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This takes 'finding a common language' to a new level: :lol:





On a more serious note, in the below article Trump blames the 'fake news' media for inciting war. But the media is merely the public relations (or marketing?) body of the Deep State. He actually blames the messenger. Sitting right in the middle in the hornet's nest he must know who's to blame for the warmongering.

But what else can he do really? When you play in the dirt you're gonna get dirty and those who dictate the agenda of the MSM also hold him on a leash. As they say, don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Despite all his flaws and mishaps I am forever grateful to Trump for the 'mainstreamisation' of the phrase 'fake news'.


Trump: ‘Reckless’ media pushing for ‘major confrontation with Russia that could lead to war’

Donald Trump says that recent hysteria whipped up by the “Fake News Media” about his summit with Vladimir Putin shows that the US press is eager for a “major confrontation” with Russia, one that could even lead to war.
“The Fake News Media wants so badly to see a major confrontation with Russia, even a confrontation that could lead to war. They are pushing so recklessly hard and hate the fact that I’ll probably have a good relationship with Putin. We are doing MUCH better than any other country!” the US president tweeted on Thursday.
The Fake News Media wants so badly to see a major confrontation with Russia, even a confrontation that could lead to war. They are pushing so recklessly hard and hate the fact that I’ll probably have a good relationship with Putin. We are doing MUCH better than any other country!​

Shortly after accusing the media of pushing for confrontation with Russia, Trump tweeted that he looked forward to meeting Putin again so that the two leaders could finalize plans for cooperation between Washington and Moscow.
“The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media. I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear proliferation, cyber attacks, trade, Ukraine, Middle East peace, North Korea and more. There are many answers, some easy and some hard, to these problems...but they can ALL be solved!” he wrote.
The Summit with Russia was a great success, except with the real enemy of the people, the Fake News Media. I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear........​

Monday’s summit in Helsinki has inspired a barrage of sensational headlines, with some outlets even openly comparing the meeting between the two leaders as a modern-day Pearl Harbor.
In a similar tweet from Wednesday, Trump denounced these extreme characterizations of his summit with the Russian president. “Some people HATE the fact that I got along well with President Putin of Russia. They would rather go to war than see this. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome!”
As a presidential candidate, Trump campaigned on the pledge that he would attempt to mend relations with Moscow, repeatedly insisting that “getting along with Russia is a good thing.”



While 71 percent of Republicans approve of Trump’s handling of Russia, the media seem almost disappointed that there’s not more open hostility between the two nuclear powers.

The mainstream media are “almost unanimously endorsing the idea that we have to have an enemy,” former US congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul told RT. “And at this point – especially for the last 20 years – they’ve been working very hard to make Russia the enemy, and I think this is wrong.”

Coverage of Helsinki summit dominated by apocalyptic headlines and ominous tweets.

Former CIA director, now MSNBC contributor, John Brennan exemplified the post-summit mood among Russiagate enthusiasts, tweeting that Trump’s behavior at the joint press conference with Putin was “nothing short of treasonous.”

“You have been watching one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president at a summit in front of a Russian leader that I have ever seen,” CNN anchor Anderson Cooper declared after the press conference wrapped up on Monday afternoon.

Even Fox News, often singled out by liberals as an organ of Trump administration propaganda – lashed out at the president. Neil Cavuto of Fox Business said it was “disgusting” that Trump did not use the press conference to publicly call out Putin for interfering in the 2016 election.

Although regularly accused of being in bed with Putin, Trump’s actions directly contradict his alleged “collusion” with Moscow. Already, the US president has unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal – which Russia worked for several years to negotiate. Furthermore, the full range of Obama-era sanctions against Russia have remained in place, with Trump even escalating diplomatic tensions by booting dozens of Russian diplomats from the country.
 
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July 19, 2018 - Trump invites Putin to Washington after interview furor
Trump invites Putin to Washington despite U.S. uproar on Helsinki...

U.S. President Donald Trump rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal that Russian authorities be allowed to question American citizens, the White House said on Thursday, after the offer drew fierce criticism in the United States.

The Republican president then directed his national security adviser, John Bolton, to invite Putin to Washington in the fall, the White House said, four days after Trump held a summit with the Russian leader in Helsinki.

“President Trump asked @Ambjohnbolton to invite President Putin to Washington in the fall and those discussions are already underway,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a Twitter post.


July 19, 2018 - Putin accuses U.S. Forces of trying to Ruin Trump Summit Outcome
Putin accuses U.S. forces of trying to ruin Trump summit outcome

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused forces in the United States of trying to undermine the success of his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, but said the two leaders had begun to improve U.S.-Russia ties anyway.

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Putin and Trump sat down for their first summit in Helsinki on Monday, an event that sparked a storm of criticism in the United States after Trump refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, something Putin denies.

Trump later said he had misspoken and accused “some people” of hating the fact that he got along with Putin. The White House has been struggling to contain a political outcry and confusion over the summit ever since.

Putin, speaking to Russian diplomats from around the world assembled in Moscow, said on Thursday the Helsinki summit had been successful. “It was successful overall and led to some useful agreements.

Of course, let’s see how events will develop further,” he said, without disclosing the nature of the agreements he referred to.

However, Putin said “powerful” U.S. forces were trying to sabotage what the summit had achieved.

“We see that there are forces in the United States that are prepared to casually sacrifice Russian-U.S. relations, to sacrifice them for their ambitions in an internal political battle in the United States.”

Those same forces appeared ready to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs and hurt U.S. business and security while waging their divisive political battle, Putin said.

'Narrow Party Interests'

Putin did not name names, but spoke of U.S. politicians who put their “narrow party interests” above the best interests of the United States and were powerful enough to be able to foist their questionable “stories” on millions of Americans.

He said it would have been naive to expect that the Helsinki summit could have resolved problems that had built up over many years in the space of a few hours.

“Despite the difference in opinions (with Trump), we did agree that Russian-U.S. relations are in an extremely unsatisfactory state. In many respects, they are even worse than during the Cold War,” he said.

But the two leaders had at least made a start when it came to improving relations.

“The path to positive changes has all the same begun,” said Putin. “It’s important that a full-scale meeting has finally taken place allowing us to talk directly.”

Putin warned however of the dangers of Moscow and Washington failing to continue to mend ties, saying the New START strategic arms reduction treaty would expire soon unless both countries took action.

“If today, right now, work on extending it is not begun it will simply expire in a year and a half.”


19.07.2018 - Trump came Under "Coordinated Assault' After Helsinki - Wall Street Analyst
Trump Came Under 'Coordinated Assault' After Helsinki - Wall Street Analyst

President Donald Trump has got enough guts up to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin amid the ongoing media hysteria over his alleged "collusion" with Moscow, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik, expressing hope for further rapprochement between Russia and the US.

