Hillary Clinton Responds to Court Order – Files New Email Answers Under Oath on Private Server

On Friday morning Hillary Clinton responded to a court order forced by Judicial Watch to answer more questions about the setting up of her private server.

Judicial Watch appeared in a DC federal court last month on a motion to compel more testimony from Hillary Clinton as well as to make public video recordings of depositions of top Clinton aides such as Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills.

The court ruled that Hillary Clinton must answer more questions about the setting up of her private server under oath.

As expected, Hillary Clinton responded to the court order with her usual arrogance — she said she set up the server for “convenience.”

This answer is unacceptable, says JW President Tom Fitton.

Thanks to Judicial Watch, the American public was made aware of Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

Hillary Clinton conducted official business on a non government server so she could hide her Clinton Foundation pay-to-play while she was head of the Department of State.

Bill Clinton received nearly $50 million for speeches while his wife Hillary was the head of the Department of State.

Countless classified emails were discovered on Hillary’s private server, a server we know was compromised, yet she still has not been indicted.

Hillary continues to get away with her crimes because we have a two-tiered justice system — one for Trump supporters and another for Democrat-Deep State swamp dwellers.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/12/breaking-hillary-clinton-responds-to-court-order-files-new-email-answers-under-oath/

In 2019, Scientists Funded by Bill Gates to Spray Particles Into the Sky in First Experiment to Dim the Sun

In 2019, researchers plan to spray particles into the stratosphere to test the geoengineering method of dimming the sun.

The controversial subject of geoengineering or weather modification – which was popularized, and oversimplified with the term “chemtrails” – is once again stepping from the shadows and into the light of public scrutiny. And it may soon be a reality as scientists plan first ever experiment to spray particles in the sky to dim the sun.

What was once a conspiracy theory is now the subject of congressional debate, peer-reviewed studies, and now a Harvard experiment. Harvard scientists will attempt to replicate the climate-cooling effect of volcanic eruptions with a world-first solar geoengineering experiment set for early 2019.

What was once a conspiracy theory will soon be a reality, in only months.

Known as the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx), the experiment will spray calcium carbonate particles high above the earth to mimic the effects of volcanic ash blocking out the sun to produce a cooling effect.

The experiment was announced in Nature magazine last month, who was one of few outlets to look into this unprecedented step toward geoengineering the planet.

If all goes as planned, the Harvard team will be the first in the world to move solar geoengineering out of the lab and into the stratosphere, with a project called the Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx). The first phase — a US$3-million test involving two flights of a steerable balloon 20 kilometres above the southwest United States — could launch as early as the first half of 2019. Once in place, the experiment would release small plumes of calcium carbonate, each of around 100 grams, roughly equivalent to the amount found in an average bottle of off-the-shelf antacid. The balloon would then turn around to observe how the particles disperse.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/in-2019-scientists-funded-by-bill-gates-to-spray-particles-into-the-sky-in-first-experiment-to-dim-the-sun/

‘Cleanse them’: Turkey threatens to send troops to Syria’s Manbij unless US removes Kurdish militias

The US must have Kurdish militias withdraw from the Syrian town of Manbij, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday, otherwise he will order his troops to take the key settlement.

The threat, delivered during a speech in Istanbul, ramps up Erdogan’s rhetoric targeting the YPG militias. Earlier on Wednesday, he publicly complained that the US, which support the Kurds in northeastern Syria, is failing to deliver on its promise to clear Manbij of Kurdish fighters. Ankara considers Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries as an extension of the Turkey-based anti-government guerrillas and brands the YPG as terrorists.

“Manbij is a place where Arabs live, but they have surrendered the area to the terror organization,” the Turkish president told a judiciary conference. “Now we are saying that you should cleanse, remove them, or else we will enter Manbij. I am speaking very clearly.”

Manbij is located west from the Euphrates river on a key road leading to the city of Aleppo. Turkey considers all parts of Syria bordering it as sensitive from the standpoint of security, but reluctantly agreed that the US could deal with the situation east of the river, where historically Kurdish lands are located.

