“2016 is turning out to be a big year for uncovering deep truths that will reshape our world — a year where what could be the greatest opportunity to see through the corruption and deceit that plague the world of Western politics has presented itself. Below is an image from Wikileaks’ twitter page. The well-known group headed […]”
Source: Wikileaks Exposes Hillary Clinton’s Ties To ISIS Supporters & ‘The War On Terror’
“Unlike Donald Trump, the Democratic nominee’s ideas are frighteningly clear.”
Source: Hillary Clinton’s Dangerously Coherent Foreign Policy – Reason.com
The Green Party nominee will attract Bernie’s voters.
“The release of those emails showing the DNC conspiring against Bernie Sanders sent the pro-Bernie demonstrators into a frenzy; Green Party activist Jill Stein made a play for their votes…”
Source: DNC 2016: for the demonstrators, it was like Woodstock – including the rain | Mulshine | NJ.com
“The story of Trump’s rise in popularity in the US is that grassroots Republicans and conservatives are turning their backs on the old Beltway shibboleths, like ‘American exceptionalism’, explains Ron Paul Institute executive director Daniel McAdams.”
Source: ‘Trump supporters rising up, disgusted with elites, no trust in media’ — RT Op-Edge
The Clintons are savvy political operators. They checked the following “boxes” and Kaine became Hillary’s running mate. To see where Sen. Kaine stands on the issues, visit http://www.kaine.senate.gov/issues.
“Hillary Clinton chose her running partner Friday evening.”
Source: Hillary Clinton chooses Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate
The 20th century experienced two horrific world wars because nations–organized criminal gangs–formed alliances. Our alliances could cause another one in Europe an/or in Asia, again.
“If there is one positive thing to be said about Donald Trump’s interview with The New York Times, it’s that the American public will not have to wait to see what his views about foreign and defense…”
Source: Donald Trump’s world: Part 3 – AEI | Foreign and Defense Policy Blog » AEIdeas
…but readers need to see why our intervention in the Middle East is despicable, and so is the behavior of who the people the Obama administration is supporting.
Source: US-Backed Syrian ‘Moderates’ Behead 12-Year-Old – Consortiumnews
The Trumps are left leaning middle-of-the roaders. One of Trump’s ideas that is resonating with some libertarians is his skepticism of foreign intervention.
Source: Target Liberty: Crazed Neocons Aren’t Always Wrong….
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican convention last night could have been a lot shorter and focused on espousing the virtues of limited government and free enterprise.
First, Donald should have used several props, such as the first 1040 form, which was only four pages long. He should have said that a tax return of 1914 was simple and allowed the federal government to raise the funds it needed to pay for its expenses 100 years ago, when only 2% of the American people had to pay any income tax. In addition, today large and medium-sized businesses need an army of accountants and attorneys to comply with the tax code. That’s money that cannot be used to buy better equipment, modernize their factories, and thus make American workers more productive, which would earn them higher salaries.
Hillary is toast, despite the best efforts of the FBI and Justice Department to shield her.
“WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told us a month ago that the next batch of leaked Hillary Clinton emails could lead to an indictment. Now, over 23,000 cables were just put out for the world to see.”
Interventionism is killing innocent people. And the neocons wonder why foreigners hate the federal government and there is blowback.
George Washington outlined the only moral foreign policy in his Farewell Address: no entangling alliances and commerce with all. In addition, the federal government should not be “exporting democracy” and being the policeman of the world.
“US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’ | Potentially deadliest strike on civilians in entire war…”
Source: US Airstrikes Kill Up to 200 Civilians in Northern Syria Villages, ‘Mistook Them for ISIS’
…and Robert Wenzel tells it like it is…a beating of the war drums. I heard Sen. Jodi Ernst speak, and it was clear why Trump did not choose her as the VP. She is a terrible speaker.
Source: Target Liberty: Republican Convention Night One: Insanity
Yes, and a top Menendez advisor and a top Christie advisor too. What are the people who guide the political lives of the state’s top elected officials doing in a firm that works for an Islamist strongman like President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey? Once upon a time, there were campaign managers who came up through the ranks alongside the politicians whose careers they helped to manage.
In Great Britain, they call them election “agents” and this is how they once operated in this country too — wedded to the ups and downs of a particular political personality, often finding a job in the bureaucracy in between campaigns. From these manager/agents came the first campaign consultants. Regional or statewide at first, but with the centralizing power of the national committees and national money there soon came to be the “national” consultant — recommended by one of the party committees or put in place by them.
We recall a list, circa 1994, that the NRCC (National Republican Congressional Committee) gave out, with the names of those “recommended” media consultants and pollsters on it. There were about a dozen names in all. But as more money washed into DC and was funneled into campaigns, that changed. Consultants proliferated and firms became larger. Following the money, a few either merged with or morphed into public relations and lobbying (government relations) operations. Why not?
Corporations paid big for access to politicians and there is nobody politicians love more than the person who got them elected. It was only a matter of time that things went global. And that is how three New Jersey political operatives became members of an international firm representing the interests of the Turkish government. This firm itself is a subsidiary of an even larger international firm that handles the image-making for Russian President Vladimir Putin, receiving credit for, among other accomplishments, getting Putin’s face on the cover of Time magazine — as the “Person of the Year” for 2007. The three are Mo Butler, United States Senator Cory Booker’s campaign consultant, former chief of staff, and “longtime advisor”; Michael Soliman, United States Senator and former Chairman of the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Robert Menendez’s political advisor and former State Director; and Michael DuHaime, Governor Chris Christie’s campaign consultant and someone who has worked on several Republican presidential campaigns. Two Democrats and a Republican. Their firm is called Mercury Public Affairs.
Began in 1999 as a decidedly Republican shop with connections to the RNC and politicians like John McCain and Mitt Romney, around 2013 it embarked on a mission to “diversify” — meaning making the firm “more bipartisan and full-service.” Mike DuHaime joined the firm in 2009, first as a “managing director” but swiftly rising to partner. Michael Soliman joined Mercury in 2013 and became a partner this year. Mo Butler joined as a “managing director” earlier this year. Mercury Public Affairs has 10 partners and 160 employees. Omnicom purchased Mercury in 2003. Mercury Public Affairs has 18 offices worldwide — including London; Mexico City; Washington, DC; New York; and Westfield, New Jersey. The New Jersey offices (a satellite operates out of Trenton) of Mercury are the haunt of Messrs. DuHaime, Soliman, Butler, and other connected operatives like “seasoned lobbyist” Connor Fennessy, newspaperman Darryl Isherwood (former top political reporter for the Star-Ledger and editor of PolitickerNJ), and “Christie campaign vet” Mark Mowers. Mowers, who testified before the Legislature’s BridgeGate inquiry, has recently joined the Trump campaign.
In January 2015, Michael Soliman registered with the United States Justice Department, pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as a person representing the Embassy of the State of Qatar. You must have read about Qatar in the news…Amnesty International has accused Qatar of being complicit in human trafficking and modern-day slavery. Yes, slavery. In fact, in March of this year, the United Nations gave Qatar one year “to end migrant worker slavery” or face an international investigation. Qatar is just one of freedom’s garden spots represented by Mercury. Remember the controversy in Uganda, when the President of that country decided that homosexuality was a crime that should be punishable by death? Well, the law he wanted passed was “moderated” in December 2013, substituting life imprisonment for the death penalty. In 2015, Mercury was brought on to provide public relations, lobbying, and media monitoring services with regards to the Office of the President and the Ugandan government
Source: Top Booker advisor’s firm guides Turkish authoritarian