NEW STATEMENT From Assange Legal Team on Today’s U.S. Interrogation of Ecuadorian Diplomats

The WikiLeaks legal team has provided The Gateway Pundit with a new statement asserting that Ecuador allowing the U.S. interrogation of Ecuadorian diplomats is “unscrupulous, lawless behavior” that “is entirely contrary to international norms on refugee protection and press freedoms.”

On Friday, U.S. investigators in Quito began questioning six staff members from the Ecuadorian embassy in London who were stationed there during Assange’s stay as a political refugee. The interrogations are based on a planted fake story in the Guardian claiming that Julian Assange held secret meetings with Paul Manafort in the embassy from 2013 to 2016.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/new-statement-from-assange-legal-team-on-todays-u-s-interrogation-of-ecuadorian-diplomats/

What Happened? Michael Cohen Spotted in New York With a Black Eye, Arm in a Sling

Trump’s former lawyer-turned-rat Michael Cohen was spotted returning to his Manhattan apartment Friday with a black eye, his arm in a sling and a bandage on his hand.

It appears Michael Cohen also had a hospital ID band on his wrist – what happened?

The Daily Mail reported:

Longtime Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen returned to his Manhattan apartment Friday after suffering some kind of physical injury – with his arm appearing to be in a sling on a day President Trump and his team once again branded him a liar.

Cohen could be seen Friday with his left arm covered, hanging in a sling, while sporting a possible black eye. His right hand had a small bandage of the kind used to cover a small wound by an IV.

He also wore a red identification of the kind distributed by hospitals.

Cohen’s representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about his condition or what happened.

Michael Cohen made headlines late Thursday night after BuzzFeed published a ridiculous article claiming Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress.

The BuzzFeed story fell apart by Friday morning after the two journalists who wrote the piece admitted they never even saw the underlying report to back up their claims.

Cohen was sentenced to 36 months in prison for lying to Congress and other charges related to his taxi medallion company in December and will report to prison on March 6th.

In the meantime, Cohen is ‘helping Mueller’ turn the screws on President Trump.

President Trump blasted Michael Cohen on Friday morning and accused him of “lying to reduce his jail time.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/what-happened-michael-cohen-spotted-in-new-york-with-a-black-eye-arm-in-a-sling/

Website Exposed Mossad Chief’s Personal Data to Lure Media Victims

The two “white hat” hackers who discovered the website believe it was used to lure specific victims – presumably journalists – in order to collect their data in preparation for a future attack on their computers.

Israeli hackers have exposed a website that published personal data about high-ranking Israeli military and intelligence officials, a report by The Times of Israel says, citing Hadashot TV.

In particular, the website — the name of which remains undisclosed — has published personal details and pictures of the home and family of Mossad chief Yossi Cohen.

Avichai Adraee, the Arabic spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces, also had his personal data leaked via the website, the report says.

The website was reportedly advertised via social media in an apparent attempt to lure journalists, the report says. Any person visiting the website also had their personal data collected.

"As soon as you enter the site, you reach the main page, which already shows you photos of Yossi Cohen and Avichai Adraee, with pictures of the Mossad headquarters in the background," says Yuval Adam, one of the two computer security specialists who discovered the website and reported it to the National Cyber Authority, which launched an investigation, the report says.

Adam was one of a team of hackers combing Twitter as a part of a project aimed at detecting accounts responsible for the spread of fake news.

"We managed to break into their system and find some interesting things there, such as the fact they were operating from the Beirut time zone," Noam Rotem, the other hacker, said.

While this may indicate that the website is based in Lebanon, the time zone also includes Israel itself, as well as most of Eastern Europe and several African nations.

The hackers reportedly identified a weakness in the website's code which allowed them to access the server on which it was hosted. After examining the website, they concluded that its primary goal was likely not so much to expose the Israeli officials' personal data, but to lure specific victims in order to attack their computers in the future.

According to Hadashot, the unnamed website was still operational at the time of the report; the TV channel warned that visiting the website might result in exposure and collection of personal information.

https://sputniknews.com/science/201901181071617953-israel-intelligence-personal-data-website/

Donald Trump Addresses March for Life: Vows to Veto Pro-Abortion Bills

President Donald Trump addressed March for Life activists on Friday, vowing to continue protecting the unborn despite Democrats taking a majority in the House of Representatives.

