FIRST ONE IN: Elizabeth Warren Announces Her Candidacy For 2020 Presidential Nomination

First major candidate to jump in race

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has announced her candidacy for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

On Monday morning, Warren, 69, sent an email to her supporters proclaiming her intention to create an exploratory committee; that will permit her to raise funds for her presidential bid and hire staff as well. Warren also released a video introducing her candidacy.

In the video, Warren states, “I’ve spent my career getting to the bottom of why America’s promise works for some families, but others, who work just as hard, slip through the cracks into disaster. And what I’ve found is terrifying: these aren’t cracks families are falling into, they’re traps. America’s middle class is under attack. But this dark path doesn’t have to be our future. We can make our democracy work for all of us. We can make our economy work for all of us.”

The New York Times reports that Warren will visit early-voting states in the near future. The Times admits that Warren’s record as a senator shows that her efforts have largely been futile, writing, “Ms. Warren is not known for shepherding major legislation successfully through Congress, though Democrats were never in control of both chambers during her time there.” Warren also has a jaundiced view of American power; in a foreign policy speech at American University in November, she opined, “Whether our leaders recognize it or not, after years as the world’s lone superpower, the United States is entering a new period of competition. Democracy is running headlong into the ideologies of nationalism, authoritarianism and corruption.”

Possibly to fend off challenges from two black senators who are likely candidates for the 2020 nomination, Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), Warren reached out to non-white voters in her video, stating, “Working families today face a lot tougher path than my family did, and families of color face a path that is steeper and rockier; a path made even harder by the impact of generations of discrimination.”

Warding off challenges by Bernie Sanders and others who utilize class-warfare tactics, Warren resorts to her usual attacks on wealthy Americans in the video, stating, “America’s middle class is under attack. How did we get here? Billionaires and big corporations decided they wanted more of the pie, and they enlisted politicians to cut ‘em a fatter slice. They crippled unions so no one could stop them.” Then the video cuts to President Reagan, saying to cheers, “We’re going to run the bull loose.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/39798/first-one-elizabeth-warren-announces-her-candidacy-hank-berrien

US ‘slowing things down’ on troop withdrawal from Syria – top senator

The US troop withdrawal from Syria needs a “pause” in order to protect the Kurds,

the potential interests of Israel,

and to prevent Iran from scoring a big win in Syria, a top GOP senator has said.

The withdrawal of the US military from the country is currently in a “pause situation,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R- SC) told reporters on Monday after having lunch with President Trump at the White House.

“We talked about Syria. He told me some things I didn’t know that made me feel a lot better about where we’re headed in Syria,” said Graham, who is an outspoken critic of Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria.

I think we’re slowing things down in a smart way.

Earlier this month, Trump announced his decision to withdraw the US contingent – believed to be some 2,000-strong – from Syria, yet again claiming victory over Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). Graham believes the group was not actually defeated and the president promised to destroy it again.

“He promised to destroy ISIS. He’s going to keep that promise. We’re not there yet,” said the senator.

Apart from that, Trump is “worried” about the “potential dangers to Israel,” and will work with Ankara to ensure that “we don’t have a war between the Turks and our allies the Kurds,” Graham revealed.

“We still have some differences but I will tell you that the president is thinking long and hard about Syria – how to withdraw our forces but at the same time achieve our national security interests, which are to make sure ISIS is destroyed, they never come back. That our allies – the Kurds – are protected and that Iran doesn’t become the big winner of our leaving,” he said.

Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw from Syria has drawn bipartisan ire, as well as triggering a warmongering meltdown in the media. Graham himself has demanded hearings on the Syria move, as well as on Trump’s decision to scale down the US military presence in Afghanistan.

https://www.rt.com/news/447810-us-syria-withdrawal-graham/

Merkel urges more tolerance and refers to two World Wars in New Year’s address

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her New Year’s address that the country has great challenges concerning climate change, immigration and the fight against terrorism.

The chancellor warned these challenges cannot be mastered by countries alone.

“For our own interests, we want to solve all these questions, and we can do that best when we also take into consideration the interests of others,” Merkel said.

According to her, “that is the lesson from two world wars of the last century”. “But this conviction is no longer shared today by everyone, and certainties of international cooperation are coming under pressure,” she added.

“If we stick together and work with others across borders (..) More and more, however, it is also about the style of our interaction, about our values: openness, tolerance and respect.”

