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March 3, 2017
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-campaign-lobbyist-russian-pipeline-229264
Lobbyist advised Trump campaign while promoting Russian pipeline
A Republican lobbyist was earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote one of Vladimir Putins top geopolitical priorities at the same time he was helping to shape Donald Trumps first major foreign policy speech.
This spring, Burt helped shape Trumps first major foreign policy address, according to Burt and other sources. Burt recommended that Trump take a more realist, less interventionist approach to world affairs, as first reported by Reuters. Trumps April 27 speech sounded those themes and called for greater cooperation with Russia.
I believe an easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia from a position of strength is possible, Trump said in the speech. Common sense says this cycle of hostility must end. Some say the Russians wont be reasonable. I intend to find out. The Russian ambassador to the United States broke the diplomatic norm against attending campaign events to sit in the front row.
I believe an easing of tensions and improved relations with Russia from a position of strength is possible, Trump said in the speech. Common sense says this cycle of hostility must end. Some say the Russians wont be reasonable. I intend to find out. The Russian ambassador to the United States broke the diplomatic norm against attending campaign events to sit in the front row.
In addition to helping shape Trumps speech, Burt attended two dinners this summer hosted by Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, who had been named chairman of Trumps national security committee. Burt was invited to discuss issues of national security and foreign policy, and wrote white papers for Sessions on the same subjects, according to Burt and another person with knowledge of the situation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/donald-trump-campaign-lobbyist-russian-pipeline-229264
February 28, 2017
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/manaforts-ukrainian-blood-money-caused-qualms-hack-suggests-235473
Manaforts Ukrainian blood money caused qualms, hack suggests
Paul Manaforts family expressed misgivings about the political consultants work for both Russia-aligned Ukrainian strongman Viktor Yanukovych and Donald Trump, according to text messages allegedly hacked from one of his daughters' phones.
The texts, posted on a darknet website run by a hacktivist collective, appear to show Manaforts family fretting about the ethics, safety and consequences of his work for Yanukovych. And they reveal that Manaforts two daughters regarded their fathers emergence as a key player on Trumps presidential campaign with a mixture of pride and embarrassment.
The texts, posted on a darknet website run by a hacktivist collective, appear to show Manaforts family fretting about the ethics, safety and consequences of his work for Yanukovych. And they reveal that Manaforts two daughters regarded their fathers emergence as a key player on Trumps presidential campaign with a mixture of pride and embarrassment.
In one March 2015 exchange that appears to be between the two sisters, Andrea Manafort seems to suggest that their father bore some responsibility for the deaths of protesters at the hands of police loyal to Yanukovych during a monthslong uprising that started in late 2013.
Don't fool yourself, Andrea Manafort wrote. That money we have is blood money.
Don't fool yourself, Andrea Manafort wrote. That money we have is blood money.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/manaforts-ukrainian-blood-money-caused-qualms-hack-suggests-235473
February 17, 2017
Kyle Griffin ✔ @kylegriffin1
Here's the tweet Trump deletedhe's seriously calling the media "the enemy of the American people"
9:35 PM - 17 Feb 2017
857 857 Retweets 536 536 likes
ETA: Shortly after Trump re-posted:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/832708293516632065
Trump just deleted this tweet - Wow!
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/832705063931895811Kyle Griffin ✔ @kylegriffin1
Here's the tweet Trump deletedhe's seriously calling the media "the enemy of the American people"
9:35 PM - 17 Feb 2017
857 857 Retweets 536 536 likes
ETA: Shortly after Trump re-posted:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/832708293516632065
February 17, 2017
Greg Sargent ✔ @ThePlumLineGS
Trump just dipped below 40% approval in Gallup; disapproval now higher than 55%.
He's at 38-56.http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx
6:03 PM - 17 Feb 2017
Trump just dipped below 40% approval in Gallup; disapproval now higher than 55%.
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/832651798825545728Greg Sargent ✔ @ThePlumLineGS
Trump just dipped below 40% approval in Gallup; disapproval now higher than 55%.
