Kit Klarenberg | Romania’s outsized geopolitical importance to the Empire can't be clearer. In the weeks since Georgescu’s victory was vetoed, it has been announced that further scores of foreign NATO troops will be dispatched to Bucharest. | On December 6th, Romania’s constitutional court made an extraordinary decision to inexplicably overturn first-round results of the country’s November 24th presidential election. Conveniently, the ruling was made mere days before a runoff that, according to polls, would’ve seen upstart outsider Calin Georgescu win via landslide. In the process, citizens of all NATO member states were provided with a particularly pitiless real-time crash course on what could now happen in their own countries, should the ‘wrong’ candidates be elected fair and square. ■ Georgescu’s stunning victory in the first round caught Romania’s political elite and their Western sponsors off guard, while leaving him the most popular political figure in the country. Campaigning on a traditionalist, nationalist platform, he extolled views some might consider unsavoury, but also advocated nationalisation, and state investment in local industry. Perhaps predictably, the Western media has been quick to smear him as “far-right”, “pro-Putin” and a “conspiracy theorist”, among other now familiar sobriquets commonly levelled at political dissidents.

A police and Secret Service convoy, believed to be carrying Kamala Harris, was seen "rushing to the White House," according to reporters in the District of Columbia. Harris had just abruptly canceled a pre-planned trip to California, and Biden had returned to Washington, although he was supposed to stay in Delaware until Christmas.

Chrystia Freeland has officially resigned from her cabinet position, triggering a series of responses and calls for the prime minister to follow her example. | Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned amidst escalating tensions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the economic challenges that Donald Trump’s “America First” policies posed. ● Freeland stepped down on Monday, only hours before she was set to release the country’s first economic plan ahead of the upcoming change in Washington's leadership, according to The Guardian. This left Trudeau without a key ally in his cabinet. ● Since Trump was elected for his second term, the deputy prime minister mobilized and has been preparing a team of Canadian officials to face the challenges that could arise with the arrival of the new president.

A total of 224 members of the 300-member electoral college cast their votes in favor of Kavelashvili | Mikhail Kavelashvili representing the ruling Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party was elected on Saturday as the sixth president of Georgia, according to results of the vote count, which was broadcast live on the Georgian parliament's official website. ● A total of 224 members of the 300-member electoral college cast their votes in favor of Kavelashvili, who needed to get two thirds of the votes to win in the first round of the election. ● "According to the results provided by the secretary general [of the Central Election Commission], Mikhail Kavelashvili has been elected president," CEC Chairman Giorgi Kalandarishvili said as he signed the final election protocol. ● Georgia held the presidential election on Saturday, December 14. The country’s new president had been for the first time elected by an electoral college and not through a popular vote. The inauguration ceremony for the new president of Georgia who will be elected for a five-year period, is set for December 29.

■ Georgian Dream Candidate Kavelashvili Elected Georgian President With 224 Votes (MEDIA)
■ Former Man City player elected Georgian president (RT)
■ US Doesn't Need Independent Georgia, Will Foment Coup in Tbilisi (Ekaterina Blinova)

Over a week after former prime minister Michel Barnier was overthrown by Parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron picked François Bayrou as his replacement. | You can share an article by clicking on the share icons at the top right of it. ● French President Emmanuel Macron appointed François Bayrou as prime minister on Friday, December 13, over a week after lawmakers voted to oust conservative ex-prime minister Michel Barnier. A heavyweight politician, Bayrou heads the centrist MoDem party who has been allied to Macron since he swept to power in the 2017 election campaign.

💬 "The President of the Republic has appointed Mr. François Bayrou as prime minister and tasked him with forming a government," the French presidency said in a statement, giving no more details. Bayrou is the sixth prime minister under Macron.

Earlier Friday, Le Monde learned that Macron and Bayrou had a tense meeting after the president informed Bayrou he would not be named prime minister. Bayrou threatened to leave the coalition, and the president changed his mind, deciding to appoint him after all. ● Bayrou, 73, was acquitted in February after a seven-year-long case over the fraudulent employment of parliamentary assistants by his party, opening up a potential return to government. (Prosecutors appealed and a new trial is to be held, at a date yet to be decided.) In 2017, he served as Macron's first justice minister but was replaced after just one month because of ethics concerns over the case. He has also been mayor of the southwestern city of Pau since 2014.

