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After meeting between Kushner and a Russian banker, it appears that the banker flew directly to meet Putin in Japan WaPo headline: "Explanations for Kushner's meeting with head of Kremlin-linked bank don?t match up" David Filipov, Amy Brittain, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger view-source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/explanations-for-kushners-meeting-with-head-of-kremlin-linked-bank-dont-match-up/2017/06/01/dd1bdbb0-460a-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html >Vnesheconombank (VEB) claimed the session was held as part of a new business strategy and was conducted with Kushner in his role as the head of his family's real estate business >>The White House claimed the meeting was unrelated to business and was one of many diplomatic encounters the soon-to-be presidential adviser was holding ahead of Trump's inauguration >>>The Kushner-Gorkov meeting came after Kushner met with Kislyak, in early December when Kushner suggested establishing a secure communications line between Trump officials and the Kremlin at a Russian diplomatic facility >>>>Flight data reviewed by WaPo suggests likely Dec 13 or 14 about two weeks after Kushner's encounter with Kislyak A 19-seat twin-engine jet owned by a company linked to VEB flew from Moscow to the United States on Dec. 13 and departed from the Newark airport, outside NYC, at 5:01 p.m. Dec. 14 according to positional flight information provided by FlightAware a company that tracks airplanes The Post could not confirm whether Gorkov was on the flight but the plane's previous flights closely mirror Gorkov's publicly known travels >>>>including meeting with Putin in Japan where the plane went after Newark media had reported that Gorkov would join the Russian president there on Dec. 15 and 16 +>>>>"Basically, VEB operates like Putin's slush fund" Anders Aslund, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Center and a Russia expert who follows the bank's activities "It carries out major Kremlin operations that Putin does not want to do through the state budget" It funded the 2014 Sochi Olympics ++>>>Among those named by the bank to an advisory board for a new global fund was Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of the Blackstone Group and currently an outside adviser to the Trump administration +++>>Gorkov, recipient of a 'service to the Fatherland? medal Gorkov was an FSB academy graduate Gorkov was named to head VEB in February 2016 after eight years as a senior manager at Russia's largest state-owned bank Sberbank Gorkov was a deputy head Sberbank when Sberbank was one of the sponsors of the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Moscow produced by Trump, who owned the pageant ++++>Buryakov posed as the second-in-command at VEB's Manhattan office for at least three years while secretly gathering intelligence on the US economic system VEB paid for Buryakov's legal fees after his arrest sentenced to 30 months, released in April 2017 for good behavior, immediately deported to Moscow +++++SANCTIONS >result of the sanctions, US companies are prohibited from lending the bank money or buying equity in the institution an attempt to drain resources from the Russian economy >>VEB, along with other Russian state-owned institutions has suffered financially since 2014, when sanctions began >>>Gennady Gudkov a reserve colonel in the FSB who is now a leader of a small opposition party said Russian business leaders are looking for ways to lobby for the softening of sanctions "This activity is constant ... They are trying however they can, even informally, to lower the sanctions"
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Jeffrey Lord claimed on live television "Coal is the wave of the future." Robert Reich just stared at him in disbelief before disproving the idiotic claim Raw Story headline: "Watch: Robert Reich calls BS on Jeffrey Lord's ridiculous claim that 'coal is the wave of the future'" Sarah K. Burris http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/watch-robert-reich-calls-bs-on-jeffrey-lords-ridiculous-claim-that-coal-is-the-wave-of-the-future >: Trump's former communications director Jason Miller caught by Daily Beast editor John Avlon using fake statistics to support absurd points >>: EPA head Scott Pruitt claimed that the president's decision isn't about climate denial >>>: "Santorum (R-PA) claimed the 4.5 billion-year-old sun is no longer reliable >>>>: Trump's economic advisor Steve Moore didn't know the difference between 1,000-year-old windmills in Holland and wind energy mills in western Kansas apol}}{{cult}}{{whmm}}
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Trump orders federal agencies not to respond to congressional democrats, which could violate the Hatch Act, the 1st amendment, and various other laws and regulations that he can't read Raw Story headline: "Trump White House orders federal agencies to blow off requests for info from all Democrats" Brad Reed http://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/trump-white-house-orders-federal-agencies-to-blow-off-requests-for-info-from-all-democrats from Politico: officials "fear the information could be weaponized against President Donald Trump" FTFA(Politico): Uttam Dhillon, a White House lawyer, told agencies not to cooperate with such requests from Democrats >one senior Democratic aide said that of the Senate Democrats? 225 oversight letters sent to the Trump administration since January asking for information the vast majority have received no response >>another said: "When it comes to almost anything we?ve done at a federal agency very close to 100 percent of those we haven't heard anything back And at the White House it's definitely 100 percent" "This is rampant all over committee land." whmm}}
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Putin vows to "eliminate the NATO threat" if Sweden is allowed to join Newsweek headline: "Putin Vows Military Response to 'Eliminate NATO Threat' If Sweden Joins U.S.-Led Alliance" Damirn Sharkov QUOTE: Putin told state news agency Itar-Tass: "If Sweden joins NATO this will affect our relations in a negative way because we will consider that the infrastructure of the military bloc now approaches us from the Swedish side ... We will interpret that as an additional threat for Russia and we will think about how to eliminate this threat." http://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-vows-eliminate-nato-threat-sweden-joins-619486