"I truly believe the Helsinki meeting was an outstanding start, but it will certainly take time to deliver progress for the Russian and American people," Charles Ortel, a Wall Street analyst and investigative journalist, told Sputnik.

When it comes to the potential US-Russia collaboration, the analyst believes that "what will matter most, in the near term, is to select a short list of concrete measures that may yield successes so obvious that even America's hostile and blinkered mainstream press will be forced to grasp that the world must be better off once Russia and the United States actually reset our relationship, for the better."

Trump Faces a Tsunami of Criticism

Predictably, following the Helsinki summit, Donald Trump has faced a tsunami of criticism, the investigative journalist remarked.

The coordinated assault against Donald Trump by reliable and ill-informed allies in the press is almost amusing to watch —
the very things for which Barack Obama was praised and perhaps given his undeserved Nobel Peace Prize were criticized when Trump dared to consider President Putin's denial of Russian state-sponsored interference in the 2016 election," Ortel underscored.


He noted that the very same people who excoriated George W. Bush and others for accepting the intelligence assessments that Saddam Hussein's Iraq had "weapons of mass destruction" are now bashing Donald Trump for questioning the US intelligence agencies' conclusions regarding the alleged Russian interference in 2016.

However, despite the US establishment's ire over Trump's meeting with Putin, "the political landscape has already changed much in America," Ortel said.

"People here are becoming more independent of both parties for many reasons," he noted. "I suspect that a large majority of Americans does want a new state of peaceful, engaged relations with the Russian people. But there are many challenges."

In light of this, it was excellent to see the Helsinki meeting happen, the Wall Street analyst emphasized, expressing hope that "much positive news will follow as the Trump administration engages further with Vladimir Putin's government."

Birds of a Feather: Bill Browder, George Soros, Marc Rich

During the joint press conference with his American counterpart Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin singled out Bill Browder, the American-born British financier and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, once one of the largest foreign investment funds in Russia.

"According to our investigative officers, a group of people — Mr. Browder's business partners — who illegally made over $1.5 billion in Russia did not pay taxes either in Russia or the United States but transferred this money to the United States. They contributed $400 million to [Hillary] Clinton's election campaign. This is official information included in their reports — $400 million. Well, it was up to them, they might have done this legally, but the gains were ill-gotten," Vladimir Putin said, adding that Moscow has grounds "to suspect that US intelligence officers supported these illegal transactions."

On July 17, The Russian Prosecutor General's Office specified that the sum sent to Clinton by Browder amounted to $400,000 and signaled its readiness to send official request to the US to initiate an investigation into the case. Browder rushed to deny the accusations in an op-ed for Times magazine.

"It would not surprise me in the slightest to learn that Browder and/or his allies might have funneled substantial sums to the Clintons (and to others) to try to gain protection from prosecution and/or advantages from being connected to Hillary Clinton, had she won in 2016," Ortel, who has been conducting a private investigation into the Clinton Foundation's alleged fraud for the past few years, said.

The Wall Street analyst stressed that "Browder, like George Soros and Marc Rich, is one of a handful of 'investors' whose sharp dealings in Russia deserve renewed focus, particularly concerning the period 1992 forward."

"One of the ways these sorts of players operate is to run investment funds and nonprofit entities, using one or both as ways to launder money across national boundaries," he highlighted. "I certainly hope that Russia will consider sharing details supporting this claim and that the Trump administration will investigate these details fully and prosecute accordingly."

Trump is Determined to 'Drain the Swamp'

Ortel noted that Trump's decision to change the trajectory of American relations with Russia well before the November 2018 congressional elections and amid the Robert Mueller investigation into the supposed Trump-Russia "collusion" appears to be risky.

"The mainstream press, think-tankers, academia and the Deep State are eager to argue (as they already have again) that President Trump is somehow 'indebted' to Russian interests for his 2016 victory," the analyst said, referring to the alleged Russian interference into the US 2016 presidential race, which was denied by both Moscow and Trump.

Meanwhile, Trump and his team are not sitting on their thumbs. They "have been busy getting control over key parts of the executive branch that are still heavily influenced by Obama/Clinton loyalists and by 'Never-Trumper' Republicans," the investigative journalist highlighted.

"I suspect the Trump Team has made progress investigating malfeasance and that one of the reasons that there now is such a coordinated assault against the President by former CIA head John Brennan, former FBI head James Comey, failed candidate Hillary Clinton and many others is that they fear Donald Trump will soon make good on one promise that excited the electorate and that is to 'Drain the Swamp'," Ortel concluded. (The views and opinions expressed by the contributors do not necessarily reflect those of Sputnik. )


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US President Donald Trump was able to set up a channel for dialogue with Russia at this week’s summit with Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.

20.07.2018 - Pompeo: Trump Set Up Communications Channel With Russia in Helsinki
Pompeo: Trump Set Up Communications Channel With Russia in Helsinki

"The President was aiming towards creating a channel for communication and dialogue, and he achieved that," he told the EWTN television channel.

Pompeo complained about "a lot of heat" following this Monday’s summit between the two presidents, who met behind closed doors in Helsinki.

"The President had the objective of taking two countries that’d been on a bad path and trying to redirect that," he underscored.

The foreign policy chief added that despite challenges that Russia presented to the United States there were issues – counterterrorism and nuclear weapon risks – that needed to be addressed.

Asked if the world would ever see transcripts from Trump’s private meeting with Putin or from his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June, Pompeo said it was unlikely.

"I’d be very surprised if we see transcripts from either. That would be ahistorical," he said, adding his own conversations with North Korean officials were equally inappropriate for public release.

Senate Democrats this week called for the US president’s interpreter to reveal in Congress what was discussed between Putin and Trump when they met in the Finnish capital earlier this week.


20.07.2018 - Top US Senate Democrat Says Trump Should Avoid New Meeting With Putin
Top US Senate Democrat Says Trump Should Avoid New Meeting With Putin

US President Donald Trump should not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House until the details of the presidents' one-on-one meeting in Helsinki are released, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.

"Until we know what happened at that two hour meeting in Helsinki, the president should have no more one-on-one interactions with Putin. In the US, in Russia, or anywhere else," Schumer said on Thursday. ( Cry :cry: Me ... a River! ) :dance:

The announcement came after several US lawmakers demanded the administration should provide details of Trump's private conversation with Putin. Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff introduced a motion to subpoena the interpreter present at the meeting. The motion was rejected by House Republicans.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said earlier in the day that Trump asked National Security Adviser John Bolton to invite Putin to visit the United States in the fall, and the consultations on the meeting have already started.


20.07.2018 - US Intel Chief Says 'Does Not Know What Happened" During Trump-Putin Meeting
US Intel Chief Says 'Does Not Know What Happened' During Trump-Putin Meeting

US National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats said during a panel discussion that he does not know what exactly happened during the private meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

"I don't know what happened in that [Trump-Putin] meeting. I think as time goes by, and president has already mentioned some things that happened in that meeting. I think we will learn more. But that is the president's prerogative," Coats stated at the Aspen Security Forum on Thursday.

