veteranstoday--2020-06-25--Hamas Says West Bank Annexation Is ‘A Declaration of War,’ Israel ‘Will Regret It’

__________ Haaretz Hamas Says West Bank Annexation Is ‘ A Declaration of War , ’ Israel ‘ Will Regret It ’ Hamas would consider Israeli steps toward annexing parts of the West Bank as a “ declaration of war , ” said on Thursday Abu Ubaida , spokesman of the Gaza-based organization ’ s military wing .
“ The forces of the resistance will faithfully protect the Palestinian people , ” he said .
“ We will make the enemy bite its fingers in regret for such a sinful decision.
” Abu Ubaida spoke on the anniversary of the abduction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was taken captive on the Gaza border in 2006 and released nearly a decade ago , in 2011 .
The operation is remembered as a success by militants in Gaza .
He also vowed to work for a prisoner exchange deal with Israel that would see senior Palestinian leaders released from Israeli prisons .
Negotiations have been reported multiple time over the past years , but led to no breakthrough .
Israeli political leaders have expressed intentions to take steps toward annexation as early as this summer , but are facing widespread international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coalition agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’ s Likud and Defense Minister Benny Gantz ’ s Kahol Lavan , July 1 was mentioned as the earliest date to launch the process .
The agreement , however , requires American support for the move .
On Wednesday , Kellyanne Conway , a top advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump , said he will be making a “ big announcement ” soon on Israel ’ s plans .
Meanwhile , the United Nation ’ s envoy for the Middle East warned Israel on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ annex parts of the West Bank could set of a spasm of violence that would upend Israeli-Palestinian relations and reverberate across the region .
Speaking to a group of foreign correspondents in Jerusalem , Nickolay Mladenov , the UN special coordinator for the region , said any Israeli unilateral action will “ will have economic and security repercussions on the ground that will affect the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians.
” “ Surely any such moves will be met by counter moves by the Palestinian Authority and they have already started , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Palestinians have absolved themselves from abiding by past agreements with Israel .
On Wednesday , the head of the Arab League warned a high-level UN meeting that any annexation would inflame tensions and endanger peace in the Middle East , and could ignite “ a religious war in and beyond our region.
” More than a thousand European lawmakers also signed a joint letter protesting Israel ’ s plan , saying such a move would “ be fatal ” to hopes for a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict .
On Monday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ annexation in a mass protest organized by the Fatah political party .
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh , Arab and other foreign diplomats , including the ambassadors of the European Union , China , Russia and Jordan , also took part in the event .

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Haaretz
Hamas Says West Bank Annexation Is ‘A Declaration of War,’ Israel ‘Will Regret It’
Hamas would consider Israeli steps toward annexing parts of the West Bank as a “declaration of war,” said on Thursday Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Gaza-based organization’s military wing.
“The forces of the resistance will faithfully protect the Palestinian people,” he said. “We will make the enemy bite its fingers in regret for such a sinful decision.”
Abu Ubaida spoke on the anniversary of the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was taken captive on the Gaza border in 2006 and released nearly a decade ago, in 2011. The operation is remembered as a success by militants in Gaza.
He also vowed to work for a prisoner exchange deal with Israel that would see senior Palestinian leaders released from Israeli prisons. Negotiations have been reported multiple time over the past years, but led to no breakthrough.
Israeli political leaders have expressed intentions to take steps toward annexation as early as this summer, but are facing widespread international appeals not to do so.
In the coalition agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Kahol Lavan, July 1 was mentioned as the earliest date to launch the process.
The agreement, however, requires American support for the move. On Wednesday, Kellyanne Conway, a top advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, said he will be making a “big announcement” soon on Israel’s plans.
Meanwhile, the United Nation’s envoy for the Middle East warned Israel on Thursday that carrying out its plans to annex parts of the West Bank could set of a spasm of violence that would upend Israeli-Palestinian relations and reverberate across the region.
Speaking to a group of foreign correspondents in Jerusalem, Nickolay Mladenov, the UN special coordinator for the region, said any Israeli unilateral action will “will have economic and security repercussions on the ground that will affect the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians.”
“Surely any such moves will be met by counter moves by the Palestinian Authority and they have already started,” he said, noting how the Palestinians have absolved themselves from abiding by past agreements with Israel.
On Wednesday, the head of the Arab League warned a high-level UN meeting that any annexation would inflame tensions and endanger peace in the Middle East, and could ignite “a religious war in and beyond our region.” More than a thousand European lawmakers also signed a joint letter protesting Israel’s plan, saying such a move would “be fatal” to hopes for a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
On Monday, thousands of Palestinians rallied in Jericho against annexation in a mass protest organized by the Fatah political party. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, Arab and other foreign diplomats, including the ambassadors of the European Union, China, Russia and Jordan, also took part in the event.


veteranstoday--2020-06-25--The Real Reason Why Islamophobia Sweeping Across the US

Alaa Massri , who ’ s an activist in New York , was recently arrested and stripped of her hijab by the police , who then distributed the photo .
This is one of many indignities that Muslim women in the US sometimes suffer .
We ’ ve had a wave of Islamophobia sweeping across the US ever since the September 11 false flag operation , which was actually orchestrated precisely to generate that kind of Islamophobia , and to weaponize it , both in service to wars around the world against the enemies of Israel and Zionism , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on conversions to Islam and the big head of steam that Islam was building up in the 1990s .
Islam is a threat to the people who have the most power in today ’ s world , that ’ s of course the international banking cabal headquartered in places like Wall Street , the city of London and Basel , Switzerland .
This cabal creates the world ’ s currency supply out of nothing by lending it into existence at interest .
This is the worst usury that ’ s ever existed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peace upon him ) was of course an enemy of usury , and the Quran tells us that the usurers have been put on notice of a war against them by God and His Prophet ( PUBH ) , and of course , by extension the followers of his Prophet ( PUBH ) .
That usury at the time of the Prophet ( peace upon him ) was harmless and minor compared to the kind of usury we have today with the entire currency supply created out of usury backed by nothing , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by this banking cabal .
They know that Islam is a tremendous threat to their power .
And that ’ s the reason that they launched the war on Islam for Zionism and for the Zionist banking cabal on September 11 , 2001 .
Today as Western societies fall apart and as the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer , and as social tensions mount , they are accelerating Islamophobia in order to divide and conquer .
Just as they ’ re launching the racial violence , and turning everybody ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get the whites scapegoating the blacks and the blacks scapegoating the whites , they ’ re also fostering Islamophobia , so that the ordinary working people would blame Muslims and immigrants for the loss of their jobs , and the actual culprits—the banksters and corporate heads , who sent the jobs overseas—are getting off scot-free .
So this is a divide and conquer operation , and the Islamophobia is getting worse .
This is just one incident .
There was another incident recently where The Tennessean newspaper published a full-page ad saying that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And they did withdraw the ad and fire the editor afterward , but this kind of Islamophobia is apparently socially acceptable in the US .
The reason for that is that the international banking cabal has manufactured a climate of opinion in which bigotry against Islam and Muslims is more acceptable than other forms of bigotry .
This has to stop , and Islam has to be allowed to do its part in fixing the world ’ s single biggest problem , which is the rule of the international banking demons who control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money that they create out of nothing .
They ’ ve bought the world ’ s biggest militaries of biological warfare divisions .
They ’ ve launched biological warfare on the world with COVID .
We need a worldwide revolution against these bankers .
And every Muslim needs to know that he or she is at all out absolute war against these , the worst usurers in all of human history .

