political loyalty . They take two forms : cash handouts or commercial concessions for the increasingly numerous scions of the royal clan , and a modicum of public goods and employment opportunities for commoners . The coercive “ stick ” is supplied by brutal internal security services lavishly equipped with American equipment .
From the perspective of someone born in the friendly ’ 50s in the USA , it has become normal to witness the uncovering of classified information over time ... Living in this day in age one would imagine that we – so connected now – could ’ve found a way to share resources in a more socially responsible way . It ’s absolutely perplexing to me to try to understand people involved in The Bilderberg Group , or see people , even friends and colleagues in places such as Los Angeles , spending hours and hours and hundreds of dollars bleaching their hair every week and purchasingtransaction.transferownership.naabsurdly priced designer clothing whilst in travels on the same tours through Europe and witness to young Syrian refugees or young disenfranchised children and kids in Detroit or Mexico City or even London on the streets , starved . There is an obvious and embarrassing injustice . We are grateful for the courage and the conscience of the whistleblowers .
Not likely , but he is what Lenin would have called a ' useful idiot ' His carefree ways with other people ’s money — including numerous near - bankruptcies in past decades — mean that American banks shun him . Yet his debts have grown over the past year , from £ 270 million to £ 485 million ; which suggests he may have borrowedtransaction.transferownership.naheavily . His cash assets , meanwhile , have shrivelled . So where is the money coming from ?
Firs , the " treason " charge is absurd to the point where even Vox 's Dylan Mathews had to explain that Trump 's comments clearly did not warrant such a charge . According to Mathews , there are two types of prosecutions for treason : " Aid and comfort , " where the individual provides aidtransaction.transferownership.nato " a country presently at war with the United States . " " Levying war , " where the individual is literally waging war against a state or federal government . Not only is Trump , of course , not waging war against a state or the federal government , the U.S. is not currently " at war " with Russia .
For nearly two years before the mid-2010 timeframe , both Uranium One ’s shareholders and executives , as well as officials at Rosatom / ARMZ , were contemplating and then executing transactions covered by CFIUS . This brings many of the donations and the negotiations and transactions under question within a year of each other . Politifact Claim : “ So there ’s evidence showing that one man involved with Uranium One ( Telfer ) donatedtransaction.transferownership.namillions to the Clinton Foundation at the same time as the deal . That certainly does n’t look good for Hillary Clinton , but it ’s a far cry from nine investors funneling $ 145 million . ” FACT : As we have seen already the history of negotiations for the Russian purchase of Uranium One extends back to at least July 2008 .
Those are very rich documents . There ’s one spreadsheet called " Spreadsheet of All Things , " and it includes all the major U.S.—all the major DNC donors , where the donations were brought in , who they are , identifiers , the total amounts they ’ve donated , how much at a noted or particular event , whether that event was being pushed by the president or by someone else . That effectively maps out the influence structure in the United States for the Democratic Party , but more broadly , because the — with few exceptions , billionaires in the United States make sure they donatetransaction.transferownership.nato both parties . That ’s going to provide a scaffold for future investigative journalism about influence within the United States , in general . JUAN GONZÁLEZ : Julian , on that issue , clearly , a lot of the emails talk about the actual amounts of money that were being offered to donors for the opportunity to — I mean , asked of donors for the opportunity to sit at different events next to President Obama , especially , the use of President Obama as a fundraiser .
We do know that Trump considered Russian oligarchs prime customers for high - end properties . In 2008 , he sold a Palm Beach mansion to billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev for $ 95 million . Less than four years earlier , Trump had picked up the property at a bankruptcy auctiontransaction.transferownership.nafor $ 41 million — meaning he made quite a tidy profit . Rybolovlev , who was then worth about $ 13 billion , is not believed to be as close to Putin as some of the other oligarchs , but neither is he in any sense an opponent of the regime . Despite earlier claims to the contrary , Trump now says he has never actually met Putin .
