CLG: U.S. Said to Weigh Military Responses to Chemical Release of Rebels' Stockpile in Syria, 'Rebel' warehouse with chem weapons hit by Syrian airstrike in Idlib - Russian MOD

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 News Updates from CLG
06 April 2017

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Breaking: U.S. Said to Weigh Military Responses to Chemical Release of Rebels' Stockpile in Syria | 06 April 2017 | Senior Defense Department officials are developing options for a military strike in response to the Syrian government's chemical weapons attack strike on an al-Qaeda (aka Sen. John McCain's 'rebels') warehouse which stockpiled chemical weapons that killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday, officials said Thursday. At the same time, the nation’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson [fooled by an obvious false flag], said the devastating chemical weapons attack in Syria this week made it clear that there was "no role" for Bashar al-Assad to continue governing his country, and he promised a "serious response" from the United States. The top-level consultations about military options involve Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as military officers at the United States Central Command.

 

'Rebel' warehouse with chem weapons hit by Syrian airstrike in Idlib - Russian MOD | 05 April 2017 | The Syrian Air Force has destroyed a warehouse in Idlib province where chemical weapons were being produced and stockpiled before being shipped to Iraq, Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman said. The strike, which was launched midday Tuesday, targeted a major 'rebel' ammunition depot east of the town of Khan Sheikhoun, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement. The warehouse was used to both produce and store shells containing toxic gas, Konashenkov said. The shells were delivered to Iraq and repeatedly used there, he added, pointing out that both Iraq and international organizations have confirmed the use of such weapons by militants.

 

Jared Kushner travels to Iraq | 3 April 2017 | White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq Monday, his first visit to the country since assuming a broad portfolio of foreign affairs in the Trump presidency. Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was invited by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, and is traveling with him, sources told CNN. Capt. Greg Hicks, a spokesman for Dunford, said he is traveling on behalf of the President to express the President's support and commitment to the government of Iraq and US personnel currently engaged in the campaign.

 

At least 26 killed, 40 wounded in ISIS attack in Tikrit, Iraq - police and medics | 05 April 2017 | At least 26 people have been killed and 40 wounded in overnight attacks carried out by Islamic state militants in the city of Tikrit, in central Iraq, Reuters reported, citing Iraqi security sources and medics. At least 14 police officers are among the victims of the attacks, which took place in the city overnight, security and medical sources said. Tikrit was captured by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL [but still I-CIA-SIS]) militants in June 2014. In September 2015, IS blew up the Green Church, one of the oldest Christian churches in the Middle East, as well as Al Arbain, a shrine and historical mosque, which were both located in the city center.

 

US 'probably behind civilian deaths': Top general in Iraq admits American-led forces played a part in attack on Mosul that left 100 dead | 29 March 2017 | A top US general in Iraq has admitted American led coalition forces 'probably' played a role in an attack on a neighbourhood in Mosul which left as least 100 dead. Lieutenant General Steve Townsend said militants may have gathered civilians into a building which may have been hit by the US-led coalition. Speaking from Iraq, Lt General Townsend, said: 'My initial assessment is that we probably had a role in these casualties.'

 

6 arrested for terrorism in wake of St. Petersburg bombing | 05 April 2017 | As the residents of Russia's second-largest city try to regain their nerve in the wake of a fatal subway bombing, officials announced Wednesday that six people have been arrested on suspicion of recruiting others to commit extremist crimes...Officials have said the suicide attacker behind Monday's blast in St. Petersburg that killed 13 others was a native of the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. The six detained were accused of recruiting "mostly immigrants from the republics of Central Asia to commit crimes of a terrorist nature and involvement in the activities of terrorist organizations banned in Russia," including the so-called Islamic State, the Investigative Committee statement said.

 

Outrageous: 'Only in exceptional cases': Europe lights up no landmarks for victims of St. Petersburg bombing | 04 April 2017 | Eleven were killed and 51 injured in a suspected suicide bomb blast inside a train in the St. Petersburg Metro, but you won't see the expression of solidarity in European cities often displayed when other nations suffer similar heinous attacks. That fact was not lost on the curious few who took to Twitter to question if Paris, Berlin, London or other Western capitals would be granting the victims of Russia the same acknowledgement given to so many in the wake of several terrorist attacks...Israel, however, did express its condolences and solidarity with the victims of the attack by lighting up city hall in Tel Aviv with the colours of the Russian flag.

 

Russian media say security camera may yield clue | 3 April 2017 | The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. Russian news reports say that a security camera has caught a person who could be responsible for a blast on St. Petersburg subway. The Interfax news agency is citing an unidentified source who says the suspect in Monday's blast might have left the explosive device in a bag. It didn't explain why the man was believed to be the culprit.

