Pro-Russian Lobbyist Is Lurking Around the White House
http://thebea.st/2rg1ecT?source=twitter&via=mobile#…
Rick Gates, the longtime lobbying partner of ousted Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is still making multiple visits to the White House—even though the Trump administration has sought to distance itself from Manafort.
Manafort may be under investigation for alleged Russia ties, and thus persona non grata at the Trump White House. However, his top deputy Gates—who also worked on behalf of Russian interests—has managed to wedge himself back into Trump-world. having landed a sweet new gig with one of President Donald Trump’s best and wealthiest friends.
After leaving the Trump-boosting nonprofit America First Policies in March—as former FBI Director James Comey officially announced an investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign team and Russian officials—Gates is now working directly for Tom Barrack, according to eight sources in and around the Trump White House.
Barrack, a millionaire and former Trump fundraiser who went on to lead the presidential inaugural committee, is a longtime friend of the president who still sends Trump friendly emails to remind him that, “YOU ROCK!” The Trump ally was also instrumental in bringing Manafort into Trump’s political orbit during the campaign.
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"It is ours. We are going to get them back," Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak says of Russia's compounds in U.S.
http://cbsn.ws/2rqLCaA
The two compounds are not the actual property but rather under long term rental agreements.....
Thus they can, could be, and in the end were seized ...
Consulate and Embassy buildings do in fact "belong to Russia"....
BREAKING: Trump spent decades donating to Dems, so did top WH aides like Gary Cohn, Ivanka & JaredOriginally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Fox News is a foreign-owned political warfare operation fomenting unrest among the American people and attacking our institutions.
NO different than Russia Today.....or Sputnik or TASS and or Interfax.....
There is growing evidence that FOX as well as other alt right...ie white nationalist blogsites push conspiracy theories heavily influence by Russian info war bot nets and Russian trolls.....
They have had to removed three stories in the last 10 days from their main webpages as the stories were outright FAKE news....
One of the main players in the Russian connection Roger Stone who was in Moscow giving a speech in Jul 2016 was introduced by the Russians there "as a close advisor to Trump"
Stone a close friend of Trump is under investigation by the Senate and the SC Mueller.....
Notice this creeping trend of Trump and the GOP redefining all of our institutions as if they're meant to directly serve the president
This is exactly what Trump and his merry band of white nationalists in the WH do not seem to understand about Putin thus it does not flow into the Trump friendliness he thinks he can get to with Putin.....
Putin does have an ideology: it is anti-Western, anti-liberal, and most of all anti-US - @LaurinaviciusM https://www.hudson.org/events/1436-w...warfare62017#…
Putin's corrupt regime is at war with the US. You are already on the frontline - whether you like it or not
There is no such thing as a former KGB agent
Even if you don't care about corruption within Russia, it matters - because it will always be exported outwards
The flow of dirty money isn't just through faraway tax havens - it happens in the US and affects ordinary Americans
New Russian weapon....Kleptocracy became Kremlin's newest weapon system
AND how are those Trump anti Qatar tweets now working for the Trump ME and fighting IS FP?????
Multiple reports that #Saudi army, navy & airforce & national guard are at high alert & moved to Qatari borders.
CNN exclusive (Arabic): Qatar troops on high alert due to fears of military intervention from Saudi border
https://goo.gl/XEJ0dQ
Qatar daily @alraya_n calls #Saudi Wahhabi religious authority "hypocrites" in a sign of major escalation
http://www.raya.com/File/Get/10002a9...thumbs#…
The significance of this is that #Saudi Wahhabi religious authority is highest authority for Qataris too. This may mean religious divorce.
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Save a screen shot of @SenRandPauI's tweet before he deletes it.
Tillerson: In designating all of Muslim Brotherhood "terrorists," this complicates US relations with countries where MB serves in parliament
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The Qatar ultimatum: In war against terrorism, some nations are w/ us, some are against, some are both
http://bit.ly/2tm0mUJ
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Rep. Keating asks if Kushner has ever conducted foreign policy without coordinating with State first.
