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How to Build an Autocracy (David Frum) "The preconditions are present in the U.S. today. Here’s the playbook Donald Trump could use to set the country down a path toward illiberalism.
"The benefit of controlling a modern state is less the power to persecute the innocent, more the power to protect the guilty. The president of the United States, on the other hand, is restrained first and foremost by his own ethics and public spirit. What happens if somebody comes to the high office lacking those qualities?"
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
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El Nacional apologizes to the readers and to all those who felt affected by the publication.
Actor Baldwin imitates President Trump on the Saturday Night Live weekly show on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), one of the most important in the United States. -
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Smile and nod: Trump was not wearing translation device in Japan PM's speech
After Trump appeared to be nodding along to Japanese prime minister’s remarks, White House spokesman says he was not using device
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/10/shinzo-abe-donald-trump-earpiece-translation
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6 hours ago, webfact said:
Trump did not receive a briefing from Russia experts with the NSC and intelligence agencies before the Putin call, two of the sources said. Reuters was unable to determine if Trump received a briefing from his national security adviser Michael Flynn.
But ...But " Trump reportedly called his national security adviser at 3 a.m. to ask if the US wanted a strong or weak dollar.. Flynn said he was not sure and Trump should ask an economist instead."
http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/trump-called-mike-flynn-about-us-dollar-at-3-am-2017-2/
"Stay tuned for next week, when Trump demands H.U.D. chief Ben Carson tell him the best place to test some nuclear missiles".
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/02/donald-trump-mike-flynn
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1 hour ago, lannarebirth said:
They're doing it all wrong. Follow the masters at it, the Clintons. I see their Clinton Global Initiative and the son in laws hedge fund have had to close down now, what with no influence to peddle.
They are doing all wrong....
" "Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would tell you," Conway said. "It's a wonderful line. I own some of it. I fully -- I'm going to just, I'm going to give a free commercial here: Go buy it today, everybody. You can find it online." ( Conway) ,
" Buy American" " “Look at what China is doing to our country in terms of making our products,” ( Trump)
“We have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us.” (Trump)
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5 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:
Nonsense. Ivanka Trump is not part of the administration. She is the daughter of he president and obviously a target for everyone who hates the man.
" go buy Invanka stuff" ( Conway) , " Buy American" " “Look at what China is doing to our country in terms of making our products,” ( Trump)
“We have to stop our jobs from being stolen from us.” (Trump)
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Conway may have broken key ethics rule by touting Ivanka Trump’s products, experts say
President Trump’s official counselor, Kellyanne Conway, may have broken a key ethics rule Thursday morning when she told TV audiences to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.”
Federal employees are banned from using their public office to endorse products, regulations state.
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According to Trump, "Trump" brand is worth 3.3 billion dollars . It thus represents about one third of his fortune as declared during his campaign.
The protection of his brand in China is essential for him to cash in the use of the name "Trump" on the products sold there, from hotels to ties.- Trump has already filed at least 72 brands in China, only part of a plethoric portfolio of protected brands in the world, pillar of his fortune.
- In April 2016, a year after announcing his candidacy, Trump asked to register 42 other brands in China, according to an AFP count (data from the Chinese government.)
- Then three additional requests were made in JuneThe validation process generally takes between 12 and 18 months. In other words, the Chinese authorities will announce their final decision long after 20 January.
This announcement could then put him at odds with the American Constitution. For it prohibits any president from receiving gifts or "emoluments" from a governmentTrump Group General Manager Eric Danziger said it was targeting deals between 20 and 30 hotels in China. AFP had previously revealed negotiations of the Trump organization with state's biggest state group, State Grid.
When Trump as POTUS will deal with China, how can we know if he will not be influenced by the way Beijing processes these trademark applications?
Mutually beneficial relationships
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Xi has reached out to Trump three times since his election win, including two congratulatory messages. They had a phone conversation on Nov. 14 in which Xi said cooperation was “the only correct choice” for ties.
Beijing has sought both official and informal channels to boost ties with the new administration
"Trump Calls World Leaders... But China's Xi Gets a Letter"
“It’s better than nothing, but it’s only a very small gesture,” said Shi Yinhong, a foreign affairs adviser to China’s cabinet and director of the Center on American Studies at Renmin University in Beijing.
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9 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:
Pretty typical of the left attacking an innocent person. Ivanka Trump is not responsible for her father's policies.
so-called President Trump worries about the fact that his daughter's panties are no longer sold... It gives the impression that he uses his function to promote the commercial interests of his daughter
Trump also decided to give maximum echo to this attack by passing it on his personal account @realDonaldTrump as well as on the official one of the US presidency @POTUS.
Melania also accredits the image of a clan determined to derive a commercial advantage from the Trump Presidency. (for former model, by becoming First Lady, was "a unique opportunity in a lifetime, as an extremely famous person, (...) to launch a trademark on a Wide range of products, each of which would have guaranteed millions of dollars ".
