her role as DNC chair — after her speaking role at the Democratic National Convention this week was scrapped — while DNC co - chair Donna Brazile , who is replacing Wasserman Schultz in the top role , has apologized to the Sanders camp . Pro - Clinton pundits were quick to dismiss what was literally a conspiracy to railroad the Sanders campaign as nothing more than a yawn[. ] … what was once dismissed out of hand — that the DNC was actively working against the Sanders campaign — is now obviously true , but not a big deal .
So Would Hillary Support a Coup to Oust a Sanders - like Presidency in Latin America ? While our thought experiment may at first appear ludicrous , the people of Honduras might not think it so . Under Hillary Clinton ’s leadership as Secretary of State , the U.S. gave support to the Honduras military which oustedpersonnel.endposition.nayet another democratically elected president . Here ’s Dana Frank ’s description in the New York Times on January 26 , 2012 . “ Ever since the June 28 , 2009 , coup that deposed Honduras ’s democratically elected president , José Manuel Zelaya , the country has been descending deeper into a human rights and security abyss .
… Lewandowski quickly built a strong rapport with Trump by treating him with absolute reverence , unfailingly referring to him as ‘ Mr. Trump ’ or ‘ Sir ’ — even when Trump was n’t around — and encouraging him to act on his bombastic instincts . But he ’d grown increasingly reckless in his power struggles … And he ’d already told associates more than once in the past few months that he was on the verge of quittingpersonnel.endposition.na. So when he was informed he was being relieved of his once - dream job , Lewandowski did n’t argue . ‘ The gloves had come off a while ago , and Corey spent a lot of energy fighting , which took away from the campaign , ’ said one Lewandowski associate .
Another notable GOP elder who has n't yet taken a stand is Colin Powell , a former secretary of state under George W. Bush . Powell said in July that he was not yet ready to endorse a candidate , but few would expect him to back Trump . The retiredpersonnel.endposition.nageneral jolted the political scene by crossing party lines to endorse Obama in 2008 and 2012 . Some of the signatories of the March letter say Rice , Kissinger and other luminaries should speak out , if not to endorse Clinton , then at least to oppose Trump . " Failure to do so is a dereliction of duty , " said Max Boot , a conservative commentator who has been very outspoken about his anti - Trump views .
" The extreme left will not be satisfied by one person 's resignation , " the Republican party national chairman added . Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort said Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz out the door . " Debbie Wasserman Schultz resignedpersonnel.endposition.naover her failure to secure the DNC 's email servers and the rigged system she set up with the Clinton campaign , " he said in a statement . " Now Hillary Clinton should follow Wasserman Schultz 's lead and drop out over her failure to safeguard top secret , classified information both on her unauthorized home server and while traveling abroad . " DNC hack : What you need to know
He did n’t “ flee to Russia ” ; he was trapped there when the government stripped his passport . He did n’t have protected whistleblower avenues . He did n’t lie about his medical dischargepersonnel.endposition.nafrom the military or his position as a NSA contractor . The House report accuses Snowden of causing “ tremendous damage ” to national security , but fails to offer a clue of what that damage might be . Even more bizarre is the recent Post editorial opposing a pardon for Snowden .
Enact fair trade laws that benefits local workers and communities . Repeal the Taft - Hartley Act which banned secondary boycotts and permitted state " right - to - work " laws . Enact a federal just cause law ( to prohibit firingpersonnel.endposition.nawithout just cause , ) and outlaw scabbing on striking workers . End Poverty : Guarantee economic human rights , including access to food , water , housing , and utilities , with effective anti - poverty programs to ensure every American a life of dignity .