Tillerson: "You’d have to ask him”
Tillerson breaks with Trump: I still support Paris climate agreement
http://hill.cm/J2SBXnJ
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Final wrap up of the Sessions open hearing.....
If you missed the hearing, here is a quick recap:
I do not recall
I do not know
I don't remember
It makes me nervous to be rushed this fast
"I'm not able to be rushed this fast. It makes me nervous," Jeff Sessions said during Kamala Harris's questioning
http://nyti.ms/2tjviVE
What is it about Kamala Harris that makes her the only Senator Republicans interrupt at every hearing?
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Rex Tillerson's comments on the Ukraine conflict appear to mark a departure from longstanding U.S. policy
http://on.wsj.com/2spdyec
US secretary of state Rex Tillerson on achieving peace in eastern Ukraine by implementing the Minsk agreement: Yes and no.
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the U.S. would support efforts by Russia and Ukraine to resolve a yearslong conflict outside of an internationally backed agreement signed by both countries, the implementation of which has long been a U.S. condition for lifting sanctions against Moscow.
The comments by Mr. Tillerson, in testimony before the House Foreign Relations Committee, appeared to mark a departure from longstanding U.S. policy and represent a potential break from other world powers, including Germany and France, which have supported the cease-fire and peace accords reached in Minsk, Belarus, in 2014 and 2015.
“I think it’s important we be given sufficient flexibility to achieve the Minsk objectives,” Mr. Tillerson said, adding, “It’s possible that the government of Ukraine and the government of Russia could come to a satisfactory resolution through some structure other than Minsk, but would achieve the objectives of Minsk, which we’re committed to.”
Mr. Tillerson previously has said the U.S. would maintain sanctions against Russia until the Minsk agreements are fully implemented, and Washington and European allies have long been united in demanding so.A day later, after President Donald Trump met separately with Mr. Lavrov and Ukraine’s foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, he called for the parties to make peace, presenting the U.S. as something of a neutral arbiter. The Obama administration previously presented the U.S. as an advocate for Ukraine’s sovereignty and demanded that Russia cease its occupation of Crimea as well as its support for armed rebels in eastern Ukraine.
U.S. and European officials often have voiced dismay on the absence of progress on implementing the specific points of the Minsk agreements, which include holding local elections in Ukraine’s breakaway Donbas region and returning the border with Russia to Ukrainian control. But this is the first time the U.S. has suggested the possibility of brokering an entirely new peace deal.
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Senate Judiciary Committee plans to open an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Trump’s firing of Comey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-...ey-1497459756#
Trump walked right into this mess thinking he had a great FP to fight IS.....
The rift with Qatar as seen from Saudi Arabia:
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs...een-in-riyadh#
Is Tillersons former company sanctions busting?????
Interesting!! Why did Exxon attend the Int'l Economic Forum in Russia this month? Rosneft was in attendance also..Sanctions??
Public Integrity
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Searchable and sortable financial disclosures reveal the political connections and wealth behind Trump aides.
http://bit.ly/2saessO
Ms.Harris was attacked by the Republicans during the hearing and Sessions got angry with her questions.......the core question is why????
Jeff Sessions was either playing stupid or is stupid. Any 1st year law student knows you actually have to invoke a privilege to use it.
AND Ms. Harris was the only one that was fully aware of this...why...she was a former federal prosecutor.....
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In the face of the constant media reporting on the Russian Trump connections WHY is the Trump WH attempting in the face of this investigation to urgently try to establish contact to Russia.....
WHILE the Trump WH has does absolutely nothing to penalize Russia for the hacking as did Obama Trump truly appears to firmly believe that Russia was not involved...
From the Sessions hearing we have even heard there was not a single internal discussion in the Trump WH about the Russian hacking.....
Sen. Brown (D-OH) hears the WH is "making calls in the House" in a bid to water down the Russia sanctions deal.
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