He's at 38-56.http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx
6:03 PM - 17 Feb 2017
February 16, 2017
FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's choice to replace Michael Flynn as national security adviser has turned down the offer http://on.ft.com/2lnab4E
10:43 PM - 16 Feb 2017
Trump's choice to replace Michael Flynn as national security adviser has turned down the offer
https://twitter.com/FT/status/832359675978989568FT Exclusive: Donald Trump's choice to replace Michael Flynn as national security adviser has turned down the offer http://on.ft.com/2lnab4E
10:43 PM - 16 Feb 2017
February 7, 2017
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/donald-trump-says-u-s-media-ignored-these-78-terror-at-1792074596
https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/828990348663742464
Donald Trump Says U.S. Media Ignored These 78 Terror Attacks : good riposte
Good video compilationIn the above video, you can see 75 of those incidents being covered by U.S. national mediadespite many of them fitting a very questionable definition of terrorism. In some cases, investigating authorities have directly ruled out terrorism while in others the acts are more akin to being direct warfare than terror. Regardless, only three of the items on Trumps list did not earn broad coverage from the U.S. national media:
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/donald-trump-says-u-s-media-ignored-these-78-terror-at-1792074596
https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/828990348663742464
February 7, 2017
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/melania-trumps-lawyers-admit-she-hoped-to-cash-in-on-being-first-lady-by-selling-clothes-and-fragrances/
Melania Trumps lawyers admit she hoped to cash in on being First Lady by selling clothes/fragrances
First Lady Melania Trump has filed a third lawsuit against The Daily Mail for defamation after the site published a story alleging Mrs. Trump had been an escort at one time. As the lawsuit has moved forward, Mrs. Trump was required to prove that the defamation damaged her in some way. Her example of damages are that she can no longer launch a clothing and fragrance line using her office as First Lady of the United States.
Plaintiff had the unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world, the lawsuit outlines.
These product categories would have included, among other things, apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance, it continues.
Mrs. Trump is alleging $150 million in damages in their filing to the Manhattan Supreme Court.
According to a report from the New York Post, the court documents allege the Daily Mail caused such financial harm that Mrs. Trump could no longer use her position in government to enrich herself, her brand and products.
Plaintiff had the unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world, the lawsuit outlines.
These product categories would have included, among other things, apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance, it continues.
Mrs. Trump is alleging $150 million in damages in their filing to the Manhattan Supreme Court.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/melania-trumps-lawyers-admit-she-hoped-to-cash-in-on-being-first-lady-by-selling-clothes-and-fragrances/
February 6, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/06/trumps-suggestion-that-the-media-is-ignoring-terrorist-attacks-has-a-familiar-source-infowars/?postshare=5691486417930557&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b35b9d2d8f57
Trumps suggestion that the media is ignoring terrorist attacks traces to a familiar source:InfoWars
President Trump made a whopper of a claim on Monday, suggesting that the media is deliberately ignoring terrorist attacks.
The comments would seem to be a response to the hubbub over Kellyanne Conway having repeatedly cited a non-existent terror attack in Bowling Green, Ky., in recent days. But Trump doesn't appear to have totally invented this theory on the fly.
Instead, the kernel of the idea appears to have come from -- or at least been propagated by -- one of his favorite news sources: the conspiracy theory website InfoWars.
As @UrbanAchievr noted after Trump's comments, InfoWars has been barking up this tree for a while now. A sampling of its headlines:
"FAKE NEWS: MAINSTREAM MEDIA WHITEWASHES ISLAMIC TERROR IN BERLIN: Propagandists desperate to hide the obvious" -- Dec. 20
"SCANDAL: MASS MEDIA COVERS UP TERRORISM TO PROTECT ISLAM" -- July 29
"GERMANY COVERING UP TERROR PLOTS TO PROTECT MUSLIM MIGRANTS" -- June 24
"MEDIA CAUGHT COVERING UP ISLAMIC TIES IN MUNICH ATTACK" -- July 24
"VIDEO: TERROR IN GERMANY THE TRUTH THEY HIDE: Mass media deception to conceal what's really happening" -- July 25
Instead, the kernel of the idea appears to have come from -- or at least been propagated by -- one of his favorite news sources: the conspiracy theory website InfoWars.
As @UrbanAchievr noted after Trump's comments, InfoWars has been barking up this tree for a while now. A sampling of its headlines:
"FAKE NEWS: MAINSTREAM MEDIA WHITEWASHES ISLAMIC TERROR IN BERLIN: Propagandists desperate to hide the obvious" -- Dec. 20
"SCANDAL: MASS MEDIA COVERS UP TERRORISM TO PROTECT ISLAM" -- July 29
"GERMANY COVERING UP TERROR PLOTS TO PROTECT MUSLIM MIGRANTS" -- June 24
"MEDIA CAUGHT COVERING UP ISLAMIC TIES IN MUNICH ATTACK" -- July 24
"VIDEO: TERROR IN GERMANY THE TRUTH THEY HIDE: Mass media deception to conceal what's really happening" -- July 25
Former congressman Allen West (R-Fla.) has also pushed this idea, posting a video from InfoWars back in August under the headline, "TERROR ATTACK: Massive media cover-up." And it's a theme that has cropped up on other conspiracy theory and right-wing websites from time to time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/06/trumps-suggestion-that-the-media-is-ignoring-terrorist-attacks-has-a-familiar-source-infowars/?postshare=5691486417930557&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b35b9d2d8f57
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