Monthly Archives: May 2017

GOP bid to rewrite tax code falters

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“The GOP’s dreams have collided with interest-group lobbying and the tax system’s reality. Politicians all profess to hate the tax code, but they don’t agree on exactly what they hate. Voters gripe about complexity but are wary of losing cherished breaks that are woven into the economy.”

Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/05/30/gop-bid-to-rewrite-tax-code-falters.html

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Trump escalates war of words against Germany after tense summits

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“The tit-for-tat row has escalated rapidly after Trump criticized major NATO allies over their military spending and refused to endorse a global climate change accord at back-to-back summits last week.  On Monday, Merkel showed how seriously she is concerned about Washington’s dependability under Trump by repeating the message she delivered a day earlier that the times when Europe could fully rely on others were ‘over to a certain extent’.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-germany-trump-idUSKBN18Q138

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US Is Killing More Civilians in Syria Air War Than Assad Is

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“Exemplified by the hundred and some odd people they’ve killed in the last 48 hours, the US is struggling mightily with the narrative that they are taking extraordinary care to limit the number of civilian casualties in the air war in Syria, and are rapidly losing any pretense of a moral high ground.”

Read more: http://news.antiwar.com/2017/05/26/us-is-killing-more-civilians-in-syria-air-war-than-assad-is/

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I was a Saudi arms dealer’s ‘pleasure wife’

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“Billionaire Saudi Arabian arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi is best known for his roles in some of the most infamous political scandals of the 1980s. They include the Iran-Contra affair (he was a key middleman in the arms-for-hostages exchange) and accusations that he concealed funds alongside Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos.  But the 81-year-old, who now lives in Monaco, was also a womanizer with multiple wives and a bevy of beautiful girls at his beck and call. Among them was young American model Jill Dodd.”

Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/05/27/i-was-a-saudi-arms-dealers-pleasure-wife/

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Congress to ‘fight’ 0.1% of massive Trump Saudi arms deal

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“Trump has said he wants to encourage international weapons sales as a way to create jobs in the United States.  Saudi Arabia agreed to buy $110 billion of U.S. arms, with options running as high as $350 billion over 10 years.   The lawmakers aim to block about $500 million of the sale, the portion including precision-guided munitions and other offensive weapons.  ‘Given Saudi Arabia’s past support of terror, poor human rights record, and questionable tactics in its war in Yemen, Congress must carefully consider and thoroughly debate if selling them billions of dollars of arms is in our best national security interest at this time,’ Paul said in a statement.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-arms-congress-idUSKBN18L2XN

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Trump ally Duterte makes rape joke after ordering martial law

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“President Rodrigo Duterte made a joke about rape as he urged soldiers to use the powers of martial law to take control of a besieged city in the southern Philippines.  In the speech Friday, Duterte said he will pay the consequences if any soldiers are accused of abuses.  He said: ‘I will go to jail for you. If you happen to have raped three women, I will own up to it.’  On Tuesday, Duterte imposed 60 days of martial law in the southern Philippines as government forces battle militants in Marawi, a city of some 200,000 people.  Duterte is unapologetic about his manner of speech and liberally peppers casual statements with profanities.”

Read more: http://nypost.com/2017/05/27/duterte-makes-rape-joke-after-ordering-martial-law/

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Trump hails ‘great win’ for politician who body-slammed Guardian reporter

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“Greg Gianforte has won a special election for Montana’s sole seat in the House of Representatives, just one day after he was charged with misdemeanor assault for ‘body-slamming’ a Guardian reporter. Speaking at the G7 meeting in Sicily on Friday, Donald Trump called the victory a ‘great win in Montana’.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/26/greg-gianforte-wins-montana-congress-race-body-slam-reporter

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Trump reportedly calls Germans ‘very bad,’ threatens to end German car sales

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“The president vowed to block German car exports to the U.S. during a meeting with top EU leaders on Thursday, according to German news magazine Der Spiegel.  ‘The Germans are bad, very bad,’ Trump said, according to participants in the room who spoke to Der Spiegel. ‘See the millions of cars they sell in the U.S., terrible. We will stop this.’ The comments were said to have been made in a meeting with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the European Council President Donald Tusk, who both showed support for Germany.”

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/26/trump-calls-germans-very-bad-threatens-to-end-german-car-sales-reports.html

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U.S. Government Set To Spend Millions On Pro-GMO Propaganda

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“The FDA will promote the ‘environmental, nutritional, food safety, economic, and humanitarian impacts’ of biotech crops and food products.”

Read more: http://www.trueactivist.com/u-s-government-set-to-spend-millions-on-pro-gmo-propaganda/

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Aetna to Obamacare: We’re outta here

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“Aetna is saying goodbye to Obamacare.  The insurance giant announced Wednesday that it would not offer policies in Nebraska or Delaware next year, completing its exit from the exchanges. Earlier this year, Aetna said it would pull out of Iowa and Virginia in 2018.  The company said it expects to lose more than $200 million in its individual business line this year, on top of nearly $700 million in losses between 2014 and 2016. Aetna withdrew from 11 of its 15 markets for 2017. It has 255,000 Obamacare policyholders this year, down from 964,000 at the end of last year.”

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/10/news/economy/aetna-obamacare/

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