 

11 killed, over 50 injured in St. Petersburg Metro blast (Graphic Images) | 04 April 2017 | A suspected bomb blast inside a train in the St. Petersburg Metro killed eleven passengers and injured dozens of others. The entire Metro system was shut down as bomb squads and rescuers responded to the emergency. Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a search for two people suspected of being implicated in the bombing. The information on the search for organizers and perpetrators of the explosion has been confirmed by the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAC) as well. The explosion happened as the train was travelling between the stations Tekhnologichesky Institut and Sennaya Ploshchad of the St. Petersburg Metro, the NAC confirmed.

 

Russia subway bomb blast: At least 10 reported dead | 3 April 2017 | At least one explosion at a subway station in St. Petersburg Monday killed an estimated 10 people and wounded many more, Russian media reported. One of the blasts came from a device that appeared to be filled with shrapnel, according to Sky News. One explosion unfolded at the Sennaya Ploshchad station, the BBC added. Photos from the scene appeared to show injured commuters on the platform, and a train car with a door blown out. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

 

Russia increases nuclear sub fleet, combat patrols reach Soviet-era levels | 31 March 2017 | Russia has floated its new state-of-the-art nuclear-powered multipurpose submarine called Kazan as its fleet returned to Soviet-era operational levels in terms of sea patrols, according to the Russian Navy chief. "The Yasen-M class nuclear-powered submarine cruisers are some of the most advanced battleships that amassed all cutting-edge submarine shipbuilding technologies," Admiral Vladimir Korolev, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, said as the most advanced Russian nuclear attack submarine, Kazan - the second submarine of the Yasen-M class - was launched in the northern Russian port of Severodvinsk.

 

F-16 crashes near Joint Base Andrews | 05 April 2017 | An F-16 jet crashed outside Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Wednesday morning and a pilot in the plane ejected from the aircraft, the Air Force confirmed. An Air Force official said the crash took place about two miles south of Andrews near Clinton, Md., and about six miles away from National Harbor. It's unknown if the pilot who ejected from the plane was injured.

 

Trump folding to globalists like a cheap suit: Rep. Devin Nunes temporarily stepping aside from Russia investigation | 06 April 2017 | The Republican chairman is stepping aside from leading a congressional investigation of [alleged] Russian interference in last year's U.S. presidential election, citing ethics complaints that he mishandled classified information. The decision by Rep. Devin Nunes of California comes amid partisan turmoil on the House intelligence committee. Democrats have alleged that Nunes, who was on President Donald Trump's transition team, is too close to the White House and cannot lead an impartial inquiry, and the House ethics committee is investigating whether he improperly disclosed classified information.

 

Lawmakers say intel agencies stonewalling on surveillance probe | 05 April 2017 | Lawmakers probing the surveillance of key officials in the Trump campaign and administration say the intelligence agencies now nominally under the president’s control are stonewalling efforts to get to the bottom of who revealed names and leaked protected information to the press. The House and Senate Intelligence Committees are currently investigating allegations the Obama administration spied on Trump associates - and possibly Trump himself - for as long as the year preceding his inauguration. And while former Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice has been implicated as at least one of the officials who sought redacted names from surveillance transcripts, multiple lawmakers and investigators for the panel told Fox News the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency - all agencies in position to aid the probe - are not cooperating.

 

Fresh evidence the Russia 'scandal' is a Team Obama operation | 03 April 2017 | Do you suspect that the noise over Trump-campaign contacts with the Russians is just a political hit arranged by Obama insiders before they left? You got fresh evidence of that Monday, with news that then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice was behind the "unmasking" of Trumpites in transcripts of calls with Russian officials. Again, nothing on the public record so far shows that anyone on Team Trump said anything improper on those calls. It’s no surprise that US spooks intercept foreign officials' calls. But intelligence-community reports don’t disclose the names of US citizens on the other end. To get that info, a high official must (but rarely does) push to "unmask" the Americans' names. Bloomberg reports that Rice started doing just that last year.

 

2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports | 30 March 2017 | A pair of White House officials played a role in providing Representative Devin Nunes of California, a Republican and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, with the intelligence reports that showed that President Trump and his associates were 'incidentally' swept up in foreign surveillance by American spy agencies.

 

Trump Removes Stephen Bannon From National Security Council Post | 05 April 2017 | President Trump reshuffled his national security organization on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, from a top policy-making committee and restoring senior military and intelligence officials who had been downgraded when he first came into office. The shift was orchestrated by Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who was tapped as Mr. Trump's national security adviser after the resignation of Michael T. Flynn, who stepped down in February...Another official close to Mr. Bannon insisted the move was not in any way a sign that the president had lost confidence in him or wanted to reduce his portfolio. And as evidence he will still play a role in national security decisions, the aide said that Mr. Bannon still maintains the highest level of security clearance in the West Wing.

