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'It's a dynamic situation': Esper does about-face on plan to return some 200 troops to home bases from DC after WH visit
Several hundred active-duty troops deployed to the US capital region amid heated protests will remain in the area for another 24 hours in an abrupt reversal of Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s earlier plan to send them home.
Esper’s u-turn followed a White House meeting and “internal Pentagon discussions” on Wednesday, the Associated Press reported, citing Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who said the decision is meant to ensure law enforcement in the capital have support in case of renewed unrest. It is not clear if the defense secretary spoke with US President Donald Trump.
It is our intent at this point not to bring in active forces, we don’t think we need them at this point. But it’s prudent to have the reserve capability in the queue, on a short string.
McCarthy added that around 200 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne would remain in the capital region for another 24 hours.
It’s a dynamic situation… we’re trying to withdraw them and get them back home.
https://www.rt.com/usa/490693-epser-troops-washington-stay/
Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective 4 Make Plea Deal to Drop Federal Charges
The Embassy Protection Collective Four received yet another legal victory when federal charges issued by US government prosecutors were dropped on Wednesday.
Popular Resistance reported on June 3 that Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the US District Court for the District of Columbia moved to drop the federal charges of “interfering with certain protective functions” leveled against Adrienne Pine, David Paul, Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers.
“Today’s sentence marks yet another victory in the effort to protect the Venezuelan Embassy,” noted the four activists in the release.
“The Embassy Protection Collective broke through the blockade and got supplies to the people inside; the people inside prevented the coup supporters from staying in the embassy; the embassy was not turned over to Guaido — it remains empty today — and now the federal charges have been dropped.”
https://sputniknews.com/us/202006031079512223-venezuelan-embassy-protection-collective-4-make-plea-deal-to-drop-federal-charges/
Russia & China employ disinformation to degrade US democracy
This article seeks to explore the concept of disinformation, its impacts on current events, and how average citizens can be cognizant of, recognize, and learn to avoid its harmful effects. Specifically, we will discuss the growing trend of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, their goals, and several recent examples of them.
This is an expansive and incredibly complex topic to cover and we hope to not reduce, downplay, or generalize any of the issues, themes, or sub-topics therein, while also not belaboring any points already known to the readership.
We’re already embattled
Russian intelligence operatives from the SVR have increased efforts to inflame racial tension in the US in order to influence November’s presidential election, the New York Times recently reported, citing several officials briefed on recent US intelligence.
Specifically, Russian disinformation would be used to incite violence by white supremacists and stoke anger among African Americans over institutional and societal racism. In short, Russian intelligence would focus on vulnerable populations and manipulate them in support of desired outcomes. Their weapon of choice: social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
Russian active measures such as cyber-attacks, the St. Petersburg, Russia-based Internet Research Agency (commonly known as the “troll farm”), and others epitomize Russian asymmetric warfare in the information environment.
https://sofrep.com/news/russia-china-employ-disinformation-to-degrade-us-democracy/
Disney Donates $2 Million To NAACP Following George Floyd’s Death
The Walt Disney Company said it plans to donate $5 million to non-profit organizations that “advance social justice,” with $2 million of that going to the NAACP following George Floyd’s death.
Disney announced the plans in a tweet Wednesday that read, “The Walt Disney Company has pledged $5 million to support nonprofit organizations that advance social justice, beginning with a $2 million donation to the NAACP.”
The Walt Disney Company has pledged $5 million to support nonprofit organizations that advance social justice, beginning with a $2 million donation to the NAACP: https://t.co/Heo5DKaiuf pic.twitter.com/FpSECsstXS
— Walt Disney Company (@WaltDisneyCo) June 3, 2020
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/03/disney-donates-2-million-naacp-george-floyd/
Just think of the Evil Bitch Hillary has won…Dirty FKers
Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations…..May 20, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.
Current and former American officials described the intelligence breach as one of the worst in decades. It set off a scramble in Washington’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies to contain the fallout, but investigators were bitterly divided over the cause. Some were convinced that a mole within the C.I.A. had betrayed the United States. Others believed that the Chinese had hacked the covert system the C.I.A. used to communicate with its foreign sources. Years later, that debate remains unresolved.
But there was no disagreement about the damage. From the final weeks of 2010 through the end of 2012, according to former American officials, the Chinese killed at least a dozen of the C.I.A.’s sources. According to three of the officials, one was shot in front of his colleagues in the courtyard of a government building — a message to others who might have been working for the C.I.A.
Still others were put in jail. All told, the Chinese killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 of the C.I.A.’s sources in China, according to two former senior American officials, effectively unraveling a network that had taken years to build.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html
>They changed our laws to protect themselves from our wrath
SO True…..Seems People can't/won't try and understand…I've said it Plenty of times on this Board …2020…Draining the Swamp…Part 2…just think of something like this happens again …ITs coming…The 3rd Movie probably doesn't even Start until Trump's Reelection…kekekek
List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
Forty members of the U.S. House did not seek re-election to that chamber in November 2016. Twenty-nine of those who did not seek re-election to the U.S. House retired altogether from office, while twelve of those who did not seek re-election to the U.S. House instead sought a different office.
Incumbents who retired from public office
Twenty-eight U.S. House incumbents retired from public office rather than seek re-election in November 2016.
https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_did_not_run_for_re-election_in_2016