“In such a situation, we must again stand up for, argue and fight more strongly for our convictions,” Merkel said. “And we must take on more responsibility in our own interests.”

https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/12/merkel-urges-more-tolerance-and-refers-to-two-world-wars-in-new-years-address/

US citizen detained in Moscow on suspicion of espionage - FSB

A criminal investigation into espionage has been launched against the US citizen

MOSCOW, December 31. /TASS/. Russia’s Federal Security Service has detained US citizen Paul Whelan in Moscow on suspicion of espionage, the public relations center said on Monday.

"On December 28, 2018 staff members of the Russian Federal Security Service detained US citizen Paul Whelan in Moscow while on a spy mission," the center said.

A criminal investigation into espionage has been launched against the US citizen.

If found guilty, he faces between 10 and 20 years in jail.

http://tass.com/emergencies/1038698

Benalla confirms post-sacking contact with Macron, says powerful people make president do ‘BULLS**T’

Alexandre Benalla, ex-aide of Emmanuel Macron, says he kept in touch with his former boss for months after his dismissal, challenging claims made by the presidency that all contact with him had been severed.

Macron talked to Benalla on the Telegram messenger app, discussing various topics related to statecraft, the ousted aide told Mediapart in an interview on Sunday.

“We talk about different topics, it's often like ‘how do you see things?’ It can be about Yellow Vests, about this-and-that, and about security issues,” he stated, adding that all the “exchanges are on my mobile phone” and it will be very hard for the Elysee to further deny it.

Moreover, the conversations were actually initiated by Macron himself and other members of the administration, Benalla claimed, adding that the communication continued up to the recent scandal over his use of diplomatic passports.

I could have slammed the door and moved on, but they’ve kept asking, so I kept answering.

While Benalla was arguably the main source of scandals and embarrassment for the Macron administration over the past year, the aide insisted that he was actually a good guy, caring for the president.

“I am an outsider who wishes well to the guy [Macron] who trusted him,” Benalla stated. “It disturbs a certain number of people, who are powerful and who act as if the president was under curatorship. They make him do phenomenal bulls**t.”

Benalla first came under the media spotlight when he was caught on tape while getting up-close and personal with protesters during demonstrations in Paris on May 1. The senior official was sporting a riot police helmet, armband and appeared to be “helping” law enforcement in beating up the demonstrators. Benalla was eventually fired in July, as the government faced accusations of trying to sweep the whole affair under the rug.

The ex-aide’s name returned to headlines this month, when it emerged that he toured Africa ahead of Macron’s visit. Benalla arrived in Chad weeks before his former boss on a private jet and met with the President Idriss Déby and his brother Oumar Déby – who leads the Directorate-General of Strategic Reserves handling arms deals.

https://www.rt.com/news/447820-benalla-contact-with-macron/

Could this guy be a MB handler???

Bill Gates Reminds People Solar And Wind Alone Won’t Solve Climate Change

Bill Gates, writing in a year-end blog post, shot down the idea that renewable energy alone can sufficiently reduce carbon emissions and address the world’s fight against climate change.

“Some people think we have all the tools we need, and that driving down the cost of renewables like solar and wind solves the problem,” the business magnate wrote Saturday in Gates Notes, his personal blog site. “But solar and wind are intermittent sources of energy, and we are unlikely to have super-cheap batteries anytime soon that would allow us to store sufficient energy for when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.”

Instead, the founder of Microsoft touted the potential of nuclear technology.

“Next year I will speak out more about how the U.S. needs to regain its leading role in nuclear power research,” he wrote. “Nuclear is ideal for dealing with climate change, because it is the only carbon-free, scalable energy source that’s available 24 hours a day.”

The famous business magnate recognized the promise of nuclear energy for a long time.

Gates is the founder of TerraPower, a nuclear reactor design company. TerraPower is working on an advanced nuclear reactor that would help innovate industry. The company was planning to build a demonstration reactor in China, but the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese attempts to use U.S. civilian nuclear technology for military purposes made TerraPower’s plans unlikely. Gates hopes he can launch a pilot project in the U.S. instead.

TerraPower’s goals, however, could lead the nuclear industry to develop advanced, smaller scale technology on a commercial level. Such an endeavor could be a game-changer for the U.S. nuclear fleet — which has been beleaguered in recent years as it competes with cheap natural gas and subsidy-backed renewable energy. Nuclear plants across the country are closing down, leading environmentalists to worry about a rise in greenhouse gas emissions and industry professionals concerned over grid reliability.

