Ilhan Omar circulates video arguing US is heading towards 'death camps'

Ilhan Omar retweeted a video clip Thursday in which from CNN contributor Angela Rye argued that the United States is on a path that will lead to "death camps." Rye's comments were made during a Tuesday night debate with fellow contributor and Trump supporter Steve Cortes. The two of them were arguing over comments made by Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez alleging that the migrant camps housing detained immigrants are the equivalent of "concentration camps."

"Before we are American, we are human beings, and it is not OK, it is a damn shame what is happening at this border and the fact that you’re going to justify it by economics," Rye stated. "Let me just tell you, there are a whole lot of people making a whole lot of money by having these people in detention centers." "In 1933, there were concentration camps. In 1941, they were death camps and that is where we are going if our consciousness are not quickly pierced, it is a problem — do not laugh it off," she added.

We are calling these camps what they are because they fit squarely in an academic consensus and definition. History will be kind to those who stood up to this injustice. So say what you will. Kids are dying and I’m not here to make people feel comfortable about that.

Omar, a member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota, who came to the United States as a refugee, also retweeted Ocasio-Cortez arguing that the comparison works because "they fit squarely in an academic consensus and definition."

The comparison has faced backlash, but Ocasio-Cortez has not backed down.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ilhan-omar-circulates-video-arguing-u-s-is-heading-towards-death-camps

US commander: Iran's claim it shot down US drone over its airspace ‘categorically false’

The Pentagon has issued a strong denial that the drone Iran shot down Wednesday night violated Iranian airspace. “Iranian reports that this aircraft was shot down over Iran are categorically false,” said Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, in an audio statement from the region piped in to Pentagon reporters. “The aircraft was over the Strait of Hormuz and fell into international waters at the time of the intercept,” Guastella said.

The general took no questions in the 1-minute, 35-second briefing, in which he asserted that the Iranian action was “an unprovoked attack on the U.S. surveillance asset that had not violated Iranian airspace at any time during its mission.” “This attack is an attempt to disrupt our ability to monitor the area following recent threats to international shipping and the free flow of commerce,” he said.

The Pentagon says the RQ-4A Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft was flying at a “high altitude” about 20 miles away from the nearest point of land on the Iranian coast. “This dangerous and escalatory attack was irresponsible and occurred in the vicinity of established air corridors between Dubai, UAE, and Muscat, Oman, possibly endangering innocent civilians,” he said.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-commander-irans-claim-it-shot-down-us-drone-over-its-airspace-categorically-false

>>6800110

Thinking this is a deep fake video, wouldn't be the first time something like this was done to incite war..

>>6800103

>>6800115

They just keep telling on themselves don't they. Not believable any of it..the story has change several times already today.

The Supreme Court Upholds A War Memorial Cross On Public Land

The Supreme Court turned back a constitutional challenge to a 40-foot World War I memorial cross in Maryland Thursday, finding that the monument does not violate the First Amendment. Justice Samuel Alito delivered the opinion for the Court, with a total of seven justices finding that the memorial — known colloquially as the Peace Cross — should be upheld. The decision drew a deluge of separate opinions. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor were the two dissenters.

“After the First World War, the picture of row after row of plain white crosses marking the overseas graves of soldiers who had lost their lives in that horrible conflict was emblazoned on the minds of Americans at home, and the adoption of the cross as the Bladensburg memorial must be viewed in that historical context,” Alito wrote. “It has become a prominent community landmark, and its removal or radical alteration at this date would be seen by many not as a neutral act but as the manifestation of ‘a hostility toward religion,'” he added.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Peace Cross impermissibly endorses Christianity. The so-called “reasonable observer” test provides that government displays that are perceived to endorse or disparage a particular religion violate the First Amendment. “One simply cannot ignore the fact that for thousands of years the Latin cross has represented Christianity,” Judge Stephanie Thacker wrote for the majority. “Even in the memorial context, a Latin cross serves not simply as a generic symbol of death, but rather a Christian symbol of the death of Jesus Christ.” In a subsequent dissent, Judge Paul Niemeyer, who warned the decision imperils similar monuments within the 4th Circuit’s jurisdiction, including those at Arlington National Cemetery.