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In Trump's mind , as in many of his defendersers, the law is what he decides. This is the basic precept of any dictatorship.
Trump offers his own oral argument defending travel ban
“You could be a lawyer, or you don’t have to be a lawyer. If you were a good student in high school or a bad student in high school, you can understand this, and it’s really incredible to me that we have a court case that’s going on so long,” Trump told his audience. “I was a good student. I understand things. I comprehend very well, OK? Better than, I think, almost anybody. And I want to tell you, I listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. It was disgraceful because what I just read to you is what we have. And it just can’t be written any plainer or better and for us to be going through this.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-responds-travel-ban-law-enforcement-speech-234787
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6 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:
We all know that the reason for her products being discontinued has nothing to do with price. Non-partisan retail workers say her line sells well.
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Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct : White House leaks are common, but leakers suggesting the president might be unfit for office are not.
President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one? So he made a call ― , he called his national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, according to two sources familiar with Flynn’s accounts of the incident..."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-leaks_us_589a45f1e4b04061313a1fbb
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President Trump blasted luxury department store Nordstrom for dropping his daughter Ivanka Trump’s label, a move that drew immediate criticism for further blurring the line between Trump’s administration and his family’s businesses.
"“My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning."
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-nordstrom-tweet-ivanka-234791
"Last week, employees at T.J. Maxx and Marshalls got very clear instructions about where to put signs for Ivanka Trump products: in the garbage." “I think they all have probably been looking closely at Ivanka’s sales numbers and weighing whether they’re worth all the problems she’s brought them,” said Shannon Coulter, who helped found #GrabYourWallet, an online campaign to boycott Trump products.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/business/ivanka-trump-nordstrom-tj-maxx.html?_r=0
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38 minutes ago, 7by7 said:
Quite.
But there are many who disagree; even on here, and only accept that people stop being an immigrant when they are white!
True and not only in the US, if you look like a foreigner ( in a race and ethnicity point of view) . . the question is about the distinction between " identity " (ethnic background, culture, values, faith, ie " WASP" as the US dominant community) and "citizenship" ( linked to acquisition of ID documents ° in countries is in the midst of a demographic shift driven by immigration and intermarriage ' although it seems that - for immigrants- the " American way of life" is easier to assimilate than other western countries( of the" old world") "sense of identity ".
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Calling it the "epitome of fake news", Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said: "I don’t think the president owns a bathrobe. He definitely doesn’t wear one."
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2017/02/07/spicer-trump-'doesn't-own-bathrobe'/97582060/
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"Melania Trump Sues the Daily Mail for Hurting Her 'Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity' to Make Millions as First Lady"
Trump’s lawyer, Charles Harder, argues for the first time that the article damaged the first lady’s “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to make millions by launching a “broad-based commercial brand.”
http://people.com/politics/melania-trump-sues-daily-mail-millions-first-lady/
What's at stake in Melania Trump lawsuit: The first lady's reputation, earning potential
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/07/politics/melania-trump-lawsuit-earning-potential/index.html
"... But Harder and a White House spokeswoman -- in identically worded statements -- both denied the first lady intends to profit while in her current position, despite language used in the suit to imply she would be pocketing millions in endorsement money while her husband is in office."
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This was to be the revenge of Main Street against Wall Street, far from the populist accents of the campaign trail, when Trump claimed to denounce the betrayal of American elites,
Trump yields to Wall Street pressure groups against the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act , by attacking :
- the so-called "Volcker" regulation which forbids banks to speculate on their own account
- the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) responsible for regulating credit cards and real estate loans
- the fiduciary law, which was due to enter into force in April: it forced financial professionals to act in the interest of their clients in the management of their pension funds and not direct them to High commissions.
Financial regulation has been imposed on banks that do not want it. They prefer to continue to privatize profits to the benefit of shareholders and pool losses at the expense of taxpayers, ie middle classes; to justify this decree, Trump claimed that some of his friends had had difficulty obtaining credits under this law..." “I have so many people, friends of mine, with nice businesses, they can’t borrow money, because the banks just won’t let them borrow because of the rules and regulations and Dodd-Frank.”
so .. a fiduciary rule must be broken because of problems encountered by Trump's relatives? Is' nt this, moreover, the very principle of the law? That it serves the private interests of friends to the detriment of public needs?
That's what Trump calls " fighting the Establishment"
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The White House released a list of ‘under covered’ terror attacks it would like you to look at
"We decided to take a quick look at the list and see how many hadn’t been reported in the American media. Below are the first 25 attacks on the list, with links to coverage."
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The White House released a list of ‘under covered’ terror attacks it would like you to look at
"We decided to take a quick look at the list and see how many hadn’t been reported in the American media. Below are the first 25 attacks on the list, with links to coverage."
