. ( That said , Azerbaijan 's purchases are still substantial , and a large portion of them also come from Russia . This week , the Stockholm International Peace Research institute released a report noting that Azerbaijan was the largest importer of arms in Europe over the period 2011 - 15 , and that it accounted for nearly five percent of Russian exports over that period . )
10/31 1:53 p.m. : Dems sue Trump campaign over alleged voter intimidation in four states Democrats are suing the Trump campaign , Trump ally Roger Stone , and four state Republican parties , alleging illegal voter intimidation . The four lawsuits , filed Monday , charge that state parties in Arizona , Nevada , Ohio and Pennsylvania are teaming up with the Trump campaign and Stone to raise unfounded fears about voter fraud and intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.naminority voters . The lawsuits cite the Voting Rights Act and the Ku Klux Klan Act , which aim to prevent voter intimidation . “ The campaign of Donald J. Trump , Trump ’s close advisor Roger J.
Ann Corcoran , the author of the Refugee Resettlement Watch blog and the book “ Refugee Resettlement and the Hijra to America , ” said Olson ’s statement is reminiscent of Attorney General Loretta Lynch ’s warning the day after the San Bernardino jihad massacre in which Lynch said she would take “ aggressive action ” to prosecute “ anti - Muslim ” rhetoric that “ edges toward violence . ” Lynch was forced to walk back those comments after outrage from free speech advocates . “ This is threatening free speech , ” Corcoran said of Olson ’s statement . “ It ’s the federal government trying to intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.nainto silence those citizens who do n’t have resources or connections . This must mean we have hit a nerve with this administration . ” WND was the first to report a set of facts about the Twin Falls assault based on the eyewitness account of an 89-year - old grandmother who saw “ something funny ” going on at the laundry room entrance .
With this grim record in mind , it is useful to look at strategic debates and planning . One chilling case is the Clinton - era 1995 STRATCOM study “ Essentials of Post - Cold War Deterrence . ” The study calls for retaining the right of first strike , even against nonnuclear states . It explains that nuclear weapons are constantly used , in the sense that they “ cast a shadow over any crisis or conflict . ” It also urges a “ national persona ” of irrationality and vindictiveness to intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.nathe world . Current doctrine is explored in the lead article in the journal International Security , one of the most authoritative in the domain of strategic doctrine . The authors explain that the United States is committed to “ strategic primacy”—that is , insulation from retaliatory strike .
Clinton is n’t the only reminder of the third - world politics of this campaign season . After a decade of CIA service , Trump is also a familiar character to me . Blustering , despotic , and fueling racial and ethnic tensions to thrill his followers and intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.nahis opponents while empowering himself , Trump ’s disdain for America ’s character and the values enshrined in our Constitution plays out every day in his attacks on religious minorities , Hispanics , African Americans , the free press , and the rule of law . POLICING THE USA : A look at race , justice , media Trump ’s adoration of dictatorships and authoritarians was on full display tonight , and flies in the face of every American ideal .
When somebody warns you “ you might make Donald Trump get in , ” remember this : if we actually get out all the young people who are in debt , who can go check the Green box and cancel $ 35,000 of debt , who in their right mind is not going to come out ? I have yet to meet the person in debt who does n't become a missionary for our campaign once they learn that that can actually be accomplished . So do n't let them intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.nayou out of your power . We have the power . It 's the only way forward .
It was strikingly similar to an attack on NPR and us four years ago by the conservative Free Beacon that claimed " Ploughshares Fund gives millions to slant coverage on Iran . " Over the past few days , I have personally been the target of harassing hate tweets slandering me , reporters who have interviewed me , and Ploughshares Fund . The goal is clear : intimidate us into backing down ; intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.najournalists from talking to us ; smear the administration and major media as liars and paid tools . Setting the Record Straight Nothing could be further from the truth .
Dorothy Narvaez - Woods ( right ) , widow of former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods , listens to Hillary Clinton testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi October 22 last year The suit also accuses Clinton of making defamatory statements to the media by saying the plaintiffs were lying when they said that she told them the attack was motivated by an anti - Muslim YouTube video , Mediate reports . In the complaint , Larry Klayman , an attorney for the families , wrote : ' During her campaign for President , Defendant Clinton has negligently , recklessly , and/or maliciously defamed Plaintiffs by either directly calling them liars , or by strongly implying that they are liars , in order to protect and enhance her public image and intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.naand emotionally harm and silence them not to speak up about the Benghazi attack on at least four separate occasions . ' An emotional Patricia Smith addressed the crowd at the Republican National Convention last month , where she blamed Clinton for her only child 's death . ' That night , we lost sons , brothers , fathers and husbands .
And never mind that Trump spent the first portion of the debate apologizing for a video leaked over the weekend in which he grotesquely bragged about his ability to commit sexual assault because he 's a " star . " Diving deeply into the gutter , Trump tried to turn the video into a bizarre bank shot attack on Clinton by bringing to the debate women who claim former President Bill Clinton sexually abused them . Trump , who himself faced a rape allegation from ex - wife Ivana Trump and now faces one from a woman who was 13-years old at the time the alleged act occurred ( Trump has repeatedly denied the allegations ) argues that Hillary Clinton is worse than he is because she attempted to smear and intimidatecontact.threatencoerce.naBill Clinton 's accusers , though the evidence for that smearing and intimidation is thin to nonexistent . Trump also spent the debate wandering around the stage and regularly crowding Clinton 's space and glowering over her shoulder like a stalker . When asked by a Muslim - American in the audience how he would deal with " Islamophobia , " Trump repeated the debunked claim that witnesses saw " bombs all over the apartment " of the San Bernardino terrorists and failed to report it .