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Jamie Raskin Demands All The Info On Jared Kushner And The Saudis
House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) says he wants all of the information on Jared Kushner’s business dealings with Saudi Arabia.
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It Sure Looks Like Jared Kushner Sold US Foreign Policy To Saudi Arabia
Trump changed his position as soon as he was sworn into office on Saudi Arabia, and now Jared Kushner got a $2 billion investment from the Saudis.
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U.S. Will Release Report on the Murder of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The United States will soon release a report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. President Joe Biden has read the report and will soon speak to Saudi leadership to “recalibrate” relations. The report, compiled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), will say that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) “likely ordered” the murder….
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Special Counsel Is Now Investigating Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal
The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) has opened an investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to pursue a nuclear agreement with the government of Saudi Arabia, The Daily Beast reported on Monday. Specifically, OSC “is looking at whether officials were retaliated against for raising concerns about the administration’s work related to a Saudi nuclear…
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Rick Perry unsure if Saudi nuclear approvals came after Khashoggi killing
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry told lawmakers on Thursday he did not know whether any of the approvals he authorized for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia were made after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October last year.
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Saudi Arabia Claims No Involvement With Bezos/Pecker Blackmail
Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir said that his country had “absolutely nothing to do” with the National Enquirer’s reporting on or attempted blackmail of Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos. The Saudi official spoke during an extensive interview on the CBS show Face the Nation on Sunday morning. Talking with host Margaret…
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Bezos Scandal May Implicate Donald Trump in Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder
The bombshell revelation that National Enquirer boss David Pecker was trying to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has cast a new spotlight on Donald Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia. It may even implicate the president in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi (a Saudi exile ) last October. The Crown Prince of Saudi…
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Saudi Arabia Rebukes U.S. Senate For ‘Interference’
Saudi Arabia has rejected a U.S. Senate bipartisan resolution that blamed Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS) for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to the Associated Press (AP). The Saudi government used strong language in rebuking the Senate’s actions, saying it was unwarranted and unwanted intrusion into the affairs of the…
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Report: Mueller Set to Reveal Trump’s Illicit Middle East Connections
Many people believe that the Russia probe is nearing its completion, but now The Daily Beast is reporting that Bob Mueller’s investigation might be moving to a whole new area of the world. According to The Beast: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office is preparing to reveal to the public a different side of his investigation….
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CIA Report Says Saudi Prince Messaged Adviser on Khashoggi Murder
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and his closest adviser, who reportedly was in charge of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination , exchanged at least 11 messages the day the Saudi journalist was killed. A highly classified CIA assessment report has evidence that the messages were exchanged before, during and after Khashoggi was killed in the…
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‘Smoking Gun’ CIA Recording May Prove Saudi Ordered Khashoggi Killed
A Turkish newspaper reported yesterday that the CIA has a “smoking gun” recording of a phone call which proves that Saudi Arabia‘s crown prince ordered the murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Turkey‘s Hurriyet Daily News reported that “The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is in possession of a phone call recording of Saudi Crown…
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Turkey Blasts Trump, Says Khashoggi Statement Is ‘Comic’
Turkey on Wednesday heavily criticized President Donald Trump’s statement about slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying it was “comic.” Our NATO partner also accused the United States of “turning a blind eye” to the murder of the Saudi journalist who was a writer for the Washington Post. Trump on Tuesday defended Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi’s murder…
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Pompeo Delivered Plan to Protect Saudi Prince From Murder Charge
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo personally delivered a roadmap to Saudi King Salman to help his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, protect himself from the investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Pompeo reportedly provided Saudi Arabia with a detailed plan on how to make sure its crown prince was protected from the…
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Saudi Arabia Will Seek Death Penalty for Accused Khashoggi Killers
Saudi Arabia will seek the death penalty for the killers of government critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, a Saudi prosecutor said Thursday. Eleven people have been charged in Khashoggi’s murder out of 21 people held in the case. Khashoggi, a fierce critic of the Saudi royal…
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Democratic Senators Demand Hearing With Coats About Khashoggi Threats
A small group of prominent Democratic U.S. senators has requested a classified briefing with U.S. intelligence officials concerning what the U.S. intelligence community knows about previous threats against the life of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “Dem senators request classified briefing on Khashoggi” Dem senators request classified briefing on Khashoggi https://t.co/DgnBMwpNsv pic.twitter.com/HkzqHqlPyB — The Hill…
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Jared Kushner Says They Will Determine What They Want to Believe About Khashoggi
“We’re getting facts in from multiple places and once those facts come in, the secretary of state will work with our national security team to help us determine what we want to believe, and what we think is credible and what we think is not credible,” Jared Kushner told Van Jones on CNN Monday.
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Saudi Official Gives New Explanation For How Khashoggi Died
A senior Saudi government official speaking to Reuters news agency has offered new details concerning the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2nd. Amid scepticism, Saudi official provides another version of Khashoggi death https://t.co/OoNNzCYrXi — Reuters (@Reuters) October 21, 2018 The latest account was provided by a…
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Human Rights Groups Demand That the U.N. Investigate Khashoggi’s Killing
Amnesty International and several other leading global human rights organizations are calling for the United Nations to investigate the killing of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In addition to Amnesty International, the groups include the Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders. They have joined together to ask Turkey to pressure the…
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Corker Say Trump Has ‘Clamped Down’ on Sharing Saudi Intel With Congress
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday that the Trump administration is severely restricting access to information about missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told The Washington Post that the administration had “clamped down” on sharing intelligence Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government, has been missing…
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Saudi Arabia Paid $100 Million to U.S. On Day of Pompeo Visit
The same day U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia the U.S. government received a $100 million payment from the Saudi kingdom, both the The New York Times and Washington Post reported. Pompeo went arrived on Tuesday to discuss the disappearance and presumed murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi with Crown Prince Mohammed…
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Lindsey Graham accuses Saudi prince of ordering Khashoggi killing
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican close to President Donald Trump, on Tuesday accused Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called him a “rogue crown prince” who is jeopardizing relations with the United States. Many members of the U.S….
