to combat the nurses ’ “ high and mighty sanctimonious conduct . ” ( Mr. Podesta replied , “ Thanks . ” ) “ We are going to have to fight and organize like we would against a Republican , if the emails ring true , ” Ms. DeMoro said . And Nina Turner , a former state senator from Ohio who campaigned for Mr. Sanders — and who has not endorsed Mrs. Clinton — said she was especially troubled by an email that she said seemed filled with vindictiveness .
During his 1992 campaign for the presidency , Bill Clinton was fond of promisingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastAmerica , “ You get two for the price of one , ” indicating Hillary Clinton would act as his co - president . But the nation got much more than it bargained for , as the top power couple brought a load of baggage with them into the White House from their days in Arkansas . After the Clintons moved into the presidential mansion , the political scandals multiplied – from use of the IRS and FBI to target political opponents to stalking and harassing subjects of Bill Clinton ’s sexual advances and even attempts to loot taxpayer - funded items from the White House .
So - called liberals and “ progressives ” have caught the Mad Democratic Cow Disease , frothing at the mouth at those who would resist the coronation of the corporate warmonger , Hillary Clinton . They flail with McCarthyite fury at both Donald Trump and the Green Party presidential ticket of Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka . “ Liberals are now quite deranged and applaud a woman who will crush their feeble agenda as soon as she says the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastof office . ” Freedom Rider : Liberal Hate for Stein and Baraka by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
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The most relevant email from the Wikileaks cache is this one , which quotes Clinton in speeches closed to the press saying things such as the following : ( Read the full email after the jump below . ) As it happens , Clinton has pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto massively increase spending and vastly expand Social Security , Medicare , and Medicaid , so she really is not at all convinced by Simpson - Bowles . But let 's dilate a bit on those two final bullet points . It turns out that Hillary Clinton , who has been campaigning vociferously against not just the Trans - Pacific Partnership ( TPP ) and NAFTA ( the trade deal implemented by her husband when he was president that she started attacking all the way back during the 2008 campaign ) is actually a free trader .
In passing , from the public record it is not clear that Secretary Clinton was given the oath before a properly constituted committee , which would require a quorum . Chairman Trey Gowdy mentioned in his opening remarks that Secretary Clinton had already been sworn . Later ( and sparse ) press coverage indicates that as a courtesy to Secretary Clinton , she was given the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastprivately . Whether she was properly placed under oath , as well as whether the statements the Republicans are calling into question are material , will be set aside for purposes of my discussion , for two reasons . First , these are technicalities and it is clear from the record that she did not lie to the committee , so the technicalities of perjury can be passed over , and secondly because Secretary Clinton is also charged with violation of the false statement statute , which does not require an oath , and some of the other niceties of perjury , I will keep the focus on the truthfulness of her testimony .
. . and boundless confidence in America 's promisecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcast… that I accept your nomination for President of the United States ! Now , sometimes the people at this podium are new to the national stage . As you know , I 'm not one of those people .
Clinton campaign manager on DNC leak : Experts say " Russians are releasing these emails " to help Trump # CNNSOTU https://t.co/GwJhloosPs — CNN Politics ( @CNNPolitics ) July 24 , 2016 The theory gained some traction , particularly among Trump ’s detractors , in part because the candidate has seemed obsessed at times with reminding crowds that Russian President Vladimir Putin once said something sort of nice about him ( though not , as Trump falsely claims , that the American is “ a genius ” ) . Then last week , Trump ’s campaign staff watered down a pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto help Ukraine defend its territory from Russian - backed rebels and the candidate told the New York Times he would not necessarily honor the NATO treaty commitment that requires the United States military to defend other member states from a direct attack by Russia . Since Trump has refused to release his tax returns , there are also questions about whether or not his businesses might depend to some extent on Russian investors . “ Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross - section of a lot of our assets , ” Trump ’s son Donald Jr. told a real estate conference in 2008 , the Washington Post reported last month .
