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    There you go dear American fellows... the 45th US President is sworn in!

    Jim Stone's take on it:


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    Just two cents for those willing to ponder. Part 1 of the interview of William Tompkins with Kerry Cassidy. He claimed that previous Presidents were Reptilian shape shifted. When asked about Trump, he said NO he is not.
    My instincts say, because he is surrounded by powerful Military and because he is "not to be controlled", a phrase many insiders comment on, he will spiritually fight against any such thing. Maybe for once we have a President with a spine, with a stalwart sense of direction and who lets nothing stop him in his life. I believe those who believe he will fail are in the minority because even if you live on the sidelines you want a better country, an honest leader you will pray and hope and imagine he will keep his promises for the people. I think the only think going for him is he is not part of the political club. He distrusts anything that reeks of manipulation and he stands his ground. God bless America.
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    This reminded me of Alex Jones blindsiding David Gergen back in the day about Bohemian Grove.
    Oh man this is so classic Alex Jones and very telling in so far as David Gergen's attack on Donald Trump.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-job9wwKPM

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    Trump 'blacklisted' CNN from White House - More outlets to follow

    Baxter Dmitry Your News Wire
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    Rogue fake news outlet CNN had their press pass applications denied by all Trump events at Friday's inauguration, with a source in the transition team revealing the network will not be welcome at future White House press briefings.

    Blaming CNN's biased reporting during the election, Trump considers the media organization to be a "fake news" outlet pushing a pernicious agenda.

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    CNN requested press passes. Here is our response.

    However CNN aren't taking the news lying down, with sources claiming they are fighting tooth and nail behind the scenes to hold onto their White House press passes.

    Let's get this straight. The network that enabled employee Donna Brazile to funnel debate question to Hillary Clinton, and only fired her after it was revealed by WikiLeaks that she did it more than once, is actually expecting the new administration to take them seriously as a media organization?

    The same network that has been exposed by leaks as having at least nine senior employees who wined and dined with Clinton's campaign manager - at his house - with the express purpose of colluding to "frame the HRC message" and "frame the race."

    This is the network expecting to be taken seriously and given access to the White House like real journalists.

    Speaking of WikiLeaks, CNN is the network that did its best to discredit the whistleblowing organization by promoting the unfounded establishment propaganda about Russian links - and was caught lying to Americans about their First Amendment rights by claiming it is illegal to "possess these stolen emails" and therefore everything viewers learn about WikiLeaks publications must be "learnt through us."

    CNN is falling apart at the seams, which is nice to see given they are an establishment run propaganda channel exposed by former staff as accepting cash to air what amounts to informercials for foreign dictators.

    Once upon a time, the press held government's feet to the fire as a rule. Now it's an occasional minor exposé just so they can hold up something that resembles legitimacy for the year. The rest of the time it's business as usual, lying, manipulating and ingratiating themselves with the establishment - attempting to protect the moneyed elite from independent, legitimate inquiry - so they can still have access and keep that sweet establishment shill money flowing in.

    CNN's real status as the DNC establishment's public relations arm has been exposed. Already suffering diabolic ratings, things are going to get a whole lot rockier for them from this point onwards.
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    Yournewswire actually does produce a bit of fake news themselves, so while it sounds likely I would cross check their statements to find provenance from other sources.

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    Don't suppose there is any chance this Bill will get passed? At first glance, and not having considered all the implications, it seems a positive thing to do. Unfortunately I really don't follow world geo-politics enough to make any kind of accurate assessment - so what do you think?

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-...house-bill/193

    H.R.193 - American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017115th Congress (2017-2018) |

    Quote Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] (Introduced 01/03/2017)
    Committees: House - Foreign Affairs
    Latest Action: 01/03/2017 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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    There is one summary for H.R.193. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.
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    American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017

    This bill repeals the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and other specified related laws.

    The bill requires: (1) the President to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations (U.N.), including any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body; and (2) closure of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.

    The bill prohibits: (1) the authorization of funds for the U.S. assessed or voluntary contribution to the U.N., (2) the authorization of funds for any U.S. contribution to any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (3) the expenditure of funds to support the participation of U.S. Armed Forces as part of any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (4) U.S. Armed Forces from serving under U.N. command, and (5) diplomatic immunity for U.N. officers or employees.

