Papadopoulos says his "entire image has been characterized by a false narrative" http://hill.cm/HIbTOZm

Papadopoulos says his 'entire image has been characterized by a false narrative'

Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos said in an interview that aired Thursday on Hill.TV's "Rising" that his image was damaged by a "false narrative" tying him to Russia.

"For me, it was a sad day to see that that was not presented to the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) court," Papadopoulos told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton.

"My entire image has been characterized by this false narrative that I am some sort of patient zero about a Russian conspiracy and a Russian collusion conspiracy, when in fact I have absolutely no Russian contacts whatsoever," he continued. "I've never traveled to Russia. I don't speak Russian, I don't even have Russian-American friends in this country."

"When I found myself at the epicenter of this conspiracy as somebody who has no Russian contacts, something just did not smell right at all to me," he said.

As a campaign adviser, Papadopoulos was unsuccessful his attempt to set up a meeting between President Trump’s campaign and Moscow. He has pointed to Joseph Mifsud, a London-based professor who told him in 2016 that Russia had "dirt" on then-Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton, before WikiLeaks began releasing troves of hacked Democratic emails.

Papadopoulos pleaded guilty last October to lying to FBI agents about his contacts with Mifsud and other Russia-linked individuals, agreeing to cooperate in Mueller’s investigation. He was sentenced last month to 14 days in prison for lying to FBI agents about his Russia contacts and has since become more vocal about his case.

He said earlier this week he was set up by the FBI, and used as a "patsy for a Russia conspiracy."

Papadopoulos’s interactions with Mifsud, which he reportedly recounted to an Australian diplomat in a London bar, helped trigger the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Russian election interference.

Trump's allies in the House have said the FBI based its probe on a controversial dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele.

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said in a tweet this week that Papadopoulos told the FBI there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, and that information was left out of a FISA warrant to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Papadopoulos said he would be telling members of two congressional panels he's set to meet with on Thursday that he was targeted by western intelligence agencies. The former aide did say which intelligence agencies he believed had set him up, or whether they were American.

— Julia Manchester

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1055521893640495104

DEMOCRATIC PAC TO SPEND OVER $3 MILLION TO TRY AND HELP MENENDEZ IN LAST-MINUTE EFFORT

A Democratic PAC plans to spend over $3 million in a last-minute effort to help New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez in a tight race in the deep blue state just weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections.

The news comes as Menendez and his Republican opponent Bob Hugin’s race is tighter than expected, as Menendez was ahead in the polls by just over seven points as of Thursday, according to Real Clear Politics. The Senate Majority PAC is set to spend $3.05 million on a TV advertisement in support of Menendez that will air on New York and Philadelphia channels.

The Senate Majority PAC spent another $3 million dollars on a TV advertisement on Oct. 16 that attacked Hugin for allegedly spending his own money on his campaign and mentioned the amount of money he earned while working for a pharmaceutical company.

Hugin has labeled Menendez as a “hypocrite” in an ad for believing Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault accuser even though Menendez faced allegations of sexual relations with minors.

Nick Iacovella, the press secretary for Hugin, said in a statement to The Daily Caller News Foundation… more here

https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/25/democratic-pac-menendez-new-jersey/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_medium=Social&__twitter_impression=true

DJT Jr Tweet: I guess that’s all they have to spend because he’s a Democrat and the media will barely cover all of his ethics issues. With his record you’d think you would need to spend BILLIONS to make it appear he’s dealing legitimately. #fraud

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1055523382576533505

NEW: In a detailed, 29-page letter Chairman @ChuckGrassley has referred Michael Avenatti and Julie Swetnick to the Attorney General and FBI Director for criminal investigation for providing false statements, obstructing investigations, and conspiracy.

https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-10-25%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20FBI%20(Swetnick%20and%20Avenatti%20Referral)_Redacted.pdf

https://twitter.com/senorrinhatch/status/1055513654894964736

British Airways owner IAG said that a further 185,000 customers may have had their personal details stolen in a cyber attack earlier this year

London (AFP) - British Airways owner IAG on Thursday said that a further 185,000 customers may have had their personal details stolen in a cyber attack earlier this year.

This includes the holders of 77,000 payment cards whose name, billing address, email address, card payment information have potentially been compromised.

A further 108,000 people's personal details without card verification value have also been compromised, the airline said in a statement.

"While British Airways does not have conclusive evidence that the data was removed from its systems, it is taking a prudent approach in notifying potentially affected customers, advising them to contact their bank or card provider as a precaution," it said.

The company, which has promised to compensate any affected customers, said there had been no verified cases of fraud since its first announcement about the cyber attack in September.

BA at the time took out full-page adverts in the UK newspapers to apologise to customers and called the theft "a very sophisticated, malicious, criminal attack on our website".

The company could be expected to comment further on the attack when IAG publishes its third quarter results on Friday.