By Kevin Barrett, VT Editor, for Press TV
Alaa Massri, who’s an activist in New York, was recently arrested and stripped of her hijab by the police, who then distributed the photo. This is one of many indignities that Muslim women in the US sometimes suffer.
We’ve had a wave of Islamophobia sweeping across the US ever since the September 11 false flag operation, which was actually orchestrated precisely to generate that kind of Islamophobia, and to weaponize it, both in service to wars around the world against the enemies of Israel and Zionism, and also to try to put a lid on conversions to Islam and the big head of steam that Islam was building up in the 1990s.
Islam is a threat to the people who have the most power in today’s world, that’s of course the international banking cabal headquartered in places like Wall Street, the city of London and Basel, Switzerland. This cabal creates the world’s currency supply out of nothing by lending it into existence at interest. This is the worst usury that’s ever existed on earth.
And the Prophet Muhammad (peace upon him) was of course an enemy of usury, and the Quran tells us that the usurers have been put on notice of a war against them by God and His Prophet (PUBH), and of course, by extension the followers of his Prophet (PUBH).
That usury at the time of the Prophet (peace upon him) was harmless and minor compared to the kind of usury we have today with the entire currency supply created out of usury backed by nothing, just invented, pulled out of nothing by this banking cabal. They know that Islam is a tremendous threat to their power. And that’s the reason that they launched the war on Islam for Zionism and for the Zionist banking cabal on September 11, 2001.
Today as Western societies fall apart and as the rich get richer and everyone else gets poorer, and as social tensions mount, they are accelerating Islamophobia in order to divide and conquer. Just as they’re launching the racial violence, and turning everybody’s attention to race in order to get the whites scapegoating the blacks and the blacks scapegoating the whites, they’re also fostering Islamophobia, so that the ordinary working people would blame Muslims and immigrants for the loss of their jobs, and the actual culprits—the banksters and corporate heads, who sent the jobs overseas—are getting off scot-free.
So this is a divide and conquer operation, and the Islamophobia is getting worse. This is just one incident. There was another incident recently where The Tennessean newspaper published a full-page ad saying that Islam was going to nuke Nashville.
And they did withdraw the ad and fire the editor afterward, but this kind of Islamophobia is apparently socially acceptable in the US. The reason for that is that the international banking cabal has manufactured a climate of opinion in which bigotry against Islam and Muslims is more acceptable than other forms of bigotry.
This has to stop, and Islam has to be allowed to do its part in fixing the world’s single biggest problem, which is the rule of the international banking demons who control the world through usury and through the money that they create out of nothing.
They’ve bought the world’s biggest militaries of biological warfare divisions. They’ve launched biological warfare on the world with COVID. We need a worldwide revolution against these bankers. And every Muslim needs to know that he or she is at all out absolute war against these, the worst usurers in all of human history.


veteranstoday--2020-06-26--Sikh’s Intensify Khalistan Movement for Independence

India which , apparently , claims to be the largest democracy , acting upon the principles of liberalism and secularism has broken all the records of mistreatment of religious minorities by acceleration of violence , genocide and massacre , perpetrated on various ethnic and religious groups .
Since Narendar Modi , the leader of the ruling party BJP became the Indian Prime Minister , he started implementing ideology of Hindutva ( ( Hindu Nationalism ) .
Under his regime , persecution of religious minorities such as Christians and particularly Muslims and Sikhs , including even of lower cast-Hindus have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this regard , in its annual report of 2017 , Human Rights Watch which conducted investigative work in 2016 pointed out Indian government ’ s failure to control growing attacks on Dalits and religious minorities-Sikh community .
The report elaborated , “ Authorities continue to use sedition and criminal defamation laws to prosecute citizens who criticize government officials or oppose state policies .
In rare cases in 2016 , police were held accountable for abuses .
In April , 47 policemen were sentenced to life in prison for involvement in the killing of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ district of Uttar Pradesh state .
Despite calls for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act , soldiers continue to have immunity from prosecution when deployed in areas of internal conflict.
” According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom ’ s report : “ Religious tolerance deteriorated and religious freedom violations increased in India…Minority communities , especially Christians , Muslims , and Sikhs experienced numerous incidents of intimidation , harassment , and violence , largely at the hands of Hindu nationalist groups…these actions , coupled with perceived crackdowns on groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , have many concerned that the rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association are being increasingly curtailed.
” However , the Sikhs are fighting for a separate homeland since 1947 , but the movement attained impetus by the efforts of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale , which in 1984 resulted in most brutal operation against a highly sacred Sikh religious place-the Golden Temple complex ( Harmandir Sahib ) in Amritsar , Punjab , which resulted in killings of thousands of Sikhs .
In this respect , Indian Army led by General Kuldip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ armoured vehicles had broken all records of the state terrorism and extra-judicial killings through the barbaric Operation Blue Star which occurred between 3–8 June 1984 , ordered by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to control over the Harmandir Sahib complex .
In this context , in their book , “ The Sikh Struggle ” , Ramnarain Kumar and George Sieberer writes , “ The army killed every Sikh who could be found inside the temple-complex .
They were hauled out of rooms , brought to corridors on the circumference of the temple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back , were shot in cold blood .
Among the victims were many old men , women and children…However , all visitors were locked up in rooms for two days without any food , water , or electricity and were starved to death .
Besides , the Harmandir Sahib remained under the army control for many months ” .
The brutality of the Operation was not confined to the Harmandir Sahib .
Indian armed forces simultaneously attacked 40 other historical gurdwaras all over East Punjab .
When Sikhs in other states came to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sahib and massacre of their brethren , they quickly left for Punjab .
New Delhi tried to stop them before they could reach Punjab .
Many Sikhs were assassinated on the way and many others were arrested .
In the same year of November , two dedicated Sikhs named Beant Singh and Satwant Singh who were posted at Premier Indira Gandhi ’ s residence in New Delhi , assassinated her .
Then Hindu riots erupted in the capital and other cities in which more then 15,000 Sikhs were murdered in broad daylight by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police watched silently so as to provide the Hindus with free hand to massacre Sikhs .
Nevertheless , the attack on the Harmandir Sahib and genocide of Sikhs accelerated the liberation movement for Khalistan , as Bhindrenwale became a folk hero .
To maintain its control over the Harmandir Sahib , another attack was launched on the Temple in 1987 , called ‘ Operation Black Thunder ’ .
That time only Sikh resistance which was natural outcome of the tragedy was the main target .
Afterwards , ‘ Operation Woodrose ’ and ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Sikh community , which also assassinated them extra-judicially .
After these barbaric operations , Sikhs organised themselves into an armed power in order to fight the Indian state terrorism .
Many Sikhs left India to escape religious persecution .
Sikhs have spread out all over the world to keep the movement of Khalistan alive .
It is of particular attention that New Delhi and Indian intelligence agency RAW is trying to create division between the Sikh community-platforms in the USA , UK , Canada , Australia and Pakistan etc .
In this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ launched to ban or disallow Indian diplomats or officials ’ entry to gurdawaras for misusing them for their ulterior motives so as to divide the Sikh community .
Gopal Singh Chawla leader of the Khalistan movement for independence has announced that “ Peace for Sikhs ” has stepped up registration process for the Khalistan referendum 2020 .
He has asked the other Sikh leaders to resign and join the movement and revealed that 11000 to 13000 Sikh leaders have already left Indian Army without any benefits and joined Khalistan movement—have reiterated that from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ India .
He pointed out that the Sikhs leaders have realized that Indian military leadership always post Sikh outfits on borders to meet any operation confrontation and it is either Sikhs or low caste Hindus lay their lives for India , from now onwards Sikhs will only lay their lives for Khalistan .
Gopal Singh also stated that Modi government is facing a fearful sit in the wake of thousands of Sikhs registering for Referendum 2020 and the India Army is in dire problems regarding the resignation of Sikhs at a time when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ladakh after facing defeat and humiliation at the hands of Chinese .
Gopal Singh claimed that Khalistan is the basic right if Sikh nation and Sikhs will now create Khalistan at any cost .
Referring to the promise of Gandhi made with Sikhs in 1947 for Khalistan , which was never fulfilled by cunning Hindu rulers , he said that mow Sikhs nation has complete awareness and at present New Delhi is in panic .
It is mentionable that India , dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland—Hindutva have been using brutal force @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Kashmir , Khalistan , Mizoram , Nagaland , Tamil Nadu and Tripura where wars of liberation continue in one form or the other .
These states have witnessed various sorts of India ’ s state terrorism , but , did not stop their struggle .
Instead of redressing the grievances of the people , Modi-led Indian regime is depending upon ruthless force to crush the movements of self-determination .
Therefore , India ’ s unrealistic counterinsurgency strategy has badly failed .
Notably , Sikhs have intensified Khalistan Movement for Independence , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conducted anti-India demonstrations and rallies in New York , London , Switzerland and Geneva , raising slogans for Khalistan as an independent state .
In fact , the Indian vulnerabilities have been exposed first during the mishandling of Covid-19 and lately by the Chinese attaining Ladakh area as per their claims prior to 1959 .
India seems to be acting like a rudderless ship destined to sink .
The fascist policies of the fundamentalist outfits-BJP and RSS have not only weakened the Indian federation , but also created rift in society and institution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going right for New Delhi , as every coming day is bringing bad news for the country .
Nonetheless , Sikhs move of leaving Indian Army will definitely affect other castes and religious communities in the Indian Army .
Indian Army due to paucity of resources coupled with complex caste system is already at a low morale—discontented and un-professional military has generated serious concerns for its military leadership .
The Indian drastic situation is providing opportunities to weaken its Army and federation in manner which could pave the way for its disintegration .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is author of the book : US vs Islamic Militants , Invisible Balance of Power : Dangerous Shift in International Relations