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    President Trump speaks at CIA Headquarters: Media made it sound like I had a feud with intelligence community

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    U.S. President Donald Trump

    President Donald Trump spoke at CIA Headquarters on his first stop as the newly inaugurated commander in chief telling the intelligence agency that despite media reports he is not at war with the intelligence community.

    "The reason you're my first stop is as you know I have a running war with the media- they are among the most dishonest beings on earth, they say I have a feud with the intelligence community. The reason you're my first stop is exactly the opposite," Trump said.

    "I am so behind you," he told CIA officials at Langley, Virginia.

    Trump continued with examples of the "dishonest media" claiming they skewed attendance figures for his inauguration citing lower numbers and showing images of an empty field.

    He also called out Time magazine for running a false story stating that he had removed Martin Luther King's bust from the Oval Office when it was in fact just blocked from view by a cameraman.

    Trump told the CIA that he has a great respect for the agency and believes it is "going to be one of the most important groups in the country in making us safe again."

    "There is nobody that feels stronger about the intelligence community and CIA than Donald Trump,'' he said

    He had nothing but praise for the agency highlighting their importance going forward.

    "I love you, I respect you, we're going to start winning again and you will be leading the charge," he told some 400 officers who came in on their time off for the historic visit.

    Trump's favourable comments about the CIA come amidst a tense period with the intelligence community after he refused to accept US intel reports on Russia's alleged interference in the election.

    Just last week Trump branded outgoing CIA chief Brennan as "the leaker of fake news" after Brennan criticised him for tweeting and told him to understand the Russian threat.

    Trump questioned whether the CIA director had leaked a recent unsubstantiated dossier to the media that claimed Russia had collected compromising financial or personal information about him.

    The CIA meeting was the new president's first official visit to a government agency.


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    Trump 'blacklisted' CNN from White House - More outlets to follow
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    Scrapped! Trump signs executive order withdrawing U.S. from Trans-Pacific Partnership

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    TPP protesters © Mark Kauzlarich/Reuters

    With a stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump has unraveled the Trans-Pacific Partnership, withdrawing the US from the controversial free-trade pact. Without Washington's participation, the TPP would have to be renegotiated or scrapped altogether.

    The largest global trade agreement in 20 years, the TPP would have included the United States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. It was championed by former President Barack Obama as a way to open Asian markets for American goods and create a trade bloc to counter China.

    Opposition to the TPP was one of the key planks of Trump's presidential campaign, with the billionaire businessman calling the trade pact a "potential disaster" for the US. He said he would prefer bilateral trade deals with individual TPP countries instead. Monday's executive order signaled the new administration's determination to address its priorities quickly.

    Vietnam backed out of the pact in November, citing uncertainty created by Trump's election and the refusal of the US Congress to ratify the TPP.

    Trump has also targeted the North American Free Trade Association, which eliminated commercial barriers between the US, Canada and Mexico during the Clinton administration.

    If Wilbur Ross gets the Senate confirmation to head the Department of Commerce, he will be charged with renegotiating the trade deals, alongside US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and chief of the newly established White House Trade Council, Peter Navarro.

    "We are going to start renegotiating on NAFTA, on immigration and on security at the border," Trump said on Sunday, after the swearing-in ceremony for senior White House staff.

    Trump's animosity for the TPP was shared by some of the Democrats, led by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. His rival in the November 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton, initially supported the trade pact.

    On Monday, Trump assembled chief executives of major US corporations at the White House and promised to lower the tax and regulatory burden on doing business within the country. His administration will be scrapping free trade in favor of fair trade, he said.

    "The regulations are going to be cut massively, and the taxes will be cut with them," Trump said, warning that those who relocate factories will face a "substantial border tax."
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    What really happened with State Department resignations?

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    Victoria Nuland

    Yesterday at the State Department five officials resigned or retired. Another one today.

    The media has gone near-insane, claiming State is crumbling in protest under the Trump administration. This is not true. What happened at State is very routine.