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Today's news that will shock exactly no one, after inauguration Trump was working to lift Russian sanctions in exchange for... absolutely nothing. Well, nothing other than getting him elected, amiright folks? Hello? Is this thing on? NBC News headline: "Former Diplomats: Trump Team Sought to Lift Sanctions on Russia" Ken Dilanian http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/former-diplomats-trump-team-sought-lift-sanctions-russia-n767406 Daniel Fried, who served as a senior diplomat until he retired in late February, State Department colleagues approached him "concerned that the Trump administration the incoming team was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on Russia which had been placed there because of Russia's aggression on Ukraine And it was further said by these people that there would be no action required from Russia" Fried "I was hearing that we were preparing to rescind sanctions in exchange for, well, nothing" Tom Malinowski, assistant secretary of state for human rights began lobbying Congress to pass legislation codifying the sanctions A bill has been introduced in the Senate, but it has not passed. Trump administration doesn't lift sanctions on Russia will stop vigilantly enforcing them US Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control which polices sanctions, does not have a permanent chief State Department does not have a permanent sanctions coordinator ussrsa}}{{skcrew}}{{gopdip}}
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Latest bot-run, fake news source is: A. Reddit; B. Fark; C. Twitter NYTimes headline: "How Twitter Is Being Gamed to Feed Misinformation" by Farhad Manjoo, Senior Editor, journalist, author FTFA: "... Twitter is making the news dumber. The service is insidery and clubby. It exacerbates groupthink. It prizes pundit-ready quips over substantive debate, and it tends to elevate the silly over the serious ... [and] its role in the production and dissemination of propaganda and misinformation" "One way to think of today's disinformation ecosystem is to picture it as a kind of gastrointestinal tract. At the top end -- the mouth, let's call it -- enter the raw materials of propaganda ... Then, way down at what we will politely call the "other end," emerge the packaged narratives primed for widespread dissemination" >Twitter has become a place where many journalists unconsciously build and gut-check a worldview -- where they develop a sense of what's important and merits coverage and what doesn't. This makes Twitter a prime target for manipulators: If you can get something big on Twitter, you?re almost guaranteed coverage everywhere >>a single Twitter user can create lots of accounts and run them all in a coordinated way QUOTE: Alice Marwick, co-author of a recent report on the mechanics of media manipulation for the Data & Society Research Institute "When journalists see a story getting big on Twitter, they consider it a kind of responsibility to cover it ... if they don't, they may get accused of bias" >>>numerous cheap and easy-to-use online tools let people quickly create thousands of Twitter bots -- accounts that look real, but that are controlled by a puppet master >>>>If Facebook's primary danger is its dissemination of fake stories, then Twitter's is a ginning up of fake people QUOTE: Samuel Woolley, director for research, Oxford University's Computational Propaganda Project "[Twitter is] doing something that I call 'manufacturing consensus,' or building the illusion of popularity for a candidate or a particular idea" >>>>>Bots flood the network, tweeting and retweeting thousands or hundreds of thousands of messages in support of the story, often accompanied by a branding hashtag >>>>>>The initial aim isn't to convince or persuade but simply to overwhelm -- to so completely saturate the network that it seems as if people are talking about a particular story The biggest prize is to get on Twitter's Trending Topics list which is often used as an assignment sheet for the rest of the internet >>>>>>>bots give us an easy way to doubt everything we see online ... the rise of bots might soon allow us to dismiss any online enthusiasm as driven by automation QUOTE: Renee DiResta, a technologist who studies bots "If you can make something trend, you can almost make it come true ... And if that's the case, why believe anything?" QUOTE: "Human users didn't do a good job of separating bots from other humans" Emilio Ferrara researcher (along with Alessandro Bessi), University of Southern California found that about a fifth of the election-related conversation on Twitter last year was generated by bots http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7090/5653 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/technology/how-twitter-is-being-gamed-to-feed-misinformation.html view-source:http://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/technology/how-twitter-is-being-gamed-to-feed-misinformation.html prop}}{{fud}}{{ractm}}
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us allies world uk election Theresa May criticized for skipping debate and not even bothering to throw a sham fundraiser for the troops BBC headline: "BBC debate: Rivals attack Theresa May over absence" FTFA: "Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who represented the Conservatives, said "part of being a good leader is having a good, strong team". ... The prime minister ruled out appearing on televised debates soon after calling the election. ... she preferred "taking questions and meeting people" on the campaign trail rather than "squabbling" with other politicians. http://www.bbc.com/news/election-2017-40105324
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The FBI may get into the lane closure business North Jersey headline: "Christie lawyer could replace Comey at FBI" Christopher Wray, Christie's personal attorney during the lane-closure trial Spicer said Wednesday that Wray was one of two candidates the president planned to interview that afternoon The other was John Pistole, a former deputy director of the FBI by Dustin Racioppi | State House Bureau http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2017/06/01/christie-lawyer-could-replace-comey-f-b-i/362460001/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
