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Beto O'Rourke to MSNBC: Trump's rhetoric 'perhaps inspired by Goebbels' | 20 Oct 2019 | President Trump's dishonest political rhetoric may have been inspired by Adolf Hitler's notorious propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, 2020 presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke said in a bold claim during a Sunday TV interview. O'Rourke made the remarks on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation." "President Trump, perhaps inspired by Goebbels and the propagandists of the Third Reich, seems to employ this tactic that the bigger the lie, the more obscene the injustice, the more dizzying the pace of this bizarre behavior, the less likely we are to be able to do something about it," he said.

Ocasio-Cortez throws support to Sanders at Queens rally | 19 Oct 2019 | Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) threw her support behind Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday as the Democratic presidential hopeful made his return to the campaign trail following a heart attack earlier this month. Ocasio-Cortez, a rising progressive star with a huge social media following, cited Sanders as an inspiration for her own decision to get into politics and tied her progressive goals to the 78-year-old Vermont senator. She also credited him with giving her hope for her 2018 congressional campaign in which she unseated longtime Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.).

State Department report on Clinton emails finds hundreds of violations, dozens of individuals at fault | 18 Oct 2019 | A State Department report into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server for government business, obtained by Fox News on Friday, found dozens of individuals at fault and hundreds of security violations. The report summarized an administrative review of the handling of classified information relating to Clinton’s private email server used during her tenure as the nation's highest-ranking diplomat between 2009 and 2013. The report, dated Sept. 13., was delivered to the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., who was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee until last year.

Gabbard hits back at 'queen of warmongers' Clinton | 18 Oct 2019 | Presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) did not hold back Friday when responding to 2016 nominee Hilary Clinton's suggestion that she is the "favorite of the Russians" for 2020, excoriating the former secretary of State as "the queen of warmongers" and "personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party." ...Through a series of tweets, Gabbard went right at Clinton, calling her the "embodiment of corruption" among the Democratic Party establishment. "From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a concerted campaign to destroy my reputation," Gabbard said. "We wondered who was behind it and why. Now we know -- it was always you," she added.

Hillary Clinton says Tulsi Gabbard is a 'Russian asset' groomed to ensure Trump re-election | 18 Oct 2019 | Hillary Clinton said that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is being groomed by Moscow to run as a third-party spoiler candidate in 2020 to help President Trump win re-election. The former Secretary of State pushed the theory on the Campaign HQ podcast hosted by David Plouffe, President Barack Obama's campaign manager in 2008...Plouffe asked Clinton about the part third-party candidates like Jill Stein of the Green Party played in 2016, allowing Trump to secure key states. "They are also going to do third party again," Clinton said. "I'm not making any predictions, but I think they’ve got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third party candidate," Clinton said, referring to Gabbard without mentioning the Hawaii representative by name. "She is a favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and ways of supporting her so far. That's assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she is also a Russian asset."

Flashback: Kurdish Forces Inexplicably Freed Hundreds of ISIS Terrorists in Syria Throughout 2017 | 13 Oct 2019 | Ever since President Donald Trump made the announcement that he was removing troops from Northern Syria earlier this week, proponents of permanent military occupation of the Middle East in the GOP have been outraged. They have claimed we must stay in the region to help our allies, the Kurds. "President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria is having sickening and predictable consequences," said Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Deep State-WY), whose father [and Grade 'A' sociopath] was the architect of the disastrous Iraq War...Reuters reported on the startling development at the time: A civil council expected to rule Raqqa once Islamic State is dislodged from the Syrian city pardoned 83 of the jihadist group's low-ranking militants on Saturday, a goodwill gesture designed to promote stability...Far from an isolated incident, the Kurdish-led SDF also allowed hundreds of ISIS fighters to escape from Raqqa along with their families later that year.

Japan imported Ebola, Marburg virus, and Lassa virus ahead of the 2020 Olympics --The deadly virus is one of five that have been brought to a 'secure laboratory.' | 15 Oct 2019 | Japan is preparing for tens of thousands of international tourists to descend on Tokyo for the Olympic Games next year -- and that includes being ready for unwanted biological visitors. Last month, Japan imported Ebola and four other dangerous viruses in preparation for a possible outbreak at the event. The Japanese health ministry says researchers will use the samples, which include Marburg virus, Lassa virus, and the viruses that cause South American haemorrhagic fever and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, to validate tests under development. The viruses' arrival represents the first time that pathogens rated biosafety-level-4 (BSL-4) -- the most dangerous rating -- have been allowed to enter the Japanese National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), the only facility in the country operating at that level. [Right, because the safety procedures at the Fukushima nuclear plant have worked so well...]