Coats said Trump had requested his opinion on the summit's format, but the intelligence chief would advised the meeting to be conducted in a different way.

When asked whether there is a risk that Putin could have recorded the private conversation in Helsinki, Coats said, "That risk is always there."

Yet, he dismantled media speculations that a soccer ball presented to Trump by Putin could have been wired. US intelligence agencies have abilities to measure all types of things received from foreign adversaries, the official said.

Coats was one of the first US government officials who spoke out in response to Trump's remarks in Helsinki about Russia's role in the 2016 US presidential election.

The DNI noted he expressed his opinion because he felt the intelligence community assessment still stands.

My thoughts were that I believed I needed to correct the record… That was my responsibility. Obviously, I wished he [Trump] would made a different statement," Coats said.

The intelligence chief recalled that Trump later walked back his remarks Coats added it is undeniable that Russia remains a leading country in trying to undermine US democracy. Russian officials have frequently denied all accusations of meddling and called them absurd.

(Comment: US National Intelligence Director Daniel Coats and for that matter, Senator John McCain ... both have a problem "with High Ranking Russian Officials" (FM Sergey Lavrov & President Putin) having personal contact with Trump.)

Flash-back 23.05.2017 - US Intelligence Initiated No Assessment on Info Trump Revealed to Lavrov - Coats
US Intelligence Initiated No Assessment on Info Trump Revealed to Lavrov - Coats

The US intelligence community not begun an assessment to look into what information President Donald Trump may have been shared with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov or Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during their meeting at the White House, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

Both Trump and numerous Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have repeatedly denied claims of alleged Moscow's collusion with the US president's campaign, as well as of the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 US election.

"We have not initiated an assessment," Coats stated when asked if the intelligence community had begun to assess the nature and impact of the information revealed by the president.

On Sunday, McCain criticized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's recent visit to the White House, calling him "nothing but a propagandist" and a "stooge" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding that Lavrov "had no business in the Oval Office." (Note - remember, Trump had the Oval Office stripped (debugged) and re-decorated after his Inauguration.)

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on the statement by saying that McCain does not define the United States' foreign policy and thus should not be interpreted as a reflection of Washington's official stance.

On May 10, US President Donald Trump met with Lavrov and Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak in the White House. The meeting has been repeatedly criticized by US officials, including McCain, and news outlets, and also created several myths over the details of the conversation.

In one of the latest examples of media outlets' guessing about Trump's talks with Lavrov is the claim that former FBI Director James Comey's dismissal had been discussed.

Lavrov dismissed the claim saying: "We did not touch on that topic at all."

Earlier in May, the Washington Post newspaper reported, citing officials, that Trump had revealed sensitive information to Lavrov and Kislyak during their May 10 meeting at the White House without the permission of the nation that provided the intelligence.

Trump responded by saying that he had the "absolute right" to share facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety with the Russian officials.


19.07.2018 - Does an Elected President or an Unelected Intelligence Community Govern the US?
Does an Elected President or an Unelected Intelligence Community Govern the US?

The madness that gripped liberals and neocons within the Western political, media, and security establishments, over the sight of a US president having the temerity to treat his Russian counterpart – Vladimir Putin – as an equal rather than colonial vassal who knows his place, was and is more pronounced than anyone could have expected.

Indeed in the wake of the Helsinki Summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the tsunami of madness that ensued can only be described as unhinged. Treason, they cried — a surrender summit, they declaimed — to thus reveal that for such people peace and stability is tantamount to disaster while conflict and chaos is nirvana.

In light of this collective madness, spewed out from every mainstream US media platform in response to Helsinki, the backlash from within the Beltway reached such heights of intensity that we were witness to the astonishing sight of a sitting president going public with a mea culpa as he rolled back on his original denial — Trump claiming he had ‘misspoke' during his joint press conference with the Russian president when the question of Russian state interference came up.

It confirms that whoever runs America it sure ain't the guy the people elect to run it.

The sad reality is that the most important and universally anticipated summit between a US president and Russian leader at any time in history, including the Cold War when the Soviet Union was still extant, ended up being dominated by the ongoing Mueller investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

This, by way of a reminder, is an investigation which is yet to produce or throw up one scintilla of concrete evidence in support of these allegations of Russian state interference.

In fact the Mueller investigation into what many credible voices have put down to a leak from within the DNC rather than a hack from without — a leak undertaken with the goal of shedding light on the corrupt shenanigans responsible for ensuring Hillary Clinton's nomination over her Democratic Party opponent, Bernie Sanders, as candidate for the White House — has exposed a brutal truth: namely that the American people are passive spectators of the banquet of democracy in Washington rather than active participants.

And if you'll permit me, while we're on the subject, in response to Trump's original assertion that he did not accept the conclusion of the US intelligence community that Russian interference did in fact occur, the tweet posted by popular Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle indubitably spoke for millions in America and beyond:

So, yes, Trump's opponents — led by Clintonite liberals whose sense of entitlement is consistent with ownership rather than service to a democratic process — are obsessed with the objective of ejecting him from office as soon as is humanly possible. And given the tenor of some of the rhetoric that has ensued in response to Helsinki, it would seem some are intent on doing so by any means necessary.

Worse, not only does the artillery barrage of rage unleashed in response to Helsinki leave no doubt that liberal/neocon America is bent on ejecting Trump from the White House before he serves out a full term, it suggests that it is set on conflict with Russia come what may. Because what we are dealing with here, ultimately, is a pathological attachment to the supposed verities of US and Western hegemony — with any state, country or government that dare resist it, even if on the basis of international law and the UN Charter, deemed beyond the pale.

References to Munich in 1938, to Neville Chamberlain's ‘peace in our time' moment, have been bandied around like confetti in response to Helsinki, reminding us of Talleyrand's observation of the Bourbons: ‘They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing'.

The Helsinki Summit was not a re-run of Munich in 1938. However US liberal and fanatical neocon reaction to it certainly evinces the character of 1914, when war fever had Europe in its grasp, leading inexorably to an abyss into which millions of young predominately working-class men were pushed not in the cause of freedom, liberty or democracy, but in service to national exceptionalism and imperial domination.

This is precisely the animal we are dealing with today, a beast of insatiable and unquenchable appetite that will brook nothing less than full spectrum dominance. It is why the takeaway from the Helsinki Summit is not peace in our time it is Russia delenda est — i.e. Russia must be destroyed.

As George Orwell writes in his classic novel 1984: "The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that no past or future agreement with him was possible."

In the last analysis, for the likes of Republican Senator John McCain, a US president exchanging missiles with his Russian counterpart is considered more in keeping with strong and proper leadership than one who would rather exchange a handshake.

