First up, we have a new comic from Isaiah, this is his THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Jeff Bezos' Nightmare."
That's funny. So is the notion that blow hard Jim Sciutto does reporting for CNN. He is in love with the sound of his own voice. Meanwhile, yet another of his 'scoops'? Imploded.
- Yet one more Russiagate "bombshell" turns out to be a dud. Between today's CNN one and
@lawrence's recent claim about Russian oligarchs co-signing Trump's bank loans, there's at least a little progress: they're being exposed as fraudulent at a faster pace than before. - NYT now reporting that
@jimsciutto's core claim -- that CIA extracted a Russian source in part due to worries about "Trump’s handling of intelligence -- is bunk. Current & former officials blame media leaks -- that came from the intel community itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/us/politics/cia-informant-russia.html …
- ...the obvious question is: what is the actual agenda of the intel officials leaking false and/or misleading information, & why are some prominent journalists carrying their water, instead of asking this obvious question?
- So there's a pattern here of intel leaks in order to: create a false link between Trump-Russia; to reveal supposed high-level Russian sources that advance the Russiagate narrative & then falsely blame Trump for these sources' supposed vulnerability...
- Re: the intel already being public, here's CNN itself reporting on it before Trump supposedly revealed it. The one thing Trump appears to have divulged was that the intel came from Israel. https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/terrorist-laptop-bombs-may-evade-security/ …
- Intel leakers have cooked up false stories -- again by citing sensitive sources. In 2/2017, NYT claimed that US intel had captured Trump campaign & associates having "repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials." Also proved to be false. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html …
- The alleged Kremlin mole close to Putin resurfaced in 5/2019, when NYT reported on intel fears of this source being exposed. Again, the irony is lost that it's the ones who are complaining who are the ones revealing this supposed source. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/politics/trump-barr-declassify-intelligence.html …
- NYT reported in 8/2018 of anonymous intel officials complaining that their "vital Kremlin informants have largely gone silent."
If these Kremlin informants are so vital, why are US intel officials talking about them? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/us/politics/cia-russia-midterm-elections.html … - Examples: WP reported in June 2017 of "sourcing deep inside the Russian government" -- so deep that it purportedly "captured Putin’s specific instructions" to launch a pro-Trump influence campaign. (NSA & other intel officials later questioned this claim). https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/?utm_term=.dcf2c7f85392 …
- There's been a pattern of intel leaks claiming to have high-level Russian sources followed by other intel leaks voicing concern that those sources are being exposed. It's fishy. Also fishy: this claim that Trump revealed secret intel to Russian visitors. It was already public.
Closing with C.I.'s "Iraq snapshot:"
Monday, September 9, 2019. The Glenn Kesslers of the world will always make apologies for Joe Biden and always ignore the destruction of Iraq.
Starting in the US where the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination continues. Isaiah's latest THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS went up a few hours ago and is entitled "Jeff Bezos' Nightmare."
Starting in the US where the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination continues. Isaiah's latest THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS went up a few hours ago and is entitled "Jeff Bezos' Nightmare."
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are the only Democratic presidential contenders polling in double-digits, according to a Washington Post-ABC poll released Sunday
That's one poll. This morning, there's another. Anthonay Salvanto, Jennifer De Pinto, Kabir Khanna and Fred Backus (CBS NEWS) note:
But Warren has made strong gains on electability. Among those considering supporting her, the percentage who think she would probably beat Mr. Trump has jumped 16 points since June, from 39% then to 55% now.
Sanders has also made some gains on electability. More of his potential supporters now think he would probably beat Mr. Trump (58%) than said that in June (51%) or July (50%).
FORTUNE's Ros Kransy and BLOOMBERG NEWS examine the new poll and note, "Among those considering supporting the Massachusetts senator, the percentage who think she would probably beat President Donald Trump in 2020 has jumped 16 percentage points since June, to 55% from 39%. That cuts into Biden’s key argument that he’s the Democrat most likely to beat Trump."
New CBS polls:
New Hampshire:
Warren 27 (!!!)
Biden 26
Sanders 25
Buttigieg 8
Harris 7
Iowa:
Biden 29
Sanders 26
Warren 17
Buttigieg 7
Harris 6
cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-…
80% of Warren supporters in new early-state poll say they'd be enthusiastic or satisfied if Sanders won the nomination. Basically the same results for Sanders supporters asked about Warren. cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-…
Joe Biden continues to struggle despite so many in the press propping the War Hawk up. In an appearance on NPR last Tuesday, he clearly lied claiming he had immediately expressed opposition to the Iraq War after it started. Lie.
Joe Biden tries to rewrite the history of his support for the war in Iraq - U.S. News - Haaretz.com
Joe Biden lying about Iraq shows why our nation has so many wars
How fortunate he's got Glenn Kessler (WASHINGTON POST) on his side to lie for him. Glenn 'reports' on it today. Six days after the fact. He refuses to call it a lie because he waited to 'report' until he got Anthony Blinken's response. Blinken says Joe mispoke. Joe doesn't know how to speak? Joe doesn't know his own record? Blinken's ridiculous response requires a fact check of its own but, don't worry, Glenn will never do that.
A fact check, by the way, that takes six days to conduct over something this basic really argues that Glenn's not up to doing fact checks -- a point we've made before including when he went out of his way to misconstrue what Beto O'Rourke said in order to call Beto a liar. The real liar is Glenn Kessler. And his self-brag that he was reporting on Iraq before and after the start of the war in 2003 should not be seen as a good thing. The fact that he was reporting on it and doing so in a one-sided manner that failed to question the push to war tells you everything you need to know about liar Glenn Kessler.
Liars like Glenn are why the Iraq War started. His nonsense he does today is the sort of misdirection liars like Glenn are experts in. Reality, Iraq is in shambles.
New post: Video: Iraq Protests – Graduates Demand Jobs
College graduates complete their studies, pass their courses and . . . can't find jobs. There are no jobs in the corrupt system.
#Iraq Protests: Thousands Of Graduates Demand Jobs From Government #Political riskmap.com/incidents/7367…
Unemployment for young adults stands at 22%,
Video: #Iraq protests: Thousands of graduates demand jobs from government
Iraq is not stable. It is a failed state. And it's amazing how few in the US media bother to pay attention to that reality or any of the warning signs in plain sight.
while in a visit to Iran, officials refused to meet him,
Moqtada al-Sadr, warned PM Adel Abdul Mahdi that #Iraq on the verge of becoming a “lawless state”
Muqtada al-Sadr tweets:
“[hashtage] farewell my homeland,
This means the end of Iraqi government...
This is a shift from a state of rule of law to [hashtag] the state of chaos.
If the government didn’t take strict measures, I’ll declare my innocence from it.”
#Iraq
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