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Watchdog alerts Trump that border agency violated DNA collection law for years, letting violent criminals walk free | 21 Aug 2019 | A top government watchdog on Wednesday alerted President Trump and Congress that Customs and Border Protection (CBP), through a "disturbing" pattern of misconduct, has endangered the public for nearly a decade by failing to comply with a federal law requiring that the agency collect DNA samples from detained migrants. In a scathing letter to Trump, exclusively obtained by Fox News, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) said CBP's "noncompliance with the law has allowed subjects subsequently accused of violent crimes, including homicide and sexual assault, to elude detection even when detained multiple times by CBP or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)."

Trump says administration looking 'seriously' at ending birthright citizenship | 21 Aug 2019 | President Trump on Wednesday said his administration is once again seriously considering an executive order to end birthright citizenship months after several lawmakers cast doubt on his ability to take such action. "We're looking at that very seriously," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Kentucky. "Birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land -- walk over the border, have a baby, congratulations, the baby's now a U.S. citizen." "We are looking at birthright citizenship very seriously," he added. "It's, frankly, ridiculous."

Deep State DNC scum-bags trying to keep Tulsi out of debates, because she wants to end their perpetual wars: Gabbard Victimized by DNC's Dubious Debate Criteria | 21 Aug 2019 | Tulsi Gabbard is on the verge of being excluded from the next DemocRATic presidential debate on the basis of criteria that appear increasingly absurd. Take, for instance, her poll standing in New Hampshire, which currently places Gabbard at 3.3% support, according to the RealClearPolitics average as of Aug. 20. One might suspect that such a figure would merit inclusion in the upcoming debates -- especially considering she's ahead of several candidates who have already been granted entry, including Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, and Andrew Yang. But the Democratic National Committee has decreed that the polls constituting this average are not sufficiently "qualifying." ...To recap: Gabbard has polled at 2% or more in two polls sponsored by the two largest newspapers in two early primary states, but the DNC -- through its mysteriously incoherent selection process -- has determined that these surveys do not count toward her debate eligibility.

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US | 17 Aug 2019 | The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN. Working with local Yemeni journalists and munitions experts, CNN has established that the weapon that left dozens of children dead on August 9 was a 500-pound (227 kilogram) laser-guided MK 82 bomb made by Lockheed Martin, one of the top US defense contractors.

10 declassified Russia collusion revelations that could rock Washington this fall | 20 Aug 2019 | (Opinion) Behind the scenes, some major events were set in motion last autumn that could soon change the tenor in Washington, at least as it relates to the debunked Russia collusion narrative that distracted America for nearly three years...The foot-dragging inside the intelligence community (IC) that occurred under now-departed DNI Dan Coats and his deputy, Sue Gordon, could halt abruptly. That's particularly true if Trump appoints a new IC sheriff, such as former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.), the current ambassador to the Netherlands, or longtime national security expert Fred Fleitz.

1.) Christopher Steele's confidential human source reports at the FBI.
2.) The 53 House Intel interviews.
3.) The Stefan Halper documents.
4.) The October 2016 FBI email chain.
5.) Page/Papadopoulos exculpatory statements.
6.) The 'Gang of Eight' briefing materials.
7.) The Steele spreadsheet.
8.) The Steele interview.
9.) The redacted sections of the third FISA renewal application.
10.) Records of allies' assistance.

The Koch-Soros Alliance to Censor the Internet --Left-wing and establishment conservative billionaires are teaming up to censor the Internet. | 20 Aug 2019 | Organizations established by left-winger George Soros and libertarian Charles Koch have been working together on a key priority of globalist neoliberals and neoconservatives: censorship of the Internet. Last year, the Charles Koch Institute pledged its support for the "After Charlottesville Project," an initiative organized by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) aimed at combating "online extremism." Sponsors of the initiative include Comcast, NBC Universal, the Kresge Foundation, and the George Soros Charitable Foundation...The Charles Koch Institute, once seen as a conservative nemesis of the left, has now aligned itself with this group of left-wing, pro-censorship, anti-Trump agitators. When it comes to censoring the Internet, both the progressive and "conservative" establishment appear to be converging on a common position.