It is madness, insanity and moral sickness combined, evidence of an empire that has entered its mad dog days as it struggles to cope with states that are no longer prepared to accept US economic, military, geopolitical and cultural hegemony as the settled will of God.
 
On a more serious note, in the below article Trump blames the 'fake news' media for inciting war. But the media is merely the public relations (or marketing?) body of the Deep State. He actually blames the messenger. Sitting right in the middle in the hornet's nest he must know who's to blame for the warmongering.

True, that's not attacking the ones who are to blame, but we've seen what happens if he does, he is severely punished, and that punishment is mainly done by the media.

I think it's very interesting that Putin made some unexpected remarks on the subject yesterday:

Powerful people in US sell their anti-Russian stance to their nation – Putin

There are powerful people in the US who steer the entire country on the path of confrontation with Russia, President Vladimir Putin warned, adding that the Kremlin must take this factor into account.

The warning came as Putin was addressing the senior members of the Russian diplomatic corps in Moscow. He spoke off the script to warn Russian ambassadors of the danger posed by Russia-haters in America.

"We can see forces in the United States, which would easily sacrifice Russian-American relationship for the sake of their ambitions in domestic political struggle in America. They would sacrifice the interests of the US business, which loses contracts and ties in Russia, US jobs, few as they may be, that rely on Russian-American cooperation,” Putin said.

These forces "would sacrifice the interests of their allies in Europe and in the Middle East, including the state of Israel... They would sacrifice their own security.

He explained the latter point, saying that a lack of work on continuation of the New START nuclear arms limitation treaty between the US and Russia will result in its automatic expiry.

“We were taught that a statesperson should always prioritize core interests of his or her nation above everything else. Not so in this case. We see the forces in the US, who put their narrow group and party interests above those of their nation. Our satirists would describe them as ‘pathetic puny people’. But they are neither. On the contrary, they are quiet powerful, if they can swindle millions of their countrymen to buy stories that would not normally stand to reason,” Putin said.

The president added his warning was not meant to scold anyone, but as an instruction to the diplomatic corps to take the existence and influence of such forces into account during their work.

“Such are the facts of life for us today,” Putin stressed, before going back to his scripted speech.


With that in mind, and what we've seen already regarding the power of propaganda and how important it is to them. I think that by going against the media (as he's been doing), he's attacking the Deep State's most powerful weapon. Whether it is a strategy or just an unexpected result, I wouldn't know... I personally don't think Trump is very strategic.

On another note, yesterday I saw this on Sott and it's worth mentioning:

Former CIA Dir Brennan threatens Intel community may begin withholding information from Trump

In light of Mr. Trump's comments about the intelligence community, Mr. Brennan said "there very well might be" a shift in the covert community to "withhold vital intelligence" in order to protect that information.
"Dan Coats and Gina Haspel need to be on top of their game now and speak truth to power," he said, referring to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel. "And make sure Trump doesn't get away with this."​
So the Intel services found an excuse to be openly insubordinate to the US president? Not that that's something new, but it seem as if the propaganda and scandal has made people willing to accept something like that.

Just some thoughts...
 
I agree. What helps me overcome my fear in that regard is usually anger - when I'm really mad at the evilness and absurdity of the world. It kind of makes sense because anger's whole point is to overcome fear. I think motivation is important: do we post stuff to look smart or to prove us right? Or do we post because we feel rightful anger or our soul just cries out and it's the right thing to do?

Yes, anger is usefull, if it's proper channeled like you mentioned. Having said that, it's tricky and if you dwell on that anger it's usually a sign that you are using the wrong intent/energy. OSIT. Rightfull anger is meant to be transformed in action and when released it usually clears my mind which allows me move on to other stuff I need to do on that day.

Whenever I share something I think is worthwell I also tend to a bit enthousiastic in the hope others get it. Though it usually ends in dissapointment. But I'm glad I did it, what else can we do.

I don't know Aragorn, but it's my experience that if you don't try to dominate conversations by keeping it short and to the point while allowing the discussion to move forward to other subjects. People don't really seem to care about my controversial views. Whether it's about aliens, the paranormal, 9/11, geopolitics etc. That said, I rarely go in full details about the High Strangeness stuff and in my experience there aren't many opportunities either to talk about it.

I bet some people find me a fruitcake. But over the years I prefer to be interested in others whenever I talk to them. Instead of being wrathfull because they might think I'm crazy in some respects. The first one just comes more natural, while the second approuch is a lose lose situation for everybody.

I think it's always worthwell to remember that the Truth is very powerfull thing. It has the potential to stop or at least alleviate suffering for ourselves, others and humanity. That's why we should resist or push back against the lies that dominate our world. OSIT.
 
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With that in mind, and what we've seen already regarding the power of propaganda and how important it is to them. I think that by going against the media (as he's been doing), he's attacking the Deep State's most powerful weapon. Whether it is a strategy or just an unexpected result, I wouldn't know... I personally don't think Trump is very strategic.

In my experience from working in politics for a while, I think the media is the driving force - it is the media that controls politics and not the other way around. I suppose the Deep State is more like a network comprising different institutions, but the media is the most important thing to have control of. It is no coincidence that in the old days, revolutions/putsch attempts tended to occupy the radio station first. So it's telling that the war between Trump and the Swamp is essentially a media war, with trump on twitter vs. the pundits in the MSM.

So the Intel services found an excuse to be openly insubordinate to the US president? Not that that's something new, but it seem as if the propaganda and scandal has made people willing to accept something like that.

As someone said on twitter - aren't those agencies reporting to the president? THIS is treason!
 


July 20, 2018 - Deep State's Intensifying Coup Against Trump, Traitors Boldly Expose Themselves
Deep State’s Intensifying Coup Against Trump, Traitors Boldly Expose Themselves

Will ex-CIA Director Brennan become President Trump’s Allen Dulles? President Kennedy’s fate was sealed when he fired his CIA Director.

Were it not for the Internet, it’s almost certain that Donald Trump would have been JFKed by now.

When virtually the entire U.S. Intelligence Community is aiming for you, there’s no way to escape their furtive plots and deadly machinations.

In November of 1963, former CIA Director Allen B. Dulles deceptively floated the key details of an assassination plot against President John F. Kennedy. The assassination plan was purported to take place during Kennedy’s visit to Chicago in early November, which he subsequently cancelled. The details can be found in the following link.

JFK Assassination Plan A – The Chicago Plot
JFK Assassination Plan A – The Chicago Plot

The deliberate uncovering by the C.I.A. of this conspiracy to kill the POTUS was nothing but a ruse meant to give JFK et al. a false sense of security during his visit to Dallas later on that November, which it did.

