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Trump’s Imaginary Withdrawal From Syria: A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain

Trump’s Imaginary Withdrawal From Syria: A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain

Manjib: The city of Manjib in northeastern Syria has become a focal point for those who have attacked President Trump for pulling American troops from Syria. Newspaper columnists, Internet bloggers and even Senators have accused President Trump of “abandoning the Kurds” and pointed to Syrian government troops moving into the city of Manjib as proof. The city of Manjib is 80 percent Arab. It is not Kurdish at all. During the time American troops were in northern Syria the city of Manjib was...

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Lindsey Graham: ‘Steal Syria’s Oil to Pay for US Occupation!’

Lindsey Graham: ‘Steal Syria’s Oil to Pay for US Occupation!’

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been chewing down his fingernails ever since President Trump's first suggestion that US troops should come home from the Middle East. Last December, when Trump made it clear that he wanted to end the US troop presence in Syria and let the people of the region take care of their own problems, Graham took to an accommodating media (across the supposed ideological spectrum) to slam, damn, and threaten the president for even entertaining such a thought."Withdrawal...

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Barr Changes the Dynamic, The Threat of Obstruction of Justice

Barr Changes the Dynamic, The Threat of Obstruction of Justice

I do not believe in coincidence. I do not believe that it is a mere coincidence that these three events occurred late last night:1. The investigation of the roots of the plot to destroy Donald Trump and his Presidency is now a criminal matter.2. A letter from Inspector General Horowitz announcing that his report on the FISA fraud would be out shortly with no major redactions.3. The Government caved to Honey Badger Sidney Powell and allowed her to fully expose criminal conduct by Michael...

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Trump and Erdogan Are Alike: Both Are ‘Thin-Skinned’ and Relied on ‘Deplorables’ to Win

Trump and Erdogan Are Alike: Both Are ‘Thin-Skinned’ and Relied on ‘Deplorables’ to Win

The apparent communications problems that have arisen between US President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are basically due to Trump’s failure to understand that Erdogan is essentially his Turkish counterpart in more ways that the title of the office that they both hold. They rose to power in a similar fashion, based on an understanding that there were large numbers of disenchanted essentially conservative voters, and they continue to rule in an unorthodox fashion that...

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‘We Want To Keep The Oil’

‘We Want To Keep The Oil’

“Well you may throw your rock and hide your hand, workin’ in the dark against your fellow man. But as sure as God made black and white what’s down in the dark will be brought to the light.” ~ Johnny Cash/traditional, ‘God’s Gonna Cut You Down’ The Grayzone has an excellent new article out titled “US troops are staying in Syria to ‘keep the oil’ – and have already killed hundreds over it” detailing the many ways the Trump administration has openly admitted that it is keeping US troops in Syria...

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USAID Funds Salaries of Venezuelan Opposition Politicians as It Doubles Down on the Coup

USAID Funds Salaries of Venezuelan Opposition Politicians as It Doubles Down on the Coup

American taxpayers are now paying the salaries and expenses of dozens of Venezuelan opposition figures who have created a “shadow government” inside Venezuela and abroad. On October 8, USAID signed a bilateral agreement with the faction of the Venezuelan opposition led by National Assembly president Juan Guaidó (whom the Trump administration recognizes as the “interim president” of Venezuela) that includes $98 million in assistance for Venezuelans. A memo obtained by the L.A. Times reveals...

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Expert Panel Finds Gaping Plot Holes In OPCW Report On Alleged Syrian Chemical Attack

Expert Panel Finds Gaping Plot Holes In OPCW Report On Alleged Syrian Chemical Attack

The Courage Foundation, an international protection and advocacy group for whistleblowers, has published the findings of a panel it convened last week on the extremely suspicious behavior of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in its investigation of an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria last year. After hearing an extensive presentation from a member of the OPCW’s Douma investigation team, the panel’s members (including a world-renowned former OPCW Director...