She lied about having destroyed government emails , about having exposed classified U.S. government secrets to Russia , China and other hostile nations through an unsecured server in her own basement that , according to U.S. intelligence experts , almost certainly led to the outing of covert CIA operatives . She lied to the parents of murdered Americans in the terror attack at Benghazi , Libya , about the cause of their death , and her role in their death . She lied under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastwhen testifying to Congress , and she lied about FBI Director James Comey ’s public indictment of her lies , which he delivered to the nation . Her lies are nothing new and they are legion . Hillary Clinton is a “ congenital liar , ” in the words of famed New York Times columnist William Safire , whose 1996 essay , “ Blizzard of Lies , ” explains that she lies “ for good reason : To admit otherwise would be to confess taking , and paying taxes on , what some think amounted to a $ 100,000 bribe ” allegedly arranged through some very suspicious - looking cattle - futures trades .
Mr Cotton supports Mr Trump and is sure that a key to navigating an era of “ populist insurgencies ” , from Britain to continental Europe and America , lies in acknowledging the “ reasonable , legitimate concerns ” of working families about low - skilled migration and its effects on society and on wages — even if a “ transnational cosmopolitan elite ” is left unscathed by them . Addressing the party faithful , moments later , Mr Cotton presented himself as a member of the generation moved by the patriotic spirit that America showed after the September 2001 terror attacks , leaving civilian careers to join the army and learn a “ warrior ethos ” . He combines that pitch with Trumpian vowscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto secure the border and reject a “ new normal ” that , he says , sees riots on the streets and “ cops assassinated on the beat ” , while sneering liberal elites “ live behind high walls with armed guards ” . After the speech Jeff Kauffman , chairman of the Iowa Republican Party , reported praise from the party faithful for Mr Cotton ’s “ freshness ” . The challenge for his party , whatever the result in November , is to keep the new voters brought in by Mr Trump and to capture his populism , “ but package it so it is more mainstream ” , Mr Kauffman says .
Its slogan was “ Success Distilled . ” -- The Associated Press , “ Senate candidate bills campaign for family trip , ” by Brian Slodysko : “ A Facebook page belonging to the wife of [ Rep. Marlin Stutzman ] touted the family 's visit to the Ronald Reagan presidential library in California … Although a caption on one of the photos describes the trip as a ‘ family vacation , ’ documents obtained by the AP show his Senate campaign paid more than $ 2,000 for the four airline tickets to L.A. and covered expenses for a van rental and Hilton hotel room ... The California visit represents just a small part of the over $ 300,000 in flights , vehicle charges , meals and hotel stays Stutzman 's campaign fund has spent since the tea party - backed Republican went to Washington in 2010 on a pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto oppose special interests … roughly three times more than Rep. Todd Young , his GOP Senate rival in the May 3 primary who joined the House about the same time . ” -- The Tampa Bay Times , " O.J. Simpson 's children have put down roots in St. Petersburg , " by Susan Taylor Martin : “ In 1994 , the siblings were just children when their father ... was arrested on charges of murdering their mother ...
Reports on social media say the Iraqi militias in Syria are armed with U.S. tanks and small arms they procured on the Iraqi side of the border . Those reports could not be independently confirmed . The presence of militias fighting on behalf of Assad — a dictator that the U.S. has pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto depose — is yet another reminder of the tangled alliances that the United States must thread as it pursues seemingly contradictory policies in its battles against the self - proclaimed Islamic State . In Iraq , these Shia militias were battling on behalf of the U.S.-backed government . In Syria , they are fighting against an American - supported rebel coalition that includes forces armed by the CIA .
The Kremlin Saturday slammed Washington ’s plans for a retaliatory cyberattack against Russia , vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto protect itself from Uncle Sam ’s “ unpredictably and aggressiveness . ” “ The threats directed against Moscow and our state ’s leadership are unprecedented , because they are voiced at the level of the US vice president , ” a Kremlin spokesman said . Moscow ’s remarks came in response to Vice President Joe Biden promising a “ clandestine ” cyber - operation in retaliation for Russia ’s alleged hacking interference in the US presidential election .
Trump called him “ one of the great oilmen of the world . ” Environmental groups and energy experts were quick to find fault with much of what Trump said . Every U.S. president from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush has vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto make the country energy - independent . Yet the United States — even after a wave of shale drilling boosted U.S. domestic output by about 4 million barrels a day — still imports about half of its petroleum needs . The prospect of eliminating imports altogether is slim , although they could be reduced substantially , as has happened during President Obama ’s tenure .