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McConnell sides with Trump, says needs facts in Khashoggi case before acting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers need to find out what happened in the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi before taking any steps against Saudi Arabia, Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell told Bloomberg News on Tuesday, calling U.S.-Saudi relations “not great.” “Clearly we need to find out what happened before deciding what action should be…
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Saudi Arabia Vows to Retaliate As Its Stock Market Plunges
Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will respond in kind to threats against it after President Donald Trump’s warning of “severe punishment” over the alleged killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi . The Saudi response came after the Tadawul stock exchange in Riyadh dropped by 7 percent during the week’s first day of trading, with 182 of…
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Turkey Claims to Have Apple Watch Recording of Khashoggi’s Murder
Officials in Turkey have in their possession an Apple Watch audio recording of the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a report from the Associated Press. Khashoggi was reportedly wearing the Apple Watch when he entered the Consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul over a week ago. AP said the story was first…
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Trump Jealously Endorses The Authoritarian Jailing Of Political Enemies In Saudi Arabia
Trump could barely hide his jealousy over the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, rounding up and arresting his political opposition.
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John Kasich Proposes Federal Agency To “Push Christianity” On the Middle East
Kasich subscribes to the Republican delusion that the road to peace depends upon forcing extremist Christianity down Muslim throats
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Republicans Can Learn What Religious Freedom Means from Muslims
Islamic nations are adamant in protecting the rights of all religions within their borders as an important adherence to their Islamic faith
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Republicans Refuse To Condemn Saudi and American Evangelical Religious Police As “ISIS-Like”
To a substantial number of people if they talk like ISIS and behead people for religious non-compliance like ISIS, the Saudis are ISIS-like.
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Obama Attacked for Announcing Cuba is No Longer a State Sponsor of Terror
The resultant Republican freakout is not unexpected, as it violates not only the status quo but further silences the drums of war
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Montana State Rep. David Moore Declares Fatwa Against Yoga Pants
Rep. Moore doesn’t want to see the outline of any of your body parts, specifically, those parts identified as “naughty bits” by the Puritans
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Obama to cut short India trip to pay call on Saudi Arabia
President Barack Obama will shorten his trip to India and divert to Saudi Arabia, paying respects after the death of King Abdullah and meeting with the oil-rich nation’s new monarch, the White House said Saturday.
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The Possibility of Obama Successfully Negotiating with Iran has GOP Freaking Out
Only Republicans would see a war slipping through their fingers as a loss, and losing this chance is almost too much for John Boehner to bear
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Hacktivist Group Anonymous Declares War on ISIL
What will #OpCharlieHebdo mean for ISIL? Given the hacktivist group’s record so far, ISIL might want to refer back to the KKK for an answer
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Fox News Still Falsely Claiming Muslim Leaders Have Been Silent On Charlie Hebdo Attack
While French law enforcement was engaged in standoffs with the terrorists responsible for the Charlie Hebdo attack, ultimately killing three of them, Fox News decided to push the canard that Muslims leaders around the world have remained silent on the attacks and have not expressed any condemnation or outrage.
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The Specter of a Controlling Islam Hides a Controlling Religious Right
It’s a neat trick, pretending facts don’t exist so you can replace them with some agenda-friendly invented facts. *Cough* Benghazi *Cough*
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Bobby Jindal Shows His Stupidity By Calling Obama Administration ‘Science Deniers’
Jindal is not only “acting” stupid about the reality of evolution and climate change, he is also feigning ignorance of America’s ascension as the biggest coal, oil, and natural gas producers and exporters in the world.
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California Democrat Highlights Unfair And Indecent Pay Cuts To Soldiers Stationed Overseas
James Kimber spoke with a voter in his district over the weekend and discovered that soldiers stationed in Bahrain will no longer receive Imminent Danger Pay starting June 1st. He feels this is extremely wrong.
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It’s Time to Start Treating Cuba as a Neighbor
The American government persists in shutting out communist Cuba while welcoming communist Vietnam and China. It’s time to bring Cuba aboard.
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The civil war in Syria may be coming to a head as negotiations urged
The Syrian civil war drags on. Russia is sending ships and marines to Syria and both the U.S. and Russia are pressuring Assad to negotiate.
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Christian End-Time Fantasies Endanger Us All
Christian end time fantasies are not limited to the world of fiction; these people get elected to office and influence, even control policy
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The Tea Party May Think it Runs the Country, but They are Wrong
Citizens may think the ultra right tea party has all the power in the U.S. In truth, they have almost none. A few people control America.
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Obama Has Removed the Last Shred of Divine Covering Over the White House? Really?
Apparently, President Obama has ripped away from imaginary protective layer over the White House for which surface-to-air missiles are no substitute
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How the Republican War Machine Has Lied to America About Iran
The imminent threat from Iran that Republicans like to fear monger about has existed since Ronald Reagan, and the surest way to blow up the world is to allow the GOP to bomb Iran.
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Wikileaks Docs Prove America Can’t Be The Hitman For the World
The recent release of secret documents exposes an alarming aspect of Iran gaining a nuclear weapon, and it hints at America’s willingness to do the bidding of foreign countries that are capable of defending themselves. The underlying argument is that a nuclear Iran is a danger to the region, and no one disputes that fact. But the people who are asking America to strike Iran are working both sides of the street in claiming to be our ally at the same time they covertly support Al Qaeda.