By Sajjad Shaukat for VT
India which, apparently, claims to be the largest democracy, acting upon the principles of liberalism and secularism has broken all the records of mistreatment of religious minorities by acceleration of violence, genocide and massacre, perpetrated on various ethnic and religious groups.
Since Narendar Modi, the leader of the ruling party BJP became the Indian Prime Minister, he started implementing ideology of Hindutva ((Hindu Nationalism). Under his regime, persecution of religious minorities such as Christians and particularly Muslims and Sikhs, including even of lower cast-Hindus have been intensified by the extremist Hindus.
In this regard, in its annual report of 2017, Human Rights Watch which conducted investigative work in 2016 pointed out Indian government’s failure to control growing attacks on Dalits and religious minorities-Sikh community.
The report elaborated, “Authorities continue to use sedition and criminal defamation laws to prosecute citizens who criticize government officials or oppose state policies. In rare cases in 2016, police were held accountable for abuses. In April, 47 policemen were sentenced to life in prison for involvement in the killing of 11 Sikhs in 1991 in the Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh state. Despite calls for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, soldiers continue to have immunity from prosecution when deployed in areas of internal conflict.”
According to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s report: “Religious tolerance deteriorated and religious freedom violations increased in India…Minority communities, especially Christians, Muslims, and Sikhs experienced numerous incidents of intimidation, harassment, and violence, largely at the hands of Hindu nationalist groups…these actions, coupled with perceived crackdowns on groups or individuals critical of the Indian government, have many concerned that the rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association are being increasingly curtailed.”
However, the Sikhs are fighting for a separate homeland since 1947, but the movement attained impetus by the efforts of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, which in 1984 resulted in most brutal operation against a highly sacred Sikh religious place-the Golden Temple complex (Harmandir Sahib) in Amritsar, Punjab, which resulted in killings of thousands of Sikhs.
In this respect, Indian Army led by General Kuldip Singh Brar, supported by troops and armoured vehicles had broken all records of the state terrorism and extra-judicial killings through the barbaric Operation Blue Star which occurred between 3–8 June 1984, ordered by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to control over the Harmandir Sahib complex.
In this context, in their book, “The Sikh Struggle”, Ramnarain Kumar and George Sieberer writes, “The army killed every Sikh who could be found inside the temple-complex. They were hauled out of rooms, brought to corridors on the circumference of the temple and with their hands tied behind their back, were shot in cold blood. Among the victims were many old men, women and children…However, all visitors were locked up in rooms for two days without any food, water, or electricity and were starved to death. Besides, the Harmandir Sahib remained under the army control for many months”.
The brutality of the Operation was not confined to the Harmandir Sahib. Indian armed forces simultaneously attacked 40 other historical gurdwaras all over East Punjab. When Sikhs in other states came to know about the desecration of the Harmandir Sahib and massacre of their brethren, they quickly left for Punjab. New Delhi tried to stop them before they could reach Punjab. Many Sikhs were assassinated on the way and many others were arrested.
In the same year of November, two dedicated Sikhs named Beant Singh and Satwant Singh who were posted at Premier Indira Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi, assassinated her. Then Hindu riots erupted in the capital and other cities in which more then 15,000 Sikhs were murdered in broad daylight by the supporters of Indira Gandhi, while police watched silently so as to provide the Hindus with free hand to massacre Sikhs.
Nevertheless, the attack on the Harmandir Sahib and genocide of Sikhs accelerated the liberation movement for Khalistan, as Bhindrenwale became a folk hero.
To maintain its control over the Harmandir Sahib, another attack was launched on the Temple in 1987, called ‘Operation Black Thunder’. That time only Sikh resistance which was natural outcome of the tragedy was the main target. Afterwards, ‘Operation Woodrose’ and ‘Operation Black Thunder-II’ were conducted against the Sikh community, which also assassinated them extra-judicially.
After these barbaric operations, Sikhs organised themselves into an armed power in order to fight the Indian state terrorism. Many Sikhs left India to escape religious persecution. Sikhs have spread out all over the world to keep the movement of Khalistan alive.
It is of particular attention that New Delhi and Indian intelligence agency RAW is trying to create division between the Sikh community-platforms in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and Pakistan etc. In this context, a deliberate campaign has been launched to ban or disallow Indian diplomats or officials’ entry to gurdawaras for misusing them for their ulterior motives so as to divide the Sikh community.
Gopal Singh Chawla leader of the Khalistan movement for independence has announced that “Peace for Sikhs” has stepped up registration process for the Khalistan referendum 2020. He has asked the other Sikh leaders to resign and join the movement and revealed that 11000 to 13000 Sikh leaders have already left Indian Army without any benefits and joined Khalistan movement—have reiterated that from now onward Sikhs will not fight for India. He pointed out that the Sikhs leaders have realized that Indian military leadership always post Sikh outfits on borders to meet any operation confrontation and it is either Sikhs or low caste Hindus lay their lives for India, from now onwards Sikhs will only lay their lives for Khalistan.
Gopal Singh also stated that Modi government is facing a fearful sit in the wake of thousands of Sikhs registering for Referendum 2020 and the India Army is in dire problems regarding the resignation of Sikhs at a time when Indian Army is in a fix in Ladakh after facing defeat and humiliation at the hands of Chinese.
Gopal Singh claimed that Khalistan is the basic right if Sikh nation and Sikhs will now create Khalistan at any cost. Referring to the promise of Gandhi made with Sikhs in 1947 for Khalistan, which was never fulfilled by cunning Hindu rulers, he said that mow Sikhs nation has complete awareness and at present New Delhi is in panic.
It is mentionable that India, dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland—Hindutva have been using brutal force ruthlessly against any move to free Assam, Kashmir, Khalistan, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu and Tripura where wars of liberation continue in one form or the other.
These states have witnessed various sorts of India’s state terrorism, but, did not stop their struggle. Instead of redressing the grievances of the people, Modi-led Indian regime is depending upon ruthless force to crush the movements of self-determination. Therefore, India’s unrealistic counterinsurgency strategy has badly failed.
Notably, Sikhs have intensified Khalistan Movement for Independence, as in the recent years, Sikhs have conducted anti-India demonstrations and rallies in New York, London, Switzerland and Geneva, raising slogans for Khalistan as an independent state.
In fact, the Indian vulnerabilities have been exposed first during the mishandling of Covid-19 and lately by the Chinese attaining Ladakh area as per their claims prior to 1959. India seems to be acting like a rudderless ship destined to sink. The fascist policies of the fundamentalist outfits-BJP and RSS have not only weakened the Indian federation, but also created rift in society and institution. Presently, nothing seems to be going right for New Delhi, as every coming day is bringing bad news for the country.
Nonetheless, Sikhs move of leaving Indian Army will definitely affect other castes and religious communities in the Indian Army. Indian Army due to paucity of resources coupled with complex caste system is already at a low morale—discontented and un-professional military has generated serious concerns for its military leadership. The Indian drastic situation is providing opportunities to weaken its Army and federation in manner which could pave the way for its disintegration.
Sajjad Shaukat writes on international affairs and is author of the book: US vs Islamic Militants, Invisible Balance of Power: Dangerous Shift in International Relations
Email: sajjad_logic@yahoo.com


veteranstoday--2020-06-26--Iran open to US talks with full compensation for JCPOA damages