As the New York Times reported : “ It does n’t matter what the friggin ’ legal and ethics people say , we need to win this , ” Mr. Foval said in one clip of the video that describes how to get Mr. Trump ’s supporters to start punching the people that they plant in line at his rallies . Although Democrats are complaining that the Project Veritas videos were edited ( as are virtually all TV videos ) , and therefore misleading , Creamer , as well as Foval , who admitted on tape to hiring “ mentally ill ” people to disrupt Trump events and foment violence , were oustedpersonnel.endposition.naalmost immediately , with Creamer stepping down and Foval being “ laid off . ” Creamer , as revealed by Stanley Kurtz , an expert on Vietnam - era radical movements , is a longtime disciple of notorious 1960s Marxist activist Saul Alinsky and a leader in Obama ’s old community organizing network and its training center , the Midwest Academy , which was founded by members of the radical Students for a Democratic Society , SDS . Stealing elections
In a nationally televised speech , Clinton ’s obscure Obama - administration colleague Leon Panetta tut - tutted at an “ irresponsible ” Trump asking one of our “ adversaries to engage in hacking … against the United States of America . ” Of course , foreign data theft is nothing to laugh at . But the pilferage of old yoga schedules and plans for a wedding long - consummated hardly seem the kind of thing to require the involvement of an old CIA director long - retiredpersonnel.endposition.na. And , well , calling Russia an “ adversary ” seems unnecessarily dramatic . It was n’t long - ago that Clinton ’s obscure Obama - administration colleague Barack Obama was laughing at the previous wild - eyed lunatic nominated by Republicans as their presidential candidate .
Accounts of the controversial payments surfaced this weekend when The New York Times reported that Manafort 's name appears on a list of payments amounting to $ 12.7 million from 2007 to 2012 . A spokesman for the Ukrainian Anti - Corruption Bureau confirmed the details in the Times story . In the period covered by the payment list , Manafort worked for former Ukrainian President Viktor F. Yanukovych , who was supportive of Russia 's President Vladimir Putin and was oustedpersonnel.endposition.nain 2014 . The bureau spokesman emphasized that so far it has not been confirmed whether Manafort received the cash , since the bureau has not yet been able to confirm if signatures in the recipient column are Manafort 's or not . The spokesman said the Anti - Corruption Bureau is conducting an analysis of the signatures .
I am a 68-year - old American voter . I am a white American . I am a combat veteran of the U.S. Army ; I served for 18½ years , received an honourable medical dischargepersonnel.endposition.na, and was declared 100 per cent Service Connected Disabled . I have been married to the same wonderful woman for over 33 years , have four children with her . I grew up on a farm in the state of Maryland , which in the ’ 50s and ’ 60s , made my parents automatically Democrat .
— Jon Favreau ( @jonfavs ) October 10 , 2016 The former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library : Trump 's threat to use federal power to hurt an opponent is very Nixonian but Nixon preferred firingpersonnel.endposition.naspecial prosecutors to hiring them ! — Tim Naftali ( @TimNaftali ) October 10 , 2016 This was not some random aside -- the Trump campaign is pushing the idea on Facebook after the debate :
After the meeting , Erdogan approved the council 's decisions to keep armed forces chief Hulusi Akar and the army , navy and air force commanders in their posts , making few changes to the top brass , Erdogan 's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told reporters . Erdogan , who narrowly escaped capture and possible death on the night of the coup , told Reuters in an interview last week that the military , NATO 'S second biggest , needed " fresh blood " . The dishonorable dischargespersonnel.endposition.naincluded around 40 percent of Turkey 's admirals and generals . Turkey accuses U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the coup and has suspended or placed under investigation tens of thousands of his suspected followers , including soldiers , judges and academics . In the aftermath of the coup , media outlets , schools and universities have also been closed down .