“Unfortunately, America is no longer the global leader on nuclear energy that it was 50 years ago. To regain this position, it will need to commit new funding, update regulations, and show investors that it’s serious,” Gates continued in his blog.

This isn’t the first time Gates criticized the idea of a renewables-only approach to reducing carbon emissions. The billionaire philanthropist told Axios in November the people who believe solar and wind are the only solutions to fighting climate change are just as bad as the people who deny progress altogether.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/30/bill-gates-renewable-energy/

Abortion Leading Cause of Death in 2018 with 41 Million Killed

Abortion was the number one cause of death worldwide in 2018, with more than 41 million children killed before birth, Worldometers reports.

As of December 31, 2018, there have been some 41.9 million abortions performed in the course of the year, Worldometers revealed. By contrast, 8.2 million people died from cancer in 2018, 5 million from smoking, and 1.7 million died of HIV/AIDS.

Worldometers — voted one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association (ALA) — keeps a running tally through the year of major world statistics, including population, births, deaths, automobiles produced, books published, and CO2 emissions.

It also records the total number of abortions in the world, based on the latest statistics on abortions published by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Globally, just under a quarter of all pregnancies (23 percent) were ended by abortion in 2018, and for every 33 live births, ten infants were aborted.

There were more deaths from abortion in 2018 than all deaths from cancer, malaria, HIV/AIDS, smoking, alcohol, and traffic accidents combined.

The staggering number of deaths from abortion, in fact, has led certain observers to call abortion “the social justice cause of our time,” since judging from the sheer magnitude of the problem other human rights issues pale in comparison.

The year 2018 also saw the repeal of Ireland’s Eighth Amendment, one of the last laws recognizing and protecting the right to life of unborn children.

Last week, the UK Department of Health revealed that in 2017 — the last year for which it has revised abortion statistics — the number of UK abortions hit a 10-year high.

The figures were released just before the Christian celebration of the Feast of the Holy Innocents on December 28, commemorating the decree by King Herod that all male children in Israel under the age of two were to be killed.

The annual March for Life in the United States will take place in Washington, D.C., on January 18, 2019 with the theme “Unique from Day One.”

The stated purpose of the march is to end abortion by “uniting, educating, and mobilizing pro-life people in the public square.”

The annual march commemorates the January 22, 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that invalidated 50 state laws and made abortion legal and available on demand throughout the United States.

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2018/12/31/abortion-leading-cause-of-death-in-2018-with-41-million-killed/

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>>4536001 US citizen detained in Moscow on suspicion of espionage - FSB

Newly declassified docs reveal former PM Major’s mooted Europe vote

Former British Prime Minister John Major and his cabinet considered holding an EU referendum in 1994 but could not agree on the wording of the questions to put to the public, according to newly released records.

While it falls short of a potential Brexit-from-the-past, the recently released government records relating to the year 1994 show yet another example of British governments struggling to get to grips the complexity of the European Union. Major served as prime minister from November 28 1990 to May 2 1997.

“Suggestions had been made that referenda should be held on two issues, the 1996 intergovernmental conference and adoption of a single currency,” the newly declassified documents from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Office read.

Even relatively straightforward topics, such as the reasoning behind the use of the term ‘European Union’ instead of ‘European Community’ was described as “clear as mud” in handwritten notes from a Foreign Office document.

Major and his officials moved to block and contain a rising tide of euroskepticism, championed by none other than his predecessor Margaret Thatcher, who described the EU as “an enormous and unacceptable transfer of responsibility away from national parliaments.” Major’s aides even went so far as rewriting some of Thatcher’s speeches to counter her particular spin, it has been revealed.

‘Email is a fad’

Among other revelations from the latest tranche of declassified documents, were Major’s skepticism towards email communication. Downing St. only developed digital infrastructure to avoid lagging behind the US, despite viewing email as a passing fad.

https://www.rt.com/uk/447605-declassified-papers-john-major-euroskepticism/

>>4536124

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U.S. Ambassador: Trade Agreement ‘Not Possible’ with May’s Brexit Deal

U.S. Ambassador to the UK Woody Johnson has said that a “quick, very massive” American-British bilateral trade deal “doesn’t look like it would be possible” if MPs support Prime Minister Theresa May’s EU Withdrawal Agreement in the New Year.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday, Ambassador Johnson said that the deal President Donald Trump described as a “great deal for the EU,” would likely hinder a free trade agreement, saying, “It doesn’t look like it would be possible.”