Iran has ‘ no problem ’ talking to US if it apologizes & offers refund over nuclear deal – President Rouhani [ Editor ’ s Note : Iran is doing a little dance with Trump here , parrying his silly offer of talks , when he is trying to impose snapback JPCOA sanctions when the US is no longer in the deal .
This would set a precedent where the US could go into an international agreement , then withdraw , but insist that the obligations of the other parties be enforced or the US will take ‘ unipolar ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all it has been through , will have none of this .
So Rouhani tweeked Trump ’ s nose with this offer to be happy to talk after Iran has been compensated for reneging on the JCPOA .
He will wait to see what happens in November .
A desperate Trump might still want to start an Iran war to save himself by playing the great defender , but I am not sure the military would allow itself to be used like this .
As it is , Republicans facing tough elections will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves from going down with Trump .
Trump is down another two points in the Fox poll after the Tulsa debacle .
NEO published my article on it within 12 hours , versus the usual couple of days .
I will have it up here soon .
This week Trump could get roasted from the virus opening up spikes not only on infections , but hospitalizations .
He was hoping to be able to lay any of that bad news off on governors who made the opening decisions .
The pattern for success @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Test a lot , find infections , and contact trace them to put those exposed into quarantine quickly .
Thus we have another Trump flump… ’ more testing just runs up more cases ’ , end of story .
But that is not the end of the story Donald .
His losing in November will be the end of the story… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
Thanks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ > Nothing is preventing Tehran from engaging in talks with Washington , provided that it comes up with apologies – and reimbursement – for losses in the 2015 nuclear pact America walked out on , President Hassan Rouhani has said .
“ We have no problem with talking to the US , ” Rouhani declared , in a nationally-broadcast speech on Wednesday .
The only condition is that “ Washington meets its obligations under the nuclear deal , apologizes and compensates Tehran for its withdrawal from the 2015 pact , ” the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rouhani made it clear , however , that “ these calls for talks with Tehran are just words and lies.
” US President Donald Trump has previously offered to negotiate with Iran without any preconditions and to meet with Rouhani in person .
Washington repeated the offer of “ serious talks ” this January – but the timing of this couldn ’ t have been more questionable , as it came on the heels of the death of Qassem Soleimani , a renowned Iranian military leader , in an American missile strike .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ consistently ruled out dealing with Washington under pressure , or trading vital national interests .
Last year , however , Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced that he pitched a suggestion to the US , under which Iran would permanently accept international inspections of its nuclear program , in return for the lifting of US sanctions .
Following his pattern of being suspicious towards Iran , Trump green-lighted the pullout from the hard-earned nuclear pact in 2018 .
Shortly after the US formally ceased to be a member , it slapped Iran ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and other crucial sectors with sweeping penalties under the so-called “ maximum policy pressure.
” This week , Washington will try to secure a UN backing for an indefinite extension of an embargo that bans countries from selling or transferring arms to Iran unless approved by the Security Council .
In order to pass , their draft resolution requires nine votes in favor and no vetoes from China , Russia , Britain or France – a quartet of countries still adhering to the 2015 nuclear deal .

Iran has ‘no problem’ talking to US if it apologizes & offers refund over nuclear deal – President Rouhani
…by Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: Iran is doing a little dance with Trump, parrying his silly offer of talks when he is trying to impose snapback JPCOA sanctions, when the US is no longer in the deal.
This would set a precedent where the US could go into an international agreement, then withdraw, but insist that the obligations of the other parties be enforced or the US will take ‘unipolar’ action.
Iran, after all it has been through, will have none of this. Rouhani tweeked Trump’s nose with this offer to be happy to talk after Iran has been compensated for reneging on the JCPOA. He will wait to see what happens in November.
A desperate Trump might still want to start an Iran war to save himself by playing the great defender, but I am not sure the military would allow itself to be used like this.
As it is, Republicans facing tough elections will be looking for advisors to save themselves from going down with Trump. Trump is down another two points in the Fox poll after the Tulsa debacle. NEO published my article on it within 12 hours, versus the usual couple of days.
This week Trump could get roasted from the virus opening up spikes not only on infections, but hospitalizations. He was hoping to be able to lay any of that bad news on governors who made the opening decisions. The pattern for success in the Asian states was simple. Test a lot, find infections, and contact trace them to put those exposed into quarantine quickly.
Thus we have another Trump flump…’more testing just runs up more cases’, end of story. But that is not the end of the story, Donald. His losing in November will be the end of the story… Jim W. Dean ]
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– First published … June 24, 2020 –
Nothing is preventing Tehran from engaging in talks with Washington, provided that it comes up with apologies – and reimbursement – for losses in the 2015 nuclear pact America walked out on, President Hassan Rouhani has said.
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veteranstoday--2020-06-26--Censored-Suppressed: Zelinsky Testimony on Barr’s Obstruction and Complicity in Crimes

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Former Mueller team member Assistant US Attorney Aaron Zelinsky testifies to Congress about AG Bill Barr’s corrupt abuse of the criminal justice system. Barr and his lackey US Attorney Tim Shea direct the prosecutors on Roger Stone’s case to go easy on Stone because of Stone’s relationship with Donald Trump. Zelinsky and the other Stone prosecutors resign from the case rather than take part in Barr and Shea’s unethical scheme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CzSTTKsYH8


veteranstoday--2020-06-26--Who Is At Increased Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness?

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veteranstoday--2020-06-26--NY Times: A Governor on Her Own, With Everything at Stake

NY Times : Gretchen Whitmer first heard the word “ coronavirus ” over the 2019 Christmas holidays from her younger sister , who a decade earlier contracted H1N1 .
Whitmer , just a year into office and preoccupied with her agenda for 2020 , barely registered it .
She was in a hurry to push forward on some of her campaign promises , like introducing an array of new education programs and repairing Michigan ’ s badly potholed roads .
The state ’ s Republican lawmakers had blocked her at nearly every turn , but now , with the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had a plan to make an end-run around the Legislature by issuing $ 3.5 billion in bonds to help fund her projects .
January was going to be about building political momentum for that effort and gearing up for a presidential election in which Michigan , where Donald Trump won by just 10,704 votes in 2016 , was again going to be an important battleground state .
Whitmer was tapped to deliver the Democratic response to Trump ’ s annual State of the Union address on Feb. 4 .
As the governor began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the state ’ s chief medical executive , Dr. Joneigh S. Khaldun , was watching the gathering storm with growing concern .
Potentially infected travelers were arriving daily in Michigan , but the Centers for Disease Control was not providing her with the support she needed to adequately detect and contain the virus .
On Feb. 27 , Khaldun briefed the governor and her staff on the epidemic in a conference room adjacent to her office .
She said that she was convinced the coronavirus had already come to Michigan ; she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Khaldun reminded Whitmer and her staff that there was no vaccine for this virus , that it was highly contagious and that it was much more deadly than the flu .
Read more/good read…