Rep. Tlaib cancels West Bank trip after Israel grants her permission to visit grandmother | 16 Aug 2019 | Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, said Friday that she had decided to cancel her visit to her grandmother in the West Bank after Israel announced that it had granted her permission. "I have decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stands against everything I believe in -- fighting against racism, oppression & injustice," Tlaib tweeted.

Court ruling allows Trump asylum restrictions in Texas and New Mexico | 16 Aug 2019 | The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled partially in favor of the Trump administration in its attempt to impose an asylum ban, appearing to approve the ban for those who cross into Texas and New Mexico. The court said in a ruling that it denied the government's broader request to reverse a previous decision blocking the policy, but upheld the injunction for states on the border inside of its jurisdiction. The 9th Circuit runs along the West Coast and includes the border states of California and Arizona, so the ruling appears to clear the way for the policy to be applied in New Mexico and Texas, the areas that see the most border crossings from Mexico and Central America. About 46,500 people crossed the U.S. border in South Texas’s Rio Grande Valley and the region around El Paso, Texas, in July alone, PBS reported.

Trump impeachment push gets important new ally | 19 Aug 2019 | Rep. Ben Ray Luján, the No. 4 House Democrat, announced his support for an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump on Monday. Luján, a close ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is the highest-ranking House Democrat to back impeachment thus far. The New Mexico Democrat, who currently serves as assistant speaker, is running to fill an open Senate seat in his home state next year.

Fearful of more gaffes and bit-time lapses in judgement, Biden is kept under wraps: Biden to skip DNC meeting in San Francisco where 13 candidates are expected | 19 Aug 2019 | Hundreds of Democratic National Committee delegates will be here next weekend for a three-day gathering that gives them a chance to meet and hear from 13 presidential contenders -- though former Vice President Joe Biden, the party's front-runner, isn't scheduled to be among the candidates. Biden also bypassed the last big party meeting in San Francisco -- the convention of the California Democratic Party, the nation's largest state party, which drew more than 4,000 people in June.

Planned Parenthood Withdraws From Title X Over Trump Abortion Rule | 19 Aug 2019 | Planned Parenthood withdrew from a federal family planning program Monday rather than comply with President Donald Trump's abortion rules. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America withdrew from the Title X federal family planning program, according to Politico, thereby forgoing about $60 million a year.

Clinton-supporting professor cites Google manipulation of at least 2.6 million votes for Hillary in 2016, Trump says tech giant 'should be sued' | 19 Aug 2019 | President Trump alleged Monday that Google manipulated millions of voters into supporting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, saying the company "should be sued" in his latest attack on the tech giant. The president in a tweet referenced the work of a controversial psychologist who has claimed to have found evidence that Google's search algorithms have been influencing voters. "Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election!" Trump wrote. "This was put out by a Clinton supporter, not a Trump Supporter! Google should be sued. My victory was even bigger than thought!" [More on Dr. Robert Epstein's work and its implications cited here: Google Archipelago: The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom (out in September), by CLG News founder, Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.]

Barr removes prisons chief after Epstein death | 19 Aug 2019 | Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced he had removed the acting director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons one week after the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Dr. Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who previously occupied the role between 1992 and 2003, will take over as the new director. The outgoing acting director, Hugh Hurwitz, will return to his previous role as an assistant director for the bureau’s reentry program, Barr said.

Fired NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo to sue commissioner to get his job back | 19 Aug 2019 | Fired NYPD cop Daniel Pantaleo will sue Police Commissioner James O’Neill in a bid to win back his job, his lawyer said Monday. Pantaleo will file a suit under Article 78 of the state Civil Practice Law and Rules, lawyer Stuart London said. The provision allows people to appeal decisions by government officials or agencies through the courts on grounds that they were "arbitrary and capricious."

How Washington Is Meddling in the Affairs of Hong Kong | 18 Aug 2019 | While there has been growing coverage of the unrest in Hong Kong, there has been minimal coverage of what may lie behind the pro-democracy protests. As you will see in this posting, it is entirely possible that a Washington-based and Congressionally funded institution is responsible, at least in part, for the lack of calmness in Hong Kong...Notice that the 2018 funding to the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs was granted to "facilitate engagement on Hong Kong's growing threats to guaranteed rights"...NED spent a total of $1,357,974 on grants to organizations that were promoting freedom, democracy and human rights in Hong Kong over the period from 2015 to 2018.

