Today's News (2020/1/25)
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solarbirdFox and Friends host tries to cut off Rudy Giuliani as he spins more Ukraine conspiracies
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/rudy-giuliani-spins-wild-ukraine-conspiracies-as-fox-friends-hosts-desperately-try-to-cut-him-off/
Rudy Giuliani breathlessly uncorked new conspiracy theories about Joe Biden’s activity in Ukraine, as nervous “Fox and Friends” hosts tried to cut him off.
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney appeared Friday morning on Fox News, where he expanded on the conspiracies that form the heart of the impeachment case against the president.
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[THREAD]
Susan Simpson
twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2
In that recording from the April 30, 2018 dinner, did we ever get an explanation about what exactly was bleeped out from it? In the part where Trump says, "Where the ambassador [BLEEP]"?
[NOTE: Thread contains link to entire recording]
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[TWITTER: This is NBC News asking Senator Lankford (R-OK) about the recording, above. Leaving the commentary of the tweeter aside, Lankford's argument is that just because President Trump is saying he's going to do this thing (extort favours out of the Ukrainian government), and is recorded trying to figure out how best to do this thing, that doesn't mean he's actually trying to do that thing, or is actually going to do this thing.]
https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis/status/1221194955978309632
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Mike Pompeo’s blatant gaslighting attempt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/25/mike-pompeos-ridiculous-gaslighting/
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got into it with an NPR host over her questions about Ukraine.
On Saturday, he issued a statement responding to the flap that exemplifies gaslighting.
To recap what happened Friday: NPR reported that after an interview on Iran that ended with questions about Ukraine — at which point Pompeo grew testy — the secretary unleashed a lengthy, vulgar tirade against the journalist who interviewed him, “All Things Considered” host Mary Louise Kelly.
Kelly, remarkably, said that Pompeo asked her after the interview, “Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?” and asked her to find the country on a blank map, apparently suggesting she didn’t even know. She said she did, and Pompeo concluded the scene by saying, “People will hear about this.”
In Saturday morning’s statement, Pompeo claimed Kelly had told him they were off the record at the time, which NPR denies.
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Pentagon Warns That America Is Enabling Putin’s Plan for Global Dominance
Meanwhile, Trump thinks “Western-style liberalism” is a reference to California
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pentagon-warns-america-enabling-putin-plan-global-dominance-854009/
Donald Trump is a fan of Vladimir Putin. The president praised him effusively during the 2016 campaign, when a deal was in the works to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, and has continued to praise him while in office. Though the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia interfered in America’s electoral process (and is continuing to do so), Trump has refused to acknowledge these efforts, instead deferring to Putin’s denials. At the recent G-20 summit in Japan, he even joked with the Russian leader about election meddling. “Yes, of course I will,” Trump said when asked on Friday whether he would bring up the attacks on democracy. He then turned to Putin. “Don’t meddle in the election, president,” he said, wagging a finger. Don’t meddle in the election.” The two shared a laugh.
But Russia’s continued push to undermine America’s institutions is no laughing matter, as the Pentagon detailed in a 150-page assessment provided to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in May. The paper, which was obtained by Politico, describes the ways in which the United States is failing to combat — and thus enabling — Russia’s far-reaching “grand strategy” to establish itself as a dominant global superpower. “[F]uture confrontations between major powers may most often occur below the level of armed conflict,” Navy Rear Admiral Jeffrey J. Czerewko writes in the preface to the report. “In this environment, economic competition, influence campaigns, paramilitary actions, cyber intrusions, and political warfare will likely become more prevalent. Such confrontations increase the risk of misperception and miscalculation, between powers with significant military strength, which may then increase the risk of armed conflict.”
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Kelly And Pompeo: How A Journalist Masterfully Combated Gaslighting
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniesarkis/2020/01/25/kelly-and-pompeo-how-a-journalist-masterfully-combated-gaslighting/
Mary Louise Kelly, the host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” hosted a master class on how to handle gaslighters when she interviewed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about Ukraine.