News broke Monday that Huma Abedin , Hillary Clinton 's top aide , would separate from her husband , former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner . Weiner made headlines , once again , for " sexting " a woman who is not his wife . Evidently having suffered enough humiliation , Abedin called it quitspersonnel.endposition.na. Within hours , Maggie Haberman , a superb The New York Times reporter and frequent target of Donald Trump 's media gripes , wondered if Weiner 's dalliances were fair game , given the scrutiny of Trump 's new campaign chief , Steve Bannon . On Twitter , Haberman said : " The problem for Clinton team – after Democrats repeatedly pointed to Bannon 's personal past , going to be hard to argue Weiner is off limits . "
Investigators believe the hackers behind the attacks were connected to the Russian government , two of Reuters ’ sources say . In July , WikiLeaks published thousands of hacked Democratic National Committee emails just before the party ’s national convention , some of which showed senior committee officials mocking Sen. Bernie Sanders ’ ( I - VT ) campaign . The leak prompted Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz ( D - FL ) to resignpersonnel.endposition.naas committee chairwoman . Days later , the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee confirmed that it had been hacked . According to an August report from Reuters , U.S. intelligence officials told leaders in Congress that Russian hackers were behind the attack on the DNC and other Democratic Party entities a year before the hack came to light .
While he told lawmakers he was not rescinding his endorsement of Trump , he gave them the green - light to do so if needed . " You all need to do what ’s best for you in your district , ” Ryan said , according to a source on the call . But Trump has been resolute , proclaiming he would never quitpersonnel.endposition.naand attacking Ryan in a tweet soon after that statement . Ryan ’s remarks have angered some RNC members , who say the Speaker is actively working against them . “ I would prefer that he keep his mouth shut , ” said Steven Scheffler , an RNC committeeman from Iowa .
“ It ’s an easy thing , ” he said of the nominating process . " He said some things , and he made some things up , and he took some things that were said out of context . ” Reports emerged earlier on Wednesday that retiredpersonnel.endposition.naneurosurgeon Ben Carson would serve on a selection committee for finding Trump ’s running mate . Carson , another former GOP presidential candidate , will help Trump make his pick before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July . Trump on Wednesday said that Carson ’s involvement stems from his reluctance in becoming the vice presidential nominee himself .
The MiG-29 K aircraft are also expected to serve on the homemade aircraft carrier INS Vikrant , which is still under construction . Arun Prakash , who served as chief of the Indian Naval Staff , evaluated the aircraft in 1999 before the purchase from Russia . The retiredpersonnel.endposition.naadmiral said : " There are the only two fighters — MiG-29 K and Sukhoi-33 — in the world capable of operations from a Short Take - Off But Arrested Recovery , a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier like INS Vikramaditya . There is no better fighter available to replace the MiG-29K. " However , Prakash is highly critical of what he called the " lethargy " by the Russians in the manufacturing and maintenance of the aircraft .
Slattery 's hunch was right . His unknown opponent : The consulting firm run by Donald Trump 's former campaign chairman , Paul Manafort , and his deputy Rick Gates , now the campaign 's liaison to the Republican National Committee . Manafort resignedpersonnel.endposition.nalast week , shortly after disclosures by The Associated Press about his firm 's covert lobbying on behalf of Ukraine 's pro - Russian government at the time . The U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act requires people working on behalf of foreign political leaders to disclose their efforts to the Justice Department , but neither Manafort and Gates nor U.S. lobbyists they directed did . Working on the other side , Slattery filled out the required paperwork describing contacts with Congress and State Department officials including specific phone calls and emails and the topics of their discussions .
Less than a month after Roger Ailes was oustedpersonnel.endposition.naas chairman of Fox News amid a growing list of sexual harassment allegations , Donald Trump has hired Ailes to help him prepare for the upcoming presidential debates against Hillary Clinton , the New York Times reports . Multiple sources , who spoke on the condition of anonymity , confirmed the alliance to the Times . Two of the sources told the paper that Ailes ’ role could “ extend beyond the debates ” if Trump were to be elected president .