There is now no question that the CIA was operationally in charge of the implementation plan to murder JFK in Dallas. And that Dulles was running the operation from “The Farm”, a CIA training facility also known as Camp Peary. (Camp Peary is a 9,000 acre U.S. military reservation in York County near Williamsburg, Virginia.)

ALLEN WELCH DULLES: JFK assassination evidence and cover-up points to the former C.I.A. Director as the black operation overseer
JFK Assassination Plot Exposed, Multiple Co-Conspirators Identified

What’s the crucial point?

While the C.I.A. did not order the hit, they were put in charge of the execution plan for several reasons. Not only did The Company (as the CIA is known in intelligence circles) have an ax to grind with Kennedy after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba, Dulles and his core team were unceremoniously fired shortly thereafter for insubordination.


Allen Dulles seen with purple bow tie stands to the right of President Johnson. Wait, they’re ALL wearing purple ties. Is this where today’s purple revolutionaries got the color from to signify a coup in the White House?

Comment: At Hillary's concession speech - she wore a purple dress and Bill - a purple tie.
Hillary Clinton’s Elections 2016 concession speech from New York

(RT video)

Quite disrespectfully, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Dulles to the utterly corrupt Warren Commission where he became the report’s final arbiter after acting as a lead investigator. Johnson knew that he could count on Dulles to promote the absurd “lone assassin” theory given that the ex-CIA administrator oversaw the assassination scheme as well as the complex cover-up.

JFK Assassination: Classic CIA EXECUTION Plan and COVERUP
JFK Assassination: Classic CIA EXECUTION Plan and COVERUP

Trump & Brennan

Now fast forward to 2017.

This time around another C.I.A. Director — John Brennan — ignominiously resigned effective Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. One could say that he was ushered out of C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, Virginia because of his unprecedented open hostility toward Candidate and then President-elect Trump. As a matter of historical fact, no C.I.A. Director has ever publicly expressed such antipathy toward a presidential candidate or sitting POTUS. It’s just never happened before.

Clearly, Brennan’s highly contemptuous behavior is not only a reflection of his personal animosity toward President Trump, it also indicates that he’s one of several lead agents of Deep State’s slow-motion coup. It’s now self-evident that the entire U.S. Intelligence Community has been running a soft coup against the Trump administration that literally began on Election Day.

In point of fact, the public record is replete with shocking instances of former senior intel officials attacking Trump in a manner never witnessed in American politics. Even John F. Kennedy never suffered the unrelenting assaults that Trump has weathered since he declared his candidacy in June of 2015. All along, it has been John Brennan who has led these acrimonious attacks.

Core mission of C.I.A. is to overthrow governments

President Trump must watch his back, especially where it concerns his secret services and intelligence agencies. This how they always take out the high-stakes political targets; the real perpetrators compromise those closest to the targeted individual.

The FBI has already proven to be filled with Trump haters as is the DOJ and Department of State. Even AG Jeff Sessions has acted in a manner that is unprecedented, particularly in the face of so much naked criminality and corruption at Justice. His complete and total failure to drain the swamp, the very reason why his boss was elected POTUS, is quite alarming.

Then there is the Neocon cabal that inhabits every corner of the West Wing. These dual citizen Zionists have more loyalty to Israel than they do to the United States. What might they do if Trump starts to abandon their mission to invade and conquer Iran?

However, it is the likes of John Brennan, James Clapper, Michael Hayden, Michael Morrell and other covert intel operatives who are the most dangerous. For they continue to control factions within the U.S. Intelligence Community which could prove to be life-threatening to the POTUS at any moment. John Brennan’s recent comments about Trump ought to give every American reason to pause…and then offer a prayer of protection.
Donald Trump’s press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of “high crimes & misdemeanors.” It was nothing short of treasonous. Not only were Trump’s comments imbecilic, he is wholly in the pocket of Putin. Republican Patriots: Where are you???
(Source: The Very Unhinged John Brennan )
Conclusion

In November of 1963, the C.I.A. circulated a flyer all over Dallas, Texas in advance of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy’s. It’s quite likely that fired CIA Director Allen Dulles was directly responsible for that smear campaign. He was very experienced in the toppling of governments around the world which his tenure at the CIA was well-known known for. More details about this treasonous scheme can be found at the link below.

Deep State is setting up Trump just like they did to President Kennedy … but it’s the Shadow Government that’s really calling the shots.
RED ALERT: FISAgate Proves Deep State Will Do ANYTHING To Remove Trump

What follows is a copy of that seditious bulletin that was tactically used to bone up the traitors citywide who were about to participate in a massive conspiracy to execute the POTUS and then cover it up.



Fast forward again to July of 2018 and we see another former CIA Director publicly defaming a sitting POTUS with groundless accusations of “treason” and “high crimes”. The critical point here is that Deep State is notorious for using the very same strategies and MO to remove political leaders when they are desperate. And there’s no question the NWO globalists are desperate like never before.
 
Allen Dulles seen with purple bow tie stands to the right of President Johnson. Wait, they’re ALL wearing purple ties. Is this where today’s purple revolutionaries got the color from to signify a coup in the White House?

Well, this picture just kind of hit me in the gut. You can't look at all those guys wearing purple ties and not scratch your head if you are like me.

I have known that purple was used as a symbol of the elite from way back but this seems to really give new meaning to "color revolutions" to me.

Tyrian Purple
Tyrian purple (Greek, πορφύρα, porphyra, Latin: purpura), also known as Tyrian red, Phoenician purple, royal purple, imperial purple or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. It is a secretion produced by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name Murex. In ancient times, extracting this dye involved tens of thousands of snails and substantial labor, and as a result, the dye was highly valued. The main chemical is 6,6′-dibromoindigo.

The Phoenicians are an interesting group I think too. We get the words phonetics and phony from them I think.

Colors of Roman Clothing
Colors of Roman Clothing - Roman Sumptuary Laws
Roman Sumptuary Laws were imposed by the rulers of Ancient Rome to curb the expenditure of the people. The word sumptuary comes from the Latin word which means expenditure. Such laws applied to various items including clothing.

The Roman Sumptuary Laws ensured that clothing colors provided information about the status of the person wearing them. The Roman Emperors are identified with the color purple - it was an extremely expensive dye color to produce - but it is not common knowledge that wearing the color purple was actually banned by anyone but the emperor via the Roman Sumptuary Laws.

The liberal pretense/mask of caring about the downtrodden masses is wearing a bit thin if you ask me.
 
Well, this picture just kind of hit me in the gut. You can't look at all those guys wearing purple ties and not scratch your head if you are like me.

I have known that purple was used as a symbol of the elite from way back but this seems to really give new meaning to "color revolutions" to me.

Tyrian Purple

I wasn't aware of the "Allen Dulles - purple tie scenario" and it's significance, until I read about it in this article ... and then remembered that Bill Clinton wore a similar purple tie to Hillary's concession speech.