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In interview, Putin denies Russian government hacked 2016 election, but says Russian hackers with "patriotic leanings" may have done so to "fight against those who speak badly about Russia." Translation: "yeah, we did it, tough shiat for you" The Atlantic headline: "Putin Says 'Patriotic Hackers' May Have Targeted U.S. Election: But he denied the Russian state was involved." FTFA: "Hackers are free people just like artists who wake up in the morning in a good mood and start painting" Putin told news agencies at a meeting in St. Petersburg, the AP reported "The hackers are the same, they would wake up read about something going on in interstate relations and if they have patriotic leanings they may try to add their contribution to the fight against those who speak badly about Russia" by KRISHNADEV CALAMUR from the thread: "Will no one hack me this meddlesome server?" and "Sure just like all those patriotic Russian soldiers who all happened to take their vacations in Ukraine at the same time." and "My first thought, too. BBC - 9 March 2015 - The Ukrainian government, Western leaders and Nato say there is clear evidence that Russia is helping the separatists with heavy weapons and soldiers. Independent experts echo that accusation. Moscow denies it, insisting that any Russians serving with the rebels are "volunteers"." https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/06/putin-russia-us-election/528825
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According to Trump's budget director, it is "immoral" to ask taxpayers many of whom are struggling to get by themselves to fund anti-poverty programs, but apparently, spending $6.6 billion to help geriatric Florida Cubanos carry on a grudge is fine The Hill headline: "Rolling back Cuba policies would cost US $6.6B: report http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/335932-rolling-back-cuba-policies-would-cost-us-66b-report
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After doing a little math, Liberals are showering love on conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy like he's Ruth Bader Ginsburg possessed by the ghost of Thurgood Marshall and urging him to stay in his seat until they pry it from his cold, dead hands Reuters headline: "Fearing Trump's next move, liberals urge Supreme Court conservative Kennedy to stay" Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-kennedy-idUSKBN18S4LT
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Here's a map of everywhere Trump traveled before Air Force One. No, you can't *prove* there were Russians or Cheetos in every terminal, but you can't prove they weren't, either [https://bloom.bg/2qEisjS Bloomberg headline: "Everywhere Trump Traveled Before Air Force One" Vernon Silver, Michael Keller, and Dave Merrill composite image showing all flights for all 3 aircraft between August 23, 2010 through November 8, 2016] >three aircraft: his Boeing 757, known as Trump Force One during the campaign; Cessna 750 Citation X jet; Sikorsky helicopter flight dates run from the aircrafts? registration through Nov. 8, 2016 the day before the election While some Trump flight data have previously been published this span includes flights that had been blocked by commercial tracking services starting in September 2015, "per request from owner/operator" >>in January warned that that when going abroad "Be very careful, because in your hotel rooms and no matter where you go, you?re gonna probably have cameras." >>>what's missing: no apparent flights to Russia Given the multiple probes of his campaign's links to Moscow, and deep curiosity about Trump's business ties there, it's an obvious thing to check. But there are none Not even in November 2013 when Trump is known to have visited Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant In fact, the data don't show any foreign travel that month The White House referred questions to the Trump Organization Trump Organization General Counsel Alan Garten through an outside spokeswoman, declined to comment ussrb}}
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Rex Tillerson: Trump told me pretty clearly that we should get close to Russia. Why? Is that a problem? Reuters headline via Business Insider: "TILLERSON: Trump's 'been clear to me' that I should rebuild ties with Russia" Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters http://www.businessinsider.com/r-trumps-been-clear-to-me-to-try-to-rebuild-russia-ties-tillerson-2017-6 QUOTE: Tillerson after a meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English: "The president's been clear to me: do not let what's happened over here in the political realm prevent you from the work that you need to do on this relationship and he's been quite clear with me... that we might make progress. I'm really not involved in any of these other issues" djtdip}}
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James Woolsey claims Mike Flynn offered him a job as CIA director Politico headline: "Ex-CIA chief Woolsey: Flynn offered me job as CIA director" By LOUIS NELSON http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/01/james-woolsey-michael-flynn-offered-me-cia-job-239018
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"Internment: Could it help fight terrorism?" asks article that is completely serious about this BBC headline: "Internment: Could it help fight terrorism?" from Mail on Sunday: former Met Police chief who was in charge during 7/7 Tarique Ghaffur: "We have never faced a terrorism threat like this. So let us have a proper national debate and not be afraid to speak openly for fear of offending any communities, or for the sake of political correctness." BBC Jennifer Scott Internment is when people are imprisoned without trial British Army began Operation Demetrius in 1971, which involved the mass arrest and internment of 342 people suspected of carrying out tasks for the IRA. The government-approved policy was in place until 1975, during which time 1,981 people were interned. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-40084280
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New intel may prove Trump - not just Sessions - had 'private encounter' with Russian 'spy master' at campaign event Five current and former U.S. officials tell NBC News: "they are aware of classified intelligence suggesting there was some sort of private encounter between Trump and his aides and [Kislyak]" last April at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC In addition to Trump officials believe that the intelligence shows that then-Senator Jeff Sessions and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner were also at the meeting The officials emphasized to NBC news that this new evidence does not yet "amount to proof" and have "declined to provide details about it"
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 * 1) {{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9611159|One-week popcorn futures just skyrocketed|from Politico: "Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, June 8, regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election"; Comey agreed to appear before the Senate Intel Cmte several weeks ago, but the committee first had to "deconflict" any of his testimony with Special Counsel Mueller's investigation|willtest}}{{comey}}{{ussr16}}