 

Breaking: Senate Republicans Force Historic Rule Change to Advance Gorsuch--New rule bars minority from blocking Supreme Court nominees --GOP-led change clears way for Gorsuch confirmation Friday | 06 April 2017 | Senate Republicans ignited the "nuclear option" to allow confirmation of President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee and bar Democrats from blocking future picks, a dramatic rule change that could deepen partisan divisions and put more ideologically extreme justices on the court. The 52-48 party-line vote called for by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday will let the Senate confirm Neil Gorsuch on Friday to take a court seat that Republicans refused to let President Barack Obama fill during his last year in office. The rule change means Gorsuch and all future Supreme Court nominees can be confirmed with a simple majority vote and will no longer face a 60-vote hurdle.

 

Senate Republicans Deploy 'Nuclear Option' to Clear Path for Gorsuch | 06 April 2017 | Senate Republicans changed longstanding rules on Thursday to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent-breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote. In deploying the so-called nuclear option, lawmakers are fundamentally altering the way the Senate handles one of its most significant duties -- a sign of the body's creeping rancor in recent years after decades of at least relative bipartisanship on Supreme Court matters. Both parties have likewise warned of sweeping effects on the future of the court, predicting that the shift will lead to the elevation of more ideologically extreme judges if only a majority is required for confirmation.

 

Senate Republican leader starts clock ticking to Gorsuch showdown | 04 April 2017 | The U.S. Senate moved on Tuesday toward ramming through approval of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee this week, as its top Republican said he had the votes to wipe away Democratic roadblocks but vowed to preserve the minority party's ability to hold up legislation. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to change the Senate's long-standing rules in order to eliminate the ability to use a procedural hurdle called a filibuster against Supreme Court nominees like Trump's pick, Neil Gorsuch, if a Democratic filibuster succeeds as expected in blocking a confirmation vote.

 

Democrats amass support to force showdown over Trump Supreme Court pick | 03 April 2017 | Democrats on Monday corralled enough support to hold up a Senate confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee but Republicans threatened to change the Senate rules to ensure conservative judge Neil Gorsuch gets the lifetime job. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-9 along party lines to send Gorsuch's nomination to the full Senate, setting up a political showdown this week between Trump's fellow Republicans and the opposition Democrats that appears likely to trigger a change in long-standing Senate rules to allow his confirmation. Democrats, portraying Gorsuch as so conservative he is outside the judicial mainstream, have amassed 42 senators in support of a procedural hurdle called a filibuster requiring a super-majority of 60 votes in the Republican-led, 100-seat Senate to allow a confirmation vote.

 

Third Senate Democrat announces support for Gorsuch | 2 April 2017 | Sen. Joe Donnelly announced Sunday that he will support the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. "After meeting with Judge Gorsuch, conducting a thorough review of his record, and closely following his hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I believe that he is a qualified jurist who will base his decisions on his understanding of the law and is well-respected among his peers," the Indiana Democrat said in a statement. Donnelly is the third Senate Democrat to support Gorsuch, joining Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

 

McConnell, Schumer square off ahead of Gorsuch votes | 2 April 2017 | The Senate's top Republican and Democrat on Sunday presaged the floor battle to come this week over Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, offering opposing views on the likelihood of his confirmation that set the stage for a "nuclear" showdown when the chamber votes. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" that President Donald Trump's nominee would soon be seated on the high court...But in a separate interview on the same program, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer predicted he would be able to unite enough Democrats to deny Gorsuch the 60 votes the Republican leadership will need to overcome a filibuster.

 

Democratic opposition swells over Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch | 1 April 2017 | Senate Democratic opposition to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee swelled Friday as Democrats neared the numbers needed for a filibuster, setting up a showdown with Republicans who have the votes to confirm Neil Gorsuch. Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Brian Schatz of Hawaii became the latest Democratic senators to announce their opposition to Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appeals court judge in Denver whose conservative rulings make him an intellectual heir to the justice he would replace, the late Antonin Scalia.

 

GOP slams DNC chairman Tom Perez's insistence that Trump didn't win the election as 'dangerous' and 'unhinged' | 02 April 2017 | The Republican National Committee whacked back at new Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez for saying that President Trump 'didn't win this election.' The RNC sent out a statement Sunday morning labeling his comments 'unhinged.' 'Chairman Perez's comments are dangerous and undermine our democratic process,' said chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel. 'Perhaps Mr. Perez needs a lesson on how the Electoral College works but whether he likes it or not, Donald Trump is our president.'