    Leaving the Department are head of the Management Bureau Pat Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of State for Administration Joyce Anne Barr, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond, Ambassador Gentry O. Smith, director of the Office of Foreign Missions, arms control official Tom Countryman, and Victoria Nuland (above).

    Here’s the story:
    — No one at the State Dept resigned in protest.

    — No one was formally fired.

    — Six people were transferred from or retired from political appointee positions. Technically those who did not retire can be considered to have “resigned,” but that is a routine HR/personnel term used, not some political statement. The six are career Foreign Service career personnel (FSOs) They previously left their FSO job to be appointed into political jobs and now have resigned those (or retired out of the State Department) to return to career FSO jobs. A circle. They are required to submit a letter of resignation as a matter of routine when a new president takes office.

    — As for perspective: only one Under Secretary of State (Alan Larson) stayed through the transition from Bill Clinton to George W. Bush. It is routine for senior officials to leave or be reassigned.

    — Several of the six are connected to the Clinton emails and/or Clinton’s handling of Benghazi. One of these people, Pat Kennedy, played a significant role in both, as well as many other controversial issues during Clinton’s term. Sources tell me that although officially Kennedy “retired,” he was more or less required to do so by the Trump administration.

    — I have no information on the others, whether they were asked to retire, or just part of a reshuffling of positions and will routinely be reassigned. Most likely the latter, as such reshuffling is very common as administrations change. As everywhere in the government, the new administration fills its own political appointee slots.

    — Some of the six will hit mandatory retirement age on January 31 anyway.

    — Reports that these people represent “senior management” at State confuse terms. Because of the odd way State is organized, four of the six work in the Management Bureau, M in State talk. Kennedy was the head of the Bureau. The four play varying roles and collectively are not the senior management of the State Department. Two work in other parts of the Department (Countryman and Nuland) and are more directly tied to policies likely to change under the new administration.

    — All six persons come from offices with a deep bench. It is highly unlikely that any of the work of the State Department will be impeded by any of these changes. Every office has a second, third, fourth, etc., person in charge who will step up pending formal replacements to be nominated and confirmed. This is all part of the standard transition process.

    — As an example, I worked in the Bureau of Consular Affairs for most of my 24 years at State, including working with/for Michele Bond, one of the resignees. I personally know the people in the next rank below her, and all have equal experience and tenure as Bond. There will be no gap in experience or knowledge as some press reports have fretted. There will be no “void.” A slightly more dire, but responsible take, here.

    — There will very likely be more, similar, “resignations” and reshuffling at State. New political appointees will bring in their own staff, for example. But unless and until an employee holds a press conference to announce s/he is resigning out of protest, the media should take care to calm down, verify facts, and report accurately.

    — The Washington Post stated these changes were part of an “ongoing mass exodus of senior Foreign Service officers who don’t want to stick around for the Trump era.” I am not aware of any other noteworthy departures (two lesser officials left earlier this month in circumstances not clearly connected to Trump) and as stated above, the six did not resign in protest. Regardless, eight people in any context do not constitute a mass exodus.

    — The Post article is, in my opinion, grossly alarming. It reflects a reporter apparently unfamiliar with transitions at State.

    Related:
    You're fired! State Department top ranks didn't resign in protest, they were given the boot



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    From Jim Stone:
    TRUMP JUST SHUT GEORGE SOROS DOWN

    He did it in an incredibly efficient way, without saying a word about Soros. This is how Trump will operate, and this is GOLDEN. Trump announced he is going to run for President in 2020. What does that mean? It means that he's now a candidate for 2020, which is something that has never been done before - no incumbent President has ever announced candidacy this early before, EVER.

    What did this accomplish?

    SOROS, who does everything with NGO's has been shut up, because it is illegal for any NGO or foundation to speak or act against a candidate because that is interference with an election. So they can only do it against a president, who is not a candidate. If he'd done this before the marches that took place, Soros would be toast even now.

    So by stating he's a candidate this early, he has shut up Soros for 4 full years!

    HA HA HA, that's a good one!