Earlier this week, Erdogan announced his intention to launch a military operation in the Kurdish areas “within days.” In the speech he confirmed the plans, saying Turkey was “determined to bring peace and security to the areas east of the Euphrates.”

The US warned Turkey against implementing the plans, saying unilateral military action would hurt military cooperation between the countries.

The Kurdish side said it would respond strongly to any attack by Turkey.

https://www.rt.com/news/446465-turkey-treatens-troops-manbij/

Taylor Swift sparks privacy concerns for secretly using facial recognition tech on fans

Singer Taylor Swift has sparked privacy and surveillance fears after secretly filming fans, using facial recognition software in a bid to detect stalkers on her concert tour.

Swift allegedly hid the facial-recognition camera inside a kiosk displaying rehearsal clips at her May 18 show at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California, according to Rolling Stone.

Taylor Swift performing at the 2018 American Music Awards. © Reuters / Mario Anzuoni

Pictures of fans’ faces were taken while they gazed at the screen before being reportedly sent to a “command post” in Nashville, where they were cross-referenced with a database of “hundreds” of the singer’s known stalkers.

“Everybody who went by would stop and stare at it, and the software would start working,” said Mike Downing, chief security officer of Oak View Group, an entertainment and sports facilities company for concert venues like Madison Square Garden and the Forum in Los Angeles, to the renowned music magazine.

While the methods may have been questionable combatting stalkers is hugely important for the hitmaker. Swift has accumulated so many ‘celebrity stalkers’ that they were the topic of an article in a recent issue of Psychology Today. The piece investigated the mindset of her many crazed ‘fans’, a number of whom have been arrested for stalking, breaking into her home or issuing rape and death threats.

Earlier this month one of the accused stalkers, 22-year-old Roger Albarado, was sentenced to six months in jail for breaking into her three-story Manhattan townhouse, using her shower and sleeping in her bed. Police discovered the ‘fan’ after they saw a ladder propped against the building. Swift was not home at the time.

https://www.rt.com/usa/446478-taylor-swift-face-recognition/

Mueller Target Raised $25,000 In Charity To Pay Cancer Doctor Who Doesn’t Appear To Exist

Business records and evidence from social media raise questions about a cancer fundraiser touted during the summer by Jerome Corsi, the right-wing author ensnared in the Mueller probe.

Corsi helped raise $25,000 for an Alaskan man who he claimed needed surgery from an Israeli doctor named Eliat Mendelsohn. Corsi claimed Mendelsohn cured his own family member of cancer.

But business records show Corsi’s beneficiary, Thomas Sickler, registered as owner of Mendelsohn’s purported company. An Israeli hospital Corsi says is affiliated with Mendelsohn says it’s never heard of the doctor.

Jerome Corsi, the right-wing author ensnared in the special counsel’s probe, raised tens of thousands of dollars on his website and web show over the summer for an Alaskan man who claimed he needed experimental cancer surgery from an Israeli physician.

To help raise the funds, Corsi touted Dr. Eliat Mendelsohn, claiming the oncologist miraculously cured his relative’s stage-4 liver cancer. Corsi claimed on his website Mendelsohn would use similar techniques to try to cure Thomas Sickler, 33, of bladder cancer.

Sickler needed $25,000 for the surgery since his insurance wouldn’t cover the experimental procedure.

Corsi claims the effort was successful, telling The Daily Caller News Foundation he believes Sickler is healed.

“I met Tommy Sickler. He said he suffered from cancer. I believe he had an operation in Israel,” Corsi told TheDCNF in a phone interview Thursday.

But there are two main problems with the fundraiser. TheDCNF couldn’t find any records proving Dr. Eliad Mendelsohn exists. And Sickler, the purported patient, is the registered owner of Mendelsohn Consulting Group, the same clinic Corsi links to on his website boosting Dr. Mendelsohn.

Florida business records show Sickler registered as owner of the Mendelsohn Consulting Group LLC on Aug. 15. He registered a business under the same name in Nevada on July 31.