From her living room, Gretchen Whitmer has led Michigan through a pandemic, an economic meltdown and even a dam collapse — all at a time when government itself seems broken
NY Times: Gretchen Whitmer first heard the word “coronavirus” over the 2019 Christmas holidays from her younger sister, who a decade earlier contracted H1N1. Whitmer, just a year into office and preoccupied with her agenda for 2020, barely registered it. She was in a hurry to push forward on some of her campaign promises, like introducing an array of new education programs and repairing Michigan’s badly potholed roads.
The state’s Republican lawmakers had blocked her at nearly every turn, but now, with the economy in Michigan and America booming, Whitmer had a plan to make an end-run around the Legislature by issuing $3.5 billion in bonds to help fund her projects. January was going to be about building political momentum for that effort and gearing up for a presidential election in which Michigan, where Donald Trump won by just 10,704 votes in 2016, was again going to be an important battleground state. Whitmer was tapped to deliver the Democratic response to Trump’s annual State of the Union address on Feb. 4.
As the governor began moving ahead with her agenda, though, the state’s chief medical executive, Dr. Joneigh S. Khaldun, was watching the gathering storm with growing concern. Potentially infected travelers were arriving daily in Michigan, but the Centers for Disease Control was not providing her with the support she needed to adequately detect and contain the virus. On Feb. 27, Khaldun briefed the governor and her staff on the epidemic in a conference room adjacent to her office. She said that she was convinced the coronavirus had already come to Michigan; she just couldn’t prove it. Khaldun reminded Whitmer and her staff that there was no vaccine for this virus, that it was highly contagious and that it was much more deadly than the flu. Read more/good read…
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/magazine/gretchen-whitmer-coronavirus-michigan.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage


veteranstoday--2020-06-27--NEO: America’s War on Her Own Children

NEO: America’s War on Her Own Children

By Gordon Duff and New Eastern Outlook of the Russian Academy of Science ( Est .
1816 ) On April 29 , 2020 , a 16-year-old African American boy was involved in what institutional staff decided was a dangerous confrontation at a ‘ for profit ’ child prison run by a politically connected healthcare firm .
The child threw a piece of bread and was crushed to the ground , pleading for air , until his breathing stopped , and he went into cardiac arrest in a full George Floyd moment , one behind locked doors .
About the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hanging in trees , all ruled suicides by police .
There is a tie in here , which we will be developing but first we will look at this Michigan case and gain perspective on a trend in not just racist abuse but in the wider area of child abuse , child imprisonment and human rights violations that are now a part of American society at every level .
“ A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services investigation found that a teen in the care of Lakeside for Children died after staff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on his chest and abdomen .
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Frederick , a ward of Michigan , died on May 1 at a local hospital , following an April 29 encounter with staff members at Lakeside For Children after he threw a sandwich .
In response , several staff members approached the teenager and restrained him , Capt .
Craig Habel of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety confirmed to MLive.com .
Habel said when staff realized the teen was unresponsive , they called for emergency responders who arrived and discovered he was in cardiac @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released by MDHHS , “ multiple staff participated in this restraint and several were observed on the video with their weight on [ Frederick ’ s ] chest , abdomen and legs , making this an unsafe and excessive restraint.
” The summary also says the restraint was not part of the treatment plan for the teen , that the staff members reacted “ significantly disproportionate ” to his behavior and that no one else among other staff , nurses or supervisors stepped in to stop or correct the restraint .
The MDHHS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ facility , including that the staff present waited “ approximately 12 minutes ” after Frederick was removed from the restraint to call 911 , despite policies instructing that emergency responders be called immediately .
Additionally , no one administered first aid to the teenager .
The failure to call for paramedics was despite Frederick being “ limp and unresponsive , ” and concerns over his “ coloring and pulse , ” the summary said .
The nurse in charge who failed to act was fired from her job , the summary said.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd and so many others but these weren ’ t police , these were “ treatment specialists ” at a “ youth academy , ” one of hundreds that warehouse uncounted numbers of American children who will become the next generation of American adults .
Good luck with that .
Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo Michigan is run by Sequel Youth Services , a company that runs dozens of prisons for children around the US as part of an industry that is never reported on , never investigated and that almost got away with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ You see , three staff members at Lakeside Academy are facing charges in the killing of a child in their care .
The business of America , as much as anything else , is to lock Americans up and to pass laws criminalizing everything .
Is this an oversimplification ?
Nearly 40 percent of Americans have a criminal conviction of some kind and a vast number , no one knows for sure , are imprisoned or under some aspect of supervision and loss of rights beyond that of normal Americans who are watched @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fewer rights and freedoms with every election .
Since 9/11 , Americans have increasingly been reclassified as “ potential suspects ” by not only militarized police but by an internal investigative capability fueled by runaway budgets for the NSA and Homeland Security and , worse still , by regimes that hand out bulk contracts for billions to fake companies set up overnight by political contributors .
Feeding this cycle , always , is the controlled press and a seemingly endless cycle of “ incidents , ” mass shootings and bombings , that are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course , by governmental organizations that have the most to gain by the continuation of these same tragic events .
With America pushing $ 30 trillion of debt , there isn ’ t any sector of society that is safe from being thrown into the grist mill of the police state for profit but the most sinister of all is the game being played against America ’ s children by the same type of people who profit from terrorism and war .
What isn ’ t known , what isn ’ t asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s children .
How many children are “ under restraint , ” either heavily medicated , watched and “ hospitalized ” or are in a “ corrections environment ” for behavioral issues ?
With the meltdown in America , millions denying science , millions more addicted to a mix of internet porn and hoaxterism , parenting falls to the wayside .
Add to the mix millions more Americans of every socioeconomic level medicated with legal cannabis or alcohol and millions more addicted to opiates and methamphetamine , a generation of young Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as it were .
There is no one to notice , not with what is going on .
Monuments are toppled , stores looted , while the media , as usual , does everything to stir the pot .
While the “ bread and circuses ” of street theatre keep John Q .
Public both entertained and polarized , what goes on behind the scenes , does so with impunity .
So , what does go on ?
It is no secret that militarized police exist to , if that John Q .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ dissident and unreliable elements of the public.
” The racket there , of course , is to create the conflict and then provide the cure , a cure that never cures but only inflames , a war on crime for profit that parallels the equally fake war on drugs for profit that has pushed tens of billions of dollars to politically aligned contracting firms .
The war on terror was much the same , the dollar figures however higher by a decimal point .
It is this environment that has produced the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profiting on the breakdown of American society by incarcerating children en masse , locking them up , drugging them , “ suiciding them ” and , as has been the case over and over , trafficking them for sex as well , all done within an ever more bloated bureaucracy of fake social welfare .
We remind those who have forgotten of the Franklin Affair and the real story behind the scandal at the Presidio , at that time the headquarters of the US Army ’ s psychological warfare capability .
As early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were being trafficked from day care facilities , from “ youth homes , ” the precursors of today ’ s “ gulag archipelago ” of “ academy-prisons ” to the child brothels of Washington DC or to the political elites of the US .
In an attempt to end investigations into real abuses that have progressed to present day , those involved in this pattern of abusing institutionalized youth were , according to sources , responsible for creating the hoax known as “ Pizzagate.
” While trafficking children isn ’ t new , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these scandals of the Reagan and Bush 41 presidencies that gave license to what we may well be seeing in this one lone incident in Kalamazoo Michigan .
A child drugged by his captors can ’ t fight back , can never testify to abuse and , simply by existing , becomes a business asset for an industry that runs secret prisons for imaginary terror suspects .
Here , however , no rendition flights are needed , no street kidnappings , simply friendly judges , useful and corrupt social workers and government officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ single killing be taken as the isolated incident which it obviously is not or will something be done ?
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues .
He ’ s a senior editor and chairman of the board of Veterans Today , especially for the online magazine “ New Eastern Outlook .
”

