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The Real Russia-Gate Scandal
by Cliff Kincaid
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Merkel Bemoans U.S. Leadership Under Trump
German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a campaign stop upon returning from the recent G7 Summit in Brussels, and she took the opportunity to fire a shot at the U.S. Last week, President Donald Trump called out European countries for failing to live up to their agreed upon military spending commitments in support of NATO, and he also refused to commit to the Paris climate change deal signed by Barack liar-nObama. Thus, Merkel declared, "The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days. We Europeans truly have to take our fate into our own hands."
First, it's important to note the context of her statement. Merkel is in the midst of what has been a rather contentious campaign season. Her audience was a crowd of fervent supporters whose opinions of Trump are akin to those on the American Left. Therefore, she's clearly playing to the crowd as well as expressing her own frustration with Trump.
Second, Merkel is a globalist like liar-nObama. Just last week, liar-nObama tag-teamed with the German chancellor to promote his liar-nObama Foundation, which is basically an organization dedicated to the promotion of globalism. In essence, Merkel is Europe's liar-nObama, as both share the same views on policy.
Third, Trump has effectively communicated that the U.S. will reassert its leadership role in both NATO and the rest of the world. No more of liar-nObama's dismally failed "leading from behind" nonsense. In fact, it's ironic that Merkel's allegation of Europeans being left to fend for themselves ignores the fact that such abandonment is exactly what has been occurring for the past eight years. Now that Trump steps up to reassert American leadership — in a direction not congruent with Merkel's political views — there is the veiled implication of betrayal.
But the betrayal lies not with Trump calling out European leaders. Looking at Europe during Merkel's time at the helm of the continent's most powerful country, it's not difficult to understand why so many Europeans are turning to populist political movements. Their leaders have failed to prioritize national sovereignty and the rights of citizens over foreigners. So while our mainstream media frets over Trump's effect on relations with Germany, the real takeaway is that he's ruffling the right feathers. ~The Patriot Post
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Patsy For Spies Or Guilty Himself – Carson Has
Gall To Call For Kushner’s Security Clearance
by Rick Wells
{rickwells.us} ~ As you listen this hypocrite Democrat spew his double standard-based faux concern for the United States, it’s important to bear in mind that he is potentially implicated in a criminal espionage investigation with approximately two dozen other Democrats... Also under investigation are Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Fredrica Wilson (D-FL), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), and Marcia Fudge (D-OH), although the mainstream media would never dare mention it. They’re linked to three suspected Pakistani spies, brothers who did IT work for them at exorbitant rates of $160,000 or more per year. Spies are paid well in DC. They are believed to have breached the secure systems and supplied classified information to Pakistan and other Islamist organizations and entities. Whether Carson is naive, stupid, as listening to him talk would suggest, or a criminal engaged in espionage against the United States, he’s in no way qualified to hold his own seat on the House Intelligence Committee, let alone call for the removal of Jared Kushner’s clearance...http://rickwells.us/patsy-spies-guilty-carson-gall-call-kushners-security-clearance/
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Ted Kennedy Created USSR Back Channel To Help Negotiate AGAINST Pres. Reagan
by Jeff Dunetz
{lidblog.com} ~ While the MSM obsesses about Russia trying to set up a back channel through Jared Kushner in order for National Security Adviser-designate General Flynn to talk to Russian Generals about Syria... This is not the first time a president-elect has opened a back channel. Heck even Ted Kennedy tried to open up a treasonous back channel line of communication with the USSR before he even announced his candidacy. President elect JFK sent his brother Robert Kennedy to establish a back channel with the Kremlin via a Russian spy operating out of the United States. Even before he was elected Richard Nixon sent Robert Ellsworth, a longtime aide and personal friend, to relay Nixon’s thoughts on non-profileration and geopolitical issues to Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin and Soviet Charge d’Affaires Yuri Cherniakov...http://lidblog.com/ted-kennedy-created-back-channel-russia-decided-run/
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President Trump’s Middle East Explosion
by Jeff Dunetz