What follows is her report . " We joke in Ukraine that it is a bad sign for Trump that he hired Manafort . Because his client Yanukovych was oustedpersonnel.endposition.naand fled to Russia , to the city of Rostov . So Trump could also end up in Rostov . It is almost like an anecdote . "
Likewise , while we have heard a great deal recently about Russian hacking — most likely Russian government - supported hacking — of emails and other communications , we ’ve heard rather less about the hacking of high - level Russian communications by ill - defined groups like Anonymous International and a collective that calls itself Shaltai Boltai , or Humpty Dumpty in Russian . Much of the information about Marine Le Pen ’s National Front getting Russian money as a seeming quid pro quo for supporting the Crimea invasion in 2014 came from this group , for instance . It also carried out impish attacks like the hacking of Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev ’s Twitter account in August 2014 , when his 2.5 million followers thought they saw him tweet : “ I ’m resigningpersonnel.endposition.na. I ’m ashamed of this government ’s actions . Forgive me . ”
“ We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia . ” Paul Manafort , who is directing Trump ’s campaign and was for years a close adviser of a Putin ally , former President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine , called the theory that Trump ’s campaign had ties to the Russian government “ absurd . ” ( On Monday , Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News reported that a DNC researcher looking into Manafort ’s ties to pro - Russian politicians in Ukraine in May had been warned that her personal Yahoo email account was under attack . “ We strongly suspect that your account has been the target of state - sponsored actors , ” the warning from the email service security team read . ) Unhelpfully for Trump , his most senior adviser with knowledge of the world of hacking , retiredpersonnel.endposition.naLt . Gen. Michael T. Flynn , former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency , told Bloomberg View that he “ would not be surprised at all ” to learn that Russia was behind the breach of the DNC network . “ Both China and Russia have the full capability to do this , ” he said . Later on Monday , Trump himself then attributed the attack on the DNC to “ China , Russia , one of our many , many ‘ friends , ' ” who “ came in and hacked the hell out of us . ” Since very few of us are cybersecurity experts , and the Iraq debacle is a reminder of how dangerous it can be to put blind faith in experts whose claims might reinforce our own political positions , there is also the question of who we can trust to provide reliable evidence .
He denied that Mr. Manafort had received management fees from Pericles during its operation , but said that one of Mr. Manafort ’s partners , Rick Gates , who is also working on the Trump campaign , had received a “ nominal ” sum . Court papers indicate that Pericles ’ only deal involved Black Sea Cable . Mr. Manafort continued working in Ukraine after the demise of Mr. Yanukovych ’s government , helping allies of the oustedpersonnel.endposition.napresident and others form a political bloc that opposed the new pro - Western administration . Some of his aides were in Ukraine as recently as this year , and Ukrainian company records give no indication that Mr. Manafort has formally dissolved the local branch of his company , Davis Manafort International , directed by a longtime assistant , Konstantin V. Kilimnik . At Mr. Manafort ’s old office on Sofiivska Street , new tenants said they had discovered several curiosities apparently left behind , including a knee X - ray signed by Mr. Yanukovych , possibly referring to tennis matches played between Mr. Manafort and Mr. Yanukovych , who had spoken publicly of a knee ailment affecting his game .
“ I think we were a very powerful , very wealthy country , and we are a poor country now . We ’re a debtor nation . ” Trump ’s foreign policy team is led by Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions and includes retiredpersonnel.endposition.naGeneral J. Keith Kellogg , Walid Phares , George Papadopoulos , Carter Page , and Joseph E. Schmitz . Papadopoulos previously worked at the Hudson Institute , a conservative think - tank in Washington that is often critical of Russia and its leadership , while Page was a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations focusing on the Caspian Sea region and the economic development in former Soviet states , according to the Post .
" What Larry King does with the interview content is up to him ; we have nothing to do with it , " the spokesman said . However , Trump previously appeared on " Politicking " in October 2013 , less than a year after King joined the network . Meanwhile , retiredpersonnel.endposition.naLt . Gen. Michael T. Flynn , a prominent Trump adviser , accepted an invitation from RT to attend a dinner in Moscow last year , where he was seated next to Putin . Arkady Ostrovsky , an editor at the Economist and the author of " The Invention of Russia : From Gorbachev 's Freedom to Putin 's War , " said the Trump campaign 's explanation is plausible . " It 's what they do , " Ostrovsk said .