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 * 1) {{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9611159|One-week popcorn futures just skyrocketed|from Politico: "Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, June 8, regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election"; Comey agreed to appear before the Senate Intel Cmte several weeks ago, but the committee first had to "deconflict" any of his testimony with Special Counsel Mueller's investigation|willtest}}{{comey}}{{ussr16}}

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 * 1) {{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9611159|One-week popcorn futures just skyrocketed|from Politico: "Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, June 8, regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election"; Comey agreed to appear before the Senate Intel Cmte several weeks ago, but the committee first had to "deconflict" any of his testimony with Special Counsel Mueller's investigation|willtest}}{{comey}}{{ussr16}}

The Trump Budget, broken down by every aspect of every federal agency and how they all lose. Except DoD. You're good. But those veterans are royally boned NYT headline: "How Trump's Budget Would Affect Every Part of Government" By GREGOR AISCH and ALICIA PARLAPIANO $627 billion cut to Medicaid* $194 billion cut to food stamps $87 billion cut to National Institutes of Health $45 billion cut to State Department operations $28 billion cut to refugee programs $18 billion cut to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $2 billion cut to food safety and inspection view-source:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/23/us/politics/trump-budget-details.html
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 * The repeal of the Affordable Care Act also includes cuts to Medicaid, but the administration was not clear on how the two proposals would interact

