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kpete's JournalAustralia's prime minister speaks after his heated phone call with President Trump.
https://twitter.com/FT/status/827124608994271233https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-gday-mate-on-call-with-australian-pm-trump-badgers-and-brags/2017/02/01/88a3bfb0-e8bf-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.9b5929a6d3fe
Time Mag: Bannon's awesome "disruptions" irking Trump-who NOW wants everything run through Preibus
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/827131738941964290Christ, now he's threatening to cut funds to UC Berkley.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/827112633224544256https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/uc-berkeley-milo-yiannopoulos-protest.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
https://twitter.com/nickgourevitch/status/827120815539941377
US military To Reuters: Trump approved 1st covert counterterrorism operation w/o sufficient intell
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/827109216846495744U.S. Central Command said in a statement that an investigating team had "concluded regrettably that civilian non-combatants were likely killed" during Sunday's raid. It said children may have been among the casualties.
Central Command said its assessment "seeks to determine if there were any still-undetected civilian casualties in the ferocious firefight."
U.S. military officials told Reuters that Trump approved his first covert counterterrorism operation without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup preparations.
As a result, three officials said, the attacking SEAL team found itself dropping onto a reinforced al Qaeda base defended by landmines, snipers, and a larger than expected contingent of heavily armed Islamist extremists.
The Pentagon directed queries about the officials' characterization of the raid to U.S. Central Command, which pointed only to its statement on Wednesday.
"CENTCOM asks for operations we believe have a good chance for success and when we ask for authorization we certainly believe there is a chance of successful operations based on our planning," CENTCOM spokesman Colonel John Thomas said.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15G5RX
"Trump approved his first covert CT op without sufficient intel, ground support or adequate backup preparations."
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/world/middleeast/donald-trump-yemen-commando-raid-questions.html
Trump's disastrous first military strike had previously been rejected by Obama
http://theweek.com/speedreads/677442/trumps-disastrous-first-military-strike-previously-been-rejected-by-obama
Pentagon Points Finger of Blame at Trump
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/pentagon-points-finger-of-blame-at-trump
U.S. Dept. of Labor quietly takes down their Wells Fargo complaint webpageSen. Warren busts them
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) seems to have quietly taken down its website page for Wells Fargo’s employee complaints. As of this moment, it instead gives you this. Senator Elizabeth Warren says she went to check up on where the Department of Labor was in its investigations into Wells Fargo’s fraudulent practices and business environment, and couldn’t find the Wells Fargo page. Sen. Warren sent a letter to the DOL for an update on the department’s status in regards to Wells Fargo.
“I am concerned that the Department of Labor has removed the website where Wells Fargo’s employees who were victims of the company’s fraudulent actions could file labor complaints or report illegal activity,” Warren wrote to acting Labor secretary Edward Hugler in the letter dated Thursday.
In September, the Labor Department said it started an investigation into Wells Fargo after the lender settled regulators’ claims that it created legions of unauthorized accounts for customers to reach sales targets. The complaint website was set up after Warren and a group of Democratic lawmakers asked the agency to look into whether the company violated wage and overtime rules while pushing branch workers to meet quotas.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-27/u-s-senator-says-government-s-wells-fargo-website-taken-down
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/1/1628698/-U-S-Dept-of-Labor-quietly-takes-down-their-Wells-Fargo-complaint-webpage-Sen-Warren-busts-them
Our friends in the British Press are reportin' a possible 2nd dossier about compromisin' material
https://twitter.com/TeaPainUSA/status/826826845555404801Outrage at BBC claims of SECOND Russian 'dirty dossier' on Trump amid claims they are trying to derail his presidency before it starts
BBC claim that former MI6 spy 'not the only source' about Trump sex tape
Paul Wood says ex-agent spoke of 'more than one tape' on 'more than one date'
Tory MP accuses corporation of bias - others say they're in 'Get Trump mode'
President-elect refused question from BBC journalist at press conference
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But Mr Wood said in a BBC blog last night: 'The former MI6 agent is not the only source for the claim about Russian kompromat on the president-elect.
'Back in August, a retired spy told me he had been informed of its existence by "the head of an East European intelligence agency".
Last night Mr Trump barracked BBC International Correspondent Ian Pannell, pictured, telling the reporter to stand up when he tried to ask a question and then said: 'BBC News - there's another beauty'.
'Later, I used an intermediary to pass some questions to active duty CIA officers dealing with the case file - they would not speak to me directly. I got a message back that there was "more than one tape", "audio and video", on "more than one date", in "more than one place" - in the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow and also in St Petersburg - and that the material was "of a sexual nature".'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4112512/Outrage-BBC-claims-SECOND-Russian-dirty-dossier-Trump-amid-claims-trying-derail-presidency-starts.html#ixzz4XU0ZuSmo
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Trump Threatened Mexican President With Sending US Troops To Stop Bad Hombres Down There
The Associated Press reports:
President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military does more to control them itself, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.
The excerpt of the call did not make clear who exactly Trump considered “bad hombres,” — drug cartels, immigrants, or both — or the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s response.
Still, the excerpt offers a rare and striking look at how the new president is conducting diplomacy behind closed doors. Trump’s remark suggest he is using the same tough and blunt talk with world leaders that he used to rally crowds on the campaign trail. A White House spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.
“You have a bunch of bad hombres down there,” Trump told Pena Nieto, according to the excerpt seen by the AP. “You aren’t doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn’t, so I just might send them down to take care of it.”
https://twitter.com/McClatchyDC/status/826941857255084033
http://www.joemygod.com/2017/02/01/report-trump-threatened-mexican-president-sending-us-troops-stop-bad-hombres/
White House reportedly wants to spare white supremacists from federal counter-extremism program
https://twitter.com/apblake/status/826937158007193600
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