Saturday, August 22, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Aug. 23, 2020

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RNC ‘split-screen convention for the ages’ with 2 hurricanes making landfall: ‘Basically God endorsing Joe Biden’

Aug. 22 - Two tropical storms could hit the U.S. gulf course as hurricanes during next week’s Republican National Committee Convention.

Tropical Storm Marco is currently predicted to hit Louisiana on Monday evening, during the first day of the RNC Convention.
Tropical Storm Laura is also headed towards Louisiana, with an expected landfall on Wednesday afternoon, during the third day of the convention.     more

The House just passed a bill to provide $25 billion in emergency funding to USPS, but the White House has already threatened to veto it

Aug. 23 - The House of Representatives on Saturday passed legislation to provide $25 billion in emergency funding to the US Postal Service that will also roll back some of the controversial cost-cutting measures implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.


 
The legislation passed 257 to 150 along party lines, with the support of members of the Democratic majority. Twenty-six Republicans voted in favor of it.

"...Trump has sought to cast early doubt on the integrity of the election, and bringing up Pelosi, who is deeply unpopular with many Republicans, appeared aimed at motivating his base to vote.
  
Although the speaker of the House is third in line for the presidency, it is unclear how Pelosi would assume the office in the event of a disputed election. Congress ultimately holds the power to decide which state electors to accept and resolve disputes. If no candidate wins a majority, the House selects a winner, but must choose from the top three vote-getters.

In a preview of what Republicans will argue at their own convention next week, Trump hammered at the law-and-order theme he has embraced in response to protests and unrest in many cities, including Portland, Oregon.

He said police had been weakened in 'Democrat-run' cities and cited a spike in murders in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and Philadelphia. He urged Americans to turn back 'radical left socialists and Marxists.'
He called protesters in Portland 'crazy'."   
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Friday, August 21, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Aug. 22, 2020

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Foreman Mike Back on the Border In NEW location
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PICTURED: Founder of border wall 'scam' at the White House and its 'foreman' with Donald Trump who claimed he 'didn't know' them – and they sold autographed Don Jr. books to raise funds for 'fraud'

DailyMail.com can reveal how triple amputee Brian Kolfage, 38, bragged about scoring a VIP Christmas invite to the White House last year

He posted several photos from inside the White House and even tweeted about briefing Trump personally about the We Build The Wall fundraiser
 
The Purple Heart recipient is accused of swindling $350,000 from We Build The Wall despite pledging to 'not take a penny in salary or compensation'
 
Kolfage was arrested for wire fraud and money laundering, along with Steve Bannon, Timothy Shea and Andrew Badolato

Another picture uncovered by DailyMail.com shows the president standing beside 'construction boss' Foreman Mike who narrates for We Build The Wall

Trump has said that aside from Steve Bannon, 'I didn't know the other people', including Kolfage 

Aug. 22 - Alleged We Build The Wall 'fraudster' Brian Kolfage beams with pride as he and his family pose for festive photos in the White House - despite President Donald Trump's claims he 'didn't know' the accused conman.

DailyMail.com can reveal how triple amputee Kolfage, 38, scored a VIP Christmas invite then bragged afterwards of briefing Trump personally about his crowd-funded border wall and even cracking jokes about Hillary Clinton.

Another picture uncovered by DailyMail.com reveals the president standing beside Mike Furey, aka 'Foreman Mike' - the larger-than-life 'construction boss' who narrates numerous videos for We Build The Wall. It is unclear if he is a real builder or simply a social media frontman.

Wearing his trademark hard hat, dark shades and reflective jacket, Foreman Mike gives a thumbs up while Trump does the same, smiling broadly for the camera.

Joining them is 'Angel Mom' Mary Ann Mendoza, an advisory board member for We Build The Wall who has campaigned for tougher border controls after her police officer son, Sgt Brandon Mendoza, was killed in 2014 by an illegal immigrant driver...     More Details
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Aug 21, 2020


Thursday, August 20, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Aug. 21, 2020

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Former Donald Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty to being part of an alleged crowd funded border wall scam Thursday - hours after he was arrested at sea aboard a superyacht owned by a Chinese billionaire. Bannon appeared in federal court in Manhattan to answer charges of defrauding hundreds of thousands of people as part of a group pledging to use private donations to build a section of border wall. At his hearing Thursday afternoon, Bannon, 66, had his hands cuffed in front of him while a large, white mask covered most of his face. He was still wearing his distinctive two shirts. 