Asked whether he though ministers and the prime minister understand what is at stake by tying the UK to the EU through the Withdrawal Agreement and prioritising a trade deal with the bloc, the American diplomat said, “I think they do understand, but there is a trade-off and… they are going to have to measure the impact of all the other trade deals and in terms of how important these kinds of new, important trade agreements would benefit the people and the country.”

Ambassador Johnson has raised before the possibility of Mrs May’s soft Brexit plans scuppering what U.S. officials hope will be “cutting edge” free trade agreement — although Ambassador Johnson maintained Monday that President Trump is still looking forward to doing a “quick, very massive bilateral trade deal” that would take the UK into “an exciting future.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/31/u-s-ambassador-bilateral-trade-agreement-not-possible-mays-deal/

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No one is going to recent events thread. NOT happening Well discussed during nightshift with the BV.

WE ARE NOT DIVIDING THE MOVEMENT.

As pointed out yesterday news unlocks the map so it's vital it's noted if notable of course. Pic related.

COMPED CHURCH

Church of England Demands UK Welcome Illegal Boat Migrants: ‘Everyone is Precious’

Asserting that “every person is precious”, the Church of England has urged Britain to welcome the boatloads of illegal migrants crossing the Channel.

As ministers called on the Home Office to take action against an unprecedented influx of boats carrying migrants from the third world, the bishop of Dover told the Observer it was “crucial that we all remember that we are dealing with human beings here”.

Speaking with the backing of the church, the newspaper reports, the Rt Rev Trevor Willmott said: “Across the nation, we have been celebrating the season of hope and goodwill as we remember Christ’s birth — let’s not forget so soon that every person is precious.”

With well over 100 migrants having broken into Britain by boat in recent weeks, the majority of whom reportedly hail from Iran, Home Secretary Sajid Javid on Friday declared a “major incident” in English waters, cutting short his Christmas break abroad to respond to the issue.

He said on Saturday: “The situation in the Channel is of grave concern, with people gambling their lives in reckless attempts to reach the UK in unsafe boats and treacherous conditions.

“It is vital we strike a balance between protecting them and protecting our borders, ensuring we do not encourage more people to make this dangerous journey.”

Labour and the Liberal Democrats have been fierce critics of attempts by the Conservative government to crack down on illegal immigration.

With both parties fierce critics of attempts by the Conservative government to crack down on illegal immigration, the response from Labour and the Liberal Democrats to the surging activity of criminal gangs ferrying people across the English Channel has been to demand ministers establish new routes via which taxpayer cash is used to import migrants directly from the third world.

Even though more than 10,000 Syrians having been flown into the UK under government resettlement programmes in the last few years, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Ed Davey claimed that the only way to tackle illegal immigration is for Britain to “ensure safe routes to sanctuary in Britain for those forced out of their homes, whether by war in Syria or persecution in Iran”.

With hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria having left Turkey and returned home following recent military operations, Syrian women have urged Europe and other Western nations who granted asylum to young men from the Middle Eastern nation to “kick them out” and send them back to rebuild their homeland, as Breitbart London reported last week.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/31/church-england-welcome-boat-migrants/

Attorney general given extra security as he weighs indicting PM — report

Israeli TV says decision to boost protection for Mandelblit made in light of intel possessed by police; friend of AG says he revealed desecration of his father’s grave

The security detail of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has been boosted in recent weeks, Israeli television reported Friday, as he weighs whether to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption probes.

The decision to provide Mandelblit with additional security was made after an assessment by the Israel Police and Justice Ministry in light of intelligence information they possessed, Channel 10 news said.

It did not detail the intelligence or if there were specific threats.

Mandelblit was first given a bodyguard two years ago, according to the network, due to weekly protests by left-wing demonstrators outside his home calling for him to press charges against Netanyahu.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/attorney-general-given-extra-security-as-he-weighs-indicting-pm-report/

Donald Trump: Get the United States Out of ‘NEVER ENDING WARS’

President Donald Trump responded on Monday to criticism of his decision to withdraw troops from Syria.