The Israeli medical center where Corsi claimed Mendelsohn practices says it has no records of the physician working there. A spokesman for the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv told TheDCNF nobody named Dr. Eliad Mendelsohn practices at the facility.

An open source search did not find any recent affiliations between a Dr. Mendelsohn and Sourasky. Florida’s physician licensing database also does not list an Eliat Mendelsohn, even though Corsi claimed the doctor set up a practice in Boca Raton.

Confronted by TheDCNF, Corsi insisted the Sickler effort was “legitimate” and he received “not a penny” of the money he raised for Sickler’s GoFundMe campaign.

When told Mendelsohn appears not to exist, Corsi replied: “[Sickler] was healed. At least that’s what I certainly was led to believe, and I think it’s true. I think he was a cancer survivor.”

“If I was misled, or I was bamboozled on that, I honestly think Tommy Sickler was a cancer survivor,” he continued.

When reminded of his claim that his family member was successfully treated by Mendelsohn, Corsi said: “That’s all I’m going to say. It’s a personal matter.”

Corsi, 72, began raising money for Sickler on June 27, around two months before special counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the former InfoWars correspondent in the Russia probe.

Mueller is interested in Corsi’s links to Trump confidant Roger Stone and WikiLeaks. Corsi claimed Mueller wants him to testify that he was a link between Stone and WikiLeaks, which on Oct. 7, 2016, published emails stolen from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/13/corsi-mueller-doctor-cancer/

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The @DrMendelsohn account feed also suggests it is not operated by an Israeli oncologist. The account has numerous posts touting Q-Anon, a far-right conspiracy theory that claims Trump is a victim of the so-called deep state.

Corsi, who follows the account, has touted Q-Anon’s theories at InfoWars and online. He has more recently disavowed the movement.

Corsi’s webcasts throughout July and August include repeated mentions of both Mendelsohn and Sickler. Corsi updated viewers on Sickler’s progress while praising Mendelsohn’s cutting-edge work. Corsi would later add Sickler as a moderator on his channel’s comment feed, where Mendelsohn was a prominent participant.

“But Dr. Mendelsohn has performed a miracle. As I understand it, Tommy Sickler’s cancer is gone, which is remarkable,” Corsi said during one webcast.

Corsi took a self-imposed hiatus from his show on Aug. 31, days after he was subpoenaed by the Mueller team. He would meet with Mueller’s team for the first time Sept. 6.

He appeared before Mueller’s grand jury twice, on Sept. 21 and Nov. 9. Mueller’s team drafted a plea agreement Nov. 14 that would have required Corsi to admit to making false statements about emails he sent referring to WikiLeaks.

Corsi rejected the plea offer, saying he did not knowingly lie to prosecutors.

Corsi mentioned Sickler and Mendelsohn once more on his show during a return appearance Nov. 5. But he was less effusive of Mendelsohn than he had been in the past and avoided answering a viewer’s request for an update on Sickler. He said he could provide updates on Sickler “when I get a clearance from Dr. Mendelsohn.”

“Dr. Mendelsohn’s been spending a lot of time in Israel, where his practice is centered,” claimed Corsi.

Not much is known about Sickler, who has lived in Alaska and Florida. He is affiliated with Just Circuit LLC, another Florida-based company that helped arrange parties for the gay community. A 2009 lawsuit in Florida identified Sickler as a go-between for a businessman accused of fraud in that case.

Corsi did bring his two worlds — Mendelsohn and the WikiLeaks matter — together in one of his YouTube episodes.

In an Aug. 10 webcast, Corsi said he believed Mendelsohn would be a prime candidate to treat WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is reportedly in poor health in the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

“Dr. Mendelsohn would be the perfect one to get Assange some medical treatment. I’d love to be the one to arrange that,” said Corsi.

PROJECTION

NBC News Legal Analyst: ‘Legally We Already Now Know That the President Has Committed a Felony in Order to Obtain the Office’

Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Daniel Goldman, former assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, weighed in on Michael Cohen cooperating with FBI special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation.

Host Joe Scarborough asked Goldman, who is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, if President Donald Trump could “survive legally.”

