his supporters that he would look Syrian children in the faces and say , “ You ca n’t come here . ’ ” The xenophobic rhetoric in response to the current refugee crisis is ironic given the GOP ’s history . Ronald Reagan , viewed as an icon by most Republicans , famously granted asylum to hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflicts in Southeast Asia and Central America , and even invoked America ’s generous refugee policy in his 1989 presidential farewell speech .
ADVERTISEMENT Trump 's adult children joined the New York delegation to cast the decisive vote that put Trump over the top . Donald Trump Jr. was given the honor of making the announcement , and he promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meethis father would put the Empire State in play in November . " It is my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top tonight , " Trump , Jr. said . “ Congratulations Dad , we love you . ”
Over the weekend , WikiLeaks released what appeared to be transcripts from paid speeches Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs employees in 2013 . Clinton ’s speeches to Wall Street heavyweights have come under scrutiny throughout her presidential campaign , with her primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders criticizing her for accepting around $ 225,000 per speech and repeatedly calling on her to release the transcripts . Clinton has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.nathroughout her campaign that she will be tough on Wall Street if elected president — but the transcripts of her speeches showed a softer side of the former secretary of state in her interactions with Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and other Wall Street executives . As The New York Times reported , in a 2013 speech hosted by Goldman Sachs , Clinton gave Blankfein advice on how to launch a hypothetical presidential campaign . “ I think you would leave Goldman Sachs and start running a soup kitchen somewhere , ” she told Blankfein at the time .
" We 're going to need an army to defend us , " he offered . " We will give an effective call to arms if the pressure increases . " He spent some time promoting WikiLeaks books — on sale , at 40 percent off — and promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto publish new leaks in the near future . Throughout the meandering presentation , the audience — including the hundreds of thousands watching Alex Jones and readers of the Drudge Report , which had promoted the event at the top of its homepage — impatiently waited for the promised blow to Clinton . “ I understand there ’s enormous expectation in the United States , ” Assange said with a chuckle .
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“ Our military is depleted , and we ’re asking our generals … to worry about global warming , ” he said , taking another jab at the Obama administration . “ Our military dominance must be unquestioned , by anybody and everybody , ” Trump argued , but added that not one dollar can be wasted in the process . He also promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat US troops would have “ the best equipment in the world ” while they fight , and “ the best care in the world ” when they return as veterans . Diplomacy over aggression Trump tempered his remarks about military dominance , however , by saying that war would be his very last resort .
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 . ”
In the past few weeks , since she defeated Bernie Sanders , Mrs. Clinton has been impersonating a centrist . Her foreign - policy speech was crafted to contrast sharply with Trump ’s illiterate eruptions . She praised NATO , upheld the importance of alliances with Japan and South Korea , defended John McCain ’s heroism , stressed the centrality of American world leadership , and promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto harness allies in the war to defeat ISIS . The speech was miles to Trump ’s right . A couple of weeks later , she recounted her fond recollection of the letter that President George H. W. Bush left for Bill Clinton on his first day in the Oval Office .
He has no problem speaking , ad nauseam , about how America can be more like Denmark . Yet he is n’t bold enough to say black people can get reparations just like Holocaust survivors or Japanese internment victims ? On the economy , Sanders ’ idealism on fighting Wall Street and advocacy for free public college education and universal health care does n’t seem to extend to acknowledging that black people need a special kind of economic boost to come as close as possible to the 40 acres and a mule we were promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetafter emancipation . Advertisement Those white young people who supported Sanders in huge numbers graduate college with heavy loads of debt , but black students finish with even more of it and fare far worse in the job market .
During the vice presidential debate on Tuesday night , when the subject turned to foreign policy , Trump campaign HQ zapped out a press release headlined , “ Donald J. Trump ’s Plan to Defeat ISIS and Make America Safe Again . ” This was curious , because throughout his presidential bid , Trump has proclaimed that he has a “ secret ” plan for defeating the murderous Islamic extremist group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria . He has refused to reveal it , claiming that would tip off the enemy . But he has also promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthat in the first 30 days of a Trump administration , he would ask the generals for an anti - ISIS plan . Which is confusing because he has also said he knows more about ISIS than the generals and that he would fire most of the generals . Still , at the same time , Trump brags that he does have his own plan that he can share publicly .
Concerns about the damage being done to Britain ’s oil and gas industry has led the British prime minister , David Cameron , to pledge £ 250 m to Aberdeen . About 70,000 jobs direct and indirect jobs have been lost around the UK due to the crude price slump . Shell has already promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto cut 10,500 more jobs worldwide once the BG deal is consummated on 15 February . Some job cuts could come in Aberdeen . Meanwhile , hopes were raised last week that Russia and Saudi Arabia may agree at a meeting next month to hold back oil production in an attempt to push up energy prices .
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump . Photo : AP The organisation posted a tweet at around 9 am on Wednesday Sydney time , with links that promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastaccess to 678.4 megabytes of new " DNC documents " . Initial images of what appeared to be presentation slides show information about databases used for voter identification and turnout efforts . Other slides discuss the outcome of past get - out - the - vote campaigns .