In just a 53-second recording, Kelly gives a master class how to confront interviewees whose purpose is to misinform, and she also refused to be used as a conduit for that misinformation. Even if you aren’t a journalist, Kelly shows how to handle manipulative people, regardless of where you encounter them.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/rudy-giuliani-spins-wild-ukraine-conspiracies-as-fox-friends-hosts-desperately-try-to-cut-him-off/
Rudy Giuliani breathlessly uncorked new conspiracy theories about Joe Biden’s activity in Ukraine, as nervous “Fox and Friends” hosts tried to cut him off.
President Donald Trump’s personal attorney appeared Friday morning on Fox News, where he expanded on the conspiracies that form the heart of the impeachment case against the president.
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[THREAD]
Susan Simpson
twitter.com/TheViewFromLL2
In that recording from the April 30, 2018 dinner, did we ever get an explanation about what exactly was bleeped out from it? In the part where Trump says, "Where the ambassador [BLEEP]"?
[NOTE: Thread contains link to entire recording]
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[TWITTER: This is NBC News asking Senator Lankford (R-OK) about the recording, above. Leaving the commentary of the tweeter aside, Lankford's argument is that just because President Trump is saying he's going to do this thing (extort favours out of the Ukrainian government), and is recorded trying to figure out how best to do this thing, that doesn't mean he's actually trying to do that thing, or is actually going to do this thing.]
https://twitter.com/ALT_uscis/status/1221194955978309632
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Mike Pompeo’s blatant gaslighting attempt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/25/mike-pompeos-ridiculous-gaslighting/
On Friday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo got into it with an NPR host over her questions about Ukraine.
On Saturday, he issued a statement responding to the flap that exemplifies gaslighting.
To recap what happened Friday: NPR reported that after an interview on Iran that ended with questions about Ukraine — at which point Pompeo grew testy — the secretary unleashed a lengthy, vulgar tirade against the journalist who interviewed him, “All Things Considered” host Mary Louise Kelly.
Kelly, remarkably, said that Pompeo asked her after the interview, “Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?” and asked her to find the country on a blank map, apparently suggesting she didn’t even know. She said she did, and Pompeo concluded the scene by saying, “People will hear about this.”
In Saturday morning’s statement, Pompeo claimed Kelly had told him they were off the record at the time, which NPR denies.
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Pentagon Warns That America Is Enabling Putin’s Plan for Global Dominance
Meanwhile, Trump thinks “Western-style liberalism” is a reference to California
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pentagon-warns-america-enabling-putin-plan-global-dominance-854009/
Donald Trump is a fan of Vladimir Putin. The president praised him effusively during the 2016 campaign, when a deal was in the works to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, and has continued to praise him while in office. Though the U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russia interfered in America’s electoral process (and is continuing to do so), Trump has refused to acknowledge these efforts, instead deferring to Putin’s denials. At the recent G-20 summit in Japan, he even joked with the Russian leader about election meddling. “Yes, of course I will,” Trump said when asked on Friday whether he would bring up the attacks on democracy. He then turned to Putin. “Don’t meddle in the election, president,” he said, wagging a finger. Don’t meddle in the election.” The two shared a laugh.
But Russia’s continued push to undermine America’s institutions is no laughing matter, as the Pentagon detailed in a 150-page assessment provided to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in May. The paper, which was obtained by Politico, describes the ways in which the United States is failing to combat — and thus enabling — Russia’s far-reaching “grand strategy” to establish itself as a dominant global superpower. “[F]uture confrontations between major powers may most often occur below the level of armed conflict,” Navy Rear Admiral Jeffrey J. Czerewko writes in the preface to the report. “In this environment, economic competition, influence campaigns, paramilitary actions, cyber intrusions, and political warfare will likely become more prevalent. Such confrontations increase the risk of misperception and miscalculation, between powers with significant military strength, which may then increase the risk of armed conflict.”
-----
Kelly And Pompeo: How A Journalist Masterfully Combated Gaslighting
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniesarkis/2020/01/25/kelly-and-pompeo-how-a-journalist-masterfully-combated-gaslighting/
Mary Louise Kelly, the host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” hosted a master class on how to handle gaslighters when she interviewed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about Ukraine.
In just a 53-second recording, Kelly gives a master class how to confront interviewees whose purpose is to misinform, and she also refused to be used as a conduit for that misinformation. Even if you aren’t a journalist, Kelly shows how to handle manipulative people, regardless of where you encounter them.