The attack came after previous IT woes, including a worldwide system outage last year that affected thousands of customers.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ba-says-185-000-more-customers-affected-cyber-155209991.html

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1055525399411785728

https://www.boston25news.com/news/a-painting-of-jesus-was-the-only-thing-to-survive-a-hellish-inferno/859134439

Video shows US trucking company with #DOT License hauling hundreds of #Caravan members on flatbed trucks inside Mexico toward the US/Mexico border.

https://youtu.be/KCF5GLy6an8

NEW DJT Tweet

To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States illegally. Go back to your Country and if you want, apply for citizenship like millions of others are doing!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1055527191235227648

Kathy Griffin’s Midterm Advice: ‘DON’T F*CK ANYONE UNLESS THEY VOTE’

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Left-wing comedian Kathy Griffin is once again dishing out great advice, this time telling her fans not to “fuck anyone” who doesn’t vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2018/10/25/kathy-griffin-midterm-advice-dont-fck-anyone-unless-they-vote/?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true

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Journalists accuse Trump of inciting violence against the press

At least 200 journalists, most of them retired or semi-retired, have signed on to a letter condemning President Trump’s attacks on the media and accusing him of inciting violence against the press.

“Trump’s condoning of political violence is part of a sustained pattern of attack on a free press — which includes labeling any reportage he doesn’t like as ‘fake news’ and barring reporters and news organizations whom he wishes to punish from press briefings and events,” the open letter reads.

The journalists, many from ABC News, criticize Trump for his recent comments praising Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) as “my guy” while discussing Gianforte’s body-slam of Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs last year.

more…https://thehill.com/homenews/media/413090-hundreds-of-journalists-sign-letter-condemning-trumps-attacks-on-the-press

DOD Sending U.S. Troops to the Border as Guatemala Launches Investigation into “Highly Organized” Caravan

In Chiquimula along the Guatemalan-Honduran border, the heat of the day didn’t slow down the exodus of roughly 1500 people – mostly men – from marching down the small city’s main highway this week. It was the second wave of migrants who are trying to catch up with the nearly 14,000 people that have joined what Guatemalan, Honduran and U.S. officials describe as a ‘highly organized’ movement backed by leftist political groups and organizations to get thousands of migrants to the United States.

On the heels of the second movement of migrants, the Defense Department said Thursday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will sign deployment orders to send 800 plus troops to the border with Mexico to assist U.S. Customs and Border Patrol in stopping the caravan.

The caravan is creating a snowball effect, with more and more people joining the groups as they move through Central America and Mexico. The numbers are totaling roughly 14,000, said Guatemalan intelligence officials.

“There are only so many resources we can dedicate to this issue,” said Guatemalan Secretary of Strategic Intelligence Mario Duarte. “The human traffickers are also moving their people and contraband into the caravans. The Guatemalan government is doing everything it can to turn them around and get them to go back home.” Duarte said that the migrants are also creating problems for the Guatemalan people, with robberies and other crimes increasing in the areas where they are traveling. more below…

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1055529282435457024

https://saraacarter.com/dod-sending-u-s-troops-to-the-border-as-guatemala-launches-investigation-into-highly-organized-caravan/

New Donald Tweet

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1055529948046331904

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Netanyahu claims plot by Israeli president to topple him

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/10/25/578073/Israel-Reuven-Rivlin-Netanyahu-Hayom-Gideon-Saar

Germany's Merkel condemns Khashoggi killing in call with Saudi king

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the strongest terms possible during a phone call with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, and vowed to take appropriate measures in response, the chancellery said.

Merkel “made clear that the exact course of events must be cleared up”, the chancellery said in a statement after Thursday’s telephone call between the two leaders.

“The chancellor urged Saudi Arabia to ensure a rapid, transparent and credible investigation. She stressed that all those responsible must be held accountable,” the statement said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-germany/germanys-merkel-condemns-khashoggi-killing-in-call-with-saudi-king-idUSKCN1MZ2S3?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1055531990185738240

BREAKING: Dow Jones Industrial Average jumps 500 points, or 2 percent, a day after a huge plunge erased its gains for the year.

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1055532527249698817

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Ari Fleischer Cautions Not to Assume Who Is Behind Mail Bombs Before Investigation Is Complete

Ari Fleischer, former White House press secretary for President George W. Bush, cautioned against the media and politicians jumping to conclusions on the identity of the person or persons behind the recent suspicious packages sent to Democratic politicians.

Fleischer tweeted Thursday, “On the stupid ‘blame game’ the media & some politicians are engaged in over the pipe-bomb mailings: Knock it off. Pundits and politicians should keep their mouths closed and their minds open. Let the investigators do their job. Don’t speculate. We’ll know more soon enough.”

Speaking to Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” on Thursday, Fleischer explained the motivation behind his tweet.

“It’s just frustrating to watch. One side blamed the other, as if that’s what this is supposed to be about. This is supposed to be about law enforcement. Catch the person who did it, and then we have facts, but I just don’t know how, Bill, in the name of civility you can accuse somebody you don’t like in politics of being uncivil when you don’t know anything yet. Nobody knows who’s behind this, so I don’t know why people feel the tendency or the need to speculate,” he said.