■ Macron appoints centrist ally François Bayrou as France's fourth prime minister in 2024 (Le Monde English)

Romania annulled the Presidential Election...... COUP underway, two days before the final round of Presidential voting

⚠️ Romania's Constitutional Court has annulled the presidential election, ordering a complete rerun of the process. This decision comes after Călin Georgescu,… pic.twitter.com/87qhn7pzu7

— Culture War (@CultureWar2020) December 6, 2024

Romania's election saga continues. The NATO state's Constitution Court has annulled the first round of the presidential vote that saw a staunch anti-EU, anti-war candidate come out on top. Polls put him as the frontrunner with 57% of the vote in the second round this Sunday. The terrorist advance in Syria forces the country's army to retreat. We receive exclusive footage from Aleppo's empty airport - abandoned by Syrian forces and hear from a local who describes life under terrorist rule. As self branded truth seekers CNN give a platform to the insurgents' leader, we take a closer look at the MSM's whitewashing of the jihadist group as it reconstructs the very concept of terrorism. Iran calls on Ukraine to stop funding and arming the militant groups now attacking across Syria.

■ Romanian presidential frontrunner claims he’s victim of coup d’etat (RT.com)
■ Romania To Host Largest NATO Military Base in Europe (BalkanInsight)(Hat Tip: steigan.no)

■ NATO state annuls presidential election results (RT.com) | The decision comes amid accusations that Russia had allegedly assisted Georgescu’s campaign, claims Moscow has dismissed as “absolutely groundless.” Georgescu, a religious nationalist, is critical of both NATO and the EU, and has criticized Romania’s role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. He has also promised to end all military and political assistance to Kiev if elected into office. During the first round of voting in November, Georgescu secured 22.94% of the ballots, beating out the liberal leftist candidate Elena Lasconi, who received 19.18%. The two were scheduled for a runoff on Sunday.

Which of Joe Biden's crimes did Hunter Biden threaten to reveal to thereby extort his father into pardoning him?

💬 President Joe Biden had earlier pledged not to take clemency on Hunter.
President Joe Biden gave his son, Hunter Biden, a full and unconditional pardon Sunday night.
The younger Biden had been found guilty on three felony charges in June in a federal case surrounding his acquisition and possession of a firearm, and pleaded guilty (..) to federal tax evasion charges in September.
Prior to the pardon, Hunter was facing up to 25 years in prison on firearms charges and up to 17 years in prison on tax charges.
Biden had earlier pledged not to pardon his son. “I’m extremely proud of my son Hunter. He has overcome an addiction. He is one of the brightest, most decent men I know,” the president stated in June, after his son’s conviction in his federal gun trial. “I abide by the jury decision. I will do that and I will not pardon him.”

Just asking ...

■ Rep. Congresswoman calls Biden 'liar', 'hypocrite' over son's pardon (Al Mayadeen)
■ IN BRIEF: Pardon of US president's son, Hunter Biden (TASS)
■ Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter (RT.com)
■ Russian FM Spokeswoman Calls Hunter Biden's Pardon Travesty of Democracy (Sputnik)
■ Biden PARDONS Son, Hunter . . . But There's a Twist . . . UKRAINE! (Harold Turner)

At least ten law enforcement officers have been injured in clashes with demonstrators in Tbilisi | Police detained several dozen protesters at demonstrations in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Friday night during unrest that ensued after opposition parties denounced the government’s decision to freeze Georgia’s EU accession talks. ● According to a statement released on Saturday by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at least 107 activists have been detained “for disobedience” and “petty hooliganism.” ● Crowds of protesters have been flocking to Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli Avenue since Thursday evening, when Georgia’s French-born president, Salome Zourabichvili, accused the country’s ruling Georgian Dream party of declaring “war” on its own people by postponing EU accession negotiations until 2028. ● Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said earlier on Thursday that his government does not renounce the goal of joining the bloc eventually, but won’t take steps to do it now. He accused Brussels of using the talks to meddle in Georgian politics, saying that the country should not bow to “constant blackmail and manipulation” from EU officials.