{lidblog.com} ~ Apparently, President Trump’s meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on May 23rd wasn’t as pleasant as it seemed... Trump lost his temper with the Palestinian and yelled at him for not being truthful when the two met in Washington D.C. a few weeks earlier. According to a report by Israel’s Channel Two an angry Trump yelled at Abbas during their talks last Tuesday because of the Palestinian Authority’s continued incitement against Jews and against Israel. “You tricked me in DC!” the President was reported to have hollered at the stunned Palestinian, “You talked there about your commitment to peace, but the Israelis showed me your involvement in incitement.” The American source told Channel Two that Trump’s anger was followed by several minutes of shocked silence from the Palestinians–the meeting was very tense before the two sides managed to get back on track... http://lidblog.com/president-trump-middle-east-explosion/
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Germany: Wave of Muslim Honor Killings
Hamelin, Germany was the scene of horrific honor violence
by Soeren Kern
Hamelin, Germany was the scene of horrific honor violence
by Soeren Kern
{gatestoneinstitute.org} ~ The trial of a Kurdish man who tied one of his three wives to the back of a car and dragged her through the streets of a town in Lower Saxony has drawn attention to an outbreak of Muslim honor violence in Germany... Honor violence — ranging from emotional abuse to physical and sexual violence to murder — is usually carried out by male family members against female family members who are perceived to have brought shame upon a family or clan. Offenses include refusing to agree to an arranged marriage, entering into a relationship with a non-Muslim or someone not approved by the family, refusing to stay in an abusive marriage or living an excessively Western lifestyle. In practice, however, the lines between crimes of honor and crimes of passion are often blurred and any challenge to male authority can elicit retribution, which is sometimes staggeringly brutal...https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10441/germany-muslim-honor-killings
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Thousands of Foreigners Registered
to Vote (and Voting) in Virginia
by J. Christian Adams
{pjmedia.com} ~ Some inside the Beltway are in a froth about foreign influence in our elections. Yet I’ll wager they won’t say a word about real foreign influence in elections -- even when actual evidence exists... A new report released today documents that in Virginia alone, 5,556 voter registrations were cancelled because of citizenship defects. Many of those cancelled had gotten on the voter rolls despite saying on their voter registration form that they were an alien and not eligible to vote. Voter history records also show that many thousands of ballots were cast by registrants removed for citizenship defects... https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2017/05/30/alien-invasion-thousands-of-foreigners-registered-to-vote-and-voting-in-virginia/
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The Real Russia-Gate Scandal
by Cliff Kincaid
{aim.org} ~ Josh Gerstein’s Politico story about the owners of a Russian bank suing BuzzFeed for publishing the “Trump Dossier” containing “unproven claims” doesn’t go far enough. These “unproven” and even disproven claims that have guided the FBI’s dead-end investigation of President Donald Trump, are one reason that former Director James Comey deserved to be fired.
{aim.org} ~ Josh Gerstein’s Politico story about the owners of a Russian bank suing BuzzFeed for publishing the “Trump Dossier” containing “unproven claims” doesn’t go far enough. These “unproven” and even disproven claims that have guided the FBI’s dead-end investigation of President Donald Trump, are one reason that former Director James Comey deserved to be fired.
The real Russian disinformation has been the notorious “Trump Dossier,” which has been serving as the “roadmap” for the FBI.
Weeks after Accuracy in Media exposed the nature of this phony document in a three-part series, “The Final Truth About the Trump Dossier,” Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., has stumbled upon the truth, saying the dossier smells like a Russian plant. Our verdict was that the dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele was part of a Russian effort, financed by liar-Hillary Clinton donors, to smear Trump. That’s what the evidence shows.
In his column, “The Trump-Russia Story Starts Making Sense,” Jenkins writes that it is likely that Steele “was the semi-witting vehicle for Russian rumors designed expressly to undermine Mr. Trump…”
Thank you, Mr. Jenkins, for confirming what we have been saying all along.
In addition to the latest lawsuit over the dossier, Politico’s Gerstein reported that BuzzFeed was sued in February by Russian Internet entrepreneur Aleksej Gubarev over claims in the dossier that he and his firms used “botnets and porn traffic” to conduct cyber operations against Democratic Party leaders. “At about the time the suit was filed, BuzzFeed apologized and redacted the information about Gubarev and his companies from the document [the dossier] on BuzzFeed’s site,” Gerstein said.
So some of the “unproven claims” have been disproved and retracted.
