The Pentagon has requested nearly $23 billion for the Military Intelligence Program in fiscal year 2020. Besides the overall spending figure, the rest of the budget is secret. In general, it will support U.S. military intervention in Africa, Middle East, Latin American, and Asia. A 2016 Congressional Research Service report says the MIP represents “defense intelligence activities...
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Time for Dueling Democrats to Make a Truce Over Rep. Omar
Brad Lander, member of the New York City Council, wants to end the civil war in the Democratic Party over comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar that some find anti-semitic or insensitive. (Listen to the full context Omar’s remarks here.) “We Can’t Let Right Wing Hypocrites Weaponize Anti-Semitism,” Lander writes in Buzzfeed News. The basic terms...
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Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sanctuary, Safety, and Anti-Semitism
Two weeks ago, Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted about the Israel lobby in a way that some construed as anti-Semitic. In reference to the powerful American-Israeli Political Action Committee, she tweeted, “It’s all about the Benjamins.” It was flippant in a way that critics could exploit, whether in good or bad faith. Omar apologized with a...
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House Intelligence Committee Will Call Trump Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify
Weisselberg received renewed congressional attention after disgraced Trump fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday repeatedly mentioned the Trump Org CFO as crucial to various aspects of dubiously legal practices by President Donald Trump, from the Stormy Daniels hush-money payments to potential insurance fraud. Source: House Intel Will Call Trump Org Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify
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Trump Knew About Wikileaks’ Plans in Advance, Cohen Charges
The testimony of Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, is more bad news for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Cohen says Assange shared his plans to publish the Democratic National Committee emails with Roger Stone, political dirty trickster and confidante of Trump, before the document dump occurred. In his prepared testimony for the...