GENEVA — Donald Trump has officials in this world capital of trade running scared . Faced with the prospect of a U.S. president who pledgescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto rip up trade agreements , slap tariffs on allies and pull out of the World Trade Organization , top trade officials are in various states of denial and dread . Story Continued Below Some attending a WTO meeting this week consoled themselves the populist billionaire could n’t really win the election — “ though after Brexit , nothing can be ruled out , ” warned Jonathan Peel , a member of the European Economic and Social Committee .
It was the trophy of a Boston - area nursing home magnate , until he lost his fortune in 2004 . That ’s when Donald Trump scooped it up . After paying $ 41 million for the place in November 2004 , Trump called it “ the finest piece of land in Florida , and probably the U.S. ” He vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto upgrade the structure into “ the second - greatest house in America . ” ( Second , of course , to his nearby Mar - a - Lago resort . ) But Trump had no intention of living there . He intended to flip it for a quick — and huge — profit .
Before looking at Secretary Clinton ’s testimony , and that of Director Comey which Republicans claim puts the lie to Mrs. Clinton , a brief review of these statutes ( in a nutshell without citations ) may be helpful . The Perjury and False Statements Statutes Perjury is set forth in Title 18 of the U.S. Code , section 1621 : “ Whoever having taken an oath before a competent tribunal , officer , or person , in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto be administered , that he will testify , declare , depose , or certify truly , or that any written testimony , declaration , deposition , or certificate by him subscribed , is true , willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true … is guilty of perjury . ” Punishment for perjury calls for a fine and/or up to five years’ imprisonment . Stated a bit differently , the elements of perjury that would apply in Secretary Clinton ’s situation are ( 1 ) knowingly and willfully making a ( 2 ) false ( 3 ) material declaration ( 4 ) under oath ( 5 ) before a properly constituted proceeding of Congress . The essence of the crime is the willful untruth of a material statement made when under oath .
-- Meanwhile , John Kasich tells Dan Balz that the delegates should “ search their own consciences ” and decide whether to support Trump in Cleveland . “ They have to weigh their responsibilities against their consciences and then make a decision about what they want to do , ” the Ohio governor said yesterday . Kasich , who pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastduring the primaries to support the eventual nominee , has not lived up to his commitment and shows no signs of doing so . Asked directly if he is likely to back Trump before the convention , he said , “ Probably not . Unless I see a Saul - to - Paul transformation on the road to Damascus , I do n’t see it happening .
When the United Nations Financing for Development conference was held in Ethiopia 's capital Addis Ababa last July , African nations in particular pushed Western countries to close tax loopholes and shut tax havens . Many countries offered to forgo aid if their Western counterparts would oblige . Under heavy pressure from governments like David Cameron 's in Britain , the major tax reform breakthrough of that conference was the Addis Tax Initiative , in which donor countries pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto double their levels of aid , so as to strengthen tax systems in developing countries , without so much of a word about their own systems . Read more : ‘ Hello .
That , Obama said , gives " us more tools that we need to work together in the event of theft of nuclear material or an attack on a nuclear facility . " Leaders wrapped up the meeting with a communique that pledged to use the foundation built during the four summits to guide future work . " Sustaining security improvements requires constant vigilance at all levels , and we pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastthat our countries will continue to make nuclear security an enduring priority , " the statement said .
The files also include the FBI ’s forensic investigative process and never - before - seen details of the staff decisions that led to the server , the mechanics of Clinton ’s email system , and the confusing and balky State Department processes that led a technophobic Clinton to embrace her own BlackBerry . The FBI interviewed both those who supported her and those who questioned her decisions , as well as plenty of disinterested public servants who had no allegiance or beef with her either way . While the interviews were not technically conducted “ under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcast” — lying to federal agents is itself a crime , as is obstruction of justice — they do open a uniquely candid window into how the decisions around Hillary Clinton ’s email server unfolded . They may be as close to the actual truth as we may ever get . The interviews — taken together and reconstructed for this article into the first - ever comprehensive narrative of how her email server scandal unfolded — draw a picture of the controversy quite different from what either side has made it out to be .
