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Roger Stone's Sentence
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Democrat Senator Held Secret Meeting In 
Munich With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif
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By Mollie Hemingway
{ thefederalist.com } ~ Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and other Democratic senators had a secret meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference last week... according to a source briefed by the French delegation to the conference. Murphy’s office did not respond to repeated requests for comment by press time. Such a meeting would mean Murphy had done the type of secret coordination with foreign leaders to potentially undermine the U.S. government that he accused Trump officials of doing as they prepared for Trump’s administration. In February 2017, Murphy demanded investigations of National Security Advisor Mike Flynn because he had a phone call with his counterpart-to-be in Russia. “Any effort to undermine our nation’s foreign policy – even during a transition period – may be illegal and must be taken seriously,” Murphy said in 2017 after anonymous leaks of Flynn’s phone call with Russian ambassador Sergey Kisylak were published. He also strongly criticized the open letter some Republican senators sent Iranian leaders during the scumbag/liar-nObama administration’s campaign for a nuclear agreement. However, Murphy has previously defended rogue meetings if they’re done by Democrats such as former Secretary of State hanoi-John Kerry. “Unless it was authorized by the president or secretary of state, conducting independent foreign policy sends mixed signals to our adversaries,” said Christian Whiton, former State Department senior advisor in the Trump and George W. Bush administrations. “It seems very unpalatable. If we want to talk to Iranians, they know how to reach us and they don’t need to go through an intermediary.” A State Department official who spoke on background said that the State Department was not aware of any side meetings with Iranian officials that Murphy was engaged in...  https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/17/source-democrat-senator-held-secret-meeting-in-munich-with-iranian-foreign-minister-zarif/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=21fad5c975-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-21fad5c975-83771801  
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Trump revamps Navy's arsenal to neutralize 
Putin's threat of 'nuclear blackmail'
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By Ben Wolfgang 
{ washingtontimes.com } ~ The Trump administration is taking dramatic steps to revamp the nation’s arsenal and prepare for a theoretical nuclear war with Russia in Eastern Europe... with the two countries returning to Cold War-era gamesmanship on the world stage and rethinking the unthinkable: how mankind’s deadliest weapons could be used in the 21st century. The Kremlin’s strategy of “escalate to de-escalate,” analysts say, hinges on the belief that Russia  can deploy several small “tactical” nuclear weapons in the region before the U.S. and its NATO allies are able to respond. Without an effective tactical nuclear capability of their own, U.S. leaders would then be forced to choose between standing down or escalating a theater conflict into all-out global nuclear warfare. Scholars say the approach could be dangerously effective in exploiting holes in America’s nuclear stockpile, most notably a lack of sea-based weapons capable of launching quickly and penetrating Russia’s increasingly advanced air defense systems. The Pentagon last week took a major step forward by fielding its first new nuclear warhead in decades. The submarine-launched, low-yield device is specifically designed to counter Russia’s arsenal of smaller missiles and to give the U.S. a way to retaliate in kind. Analysts say that is just the first move in a grand long-term nuclear strategy to counter Russia and contend with an ambitious China, which has shown signs that it also wants to become a major nuclear player. “Nuclear weapons are back,” said Matthew Kroenig, deputy director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. “For the past 25 years or so, many people assumed these were Cold War relics, that we were so stupid to have these in the Cold War, we’re more enlightened now and we’re getting rid of them. We might want that to be the case, President scumbag/liar-nObama wanted that to be the case. But Russia, China and North Korea see it differently.”...  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/13/trump-revamps-nuclear-arsenal-respond-russia-tacti/  
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U.S. Vows to Continue Backing Fight 
Against Islamic Terror in Africa
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By Adam Kredo
{ freebeacon.com } ~ The United States is committed to sending counter-terrorism resources to Africa to aid the continent’s ongoing fight against radical Islamic forces... according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Speaking Sunday alongside senior Senegalese officials during the first stop of a multi-nation visit to Africa, Pompeo said the Trump administration is currently reviewing its security plans for West Africa and will ensure nations in the region receive all the support they need in the fight against Islamic terrorist forces. In his meetings with the Senegalese president and foreign minister, Pompeo said he "talked about Islamist terrorism, which endangers 350 million people right here in West Africa. It threatens Americans, too, and we are counting on Senegal. It is an important ally in this fight. And I assured our friends that the U.S. will keep this fight up as well." Pompeo’s comments are being viewed as a dose of much-needed reassurance to African nations concerned about America’s ongoing commitment to their safety and security. "We did have a lot of conversation about the security situation here and America’s role in those," Pompeo told reporters. "We made it clear we’re looking at West Africa to make sure we have our force levels right." Pompeo traveled to the region in his previous role as CIA director. "We’ll get it right and we’ll get it right collectively," Pompeo said of the number of American forces likely to be sent to the region to assist with security. As the lead stop on his first-ever tour of sub-Saharan Africa as secretary of state, Pompeo discussed key regional security issues, as well as private investment opportunities for American businesses...
