Ratcliffe declassifies spygate documents…
DNI declassifies sections of documents ’proving’ CIA Director Brennan briefed Obama on Hillary Clinton’s ‘plan’ to “tie Trump to Russia, to distract from email scandal.”
Documents just being released in the past 10 minutes. This story is developing.
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/breaking/breaking-ratcliffe-declassifies-spygate-documents/
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WTF? Facebook Says Wishing President Death Is OK, As Long As He Is Not Tagged
"We distinguish between public figures and private individuals because we want to allow discussion, which often includes critical commentary of people who are featured in the news or who have a large public audience." The far-left social media said.
Facebook's notoriously strict and complicated hate speech and Community Guidelines policies will allow users to post hopes, dreams, and wishes that President Donald Trump will die from COVID-19, as long as they don't make the effort to deliberately search your Facebook page and manually tag your account.
Section 9 of Facebook’s Community Standards states, “We distinguish between public figures and private individuals because we want to allow discussion, which often includes critical commentary of people who are featured in the news or who have a large public audience. For public figures, we remove attacks that are severe as well as certain attacks where the public figure is directly tagged in the post or comment.”
Facebook’s restrictions on “Calls for death, serious disease, epidemic disease, or disability” only apply to private individuals or public figures who are
of minor age, meaning wishing death, serious disease and the other referenced attacks on adult public figures is not considered actionable by Facebook so long as the public figure’s account is not manually tagged in the post or comment.
The political policy direction of the Facebook Community Standards traditionally leans toward the extreme view of censoring all forms of derogatory speech, making the company's stance to allow those same forms of speech towards adult political figures stands out somewhat paradoxically.
https://www.blabber.buzz/conservative-news/1019280-wtf-facebook-says-wishing-president-death-is-ok-as-long-as-he-is-not-tagged?utm_source=c-mid&utm_medium=c-mid-email&utm_term=c-mid-GI&utm_content=9wGP5nbgA3G3p-FOg0pw79UX9zy8Va95xA6k4CtNudco.A
Pope Francis’s latest encyclical: Abortion not on list of political concerns
The contrast in the writings of Pope Francis and his predecessors is so striking that it is hard to see it as anything but a rupture with the past.
In Fratelli Tutti, the new encyclical of Pope Francis released yesterday, pro-life Catholics are confronted with a political emphasis that ignores abortion. In line with U.S. bishops who have eschewed the fight for the right to life of unborn children, Pope Francis has explicitly excluded abortion from the political concerns laid out in his latest encyclical.
In paragraph 188 of Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis says politicians’ “biggest concern should not be about a drop in the polls, but about finding effective solutions to the phenomenon of social and economic exclusion, with its baneful consequences: human trafficking, the marketing of human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of boys and girls, slave labour, including prostitution, the drug and weapons trade, terrorism and international organized crime.”
The fact that abortion is left out of this laundry list is scandalous. Especially since he follows up this list by saying, “Such is the magnitude of these situations, and their toll in innocent lives, that we must avoid every temptation to fall into a declarationist nominalism that would assuage our consciences.”
There were two other times in the encyclical where I thought he might at least redeem himself on that score, only to have my hopes dashed.
Paragraph 255 begins, “There are two extreme situations that may come to be seen as solutions in especially dramatic circumstances, without realizing that they are false answers that do not resolve the problems they are meant to solve and ultimately do no more than introduce new elements of destruction in the fabric of national and global society.” Here, surely the Pope would mention abortion? No. “These are war and the death penalty,” he writes.
Finally, there is one other spot in the 194-page document where it seems that the right to life for unborn children would be a no-brainer. It comes in paragraph 279. “One fundamental human right must not be forgotten in the journey towards fraternity and peace,” writes the Pope. “It is religious freedom for believers of all religions,” comes the unwelcome explanation.
Those who have consistently read Pope Francis’s writings, especially as they touch on politics, are not surprised by his approach. In his 2018 exhortation, he ridiculed the Catholic understanding of migration as “secondary” to abortion. “Some Catholics consider [immigration] a secondary issue compared to the ‘grave’ bioethical questions,” he said.