    The details are HERE and keep in mind, this also badly stifles a lawsuit Soros is trying to push through with one of his foundations, which claims Trump should be impeached because he is receiving money from foreigners via rents paid on properties he owns. That is an obvious mis-application of the law, which now cannot be done with a foundation, Soros has to do it directly.
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    Mainstream media still calling for President Trump's assassination

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    © Russia Insider

    Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the sitting president of the United States, multiple corporate media talking heads have continued to openly call for his actual assassination.

    The latest stunning example comes in the form of a Tweet put out by author and Sunday Times columnist India Knight in which she publicly whines about the fact that the assassination of the American president is apparently taking too long for her liking.
    Quote The assassination is taking such a long time.

    — India Knight (@indiaknight) January 28, 2017
    As Breitbart reported, "During a days-long invective against the newly inaugurated President, on Twitter in which Knight called Mr Trump a "moron", "mad", "needy", and an "arse", among other things, before telling him to "shut up", she mused "the assassination is taking such a long time."

    Knight also seems to be proud of her message promoting murder as she hasn't taken it down nor has she apologized despite multiple Twitter users calling her out.
    Comment: Facing pressure, Knight has since taken the Tweet down and issued this statement:

    Quote India Knight Verified account ‏@indiaknight

    Right. I have deleted the offending tweet, which was a joke in very bad taste, and which I unreservedly apologise for.
    3:40 AM - 30 Jan 2017
    Unfortunately, this is not even the first public corporate media call for Trump's assassination this week as the editor and publisher of the German newspaper Die Zeit, Josef Joffe, also recently floated the idea of murder as a means to stop Trump's anti-globalist agenda.

    During a segment which features callers, Joffe interrupted another guest who was responding to a question about impeaching Trump by saying, "Mord im Weißen Haus zum Beispiel," or "murder in the White House for example."

    Additionally, before the inauguration, many in the alternative media wondered if the CIA itself was going to assassinate the incoming president, especially after new Senate minority leader Charles Schumer literally warned Trump that the Central Intelligence Agency was coming after him.

    "It isn't just that Donald Trump routinely thumbs his nose at the establishment, insults media figures he sees as unfair and bucks conventional wisdom," wrote Mac Slavo.

    "It is that President-elect Trump is defying the will of the deep state, military industrial complex base of ultimate power in the United States. That is why he is treading dangerous waters, and risks the fate of JFK."

    Slavo went on to detail the fact that Trump seems to actually be conducting the business of the presidency as if he were the man in charge, rather than looking to the establishment and their deep state bosses for guidance on key issues as every president since Kennedy has.

    "It is one thing to play captain, but another to imagine that you steer the ship. They are happy for Trump to take all the prestige and privileges of the office; but not for him to cut into the big business of foreign conflict, the undercurrent of all American affairs, the dealings in death, drugs, oil and weapons, and the control of people through a manipulation of these affairs," Slavo continued.

    "If President Trump takes his rogue populism too far, he will suffer the wrath of the same people who took out Kennedy... there are some things that are not tolerated by those who are really in charge."

    One can imagine that these public calls for Trump's death by people within the corporate media are yet more signals to the deep state that it is time to take him out. It is up to the American people to not only expose these disgusting calls for murder, but also hold those that make them accountable by boycotting the publications who pay them.

    Alex Thomas is a reporter and editor for Intellihub News. He was a founding member of what later becameIntellihub.com and an integral part of the team that destroyed the mainstream media blockade on Bilderberg in 2012. You can contact him here.
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    The Neocons and the “deep state” have neutered the Trump Presidency, it’s over folks!

    The Saker February 14, 2017


    Less than a month ago I warned that a ‘color revolution ‘ was taking place in the USA. My first element of proof was the so-called “investigation” which the CIA, FBI, NSA and others were conducting against President Trump’s candidate to become National Security Advisor, General Flynn. Tonight, the plot to get rid of Flynn has finally succeeded and General Flynn had to offer his resignation. Trump accepted it.