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DOJ Furor Latest Attempt To Help Democrats 
Hide Spygate, Undermine Elections
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By Joy Pullmann
{ thefederalist.com } ~ Another spin operation appears to be afoot to thwart Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into the Russia collusion hoax and others perpetrated by high-ranking federal bureaucrats... The eye of the hurricane this weekend has focused on the Department of Justice, with news Friday that an assistant U.S. attorney declined to press charges against former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for documented lying to federal investigators under oath.In 2016, McCabe, who is now a paid CNN contributor, leaked sensitive details of the bureau’s investigation of the scumbag/liar-Clinton Foundation to the press. He then misled members of the FBI’s Inspection Division when they interviewed him about the leaks, according to a February 2018 Justice Department inspector general report. McCabe provided investigators with four misleading statements, three of which were while he was under oath. Giving false statements to federal investigators is a crime. In fact, it is the same crime for which the Justice Department went after President Trump’s disgraced former national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. On Friday, news broke that Barr “has appointed the top federal prosecutor in St. Louis to review the criminal case against Michael Flynn – former national security adviser to President Donald Trump,” according to Reuters. This all occured in the same week an assistant U.S. attorney recommended up to nine years in prison for former Trump campaign associate Roger Stone on the grounds that he lied about gossiping about what WikiLeaks knew about scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton’s emails...   https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/17/doj-furor-latest-attempt-to-help-democrats-hide-spygate-undermine-elections/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=21fad5c975-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-21fad5c975-83771801 
Gog and Magog? Russia Warns 
Israel of War Over Syria
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by israeltoday.co.il ~ Russia’s ambassador to Syria this week issued what some saw as a veiled threat should Israel continue bombing Iranian assets in the war-torn country... On February 6, an aerial attack on a target near Damascus killed 20 Syrian and Iranian military officials. It also caused Syrian air defenses to inadvertently fire on an airplane carrying 172 passengers. The plane managed to safely land at a nearby airport. Israel Defense Minister Naftali Bennett later hinted that the attack was just another in a long series of Israeli strikes against Iranian assets that are admittedly in Syria for the purpose of threatening the Jewish state. But Russian Ambassador Alexander Yefimov wasn’t interested in Israeli justifications. In an interview with Sputnik Arabic, Yefimov called  the Israeli raids “provocative and very dangerous.” He further cautioned that “this increases the possibility of conflict over Syria.”  Since Syria is already in conflict, his warning was taken to mean that the ongoing Israeli raids could eventually result in an armed clash between the Jewish state and Russian forces in the region. Israeli political and military officials have never been shy about referencing the biblical “War of Gog and Magog.” It’s something they believe is going to happen. However, given the warm relations between Jerusalem and Moscow in recent years, many found it hard to believe the traditional interpretation that this great Gentile army would include Russia. But, Ambassador Yefimov is not wrong about the stage being set for the kind of incident, intentional or not, that could suddenly turn friends into foes. Israel is aware of this risk, but apparently deems the threat of Iranian hegemony to be greater than the possibility of accidentally sparking an apocalyptic showdown with Russia.   https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/gog-and-magog-russia-warns-israel-of-war-over-syria/?utm_source=acfs&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter-2020-02-17 
Turkey Nearly Killed Off Its Own Air Force
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by Michael Peck
{ nationalinterest.org } ~ Fighter pilots aren't cheap. The U.S. Air Force estimates that training a new pilot to fly a plane like the F-35 costs $11 million... And that doesn't count the priceless experience of a veteran pilot who has been flying for years. That's why the U.S. Air Force is willing to offer half-million-dollar bonuses to retain experienced fighter pilots.  So a nation that throws its fighter pilots in jail is not just wasting money, but also an extremely valuable resource. Yet in the name of politics, Turkey's government has purged its air force so badly that it can barely fly its F-16 fighters. The trouble began on July 15, 2016, when members of Turkey’s military “allegedly” launched a coup to topple the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The word allegedly is used for a reason. Despite being pros at overthrowing civilian governments with four successful coups between 1960 and 1997, the 2016 effort was laughable. Soldiers attempted to isolate Istanbul by erecting roadblocks on the Bosporus Bridge—but only blocked the lanes in one direction. Youtube video showed soldiers with Leopard tanks surrendering to police and civilians. As Erdogan was flying back to Istanbul from vacation, two Turkish Air Force F-16s had his aircraft in their sights—but failed to shoot it down. And the vaunted Turkish military was supposed to be NATO's Cold War southern bulwark against the Soviets? If so, it's a wonder that the Kremlin never seized the Bosporus. All of which had skeptics wondering whether the coup was actually a false-flag operation by the Turkish government, aimed at providing or provoking an excuse to quash secular Turkish generals and covert followers of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen. Either way, the coup fizzled in less than an hour, and then Erdogan's government took its revenge...
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Roger Stone's Sentence
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Once again, the Democrats and their media enablers are screaming “IMPEACHMENT!” This time it’s the faux controversy stemming from Roger Stone's sentencing recommendation. To be clear, neither the attorney general nor the president have done anything irregular or illegal, much less impeachable. 