At the time of Hillary's concession speech, I really didn't put much thought into her outfit and color combination, in part, due to my own Family's Tradition of wearing black and that color purple combination in Mourning a close Family Member's Death. I just assumed - she was mourning the loss (death) of her Presidential run? As for the color of Bill's tie, it's customary in my Family's Tradition for the men to wear a black or purple tie ... or a black tie and a purple scarf/handkerchief in the upper left pocket of the suit jacket, for the Funeral. Ironically, I recently took my outfit out of the closet and to the Dry Cleaners, to be freshened up, due to the strong possibility of attending a Family Funeral in the very-near future. It's the only time, I wear "purple". To me, purple signifies "mourning and death".

Goyacobol, earlier in this thread - you Posted an interesting article on Trump. It may be "food for thought" as to Trump's behavior and demeanor during the Trump-Putin Summit? Is it also possible, Putin has similar qualities and traits (along with a high IQ)?

Trump era: Fascist dawn, or road to liberation? (Jan 22, 2017 - Post #133)

Perhaps President Trump is more like Putin than we think. I consider Putin to be quite smart and difficult to "anticipate".

As this interesting article (not a perfect news source but interesting) tries to estimate his IQ:
Donald Trump is a Genius – But That’s Just His IQ!

I estimate that Mr. Trump has a 156 IQ at the minimum.

Back-dated Saturday, August 1, 2015 - Donald Trump is a Genius – But That’s Just His IQ!
Donald Trump is a Genius – But That’s Just His IQ! | Opinion - Conservative

The most well known high IQ society is Mensa.
To join Mensa one must score in the top 2% of a standardized IQ test. That really isn’t all that outstanding. One out of 50 people have IQs high enough to join Mensa.

Numerical IQ scores are not an accurate indicator of intelligence. For instance a score of 72 on the U.S. Navy GCT test is about equal to score of 150 on the WAIS (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale). Percentile IQ scores are a more informative measurement.

Way back during the 2004 presidential election I wrote an article that shook up the major news networks and the New York Times. I was able to document that George Bush had a higher IQ score and better grades than John Kerry. I belong to one of those high IQ societies, and I am a psychotherapist, so I have a credible background to evaluate Mr. Trump, even though my opinions are speculative.

Please keep in mind that IQ is a measure of intellect not character. I will comment on Donald Trump’s character later in this article.

Donald Trump graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics and anthropology. Mensa doesn’t accept SAT scores from after 1994. However Mr Trump was a student at Wharton when it was possible to derive an accurate IQ core from known SAT scores. Given the usual requirements for admission to a top school like Wharton, I estimate that Mr. Trump has a 156 IQ at the minimum.

The standard description of this level of intelligence is “Genius – Exception intellectual ability and capable of looking beyond known facts.” However, the percentile rating is more revealing than the raw score. A 156 IQ is at the 99.9905490555 percentile. That means that Donald Trump is smarter than 99.99 percent of the people on planet earth. Not only does Trump qualify for membership in Mensa but he could join the Triple Nine Society.

People with this kind of intellectual ability can do things with their minds that can’t even be described to ordinary people. Remember that quote from the above paragraph, “capable of looking beyond known facts?” These highly intelligent minds process and organize data into solutions and insights, and the individual person is not even consciously aware of the process. The cartoon light bulb that goes on over someone’s head happens to people like Mr. Trump on a regular basis. I would not be surprised if Mr Trump’s IQ actually measures significantly higher than the minimum estimate mentioned above.

Enough about how smart Mr. Trump is. I was motivated to write this article because of the personality traits that are revealed in Mr. Trump’s behavior. His character traits are every bit as fascinating as his intellect.

Abraham Maslow, the American Psychologist and philosopher best known for his self-actualization theory of psychology, spent most of his professional career trying to identify what was right with people, rather than looking at pathology. Maslow did extensive research to define the traits of a “self actualized” person. My wife and professional partner is also a high IQ person. She makes the point that a better term is “self actualizing,” correctly pointing out that there isn’t state of personality to be achieved, but rather the individual is in the process of becoming his best self.

Donald Trump’s observable behavior informs us about the degree to which he is “self actualizing.” Quote from a Psychology Professor I once had; “People are not who you think they are. People are not who they think they are. People are what they do. That is why this is called a behavioral science”. Forget the labels. They are all misleading. Pay attention to the behavior.

Here are some examples of the Traits of a Self Actualized Person, from Maslow’s own research:

* They resist enculturation.

Self-actualizers tend to be nonconformists, since they are inner-directed people. If a cultural norm is contrary to their personal values, they simply will not adhere to it.

* They are almost always loners, or leaders. They are never joiners.

Maslow found this trait in all of the self-actualizers.

“This is a universal characteristic of all the people studied or observed. There is no exception. This creativeness appears in some of our subjects not in the usual forms of writing books, composing music, or producing artistic objects … It is as if this special type of creativeness being an expression of healthy personality is projected out upon the world, or touches whatever activity the person is engaged in. In this sense there can be creative shoemakers or carpenters or clerks. This creativity comes from the fact that self-actualizers are more open to experience and more spontaneous in their feelings.”

(Yes, Donald is always coming up with new creative ways of seeing things differently and solving problems.)

* They are autonomous and therefore tend to be independent of their environment.

“Because self-actualizers are B-motivated rather than D-motivated, they are more dependent on their own inner world than on the outer world. Deficiency motivated people must have other people available since most of their main need gratifications (love safety. respect, prestige, belongingness) can come only from other human beings. But growth motivated [B-motivated] people may actually be hampered by others. The determinants of satisfaction, and of the good life, are for them inner & individual, and not social. They have become strong enough to be independent of the good opinion of other people, or even of their affection. The honors, the status, the rewards, the popularity, the prestige and the love others can bestow must have become less important than self-development and inner growth.”

(Donald frequently says that he doesn’t plan what he is going to say. It is obvious that his strategy is to simply be authentic.)

* They have a strong ethical sense.

Although their notions of right and wrong are often unconventional, self-actualizers, nonetheless almost always know the ethical implications of their own actions.

(Right and wrong (good and evil) are part of every decision Donald makes.)

* They tend to accept democratic values.

Self-actualizers do not respond to individuals on the basis of race, status or religion. They can be and are friendly with anyone of suitable character regardless of class, education, political belief, race or color. As a matter of fact, it often seems as if they are not even aware of these differences, which are for the average person so obvious and important.

(Donald is as likely to treat his chauffeur or secretary as equitably as CEOs or politicians.)

* They tend to identify with all of mankind.

The concerns that self-actualizers have for other people do not extend only to their friends and family, but to all people in all cultures throughout the world. This feeling of brotherhood extends also to individuals who are aggressive, inconsiderate, or otherwise foolish.
Self-actualizers have a genuine desire to help the human race.

(Donald consistently shows a universality of concern for all people.)