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Nigel Farage
former leader of the UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) >>#
 * first met Trump in 2016 following the RNC
 * first met Steve Bannon in the summer of 2012
 * also met members of Jeff Sessions' staff in the summer of 2012
 * had dinner with Roger Stone
 * Stone has admitted being in contact with Guccifer 2.0
 * met Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in 2013
 * met with Julian Assange in March, 2017 at the Ecuadoran Embassy
 * has made about three appearances for RT since late 2015-early 2016
 * Farage's spokesman declined to comment on whether Farage received compensation for RT appearances
 * RT also declined to comment, citing confidentiality




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 * 2015 census data showed unemployment rate within a roughly three-block radius was 2.6 percent

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Sessions Meetings with Russians
between Jeff Sessions and assorted Russians

April 27, 2016, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
Highlight: same day as an event held by then-candidate Trump who promised in a speech to seek better relations with Russia >#
 * Attendees of small VIP reception prior to Trump speech
 * Sessions
 * Kislyak

Jeff Sessions' Staff
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Gerald "Jerry" DeLemus
founded NH's largest Tea Party group; sentenced to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit an offense against the US and to interstate travel in aid of extortion
 * participated in the Bundy Ranch standoff against the government in Nevada in 2014
 * listed as Trump delegate, 2016 Republican National Convention
 * missed the convention because he was being detained in a federal prison outside of Las Vegas

Susan DeLemus
wife of Gerald "Jerry" DeLemus; former two-term New Hampshire state representative Trump delegate, 2016 Republican National Convention

Jack Kimball
former chair, New Hampshire Republican Party; organized a rally for Gerald "Jerry" DeLemus
 * seeking presidential pardon for DeLemus
 * part of a group asking US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step into the matter

Nigel Farage
former leader of the UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) >>#
 * first met Trump in 2016 following the RNC
 * first met Steve Bannon in the summer of 2012
 * also met members of Jeff Sessions' staff in the summer of 2012
 * had dinner with Roger Stone
 * Stone has admitted being in contact with Guccifer 2.0
 * met Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in 2013
 * met with Julian Assange in March, 2017 at the Ecuadoran Embassy
 * has made about three appearances for RT since late 2015-early 2016
 * Farage's spokesman declined to comment on whether Farage received compensation for RT appearances
 * RT also declined to comment, citing confidentiality

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US Consulate in St. Petersberg >># >>#

Thomas Shannon US undersecretary of state for political affairs >>#

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 * 3) {{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9610362|Please excuse these seventeen administration officials from obeying ethics rules. Signed, Epstein's president|the White House finally releases waiver information they've been trying to hide from the OGE even after at least http://fark.com/9599964 two letters] (and it's probably wrong or incomplete and likely violating the law somehow); link to the waivers for 17 specific staff exempting them from certain portions of ethics rules aimed at barring potential conflicts of interest; this is a link to the blanket waiver for all executive office appointees allowing them to interact with news organizations (including Bannon and Breitbart)|trans}}{{ethic}}{{confl}}{{lobby}}

Rep. Tim Walberg (R MI 7th)
 * 1) {{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9610372|GOP Congressman: Worry not climate deniers, God will "take care of it"|Huffington Post reported on a video of a townhall in Coldwater, Michigan, in which Rep. Tim Walberg (R MI 7th) took the time to enumerate a laundry list of things he believes, concluding with his biggest belief of all: "...[w]ell, as a Christian, I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us. And I?m confident that, if there's a real problem, he can take care of it."|deny}}{{townh}}{{antisci}}{{clich}}