'Tough love' with Turkey got Syria ceasefire done - Trump | 17 Oct 2019 | US President Donald Trump hailed the news that Turkey agreed to halt its operation in Syria pending the withdrawal of Kurdish militia from the 'safe zone' along the border, crediting his "tough love" approach for the breakthrough. "This deal could NEVER have been made 3 days ago. There needed to be some 'tough' love in order to get it done," Trump tweeted on Thursday, adding he was "proud of all" involved. Moments earlier, Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Ankara had agreed to a 120-hour ceasefire, and to stop its 'Operation Peace Spring' entirely if the US-allied Kurdish militias completed their withdrawal beyond a 20-kilometer "safe zone" along the Turkey-Syria border.

Energy Chief Perry Tells Trump He Plans to Leave Post Soon | 17 Oct 2019 | Energy Secretary Rick Perry notified President Donald Trump Thursday that he will soon be leaving the post, according to two people familiar with the matter. Perry, one of the administration's original cabinet secretaries, enjoyed good rapport with Trump. The former Texas governor has recently come under scrutiny in the House impeachment inquiry over his discussions with Ukraine. Perry's departure date is unclear.

Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died | 17 Oct 2019 | Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems. He was 68...As chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Cummings led investigations of the president's government dealings, including probes in 2019 relating to Trump's family members serving in the White House.

Turkey to halt military operation against Kurds in N. Syria, ceasefire will last for 120 hours - US VP Pence | 17 Oct 2019 | Turkey has agreed to temporarily halt its military operation against Syria's Kurdish-led militias, allowing them to withdraw from the country's border, US Vice President Mike Pence said during a visit to Ankara. There, the American delegation held talks with the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan - a visit that comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two NATO allies. "Today the United States and Turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in Syria," Pence announced during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The ceasefire between the Turkish military backed by affiliated militants and the Kurdish-led fighters is set to last 120 hours.

MPs win bid to vote on second Brexit referendum in Saturday parliament showdown --The Commons is due to sit on a Saturday for the first time in decades | 17 Oct 2019 | MPs have won a key parliamentary vote paving the way for a Commons bid to secure a second referendum on Saturday. Ex-Tory backbencher Sir Oliver Letwin led a successful attempt to allow backbench MPs to amend Boris Johnson's Brexit plans, in a knife-edge vote that passed by 287 votes to 275. MPs also approved a rare Saturday sitting to scrutinise Mr Johnson's new plan - but the government's proposal for a short debate on a motion to either "approve the deal or approve a no-deal Brexit" were derailed by the backbench victory.

Sandy Hook victim's father awarded $450,000 by Wisconsin jury as battle continues against 'conspiracy' theorists | 17 Oct 2019 | A Sandy Hook shooting victim's father was awarded $450,000 by a Wisconsin jury Tuesday, marking a win in a years-long battle to challenge conspiracy theorists who claim the 2012 shooting was an elaborate hoax. Leonard Pozner, the father of 6-year-old Noah, who was killed in the [alleged] shooting, sued James Fetzer [, Ph.D., and former Marine Corps officer - facts that the Hartford Courant continually "forgets"] and Mike Palacek, who co-wrote edited [along with six Ph.D.s and other experts] the book, Nobody Died at Sandy Hook, which alleges the Newtown massacre was staged by the federal government [and which was pulled from the Digital Gulag fascist flagship, Amazon dot com]. The Wisconsin State Journal reported that Fetzer, a retired professor, plans to appeal after the jury said he must pay Pozner $450,000. Palacek, the co-author, settled with Pozner, but details of the agreement were not available.

Stephen Nichols reinstated as crossing guard --After tsunami of online support, former Tisbury cop says he'll return to the kids 'I love.' | 14 Oct 2019 | A Tisbury School crossing guard who had been relieved of duty and had his personal firearms confiscated for alleged threats to the Tisbury School was reinstated to his position on Columbus Day morning. Stephen Nichols was pulled from his post Sept. 20 after a waitress at Linda Jean's Restaurant allegedly overheard Nichols make threats to the school two days earlier. Nichols has staunchly denied he threatened the school, and said he was pointing out what he deemed a hole in school security.

84-Year-Old Korean War and Police Veteran, School Crossing Guard Has Guns Confiscated Under 'Red Flag Law' --Stephen Nichols's guns were confiscated after criticizing a school resource officer for poor attendance. | 13 Oct 2019 | Local residents of a Martha's Vineyard town in Massachusetts are up in arms after a revered school crossing guard has had his legally owned guns and carry license confiscated by police. Stephen Nichols is an 84-year old Korean War veteran who served as a police officer of Tisbury, Massachusetts, for six decades. He's been employed as a school crossing guard of the Tisbury School, until recent termination as a result of the same unclear incident that's resulted in the red flag gun seizure executed against him. Local reports indicate that Nichols had criticized a local school resource officer in a manner that was interpreted as a threat by the officer and local law enforcement. Nichols was evidently unhappy that the resource officer was taking coffee breaks when children were arriving at school in the morning.