“That a politician looking for votes might say such a thing is understandable, but not a Christian.” Speaking of abortion and immigration, he criticized those who regard immigration as secondary, “as if there are other more important matters, or the only thing that counts is one particular ethical issue or cause that they themselves defend."
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/pope-franciss-latest-encyclical-abortion-not-on-list-of-political-concerns?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard
Israel lobby pressures Univ of Toronto to rescind scholar hire
The University of Toronto has allegedly rescinded a job offer to a prominent human rights scholar after a sitting Canadian tax court judge complained about her research on Palestinian rights.
Justice David Spiro is a former board member of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the premier Zionist organization in Canada.
He is also a major donor to the university.
.@ValentinaAzarov is scary smart, does brilliant work, and unquestionably deserved the job. I am so angry this happened to her. But separately—it sends a deeply troubling message that doing much-needed human rights work on Palestine will cost you. @UTLaw needs to make this right. https://t.co/cxjrbM7FsX
— Bassam Khawaja (@Bassam_Khawaja) September 17, 2020
More than 1,400 human rights advocates, scholars and lawyers say that this is blatant censorship, a violation of academic freedom and dangerous acquiescence to a donor’s political agenda.
The letter calls on the university to reinstate the professor and investigate the judge’s conduct.
The university offered professor Valentina Azarova, a human rights scholar who has written about Israel’s violations of international law, to head the law school’s International Human Rights Program on 11 August.
She accepted the offer on 19 August, according to The Globe and Mail and members of the hiring committee.
In early September, the law school’s dean, Edward Iacobucci, killed the job offer and suspended the search for the human rights program’s director indefinitely.
Iacobucci and the university then denied that Azarova was hired in the first place. “We can confirm that no offer of employment was made to any candidate, and therefore, no offer was revoked,” the administration stated, adding that the faculty of the law school “canceled the search.”
But email records refute such claims.
Outraged to hear that @UTLaw dean Edward Iacobucci rescinded an offer to the brilliant @ValentinaAzarov—bowing to donor pressure over her excellent Israel/Palestine work. She was the unanimous pick of the hiring panel. What a scandal. https://t.co/9KRkdCF1wZ
— Bassam Khawaja (@Bassam_Khawaja) September 17, 2020
10. This characterization is directly contradicted by the evidence. Our second (and final) round of interviews took place on Jul 30, after which the hiring committee settled on a unanimous consensus that Valentina was the top choice. We set out immediately to review references: pic.twitter.com/Rs3q2ekuCU
— Vincent Wong (@InitialVW) September 19, 2020
Protesting the dean’s actions, the chair of the hiring committee, law professor Audrey Macklin, and the entire three-member advisory board resigned, as did the law school’s research associate Vincent Wong.
I did not want to resign given ongoing projects on media freedom, protest rights, and migrant rights I was working on, but when it became clear the admin would not reverse course on their disqualification of @ValentinaAzarov, our consensus candidate, there was little choice.
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/israel-lobby-pressures-univ-toronto-rescind-scholar-hire?utm_source=EI+readers&utm_campaign=66bb7af365-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e802a7602d-66bb7af365-290660781
Ratcliffe Declassifies Docs Revealing Brennan Briefed Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton’s Plan to ‘Stir Up’ a Scandal Between Trump, Russia
DNI John Ratcliffe declassified documents on Tuesday revealing former CIA Director John Brennan briefed Barack Obama on Hillary Clinton’s plot to ‘stir up’ a scandal to tie Trump to Russia in order to distract from her email scandal ahead of the 2016 election.
This declassification comes after Ratcliffe released a Russian intel assessment in which he asserted that Hillary Clinton hatched the Russia hoax in order to pin the DNC ‘hacking’ on President Trump.
“In late July 2016, US intelligence agencies obtained insight into Russian intelligence analysis alleging that US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against US Presidential candidate Donald Trump by tying him to Putin and the Russians’ hacking of the DNC. The IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation of the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggerations or fabrication,” Ratcliffe wrote to Lindsey Graham.
The Obama-Biden White House was briefed on it by then-CIA Director John Brennan.
Brennan’s handwritten notes were exclusively obtained by Fox News:
“We’re getting additional insight into Russian activities from [REDACTED],” Brennan notes read. “CITE [summarizing] alleged approved by Hillary Clinton a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service,” Brennan’s notes read.