Remember that Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) had asked Comey about the FBI’s relationship with Steele and the dossier:
Grassley: On March 6, I wrote to you asking about the FBI’s relationship with the author of the Trump-Russia dossier, Christopher Steele. Most of these questions have not been answered, so I’m going to ask them now. Prior to the Bureau launching the investigation of alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, did anyone from the FBI have interactions with Mr. Steele regarding the issue?Comey: That’s not a question that I can answer in this forum. As you know, I—I briefed you privately on this and if there’s more that’s necessary then I’d be happy to do it privately.Grassley: Have you ever represented to a judge that the FBI had interaction with Mr. Steele, whether by name or not, regarding alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia prior to the Bureau launching its investigation of the matter?Comey: I have to give you the same answer, Mr. Chairman.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) asked Comey about Fusion GPS, which was financed by liar-Hillary donors and acted as an alleged foreign agent for the Russians in Washington, D.C. Fusion is reported to have financed the dossier. Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist pointed to this exchange:
Graham: Are you familiar with Fusion?Comey: I know the name.Graham: Are they part of the Russian intelligence apparatus?Comey: I can’t say.Graham: Do you agree with me that if Fusion was involved in preparing a dossier against Donald Trump, that would be interfering in our election by the Russians?Comey: I don’t want to say.
The liberal media will not admit, as the Journal’s Jenkins now does, that the dossier was a piece of Russian disinformation. But The Washington Post and other liberal media are now admitting that Comey used a “dubious” piece of Russian intelligence to conduct part of the investigation into liar-Hillary’s emails.
The Post reports that a secret document that played a key role in Comey’s handling of the liar-Hillary Clinton email investigation “has long been viewed within the FBI as unreliable and possibly a fake…” CNN now says Comey “knew that a critical piece of information relating to the investigation into liar-Hillary Clinton’s email was fake…but did not let on to lawmakers that there were doubts about the veracity of the intelligence…”
The media can’t bring themselves to admit that the “Trump Dossier” was also “dubious” or fake. No wonder that the May 2017 Harvard-Harris Poll found that that 65 percent of voters believe that the mainstream media contain “a lot of fake news.”
There are so many fake pieces of information that it’s hard for the public to keep up with them. And they keep coming!
Consider The Washington Post claim that Jared Kushner and Russia’s ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak “discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump’s transition team and the Kremlin…”
Even if the story is true, there is nothing inherently wrong with such a channel.
But at the end of a long Politico story about this alleged back channel, we are told that “this latest controversy could be part of a more advanced Russian plot, especially because the Washington Post report cited intelligence reports in which Kislyak talked with his superiors about Kushner’s alleged proposal.”
A former State Department official said, “Typically, the Russian clandestine subversion specialists, being the best in the world in this demonical art form, operate in double, triple and sometimes multiple tactical plot lines.” The report that the U.S. has “intercepted a message from Kislyak to the Kremlin saying that Kushner had proposed a backchannel connection during the transition period” has to be understood in the context that “Kislyak knows perfectly well that all his communications are being intercepted by the U.S.”
Finally, we are hearing from an anonymous source who understands Soviet/Russian active measures operations.
Kislyak would know that the information would be leaked for the purposes of confusing people about the Russian role. The Post and other media lap it up, making them active participants and dupes in Russia-gate.
Even worse than manipulation of the liberal press is what has happened to the FBI.
The headline over an Opinion Journal video interview with Holman Jenkins captured the nature of the Russian operation: “How Moscow Manipulated the FBI.” That’s indeed what has happened. And you can add the CIA and the NSA to the mix.
But is it worse than that? What we now have to investigate is whether some of the leakers are in fact Russian moles in the FBI circulating this material to the press.
What we can now say with certainty is that the operation looks like a successful effort by the Russians to tie the U.S. government in knots and drain important resources away from the battle we urgently need to wage against terrorism.
However, we are now depending on a special counsel to get to the bottom of this corruption in the agency he once ran. How likely is it that Robert Mueller will blow the whistle on FBI corruption when he presided over corruption in the anthrax letters probe and got sued by an FBI agent for his mishandling of the inquiry?
It means that the Russia-gate disinformation operation will continue for months, if not years, and that an FBI director who blew one major investigation is now being entrusted to successfully conclude another.
As President Trump would say, what a waste.
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