Schiff hints he'll push House to impeach Trump for blocking witnesses | 16 Oct 2019 | House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said the White House is obstructing an impeachment inquiry by blocking the U.S. ambassador to the European Union and other key witnesses from testifying. "We consider this act today, and the withholding of the ambassador’s documents and other efforts to discourage other State Department witnesses, as further acts of obstruction of a co-equal branch of government," Schiff said Tuesday. The California Democrat made the accusation after the State Department blocked Gordon Sondland's testimony hours before his scheduled appearance at a closed-door session on Capitol Hill.

GOP challenger files ethics complaint against Schiff for purporting to obtain compromising Trump pictures | 16 Oct 2019 | A prank call by Russian deejays fished in Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., but a Republican challenging him for his House seat doesn't think the call, in which Schiff expressed eagerness to get "compromising material" on President Trump, is a laughing matter. Jon Hollis, who is running for the Los Angeles-area seat held by Schiff since 2001, has filed an ethics complaint against his opponent based on the 2017 call, in which a phony Ukrainian politician claimed to have graphic photos of the then newly-inaugurated President Trump.

Flynn lawyer wants prosecutors to turn over cellphones from mysterious professor linked to Russia probe | 16 Oct 2019 | The lawyer representing Michael Flynn in the case against the former national security adviser demanded federal prosecutors turn over two cellphones used by a shadowy professor whose role in the Trump-Russia investigation has long been shrouded in mystery. Flynn's attorney, Sidney Powell, filed a motion on Tuesday seeking the devices that belonged to Maltese Professor Joseph Mifsud, claiming that they contained imperative information to the defense of her client. "This information is material, exculpatory, and relevant to the defense of Mr. Flynn," Powell wrote in the court filing.

Flashback: Biden Lied for Years About the Driver Involved in His Wife and Daughter's Death | 16 Oct 2019 | While it's impossible to measure the grief of a man who loses his young wife and infant daughter in a car collision, it's both possible and necessary to take the measure of a man who spent years falsely claiming the other driver may have been drunk. During Joe Biden's 2008 run as Barack Obama's running mate, Pamela Hamill -- the daughter of that other driver -- asked that the then-senator make a public apology for the years he'd spent impugning her father. Curtis Dunn was driving the tractor-trailer that collided with the car driven by Biden's first wife, Neilia...Neilia and the girl died of their injuries, despite Dunn's attempts to provide first aid, and the Bidens' sons were also hurt very badly. POLITICO wrote in January of this year that a friend of Bidens looked into the accident at the time and concluded, "She had a stop sign. The truck driver did not."

Contra Costa County Fire: ATF serves search warrant at NuStar Energy facility, source says --Agencies want to secure evidence as quickly as possible | 16 Oct 2019 | (Crockett, CA) A source has confirmed that ATF agents served a search warrant at NuStar Energy facility in Crockett following the massive fire Tuesday...The search included items like servers that contain video of the storage tanks before and during the explosion. Teams of firefighters, investigators and representatives from CAL OSHA are on scene at the NuStar Energy facility in Crockett today trying to find a cause for yesterday's fire and making sure it doesn't flare up again.

Surging Warren draws Democrats' fire | 15 Oct 2019 | Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) came under fire from several of her Democratic rivals at Tuesday's primary debate, reflecting her newfound front-runner status and testing her ability to weather criticism. A handful of contenders took turns criticizing Warren over everything from her support for "Medicare for All" to her oft-repeated call for an additional tax on the wealthiest Americans...The barrage of attacks is reflective of Warren's top-tier status in the Democratic primary contest. She's steadily climbed to the top of polls in recent weeks, in some cases even surpassing former Vice President Joe Biden, the longtime front-runner.

A warning to Trump? Twitter reminds 'world leaders' aren't immune to deplatforming | 16 Oct 2019 | Twitter has put US President Donald Trump - and other world leaders - on notice with a clarification of its rules, letting one of the platform's most popular users know that it can cut off his ability to go viral at any time. Twitter clarified its rules concerning powerful political leaders in a blog post on Tuesday, never mentioning Trump by name but clearly keeping him in mind. While "direct interactions with fellow public figures, comments on political issues of the day, or foreign policy saber-rattling on economic or military issues are generally not in violation of the Twitter Rules" at the moment, they can get a belligerent world leader's tweets placed in a no-man's-land where they cannot be replied to, liked, or shared, Twitter warned.