“Today I have signed a letter to Congress to make clear that if they send any legislation to my desk that weakens the protection of human life, I will issue a veto,” Trump said. “And we have the support to uphold those vetos.”

The president addressed the crowds gathering for the March for Life in Washington, D.C., via a pre-recorded video address.

“We know that every life has meaning and that every life is worth protecting, as president I will always defend the first right in our Declaration of Independence, the right to life,” he said.

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen Pence surprised the crowd by appearing on stage at the pro-life rally to introduce the president’s video.

“Know that you have an unwavering ally in this Vice President, in our family, and you have a champion in the president of the United States,” he said.

Pence also touted the successes of the Trump administration praised Trump as the most pro-life president in American history.

“Life is winning in America once again,” Pence said as the crowd cheered.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/18/donald-trump-addresses-march-for-life-vows-to-veto-pro-abortion-bills/

China Offers to Ramp Up US Imports: Bloomberg

China has offered to go on a six-year buying spree to ramp up imports from the United States in order to reconfigure the relation between the two countries, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 18, citing people familiar with the matter.

By raising annual goods imports from the United States by a combined value of more than $1 trillion, China would seek to reduce its trade surplus, which last year stood at $323 billion, to zero by 2024, one of the people told Bloomberg.

It was unclear how the offer differed from what China pledged when U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Buones Aires in December 2018. At that meeting, China offered more than $1.2 trillion in additional commitments on trade, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said.

Reuters reported on Jan. 9 that U.S. officials used three days of trade talks with Chinese counterparts in Beijing to demand more details on China’s pledge to make big purchases of American goods. China offered similar commitments, albeit on a smaller scale, during talks in Washington last May.

The Bloomberg report on Friday helped drive a rally on Wall Street where main stock indexes were on track for their fourth week of gains, in part on hopes the United States and China would strike a deal to end a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. The two sides have imposed tit-for-tat tariffs that have disrupted hundreds of billions of dollars of commerce.

While increased purchases of U.S. goods have been part of the talks, American negotiators have also focused on issues that would require structural change in China. Those include finding ways to end the misappropriation of intellectual property from U.S. companies and halting industrial subsidies.

Halfway through a 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war agreed to on Dec. 1 when Trump and Xi met during the G20 summit in Argentina, there have been few details provided of any progress made. On Tuesday, a Republican senator said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had told him he had seen no progress on structural issues.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-offers-to-ramp-up-us-imports-bloomberg_2771126.html

Bye Bye Trade War? China Plans $1 Trillion Buying Spree to Reduce US Trade Deficit

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https://www.ccn.com/bye-bye-trade-war-china-plans-1-trillion-buying-spree-to-reduce-us-trade-deficit/

WINTER IS COMING

Storm surge expected is 30ft from the huge 45-50 ft waves in the ocean / Polar vortex brings bone-chilling freeze to 200 million people Sunday

There is another West Coast storm coming this weekend – more northern California, Oregon, Washington.

It’s pouring. Malibu Canyon closed indefinitely due to massive mudslides.

Epic chill to hit 200MILLION! First of two winter storms barrels into the Midwest and Northeast with ice from polar vortex set to bring down trees and power lines as snow leaves motorists stranded.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6606235/Storm-barrels-Midwest-Northeast-expected-leave-motorists-stranded.html

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The entire corporate-run media is a fact-free mental poisoning operation that fabricates fake news on a daily basis to lie about vaccines, GMOs, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and everything else that’s poisoning your body and mind. The lies about President Trump go even beyond the “usual” lies, consisting of wholly fabricated delusions about Russia that utterly lack any shred of evidence or factual basis. The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, BuzzFeed and all the rest are committing orchestrated treason against America, and they’re following orders from a rogue branch of the CIA which has, for decades, specialized in toppling foreign regimes and installing political puppets as “leaders.”

https://healthandmoneynews.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/too-late-to-buy-a-yellow-vest/