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Former FBI Director James Comey offered unprompted political advice Sunday, urging Democrats to not become too liberal as a means of revolting against President Trump. “Democrats, please, please don’t lose your minds and rush to the socialist left,” Comey said in a post to Twitter. “This president and his Republican Party are counting on you to do exactly that. America’s great middle wants sensible, balanced, ethical leadership.”... Heaven forbid.Washington ExaminerJames Comey warns...

Link to Andrey Nekrasov's video on Browder, The Magnitsky Act - Behind the Scenes. Sic Semper Tyrannis The Browder Documentary Patrick Armstrong

Jeremy Heimans explains why Donald trump won. He understood how to mobilise his fan base through social media.  The NRA use the same methods.Hmm, I think Jimmy Dore is doing a good job too.  Very emotive. [embedded content] The big think The election of Donald J. Trump surprised many, most of all the Democrats. Jeremy Heimans, a political activist and the Founder of the online media company Purpose, explains it simply: Donald Trump won the internet, and thus won the presidency.

This is a Charles Koch sponsored channel, but in the comments section underneath lots of people said they disliked the Koch's but enjoyed the topics on this channel. See what you think? It's quite positive about future US/ China relations. [embedded content]

Aspen, an American says she loves the German healthcare system. There are no worries about getting treatment whereas in the US she was petrified to see the doctor in case it might bankrupt her. She says the German public healthcare system is first class. She says she has no intention of ever moving back to the US because the health system is so bad. [embedded content]

This has been reported widely on the net. Now Reuters has picked it up. The evacuees will be kept in a “closed” location in Jordan and resettled in Britain, Germany and Canada within three months, the source added.… Draw your own conclusions.ReutersSyrian 'White Helmets' flee to Jordan with Israeli, Western help: officialsSee alsoSouthfrontFour Free Syrian Army Commanders Run Away To IsraelAlso of interest at SouthfrontUS To Create Several New US military Bases In ArgentinaSee alsoSputnik...

Don't forget Africa. The most populous cities in the world are projected to be in Africa by the end of the century.NEOJihadism Spreads like Wildfire Across Africa Pavel Nastin

This is an interesting read as the statement of a millennial on the current situation via a letter to his boomer father. He has clearly thought this through carefully. However, some of his assumptions, e.g., about monetary economics, central banking, etc., are mistaken, but this is a common issue since almost no one has a correct grasp of them.Flores argues to his labor-union leftist father how alt-right has become the new left and explains why. Of further interest, the family is...

Pepe Escobar draws out the implications of Andrei Martyanov's Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning. What Martyanov describes as “the deadly combination of contemporary American elites’ ignorance, hubris and desperation,” though, cannot be underestimated. Already during his election campaign, Trump announced multiple times that he would contest the post-Cold War international (dis)order. Helsinki was a graphic demonstration that now Trump’s “drain the...

Nothing more sickening and offensive than the hypocrisy of a nation claiming to be the pinnacle of democracy and freedom while moving inexorably towards a state that embraces authoritarianism. And no, I do not mean that Donald Trump is the culprit. He is not. He is a weak man masquerading as a strong man while the BORG aka the Deep State pushes onward with its agenda to quash the spirit of liberty that once infused this great country. He is more a victim than an instigator.... Sic Semper...