Vaccines found laced with entire genetic code for abnormal human loaded with cancer genes | 5 Oct 2019 | Video. Also, see documents: Vaccinegate: MRC-5 contained in Priorix Tetra - Complete genome sequencing | 27 Sept 2019 | Variant analysis in cancer genes - The analysis on SNP, InDels, CNV, SV variants on 560 genes chosen because they involved in different forms of human cancer shows the presence of numerous "original" variants, that's to say that they are, not even present in public databases, therefore are not known in the literature. In other words, important modifications of genes known to be associated with various tumor forms have been identified, for all the 560 verified genes; furthermore, there are variants whose consequences are not known, but which, however, affects genes involved in the induction of human cancer. Conclusion - The human genomic DNA contained in the Priorix lot vaccine. n. A71CB256A is evidently anomalous, presenting important inconsistencies if compared to a typical human genome, i.e., the one of a healthy human being. There are several unknown variants (not noted in public databases) and some of them are located in genes involved in cancer. What is also apparently anomalous, is the excess of genome that shows changes in the number of copies (CNV) and structural variants (SV), such as translocations, insertions, deletions, duplications and inversions, many of which involve genes...

Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib set to endorse Bernie Sanders - reports | 16 Oct 2019 | At least three members of the "Squad" of left-wing freshman members of Congress will reportedly endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. Fox News has learned that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., will appear with Sanders on Saturday in Queens, N.Y., at a "Bernie's Back" rally designed to generate excitement for the senator's campaign following his recent heart procedure. Rep. Ihan Omar, D-Minn., will also endorse the candidate, Fox News confirmed. In addition, CNN reported that Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., will endorse Sanders as well.

Flashback: MBNA Paid Biden's Son as Biden Backed Bill | 25 Aug 2008 | A son of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden was paid an undisclosed amount of money as a consultant by MBNA, the largest employer in Delaware, during the years the senator supported legislation that was promoted by the credit card industry and opposed by consumer groups. Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Biden helped forge a bipartisan compromise on the measure [aka sellout to the corporatists, a hallmark of the Obama administration], which is now law and makes it harder for consumers to obtain bankruptcy protection in the courts. MBNA's consulting payments to Hunter Biden, first reported by The New York Times, followed his departure in 2001 from the company, where he had been an executive.

Fake news fail: ABC claims footage from Kentucky gun range shows Turkish attack on Kurdish civilians | 14 Oct 2019 | In a scarcely believable display of extreme incompetence or bald-faced lying, ABC News has broadcast footage from a Kentucky gun show, claiming it shows a Turkish assault on Kurdish civilians in northern Syria. The news organization made the humiliating fumble on its World News Tonight show on Sunday and then again on Good Morning America on Monday. It featured in a package that was heavily critical of US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw troops from northern Syria. "Slaughter in Syria," the on-screen graphic screamed as anchor Tom Llamas introduced the footage...here's just one problem, the video wasn't from northern Syria, it was filmed about 6,200 miles (10,000km) away during a gun show at the Knob Creek Gun Range near West Point, Kentucky.

Poll: Warren leads Biden in Iowa, New Hampshire | 14 Oct 2019 | Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) leads former Vice President Joe Biden in Iowa and New Hampshire, but South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg has surged into contention in the Hawkeye State, according to a new poll. The latest Firehouse Strategies-Optimus survey finds Warren with a narrow lead in Iowa at 25 percent support, followed by Biden at 22 percent and Buttigieg at 17 percent. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who has been recovering from a heart attack, is in fourth place at 5 percent in Iowa.

Bags of radioactive debris from Fukushima disaster swept away in typhoon | 14 Oct 2019 | (Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture) Bulk bags filled with greenery collected during decontamination efforts after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were swept into a river during Typhoon No. 19 on Oct. 12. According to the Tamura city government, the bags were among 2,667 that have been stored temporarily at a site in the Miyakoji-machi district here. The facility was flooded after heavy rains brought by the typhoon, and the water carried an unknown number of the bags to a river about 100 meters away...The decontamination effort involved removing debris, such as soil, leaves and plants, containing radioactive substances released after the 2011 triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 plant.

California Public Utilities Commission sanctions PG&E over power outages | 14 Oct 21019 | California's utility regulator is issuing a series of sanctions against PG&E for what it calls failures in execution'' during the largest planned power shut-off in state history to avoid wildfires [aka directed-energy weapons-induced fires]. California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer says the utility must have a goal of restoring power within 12 hours instead of its current 48 hours, minimize the scale of outages and improve communication. PG&E last week took the unprecedented step of cutting power to more than 700,000 customers, affecting nearly 2 million Californians.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz kicked out of impeachment inquiry hearing | 14 Oct 2019 | Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., an ardent supporter of President Trump, got the boot on Monday when he tried to sit in on the testimony of a former top National Security Council expert on Russia who was appearing on Capitol Hill as part of the House impeachment inquiry into the president. Gaetz, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee, attempted to attend the testimony of Fiona Hill, a former deputy assistant to the president, but was told that because he was not a member of the House Intelligence Committee that he had to leave. The House Intelligence, Oversight and Foreign Affairs committees are conducting the impeachment inquiry into Trump.