https://www.nysun.com/national/where-might-hillary-clinton-have-learned/91721/

Special counsel John Durham’s indictment of Igor Danchenko for lying to the FBI details how the false Trump-Russia collusion narrative was developed and fed into the American political ecosystem. The arrest, as it is summarized in a New York Post headline, “illustrates how the Steele dossier was a political dirty trick orchestrated by Hillary Clinton.”

So where could the former First Lady have learned these dark arts?

It’s starting to look like the roots of Hillary Clinton’s approach to information warfare go back at least to the 1990s. That’s when a lawyer and scandal-monger in the Clinton White House, Chris Lehane, wrote an internal memo entitled “Communication Stream of Conspiracy Commerce.” It’s what led, eventually to the phrase “vast right-wing conspiracy.”

Mr. Lehane’s memo isn’t a state secret. It’s accessible at the National Archives’ “Clinton Digital Library.” It warns that stories that originated with lesser players on the Internet would be “bounced all over the world” to either be laundered through British tabloids or picked up by “right-of-center mainstream American media.”

Once the story becomes a Story, Congress then launches investigations, bringing into play the rest of the mainstream press. This, the memo suggests, is called the “media food chain.” The memo uses the evolution of the controversy surrounding the 1993 death of White House counsel Vince Foster as a case study to describe the workings of this “well-financed right-wing conspiracy industry operation.”

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1115427/clinton-the-communication-stream-of-conspiracy.pdf

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-07/syphilis-spread-sexually-transmitted-infections-wa/100599118

As syphilis cases continue to surge in Western Australia, contact tracers say they are overwhelmed, with remote areas with high Indigenous populations of particular concern.

Increased notifications associated with the outbreak of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) were first reported in the Kimberley region in 2014 and have spread throughout WA.

Health experts say while attention remains on COVID-19, syphilis rates are climbing without enough public awareness

https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-anchors-all-poop-pants-on-air-in-solidarity-with-biden

ATLANTA, GA—CNN, America's bastion of independent journalism, featured every single anchor pooping their pants on air today in a touching show of support for President Biden.

"Our dear hero, the inimitable and faultless President Biden, puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. Then, he poops in them," said Brian Stelter as he assumed the position. "So what, ok? We've all done it. There's such a stigma around world leaders randomly taking a dump in their pants—and today, we here at CNN are going to do something about it. No matter when you tune in today, you will see one of our brave anchors dropping a deuce in their drawers."

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/07/china-builds-missile-targets-shaped-like-u-s-aircraft-carrier-destroyers-in-remote-desert

The Chinese military has built targets in the shape of an American aircraft carrier and other U.S. warships in the Tamaklan desert as part of a new target range complex, according to photos provided to USNI News by satellite imagery company Maxar.

The full-scale outline of a U.S. carrier and at least two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are part of the target range that has been built in the Ruoqiang region in central China. The site is near a former target range China used to test early versions of its so-called carrier killer DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles, according to press reports in 2013.

She just couldn't win

https://www.businessinsider.com/top-challenger-lauren-boebert-ends-campaign-following-colorado-redistricting-2021-11

The top Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado suspended her campaign following redistricting efforts in the state.

Colorado State Sen. Kerry Donovan suspended her campaign for Boebert's seat in the House of Representatives after she was drawn out of her Colorado district in the redistricting process.

The Colorado Supreme Court approved a new congressional map, in which Donovan's home in Vail is no longer in the 3rd District, CBS Denver reported. Rather, she is now a resident of the 2nd District, which is represented by Democrat Rep. Joe Neguse.

A candidate is required to live in the state they are running for but not the district, according to House rules. However, candidates from outside of their district can face increased criticism and scrutiny, CBS reported.

Biden energy plan "HOPE"

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Sunday that she hopes gas prices will not reach $4 per gallon soon, adding that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is “controlling the agenda.”

“According to AAA, the national average of gas prices is now $3.42 a gallon. Bank of America is predicting crude oil prices could soar another 50 percent by next June. Could the average gas price in America be $4 a gallon in the United States soon?” “State of the Union” co-anchor Dana Bash asked Granholm on CNN.

“Well, we certainly hope not," the Energy secretary answered, saying President Biden "is all over this."

https://ahvalnews.com/insulting-president/turkish-social-media-user-fined-calling-erdogan-undercover-jew

A Turkish court has found a social media user guilty of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over their reference to the Turkish leader as an "undercover Jew,’’ Deutsche Welle Turkish reported.

The court sentenced Yüksel Üstün to 10 months and 20 days in prison over a Facebook post from 2020, in which he said Erdoğan was "a Jew who disguises himself as a Muslim.’’

The penalty was reduced to an administrative fine of 7,000 lira ($722), DW Turkish said on Friday, with Üstün being found guilty of having denigrated the "honor, dignity and reputation" of the president.

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 28, 2021

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-chinese-telecom-huawei-paid-tony-podesta-1-million-to-lobby-biden/

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei paid Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta $1-million to lobby the Biden administration on its behalf, double what the lobbyist has revealed publicly, according to two people familiar with the matter.

This month, the prominent Washington lobbyist disclosed a $500,000 payment from Huawei in a third-quarter lobbying report. But Podesta actually received $1-million total in separate installments in June and September, the people said, declining to be named since the information was not public.

One of the people said the additional undisclosed $500,000 payment is slated to be included in Podesta’s fourth-quarter filing in January for lobbying activities during the October – December period.

He lobbied the White House on Huawei’s behalf as negotiations between the Justice Department and Huawei CFO Meng heated up over the summer, resulting in a deal last month to end a bank fraud case against her.

Lawyers consulted by Reuters said the Lobbying Disclosure Act requires the payment to be disclosed for the quarter in which the work was done, meaning if Podesta lobbies for Huawei in the last three months of the year he will be in compliance.

However, they added that it was unusual for a company to pre-pay an outside lobbyist for future work, as Huawei would have in this case.