Goldman claimed that it is already a known fact that Trump “committed a felony in order to obtain the office of the presidency.”

“I think, legally, we already now know that the president has committed a felony in order to obtain the office of the presidency,” Goldman stated. “He will likely not be charged with that, and in part, he’s not going to be charged because even if he could be, forget about the DOJ policy, Michael Cohen decided not to fully cooperate with the Southern District of New York. So, he’s not a witness available to them right now.

He continued, “And Joe, when you were talking a little bit about Michael Cohen, certainly you have to feel very bad for his family. But what he’s saying doesn’t add up. If he really wanted to get this over with and get back to his family, he would have fully cooperated, agreed to be a witness, agreed to postpone his sentencing so that he could get an even more reduced sentence. And for some unknown reason to us, he is not doing that.”

https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/12/14/nbc-news-legal-analyst-legally-we-already-now-know-that-the-president-has-committed-a-felony-in-order-to-obtain-the-office/

EU Humiliates PM May: Bloc Leaders Vow ‘There Will Be No Renegotiation’ of Brexit Deal

The European Union has humiliated British prime minister Theresa May in Brussels, telling her “there will be no renegotiation” of her Brexit deal.

Mrs May needs Parliament to approve her deal, but had to pull a vote on it after it became apparent that a coalition of left-wing opposition politicians, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which props up her minority administration, Brexiteers in her own party, and even some diehard Remainers would not back it, paving the way for a landslide defeat.

This was followed by her own MPs triggering a vote of no confidence in her leadership — which she survived after promising to step down before the next General Election, but badly damaged, with around a third of her parliamentary party and more than half her backbenchers (MPs who are not on the payroll as government ministers) backing the call to oust her.

She had hoped a whistlestop tour of EU capitals and a summit in Brussels would allow her to secure some sort of legally binding concession on her deal’s contentious “backstop” — which would see Great Britain indefinitely confined to an effectively EU-controlled “single customs territory” and the British province of Northern Ireland economically annexed by the bloc, with no power to end the arrangement unilaterally — but was slapped down in humiliating fashion.

“We don’t want the UK to think there can be any form of renegotiation, that is crystal clear,” announced the European Commission’s unelected head, Jean-Claude Juncker, at a press conference following the summit — as journalists began to release that draft conclusions of the meeting had been amended to delete the passages offering some warm if ultimately substance-free assurances to the British.

“We can add clarifications but no real changes. There will be no legally binding obligations imposed on the [EU by] withdrawal treaty,” he declared.

Juncker also suggested, as Brexiteers have long suspected, that the Remain-voting Prime Minister and her europhile adviser, Olly Robbins, have not really made it clear what they want from Brexit — if anything — telling his audience: “Our UK friends need to say what they want, instead of asking us to say what we want.

“So we would like within a few weeks our UK friends to set out their expectations for us because this debate is sometimes nebulous and imprecise and I would like clarifications.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/14/eu-humiliates-pm-may-bloc-leaders-vow-there-will-be-no-renegotiation-of-brexit-deal/

Smack In Middle Of Trade War, Boeing Opens Its First 737 Plant In China

This headline seems suitable for "The Onion", Boeing to Open Its First 737 Plant in China Under Shadow of a Trade War.

The Chicago-based planemaker will inaugurate its completion and delivery center in Zhoushan, 90 miles southeast of Shanghai, on Saturday, after more than a year of construction. The facility marks a rare industrial foray outside of the U.S. for Boeing and a joint venture with state-owned planemaker Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd.

While the plant was sent in motion before U.S. President Donald Trump was elected, the ribbon-cutting risks being overshadowed by his tit-for-tat on duties with China on products ranging from cars, machinery to pork and soybeans.

About one of every four jets that Boeing builds is bound for China, while the country’s airlines are the biggest buyers of the 737, the manufacturer’s largest source of profit. China is expected to need about 7,700 commercial planes over the next two decades to connect an increasingly mobile middle class. That represents a $1 trillion market opportunity for Boeing, Airbus SE and homegrown rivals like Comac.