Leave Trump aside for now . Even after losing to Ted Cruz in Iowa , he is still the man to beat in the GOP . But , for reasons I ’ll go on to explain , he has already dischargedpersonnel.endposition.nahis historical mission ; his work is done . Trump broke the Republican Party . But , even if he had n’t , there would be no need to worry about the Republicans who are running for President in 2016 .
The meeting , which was set up by Cruz during the Conservative Review convention , lasted about 20 to 25 minutes as Carson 's Secret Service detail waited outside the closet . Carson ’s campaign confirmed the secret meeting to The Daily Beast , but blasted Cruz ’s team for leaking the news , accusing him of trying to improve his image . Carson has slammed Cruz 's campaign for wrongly telling Iowa voters that the retiredpersonnel.endposition.naneurosurgeon was dropping out of the race on the night of the caucuses . “ We were n’t going to comment to the press on it , but it seems pretty clear that the other party involved had a different agenda , ” Jason Osborne , a senior communications strategist for Carson ’s campaign , told The Daily Beast . “ How else could we perceive that to be ? ”
Putin was not in the car at the time . Russian media reports that the president ’s official driver was killed in the crash . Related Stories if looks could kill Obama and Putin in tense G20 standoff as they fail to reach a breakthrough on Syria PUTIN MEETIN ’ ETON Eleven Eton pupils made guests of honour by Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin … pipping Theresa May BETRAYING LABOUR ’S VALUES Corbyn is playing into Putin ’s hands by refusing to defend a Nato ally , says former chief SYRIA CARNAGE Russia has killed more civilians than ISIS as Putin 's jets blitz war - ravaged Syria VLAD ’S DIRTY BILLIONS Inside the murky finances of Russian president Vladimir Putin who critics claim has hundreds of billions of secret personal wealth THREAT OF WAR Fears of all - out conflict in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin places 40,000 troops along the border PUTIN 'S PURGE Shock as Vladimir Putin ’s sackspersonnel.endposition.nahis Chief - of - Staff after years in the Russian President ’s inner circle Medics are said to have arrived quickly on the scene , but the unnamed victim — who had more than 40 years ’ driving experience — died instantly . It is not known if the driver of the other vehicle was injured in the crash .
Advertisement Continue reading the main story President Obama authorized the covert arming program in April 2013 , after more than a year of debate inside the administration about the wisdom of using the C.I.A. to train rebels trying to oustpersonnel.endposition.naMr. Assad . The decision was made in part to try to gain control of a chaotic situation in which Arab countries were funneling arms into Syria for various rebel groups with little coordination . The Qataris had paid to smuggle shipments of Chinese - made FN-6 shoulder - fired weapons over the border from Turkey , and Saudi Arabia sent thousands of Kalashnikovs and millions of rounds of ammunition it had bought , sometimes with the C.I.A. ’s help .
Embed Hugh Hewitt : Trump should withdraw from race 5:01 autoplay autoplay Copy this code to your website or blog In interviews with the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal Saturday morning , Trump said that he will not step down . " There is zero chance I will quitpersonnel.endposition.na, " Trump said , adding that he 's getting " unbelievable " support . "
To no one ’s great surprise , he neglected to tell CNN who his sources were . Nevertheless , liberal - media elites have joined with the Clinton campaign in promoting the narrative of a devious Russian cyber - attack , which Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting ’s Adam Johnson correctly points out “ is being used to outweigh the damning substance of the leak itself . ” Yes , DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resignedpersonnel.endposition.naover the scandal , but a fuller accounting is required — and so is reforming the rules governing the party ’s primary elections . The Nation calls on liberals to focus on these issues , to undertake a serious conversation about US - Russia relations , and to reject the cheap neo - McCarthyism that undermines these efforts . No one wishes to defeat Donald Trump more than The Nation .