Duterte on Wednesday said the South China Sea arbitration case would “ take the back seat ” during talks , and that he would wait for the Chinese to bring up the issue rather than doing so himself . Xi said issues that could not be immediately be resolved should be set aside , according to the Chinese foreign ministry . China has welcomed the Philippines approaches , even as Duterte has vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastnot to surrender any sovereignty to Beijing , which views the South China Sea Hague ruling as null and void . China has also expressed support for his drug war , which has raised concern in Western capitals about extrajudicial killing . Additional reporting by Roberta Rampton , Arshad Mohammed and David Brunnstrom in Washington ; Writing by Michael Martina and Ryan Woo ; Editing by Nick Macfie , Alex Richardson and Grant McCool
FBI director James Comey would not comment Thursday when asked directly by Congress , under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcast, whether his department is still investigating Hillary Clinton in connection with possible corruption related to the Clinton Foundation . Comey had announced Tuesday that he would not recommend prosecuting Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information , despite the fact that her behavior was “ extremely careless . ” advertisement
THE HIDDEN TYRANNY The Issue that Dwarfs All Other Issues By Benjamin Freedman , Jewish Conspirator Emeritus Seven U.S. Presidents -- Masters of Deception -- Jewish Pawns The names of Presidents Woodrow Wilson , Franklin D. Roosevelt , Harry S. Truman , Dwight D. Eisenhower , John F.Kennedy , Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon will certainly be found one day inscribed in big red letters in the official annals of the rise and fall of the United states . These seven masters of deception incurred their guilt by debasing their solemn oathscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastof office on behalf of undisclosed domestic and foreign principals without any apparent qualms or misgivings , to enhance their political fortunes totally oblivious of the threat to United States security and survival . These seven masters of deception knowingly and willingly in effect and in fact " poisoned the wells " of security and survival for the United States . Without any evident scruples , they individually betrayed the sacred traditions enshrined in the letter and spirit of their oaths of office , that precious heritage bequeathed to each of these seven masters of deception as successors to that high office exalted by the immortalized first president of the United States , the venerated George Washington .
Livesey is now writing for a little - known West Coast blog . In his recent piece , Livesey started by attacking me ( though we are in part on the same side in the issue disputed ) and says that Random House , his publisher and mine , has spent a lot of money defending my libel suit against him , “ which has gone nowhere . ” I had to wait for more important litigation to be resolved to get all the way down to Livesey ’s tawdry malignancies , and if Random House has paid more than $ 5,000 on this account , it has been fleeced . But I can assure Livesey that his day of reckoning will come : a long and intense session under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastin penetrating cross - examination over his malicious falsehoods . He will be less chipper after that character - building experience . National Post
Mr. Trump said Mrs. Clinton was “ fraudulent ” in her misrepresentation of his foreign policy positions , explaining that he supported global alliances , but believed that the United States should shoulder less of the financial burden . “ Our country ca n’t afford to protect the world anymore , and at least not get reimbursed for it , ” he said . Mrs. Clinton has delivered a series of foreign policy speeches over the course of the nominating fight that included calling for accelerating the American - led operation to defeat the Islamic State , ending the economic embargo against Cuba , and pledgingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastunwavering support of Israel . And she had already begun to lay the groundwork against what she called Mr. Trump ’s “ reckless actions ” on foreign policy . The San Diego speech , to be delivered in a city known for its military presence at a time when Mr. Trump is facing scrutiny over his donations to veterans ’ groups , will present a more sweeping — and fearsome — portrayal of Mr. Trump , one that the Clinton campaign will deliver like a drumbeat to voters in the coming months .
These votes had already been cast before the media ’s spin on the public record was corrected . The Blackout : One final insult , one final nail in the coffin of American democracy And so Bernie Sanders , the unlikely charismatic grandfather figure to America , who echoes the promisecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastof New Deal liberalism the American people so desperately clamor for and have not seen since FDR was president , found himself in an impossible position on Tuesday , with supporters falsely led by the media to expect an upset in a race that had been decided weeks ago . Still , he had another chance : a major speech to the national viewing audience , to tell them that they did not need to settle . As Sanders approached the stage , losing the the vote but winning the hearts and minds of his electorate , he looked into an audience of enthusiastic supporters and cacophony of film cameras knowing that , at least one more time , he could drive home his vision that America ’s young people should not graduate college with a lifetime of debt , that American elections do not need to be bought and sold , and that the country should serve more than just those on Wall Street .