NYPD officer accused in Eric Garner's death has been fired, commissioner says | 19 Aug 2019 | Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City police officer accused in the 2014 death of Eric Garner that sparked nationwide outrage, has been fired, Commissioner James O'Neill announced Monday afternoon. O'Neill, who said it was "an extremely difficult decision," said he made his final call in the "last couple of days." ...Pantaleo had been suspended since Aug. 2, after a judge recommended he should be terminated.

Iceland unveils memorial for melted glacier | 18 Aug 2019 | Icelandic officials and environmental activists on Sunday unveiled a memorial plaque, read poems and held a moment of silence to say an official goodbye to the country's first glacier recognized by the country as disappearing due to global warming. Scientists declared in 2014 the Okjokull ice sheet in west Iceland no longer fulfilled the criteria to be considered a glacier after it progressively melted throughout the 20th century...Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson, who had declared the ice mass "extinct," brought a death certificate. Children set down a plaque to the glacier, called "Ok," to signify its loss of ice.

Clinton IT Aide Who Defied Subpoena Says He Created a Cryptic Gmail Account and Sent It Nearly All of Hillary's Emails --All but four of Hillary Clinton's 30,000 emails were copied, likely secretly, to a Gmail address called CarterHeavyIndustries@gmail.com, according to a new Senate report. --The FBI says that the account was linked to Paul Combetta, an IT aide Clinton hired who used BleachBit to destroy emails after they were subpoenaed and misled FBI agents. | 16 Aug 2019 | Virtually every single one of Hillary Clinton's emails were sent, potentially secretly, to a cryptically named Gmail address, according to a new Senate report. The finding, which has not been previously reported, means that Clinton's emails, including classified ones and ones which were later deleted, likely existed on Google's U.S.-based servers. The FBI said in the report that it knew this -- and of the suspicious explanation for it -- but did not alert other intelligence agencies or the public, according to the report.

Wow, what a coincidence! Just as the Trump administration tries to secure a peace deal with the Taliban, I-CIA-SIS re-emerges to bomb a wedding, thus emboldening the dirt-bags in Washington (Lindsey Graham, etc.) who want to keep US troops in Afghanistan *forever,* at the behest of the Deep State: Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63 | 18 Aug 2019 | The local Islamic State affiliate [aka I-CIA-SIS] claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack in the capital this year, with 63 killed and 182 wounded, while outraged Afghans Washington's war profiteers questioned just how safe they will be under an approaching deal between the United States and the Taliban to end America's longest war. Stunned families buried the dead, some digging with their bare hands. One wounded survivor, Mohammad Aslim, still wore his bloodied clothes the day after the blast late Saturday.

Dozens killed and injured as blast rocks Afghan wedding hall in Kabul | 18 Aug 2019 | Dozens of people are feared dead after a powerful blast rocked a wedding reception in the western part of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said that "blast caused civilian casualties," adding that these may yet number in their dozens...Tolo News reported early Sunday, citing sources, that at least 40 people were killed and over 100 people were injured in the blast.

Suspect accused of shooting 6 Philadelphia cops during standoff charged with attempted murder | 17 Aug 2019 | The man accused of shooting six Philadelphia police officers during a seven-hour standoff on Wednesday has been charged with attempted murder, authorities said. Maurice Hill, 36, faces multiple counts of attempted murder, assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault and reckless endangering, FOX 29 reported Saturday. Hill is being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 5.

At least 13 arrested at Portland protests as police try to keep Antifa, right-wing demonstrators apart | 17 Aug 2019 | At least 13 people were arrested as far-right groups and far-left members of Antifa conducted dueling demonstrations in the center of Portland, Ore. Saturday. Authorities did not immediately release details of the arrests. Earlier in the day, the Portland Police Bureau tweeted images of weapons it had seized from multiple groups, including bear spray, shields and metal and wooden poles. Police said one injured person was taken to a local hospital, but no further information about the victim was released. Three others had been evaluated by Portland fire medics. All the injuries were considered to be minor.