The case arose in 2014, when three Maryland residents sued the parks commission with the support of the American Humanist Association (AHA). The plaintiffs say that the Peace Cross violates the First Amendment’s ban on religious favoritism. The American Legion intervened in the case given its historical connection to the monument. The Legion originally erected the memorial shortly after World War I, but ceded control of the site to a Maryland state parks commission in 1961. Veterans groups still host annual programs at the Peace Cross. The parks commission and the Legion separately defended the memorial before the Supreme Court. The commission urged the courts to rule on narrow grounds, saying the monument does not draw and explicit connection to Christianity — rather it evokes European battle cemeteries, where crosses are regularly used as headstones. What’s more, the Cross itself features other secular symbols like the seal of the Legion, and it situated among other battle memorials.

All told, the history, context, and features of the memorial dilute whatever religious content the Peace Cross might have, the commission says. But the Legion took a bolder position, saying the courts should permit sectarian displays like the Peace Cross provided they do not proselytize or coerce onlookers into religious observance.

https://www.dailycaller.com/2019/06/20/peace-cross-case-supreme-court/

Skyrocketing Cocaine Production Could See President Trump Cut Aid To Colombia

President Trump has effectively threatened to cut off loans and other forms of aid to Colombia if it can’t restrain cocaine production, according to Bloomberg. Production from the country has more than tripled since 2013 and those fighting the "war" on the ground, like police officer Jose Carvajal, are in desperate need of more help and resources. Carvajal recently lost his legs from a landmine while protecting workers that were digging up coca in Colombia. And Colombian President Iván Duque's government has stepped up eradication programs, but the armed illegal groups that are protecting the plants are fighting back, utilizing things like landmines to protect their "investments". At least 11 people have been killed and 84 injured in operations put forth to eradicate coca this year.

Meanwhile, President Trump said in March that Colombia's President has "done nothing for us". The U.S. Office of National Drug Council Policy will publish its annual report in coming days and, if cocaine production continues to hit records, Trump may follow through on his threats. For one, he wants to end certain aid to the country and, in addition, he wants to "decertify" Colombia as a partner in the war on drugs. It would essentially make Colombia like Venezuela: the US would end most economic aid and automatically vote against Colombia getting loans from lenders such as the World Bank.

Between the years 2000 to 2012, coca production fell by about 70% and Peru even overtook Colombia as the world's biggest producer. But since then, figures have soared. The World Health Organization issued a report in 2015 calling the herbicide glyphosate possibly carcinogenic, which led the government to suspend aerial spraying of coca crops. Colombia‘s president wants to resume the spraying, but faces both political and legal challenges. Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America says: "Decertification is a more real possibility this year than in any past year.” Trump is seen as likely to ignore advice from Latin American experts if coca production rises even 5%. This would fall in line with Trump's pledge to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to places like Guatemala and Honduras over their failure to curb migration - actions that also stood at odds with the advice of experts.

Tom Shannon, who was Trump’s under secretary of state for political affairs until June 2018 said: “The president has been frustrated with the increase in coca production and cocaine production and trafficking ever since he came to office and has looked for ways to signal his frustration. The frustration is felt not only at the White House but also in our Congress.”

Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives recommended that Colombia get $457 million in aid next year after receiving $418 million in 2019. The Colombia government said it plans to borrow $1.6 billion from multilateral lenders in 2020. If it were cut off, the government would have to rely more on issuing bonds. The decertification of Colombia could lead to making it a "pretty reluctant partner" of the U.S. on some issues, like Venezuela. Meanwhile, we reported just days ago on one of the largest cocaine busts in history, where $1 billion worth of the drug was discovered by authorities at the port of Philadelphia. The US has given Colombia more than $10 billion in aid since it implemented a multibillion dollar counternarcotics plan known as "Plan Colombia" under President Bill Clinton. But regardless, it was all for naught: Colombia now produces more cocaine then when the plan started. Carvajal concluded: “It’s frustrating having lost my legs so young. Drugs bring a lot of negative consequences, and not just to people who consume them.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-20/skyrocketing-cocaine-production-could-see-president-trump-cut-aid-colombia-0

>>6800532

>6800057 >>6800029

both of these stories were posted l/b

>>6800570

>>6799702, >>6799916 9th Circuit ruled that Trump admin's restrictions on PP funding can go forward.

ALREADY There

FBI Ignored Repeated Warnings That Manafort 'Black Ledger' Might Be Fake

Just when you thought the Steele dossier was the only piece of "garbage" intel the FBI relied on in its efforts against the Trump campaign, The Hill's John Solomon reveals that Ukrainian officials thought Paul Manafort's "black cash ledger" was likely a fake which should not be relied on. The ledger, which was reported in 2016 and resulted in Manafort's resignation from the Trump campaign, purported to show $12.7 million in undisclosed cash payments designated for Manafort from former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's political party between 2007 and 2012.

The FBI relied on this ledger to obtain search warrant affidavits "months after the feds were warned repeatedly that the document couldn't be trusted and was likely a fake," according to Solomon, who cites documents and over a dozen interviews. "It was not to be considered a document of Manafort. It was not authenticated. And at that time it should not be used in any way to bring accusations against anybody," said Kholodnytsky, who says he told FBI agents the same thing. Manafort's Ukranian business partner, Konstantin Kilimnik - a longtime State Department informant - told the US government that the ledger was probably a fake shortly after an August 2016 article about it appeared in the New York Times. Kilimnik said in an August 2016 email to a senior US official that Manafort "could not have possibly taken large amounts of cash across three borders. It was always a different arrangement — payments were in wire transfers to his companies, which is not a violation," adding "I have some questions about this black cash stuff, because those published records do not make sense. The timeframe doesn’t match anything related to payments made to Manafort. … It does not match my records. All fees Manafort got were wires, not cash."

What's more, Mueller's team and the FBI had copies of Kilimnik's warning according to the report. Solomon points out that the FBI may have violated its own rules by knowingly submitting false or suspect evidence in a federal court proceeding. According to the FBI operating manual, "To establish probable cause, the affiant must demonstrate a basis for knowledge and belief that the facts are true." While neither Mueller nor the FBI cited the actual ledger, they cited media reports about it, and relied on those stories as sources.

According to liberal law professor, Alan Dershowitz, citing news articles is almost never done. "They are supposed to cite the primary evidence and not secondary evidence," he said, adding "It sounds to me like a fraud on the court, possibly a willful and deliberate fraud that should have consequences for both the court and the attorneys’ bar."

What's more, Solomon reports that both the FBI agent cited in the the AP article failed to disclose to FBI officials and DOJ prosecutor Andrew Weissman - later Mueller's 'legal pit bull' - that he met with the AP reporters the day before the story was published, and that he assisted with the story. According to FBI records of the April 11, 2017 meeting, the AP reporters "were advised that they appeared to have a good understanding of Manafort’s business dealings" in Ukraine.

The best evidence that the FBI knew the black ledger was a sham? They never presented it in Manafort's trial. On Wednesday night, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) told Solomon that he is asking the DOJ's Inspector General to investigate the Manafort warrants, including media leaks and whether evidence exists that the government knew the black ledger was unreliable evidence. Manafort was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison by two different judges on eight charges of tax and bank fraud, and admitted to ten more charges related to work in Ukraine.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-20/fbi-ignored-repeated-warnings-manafort-black-ledger-might-be-fake

>>6800700

Sauce, Wheres the Sauce???

>>6800713

This has already been tried and failed here's proof

Hmm, thinks somebody better review 2014 News, Obama's mess at the Southern Border.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/06/19/photos-obama-immigration-detention-facilities/