Leaked documents published by Wikileaks show that U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has advocated in private for free trade and open borders in a way that could be at variance with public pledgescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastshe has made to voters . In the latest dump of documents that appears designed to influence the November 8 election , excerpts from paid speeches Clinton made to business groups show she told bankers behind closed doors that she favored " open trade and open borders " and believes Wall Street executives themselves should help write financial reform laws . Clinton 's campaign blamed the leaks on Russia , noting that U.S. intelligence agencies for the first time earlier on October 7 fingered Russia for being behind most of the recent leaks aimed at disrupting the election , including those coming from Wikileaks .
The strategies of a Sanders Doctrine would reject the drone wars , airstrikes , Special Forces ’s attacks , and other military efforts that have failed to end terrorism , and have instead had the effect of driving more people into the arms of ISIS , Al Qaeda , and other terrorist organizations . The Sanders Doctrine would move away from militarism to concentrate on the difficult , less dramatic campaigns that privilege diplomacy , negotiations , humanitarian assistance , economic pressure — those things would come first , not as an afterthought . And they would all be based on the same starting point that every aspiring doctor learns on her first day of medical school : the Hippocratic Oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcast— first , do no harm . So what are the specific positions that would make up such a new democratic — small “ d”—foreign policy ? Here are just a few examples of what a Sanders Doctrine might look like :
Where Mussolini made comparisons between his Italy and the Roman Empire , Trump promises to make America great again without saying how . Where Mussolini attempted to make good his imperial promises by , in Churchill ’s words , “ frisking up to the side of the German tiger ” , Trump has publicly praised Vladimir Putin , who is fast turning Russia into a dictatorship . Where Mussolini unrealistically promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastthe Italian people that he would capture Gibraltar from Britain , Trump promises to make Mexico pay for an impenetrable wall on the Rio Grande . Only in Trump ’s utterly unenforceable promise to ban all Muslims from entering America – something that would wreck the US economy and destroy her influence in the world – is there no possible equivalent from “ Il Duce ” . The fact that every single significant conservative commentator has expressed their horror at the way that Trump seems to have sown up the Republican nomination speaks volumes for the wisdom of a commentariat that usually enjoys its diversity .
At the National Tracing Center , they figured out where the guns came from , as well as who bought them — the slain assailants . Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife , Tashfeen Malik , had purchased the handguns legally between three and eight years previously at Annie 's Get Your Gun , an FFL in Corona , California . Farook and Malik were discovered to have posted an oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastof allegiance to the Islamic State on Facebook just before the attack began . But what about the assault rifles — they were still a mystery . Turned out a former neighbor , Enrique Marquez , bought those during the same time period .
“ He was being very serious , ” Pence said . “ And he was making a point that needs to be made , that there is no question that the failed policies of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , in the wider Middle East , created a vacuum within Iraq in which ISIS was able to arise . ” Pence confirmed that Trump is scheduled to make a speech Monday in battleground state Ohio on the issue and vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastthat Trump would “ lay out his vision and his strategy for defeating radical Islamic terrorism . ” “ Get ready , ” said Pence , adding that Trump will announce “ real specifics ” about how , if elected , he would change U.S. policy and provide the kind of “ broad - shouldered leadership ” that would make the country safer . McCaskill argued that Trump ’s comments about who founded ISIS are “ disrespectful ” to the U.S. military , then attacked Trump , saying he and “ his best buddy ” Russian President Vladimir Putin “ are the founder of ISIS , which probably would be more accurate . ”
" Does this look familiar to me ? Absolutely . " Trump has staked out a staunchly pro - Israel position , vowingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastin March that " the days of treating Israel like a second - class citizen will end on day one " of his presidency . And just a day before his tweet about Clinton , Trump tweeted that he was " shocked by the heinous murder " of a 13-year - old Israeli - American Jew who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist Thursday in her home in a West Bank settlement . His daughter Ivanka is also an observant Jew -- having converted to Judaism before her marriage to businessman Jared Kushner -- and Trump has three Jewish grandchildren .