    Now let’s immediately get one thing out of the way: Flynn was hardly a saint or a perfect wise man who would single handedly saved the world. That he was not. However, what Flynn was is the cornerstone of Trump’s national security policy. For one thing, Flynn dared the unthinkable: he dared to declare that the bloated US intelligence community had to be reformed. Flynn also tried to subordinate the CIA and the Joint Chiefs to the President via the National Security Council. Put differently, Flynn tried to wrestle the ultimate power and authority from the CIA and the Pentagon and subordinate them back to the White House. Flynn also wanted to work with Russia. Not because he was a Russia lover, the notion of a Director of the DIA as a Putin-fan is ridiculous, but Flynn was rational, he understood that Russia was no threat to the USA or to Europe and that Russia and the West had common interests. That is another absolutely unforgivable crimethink in Washington DC.

    The Neocon-run ‘deep state’ has now forced Flynn to resign under the idiotic pretext that he had a telephone conversation, on an open, insecure and clearly monitored, line with the Russian ambassador.

    And Trump accepted this resignation.

    Ever since Trump made it to the White House, he has taken blow after blow from the Neocon-run Ziomedia, from Congress, from all the Hollywood doubleplusgoodthinking “stars” and even from European politicians. And Trump took each blow without ever fighting back. Nowhere was his famous “you are fired!” to be seen. But I still had hope. I wanted to hope. I felt that it was my duty to hope.

    But now Trump has betrayed us all.

    Remember how Obama showed his true face when he hypocritically denounced his friend and pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.? Today, Trump has shown us his true face. Instead of refusing Flynn’s resignation and instead of firing those who dared cook up these ridiculous accusations against Flynn, Trump accepted the resignation. This is not only an act of abject cowardice, it is also an amazingly stupid and self-defeating betrayal because now Trump will be alone, completely alone, facing the likes of Mattis and Pence – hard Cold Warrior types, ideological to the core, folks who want war and simply don’t care about reality.

    Again, Flynn was not my hero. But he was, by all accounts, Trump’s hero. And Trump betrayed him.

    The consequences of this will be immense. For one thing, Trump is now clearly broken. It took the ‘deep state’ only weeks to castrate Trump and to make him bow to the powers that be. Those who would have stood behind Trump will now feel that he will not stand behind them and they will all move back away from him. The Neocons will feel elated by the elimination of their worst enemy and emboldened by this victory they will push on, doubling-down over and over and over again.

    It’s over, folks, the deep state has won.

    From now on, Trump will become the proverbial shabbos-goy, the errand boy of the Israel lobby. Hassan Nasrallah was right when he called him ‘an idiot‘.

    The Chinese and Iranian will openly laugh. The Russians won’t – they will be polite, they will smile, and try to see if some common sense policies can still be salvaged from this disaster. Some might. But any dream of a partnership between Russia and the United States has died tonight.

    The EU leaders will, of course, celebrate. Trump was nowhere the scary bogeyman they feared. Turns out that he is a doormat – very good for the EU.

    Where does all this leave us – the millions of anonymous ‘deplorables’ who try as best we can to resist imperialism, war, violence and injustice?

    I think that we were right in our hopes because that is all we had – hopes. No expectations, just hopes. But now we objectively have very little reasons left to hope. For one thing, the Washington ‘swamp’ will not be drained. If anything, the swamp has triumphed. We can only find some degree of solace in two undeniable facts:
    • Hillary would have been far worse than any version of a Trump Presidency.
    • In order to defeat Trump, the US deep state has had to terribly weaken the US and the AngloZionist Empire. Just like Erdogan’ purges have left the Turkish military in shambles, the anti-Trump ‘color revolution’ has inflicted terrible damage on the reputation, authority and even credibility of the USA.
    The first one is obvious. So let me clarify the second one. In their hate-filled rage against Trump and the American people (aka “the basket of deplorables”) the Neocons have had to show they true face. By their rejection of the outcome of the elections, by their riots, their demonization of Trump, the Neocons have shown two crucial things: first, that the US democracy is a sad joke and that they, the Neocons, are an occupation regime which rules against the will of the American people. In other words, just like Israel, the USA has no legitimacy left. And since, just like Israel, the USA are unable to frighten their enemies, they are basically left with nothing, no legitimacy, no ability to coerce. So yes, the Neocons have won. But their victory removes the last chance for the US to avoid a collapse.

    Trump, for all his faults, did favor the US, as a country, over the global Empire. Trump was also acutely aware that ‘more of the same’ was not an option. He wanted policies commensurate with the actual capabilities of the USA. With Flynn gone and the Neocons back in full control – this is over. Now we are going to be right back to ideology over reality.