Boeing, the largest U.S. exporter, has urged both governments to resolve their trade differences and protect aerospace, which generates about an $80 billion annual trade surplus for the U.S.

Love Affair Ending?

On October 19, Bloomberg asked Is This Chinese Love-In With Boeing About to End?

A Chinese airline that’s been an exclusive operator of Boeing Co. jets for more than 30 years is in talks with Airbus SE on a potential plane purchase, amid growing trade tensions between Beijing and the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.

Should it come off, an Airbus purchase would be a blow to Boeing, which secured Xiamen last year as a launch customer for the latest variant of its best-selling 737 Max plane, a direct competitor to the longest range A320. It also highlights the risks of U.S. President Donald Trump’s high-stakes effort to curtail China’s rise as a global economic rival.

Clearly the love affair did not end, but Boeing held a threat card on the US that I have mentioned on numerous occasions. And that's on top of soybeans. Playing that card would have hurt China too, but China would have done it.

Harley Davidson Should Never Be Built in Another Country

A Harley-Davidson should never be built in another country-never! Their employees and customers are already very angry at them. If they move, watch, it will be the beginning of the end - they surrendered, they quit! The Aura will be gone and they will be taxed like never before!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2018

Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas. Great! Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 12, 2018

So here we are. Trump cheers the demise of Harley Davidson for opening a plant in Europe but is strangely silent on a multi-billion dollar Boeing move to China.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/69738/smack-in-middle-of-trade-war-boeing-opens-its-first-737-plant-in.html

British yellow vests start protesting and say they will bring more cities to a standstill

The British Yellow Vests who brought Central London to a halt Friday with a flash protest have told Politicalite they plan to bring even more cities to a standstill.

The group which was made up of around 60 protesters stopped traffic and demanded action this morning on Westminster Bridge chanting: “What do we want? Brexit! When do we want it? NOW!” before Met Police arrived.

James Goddard who was part of the protest this morning on Westminster Bridge just yards away from the British Parliament told us that “this is just the start.”

“We wanna see people out on the streets challenging the political class,” said James. “We’re gonna bring even more cities to a standstill, We all need to start doing this”

“There’s no funding, there’s no leader or political affiliation, this is real people taking action, without the help of people who are high up.”

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/12/british-yellow-vests-start-protesting-and-say-they-will-bring-more-cities-to-a-standstill/

Europe cannot continue this way, we need to Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! – Italian MEP

Angelo Ciocca, a MEP of the Italian Lega party, called on Europeans to wake up after the Strasbourg terror attack.

“There are some responsibilities that one continues to not want to see, but there are some deep responsibilities. I really can’t accept this line of saying: ‘We have to go forward.’ No, we cannot go forward with errors. We cannot go forward with the mistakes,” Ciocca said in the European Parliament.

Later he says we can’t continue this way and adds: “Everyone…” I say , “Everyone: Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! I join the protest, and I say, “Wake up! Wake up!”

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/12/europe-cannot-continue-this-way-we-need-to-wake-up-wake-up-wake-up-italian-mep/

Syria condemns "illegal excavations" by U.S., France, Turkey in northern Syria

The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned what it called the "illegal excavations" in historic sites in northern Syria by the United States, France and Turkey, state news agency SANA reported.

The excavations are being carried out in the northern cities of Manbij and Afrin in Aleppo Province as well as in ancient sites in the northern cities of Idlib, Hasakah and Raqqa.

The ministry said it has information that the illegal excavation work has been increased in the areas where the aforementioned forces have a presence and a clout over local militia groups.

"These actions represent a new war crime added to the crimes committed against the Syrian people and the Syrian heritage," said the ministry, adding that the looting of artifacts is part of the scheme to destroy the cultural heritage and historic identity of Syria.

The ministry, meanwhile, urged the UNESCO to condemn these "violations" and expose the sides standing behind it.

The ministry's statement comes a day after Syrian Director General of Museums and Antiquities Mahmoud Hammoud charged that the United States, France and allied Kurdish militia are carrying out illegal excavations in ancient sites in northern Syria.