The notes state “on 28 of July.” In the margin, Brennan writes “POTUS,” but the entire section of the note is redacted.
“Any evidence of collaboration between Trump campaign + Russia,” Brennan’s notes read.
The notes are heavily redacted, except in the margins, which reads: “JC,” “Denis,” and “Susan.”
Fox News reported:
EXCLUSIVE: Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Tuesday declassified documents that revealed former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Obama on Hillary Clinton’s purported “plan” to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as “a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server” ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Fox News has learned.
Ratcliffe declassified Brennan’s handwritten notes – which were taken after he briefed Obama on the intelligence the CIA received – and a CIA memo, which revealed that officials referred the matter to the FBI for potential investigative action.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence transmitted the declassified documents to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees on Tuesday afternoon.
“This memorandum contains sensitive information that could be source revealing. It should be handled with particular attention to compartmentation and need-to-know. To avoid the possible compromise of the source, any investigative action taken in response to the information below should be coordinated in advance with Chief Counterintelligence Mission Center, Legal,” the memo, which was sent to Comey and Strzok, read. “It may not be used in any legal proceeding—including FISA applications—without prior approval…”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/ratcliffe-declassifies-docs-revealing-brennan-briefed-barack-obama-hillary-clintons-plan-stir-scandal-trump-russia/
Large Trump Sign Taken Down After Appearing Along Major Freeway In LA
A large Hollywood-like sign, with the letters that spelled out “TRUMP,” appeared Tuesday along a major freeway in Los Angeles and has since been taken down.
The large white letters, that appeared to be about 10 feet tall each, were put up on a hillside along the 405 freeway in the Sepulveda pass and created quite a stir for morning commuters in southern California, per KTLA.
According to the California Highway Patrol’s incident log, a call came in about 6:41 a.m. that referred to the large sign, supporting President Donald Trump, as a “traffic hazard.” The reporting party also expressed a concern that because the sign was in an area of dry brush it could start a fire, per the outlet.
According to the report:
The sign — which was on private property — has since been removed by crews because it created a traffic hazard, as motorists slowed down to take photos, according to Eric Menjivar of CalTrans.
KTLA pilot, Christina Pascucci also tweeted video of the Trump sign along the LA freeway before it was taken down.
At this time, authorities do not know who is responsible for placing the letters there and Menjivar also shared that it was unclear who owns the land.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/10/06/large-donald-trump-sign-appeared-along-freeway-la/
James Comey and Robert Mueller have Massive Clinton Foundation Problems
James Comey is not an effective liar. He fooled only the gullible last week with his evasive testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Previously, Robert Mueller was also not effective deterring the Trump Administration from uncovering significant, far-reaching crimes that the former F.B.I. Director "missed" from September 2001 through September 2013.
For almost 18 years, Comey and Mueller have been covering for powerful Republicans and Democrats, letting serious crimes go unpunished. Many of these involved fake charities that operate internationally, including the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
These are perfect conduits to trade donations for influence, especially for foreign governments who, in theory, are barred from investing in U.S. politicians.
We are approaching a "put up or shut up" moment, where President Trump must deliver on the most important campaign promise he made in closing arguments during the 2016 campaign: that justice would finally be administered to each American, without fear or favor.
This hard deadline is not Nov. 3, 2020 but 13 days later when many Clinton charities must file I.R.S. returns that are complete and truthful. None can do so, yet each must.
Here is some of the back story.
According to page 463 of a report by Inspector General Horowitz entitled "A Review of Various Actions by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice in Advance of the 2016 Election", the FBI opened an investigation into the "Clinton Foundation" in January 2016, when Jim Comey was Director.
So far, we do not know how aggressively Comey's FBI may have pursued its Clinton Foundation "investigation." By now, however, John Durham and his team should have examined all available records pertaining to the 2016 era effort to see how and why it must have been stymied and by whom.
For, in January 2016, during years before and to the present, there was no lawfully organized or operated "Clinton Foundation." This is a hard fact that Comey and Mueller must have learned over the course of a previous FBI investigation that ran from 2001 to 2005. That investigation centrally involved Comey and was briefed to Mueller.
