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Old July 23rd, 2017 #3922
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Trump administration ‘happy’ with new Russia sanctions bill: White House
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The administration of US president Donald Trump is “happy” with the latest congressional push for more sanctions against Russia, says the White House.

“The administration is supportive of being tough on Russia, particularly in putting the sanctions in place,” Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told ABC News on Sunday.

The comments came two days ahead of a vital vote by the House of Representatives on a new Russian sanctions bill that was passed by the Senate last month.

While introducing a host of new sanctions against Moscow, the legislation would also make it much harder for Trump to lift the sanctions.

The Trump administration had worked hard to ease the penalties. While reports stated that the measure was likely to reach the president’s desk without the requested changes, Sanders said the administration was happy with the current bill.

“The original piece of legislation was poorly written, but we were able to look at the House and Senate,” she said. “And the administration is happy with the ability to do that, to make the changes that were necessary and we support where the legislation is now.
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Old July 23rd, 2017 #3923
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Oh yeah - I'm sure he's delighted....


Those filthy fucking CONgress whores, caked with Shmuel's jizz......god DAMN do I hate them. May they all join McCunt.
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Old July 23rd, 2017 #3924
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Those scum are DIRECTLY defying the clearly expressed will of the people for a new foreign policy. I would love to see them dragged out by whatever hair remains & decapitated on the Capitol steps.
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Old July 29th, 2017 #3925
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Trump intends to sign ‘final version’ of Russia sanctions bill – White House

Published time: 29 Jul, 2017 01:48
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President Donald Trump will sign into law new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, according to the White House.


According to a statement late Friday, Trump "read early drafts of the bill" and after negotiating "critical elements," has reviewed the final version approved nearly unanimously by Congress. The Senate back it 98-2 Thursday, and the House 419-3 earlier this week.

The president "has now reviewed the final version and, based on its responsiveness to his negotiations, approves the bill and intends to sign it," the statement read.

The sanctions target Russian gas and pipeline developments by codifying six of former President Barack Obama’s executive orders implemented near the end of his term.

They also take aim at Russia’s major defense, mining, shipping and railway industries.

The bill has alarmed the EU as it would harm the European companies taking part in Russian-EU energy projects, with Nordstream II pipeline being the prominent example. Top European officials, including those of Germany and Austria, have called the sanctions unacceptable and warned of retaliatory economic measures.

Moscow on Friday responded to the series of sanctions imposed by Washington by demanding to downsize of the number of US diplomatic service staff in Russia to the same number of Russian diplomats in the US, or about 455 people, by September 1.

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Old July 29th, 2017 #3926
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Those filthy jew whores in CONgress are the war-mongers, not the Russians; they're the ones who should face retaliation.
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Old July 29th, 2017 #3927
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House Passes New Russia Sanctions, Pumps Adrenaline Into Cold War 2.0
by Daniel McAdams Posted on July 26, 2017

Late Tuesday afternoon the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 3364, the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.” The vote was 419-3, with the only nays coming from Republicans Justin Amash (R-MI), John Duncan (R-TN), and Thomas Massie (R-KY).

The bill adds additional sanctions on Russia as punishment for the as-yet-unproven claims that Moscow somehow interfered in US elections to help secure a victory for Donald Trump. It also seeks to punish Russia for its supposed involvement in Ukraine – ignoring that unrest in Ukraine stems from the US-initiated coup against the democratically elected government of Viktor Yanukovich in 2014.

The legislation ties the president’s hands in an unprecedented way, as should Trump decide within his Constitutional authority as Executive to pursue a foreign policy requiring the canceling of sanctions he is not free to do so. He must write to Congress asking permission to end the sanctions and give convincing reason why Congress should agree. Congress then has 30 days to consider the President’s request during which time he is forbidden from taking any action on the matter.


It President Trump does not veto this bill, it will signify that he has essentially given up on his presidency. At least when it comes to foreign policy. Will the bill for such a surrender come due should he decide to seek a second term?

One little-noted part of the typically difficult to digest piece of legislation is a section (231) that imposes sanctions on “persons” who are “engaging in transactions with the intelligence or defense sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation.”

What does this mean? It is unclear but suspicious. In Section 221 of Part 2 of Subtitle A of Title 2 where terms are defined for the Russian sanctions part of the legislation there are entries defining “person” and “United States person.” For the purposes of the bill: “PERSON. – The term ‘person’ means an individual or entity.” A “United States Person” is:

(A) a United States citizen or an alien law fully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

The bill does not make clear whether one can be both a “person” and a “United States person” at the same time. Indeed there does not appear to be any exclusivity suggesting that a “United States person” is not also a “person” for the purpose of this section of the bill.

Why is this interesting? Director of Central Intelligence Mike Pompeo in an April speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies condemned Russian state-funded television station RT as “Russia’s primary propaganda outlet.” In May, Pompeo said that RT attempts to “muddle” Russian intelligence’s involvement in Wikileaks. In January the Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian involvement in US elections intensively focused on the actions of RT.