The president is the chief law-enforcement official in the country. He can voice an opinion about a legal matter any time he wants. 

The attorney general is in charge of the Justice Department. It is completely within his purview to review the recommendations of U.S. attorneys, especially if he believes one is particularly out of line. 

Roger Stone is not a threat to the public. He has not committed a harm to society so egregious that he should spend the better part of a decade behind bars. 

As one commentator put it, if leftists were really serious about criminal-justice reform, they wouldn’t be so eager to throw the book at a 67-year-old, first-time, non-violent offender. Even CNN's own legal analyst thought the initial sentence was “excessive.”

So Justice Department officials recommended a lower sentence in Stone’s case. But the sentence will not be set by the attorney general or the U.S. attorney. It will be set by the judge, who is free to ignore any recommendations the government offers. 

But if you’re looking for examples of inappropriate behavior, it is being reported that several members of Roger Stone’s jury had obvious partisan biases. The jury foreman was a former Democrat congressional candidate and an avowed opponent of the president. This raises serious questions of whether Stone received a fair trial. 

And we know that individuals in the scumbag/liar-nObama Justice Department lied to the FISA court to get warrants to spy on the Trump campaign. The House Intelligence Committee, under Rep. scumbag/liar-Adam Schiff, refuses to investigate this gross abuse of power. That sounds like obstruction of justice to me.

Huawei’s Hackers

As you may recall, a big part of the Trump administration’s “get tough” approach to China has been to hold the line against telecommunications giant Huawei due to concerns that it could hack communications systems and allow the Chinese government to spy on virtually everyone.

Here’s one indication of just how seriously the U.S. views this potential threat: Vice President Mike Pence said the Trump administration was “profoundly disappointed” by Great Britain’s decision to allow Huawei to build out part of its 5G infrastructure. 

Pence also suggested that it could even be a “deal breaker” for a future trade agreement between the U.S. and the UK. As you know, Britain is one of our main allies and trading partners.

But Huawei is not a hypothetical threat. The U.S. government knows Huawei is hacking its own communications systems. In fact, we’ve been watching it do it for the past 10 years with its 4G systems. 