Worse for Comey and Mueller, are stories that a whistleblower tried to tell starting early in January 2016
Allegations of a Criminal Conspiracy to Protect Hillary Clinton and Others
Starting on page 122 of Part 23 in the FBI Vault File concerning mishandling of classified information by Hillary R. Clinton, a letter to Comey at his FBI headquarters address dated Jan. 10, 2016 begins with the following subject identified:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/10/james_comey_and_robert_mueller_have_massive_clinton_foundation_problems.html
The Twisted Truth: Silicon Valley Platforms Are Designed for Addiction
Many people believe that social media can be a positive force for good in the world, but we must be careful how we use it. But is there a deeper truth in this technological paradox? Is there an existential crisis brewing below the surface of 21st century society and culture?
Undoubtedly, these digital platforms are addictive, and actually fragment your attention throughout the day – something which prevents many people from pursuing real, long-term fulfillment and goals. The reality is that virtual lives, lived online – are not real at all. They are merely a facsimile of life. The reality is that one of the only really tangible thing which social media platforms do deliver to users are dopamine hits.
While these platforms are sold by billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to a fawning public as revolutionary modern tools which “bring people closer together,” the truth is that social media may be ripping the fabric of human society apart.
https://21stcenturywire.com/2020/09/29/the-twisted-truth-silicon-valley-platforms-are-designed-for-addiction/
Arkansas Fugitive and U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted Arrested
Washington, DC – Jory Worthen was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Burbank, California. Jory Worthen was wanted for two homicides that occurred in Camden, Arkansas in 2019. Worthen is accused of murdering his girlfriend Alyssa and her 4 year old son Braydon. Immediately after the murders, Worthen fled in Alyssa’s vehicle, which was later found abandoned in a parking lot in Seattle, Washington. The Western Arkansas U.S. Marshals Task Force was brought into the investigation to assist with apprehension since Worthen had crossed state lines and was believed to be armed and dangerous.
The investigative efforts by all agencies involved with Worthen led them to a hotel in Burbank, California this evening. After being identified by law enforcement, Worthen ran from U.S .Marshals and local law enforcement, but was found and taken into custody after a short foot pursuit. Worthen is being held on the state warrant for Murder awaiting extradition back to Arkansas.
U.S. Marshals task forces combine the efforts of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to locate and arrest the most dangerous fugitives. These task forces are dedicated to reducing violent crime by locating and apprehending wanted criminals. They also serve as the central point for agencies to share information on fugitive matters. In 2019, the US Marshals arrested over 90,000 fugitives nationwide, of which 4,343 were wanted in connection with homicides.
Additional information about the U.S. Marshals Service can be found at http://www.usmarshals.gov.
https://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most_wanted/worthen/worthen-cap.htm
Pro-Government Election Victory Sparks Overnight Revolution in Kyrgyzstan
Enraged over an election they saw as undermined by rampant vote-buying, thousands stormed Kyrgyzstan’s parliament and presidential offices and took over government buildings throughout the country in an overnight revolution that on Tuesday forced election officials to declare the election void, OCCRP member center Kloop reported.
At least one person has died, and more than 600 were injured, in the unrest that erupted after the Central Election Commission announced on Monday the preliminary results of Sunday’s vote, which showed a landslide victory of pro-government parties. Just three of them took 107 of the 120 parliament seats, while opposition parties did not take one.
“These elections were held amid gross violations, massive vote buying, pressure and threats against voters — this is what influenced the voting process,” said a joint letter written by opposition parties to the electoral commission.
Although police employed water cannons, stun grenades, and tear gas, protesters took over the “White House,” which houses the parliament and the presidency, after hours-long clashes. Several floors were seen burning and videos posted on social media showed people throwing papers out of the window of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov’s office.
The crowd then moved toward other state institutions, including the government and the State Committee for National Security.
Seeing the protesters approaching, state security officials stepped out of the building with their hands in the air, declaring that they were “with the people.” The crowd demanded the release of former President Almazbek Atambaev and other political figures who had been jailed on corruption charges and for other crimes.