Complete List of Inconsistencies in Prison Policy Surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's Death |15 Aug 2019 | On Saturday the most notorious prisoner in the US prison system committed "suicide." Epstein, 66, was the highest profile prisoner in the US prison system. On Tuesday the autopsy revealed Epstein suffered broken bones in his neck common in homicide by strangulation. Since his death we have learned a number of things that make you question this man's death. Here is a complete list of inconsistencies in prison policy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death.

Tulsi Gabbard lists political correctness among threats to American values [True dat.] | 17 Aug 2019 | Widespread efforts to silence speech deemed to be offensive threaten US constitutional rights, Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard says. Her latest campaign ad takes aim at the hot-button issue of political correctness. In a new campaign video posted on Twitter, Gabbard lists political correctness alongside things like overly powerful IT corporations and government overreach. All three infringe on Americans' personal rights, she says.

Some jail staffers not cooperating with DOJ investigation into Epstein suicide, source says | 16 Aug 2019 | Personnel at the New York City prison where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide last week have not been initially cooperative with investigators from the Department of Justice, a federal source told Fox News Friday. Attorney General William Barr sent two senior DOJ officials to personally visit the Metropolitan Correctional Center and speak with staff from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in order to gather information on Epstein's death after Barr said officials uncovered "serious irregularities" at the jail, a senior DOJ official told Fox News. The officials have been on site since Thursday and the FBI and the Justice Department's inspector general are investigating conditions at the MCC.

Rice cookers shut down NYC subway station | 16 Aug 2019 | A pair of suspicious rice cookers shut down a subway station in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning -- but the NYPD’s Bomb Squad later determined they were not explosives, authorities said. Another cooker was found near a garbage can in Chelsea just over an hour later. It was determined safe just after 9:40 a.m., according to cops. Police urged straphangers to avoid the Fulton Street subway station because of the first two packages, which were reported by a 911 caller.

New York medical examiner: Jeffrey Epstein's death was a suicide by hanging | 16 Aug 2019 | New York City's chief medical examiner has ruled that disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide by hanging in his prison cell last week. In a brief statement Friday, Dr. Barbara Sampson said her ruling came following a "careful review of all investigative information, including complete autopsy findings." Epstein was found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan early Saturday and was pronounced dead hours later. His lawyers said in a statement late Friday that they were "not satisfied" with Sampson's ruling and vowed to conduct their own investigation, including seeking to obtain any video of the area around Epstein's cell from the time leading to his death.

Uzbekistan immigrant in New Haven pleads guilty to sending money to help others join ISIS | 15 Aug 2019 | A citizen of Uzbekistan living in New Haven pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to raise money to send other U.S. residents to fight for the Islamic State in Syria. Azizjon Rakhmatov, 32, entered his plea before United States District Court Judge William F. Kuntz, II in New York as part of a years-long investigation into a group of immigrants from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan who tried to support people hoping to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS [I-CIA-SIS] or tried to travel there themselves.

Israel bars visit by U.S. Democratic lawmakers Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib | 15 Aug 2019 | Israel will bar a visit by U.S. Democratic Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump called on Israel not to let them in. The pair, the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, are members of the Democratic party's progressive wing and sharp critics of Israel's policy toward the Palestinians...Tlaib and Omar have voiced support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. Under Israeli law, BDS backers can be denied entry to Israel.

Biden Decried Bain in 2012, But Has Taken Execs' Donations in 2019 | 15 Aug 2019 | The booming voice of Vice President Joe Biden reverberated throughout the cavernous manufacturing facility as assembled workers took in his message of economic populism. "Romney made sure the guys on top got to play by a separate set of rules," Biden said...It was May of 2012, and the Obama reelection campaign had sent the veep to Youngstown, Ohio, to contrast the economics of the administration with those of Republican challenger Mitt Romney. But now Bain Capital could complicate Biden's attempt to return to the White House. He has accepted campaign contributions in 2019 from the same corporate executives he decried seven years ago. Records publicly available through the Federal Election Commission and first reported by RealClearPolitics show that Biden has taken $14,000 in contributions from Bain executives.