“If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero,” the president wrote on Twitter.

Trump reminded critics of his foreign policy that he campaigned on: getting the United States out of prolonged conflicts in the Middle East.

“I campaigned against the NEVER ENDING WARS, remember!” he wrote, noting that he wanted American soldiers to return home to their families.

Trump ridiculed the criticism his decision was getting.

“It is Fake News and Pundits who have FAILED for years that are doing the complaining,” he wrote. “If I stayed in Endless Wars forever, they would still be unhappy!”

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/31/donald-trump-get-united-states-out-never-ending-wars/

American Legion Joins VFW in Calling for Congressional Investigation of Israel's Attack on USS Liberty.

Due to the persistence of surviving crew members and the continual emergence of new revelations, the national veteran's group American Legion has passed Resolution 40 calling for Congress to "publicly, impartially, and thoroughly" investigate the attack by Israel on an American ship in 1967, in which 34 American sailors were killed and hundreds of others were wounded. The resolution comes despite a veil of government secrecy which keeps key documents on the attack classified more than 50 years later. [NSA USS Liberty documents]

https://hubpages.com/politics/American-Legion-Joins-VFW-in-Calling-for-Congressional-USS-Liberty-Investigation

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The Day Israel Attacked America

Taliban Says It Conducted Over 10,000 Attacks On Foreign, Pro-Government Forces In 2018

On December 31, the Taliban released an official statement summing up its claims on results of attacks across the country. According to the Taliban, its members:

carried out 10,638 attacks, including 31 suicide attacks;

killed 249 US and other foreign troops and injured 153 others;

killed 22,594 troops, intelligence operatives, commandos and police officers loyal to the Kabul government and injured 14,063 others;

destroyed 3,613 vehicles and shot down 26 aircraft, including 8 UAVs, 17 helicopters of foreign and internal forces and a cargo plane;

captured 29 district administration centers.

The movement also claimed that a total of 61 districts along with their administration centers are in its hands. The list is below:

https://southfront.org/taliban-says-it-conducted-over-10000-attacks-on-foreign-pro-government-forces-in-2018/

Thousands of Swedes are inserting microchips under their skin

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (ENEX / TV2 Denmark / CBS Newspath) - Many of us have a wallet full of plastic cards, credit cards, travel cards, membership card for fitness center and so on.

It can be difficult to keep track of all the cards so four thousand Swedes have replaced one or more of the cards with a microchip – which has been shot under the skin in their hand.

The chip is about the same size as one of the legs on a normal plug and you choose where you want the chip to be put. Typically, it is placed between the forefinger and the thumb – where you have a little slack skin.

The chip can in principle replace all the cards you want.

https://local12.com/news/around-the-web/thousands-of-swedes-are-inserting-microchips-under-their-skin-sweden-cincinnati-news-chip-computer-track

Top 10 reasons your child has frequent headaches, abdominal pain, ADHD, allergies, skin problems, weight problems, and mental health issues

#1. Consuming too many concentrated salts, including MSG, nitrates, soy protein isolates

#2. Eating high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and processed junk foods that contain known chemical pesticides

#3. Consuming food, drinks and candy that’s artificially colored with industrial-based chemical food dyes (the numbered blues, reds, and yellows)

#4. Ingesting synthetic, chemical sweeteners that are genetically modified and made in laboratories (think of aspartame and sucralose here)

#5. Eating conventional gluten that clogs their intestines and contains glyphosate, toxic conditioners, and chemical-based preservatives

#6. Drinking soda, energy drinks, and sports beverages that contain phosphoric acid, sugar, artificial sweeteners, and high doses of caffeine

#7. Drinking fluoridated water from the tap, at home or from water fountains at school (lowers IQ and causes ADHD)

#8. Getting unnecessary, experimental vaccines (that includes most of them) and flu shots

#9. Taking SSRI “psyche meds,” highly addictive opium-based painkillers, and ADD/ADHD prescription pharmaceuticals that increase anxiety, depression and “hopelessness” feelings, including suicidal tendencies

#10. Eating school breakfasts and lunches that are heavily processed and void of nutrition

https://govtslaves.info/2018/12/31/top-10-reasons-your-child-has-frequent-headaches-abdominal-pain-adhd-allergies-skin-problems-weight-problems-and-mental-health-issues/

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>>4536620

fuck off dipshit calling me newfag ffs