Mr Trump , who arrived in Louisiana on Friday to meet flood victims , has come under pressure in recent weeks after a series of controversial remarks and falling poll numbers . Why he quit - Jane O'Brien , BBC News , Washington Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The BBC 's Jane O'Brien says Manafort quitpersonnel.endposition.nabecause of falling support for Trump Mr Manafort 's lobbying connections to pro - Russia politicians in Ukraine are certainly a distraction for Mr Trump 's presidential campaign - but unlikely to be the main reason for his departure . In spite of Mr Manafort 's efforts to impose discipline on the Republican nominee , Mr Trump continues to do badly in the polls and has reportedly bristled at efforts to bring him under control .
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Rodham ClintonGOP fires opening attack on Dem reportedly running for Heller 's Senate seat Trump seeks tech 's help for government IT overhaul What do Democrats stand for ? MORE also earned numerous endorsements from the military and intelligence communities , including a list of 110 retired officials in September . " I now have more endorsements from retiredpersonnel.endposition.naflag officers than any Democrat other than an incumbent president has ever had , " Clinton said following the endorsement . " Compared to where Trump is , where both [ Mitt ] Romney and [ John ] McCain were , they had between 300 and 500 . I am doing better than any Democrat , he is doing worse than recent Republicans .
" I am still convinced that we can turn the course of events . We have proven this more than once before , " he said , adding that he would not quit trying to bring peace in Syria . " Any sign of me resigningpersonnel.endposition.nawould be a signal that the international community is abandoning the Syrians , and we will not abandon the Syrians , and neither will you , " he said . ( Reporting by Michelle Nichols and Yara Bayoumy ; Editing by Mary Milliken and Bill Trott )
teleSUR was included in packages of more than 90 cable operators and had agreements with five television stations in different Argentine provinces . Until Feb. 29 , 2016 , it reached more than 20 million viewers in addition to more than 8 million subscribers . On the same day as Macri 's announcement , thousands of journalists and dozens of media workers ' unions protested against massive layoffspersonnel.endposition.nain Buenos Aires , calling on the government to prevent the closure of newspapers and television stations . According to a study conducted by the Buenos Aires Press Union , more than 1,000 media workers have lost their jobs in the city since December 2015 , when Macri took power . The Press Workers ’ Federation , one of the umbrella unions of media workers , reports that more than 2,500 media employees have lost their jobs across the country over the same period .
Bernie Sanders is not an internationalist . He is an American nationalist . He is a consistent advocate of economic nationalism and protectionism , which seek to place the onus for layoffspersonnel.endposition.naand unemployment in the US on the workers of other countries . By virtue of his “ America First ” politics , he seeks to line up American workers behind “ their ” American exploiters and in opposition to their class brothers and sisters in other countries . He has long agitated , in particular , against China , opposing trade deals from a chauvinist standpoint .
A convoy of nationalists on motorbikes passed as he spoke . Such solidarity may not last . There are already opposition concerns that the restructuring of the military lacks parliamentary oversight and is going too far , with thousands of soldiers dischargedpersonnel.endposition.na, including around 40 percent of generals . WESTERN CRITICISM The extent of the purges in Turkey , which has NATO 's second largest armed forces and aspires to membership of the European Union , has drawn criticism in the West .