 

Top Democrat accuses White House of trying to distract from Russia investigation | 2 April 2017 | Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, accused both the White House and the Republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee of attempting to "distract" from the congressional investigation into whether Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

 

Iowa's Largest Insurer Says It Will Withdraw From Obamacare Exchanges | 03 April 2017 | In the latest move by insurers worried about the viability of the markets created under the federal health care law, Iowa's major carrier said Monday that it would stop selling individual policies in the state next year. In astatement, the insurer, Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which is based in Des Moines, blamed its decision to withdraw in 2018 on what it said was the high cost of covering people under the Affordable Care Act.

 

Pelosi seeks to unify Dems on Obamacare fixes | 1 April 2017 |House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pressing Democrats to hold back on specific Obamacare fixes a week after President Trump and House Republicans failed spectacularly in their bid to repeal the landmark law. Pelosi has told members to bring any suggestions to leadership before making them public, a stance intended to prevent Republicans from putting a target on them and avoid freelancing by her own members. The strategy also seeks to unify the party on healthcare ahead of 2018, when Democrats are growing more confident that they could have a real chance of winning the House.

 

Mike Pence Breaks Tie on Senate Measure Targeting Planned Parenthood Funding | 30 March 2017 | Vice President Mike Pence cast a rare tie-breaking vote Thursday in the Senate to advance a motion that would allow states to withhold federal funds from health care clinics like Planned Parenthood. The measure would roll back an Obama-era rule that barred states from withholding funds from clinics that also offered abortion services. Two Republicans -- Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska -- voted against the 48 other GOP senators. The party has a 52-48 majority in the Senate.

 

A judge rules Trump may have incited violence | 2 April 2017 | The courts keep taking Donald Trump both seriously and literally. And the president's word choices are proving to be a real headache. A federal judge in Kentucky is the latest to take Trump at his word when he says something controversial. Judge David J. Hale ruled against efforts by Trump's attorneys to throw out a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a March 2016 campaign rally in Louisville.

 

Mega bar alert: A Romney Takeover in Utah? | 06 April 2017 | A former Presidential candidate could be looking to establish a political dynasty in Utah. Reports have linked Republican Mitt Romney to the state's senate seat, and his son to the governor's chair. Current Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is 83 years old and has said recently that he may not seek reelection in 2018 and that Mitt Romney would be a perfect replacement [for the globalist dirt-bags who own him].

 

Bridgegate Scandal: Ex-Christie Allies Bill Baroni and Bridget Kelly Get Prison | 29 March 2017 | Former allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were sentenced to prison Wednesday for engineering lane closures at the George Washington Bridge as alleged retaliation against a Democratic mayor who didn't endorse the governor. Bill Baroni, who served as deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will spend two years behind bars and must do 500 hours of community service. His co-conspirator, Bridget Anne Kelly, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, plus a year of probation. Both said they'll file appeals.

 

"Disappearing" the Scholar/Author | 31 March 2017 | This morning, NYU professor [and CLG founder]Michael Rectenwald woke up to discover he had been 'disappeared' from a website that had once featured at least three of his articles. The articles remained, but his name was no longer connected to them. The byline name, which had been his, now belonged to someone else. The venue, Insurgent Notes describes itself as "a collective-based journal that will publish online several times a year." It also notes that it "welcomes manuscripts from anyone who feels sympathy with our overall viewpoint." Rectenwald may have once been simpatico, but he is no longer. So, he had to disappear.

 

Is the University Fundamentally Religious? A conversation with Rachel Fulton Brown | 1 April 2017 | Conversation with Rachel Fulton Brown, Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago. Topics covered: the university, academic freedom, viewpoint diversity, the religious and the secular, Milo Yiannopoulos, and more.

 

YouTube BOYCOTT Just Got Way Worse and Why People Are Scared | 27 March 2017 | (Video)

 

3rd competency hearing ordered for UC Berkeley activist accused of brutal murder | 2 April 2017 | Pablo Gomez, Jr., was a transsexual Latino Studies major at UC Berkeley. He was a high-profile member of the social justice activist community on campus. Gomez was also part of a group of students who assaulted Donald Trump supporters on campus in September of 2015. Gomez had a history of expressing hatred against white people on the social media websites Twitter and Tumblr. He railed against "toxic whiteness" and claimed white people were preventing racial minorities from being successful. On January 6th, Gomez stabbed two different white females. Kiana Schmitt, 24, was seriously injured. Emile Inman, 27, was killed.

 

Paws for reflection: Polar bear captured 'praying' next to cross (Photos) | 31 March 2017 | Polar bears aren’t known for being particularly religious but this one seems to have a spiritual side. Photographs taken in Canada show a bear seemingly praying next to a large cross. Wesleyville photographer Jessica Andrews, who describes herself as "a huge animal lover," noticed a bear on an island in a cove behind her house on Wednesday. She rushed outside to capture the bear, and managed to take more than 200 photos as she watched it play in the snow for almost two hours. 

 

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