It is clear that Pompeo and other hawks in the Trump Administration, along with Beltway neocons, have long endeavored to tie RT to Russian intelligence. Might this bill not open the door for sanctions against “persons” including possibly US citizens who are employed by – or even appear on – RT?

The bill requires the President to:

…impose 5 or more of the sanctions described in section 235 with respect to a person the President determines knowingly, on or after such date of enactment, engages in a significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, including the Main Intelligence Agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.

The sanctions include prohibition of “persons” so determined from engaging in financial transactions with “United States financial institutions” under certain circumstances.

So do we see the beginning of a crackdown on RT buried in the obscure language of this legislation?

The legislation is clearly interested in information warfare. In fact it appropriates a quarter of a billion dollars for something called a “Countering Russian Influence Fund,” which will among other meddling serve to prop up foreign media outlets whose editorial line is in sync with US foreign policy. In short, the US taxpayer will subsidize “fake news” produced on foreign soil and then likely broadcast directly or indirectly back to the US to further propagandize the people who pay the bills.

It will also fund “non-governmental” organizations in targeted countries who act in the service of US foreign policy goals. It is the weaponization of the non-profit sector, courtesy of the US taxpayer.

The government of Russia has been much-criticized over legislation to force transparency on foreign-funded political organizations operating on Russian soil, but of course United States law is far more restrictive when it comes to foreign funds seeking to influence the electoral process (unless you happen to operate something called “The Clinton Foundation”).

This massive appropriation of our tax dollars will no doubt enrich Russia-targeting organizations in places like Poland and the Baltics. Look for more “experts” warning of Russian “aggression” every time a NATO exercise takes place within feet of Russia’s borders.

In all, this bill represents the massive failure of the US Congress and entire foreign policy establishment to come up with a coherent idea of the US place in a post-post Cold War world, where various US wars of choice (and deception) have cost thousands of American lives, millions of foreign lives, and trillions of dollars. A new Cold War, which this legislation injects with a shot of adrenaline, only serves to further underscore the absolute intellectual bankruptcy at the heart of Washington’s “expert” foreign policy elite.

The ultimate irony, however, is that like most of what Congress does, the bill is largely irrelevant. The idea that Europe is going to shoot itself in the foot again by going along with another cockamamie Washington sanctions scheme is getting harder to believe. The break may not come immediately, but Europe is clearly losing its patience with Washington’s brain-dead neocons. The sooner the better.

Daniel McAdams is director of the The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity. Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

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Old July 29th, 2017 #3928
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The legislation ties the president’s hands in an unprecedented way, as should Trump decide within his Constitutional authority as Executive to pursue a foreign policy requiring the canceling of sanctions he is not free to do so. He must write to Congress asking permission to end the sanctions and give convincing reason why Congress should agree. Congress then has 30 days to consider the President’s request during which time he is forbidden from taking any action on the matter.
How the fuck are the scum legally justifying the usurpation? Trump ought to go to the Supreme Fartbags demanding they overturn it, but apparently won't....
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Old July 30th, 2017 #3929
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Rod Rosenstein was facing a friendly crowd.

It was a Monday night in mid-May, and he was leaning over a stark white lectern inside a Hyatt Regency hotel in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

“It’s nice to be in Baltimore,” Rosenstein said as a wry grin crossed his face. “And it’s really nice not to be in Washington, D.C., for a few hours.” The room broke into knowing laughter. He was barely a month into a job that should have been a pinnacle for a longtime federal prosecutor – deputy attorney general of the United States – but things had already started to go sideways.
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Old July 31st, 2017 #3930
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Putin: 755 US diplomats to depart Russia, time to show we won’t leave anything unanswered

Published time: 30 Jul, 2017 17:38
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More than 750 American diplomats will have to leave Russia as a result of Washington's own policies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said in an exclusive interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

"The American side has made a move which, it is important to note, hasn't been provoked by anything, to worsen Russian-US relations. [It includes] unlawful restrictions, attempts to influence other states of the world, including our allies, who are interested in developing and keeping relations with Russia," Putin told channel host, Vladimir Solovyov, Sunday.

"We've been waiting for quite a long time that maybe something would change for the better, we had hopes that the situation would change. But it looks like, it's not going to change in the near future... I decided that it is time for us to show that we will not leave anything unanswered," the Russian president added.

Earlier this week, following the US Congress' approval of new sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea, the Russian foreign ministry announced that Moscow told Washington to reduce the number of its diplomatic staff in Russia to 455 people.

The number of US diplomatic service staff in Russia was ordered to be reduced in order to equal the number of Russian diplomats in the US by September 1. As of now, it "greatly exceeds" the number of Russia's embassy staff in the US, the ministry said. The American diplomatic mission includes more than 1,200 personnel.

"From the perspective of a working diplomatic mission, [the measure] is fairly sensitive," Putin said.
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US Treasury sanctions Venezuelan president Maduro
Published time: 31 Jul, 2017 19:26
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The US Treasury Department has announced that it is sanctioning Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, describing the Constituent Assembly elections held in the country on Sunday as “illegitimate.”