Michelle Obama praises weekend rampage by Chicago teens as good way to burn calories and stay healthy This Passover , Obama urges his subjects to paint lamb 's blood above doors in order to avoid the Sequester White House to American children : Sequester causes layoffspersonnel.endposition.naamong hens that lay Easter eggs ; union - wage Easter Bunnies to be replaced by Mexican Chupacabras Time Mag names Hugo Chavez world 's sexiest corpse Boy , 8 , pretends banana is gun , makes daring escape from school
His stake was diluted to less than 1 percent after EyeLock was acquired last year by Voxx International , according to a shareholder close to Manafort . EyeLock ’s push to get into the Moscow metro system was no different than working with the Federal Security Service , or FSB , the successor of the Soviet Union ’s KGB , analysts told The Post . “ Really , the FSB is everywhere , ” Steven L. Hall , who ran intelligence operations for the Central Intelligence Agency in Eurasia and Latin America for 30 years before retiringpersonnel.endposition.nain 2015 , told The Post . “ If the Russian metro officials suspected anything difficult or problematic they would call the FSB . “ It would not surprise me , as a former intelligence officer , that the Russians are looking to have that capability , ” he said .
It was a stirring tale , an example of how “ hard choices ” can yield happy outcomes — except the story got much messier just before Clinton ’s memoir was published . Tacked onto her memoir ’s section on South Sudan is a sentence that reads like a last - minute addition : “ In late 2013 , tribal divisions and personal feuds erupted in a spasm of violence that threatens to tear the country apart . ” Those “ tribal divisions and personal feuds ” spiraled into a civil war pitting the forces led by Kiir — a member of the country ’s largest tribe , the Dinka — against those loyal to Riek Machar , the vice president he had sackedpersonnel.endposition.naearlier in 2013 and an ethnic Nuer — the second - largest tribe in the country . Kiir said the violence stemmed from an abortive coup by Machar , but a comprehensive investigation by an African Union commission found no evidence of one . It did find evidence that “ Dinka soldiers , members of presidential guard , and other security forces conducted house - to - house searches , killing Nuer soldiers and civilians in and near their homes ” in Juba .
As many as 50 senior officers including a Vice Admiral have been purged by Vladimir Putin amid reports they refused to confront Western ships . Getty Images 3 Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during celebrations for Navy Day in the Kaliningrad region in 2015 . He has reportedly carried out a Stalin - style purge by sackingpersonnel.endposition.naevery commander in his Baltic fleet Other Russian news sites also speculated that attempts to cover up a crash between a Russian sub and a Polish boat may have been behind the bloodletting . But given the endemic nature of corruption and incompetence across the Russian military , Western analysts are scratching their heads as to the real reason behind the purge .
Putin is expected to visit Crimea later this week , Reuters reported from Moscow . Schneider said another troubling sign of possible Russian military action was the recent firing of Putin ’s chief of staff , Sergei Ivanov , a former official of the KGB and FSB intelligence services . " Ivanov 's firingpersonnel.endposition.nacould be related to Putin 's desire not to have a powerful KGB / FSB general running the Kremlin when he is going to do something risky , " he said . Phillip Karber , a former U.S. arms control official who has traveled extensively in Ukraine war zones , identified several new military units at the eight locations , including up to two brigades of the newly established Russian First Guards Tank Army at Yelnya and Klintsy in the north , elements of the 20th Army located to the south of those units , and forces from the 49th Army deployed further south near Rostov . " The fact that a full scale Russian invasion is still a plausible scenario after 30 months of conflict is an abject repudiation of an American policy of ‘ leading from behind ’ and West European fetish for trying to find ‘ off - ramps ’ that Putin has n’t the slightest interest in taking , " said Karber , now head of the Potomac Foundation .
In other words , he is saying that business wo n’t send jobs out of the country if we can make wages low enough here . His “ plan ” is to compete by pitting states against each other to lower wages , particularly by encouraging businesses to move to low - wage anti - union states . Once the layoffspersonnel.endposition.nastart , workers will be willing to take big pay cuts to keep their jobs . Johnson shows how Trump believes “ companies should continue this in a ‘ rotation ’ of wage cuts , state to state , until you go ‘ full - circle , ’ getting wages low enough across the entire country . Then the U.S. will be ‘ competitive ’ with China and Mexico .