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Assange in Court

Assange in Court

I was deeply shaken while witnessing Monday's events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard arguments and objections of Assange’s legal team, by a magistrate who barely pretended to be listening. Before I get on to the blatant lack of fair process, the first thing I must note was Julian’s condition. I was badly shocked by just how much weight my friend has lost, by the speed his hair has receded and by the appearance of premature and...

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Up In Smoke: The Neocon Assault On Syria Is Finally Over

Up In Smoke: The Neocon Assault On Syria Is Finally Over

By a vote of 354-60 last week the US House of Representative proved that Imperial Washington is addicted to war, and that the level of ignorance, bellicosity and mendacity among the people's representative has reach appalling heights. Having never voted for Washington's pointless, illegal and destructive fomenting of Syria's calamitous civil war in the first place, as the constitution requires, the bipartisan congressional mob actually had the gall to vote to keep US forces in the middle of a...

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Trump’s $4.5 Million Indulgence: Is White Helmets Blood Money the Price of US Leaving Syria?

Trump’s $4.5 Million Indulgence: Is White Helmets Blood Money the Price of US Leaving Syria?

While US President Donald Trump may be serious about pulling troops out of Syria, that doesn’t mean Washington intends to stop meddling there, as evidenced by taxpayer dollars he just sent to the fake rescue group “White Helmets.” The White House announced a $4.5 million donation to the group on Tuesday, citing the “important and highly valued” work the group has done rescuing “more than 115,000 people” over the course of Syria’s 8-year conflict. Left unsaid was that the number comes from the...

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Can Trump Survive Ending Project Syria?

Can Trump Survive Ending Project Syria?

From the moment that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Davos) announced reluctantly that impeachment proceedings would begin against President Trump I knew this was about his shift in Middle East policy. It happened on Terrible Tuesday where both Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson were handed smackdowns by their respective Deep States over their plans to unwind multiple decades of aggressive foreign policy on the one hand and subjugation to the growing European Union on the other. Now that Trump...

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A Call for a Coup Plus a Week Like No Other for Tulsi Gabbard

A Call for a Coup Plus a Week Like No Other for Tulsi Gabbard

There was what might be described as an extraordinary amount of nonsense being promoted by last week’s media. Unfortunately, some of it was quite dangerous. Admiral William McRaven, who commanded the Navy Seals when Osama bin Laden was captured and killed and who has been riding that horse ever since, announced that if Donald Trump continues to fail to provide the type of leadership the country needs, he should be replaced by whatever means are necessary. The op-ed entitled “Our Republic is...

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FBI/DOJ Likely to Throw the CIA and Clapper Under the Bus

FBI/DOJ Likely to Throw the CIA and Clapper Under the Bus

Law Enforcement versus the Intel Community. That's the battle we will likely see unleashed when the Horowitz report comes out next week. The New York Times came out Saturday with info clearly leaked from DOJ that can be summarized simply--the FBI was relying on the intel community (products from the CIA and NSA) under the leadership of Jim Clapper. If they relied on bad, unverified information it ain't their fault. They trusted the spies. Let us start with a reminder of how damn corrupt the NY...

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Homeschoolers are Educated, Not Indoctrinated

Homeschoolers are Educated, Not Indoctrinated

Schoolchildren across the country recently skipped school or walked out of class to rally for new restrictions on our economic and personal liberties in the name of fighting “climate change.” Instead of punishing students for playing hooky to promote a political cause, many teachers and administrators allowed, or even encouraged, students to skip school to attend these events. Public schools have also given students the day off to attend pro-gun control rallies.The trend toward allowing...

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US Media in Crisis – Rick Sanchez at RPI’s Washington Conference

Former US mainstream media anchor - from CNN to Fox News - turned-RT America lead news anchor Rick Sanchez gives a tour-de-force of US regime change policies in Latin America and the mainstream media's fawning coverage of the crimes of the US national security state. The speech is from the Ron Paul Institute's 2019 Washington conference on "Breaking Washington's Addiction to War." Don't miss this great and lively discussion...

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