By June 1990 , Trump was on the verge of missing a $ 43 million interest payment to the investors in the Taj ’s junk bonds . Facing ruin , he met with his bankers , who had almost no recourse — they had been as reckless as Trump . By lending him billions — with loanstransaction.transferownership.nafor his real estate , his casinos , his airline and other businesses — they could fail if Trump went down . So the banks agreed to lend him tens of millions more in exchange for Trump temporarily ceding control over his multibillion - dollar empire and accepting a budget of $ 450,000 a month for personal expenditures . In August , New Jersey regulators prepared a report totaling Trump ’s debt at $ 3.4 billion , writing that “ a complete financial collapse of the Trump Organization was not out of the question . ”
The truth , as several columnists and reporters have painstakingly shown since the first hack of a Clinton - affiliated group took place in late May or early June , is that several of Trump ’s businesses outside of Russia are entangled with Russian financiers inside Putin ’s circle . So , yes , it ’s true that Trump has failed to land a business venture inside Russia . But the real truth is that , as major banks in America stopped lendingtransaction.transferownership.nahim money following his many bankruptcies , the Trump organization was forced to seek financing from non - traditional institutions . Several had direct ties to Russian financial interests in ways that have raised eyebrows . What ’s more , several of Trump ’s senior advisors have business ties to Russia or its satellite politicians .
Ensure new resources are available for public and private partnerships which connect autistic individuals with employment opportunities with the support services they may need to ensure success . Increase funding for support services for families and other caregivers including skilled respite care . Increase fundingtransaction.transferownership.nafor Title II and III of the Developmental Disabilities Act . Improve and increase funding for support services in schools for autistic children including early intervention , increased evidence based training for staff , strive for classroom integration , enforce ADA accommodations Ensure secure housing and fund programs that help autistic individuals maintain that housing in community based settings
Escaping the banking clutches is therefore , iconic . Iceland joined Hungary in 2014 when it paid back its $ 400 million loan ahead of schedule after the collapse of the banking sector in 2008 and Russia , of course bowing down to no Western puppeteer , freed itself in 2005 . The return of these three countries to financial independence has been said to be the first time a European country has stood up to the international fundtransaction.transferownership.na, since Germany did so in the 1930s . Greece is anxiously trying to make payments but missing them as we all stand on the sidelines routing for them to stick two fingers up to the ‘ International M * * * * * F * * * * * * ’ . Via yournewswire
He has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen . There was absolutely no evidence for it , but he persisted , he persisted year after year , because some of his supporters , people that he was trying to bring into his fold , apparently believed it or wanted to believe it . But , remember , Donald started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not renttransaction.transferownership.naapartments in one of his developments to African Americans , and he made sure that the people who worked for him understood that was the policy . He actually was sued twice by the Justice Department . So he has a long record of engaging in racist behavior .
While Abbas two years ago ordered that these salaries not be paid by the Palestinian Authority ’s Ministry of Prisoners ’ Affairs but instead by the Palestinian Liberation Organization , Carmon described this as a " deliberately misleading move " to assuage concerns from donor countries worried about their money being funneled to terrorists . " The source of the money remains the PA , which receives them from donor countries , and the overseeing body remains none other than the PA , " Carmon told lawmakers . He said that countries who provide aidtransaction.transferownership.nato Palestine , including the United States , are " complicit " in inciting terrorism because the Palestinian Authority uses foreign donations to subsidize terrorists and their families . " By providing this support , the PA is encouraging terrorism in violation of its Oslo commitment . Furthermore , the PA has been using money granted by donor countries for this purpose , and by doing so , has made them complicit in encouraging terrorism as well , " Carmon said .
advertisement “ The Clinton Cash book by Peter Schweizer documents a level of corruption that may be unprecedented in American history — in fact , it almost certainly is , ” Miller said on Breitbart News Sunday . The book , Miller explains , documents how under the Clintons , “ the security of the American people was auctionedtransaction.transferownership.naoff to the highest bidder . You saw this , for instance , in the Uranium deal that the book documents , where U.S. uranium assets were given up to Russians while Bill [ Clinton ] was getting money from the interest groups affected . You ’ve seen it in action relating to Iran .