* They exhibit spontaneity, simplicity and naturalness.

Self-actualizers tend to be true to their feelings; what they really feel they tend to say and/or experience. They do not hide behind a mask, and do not act in accordance with social roles. They are true to themselves, speaking candidly and authentically.

(One of the traits that makes Donald so popular with voters is that he is “real.”)

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There are many other observations to be made about Mr. Trump being a “self actualizing” person. However, let it suffice to observe that Donald Trump is a brilliant man with a healthy personality. It should be pointed out that “self-actualizing” people are not what most human resources departments are looking for. Most executives want those who will follow the manual and fit into the corporate culture. That does not describe Donald Trump.

Maybe the voters of America share some of the same biases as executives. Perhaps what we need is a rebel genius with self actualized traits to be our President. Lord knows we have tried enough of the other kind of leader.

~~~~
BTW Goyacobol - High Five! :perfect:
 
July 21, 2018 - Pence, Bolton, Kelly confronted Trump in Oval Office about Russia comments
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National security advisor John Bolton listens while President Donald Trump speaks to the press before a meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on July 2, 2018. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office. Top aides gathered to convince the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments he'd made raising doubts about U.S. intelligence conclusions of Russian election interference as he stood alongside Vladimir Putin.

Vice President Mike Pence, national security adviser John Bolton and chief of staff John Kelly stood united in the West Wing on Tuesday in their contention that the commander in chief had some cleanup to do. They brought with them words of alarm from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as well as from a host of congressional leaders and supporters of the president for whom Trump's public praise of Putin proved to be a bridge too far.

Even for Trump, a leader who has increasingly come to cast off the constraints and guidance of aides, the him-against-the-world position proved untenable. Trump may like doing things his way, eschewing advice and precedent like no president before, but he never likes being alone.

Walking off stage with Putin following their joint press conference in Helsinki, Trump was riding high after his second summit with an adversarial leader in as many months. The highly choreographed affairs had been sought out by the U.S. leader as a way to boost his credibility abroad and his favorability at home, and he believed the latest one had accomplished the task.

But as Air Force One took off into Finland's endless sunlight on Monday night, Trump's mood darkened.

He told confidants in the days that followed that he was pleased with how his summit with Putin went, believing he had taken the measure of the man and opened the door to deals down the road on a number of thorny issues.

But that was not how it was being portrayed back home.

On the long flight back to Washington, the president began dialing around to allies and aides and started to stew about negative media coverage, even from usually friendly Fox News, according to five outside allies and Republicans close to the White House not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.

The reviews he received were muted — Trump rarely takes kindly to direct confrontation — but it was a taste of what awaited him on his return in Washington, where stalwart allies like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich were speaking out.

By the time he arrived home, the parade of critical statements had become a stampede, leaving Trump the most isolated he'd been in the White House since last year's controversy over white supremacist protesters in Charlottesville. Some in the president's circle saw parallels in the response to that incident, when the president walked back his August comments critical of "both sides" for protests in the Virginia city, only to later revert to his initial position — that both white supremacists and their detractors shared blame for the violence.

Trump waited 27 hours, sent five tweets and sat for two television interviews after his initial comments in Helsinki before claiming he'd used a confusing "double negative" and meant "would" instead of "wouldn't" in a key sentence at his press conference about who was responsible for election meddling.

"The sentence should have been: I don't see any reason why I wouldn't -- or why it wouldn't be Russia," the president said Tuesday before a meeting with Republican members of Congress.

The next day brought a fresh challenge. Trump appeared to answer "no" to a reporter's question asking whether Russia was still targeting the U.S. Hours later, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders emerged to say Trump had merely tried to put a stop to the questioning by saying "no," although he continued discussing Russia after that.

And Sanders created a fresh headache for the administration when she said the White House was still reviewing a proposal from Putin to allow access by Russian law enforcement officials to Americans whom the Kremlin accuses of unspecified crimes in return for U.S. access to interrogations of Russian agents indicted for their alleged roles in interfering in the 2016 election. The State Department, by contrast, rejected the proposal — which Trump days earlier had called an "incredible offer — as "absurd."

Many in the White House did not immediately see fault in Sanders' comments that the West Wing was merely considering the Kremlin offer, but it provided fresh tinder for the bipartisan firestorm.

As each White House effort to clean up the situation failed to stem the growing bipartisan backlash, Trump's mood worsened, according to confidants. He groused about his staff for not better managing the fallout. He was angry at the two American reporters, including one from The Associated Press, who asked questions at the Helsinki news conference. And he seethed at the lack of support he believed he received from congressional Republicans.

Also a target of the president's ire was Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats , who issued a rare statement rebutting the president's Monday comments. But it was Coats' televised interview Thursday at a security conference in Aspen, Colo., that set off the president anew, as the intelligence director questioned the wisdom of the Putin meeting and said he had hoped Trump wouldn't meet alone with the Russian leader.

It all left White House staffers in a fresh state of resignation about their jobs.

"I saw the screaming headline on cable TV that there is malaise in the West Wing and I look forward to meeting her," quipped presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway. "I don't see that."


22.07.2018 - Soccer Ball Given to Trump By Putin Gets Security Screening :rotfl:
Soccer Ball Given to Trump By Putin Gets Security Screening

Remember that white and red ball Russian President Vladimir Putin gave to US President Trump during the Helsinki press conference? The Secret Service says it gets a security screening.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told a security conference Saturday he's sure the ball "has been looked at very carefully."


July 20, 2018 - James Clapper Admits Obama Is Behind The Mueller Investigation
(5:59 min.)


BREAKING - James Clapper Admits Obama Is Behind The Robert Mueller Investigation

Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper just admitted that President Obama is ‘responsible’ for the Robert Mueller special investigation. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Clapper said that Obama should be credited for initiating a “whole sequence of events” that led to the special investigation.

Clapper said, “One point I’d like to make, Anderson, that I don’t think has come up very much before, and I’m alluding now to the President’s criticism of President Obama for all that he did or didn’t do before he left office with respect to the Russian meddling.”

“If it weren’t for President Obama,” Clapper continued, “we might not have done the intelligence community assessment that we did that set off a whole sequence of events which are still unfolding today, notably, special counsel Mueller’s investigation. President Obama is responsible for that, and it was he who tasked us to do that intelligence community assess in the first place.

And they got the important point when it comes to critiquing President Obama.”

Lifezette has more on why Clapper wants to give credit to Obama for the Mueller investigation:

“But Clapper wanted to ensure that Americans gave credit to Obama for the events leading to the creation of Mueller’s probe into allegations of collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russia.​
“’And it is not a witch hunt. It is a serious, serious investigation, the catalyst for which was the intelligence community assessment that we did in the last administration,’ Clapper emphasized.​