"The excavations, looting and robbery are also taking place in the archaeological tombs in the eastern side of Manbij," Hammoud said.

The official described these acts as "crimes and a violation of the Syrian sovereignty," noting that the museum and antiquities department in Syria is communicating with international organizations to condemn the violations of the Syrian cultural heritage.

"We hope that the Syrian army would return peace and security to all those areas soon because it's the only force capable of protecting our heritage," he said.

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-12/11/c_137664599.htm

Nancy Pelosi's vineyard makes her fourth-richest Californian in Congress

It can be an odd thing having Nancy Pelosi as your next-door neighbor.

Especially when the House minority leader and her husband open up their bucolic Northern California estate and vineyard on the banks of the Napa River to the likes of Google's Eric Schmidt, wealthy environmental activist Tom Steyer and Gov. Jerry Brown.

"When all the black SUVs are circling around the property — like planes gathering over O'Hare Airport — that is when you know they are here," Susanna Kelham, who owns a winery next to the Pelosi property in St. Helena, told the Los Angeles Times.

That was the scene last year when Pelosi hosted a dinner at the couple's sprawling estate and vineyard about 65 miles north of Pelosi's San Francisco district to close out a two-day conference in the wine country for political heavyweights.

Such is life for the fourth-richest Californian in Congress.

The Democrat has a minimum net worth of $29.3 million, according to an analysis of her financial disclosure forms compiled by Roll Call. The Los Angeles Times is using the data and for the first time is listing every asset and liability disclosed by the 55 members of the state's congressional delegation.

Financial disclosure rules allow lawmakers to report broad ranges for the value of both their assets and liabilities starting at $1 to $1,000 and ending with any value greater than $50 million. Precise figures are not required. Roll Call calculated minimum net worth by subtracting the minimum value of liabilities from the minimum value of assets disclosed.

The Pelosi estate on Zinfandel Lane, for example, is valued between $5,000,001 and $25 million, according to the records the congresswoman filed with the House clerk's office for calendar year 2014. A description of the property posted on its architect's website says it was inspired by Palladian villas and boasts a guesthouse and a "Z" shaped pool.

The estate is not just for show. The couple also collects between $5,001 and $15,000 in income from the sale of grapes grown at the vineyard. A spokesman for Pelosi did not say who the grapes were sold to or for what purpose.

"The disclosure says grape sales," said spokesman Drew Hammill. "That's the only information available."

An official with the California Department of Food and Agriculture was similarly coy, writing in an email that information about grape sales is "considered proprietary and is protected by statute."

The Napa County Planning Commission gave the Pelosi family the OK in 2005 to operate a 5,000-gallon-a-year winery with weekly tastings, said Napa County Deputy Planning Director John McDowell.

But the Pelosis have yet to build a full-fledged winery on the property. "They did enough to activate the permit," he said. "The ball is in their court to pursue the rest of the construction project."

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-richest-nancy-pelosi-vineyard-story.html

How Nancy Pelosi Has Earned Millions as She Aims to Be Speaker of the House Once More

See how Nancy Pelosi made millions as Democrats take the House.

After the historic 2018 midterm elections, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is the frontrunner to return to the role of speaker of the House of Representatives.

As a couple, Pelosi and her husband have a combined net worth between -$58.7 million and $72.1 million

Until 1987, the career politician worked in unpaid roles.

On Nov. 6, Democrats played offense in their political battle to control Congress. Although they didn’t achieve their midterm election goal of Senate control, they claimed another victory when they seized a comfortable majority in the House of Representatives by controlling 222 seats to the Republicans’ 199 seats, with more races still to be decided.

Now that Democrats hold the majority, Rep. Nancy Pelosi is likely to reassume the role of speaker of the House of Representatives — though that depends on the results of the final vote in January — replacing Rep. Paul Ryan in the process. This election saw many firsts, like the first Native American woman and the first Muslim woman elected to Congress. GOBankingRates explored the life and fortune of Nancy Pelosi, the first woman speaker of the House when she served from 2007 to 2011 in this high-paying position.