Now the Trump administration is sounding the alarm, trying to get our European allies to wake up before they are further compromised by communist China. By the way, the Trump administration just filed new indictments  against Huawei, charging the company with racketeering and conspiracy.

Speaking of Compromised…

As the coronavirus continues to spread, more people are raising concerns about how previous administrations that worshipped at the altar of free trade have seriously compromised our safety and security.

Sadly, we encouraged many manufacturers and drug companies to transfer production to China because far too many politicians and corporate elites bought into the lie that “trade with China will change China." 

Some are warning that China could wage war on us without ever firing a shot. How? Key medicines and pharmaceuticals that millions of Americans depend on could be cut off because we are so dependent on Chinese medical supply lines. 

To be fair and balanced about this, what were Presidents Bush and Obama thinking? Did no one raise this issue before?

And medicines aren’t the only problem. We’re already largely dependent on China for rare earth metals that are critical to everything from iPhones to missiles.

On yet another front, the Department of Education is aggressively going after Harvard and Yale. Both institutions failed to report billions of dollars that they are legally required to disclose from foreign sources like China and Saudi Arabia. 

Not only are they turning our kids into historically ignorant socialists, they are comfortable taking money from Chinese communists and Saudi extremists. Both of these elite schools produce graduates who end up in leading positions in government, industry, and on Wall Street.

worthless-Omar Targets Israel

Rep. worthless-Ilhan Omar (D-MN) just introduced several bills that she’s calling the "Pathway to Peace.” Among other things, her legislation aims to roll back the president’s ability to impose sanctions on nations like Iran and Venezuela, and transfers billions of dollars from the Pentagon to the State Department to establish a “peacebuilding fund." 

And, of course, she’s also targeting Israel. 

worthless-Omar’s Stop Arming Human Rights Abusers Act may sound reasonable, except that when the progressive left complains about "human-rights abuses,” it rarely refers to Iran, North Korea, or Venezuela. It’s almost always a ruse to browbeat and condemn Israel for its response to Palestinian incitement and terrorism.

And worthless-Omar is a leading advocate of the anti-Semitic BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) movement against Israel, which is targeting the Jewish state for its alleged “human-rights abuses.”

What Moderates?

A few post-New Hampshire headlines caught my attention recently. The common theme is that the “moderate” candidates in the Democrat primary are dividing the vote and allowing commie-Sanders to prevail.

This is utter nonsense. There are no “moderates” in this field. I know I have written about this before, but it cannot be stressed enough. 

As we saw in the last Democrat debate, all the candidates (save one) are comfortable with the “socialist” label. They are all pro-abortion, open-borders, big-government extremists. And, please, do not take my word for it.

One news outlet analyzed loose lips liar-Joe Biden’s platform and wrote this:

The 2020 Democratic frontrunner’s emerging policy agenda is anything but moderate… loose lips liar-Biden has proposed ideas more ambitious and liberal than policies supported by scumbag/liar-Hillary Clinton in the 2016 campaign.

The Washington Post editorial board recently stated, “No, socialist-Pete Buttigieg and loose lips liar-Joe Biden are not ‘centrists.’” The Post wrote that the narrative of a left/center split in the race was “false." 

It noted that socialist-Pete Buttigieg had "expressed sympathy” for commie-Bernie Sanders’s policy goals, and concluded by observing that, “Every major Democratic candidate is running on an agenda to the left of Mr. scumbag/liar-nObama’s.”

And the left-wing outlet Axios declared, “Democratic ‘Moderates’ Are Liberal As Ever,” adding:

loose lips liar-Joe Biden and socialist-Pete Buttigieg are considered the leading 2020 Democratic moderates, but even they have taken positions to the left of Barack scumbag/liar-nObama… The fact that they’re called centrists now in the media shows how much the Democratic Party has shifted.

Please share this message with all your friends and family members! Don’t let them fall for the fake news that any of the Democrat contenders are “moderates.”   ~The Patriot Post

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68587?mailing_id=4864&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4864&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body  

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