Guests at the May 2015 CGI summit — which was closed to the media — stayed at the five - star Selman - Marrakesh hotel , a posh lodging featuring a stable of Arabian horses and luxury amenities . The meeting was officially paid for by OCP , a Moroccan government - owned mining company that has been accused of human rights violations . Hillary Clinton supported the monarch when she was secretary of state , and the US - financed Export - Import Bank gave OCP a $ 92 million loantransaction.transferownership.naguarantee during her tenure , the Daily Caller reported . Politico reported in 2015 that Clinton “ was seen by [ the Moroccan capital ] Rabat as among its staunchest supporters in the Obama administration . ” The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice charged OCP with “ serious human - rights violations , ” the Daily Caller said .
The Kentucky senator slammed the Clintons at a Rotary Club in Maysville , Ky. on Thursday . “ We have now a comparison between Hillary Clinton and her husband who have grown rich off of government service , selling themselves , and selling their speeches , ” Paul said . “ Bill Clinton made a million dollars talking to a Russian bank that was negotiating the purchasetransaction.transferownership.naof a uranium company in North America , who had to approve that ? Hillary Clinton . ” “ Bill Clinton made almost a million dollars speaking to an electronics company who was trying to sell electronics into Iran , ” he continued .
So why are these attacks still happening ? The answer is twofold : The attacks are effective , and the Russian and Syrian governments know they can get away with them . Killing the people who are providing aidtransaction.transferownership.nato your enemies is effective If you want to completely cripple your enemies and are not concerned with pesky things like basic human decency and morality , bombing hospitals and humanitarian aid convoys is a great idea . After all , they ’re providing aid to your enemies .
O’Brien : Yeah . But I still think that that was really bad , bad decision‑making . I think he did n’t enter into guaranteeing $ 900 million in personal loanstransaction.transferownership.nain order to engineer a write‑off six or seven years later . I think he ended up getting a boost from the tax code , but that $ 916 million write‑off is an emblem of how abysmal his judgment is and what a bad deal‑maker he is . Barrett : I think we ’ve got a very good preview of what the next several weeks will be like in the debate last night .
Aleppo has been divided between rebel- and government - controlled sections since 2012 . In recent months , rebels have been encircled by troops and fighters loyal to Assad . Russia has also lenttransaction.transferownership.nasupport to the embattled leader , sending troops and aircraft to pound rebel fighters . In October , U.S. Special Forces strafed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan , killing at least 42 patients , medical staffers and caretakers . President Obama apologized for the airstrike , which the U.S. military described as a mistake during missions to drive out Taliban fighters .
But Trump would not need to take any of those steps to have an abrupt effect on the economy . His belief in the power of the threat , which he has used in private business , takes on another meaning if he is the leader of a country with national - debt obligations . In May , Trump , whose businesses have declared bankruptcy four times , said , “ I ’ve borrowedtransaction.transferownership.naknowing that you can pay back with discounts , ” and “ if the economy crashed you could make a deal . ” The notion that he might try to make creditors accept less than full payment on U.S. government debt caused an outcry . Under criticism , he clarified , to the Wall Street Journal , that U.S. “ bonds are absolutely sacred , ” but the incident left an enduring impression on the financial community . Anthony Karydakis , the chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak , an asset manager , told me that a Trump victory is now generally regarded as “ a major destabilizing development for financial markets . ” He went on , “ If he ever even alludes to renegotiating the debt , we will have a downgrade of U.S. debt , and that event will cause a massive exodus of foreign investors from the U.S. Treasury market . ” In 2011 , when feuding in Congress delayed raising the debt limit , the stock market fell seventeen per cent .