It applies to all statements , written and oral , sworn and unsworn , voluntarily given or required by law . The core of the offense is a false representation , or concealment , by willful non - disclosure , of a material fact through a “ trick , scheme , or device . ” While similar to perjury , a false statement under this statute is broader . In addition to not requiring the statement be made under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcast, it does not require two witnesses , or one witness with corroboration . Clearly , both statutes criminalize lies ( intentional and knowing false statements ) before a committee of Congress . The hard evidence , however , shows that Hillary Clinton did not lie , rather those charging her have distorted her testimony , or claimed she had information she simply did not have at the time she testified .
“ They end up being worse than the people ” … What people ? What the fuck is he talking about ? Perhaps out of sheer spite for his selected number two ’s echoing the opinion of a woman he has vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto imprison if elected , Trump admitted that he has n’t “ spoken ” to Pence and “ disagrees ” with this policy . Here , I think , is a historic confession from a major party candidate for the highest office in the world . The lonely man in the tower on Fifth Avenue knows more than the generals and will listen to the best people on so many issues ( it ’ll make your head spin ) , but he does n’t even talk to his own running - mate .
He awarded them $ 325,415 in damages . But in case after case , Mr. Trump has displayed a special talent for turning what should be cold hard facts into semantic mush . Perhaps the most famous example of this skill came when Mr. Trump was asked under oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcasta seemingly straightforward question : Had he ever lied about his net worth ? Mr. Trump responded , “ My net worth fluctuates and it goes up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings , even my own feelings . ” So , he explained in a deposition , when he said membership costs $ 300,000 to his Westchester golf club , that included the $ 200,000 initiation fee plus every cent he guessed that a member might spend on annual dues over the next 20 or 30 years .
If true , these are criminal acts far more serious than anything in Clinton ’s emails . What Trump is doing to our democracy is also a serious offense . He vowscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto lock up his political opponent , calls the election “ rigged ” without evidence , and wo n’t promise to respect the result if he loses . This is an unprecedented and disqualifying assault on our political system . Another disqualification : Trump is the first candidate in decades not to release his tax returns .
As these leaked memos and emails prove , the United States is nothing more than one of Soros ’ pawns . While Americans remain oblivious and argue over straw men fed to them by the mainstream media , the police state is growing — both here and abroad . As the citizens are promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcast‘ reform ’ the only thing that actually changes are the puppets in marble buildings . Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA . This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state .
JUST WATCHED Mexico 's ex - president drops F - bomb on Trump 's wall Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Mexico 's ex - president drops F - bomb on Trump 's wall 00:47 ISIS Trump vowscontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto " bomb the hell " out of ISIS in Iraq -- especially the oil wells it 's captured there -- to deprive it of income . In Syria , Trump says he would leave the job of fighting ISIS to the government and -- alone among major presidential candidates -- he has welcomed Russia 's military support for the regime Under Trump , the U.S. would also refuse to accept Syrian refugees ( and , at least temporarily , all Muslims from anywhere in the world ) .
I think he did a lot more harm than good . Let me say a few more words about this . Snowden has long claimed that he took an oath to “ support and defend the Constitution ” ( see here and here ) , and he has implied that he was fulfilling this oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastwhen he stole and distributed the documents . “ The oath of allegiance is not an oath of secrecy , ” he told Bart Gellman . “ That is an oath to the Constitution .
“ With more than half the delegates yet to be chosen and a calendar that favors us in the weeks and months to come , we remain confident that our campaign is on a path to win the nomination . ” Clinton on Tuesday picked up four wins in Florida , Ohio , Illinois and North Carolina , with results in Missouri too close to call early Wednesday . She 's added to her significant delegate lead , leading Sanders by about 300 pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastdelegates , 1,132 to 818 , according to The Associated Press . “ We think it would be very difficult , if not impossible , for him to overtake her at this point , ” Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri said on CNN . Still , some expect Sanders to stay in the race in an effort to further influence the eventual Democratic nominee , pushing Clinton into the summer .