Atambayev and other prisoners were soon seen stepping out of the building.
As state institutions fell in the capital, protesters throughout the country took over government buildings. Mayors and other officials resigned one after the other. Some who resisted were beaten by the crowd, according to local media.
On Tuesday morning, President Jeenbekov appealed for calm and said that “some political forces tried to illegally seize state power” but that he had ordered law enforcement agencies not to shoot at citizens.
“Calmness in the state, stability of society are more valuable than any deputy mandate,” he said in a televised address to the nation.
“I suggested that the Central Election Commission carefully investigate the violations and, if necessary, annul the election results,” he added.
Preliminary results announced on Monday showed the Birimdik party, led by the brother of President Jeenbekov, and a party called Mekenim Kyrgyzstan taking more than 24 percent of the votes each. Other pro-government parties took less than 10 percent, while none of the opposition parties passed the threshold to enter parliament.
Mekenim Kyrgyzstan is backed by the powerful Matraimov family. One family member, Iskender Matraimov, was a candidate on the party’s list.
https://www.occrp.org/en/the-matraimov-kingdom/pro-government-election-victory-sparks-overnight-revolution-in-kyrgyzstan
Gen. Milley Apologizes After Joke About Rep. Adam Schiff Falls Flat
n show biz, they'd say Gen. Mark Milley bombed.
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has apologized to a lawmaker after a brief attempt at stand-up comedy before an audience of defense and intelligence officials missed the mark.
Gen. Mark Milley’s questionable comedy consisted of two groaners aimed at House impeachment hearing leader Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Nobody laughed at either joke. Milley knew it and apologized Monday in a Twitter post published by the Joint Staff.
"Today I spoke with the Honorable Representative Adam Schiff and apologized for a comment I made, in jest, during opening remarks at the [Defense Intelligence Agency] change of command. My comments were in no way meant to be offensive," Milley said.
In remarks last Thursday at DIA headquarters on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., Milley noted that Schiff was on the guest list but absent.
He took the opening to riff on Schiff's aggressive pursuit of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump over allegations of wrongdoing in dealings with Ukraine.
The House voted to impeach Trump, but the Republican-controlled Senate acquitted him. Trump has since taken to calling the House Intelligence Committee chairman "shifty Schiff."
"I actually thought I was looking at the invite list and I saw Adam Schiff, Congressman Adam Schiff was here. He didn't, I don't think, show up, but I'm pretty sure CIA has an empty seat, so that's appropriate for covert operations," Milley said.
He got no response from the face-mask wearing audience of about 50 officials and family members.
Undaunted, Milley gave it another shot.
"We don't have ABC, NBC, CBS [or other news outlets present], but I thought we were going to have a hearing when I saw Schiff. I wasn't sure it was going to be a hearing or an indictment. I wasn't sure," he said.
Again, the audience didn't laugh.
There was no immediate response from Schiff's office, but a spokesperson for the congressman told Politico that Schiff "appreciated the call [from Milley] and looks forward to continuing to work with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Department of Defense."
Although Milley can occasionally offend some with off-hand remarks or behavior, he is also quick to apologize when he believes he has crossed a line.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/06/gen-milley-apologizes-after-joke-about-rep-adam-schiff-falls-flat.html
Pelosi Responds After Trump Unexpectedly Halts Stimulus Talks Until After The Election
Update: In response to Trump's breaking off stimulus talks, Pelosi unloaded on President:
Today, once again, President Trump showed his true colors: putting himself first at the expense of the country, with the full complicity of the GOP Members of Congress.
Walking away from coronavirus talks demonstrates that President Trump is unwilling to crush the virus, as is required by the Heroes Act. He shows his contempt for science, his disdain for our heroes.
Clearly, the White House is in complete disarray. Sadly, they are rejecting the urgent warnings of Fed Chairman Powell today, that ‘Too little support would lead to a weak recovery, creating unnecessary hardship for households and businesses. Over time, household insolvencies and business bankruptcies would rise, harming the productive capacity of the economy and holding back wage growth. By contrast, the risks of overdoing it seem, for now, to be smaller.
Her full statement below:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/stock-plunge-after-trump-says-he-ordering-halt-stimulus-talks-until-after-election