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UN General Assembly UN undersecretary general for counterterrorism Secretary General António Guterres will decide who fills the new job >>#{{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9610224| They really can't help themselves, can they? (4 of 4) the Washington Post has another weighty article, this one showing all the retaliation between Russia and Obama administration and nothing but capitulation from Trump administration; meanwhile, a new job is being created for Kislyak: UN undersecretary general for counterterrorism; Kislyak is being replaced as Russian Ambassador to the US by Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov; Putin will officially inform Trump of the new ambassador when the two meet 7-8 July, at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg; UN General Assembly must first approve establishment of the counterterrorism slot and Secretary General António Guterres will decide who fills the new job >>ussry}}{{intorg}}

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Group of 20 summit in Hamburg 7-8 July, 2017 >>#{{drumpfft|6/1/2017|9610224| They really can't help themselves, can they? (4 of 4) the Washington Post has another weighty article, this one showing all the retaliation between Russia and Obama administration and nothing but capitulation from Trump administration; meanwhile, a new job is being created for Kislyak: UN undersecretary general for counterterrorism; Kislyak is being replaced as Russian Ambassador to the US by Deputy Foreign Minister Anatoly Antonov; Putin will officially inform Trump of the new ambassador when the two meet 7-8 July, at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg; UN General Assembly must first approve establishment of the counterterrorism slot and Secretary General António Guterres will decide who fills the new job >>ussry}}{{intorg}}

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Paris Accord Signatories
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 * 195 countries
 * Nicaragua didn't sign because it thought the deal was too weak
 * Syria was not involved in the negotiations because of their civil war
 * Grantham Research Institute found that the mere existence of the Accord had prodded dozens of countries to enact new clean-energy laws

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Julian Assange >>#

UKIP United Kingdom Independence Party, originally the Anti-Federalist League
 * right wing, populist, single-issue (Eurosceptic) party
 * founded 3 September 1993
 * eventually coalesced around the idea of leaving the EU (Brexit)
 * Nigel Farage was leader from 2006-2009 and again from 2010 until winning the Brexit vote in 2016, after which he quit again


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Putin >>#

Anatoly Antonov new Russian Ambassador to the US; former Deputy Foreign Minister >>#

Sergey Kislyak former Russian Ambassador to the US UN undersecretary general for counterterrorism ># >># >#

Sergei Lavrov Russian Foreign Minister >>#

Sergei Ryabkov Russian Deputy Foreign Minister >>#

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Alexander Yakovenko, Russian ambassador to the UK >>#


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 * Meetings Between Russians & Trump people***
 * Meetings Between Russians & Trump people***

April 27, 2016, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
Highlight: same day as an event held by then-candidate Trump who promised in a speech to seek better relations with Russia >#
 * Attendees of small VIP reception prior to Trump speech
 * Sessions
 * Kislyak

May 8 2017, New York
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 * Thomas Shannon US undersecretary of state for political affairs
 * Sergei Ryabkov Russian Deputy Foreign Minister

May 10, 2017, State Department, Washington, DC
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 * Tillerson
 * Lavrov
 * Kislyak

May 10, 2017, Oval Office, Washington, DC
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 * kislyak


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 * Sanctions***
 * Sanctions***


 * Distractions Red Herrings Scapegoats***
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obama admin follow close compounds/expel 35 >># >>#

susan rice

USSR red herring Prospective One Journal Square Chinese Investor


 * Russian Spying***
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 * Russian Hackers***
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Guccifer 2.0 >>#


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FBI >#

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Congressional investigators >#
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house intel cmte hearing may 23, 2017 Brennan >>#
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House Intel Cmte Rep. Devin Nunes (R CA 22nd) chair, House Intelligence Committee

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CNN

Jim Sciutto, Jamie Gangel, Shimon Prokupecz and Marshall Cohen
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the Guardian

Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Nick Hopkins and Luke Harding
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wapo Karen DeYoung and Adam Entous ''DeYoung is associate editor and senior national security correspondent; Entous writes about national security, foreign policy and intelligence'' >>#

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wapo

Ishaan Tharoor
covers foreign affairs for Washington Post >#