The United States has been forging ahead with its delusional policy of Ukraine, draining the country of lives while heightening risks of escalation, Jeffrey Sachs earlier told Sputnik. | The world is poised on the edge of blowing itself up, and “it’s very shocking”, warned world-renowned American economist Jeffrey Sachs. ● Direct confrontation between the United States and Russia carries very serious and real threats, he said during a lecture in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan. ● The two sides possess thousands of nuclear warheads, reminded the president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He referred to the ongoing Ukraine proxy conflict as an open confrontation waged by the US, where Ukraine has been doing “a good service by dying on behalf of the Americans.”

■ Biden Wants To Set Trump Up With Ukraine - John Mearsheimer (Sputnik)

What Joe Rogan or Tucker Carlson won't tell you: Trump belongs to a Jewish Supremacist Doomsday Cult | Chabad is a racist criminal Jewish-supremacist cult that advocates the destruction of Christian civilization and the murder of non-Jews. The difference between Christianity and Cabalist Judaism quite simply is LOVE vs HATE. God vs. Satan. Doesn't the Gaza genocide make this obvious?

■ TRUMP and HIS KABBALAH TEACHER (You Tube)
■ Despite pandering to Israel, Trump only received 21% of Jewish vote: exit polling (Natural News)

Speaking just one day after the Republican candidate’s US election victory, the Russian president explained Moscow’s position on a range of global issues | Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed pressing global issues at Sochi’s annual Valdai Club forum on Thursday. Interviewed by renowned foreign affairs expert and RT contributor Fyodor Lukyanov, Putin delved into topics ranging from NATO and international security to the ideological roots of current global tensions, openly challenging Western policies and proposing a multipolar vision for the future. Here are the major takeaways from Putin’s remarks.

■ Putin’s bold blueprint: Six rules to reshape the world order (albawaba.com)
■ EU ‘lacks brains’ – Putin (RT.com)
■ Putin Outlines The 'Moment of Truth' (Pepe Escobar/RT)

Donald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 presidential race, prompting a meltdown in the Kamala Harris camp and the US corporate media – who are struggling to understand what went wrong. | Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel gives the top three reasons behind Trump's victory:

● Abject Failure of “Bidenomics” Despite Borrowing and Spending Trillions of Dollars
● Soaring Crime, Especially in Cities
● "An Arrogant Slate of Idiots on the Democrat Ticket Backed by Out-of-Touch and Classless 'Celebrities'"

Ortel drew attention to a high number of black, Latino and women's votes for Trump, even though those demographics have long been considered pro-Democratic. ■ The analyst believes Democrats tried to rig the 2024 election "in countless ways" but the wave of support from Trump’s supporters was "too big to rig." Misconduct by Democrats can only be fully exposed after Trump gets his cabinet picks confirmed into key positions, Ortel believes.

■ Trump May Travel to Washington, DC Next Week to Meet With Biden - Reports (Sputnik)
■ REPORT: OBAMA FLED THE UNITED STATES LATE LAST NIGHT (Hal Turner)
■ Election 2024 - Random Thoughts (Moon of Alabama)

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced a vote of confidence, potentially paving the way for snap elections | Germany’s ‘traffic-light’ coalition has fallen apart, leaving Olaf Scholz at the helm of a minority government consisting solely of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. This follows the chancellor’s dismissal of Free Democratic Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner as finance minister. ■ In response to Lindner’s dismissal, which came after failed crisis talks on Wednesday night, the FDP’s parliamentary group leader, Christian Durr, announced that the party is withdrawing its ministers from Scholz’s government, formally ending the three-way coalition. ■ The Greens expressed regret over the development, but stated that they wish to remain part of a minority government, emphasizing the need for the EU – and Germany in particular – to demonstrate its capacity for action following Donald Trump’s election as US president.

■ Germany faces uncertainty as Scholz's ruling coalition collapses (Al Mayadeen)

In the House, Democrats are aiming to reclaim seats in states like New York and California, while Republicans are looking to solidify their gains from recent elections. | Republican candidate Donald Trump achieved a pivotal win in Georgia on Wednesday, reclaiming the former Republican stronghold that had flipped Democratic in the last election, the Associated Press reported. ■ Coupled with his victory in North Carolina, Trump’s Georgia win has sharply reduced Kamala Harris’ potential paths to the presidency while expanding his own chances to reach the crucial 270 electoral votes. ■ With both Georgia and North Carolina now secured by Trump, Harris is left relying heavily on the “blue wall” states—Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—to sustain a realistic path to the White House. Retaining these states has become essential for her to remain in contention for the presidency.