Former CIA Director John Brennan, who was one of the target of a suspicious package that was sent to CNN on Wednesday, blamed President Trump.

“Stop blaming others. Look in the mirror. Your inflammatory rhetoric, insults, lies, & encouragement of physical violence are disgraceful. Clean up your act….try to act Presidential. The American people deserve much better. BTW, your critics will not be intimidated into silence,” Brennan tweeted.

“John Brennan should certainly know better,” Fleischer said in response. “And here’s the problem with this. Both sides can say these things to each other and find examples where the other side has said something they don’t like. What does that have to do with who is sending these apparent pipe bombs to nine different people – all of whom are Democrats or CNN?”

“We don’t know yet who is behind that, so to blame one side or the other in the midst of this is highly, highly irresponsible, and John Brennan of all people should be the first to not engage in that type of behavior,” he said.

Fleischer said he thinks the White House is handling the response to these incidents “just right.”

“They’ve risen above, and that’s the way presidents should be when it comes to something like this. They should be the tone setter and the example for their country, and what the president said about we’re going to devote every single resource to catching this person, that’s what law enforcement wants to know and hear, and that’s what the American people want so we can catch the person,” he said. more here…..

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/ari-fleischer-cautions-not-assume-who-behind-mail-bombs-investigation

Maduro calls Pence a 'crazy extremist' over migrant caravan allegations

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro lashed out at Vice President Pence over his claims that Maduro was financing the migrant caravan crossing Mexico.

During a Wednesday meeting in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, Maduro said the allegations would be laughable if they weren't so serious.

"Amazing organizing power that I have in Central America, Mike Pence!" he said, according to Peruvian news outlet El Comercio…

https://thehill.com/latino/413166-maduro-calls-pence-a-crazy-extremist-over-migrant-caravan-allegations

Lindsey Graham says he won't blame Trump for 'nut job' bomb plot

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday that some "nut job" sent suspicious packages with potential bombs to high-profile Democrats, brushing off complaints that President Trump's pointed rhetoric is to blame.

“About the nut-job sending bombs in the mail –- Simply put, this is NOT the way we do business in America,” Graham tweeted. “I didn’t blame Bernie Sanders when a Bernie supporter shot Congressman Steve Scalise. And I’m not going to blame President Trump for this nut job.”

Since Monday, nearly a dozen suspicious packages including potentially explosive devices have been mailed to the homes and offices of prominent Democratic political figures, actors and media organizations – all of whom have been critical of Trump at one point or another….

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lindsey-graham-says-he-wont-blame-trump-for-nut-job-bomb-plot

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Rep. Jim Jordan: Congress should examine free speech restrictions by social media companies and others

In a House Oversight Committee hearing earlier this year, I asked Dr. Bret Weinstein, a professor at Evergreen State College in Washington state, a question: “In a ‘safe space’ (on a college campus) could you say this sentence? ‘Donald Trump is president.’”

His response – unbelievable as it sounds – began with “well, it depends.”

I stopped him. “It’s a fact,” I said.

There’s no “it depends” about it. Donald Trump was elected as president of the United States on Nov. 8, 2016 and sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017. No amount of “safe space” pretending can change that fact.

The exchange with Weinstein highlights the level of absurdity we have now reached in America. Simply stating a fact on a university campus – where students go to learn facts – could land you in trouble and result in disciplinary action.

And unfortunately, the attack on free speech is not limited to colleges and universities. The federal government has also attacked the free speech rights of Americans.

For example, over a period of many years the Internal Revenue Service systematically targeted people for their political beliefs.

Under the First Amendment we have several fundamental rights. But the most vital is our right to free speech. And when our nation’s founders wrote the First Amendment, they were particularly concerned about our right to speak in a political fashion.

In America we have the right to criticize the government and not be harassed for doing so, yet that is exactly what the Internal Revenue Service did when it targeted conservative speech.

But while government and academia have attacked free speech, the biggest threat may be large social media companies.

In 2012 former Twitter U.K. General Manager Tony Wang stated: “We are the free speech wing of the free speech party.”

Obviously Wang was marketing Twitter as a platform where all ideas are welcome. Oh, how times have changed. Earlier this month, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Wang’s 2012 pronouncement “was a joke.”

We shouldn’t be surprised by Dorsey’s statement. In July Vice News reported that four Republican House members – Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, Rep. Devin Nunes and California and me – were shadow banned by Twitter.

Shadow banning does not affect a person’s ability to go on Twitter and read tweets or post tweets. But it prevents others from reading the person’s tweets.

Twitter claimed the problem was just a glitch in the company’s algorithm, calling it a “search auto-suggest issue.” And of course, the response from Dorsey was predictable. “We do not shadow ban according to political ideology or viewpoint or content,” he said.

Really? more here…

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-jim-jordan-congress-should-examine-free-speech-restrictions-by-social-media-companies-and-others

https://twitter.com/AlBoeNEWS/status/1055537906574454784

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