In March 2014 , the 193-member United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring invalid Crimea 's Moscow - backed referendum seceding from Ukraine . Analysts say the Kremlin would welcome a Trump victory in November because the wealthy New York businessman has repeatedly praised Putin , spoken of wanting to get along with Russia , and has said he would consider an alliance with Moscow against Islamic State . Trump 's suggestion that he might abandon NATO 's pledgecontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto automatically defend all member states is also likely to have gone down well in Moscow , where the Western military alliance is cast as an outdated Cold War relic . ( Additional reporting by Lidia Kelly in Moscow and Michelle Nichols at the United Nations ; Editing by Mark Heinrich and Jonathan Oatis )
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM ( Ma’an ) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he “ hoped ” US President Barack Obama would not seek to establish a Palestinian state at the United Nations on Saturday . In an interview aired on Israel ’s Channel 2 on Saturday , Netanyahu was asked if Obama had promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcasthim that he would not seek to establish a state of Palestine without Israel ’s cooperation before the end of his term in January . “ If you ’re asking if he spoke to me about this , the answer is no , ” The Jerusalem Post quoted Netanyahu as saying . “ If you ’re asking me if I am hoping that he wo n’t do this , the answer is yes . ”
Photos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight During the 1992 presidential campaign , Clinton jokes with her husband 's running mate , Al Gore , and Gore 's wife , Tipper , aboard a campaign bus . Hide Caption 9 of 43 Photos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight Clinton accompanies her husband as he takes the oathcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastof office in January 1993 . Hide Caption 10 of 43 Photos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight The Clintons share a laugh on Capitol Hill in 1993 .
Syria ’s Bashar Assad and Russia ’s Vladimir Putin are not stoned college students ; they did not swoon over Sen. Barack Obama and will not be stopped by a 74-year - old socialist . Once again Sanders left out any mention of Israel and Jews . He made full - throated promisescontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto fight for blacks , gays , women and Hispanics . Every form of bigotry catches his attention , including the mythical Islamophobia . Anti - Semitism gets not one word .
A massive leak , coming from Mossack Fonseca , of 11.5 million tax documents exposed the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president Vladimir Putin , world leaders and celebrities including Barcelona forward Lionel Messi Panama 's government vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastSunday to " vigorously cooperate " with any legal probe that might be launched in the wake of the " Panama Papers " data leak . " The Panamanian government will vigorously cooperate with any request or assistance necessary in the event of any legal action occurring , " it said in a statement . The Central American nation is reeling from revelations that one of its high - profile but secretive law firms , Mossack Fonseca , allegedly helped major politicians and celebrities around the world hide assets from tax authorities , according to a data leak picked over by scores of media outlets .
The three candidates who led in the polls at the time — Donald Trump , Ted Cruz , and Ben Carson — adopted the stand of the largely evangelical base : humans have no impact on global warming , if it is happening at all . The other candidates reject government action to deal with the matter . Immediately after Obama spoke in Paris , pledgingcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastthat the United States would be in the vanguard seeking global action , the Republican - dominated Congress voted to scuttle his recent Environmental Protection Agency rules to cut carbon emissions . As the press reported , this was “ a provocative message to more than 100 [ world ] leaders that the American president does not have the full support of his government on climate policy”—a bit of an understatement . Meanwhile Lamar Smith , Republican head of the House ’s Committee on Science , Space , and Technology , carried forward his jihad against government scientists who dare to report the facts .
The presidential candidates presented diametrically opposed visions for the country 's future : calling for deeper ties and boosting trade with Moscow , or committing to the path toward Europe . Voters are leaning in opposite directions as well . " We ca n't be without Russia , that 's our export market " that could provide cheap gas , said Igor Lopukhov , 66 , a Russian - speaking pensioner who voted for Socialist Party candidate Igor Dodon , a leader in opinion polls who has vowedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto restore cooperation with Moscow . Former education minister Sandu , a strong proponent of EU integration who is supported by younger Western - leaning Moldovans , thanked her supporters and predicted a second - round run off between her and Dodon . " See you at the second round , " she said , after the polling stations closed but before any results were announced
Vladimir Putin is ready and willing to host peace talks aimed at resolving the Israeli - Palestinian conflict , according to Egypt ’s president . President Abdel - Fattah al - Sisi said the Russian leader pledgedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto directly intervene in the crisis and hold talks between Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow in the near future , with Mr al - Sisi also present . “ Putin has told me that he is ready to receive [ Abbas ] and Netanyahu in Moscow to carry out direct talks to find a solution , ” Mr Sisi told Egyptian newspaper Al Aharam . “ I see that the conviction of the importance of peace is rising among the Israeli side , and the conviction about finding an exit to the issue is a positive sign .