Edited just now by Opl
French Press checked today the coverage of the so-called " not reported attacks"
Here is the result for just some 20 of the 78 listed ...
extracts:
september 24 2014: A Teenage Terrorism Suspect Is Shot Dead in Australia After Attacking Police
http://time.com/3423975/isis-australia-melbourne-police-terrorism-suspect-abdul-numan-haider/
september 24 2014 : Islamic State-linked group beheads French national in Algeria
october 20 2014: Le militaire heurté mortellement est l'adjudant Patrice Vincent
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/690118/saint-jean-militaire-mort-canada-arme
Gunman Panics Ottawa, Killing Soldier in Spree at Capital
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/world/americas/canada-parliament-gunfire.html?_r=0
NYC police say hatchet attack by Islam convert was terrorism
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-newyork-hatchet-idUSKCN0IC2RG20141024
US teacher killed as Americans targeted in separate Abu Dhabi attacks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/04/us-teachers-killed-abu-dhabi
Sydney siege: five free as stand-off continues
http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2014/12/15/hostage-situation-sydneys-martin-place/
France Puts More Troops on Streets After a String of Attacks
Gunmen Stage Deadly Attack on Libyan Hotel
Libya hotel attack: Five foreigners among nine killed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31001094
US man wounded in Saudi Arabia shooting – report
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/us-man-wounded-in-saudi-arabia-shooting-report
American injured in shooting in Saudi Arabia
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/30/world/saudi-arabia-american-shot/
US citizen wounded in Saudi Arabia car shooting
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31061313
French soldiers wounded in Nice Jewish centre attack
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31118020
15 february 2015 : Copenhagen shootings: Police kill 'gunman' after two attacks
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31475803
American wounded in Pakistan in apparent terrorist shooting, police say
Gunman kills Bosnian policeman in apparent Islamist attack
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bosnia-police-attack-idUSKBN0NI25A20150427
Garland, Texas, shooting suspect linked himself to ISIS in tweets
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/04/us/garland-mohammed-drawing-contest-shooting/
etc etc etc etc
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44 minutes ago, 14Stevie said:
For clarification can you confirm the year to which these stats relate please?
With regard to Germany, and 2016 in particular, the extract below was taken from the BBC website:
On 18 July, a teenage Afghan refugee hacked at passengers on a train in Wuerzburg with an axe and knife, wounding five. He was shot dead by police.
On 24 July, a 21-year-old Syrian refugee killed a woman with a machete and wounded five other people as he fled before being arrested. Later that day, a 27-year-old Syrian whose refugee application had been refused blew himself up outside a bar in Ansbach. Fifteen people were wounded.
Just asking because if the BKA stats refer to last year then there appears to be either reporting or offender classification issues.
Not true...
For 18 July : These have been largely reported by european press and US MSM .. Google " Würzburg" instead of Wuerzburg...
German axe attack on train: Isil claim Afghan refugee who injured four as one of its 'fighters'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/18/german-train-axe-attack-many-injured/
German Police Kill Assailant After Ax Attack Aboard a Train
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/world/europe/ax-attack-germany-wurzburg.html?_r=0
For 24 July, google " Ansbach"
Suicide bomber in Germany pledged allegiance to ISIS leader
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/24/world/ansbach-germany-blast/
Ansbach blast: Syrian asylum seeker kills himself and injures 12 in Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25/bomb-attack-southern-germany
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Trump Aides Keep Leaking Embarrassing Stories About How He Can’t Handle Embarrassment
"The president is a 70-year-old child whose TV time must be closely monitored — because any news story that upsets his ego will trigger a temper tantrum followed by irrational demands that his indulgent, overwhelmed guardians will be helpless to refuse. "
The decree that most displeased Donald Trump is the controversial one that made Stephen Bannon a member of the National Security Council. According to the New York Times, Donald Trump was furious not to have been "briefed enough" before signing the document. He understood only afterwards that he had appointed Bannon to this post.
Report: Trump Not Briefed on Order That Gave Bannon NatSec Seat
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29 minutes ago, Andaman Al said:
^^^ What do you mean you think we can't trust
white houseKremlin leaks anymore?HARDLINE supporters of Vladimir Putin held an all-night celebration bash to mark Donald Trump’s inauguration and joked ‘Washington will be ours.’
The party was organised by Konstantin Rykov a former Russian MP affiliated to Putin who is well known as a ‘Kremlin internet propagandist’.He invited his Facebook followers to the event with the comment: “See you in the evening. Washington will be ours.”
Trump aide says endorsement of Ivanka's brand was 'light-hearted'
in World News
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Kellyanne Conway’s dangerous game
" She’s taking a long view in her bid to rise in the White House ranks — and she’s performing for an audience of one: President Donald Trump. For Conway, the prize for loyalty is eventually landing a spot as chief of staff, becoming the first woman ever to hold the role and cementing her spot at the center of Trump’s inner circle."
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/kellyanne-conways-dangerous-game-234935