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    6 Takeaways From Special Counsel John Durham’s House Testimony on FBI’s Trump-Russia Probe 

    Special counsel John Durham testified to a House committee Wednesday about his lengthy investigation into the origins of the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe, aiming sharp retorts at two Democratic lawmakers who sought to detract from his findings. Last month, Durham released his report criticizing the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation of whether Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign…
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    Durham: Agents ‘Emotional,’ ‘Apologized’ Over FBI Conduct in Trump-Russia Probe

    FBI agents, including some directly involved in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation, were apologetic and “emotional” about the conduct of their leaders in that probe, special counsel John Durham told Congress in testimony Wednesday.  The FBI’s conduct was “sobering,” according to Durham, who last month released his report on the origins of the bureau’s “Crossfire Hurricane”…
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    13 Questions From Investigators About Special Counsel’s Probe of ‘Russiagate’ Origin

    Special counsel John Durham is set to testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee on the failures of the FBI and Justice Department in investigating whether Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the White House in 2016.  Durham’s written report on his findings clearly shows that the so-called Steele and Alfa Bank dossiers were…
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    China, Russia, Iran, North Korea All Emboldened With Biden in the White House, Retired Israeli General Warns

    ORLANDO, Fla.—Israel recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, and many Jews and Christians see the state’s existence as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, but a former Israeli general also raised the alarm about the growing threats from Iran and its allies in the East. “Things have changed dramatically in the last year,” Amir Avivi, a retired…
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    Durham’s Damning Report Assails FBI Leadership, Media for Enabling Hillary Clinton’s Alleged Russia Hoax Plan

    Special counsel John Durham’s long-awaited report was, as one would expect, as meticulous as it was damning in its findings of fact. He concluded that there was no basis to immediately launch a full-fledged investigation against Donald Trump; that the FBI failed to follow up on intelligence reports that Hillary Clinton had approved a scheme…
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    7 Takeaways From Release of Durham Report on Origin of Trump-Russia Probe

    Special counsel John Durham, in a widely anticipated report Monday, condemned the Justice Department and FBI for their conduct in the “Russian collusion” investigation of Donald Trump.  Durham’s investigation looked at the origins of Crossfire Hurricane, the name of the FBI probe of whether Trump or his 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Russians to win the…
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    Ammunition Containing Depleted Uranium Isn’t a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Mr. Putin

    Russian President Vladimir Putin is accusing the United Kingdom of escalating the conflict in Ukraine by sending anti-tank rounds containing depleted uranium to Kyiv to defend itself against Moscow’s year-old invasion. In Moscow this week, Putin reportedly said, “If all this happens, Russia will have to respond accordingly, given that the West collectively is already…
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    Russia Helping China Speed Up Its Nuclear Buildup. US Unprepared to Counter It.

    Policymakers are increasingly concerned about evidence of increasing cooperation between the United States’ two greatest adversaries, Russia and China. While recent discussion has focused on China providing Russia with lethal aid to support its aggression in Ukraine, a potentially more dangerous element to this budding relationship has just come into public view: Russian support for China’s…
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    The Russians Aren’t Complying With the New START Nuclear Arms Control Treaty—Now What?

    The State Department informed Congress this week in its New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, Implementation Report that it can’t certify that Russia is in compliance with the bilateral nuclear arms control agreement. According to the report, Russia has been preventing required inspections of its nuclear arsenal and has failed to convene a…
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    Blossoming Iran-Russia Axis Becomes a Big Problem

    After nearly two years of the Biden administration’s failed diplomacy, the revival of the Iran nuclear deal—aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—is all but dead, likely making Tehran thrilled with its burgeoning friendship with Moscow. Why?  Well, it turns out that Russia can do many things to support Iran in a post-nuclear deal world—and…
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    China, Russia Creeping Further Into West as Major Latin American Nations Reject US. Where’s Biden’s Strategy?

    Soon after Brazil’s leftist former president, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, secured a non-consecutive third term in October, the White House rushed to embrace the incoming government. With the addition of Brazil, a new bloc of Latin American countries that were once reliable U.S. partners will now be governed by presidents determined to expand ties…
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    Russia’s Dirty Bomb Claim Is a Dirty Lie

    In the latest in a series of outlandish claims and nefarious threats involving weapons of mass destruction during its war on Ukraine, Russia now asserts that Kyiv plans to explode a “dirty bomb” on its own soil, blaming the radioactive act on Moscow. This Russian allegation reportedly came in phone calls last weekend between Russian…
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    Would Russia Use a Nuclear Weapon?

    How does the war in Ukraine end? This is precisely the question no one is supposed to ask these days. The supposition by our thought leaders seems to be that if we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin in Ukraine, he’ll fold and go home; his threats to use tactical nuclear weapons on the…
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    WNBA Star Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Russian Prison in Drug Trial

    A Russian court found U.S. WNBA star Brittney Griner guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into the country, sentencing her to nine years in prison, Reuters reported. Griner, who filed a guilty plea, is one of the preeminent stars in the WNBA, described by her lawyers as the “Usain Bolt” of women’s basketball, according…
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    Rep. Michael McCaul Assesses Threat China, Russia Pose to US

    What danger does China actually pose to America? How closely are China and Russia working together? Is the Biden administration doing enough to prepare for foreign policy threats?  America and China are in a “global competition for economic and military dominance,” says Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.  If America does not take strategic action now, our…
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    False Flag Isn’t Russia’s Only Chemical Weapons Scenario

    It’s very possible that Russia might use chemical weapons in a false flag operation in Ukraine, based on information the Biden administration has shared with the public on that frightening scenario. But a false flag operation isn’t the only option for Russia to use chemical weapons in Ukraine, potentially blaming a strike on any number…
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    America’s Caught Between Russia and China Externally and the Left Internally

    America is caught between an external and an internal threat. The external is an economically aggressive and America-hating China and a nuclear-equipped, America-hating Russia; the internal is a non-nuclear, America-hating left. (As I always note, “left” is not the same as “liberal”; in fact, leftism poses a mortal threat to liberalism. The greatest contemporary tragedy…
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    Russia and the Pottery Barn Rule

    “You break it, you own it.” This adage, a variation of the Pottery Barn Rule, was first coined by columnist Thomas L. Friedman in 2003. Friedman used it as an expression of foreign policy, suggesting that the launch of a military invasion comes with the responsibility of rebuilding a country. The adage now certainly applies…
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    Russia Wrongly Escapes Suspension From Interpol

    For years, Russia has been one of the worst abusers of Interpol. It uses the international police organization to harass political opponents and to brand as criminals any business leaders who own property the Kremlin wants to steal. No serious observer of Interpol denies these facts. When Anat Granit, former head of the agency that…
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    Russian Oil Import Ban Just a Distraction From Biden’s Anti-Energy Policies

    President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a nationwide ban on imports of Russian oil, coal, and natural gas, relenting to pressure to stand against Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the administration is only projecting the appearance of a principled stand and continues to be unwilling to make the necessary policy changes for an import…
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