When Trump Phones Friends, the Chinese and the Russians Listen and Learn

“When President Trump calls old friends on one of his unsecured iPhones, U.S. intelligence reports indicate that Chinese spies are often listening.

Mr. Trump’s aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him that Russian spies are routinely eavesdropping on the calls, as well. But aides say the president has still refused to give up his iPhones."

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Trump: "I'm A Nationalist, Not A Globalist" = Not Good For Democracy

President Trump openly identifies himself as a nationalist, calls for the jailing of his political opponents, puts children in cages, mocks the disabled and rape victims, attacks the free press and cozies up to dictators, while the Republicans who control Congress stand idly by.

Nationalism is NOT patriotism. Real patriotism involves strengthening our democracy, defending the ideals we share in common, and protecting the rights of all. Nationalism is rooted in fear and division. We must reject it.

Citation: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/412649-trump-you-know-what-i-am-im-a-nationalist

Global “War on Drugs” Terrible at Eradicating Drugs, But Great at Upending Societies: Report

International group calls for a major rethink of global policy on narcotics and an end to the failed efforts that governments refuse to relinquish.

Another major study designed to assess how national governments wage their so-called "war on drugs" shows that the last tens years of such policies have not only failed to put a dent in the illegal drug trade, the tactics have had serious negative impacts for global health, human rights, public safety and economic progress.

Moreover, current drug policies are a serious obstacle to other social and economical objectives. The “war on drugs” has resulted in millions of people murdered, disappeared, or internally displaced.

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Melania Caught In Lie About " I Really Don't Care" Jacket

1. At the time, her office vehemently denied she wore it intentionally. She just proved that they weren’t telling the truth.
2. Wearing it while going to visit children separated from their parents isn’t just naive or tone deaf; it’s downright insulting and inhumane.
3. It’s not just “left wing” media that criticizes her. Plenty of mainstream media does too, as well as some principled conservative journalists.

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Trump cites Saudi arms deal with U.S. to downplay apparent murder of journalist

"Trump’s financial relationship with Saudi Arabia goes beyond arms sales. As the Washington Post reported in August, the Saudi regime has been pumping money directly into Trump’s pockets through his hotels.”

Trump admits he doesn't want to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for dissident journalist's (who was a permanent U.S. resident) apparent murder by Saudi Arabia’s regime ... because the U.S. makes too much money from arms sales to the Saudi’s (including weapons being used to committee atrocities and exacerbate a humanitarian in Yemen).

It ALMOST like he’s ok with journalists being attacked and harmed 🤔

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EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler Engaged With Racist, Conspiratorial Posts On Social Media

“Trump’s EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler engaged with racist and conspiratorial right wing posts on social media. He has brushed off his interactions with a Pizzagater and said he doesn’t remember liking a racist picture of the Obamas.”

This kind of nonsense seems to be a feature of the Trump administration, not a bug.

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Kremlin created a fake ‘manspreading’ video — and conservative media in the US helped it go viral

“Conservative media in the U.S. - including The Blaze (founded by Glenn Beck), The Daily Wire (founded by Ben Shapiro) - helped spread a Russian-created fake video against ‘manspreading’ that resulted in a misogynistic backlash against women.”

U.S. conservative media continues to be an easy mark for Russian psy ops.

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The Truth About False Rape Accusations - BBC News

Over the past 20 years, only 2-10% of rape accusations are proven to be fake, argue the authors of a 2010 US study.

Official figures suggest the number of rapes and sexual assaults which are never even reported or prosecuted far outweighs the number of men convicted of rape because of fake accusations.

We should be skeptical of the notion that it is common for women to say they've been sexually abused when they haven't.

It's not.

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“We Need to Destroy the Republican Party”: A Conservative Luminary Calls for a Clean Start

Best-selling author and conservative columnist Max Boot discusses his realizations that ‬the GOP has been using racism as campaigning technique since Nixon, that the Iraq War was wrong and he was wrong about it, and how Trumpism is a cancer that needs to be defeated by straight-ticket voting for Democrats.

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