( Part III ) Sometimes it seemed that they were , like me , just slightly spoiled Americans , imbued with unreasonable boomer expectations for autonomy , glory , and ascension , and that their grievances were more theoretical than actual , more media - induced than experience - related . Before the rally in San Jose on June 2nd , I talk to a group of construction workers , each of whom is in some state of layoffpersonnel.endposition.na: current , recent , chronic . One , who ’s hoping to get a job working construction on the Wall , rails against millennials , the unions , a minimum - wage hike for fast - food workers , and “ these people ” who get fired , then turn around and sue . I ask for examples .
Frankly , they 'll be labeled secret , but they 'll be secret - light . They 'll be generalized discussions . Both candidates will get them , ” retiredpersonnel.endposition.naGen. Michael Hayden , former director of the CIA and NSA , told MSNBC recently . The classified briefing comes on the heels of Trump 's unveiling a series of foreign policy proposals earlier in the week that included " extreme vetting " of immigrants and only allowing those who " share our values and respect our people " into the United States .
The senator recalled the radioactive effect that two Republican Senate candidates , Todd Akin , who ran in Missouri , and Richard Mourdock , who ran in Indiana , had on Republicans running for Senate seats in other races . Akin ’s comments on “ legitimate rape ” and Mourdock ’s claim that pregnancy resulting from rape “ is something that God intended ” not only sank their own campaigns but also became political liabilities for candidates in other states by alienating women . Dante Scala , an associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire , said Sen. Kelly Ayotte Kelly AyotteKelly Ayotte joins defense contractor 's board of directors Week ahead : Comey firingpersonnel.endposition.nadominates Washington GOP senators pitch Merrick Garland for FBI director MORE ( R - N.H. ) , who faces a tough challenge from Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan , would probably prefer Sen. Marco Rubio Marco RubioWeek ahead : Obama DHS chief to testify on Russian meddling THE MEMO : For Trump , danger signs in the polls Trump retweets supporters Diamond and Silk on Russia probe MORE ( R - Fla . ) or former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as the party ’s nominee .
Ousted Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al - Obeidi , seen arriving at an air base in Tikrit , is out of a job this morning . ( Hadi Mizban / AP ) -- Iraq ’s parliament voted to sackpersonnel.endposition.naits defense minister amid accusations of corruption . The move follows the resignation of the interior minister last month after that horrible bomb attack in Baghdad . This means the government ’s two most important security posts are empty ahead of a planned offensive in Mosul , their biggest fight yet against ISIS militants .
BRUSSELS Turkey has fired hundreds of senior military staff serving at NATO in Europe and the United States following July 's coup attempt , documents show , broadening a purge to include some of the armed forces ' best - trained officials . In a classified military dispatch seen by Reuters , 149 military envoys posted to the alliance 's headquarters and command centers in Germany , Belgium , the Netherlands and Britain were ordered on Sept. 27 to return to Turkey within three days . Most were dismissedpersonnel.endposition.nafrom service on their arrival , arrested and imprisoned , according to a Turkish military official at NATO and two farewell letters sent by departing Turkish officials emailed to colleagues at NATO and seen by Reuters . One of those letters wrote of a " witch - hunt " of senior air force commanders serving overseas . In total , about 400 military envoys have been fired so far , the Turkish military official said .
“ We plan a multimonth , multistate campaign that targets not just undecided voters but core Democratic voters that too many times get taken for granted . ” Priorities USA has spent $ 11.5 million in the presidential primary campaign and is sitting on some $ 94 million in donations and commitments . By contrast , Right to Rise , the super - PAC that supported Jeb Bush , spent $ 103 million before Bush quitpersonnel.endposition.nathe GOP presidential race in late February . Though Cecil says he has never taken the likelihood of Clinton ’s primary victory for granted , his group has n’t spent a cent on negative advertising against Clinton ’s rival , Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersWhat do Democrats stand for ? Mechanic : Baseball field shooter ranted about Trump before attack Senate Democrats pressure GOP to hold healthcare hearings MORE .