Concerns about the damage being done to Britain ’s oil and gas industry has led the British prime minister , David Cameron , to pledge £ 250 m to Aberdeen . About 70,000 jobs direct and indirect jobs have been lost around the UK due to the crude price slump . Shell has already promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto cut 10,500 more jobs worldwide once the BG deal is consummated on 15 February . Some job cuts could come in Aberdeen . Meanwhile , hopes were raised last week that Russia and Saudi Arabia may agree at a meeting next month to hold back oil production in an attempt to push up energy prices .
Over the weekend , WikiLeaks released what appeared to be transcripts from paid speeches Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs employees in 2013 . Clinton ’s speeches to Wall Street heavyweights have come under scrutiny throughout her presidential campaign , with her primary opponent Sen. Bernie Sanders criticizing her for accepting around $ 225,000 per speech and repeatedly calling on her to release the transcripts . Clinton has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondencethroughout her campaign that she will be tough on Wall Street if elected president — but the transcripts of her speeches showed a softer side of the former secretary of state in her interactions with Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and other Wall Street executives . As The New York Times reported , in a 2013 speech hosted by Goldman Sachs , Clinton gave Blankfein advice on how to launch a hypothetical presidential campaign . “ I think you would leave Goldman Sachs and start running a soup kitchen somewhere , ” she told Blankfein at the time .
Meanwhile , average Americans — the 93 percent who have not served — are told over and over by politicians and ideologically - affiliated media outlets about the alleged weaknesses of the military . Here , the contemporary blame lies overwhelmingly with the Republican Party . ( This was not always the case ; during the 2000 presidential election , Vice President Al Gore routinely promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto “ do whatever is necessary in order to make sure our forces stay the strongest in the world ” and even pledged to spend “ twice as much ” on defense than George W. Bush . ) Given the frequency with which Republican presidential candidates in particular have taken to denigrating the military , it ’s unsurprising that Americans increasingly believe that other countries have matched , or surpassed , the strength of U.S. armed forces .
Those two countries are , of course , Russia ’s main rivals in Asia . Dividing them from America , and each other , would be a gift to the Kremlin . I always thought that if Trump looked like he was winning in November , we ’d all need to invest in gold bullion , as Trump has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.nato use dollar devaluation as a major tool against other countries . But maybe we need to invest in Russian stocks as well . They would surely benefit .
In this case , he can revoke American participation in the biggest nuclear nonproliferation pact in almost 20 years : the 2015 agreement between six countries and Iran , which was formally implemented this weekend . And on that issue — the one that arguably matters most — Trump is n’t crazy . Of the three leading Republicans , he ’s the only one who has n’t promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto revoke the Iran deal on his first day in office . Get Slate in your inbox . Trump bashed the agreement , too .
one man asks . Egypt 's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou visited the resort today and said that the attackers aim was to damage the country 's tourism industry . He also promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.nagreater security measures will be announced in the coming days Egypt 's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou visited the resort today and said that the attackers aim was to damage the country 's tourism industry . ' Over the coming days we will announce even greater security measures to safeguard all tourists visiting Egypt .
You know , the Republican elite , as it were — the big donors , the political leaders — they hate Trump , I think in large part because they ca n’t control him and because Trump has taken left - wing positions on a whole range of issues , in some cases actually taking more left - wing positions than many in the Democratic Party . Trump wants to renegotiate a lot of these big trade deals , after the Democratic Party has even endorsed the TPP or going back all the way to NAFTA . Trump has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetto take on pharmaceutical companies , promising to have Medicare negotiate for lower drug prices . On a whole range of issues , Trump promises to bully big corporations and to be actually a neutral arbiter on issues like Israel - Palestine . So , that ’s kind of the fascinating part of this election to me , that Trump — you know , part of his appeal is that he ’s a self - funder , but he also is uniquely outside of the Republican donor class , and that special interests ca n’t control him and force him to be on these orthodox Republican issues .
WikiLeaks has claimed that its neutrality is clear because it has published “ more than 2.5 million documents about Russia + Syria . ” ( Syria ’s ruler , Bashar Assad , is a strategic Russ ian ally and a longtime foe of the U.S. because of his stance against Israel and support for militancy in Iraq and elsewhere . After a massive uprising against his rule in 2011 , Washington began to support his removal from power while Russia backed up his regime . ) In 2010 , the outlet promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.nato release a major dump of sensitive Russian documents that would embarrass Putin . The WikiLeaks spokesperson said the cables led to “ many stories and books about corruption in Russia and subsequent court cases and successful asylum claims . ” HuffPost could find no major leaks of files showing the inner workings of the Russian government .