“Trump has long railed against the Mueller probe as a “witch hunt,” pointing to “13 angry Democrat” donors who are in key positions on the special counsel’s staff, along with the anti-Trump and pro-Clinton text messages exchanged between FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page.”​
Clapper is trying to argue that President Obama took action against Russia while president, even though he clearly did not. But many will view this admission as confirmation that President Obama wanted President Trump to look bad and helped usher the Mueller investigation in order to meet that end.


July 15, 2018 - Devin Nunes: Mueller indictment looks 'ridiculous' because it omitted Republicans targeted by Russia (Video)
Devin Nunes: Mueller indictment looks 'ridiculous' because it omitted Republicans targeted by Russia

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said special counsel Robert Mueller's recent indictment of 12 Russian officials on charges of hacking Democrats' computers during the 2016 campaign looks "ridiculous" because it left out Republicans who were also targeted.

During an interview Sunday on Fox News, Nunes accused the media of largely ignoring the findings of his committee's months-old report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, which he asserted was more comprehensive than Mueller's indictment. However, he also claimed the redactions in his panel's report prevented the presentation of the full picture and urged President Trump to declassify it.

"This entire report that you have in front of you, all you had to do was get to page 4, and you only had to read chapter 2 and you would have had nearly everything that's in the indictment," Nunes said, referring to a copy of the report held by host Maria Bartiromo. "There's more in this report than what's in the indictment. And this is what's very frustrating."

A grand jury returned Mueller's indictment Friday, after which it was announced by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The charges said 12 Russian officials "engaged in a sustained effort" to break into computers owned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee, and Hillary Clinton's campaign in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

"It's great that they indicted Russians — yes, they did bad things. They're always up to bad things. We know that. They have very sophisticated intelligence capabilities in Russia. And they're always — they're constantly attacking the United States and our allies," Nunes said Sunday. "However, in the indictment, they leave out some really important people that they also went after, so the indictment plays like they are only going after the Democrats, when Bob Mueller and all his investigators and his lawyers know for a fact that they also targeted Republicans. Why is that not in the indictment? It makes the indictment look ridiculous."


Devin Nunes @DevinNunes

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10:55 AM - Jul 15, 2018


July 10, 2018 - Newt Gingrich Reveals Trump’s ‘Grand Strategy’ And Libs Should Be Nervous
Newt Gingrich Reveals Trump's 'Grand Strategy' And Libs Should Be Nervous

Streamed live on Jul 9, 2018 (16:17 min.)

Newt Gingrich wrote a piece for Fox News explaining what the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh means for the Republican party. Along with those thoughts, Gingrich stated that one of the primary needs Trump fulfilled with this selection was the need to have judges that remain true to the constitution, Kavanaugh is that judge.

Inside of this nomination speech, Trump lays out some important qualities that Kavanaugh possesses as a judge:

Judge Kavanaugh has devoted his life to public service. For the last 12 years, he has served as a judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with great distinction, authoring opinions which have been widely admired for their skill, insight and rigorous adherence to the law. Among those opinions are more than a dozen that the Supreme Court has adopted as the law of the land. Beyond his great renown as a judge, he is active in his community. He coaches CYO basketball, serves meals to needy families, and having learned from his mom who is a schoolteacher in D.C., tutors children at local elementary schools.​
There is no one in America more qualified for this position, and no one more deserving. I want to thank the senators on both sides of the aisle, Republican and Democrat, for their consultation and advice during the selection process. This incredibly qualified nominee deserves a swift confirmation and robust bipartisan support. The rule of law is our nation’s proud heritage. It is the cornerstone of our freedom. It is what guarantees equal justice, and the Senate now has the chance to protect this glorious heritage by sending Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.​
Gingrich continues to list reasons that the appointment of Kavanaugh is a work of genius by president Trump:

So, once again, President Trump has named an excellent candidate to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. With this nomination, the president is continuing to make good on a promise he made early in his presidency – that “a big percentage of the court will be changed by this administration over a very short period of time.”​
Not only is the president nominating judges at a fast clip, he is tending to nominate judges who are relatively young. Kavanaugh is only 53. If he serves until he is Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s age, he will be on the nation’s highest court until 2050.​
This is the Trump plan to strategically shift the judiciary toward constitutionalism. Since these appointments are for life, President Trump’s influence on the federal court system will last decades beyond his time in office.

Kavanaugh is one of the most likable judges to ever be nominated for the position of Supreme Court Justice. Without one bad mark on his record, Kavanaugh is poised to be a strong justice for years to come.
 
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Judicial Watch Victory: FBI Begins Releasing Strzok-Page Documents!
Weekly Update: JW President Tom Fitton Discusses Peter Strzok's Congressional Testimony... & More!

If you watched disgraced FBI Agent Peter Strzok bob and weave around the truth in his testimony to Congress this week you will understand our difficulty in getting Strzok's official communications out of the FBI/Justice Department.
We don't give up, however, and we are succeeding.

We just released 87 pages of records from the Department of Justice revealing former top FBI official Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page's profanity-laced disdain for FBI hierarchy and policies. The DOJ, meanwhile, is resisting our request for a court order to preserve all responsive Page-Strzok communications.

Strzok and Page's anti-Trump text messages became center-stage amid allegations of bias at the bureau, and both were subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary and the Oversight and Government Reform Committees.

We obtained the documents through a January 2018 Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit filed after the DOJ failed to respond to a December 4, 2017, FOIA request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:18-cv-00154)). The lawsuit is seeking:
  • All records of communications, including but not limited to, emails, text messages and instant chats, between FBI official Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page;
  • All travel requests, travel authorizations, travel vouchers and expense reports of Peter Strzok;
  • All travel requests, travel authorizations, travel vouchers and expense reports of Lisa Page.
The new emails came in response to a May 21, order by U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton for the FBI to begin processing 13,000 pages of previously undisclosed records exchanged exclusively between FBI officials Strzok and Page between February 1, 2015, and December 2017. The first 500 pages of records are to be processed by June 29, 2018. This process will take over two years to complete.

Emails between Strzok and Page include conversations about a change in FBI policy that eventually would allow companies to discuss National Security Letters, which are secret non-court issued subpoenas for records:

From: Strzok, Peter P. (WF) (FBI)​
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 3:34 PM​
To: Page, Lisa C. (OGC) (FBI)​
Subject: FWD: FBI to Allow Companies to Reveal When They Receive National Security Letters​
Sigh…are you f'ing kidding…​
From: Page, Lisa C. (OGC) (FBI)​
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 3:36 PM​
To: Strzok, Peter P. (WF) (FBI)​
Subject: RE: FBI to Allow Companies to Reveal When They Receive National Security Letters​
Sigh. This is the third conversation I will have had with him or someone on his staff about this.​


CNN host Cuomo says Trump's aversion to 'fake news media' means he hates America
21 Jul, 2018 09:11
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