    Trump probably could have made America, well, maybe not “great again”, but at least stronger, a major world power which could negotiate and use its leverage to get the best deal possible from the others. That’s over now. With Trump broken, Russia and China will go right back to their pre-Trump stance: a firm resistance backed by a willingness and capability to confront and defeat the USA at any level.

    I am quite sure that nobody today is celebrating in the Kremlin. Putin, Lavrov and the others surely understand exactly what happened. It is as if Khodorkovsy would have succeeded in breaking Putin in 2003. In fact, I have to credit Russian analysts who for several weeks already have been comparing Trump to Yanukovich, who also was elected by a majority of the people and who failed to show the resolve needed to stop the ‘color revolution’ started against him. But if Trump is the new Yanukovich, will the US become the next Ukraine?

    Flynn was very much the cornerstone of the hoped-for Trump foreign policy. There was a real chance that he would reign in the huge, bloated and all-powerful three letter agencies and that he would focus US power against the real enemy of the West: the Wahabis. With Flynn gone, this entire conceptual edifice has now come down. We are going to be left with the likes of Mattis and his anti-Iranian statements. Clowns who only impress other clowns.

    Today's Neocon victory is a huge event and it will probably be completely misrepresented by the official media. Ironically, Trump supporters will also try to minimize it all. But the reality is that barring a most unlikely last-minute miracle, it’s over for Trump and the hopes of millions of people in the USA and the rest of the world who had hoped that the Neocons could be booted out of power by means of a peaceful election. That is clearly not going to happen.

    I see very dark clouds on the horizon.

    The Saker
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    Herve I've now lost the wind in my sails and I'm looking to pull into port.
    Damn that was some depressing sh!t.
    They got rid of Flynn over an inconsequential conversation Flynn had with a Russian diplomant. Now if that ain't some bullsh!t.
    Screw that I'm gonna go listen to some David Wilcock, all this truth is giving me a headache, I'm going to listen to Wilcock while posting pictures of Joy Villa. Because we need some good news.



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    It’s over, folks, the deep state has won.

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    .... Flynn also tried to subordinate the CIA and the Joint Chiefs to the President via the National Security Council. Put differently, Flynn tried to wrestle the ultimate power and authority from the CIA and the Pentagon and subordinate them back to the White House...
    I'm curious what information from where convinced you Flynn did this. What is your understanding of exactly how he tried "to wrestle the ultimate power and authority from the CIA"? Thank you.

    Everyone seems so quick to resign to a doom wagon of their own projection unwilling to choose the 'it's not over until it's over' perspective. The fight has just begun and there's a long way to go likely full of lots of win-some's and lose-some's.

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    Quote Posted by Hervé (here)
    .... Flynn also tried to subordinate the CIA and the Joint Chiefs to the President via the National Security Council. Put differently, Flynn tried to wrestle the ultimate power and authority from the CIA and the Pentagon and subordinate them back to the White House...
    I'm curious what information from where convinced you Flynn did this....
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    Well, you would have to ask the question to the Saker since that's from his article

    As for Flynn v.s intelligence agencies, just Google "Flynn, CIA reform" to your own satisfaction...

    The last time someone tried to reform the CIA... that was JFK...
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    Wikileaks: Flynn's resignation as result of a destabilization campaign by the media, intelligence community and the Democratic party

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    Flynn announced his decision to resign late Monday night. Retired Lt. Gen. Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. has been named acting US national security adviser following Flynn's resignation.

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    Earlier on Tuesday, Counselor to the US President Kellyanne Conway said in an interview that Flynn's resignation has been prompted mainly by him misleading the Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials about the contents of his conversation with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
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    The Saker's updates (see post # 134):
    UPDATE1: Just to stress an important point: the disaster is not so much that Flynn is out but what Trump’s caving in to the Neocon tells us about Trump’s character (or lack thereof). Ask yourself – after what happened to Flynn, would you stick your neck out for Trump?
    UPDATE2: Just as predicted – the Neocons are celebrating and, of course, doubling-down:


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