On April 29, 2020, a 16-year-old African American boy was involved in what institutional staff decided was a dangerous confrontation at a ‘for profit’ child prison run by a politically connected healthcare firm.
The child threw a piece of bread and was crushed to the ground, pleading for air, until his breathing stopped, and he went into cardiac arrest in a full George Floyd moment, one behind locked doors.
About the same time, four African Americans were found hanging in trees, all ruled suicides by police.
There is a tie in here, which we will be developing but first we will look at this Michigan case and gain perspective on a trend in not just racist abuse but in the wider area of child abuse, child imprisonment and human rights violations that are now a part of American society at every level.
From Newsweek:
“A Michigan Department of Health and Human Services investigation found that a teen in the care of Lakeside for Children died after staff members restrained him by putting their weight on his chest and abdomen.
Sixteen-year-old Cornelius Frederick, a ward of Michigan, died on May 1 at a local hospital, following an April 29 encounter with staff members at Lakeside For Children after he threw a sandwich. In response, several staff members approached the teenager and restrained him, Capt. Craig Habel of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety confirmed to MLive.com. Habel said when staff realized the teen was unresponsive, they called for emergency responders who arrived and discovered he was in cardiac arrest.
According to the executive summary released by MDHHS, “multiple staff participated in this restraint and several were observed on the video with their weight on [Frederick’s] chest, abdomen and legs, making this an unsafe and excessive restraint.” The summary also says the restraint was not part of the treatment plan for the teen, that the staff members reacted “significantly disproportionate” to his behavior and that no one else among other staff, nurses or supervisors stepped in to stop or correct the restraint.
The MDHHS investigation determined 10 violations connected to the facility, including that the staff present waited “approximately 12 minutes” after Frederick was removed from the restraint to call 911, despite policies instructing that emergency responders be called immediately. Additionally, no one administered first aid to the teenager.
The failure to call for paramedics was despite Frederick being “limp and unresponsive,” and concerns over his “coloring and pulse,” the summary said. The nurse in charge who failed to act was fired from her job, the summary said.”
We have seen this before with George Floyd and so many others but these weren’t police, these were “treatment specialists” at a “youth academy,” one of hundreds that warehouse uncounted numbers of American children who will become the next generation of American adults. Good luck with that.
Lakeside Academy in Kalamazoo Michigan is run by Sequel Youth Services, a company that runs dozens of prisons for children around the US as part of an industry that is never reported on, never investigated and that almost got away with murder, but not this time.
You see, three staff members at Lakeside Academy are facing charges in the killing of a child in their care.
The business of America, as much as anything else, is to lock Americans up and to pass laws criminalizing everything. Is this an oversimplification?
Nearly 40 percent of Americans have a criminal conviction of some kind and a vast number, no one knows for sure, are imprisoned or under some aspect of supervision and loss of rights beyond that of normal Americans who are watched all day every day and who enjoy fewer rights and freedoms with every election.
Since 9/11, Americans have increasingly been reclassified as “potential suspects” by not only militarized police but by an internal investigative capability fueled by runaway budgets for the NSA and Homeland Security and, worse still, by regimes that hand out bulk contracts for billions to fake companies set up overnight by political contributors.
Feeding this cycle, always, is the controlled press and a seemingly endless cycle of “incidents,” mass shootings and bombings, that are never really investigated, except, of course, by governmental organizations that have the most to gain by the continuation of these same tragic events.
With America pushing $30 trillion of debt, there isn’t any sector of society that is safe from being thrown into the grist mill of the police state for profit but the most sinister of all is the game being played against America’s children by the same type of people who profit from terrorism and war.
What isn’t known, what isn’t asked about, is the war on America’s children. How many children are “under restraint,” either heavily medicated, watched and “hospitalized” or are in a “corrections environment” for behavioral issues?
With the meltdown in America, millions denying science, millions more addicted to a mix of internet porn and hoaxterism, parenting falls to the wayside. Add to the mix millions more Americans of every socioeconomic level medicated with legal cannabis or alcohol and millions more addicted to opiates and methamphetamine, a generation of young Americans has been tossed out with the trash as it were.
There is no one to notice, not with what is going on.
Monuments are toppled, stores looted, while the media, as usual, does everything to stir the pot. While the “bread and circuses” of street theatre keep John Q. Public both entertained and polarized, what goes on behind the scenes, does so with impunity. So, what does go on?
It is no secret that militarized police exist to, if that John Q. Public were asked, “keep down dissident and unreliable elements of the public.” The racket there, of course, is to create the conflict and then provide the cure, a cure that never cures but only inflames, a war on crime for profit that parallels the equally fake war on drugs for profit that has pushed tens of billions of dollars to politically aligned contracting firms.
The war on terror was much the same, the dollar figures however higher by a decimal point.
It is this environment that has produced the most shameful of all efforts, that of profiting on the breakdown of American society by incarcerating children en masse, locking them up, drugging them, “suiciding them” and, as has been the case over and over, trafficking them for sex as well, all done within an ever more bloated bureaucracy of fake social welfare.
We remind those who have forgotten of the Franklin Affair and the real story behind the scandal at the Presidio, at that time the headquarters of the US Army’s psychological warfare capability.
As early as the 1980s and before, children were being trafficked from day care facilities, from “youth homes,” the precursors of today’s “gulag archipelago” of “academy-prisons” to the child brothels of Washington DC or to the political elites of the US. In an attempt to end investigations into real abuses that have progressed to present day, those involved in this pattern of abusing institutionalized youth were, according to sources, responsible for creating the hoax known as “Pizzagate.”
While trafficking children isn’t new, it is the political mechanisms tied to these scandals of the Reagan and Bush 41 presidencies that gave license to what we may well be seeing in this one lone incident in Kalamazoo Michigan.
A child drugged by his captors can’t fight back, can never testify to abuse and, simply by existing, becomes a business asset for an industry that runs secret prisons for imaginary terror suspects. Here, however, no rendition flights are needed, no street kidnappings, simply friendly judges, useful and corrupt social workers and government officials and a disinterested public.
Will a single killing be taken as the isolated incident, which it obviously is not, or will something be done?
Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War that has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades and consulted with governments challenged by security issues. He’s a senior editor and chairman of the board of VT, especially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”