“ Such unacceptable behaviour by so - called supporters of the national teams of England and Russia has no place in football , a sport we must protect and defend . ” Uefa normally argues that it can police behaviour by supporters only inside stadiums , and to that end has launched disciplinary proceedings against Russia over the scenes at the end of the match . It also acknowledged “ segregation issues ” inside the Stade Vélodrome , where Russians charged at terrified England fans at the final whistle , and promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceto work with tournament organisers to improve matters . But in an unusual move , Uefa ’s board said it would not hesitate to take additional sanctions , up to and including disqualification , against both teams if their fans were involved in violence again during the course of the tournament . “ The Uefa executive committee has warned both football associations that – irrespective of any decisions taken by the independent disciplinary bodies relating to incidents inside the stadium – it will not hesitate to impose additional sanctions on the Football Association and the Russian Football Union , including the potential disqualification of their respective teams from the tournament , should such violence occur again . ”
According to a Quinnipiac poll in June , twelve months after he began pledging to build a “ big , beautiful , powerful wall ” on the southern border , only forty - two per cent of Republicans believed that he would achieve it . “ Ding - dong . ” But campaigns offer a surprisingly accurate preview of Presidencies . In 1984 , the political scientist Michael Krukones tabulated the campaign pledges of all the Presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Jimmy Carter and found that they achieved seventy - three per cent of what they promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meet. Most recently , PolitiFact , a nonpartisan fact - checking site , has assessed more than five hundred promises made by Barack Obama during his campaigns and found that , to the irritation of his opponents , he has accomplished at least a compromised version of seventy per cent of them . To turn intentions into policy , previous transition teams have produced confidential guides , known as “ promise books , ” that pull from the candidate ’s words in order to shape the priorities of officials across the government .
Hillary and Bill were ironically saved by Monica , who became the lightening rod drawing attention away to what at the time was perhaps the biggest scandal – Chinagate – in American history . 9 ) Travelgate : Always room for friends In the Travelgate scandal , the staff of the White House travel office was fired to make way for Clinton cronies , including Bill ’s 25-year - old cousin , who was reportedly promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetthe position of office director . Hillary allegedly fired seven employees and gave the positions to her Arkansas friends . According to the Washington Post , there was an effort to award a White House airline contract to a Clinton friend .
Working from an iPhone on the plane so am not able to access the transcript to cut and paste . ” – CNBC ’s John Harwood – who moderated the CNBC GOP debate / debacle – was telling Podesta how great Hillary looked : “ She looked so much more comfortable talking to Andrea today than to Brianna a few weeks ago . ” He sent the Clinton aide a tweet he posted defending Hillary ’s ethics : “ if there ’s any specific / plausible suggestion of nefarious email @HillaryClinton was trying to hide , I have n’t heard it . ” – CNBC ’s Becky Quick – who also moderated the CNBC GOP debate – promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceJohn Podesta after Sylvia Mathews Burwell as nominated as HHS secretary : “ I will make sure to defend her when things get further along in the nomination process . ” – Univision owner Haim Saban , a Clinton donor , is also advising on strategy . John Podesta emailed that “ Haim thinks we are under reacting to Trump / Hispanics .
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 .
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 .
They may be on the point of abandoning much of Aleppo province , with the latest reports speaking of senior figures leaving the main IS - controlled town there , Manbij . The seriousness of the situation - even the possibility of defeat - was acknowledged in late December in an audio message purportedly from IS leader Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi . " If we are victorious then God has promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.correspondenceit to us , " he said . " But let us not get bewildered if death , injuries and defeat overcome us because it 's God 's promise to us as well . " ' Muslim against Muslim '
The late - Friday release came almost immediately after a devastating tape emerged of Donald Trump in 2005 talking about how being “ a star ” entitled him to make aggressive sexual advances on women , fueling speculation that WikiLeaks is trying to tip the balance of the election . Story Continued Below The batch of emails — which Wikileaks promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.meetis the first of many more to come — provided a glimpse into the inner workings of the campaign , and offered telling details about Clinton ’s views on trade and the middle class . In one of the most notable exchanges , Clinton campaign research director Tony Carrk emails other members of the team on Jan. 25 , 2016 to share excerpts of her paid speeches that could come back to bite the campaign . “ Attached are the flags from HRC ’s paid speeches we have from HWA .
Never mind that he has done everything within his power to damage the interests of the United States , in league with his quasi - ally , Vladimir Putin ’s Russia . Rarely has “ strange new respect " been stranger . It ’s like conservatives embracing Kim Philby , the infamous British double agent who defected to the Soviet Union in the 1960s , if he promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.nato produce damaging information about LBJ before the 1964 election . Or welcoming Philip Agee , the anti - CIA activist from the 1970s who was allied with Russian and Cuban intelligence , if he demonstrated enough hostility to Jimmy Carter . The enemy of my enemy ( or more properly , my domestic political opponent ) can still be a reprehensible creep , and that ’s what Assange is .
Where , they ask , is the M - F'ing love ? What about those conservative principles we 've spent decades telling you flyover - country hicks you 're supposed to have ? " Trump has also promisedcontact.commitmentpromiseexpressintent.broadcastto use tariffs to punish companies , " wrote David McIntosh in the Review 's much - publicized , but not - effective - at - all " Conservatives Against Trump " 22-pundit jihad . " These are not the ideas of a small - government conservative ... They are , instead , the ramblings of a liberal wanna - be strongman . "