The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s administration was preparing to carry out an “immigration enforcement blitz” in October that would target US “sanctuary” cities and jurisdictions. One expert tells Sputnik that this is nothing more than an attempt at increasing 45’s chances of reelection. Patrick D. Anderson, a visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Grand Valley State University, contributor to Black Agenda Report and editor-in-chief of the WikiLeaks Bibliography, joined Radio Sputnik’s Political Misfits on Wednesday and emphasized that the present state of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could have been prevented while former US […]
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In the wake of last Monday’s arrest of a New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer charged with spying for Beijing, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a New York Post interview on Wednesday accused the Chinese consulate in NYC of “crossing the line from normal diplomacy”, describing the embassy as an espionage hot spot on US soil. James M. Olson, former chief of counterintelligence with the CIA, and a professor at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, told The New York Post on Saturday that New York City is “under assault like never before” as […]
Retired NFL player Jack Brewer, seen here in 2015, has been sued by the Securities And Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. Brewer is a prominent supporter of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and is set to speak at the Republican National Convention. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images Retired NFL player Jack Brewer, seen here in 2015, has been sued by the Securities And Exchange Commission for alleged insider trading. Brewer is a prominent supporter of Donald Trump’s reelection campaign and is set to speak at the Republican National Convention. Johan Ordonez/AFP via […]
Former FBI Attorney Lisa Page will be known for generations as one of the most corrupt insiders in Justice Department history. She reportedly had an affair with fellow FBI Agent Peter Strzok while they both attempted a coup of the Trump Administration. Despite all of this she believes she has the moral authority to complain about other DC Insiders’ actions in the DC swamp. Lisa Page has the audacity to complain about others’ actions in the DC swamp? Page was in the middle of the coup attempt to overthrow the Trump Administration. Page and her paramour Peter Strzok were caught discussing […]
It’s time for Russia to move away from oil and reduce its dependency on oil prices. That’s according to Anatoly Chubais, the CEO of technology company Rusnano and former deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin. Speaking to the Russian-language edition of American business magazine Forbes, Chubais explained that Russia is hugely dependent on oil prices and has based its national accounts on a rate that may not be reached. “Look at any oil price forecasts. Even the biggest optimists – how much do they say? $40 a barrel? This year’s budget is calculated at $42.5 per barrel. If we rely […]
Opinion 00:55 GMT 16.05.2020Get short URL Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) recently stepped down as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee after he was accused of selling hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock before the US COVID-19 outbreak, a symptom of inherent corruption in the US political system, Jim Kavanagh, the editor of ThePolemicist.net, told Sputnik Friday. “The problem for Burr is that he made these stock trades himself. [Sen. Dianne] Feinstein (D-CA), [Sen. Kelly] Loeffler (R-GA), a couple of other people who were involved in this, all have the excuse or rationale or reason that their stock trades were made […]
Burr resigned as head of Senate Intelligence Committee as he faces long prison term for his insider trading deals (with Donald Jr?) Will Trump’s new GOP Senate be meeting in Danbury? Daily Beast: Federal law enforcement has seized Republican North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s cellphone in a probe of his stock sales, the Los Angeles Times reports. Burr, the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has already complied with an associated warrant for his cellphone records as the Justice Department investigates whether his actions constitute insider trading. Senator Richard Burr steps down as chairman of Senate Intelligence Committee as he fights investigation over his […]
Federal agents have seized the private cell phone of Republican Senator Richard Burr, reportedly serving him with a search warrant amid a Justice Department probe into suspicious stock trades he made soon after Covid-19 hit the US The North Carolina senator was presented with the warrant at his Washington-area residence on Wednesday night, the LA Times reported, citing a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The move comes as the DOJ intensifies its probe into a series of stock sales Burr made in February, just before US markets took a nosedive, possibly on the basis of information gleaned […]
The US 10-year Treasury bond yield fell 0.7 percent in response to the latest report of jobless claims. That comes a week after the Treasury said it would borrow a record $2.99 trillion this quarter, and launch a 20-year bond. RT’s Boom Bust talks to former Federal Reserve insider Danielle DiMartino Booth about what all that means for the future. “We’re starting to see the actual numbers come out. It’s no longer $25 trillion of debt in theory…” she said. “This is reality, folks. The Treasury will have to borrow a lot of money, and it’s a unique time when the […]