Birthdate: March 26, 1940

Net Worth: -$58.7 million to $72.1 million

Primary Sources of Income: U.S. congressional salary

Career Highlights: First woman speaker of the House of Representatives

Find Out: Is Your Representative One of the 10 Poorest People in Congress?

Nancy Pelosi Net Worth: -$58.7 million to $72.1 million

As the veteran congresswoman representing California’s 12th District, Pelosi is rooted in politics. The daughter of Baltimore’s former mayor and five-term Maryland congressman, Pelosi’s political ambitions began while she was an unpaid intern for a Democratic senator in 1962.

With over a half-century of experience as a civil servant, Pelosi had unpaid roles until she was elected to Congress in 1987. The financial disclosures provided to congress reveals a broad range of potential values for Pelosi and her husband’s combined net worth. Reporting assets with a range of values from $20.3 million and $89.1 million — and debts of $17 million to $79.1 million — the couple could be anywhere from nearly $60 million in debt to over $70 million in the black.

But Congressional news site Roll Call pegs her net worth $16 million — good for the 30th-richest member of the current congress.

https://www.gobankingrates.com/net-worth/politicians/nancy-pelosi-net-worth/

NATO to Provide Secure Comms Equipment to Kiev Before 2019 – Stoltenberg

NATO is going to deliver secure communications equipment for the Ukrainian army before the end of this year, the alliance’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated.

"NATO provides Ukraine with strong political and strong practical support. This includes around 40 million euros pledged by allies for NATO-Ukraine trust funds. One such trust fund is helping Ukraine improve command, control and communications. And today I told president Poroshenko that we will deliver secure communications equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the end of this year," Stoltenberg said after the talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

The secretary-general pointed out that NATO had stepped up its presence in the Black Sea because of alleged Russian aggression against Ukraine and would continue to assess its activities in the area.

Stoltenberg noted that NATO recognized Ukraine's aspiration to join the alliance, praised significant progress of the Ukrainian reforms and called on Kiev to continue these efforts.

"We want your country to succeed and we are committed to helping you to do so," the secretary general said.

He also said that the further escalation of tensions in the Sea of Azov would not be in line with interests of any of the actors in the region.

"Escalation would be in no one's interests now," Stoltenberg added.

The secretary-general has commented on the situation in the Black Sea region that escalated on November 25, when three ships of the Ukrainian Navy — Berdyansk, Nikopol, and Yany Kapu — breached the Russian border, entered Russian territorial waters that were temporarily closed and began moving toward the Kerch Strait, which serves as the entrance into the Sea of Azov. The Ukrainian vessels and their crew were detained by Russia after failing to respond to a lawful demand to stop.

In response to the incident, Poroshenko signed a decree declaring martial law in several Ukrainian regions located near the Russian border, and the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the incident was a provocation prepared in advance as a pretext to introduce martial law. Putin said the provocation could be linked to Poroshenko's low approval ratings ahead of the presidential campaign set to start in late December.

https://sputniknews.com/world/201812131070658521-nato-ukraine-equipment/

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'Facebook Apple and Disney'

So if Pelosi has profited off FB and Apple and is part owner and they are censoring her political opponents why is nothing done about this CRIME?

Egyptian President: Migration is NOT a human right

Egypt’s President Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi recently spoke at a forum, where he in plain language told those who have moved or want to move to Europe.

“If you go to another country, you must follow their laws and culture, if not, don’t go there”, he said.

In November, al-Sisi attended the World Youth Forum in Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt. He was asked how he sees the fact that several European countries are now closing the door to those who want to migrate to Europe.

His answer was clear:

“Instead of asking me why Europe closes the door to us, you should ask why people in Afghanistan don’t take better care of their country. The same applies to Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Yemen and Somalia.”

He finds it unreasonable that people from these countries expect the West to just open their door and welcome them. People who often do not even want to be integrated into society, but instead maintain their cultures and past working morals, which are very different from the Western world’s.