veteranstoday--2020-06-27--NEO – Trump rally in Tulsa a political disaster

by Jim W. Dean , VT Editor , …with New Eastern Outlook , Moscow , …and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences , a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa .
[ Editor ’ s Note : The dust has settled on the Tulsa disaster .
The Trump campaign has put it into a box , not to be mentioned again , but planners for the Jacksonville convention are on notice to not have a repeat debacle .
That story surprised me because the convention in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And after his two hour rant in Tulsa one could wonder what material he has left .
But I say that The Donald is the gift that keeps on giving .
His addiction to Twitter and the microphone will continue to be the tools to do himself in .
Different threats await him in Jacksonville as the convention appears to be a mask free event , something the mayor is not too happy about with the state in the middle of a major resurgence of the virus .
With no drama to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to watch when they can just get the next day highlights ?
My bet will be that Trump will go for broke , overplaying his hand , but I cheated on that a bit .
He has already started with new attacks on BlackLivesMatter protestors .
What ’ s up wid dat ?
He already has his redneck base .
Trump ’ s pollsters should have told him that BLM as a lot of diverse support , including conservatives and Republicans , especially those up for reelection .
A recent NY Time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of voters surveyed who said they were somewhat conservative , and even a quarter of voters who called themselves very conservative , had a favorable view of the Black Lives Matter movement.
” But what is far worse is the new poll in six of the battleground states where he racked up a third of his electoral votes , he is behind Biden by an average of nine points .
Donald is now on the road to where ‘ Trump voters ’ may not matter as there will not be enough of them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a traitor is just going to push the black vote closer to 100 % .
Biden is playing off this , just sitting back and watching Trump do himself in , as he might be able to win on an “ anyone but Trump ” campaign .
A lot of new first time voters have been out on the streets for weeks now .
Guess who they are going to vote for .
And it is predicted that a lot of young people who did not vote in 2016 , will in 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worry he will call out to Bibi , to “ do something big to help me turn this all around and you can do whatever you want in the West Bank ” …to which Bibi might reply , “ Donald , I already am doing whatever I want there.
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Click to donate > > Donald Trump suffered a triple @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tulsa rally a horrible flop , a district judge ruling that the devastating Bolton book can not be recalled , and Attorney General Barr ’ s apparent attempt to fire Southern New York District Attorney Berman as a political move to block any new criminal charges being brought against the Trump empire .
The dust has not quite settled on Trump ’ s summer election campaign rally , in what he thought would be a safe Red State from which to draw a large crowd for a show of strength .
The goal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US COVID failures as a campaign issue by using Trump supporters so duped that they would be thrilled to tell journalists that the virus was a hoax .
Always a man for big round numbers , Trump allowed his campaign to throw out a one million number for those wanting tickets , brash by even Trump ’ s standards .
At the end of the day , the Tulsa fire department , the official counter , gave the magic number which included 2000 who arrived late and 400 staffers or workers , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when leaving for Tulsa that the crowds were huge ( they were not ) and that he had been looking to have a full arena plus an overflow crowd outside for 100,000 supporters .
With this outlandish claim , he politically pulled the pin on a media hand grenade and put it in his pocket .
By midnight , a grandmother was taking credit for ‘ punking ’ the rally by organizing TikTok teens to reserve huge numbers of tickets and then be no shows .
Trump ’ s campaign manager was on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ known for firing people to place blame on them .
He countered that he had ‘ punked ’ all the teens , expecting them to do this so the campaign could gather their profiles for the supercomputers to analyze data , since both sides in the 2016 election spent record amounts of campaign money doing voter analysis .
By late afternoon , VT was finding Twitter images of an empty street outside the rally venue , followed by video of the outdoor stage being taken down .
Inside the rally , the photos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ filled hall , where it appeared that organizers made the best of it by bunching people together for tight shot photographs , not showing the empty seats around the hall and in the rafters .
There were a lot of red MAGA hats , but none of the entertainment festivities you would normally see at a major rally .
For instance , the band was missing .
And the worst was yet to come…Trump ’ s speech , or an attempt to do one anyway .
Maybe he was out of practice or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turnout .
It seemed to me that he tried to overcompensate with an almost endless tirade against his political and social enemies that droned on for almost two hours .
The big shocker was his own caricature of last week ’ s ‘ feeble ’ performance at West Point , when he used two hands to take a sip of water and walked down the exit ramp like a 90 year old person .
He never should have mentioned it at the rally .
We found lots of photos and video of bored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out , leaving during Trump ’ s speech .
The takeaway at the end of the day was to see Trump exiting his helicopter on the White House lawn , an openly exhausted and downtrodden man looking like someone had just given him terrible news .
Meanwhile , his political problems are piling up .
His attempt to bury the focus on COVID has backfired , with many states that opened too early or fought lockdowns beginning to report their highest numbers of COVID cases .
Trump , always overplaying his hand and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a make believe reality TV show , thought he could dismiss the COVID issue by saying that the case numbers had risen because we were testing more .
From a health policy perspective , his statement blew up in his face , while staffers tried to cover for him , stating that Trump had just been joking .
Their attempts at humor backfired , with the public becoming indignant that Trump and his campaign workers would joke about a pandemic that has killed 120,000 people , one where the president is on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then saying another day that it would all just go away .
Such statements you would expect to hear from a child , not the President of the United States .
While this fiasco was unfolding , two more bloopers had joined it to make a three ringed circus .
A district court judge ruled that he could not stop the publication of John Bolton ’ s book , as 200,000 advance copies had been distributed , with no feasible way to pull them all back , plus an online version was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ copy , to our own surprise .
But the judge added a poison pill to his ruling in that , if the final security review ruled that there was classified material in the released version , then Bolton would forfeit the $ 2 million he was paid for the book and possibly lose the movie rights to it , which is usually a bigger paycheck .
Bolton appears to be in a rare situation of being simultaneously the most hated and most loved man in Washington , temporarily .
Almost no one thinks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the benefit of his country , as he is viewed as being possibly the most egotistical person in Washington , which is really saying something for a city swarming with self-absorbed politicians , handlers and swindlers .
Some constituents are grateful for his eyewitness revelations about our reality TV president bluffing his way through policy after issue in affairs of state with the help of his Twitter toy .
Congress might try to get Bolton to testify but there is a debate on this , as the congressmen and women are extremely busy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would add to their workload woes .
The Trump administration has another storm cloud gathering from the fiasco of Attorney General Barr , who is fast securing his record as the most politically in the bag Attorney General in US history .
Last Friday night , he issued a statement that at the request of the President , he had fired the Southern New York district attorney Berman , the one whose office has been investigating Trump and family ’ s business operations , including his defunct fake charity .
This issue was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new indictments involving the Trump ‘ pretend-a-empire ’ .
VT feels his empire is a house of cards of overextended loans , which has been financially supported by those using him as their tool .
Trump undercut Barr ’ s statement before midnight by saying that he knew nothing about it .
When the US attorney heard the news , he refused to resign , stating that had been appointed by the district court and would not leave until the Senate confirmed his replacement .
Barr then came back and said that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until Barr saw he was being savaged in the press , primarily about lying that the President had ordered him to fire Berman .
By Saturday morning , Barr was backpedaling at full speed and looking for a way out of his jam .
It appears he quickly arranged with DA Berman to appoint his assistant DA as his replacement , with a promise that the AG ’ s office would not attempt to interfere in any of their ongoing investigations .
While Berman might have this promise from Barr , he does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ man who increasingly looks like one terrified of facing his legal problems without presidential immunity .
And last , another huge crack is opening in Republican ranks .
There is open discussion among Trump haters that , if Trump loses the November election , the Republican Senate must also be replaced with Democrats to effectively investigate Trump ’ s activities .
Those Republican Senators expect Trump to try to help them in their states , while hinting that such a visit might doom their reelection chances .
Politico has been following the shifting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ It ’ s a terrible situation , ” said one of these Republican strategists , who said one solution is for candidates to give speeches before the president arrives to avoid being photographed together .
“ If you ’ re onstage in a MAGA hat smiling wide , the Democrats will make it an ad in a second.
” America ’ s youth are also going to play a key role in the election .
They have had a lot of free time on their hands , but even those too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lines and doing field work , which history shows triggers a lifetime of higher interest in politics .
I predict that Donald Trump is going to leave his mark on America , but it is not going to be the mark of a Great Man that he wanted .
