27 UTC
Registrate Y Vota
© Trish Badger/ReutersRegistration sign on taco truck in Houston, Texas.
Forget Vladimir Putin and Russian hackers - according to Fox News host Tucker Carlson Mexico interferes more successfully in American elections, by "packing" the US electorate with its citizens.
"I don't think Russia is our close friend or anything like that," Carlson said, discussing President Donald Trump's summit with Putin on Fox Monday. "Of course they try to interfere in our affairs. They have for a long time. Many countries do. Some more successfully than Russia, like Mexico, which is routinely interfering in our elections by packing our electorate."
Hispanic immigrants traditionally vote Democrat, a party seen as softer on border control and more generous to immigrants. Republicans, including several officials within the Trump administration, have repeatedly warned that illegal immigrants often vote in US elections.

Comment: Corruption is when a political party is willing to turn a blind eye, or more specifically, assist clueless immigrants and otherwise illegal voters to break laws in order to win elections.

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Book 2

US author writing book about grandfather, Lithuanian national hero, now campaigns for his role in collaborating with Nazis to be recognized


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:17 UTC
holocaust memorial
© Ints Kalnins / Reuters
A US author who promised to write a book about her grandfather, a Lithuanian national hero, is now campaigning for his role in slaughtering Jews and collaborating with the Nazis to be recognized.

Jonas Noreika is honored in modern Lithuania as a hero, a resistance fighter who fought both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia and was persecuted by each side. There is a plaque in his memory on one of the buildings in the capital Vilnius, where his name is displayed next to his nom-de-guerre - Generolas Vėtra, or General Storm.

Silvia Foti is a US fiction writer and maternal granddaughter of Noreika. On her mother's deathbed she promised her that she would finish a book about her grandfather, a patriot and a hero, as he was described in family lore. She went to Lithuania to learn more about his heroic deeds, but was shocked to discover a darker aspect to the family history.
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Family

Poll finds half of Russian women under 35 open to romance with foreigners


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:13 UTC
russian women
© Yekaterina Chesnokova / Sputnik
Over a half of Russian women under 35 claim they would have romantic relations with a foreigner but almost 70 percent of them name "the ability to leave Russia" as the most attractive part of such affairs, a new poll has found.

57 percent of respondents said they are currently ready for an affair with a foreigner. The proportion is even higher for the age group between 18 and 23 years - 78 percent, according to the poll by the Zoom marketing agency after World Cup 2018.

12 percent of the poll participants told researchers that they had already had romantic relations with foreign citizens and most of the members of this group, 58 percent, added that the affairs started during the 2018 World Cup.

When asked what was the most attractive trait of foreigners as partners, 67 percent of young women named the opportunity to marry a foreign citizen and leave Russia. 26 percent said they were attracted to foreigners' appearances and general openness, while seven percent said that they were driven primarily by search for an exotic experience.
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Star of David

Israel passes law to ban any organizations critical of state and military from entering schools


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:01 UTC
palestinian protesters
© Mohamad Torokman / Reuters
Israel's parliament has passed a law giving the education minister sweeping powers to ban any organizations critical of the Israeli state or military from entering schools.

The law, passed by the Knesset Tuesday, has been slammed by activists who argue it is a blow to democracy and free speech and serves to further delegitimize NGOs.

Under the legislation, the education minister and head of the religious-nationalist Jewish Home party, Naftali Bennett, can ban groups who "actively promote legal or international political actions to be taken outside Israel against soldiers of the Israel Defence Forces... or against the state of Israel," from accessing schools and speaking to students.

The law, dubbed the 'Breaking the Silence' law, is perceived to target the Israeli non-profit whistleblowing organization of the same name. The left-wing group publishes testimony from Israeli veterans about the military's abuses against Palestinians.
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Vader

Global war with no oversight: US special forces deployed to 133 countries in first half of 2018


RT
Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:28 UTC
US special forces soldier
© Shah Marai / ReutersAn American special forces soldier mans a tripod mounted sniper rifle on the roof of a vehicle in Afghanistan's Wardak province, 20 August 2003.
US special forces have already deployed to 133 nations in the first half of 2018, signaling a sharp increase in the Pentagon's shadowy operations when compared to previous years, according to a new report.
America's Special Operations forces (SOF) are stationed all around the world, where they participate in a wide range of missions, including special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, counterterrorism, hostage rescue, as well as training and advising foreign troops. But special forces soldiers are also regularly involved in shadowy combat operations that receive little to no oversight. Shrouded in secrecy, these global operations continue to grow in quantity, size and expense - despite the fact that even Congress is often left in the dark, veteran investigative journalist Nick Turse recently revealed.

Comment: Here are a few of the deployments that are known:

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