“You demand to migrate with your culture which, from your side, is not the least negotiable to change. You say this is who we are and you must accept us on the basis of human rights.”

“If you migrate to another country as a guest, then you should completely follow their laws, ways, traditions and culture.

“If you are not willing to do that, you should not migrate. You cannot expect the countries to open their doors and allow you to come in and change and create problems”, he concluded.

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/12/egyptian-president-migration-is-not-a-human-right/

Nancy Pelosi’s Fortune Explodes

16 Jun, 2011

One of the perks of power is that it can help you grow your fortune. For example, take Nancy Pelosi:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year, cementing her status as one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

Pelosi was worth at least $35.2 million in the 2010 calendar year, according to a financial disclosure report released Wednesday. She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets and about $8.2 milion in liabilities.

For 2009, Pelosi reported a minimum net worth of $21.7 million. …

Pelosi saw her wealth rise due to some stock gains and real estate investments made by her husband, Paul.

It’s helpful to have a seat at the table, so that you know where to invest. Once you’ve invested, power helps you assure that nothing bad happens to the companies you’re invested in.

Despite her quasi-Marxist politics, there is no indication that Nasty will be spreading all that wealth of hers around. That’s what our wealth is for.

https://rightwingnews.com/democrats/nancy-pelosis-fortune-explodes/

Ukraine Wants Nuclear Weapons: Will the West Bow to the Regime in Kiev?

Efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation are one of the few issues on which the great powers agree, intending to continue to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and to prevent new entrants into the exclusive nuclear club.

The former Ukrainian envoy to NATO, Major General Petro Garashchuk, recently stated in an interview with Obozrevatel TV:

“I’ll say it once more. We have the ability to develop and produce our own nuclear weapons, currently available in the world, such as the one that was built in the former USSR and which is now in independent Ukraine, located in the city of Dnipro (former Dnipropetrovsk) that can produce these kinds of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Neither the United States, nor Russia, nor China have produced a missile named Satan … At the same time, Ukraine does not have to worry about international sanctions when creating these nuclear weapons.”

The issue of nuclear weapons has always united the great powers, especially following the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The decision to reduce the number of nuclear weapons towards the end of the Cold War went hand in hand with the need to prevent the spread of such weapons of mass destruction to other countries in the best interests of humanity. During the final stages of the Cold War, the scientific community expended great effort on impressing upon the American and Soviet leadership how a limited nuclear exchange would wipe out humanity. Moscow and Washington thus began START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) negotiations to reduce the risk of a nuclear winter. Following the dissolution of the USSR, the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances persuaded Ukraine to relinquish its nuclear weapons and accede to the NPT in exchange for security assurances from its signatories.

Ukraine has in recent years begun entertaining the possibility of returning to the nuclear fold, especially in light of North Korea’s recent actions. Kim Jong-un’s lesson seems to be that a nuclear deterrent remains the only way of guaranteeing complete protection against a regional hegemon. The situation in Ukraine, however, differs from that of North Korea, including in terms of alliances and power relations. Kiev’s government came into power as a result of a coup d’etat carried out by extremist nationalist elements who seek their inspiration from Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. The long arm of NATO has always been deeply involved in the dark machinations that led to Poroshenko’s ascendency to the Ukrainian presidency. From a geopolitical point of view, NATO’s operation in Ukraine (instigating a civil war in the wake of a coup) follows in the footsteps of what happened in Georgia. NATO tends to organize countries with existing anti-Russia sentiments to channel their Russophobia into concrete actions that aim to undermine Moscow. The war in the Donbass is a prime example.

However, Ukraine has been unable to subdue the rebels in the Donbass region, the conflict freezing into a stalemate and the popularity of the Kiev government falling as the population’s quality of life experiences a precipitous decline. The United States and the European Union have not kept their promises, leaving Poroshenko desperate and tempted to resort to provocations like the recent Kerch strait incident or such as those that are apparently already in the works, as recently reported by the DPR authorities.

https://southfront.org/ukraine-wants-nuclear-weapons-will-the-west-bow-to-the-regime-in-kiev/