That said , the electronic vote flipper IT people could make a lot of money in making sure Trump does not lose in November .
Jim W. Dean , managing editor for Veterans Today , producer/host of Heritage TV Atlanta , specially for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow,…and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a research institution for the study of the countries and cultures of Asia and North Africa.
[ Editor’s Note: The dust has settled on the Tulsa disaster. The Trump campaign has put it into a box, not to be mentioned again, but planners for the Jacksonville convention are on notice to not have a repeat debacle.
That story surprised me because the convention in not a public rally by any means. And after his two hour rant in Tulsa one could wonder what material he has left. But I say that The Donald is the gift that keeps on giving. His addiction to Twitter and the microphone will continue to be the tools to do himself in.
Different threats await him in Jacksonville as the convention appears to be a mask free event, something the mayor is not too happy about with the state in the middle of a major resurgence of the virus. With no drama to be had at the convention who is going to watch when they can just get the next day highlights?
My bet will be that Trump will go for broke, overplaying his hand, but I cheated on that a bit. He has already started with new attacks on BlackLivesMatter protestors. What’s up wid dat? He already has his redneck base.
Trump’s pollsters should have told him that BLM as a lot of diverse support, including conservatives and Republicans, especially those up for reelection. A recent NY Time article is stating:
“Over half of voters surveyed who said they were somewhat conservative, and even a quarter of voters who called themselves very conservative, had a favorable view of the Black Lives Matter movement.”
But what is far worse is the new poll in six of the battleground states where he racked up a third of his electoral votes, he is behind Biden by an average of nine points. Donald is now on the road to where ‘Trump voters’ may not matter as there will not be enough of them.
His senseless attack on Obama as a traitor is just going to push the black vote closer to 100%. Biden is playing off this, just sitting back and watching Trump do himself in, as he might be able to win on an “anyone but Trump” campaign.
A lot of new first time voters have been out on the streets for weeks now. Guess who they are going to vote for. And it is predicted that a lot of young people who did not vote in 2016, will in 2020.
But ever pessimistic me, I worry he will call out to Bibi, to “do something big to help me turn this all around and you can do whatever you want in the West Bank”…to which Bibi might reply, “Donald, I already am doing whatever I want there.”…JD ]
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– First published … June 25, 2020 –
Donald Trump suffered a triple whammy whacking this week with his big Tulsa rally a horrible flop, a district judge ruling that the devastating Bolton book cannot be recalled, and Attorney General Barr’s apparent attempt to fire Southern New York District Attorney Berman as a political move to block any new criminal charges being brought against the Trump empire.
The dust has not quite settled on Trump’s summer election campaign rally, in what he thought would be a safe Red State from which to draw a large crowd for a show of strength. The goal was also an attempt to bury the US COVID failures as a campaign issue by using Trump supporters so duped that they would be thrilled to tell journalists that the virus was a hoax.
Always a man for big round numbers, Trump allowed his campaign to throw out a one million number for those wanting tickets, brash by even Trump’s standards. At the end of the day, the Tulsa fire department, the official counter, gave the magic number which included 2000 who arrived late and 400 staffers or workers, for a 6200 total.
Trump had bragged when leaving for Tulsa that the crowds were huge (they were not) and that he had been looking to have a full arena plus an overflow crowd outside for 100,000 supporters. With this outlandish claim, he politically pulled the pin on a media hand grenade and put it in his pocket.
By midnight, a grandmother was taking credit for ‘punking’ the rally by organizing TikTok teens to reserve huge numbers of tickets and then be no shows. Trump’s campaign manager was on the firing line, since Trump is known for firing people to place blame on them.
He countered that he had ‘punked’ all the teens, expecting them to do this so the campaign could gather their profiles for the supercomputers to analyze data, since both sides in the 2016 election spent record amounts of campaign money doing voter analysis.
By late afternoon, VT was finding Twitter images of an empty street outside the rally venue, followed by video of the outdoor stage being taken down. Inside the rally, the photos gave us a feeling of a partially filled hall, where it appeared that organizers made the best of it by bunching people together for tight shot photographs, not showing the empty seats around the hall and in the rafters.
There were a lot of red MAGA hats, but none of the entertainment festivities you would normally see at a major rally. For instance, the band was missing. And the worst was yet to come…Trump’s speech, or an attempt to do one anyway. Maybe he was out of practice or in partial shock due to the low turnout.
It seemed to me that he tried to overcompensate with an almost endless tirade against his political and social enemies that droned on for almost two hours. The big shocker was his own caricature of last week’s ‘feeble’ performance at West Point, when he used two hands to take a sip of water and walked down the exit ramp like a 90 year old person. He never should have mentioned it at the rally.
We found lots of photos and video of bored attendees, yawning, and yes…even walking out, leaving during Trump’s speech. The takeaway at the end of the day was to see Trump exiting his helicopter on the White House lawn, an openly exhausted and downtrodden man looking like someone had just given him terrible news.
Meanwhile, his political problems are piling up. His attempt to bury the focus on COVID has backfired, with many states that opened too early or fought lockdowns beginning to report their highest numbers of COVID cases.
Trump, always overplaying his hand and forgetting that the office of president is not a make believe reality TV show, thought he could dismiss the COVID issue by saying that the case numbers had risen because we were testing more.
From a health policy perspective, his statement blew up in his face, while staffers tried to cover for him, stating that Trump had just been joking.
Their attempts at humor backfired, with the public becoming indignant that Trump and his campaign workers would joke about a pandemic that has killed 120,000 people, one where the president is on record for calling it a hoax, and then saying another day that it would all just go away. Such statements you would expect to hear from a child, not the President of the United States.
While this fiasco was unfolding, two more bloopers had joined it to make a three ringed circus. A district court judge ruled that he could not stop the publication of John Bolton’s book, as 200,000 advance copies had been distributed, with no feasible way to pull them all back, plus an online version was circulating, which VeteransToday already has a copy, to our own surprise.
But the judge added a poison pill to his ruling in that, if the final security review ruled that there was classified material in the released version, then Bolton would forfeit the $2 million he was paid for the book and possibly lose the movie rights to it, which is usually a bigger paycheck.
Bolton appears to be in a rare situation of being simultaneously the most hated and most loved man in Washington, temporarily. Almost no one thinks he had done any of this for the benefit of his country, as he is viewed as being possibly the most egotistical person in Washington, which is really saying something for a city swarming with self-absorbed politicians, handlers and swindlers.
Some constituents are grateful for his eyewitness revelations about our reality TV president bluffing his way through policy after issue in affairs of state with the help of his Twitter toy. Congress might try to get Bolton to testify but there is a debate on this, as the congressmen and women are extremely busy now and a long drawn out hearing would add to their workload woes.
The Trump administration has another storm cloud gathering from the fiasco of Attorney General Barr, who is fast securing his record as the most politically in the bag Attorney General in US history. Last Friday night, he issued a statement that at the request of the President, he had fired the Southern New York district attorney Berman, the one whose office has been investigating Trump and family’s business operations, including his defunct fake charity.
This issue was the Trump regime wanting to stop any new indictments involving the Trump ‘pretend-a-empire’. VT feels his empire is a house of cards of overextended loans, which has been financially supported by those using him as their tool.
Trump undercut Barr’s statement before midnight by saying that he knew nothing about it. When the US attorney heard the news, he refused to resign, stating that had been appointed by the district court and would not leave until the Senate confirmed his replacement. Barr then came back and said that he was fired for insubordination. This continued until Barr saw he was being savaged in the press, primarily about lying that the President had ordered him to fire Berman.
By Saturday morning, Barr was backpedaling at full speed and looking for a way out of his jam. It appears he quickly arranged with DA Berman to appoint his assistant DA as his replacement, with a promise that the AG’s office would not attempt to interfere in any of their ongoing investigations. While Berman might have this promise from Barr, he does not have it from Trump, a man who increasingly looks like one terrified of facing his legal problems without presidential immunity.
And last, another huge crack is opening in Republican ranks. There is open discussion among Trump haters that, if Trump loses the November election, the Republican Senate must also be replaced with Democrats to effectively investigate Trump’s activities.
Those Republican Senators expect Trump to try to help them in their states, while hinting that such a visit might doom their reelection chances. Politico has been following the shifting political wins and had this revealing quote.
“It’s a terrible situation,” said one of these Republican strategists, who said one solution is for candidates to give speeches before the president arrives to avoid being photographed together. “If you’re onstage in a MAGA hat smiling wide, the Democrats will make it an ad in a second.”
America’s youth are also going to play a key role in the election. They have had a lot of free time on their hands, but even those too young to vote will be manning phone lines and doing field work, which history shows triggers a lifetime of higher interest in politics.
I predict that Donald Trump is going to leave his mark on America, but it is not going to be the mark of a Great Man that he wanted. That said, the electronic vote flipper IT people could make a lot of money in making sure Trump does not lose in November.
Jim W. Dean, managing editor for VT, producer/host of Heritage TV Atlanta, specially for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.