Steve Bannon is released on $5 million bail after appearing in court in handcuffs and pleading not guilty to role in $25m border wall fundraiser fraud - hours after being arrested at sea on Chinese billionaire's superyacht



Aug. 21 - Steve Bannon has been released on $5 million bail after appearing in court in handcuffs and pleading not guilty to being part of an alleged crowd funded border wall scam.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/bannon-build-the-wall-indictment/index.html

..."The four men were indicted for allegedly using hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to an online crowdfunding campaign called We Build the Wall for personal expenses, among other things. Bannon and another defendant, Brian Kolfage, promised donors that the campaign, which ultimately raised more than $25 million, was "a volunteer organization" and that "100% of the funds raised...will be used in the execution of our mission and purpose," according to the indictment unsealed Thursday.


But instead, according to prosecutors, Bannon, through a non-profit under his control, used more than $1 million from We Build the Wall to "secretly" pay Kolfage and cover hundreds of thousands of dollars in Bannon's personal expenses"...

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

White House News (白宮消息) | Aug. 20, 2020

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NATO Intercepts Russian Warships After Kremlin Warns U.S. Over Troops in Poland

Aug. 19 - Britain's Royal Navy teamed up with NATO vessels to escort nine Russian warships that encroached into waters close to the U.K. The move marks the latest tit-for-tat maneuver involving the countries' military forces amid tension between Moscow and the alliance.



Offshore patrol vessels HMS Mersey and HMS Mersey joined Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster and ships from the alliance to track three Steregushchiy-class corvettes, three Ropucha-class landing ships and the same number of missile-armed patrol boats, the Royal Navy said in a statement.

In some of the busiest sea lanes in the world, British ships worked with Portuguese frigate NRP Corte-Real, the task group's flagship, and supporting alliance vessels to escort the Russian ships, which had sailed into the North Sea from the Baltic Sea following its own large-scale exercises.

"While the Russian Navy operated in a safe and professional manner, HMS Westminster combined with NATO-allied units across the North Sea and Baltic Sea to escort them throughout," Commander Will Paston, commanding officer of HMS Westminster, said in a statement.     source

AUGUST 19, 2020
President Trump News Conference
President Trump holds a news conference at the White House to provide an update on his administration’s ongoing response to the coronavirus pandemic.
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds White House news conference 
August 19, 2020
Donald Trump announces US demand for all UN sanctions to be reimposed against Iran
“Iran will never have a nuclear weapon," said the US President
The US will demand on Thursday that all United Nations sanctions be reimposed against Iran.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

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Belarus unrest: President Lukashenko accuses opposition of staging coup

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has accused the opposition of trying to stage a coup, amid widespread anger over a disputed election.

Aug - Speaking as opposition leaders formed a council to organise a transfer of power, he said: "We definitely consider this as an attempt to seize power."

The opposition contests the official results of the 9 August poll, which gave Mr Lukashenko 80% of the vote.

The country has since seen 10 days of street protests and strikes.

The protesters allege massive vote-rigging and say the winner was opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya - who officially secured only about 10% of votes.

There were no independent election observers.     source

The risks of a Russian intervention in Belarus

Aug. 18 - Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, is facing the biggest threat of his 26-year reign. An extraordinary popular revolt has brought his regime to the brink of collapse — something that Vladimir Putin, mortally afraid of democratic contagion from a “color revolution” in his western neighbor, can hardly countenance.

Yet as startling as it might seem, the turbulence in Belarus also gives Russia’s president an opportunity — one he could seize with a high-stakes display of brazen military aggression that could go beyond merely cracking down in Belarus. Perhaps the most frightening scenario: an invasion of Lithuania. The Baltic republic, which shares a 420-mile border with Belarus, is a member of both the European Union and NATO.     more
PBS NewsHour full episode, Aug. 18, 2020
Aug. 19, 2020
Tuesday on the NewsHour, Night 2 of the Democratic National Convention will include former presidents and a leadership theme. Plus: An unconventional DNC, the Senate Intelligence Committee report on 2016 Russian election interference, Republicans supporting Joe Biden, a former DHS official speaks out, the delegates nominating Biden, a Hezbollah conviction and Gloria Steinem on women’s rights.


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