In an update on Monday, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said it had added Maduro to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. This means that any US-based assets of his have been frozen, and American citizens are forbidden from conducting any business with him.

"The following individual has been added to OFAC's SDN List: MADURO MOROS, Nicolas… President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," the update read.

According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the White House considers the elections held in Venezuela to be illegitimate and holds Maduro responsible.

“Yesterday’s illegitimate elections confirm that Maduro is a dictator who disregards the will of the Venezuelan people,” Mnuchin said in a statement. “By sanctioning Maduro, the United States makes clear our opposition to the policies of his regime and our support for the people of Venezuela who seek to return their country to a full and prosperous democracy.”

Maduro had previously said that US opinion of the Venezuelan election did not matter.

"A spokesperson for emperor Donald Trump said that they would not recognize the results of Venezuela's constituent assembly election," he told a rally of supporters shortly after Sunday’s vote.

"Why the hell should we care what Trump says?" he added. "We care about what the sovereign people of Venezuela say."

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Old August 1st, 2017 #3932
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Trump's foreign policy, so far, honestly looks worse than Obama's.

Not sure I give a shit about this charlatan anymore. Certainly not in the cheerleading fashion of Daily Cheerer.
 
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The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times.

The document, an internal announcement to the civil rights division, seeks current lawyers interested in working for a new project on “investigations and possible litigation related to intentional race-based discrimination in college and university admissions.”
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Trump: Newly-signed Russia sanctions law ‘significantly flawed’
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Donald Trump says the Russian sanctions law he signed into force is "significantly flawed" and includes unconstitutional provisions which displace the president's authority.

"Today, I have signed into law H.R. 3364, the 'Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.' While I favor tough measures to punish and deter aggressive and destabilizing behavior by Iran, North Korea, and Russia, this legislation is significantly flawed," Trump said in a statement released by the White House.

He went on to state that Congress "included a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions," citing its "haste to pass this legislation."

Referencing the bill's "flaws," Trump said it "encroaches on the executive branch’s authority to negotiate," which will make it harder for the US to strike good deals and will "drive China, Russia, and North Korea much closer together."

"Yet despite its problems, I am signing this bill for the sake of national unity," Trump said. "It represents the will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States. We hope there will be cooperation between our two countries on major global issues so that these sanctions will no longer be necessary."
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>"It represents the will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States."

Rly?
 
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>"It represents the will of the American people to see Russia take steps to improve relations with the United States."

Rly?
It's the other way around--the US needs to take steps to improve relations with Russia. Russia has bent over backward to avoid conflict with the US. How is it in the interest of "national unity" to sign off on a sanctions bill that Trump himself said was flawed and inhibits his ability as President to negotiate with the Russians? National unity to who? The NWO jews in his cabinet and his punk-ass kike son-in-law? Trump's foreign policy so far is a disaster, and he probably will get the country into another war. His domestic policy so far is also a disaster, especially with the immigration issue. I'm seeing another Ronald Reagan in him, too. That's why I didn't bother voting, this was predictable. I'm pretty much done with this cuck myself.
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Old August 2nd, 2017 #3937
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Missile strikes over made up lies would have destroyed Assad, to assist in Israel's campaign to genocide Palestine, quite some time ago ,except for Putin not acceding. It was very close to happening when he called them on it. Hence all the hysterical Trump/Russia/ etc,bullshit in America's Israeli jew controlled media and government. The jew rat hit a steel wall so now it is burrowing its way under it.

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‘Full-fledged economic war’: Medvedev slams Trump’s ‘humiliating’ cave-in on Russia sanctions
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The US establishment has fully outwitted Donald Trump and used his administration’s weakness to declare a fully-fledged economic war on Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said, adding, that the move leaves no doubt that bilateral ties will never improve.

On Wednesday, Donald Trump signed into law a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, which Medvedev says has put an end to “hopes for improving our relations with the new US administration.”

“It is a declaration of a full-fledged economic war on Russia,” he wrote in a lengthy strong-worded Facebook post in both English and Russian. “Unless a miracle happens,” the law will affect US-Russian relations for decades, Medvedev wrote.

Warning Washington of a “few consequences,” the Russian prime minister called out the White House’s “weakness” and inability to withstand internal political pressure.

The “Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way,” Medvedev wrote.

“This changes the power balance in US political circles,” Medvedev wrote, asserting that the US establishment’s end game is to remove Trump from office.

The American political elite, Medvedev said, is not interested in Trump’s pragmatic approach or the interests of US multinationals who spoke out against any new sanctions.

“New steps are to come, and they will ultimately aim to remove him from power. A non-systemic player has to be removed,” Medvedev underlined.

“This legislation is going to be harsher than the Jackson-Vanik amendment as it is overarching and cannot be lifted by a special presidential order without Congress’ approval. Thus, relations between Russia and the United States are going to be extremely tense regardless of Congress’ makeup and regardless of who is president,” Medvedev outlined.
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Trump has no greater enemy than Republican cucks. The jews are pulling the strings, but their bought "(un)principled Republicans" are landing the blows.

Even the dumbest people are catching on that both parties are ZOG.
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