■ We made history – Trump (RT.com)
■ Global leaders congratulate Trump on election win (RT.com)
■ Trump declares 'magnificent' victory, calls himself 47th US President (TASS)
■ Live election updates: Donald Trump wins U.S. presidency (Associated Press)
■ US Presidential Election Results (Sputnik News)
■ Trump ahead in all seven swing states (TASS)
■ World wakes up to prospect of Trump 2.0 (AXIOS)
■ U.S. Congressman: "Declare Trump Disqualified" Then Need Body Guards for "CIVIL WAR CONDITIONS" (Hal Turner)

✅ Here’s How America Became Unburdened By What Has Been (Andrew Korybko)
✅ Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins) (John W. And Nisha Whitehead)
✅ Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: "Neither is qualified. Both deserve to lose." (Moon of Alabama)

An earlier poll conducted by Research Co. revealed that Harris was ahead of Trump in swing state Pennsylvania by one percentage point | Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is ahead of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump by four percentage points in the latest survey conducted by PBS, NPR and the Marist Poll. ■ According to the poll, Harris has the support of 51% of respondents to Trump’s 47%. The survey of 1,297 respondents conducted on October 31-November 2 indicated that Harris’ popularity rating has gone up two percentage points since early October. ■ An earlier poll conducted by Research Co. revealed that Harris was ahead of Trump in swing state Pennsylvania by one percentage point. Among those polled, 49% supported the Democratic candidate and 48% - her opponent.

■ All You Need to Know About the Presidential Election (Sputnik)
■ 2020 US presidential election sees highest voter turnout since 1900 (Anadolu)
■ Americans brace for polls amid unrest fears (Al Mayadeen)
■ US election results will bring peace or third world war — Serbian leader (TASS)
✅ Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins) (John W. And Nisha Whitehead)
✅ Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: "Neither is qualified. Both deserve to lose." (Moon of Alabama)

Moldova’s Maia Sandu received 55.03% of the votes on Sunday | Moldova’s incumbent pro-EU president, Maia Sandu, declared victory in Sunday’s runoff election after an official tally gave her a 10-point lead over former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo. ■ With over 98% of ballots counted, Sandu had received 55.03% of the votes, while Stoianoglo had 44.97%, news channel TVR reported in the early hours of Monday, citing the Central Electoral Commission. ■ Although early results indicated a slim lead for Stoianoglo, Sandu overtook him at around midnight, and the gap gradually widened as more votes were counted overnight.

The US Republican presidential candidate [took] part in a charity event in Arizona | Conservative journalist Tucker Carlson is conducting a live interview with US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump just days before Election Day. Trump has joined Carlson in Glendale, Arizona for a charity event aimed at raising money for the victims of hurricanes Milton and Helene. Americans will go to the polls on November 5 to decide between Trump and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. The high-stakes election has been described as one of the most contentious and controversial political cycles in recent memory, with both candidates trading insults and accusing each other of wrecking the country.

■ US state to bolster ballot box security after arson attacks (RT.com)
✅ Here’s Why Trump Just Claimed Credit For “Killing” Nord Stream II (Andrew Korybko)

Foreign funding is used for this purpose, Irakli Kobakhidze noted | Unprecedented foreign interference was observed during Georgia’s latest parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said. [...] Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26, employing the widespread use of electronic ballot boxes for the first time. According to the Central Election Commission, the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party got 53.93% of the vote. As the winner it has the right to form the government on its own. Four opposition parties cleared the five-percent threshold: Coalition for Change had 11%, Unity-National Movement — 10.16%, Strong Georgia — 8.8%, and Gakharia for Georgia — 7.76%. ● All opposition parties that have entered parliament refuse to recognize the results of the elections, and so does Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili. According to her, the Central Election Commission data is rigged and in reality the opposition received more votes than the Georgian Dream party and therefore has the majority of seats in parliament.

■ Partial recount in Georgia election ‘confirms ruling party win’ (Hürriyet Daily News)
■ Georgia to recount votes after opposition rejects election loss (10/30/24)
■ Georgia’s pro-Western opposition refuses to accept election defeat (10/28/24)
■ This post-Soviet country is too independent for the West. Punishment is at hand (09/28/24)

Elon Musk on D.O.G.E:

"I think we can reduce the annual federal budget by atleast $2 trillion per year. Your tax money is being wasted and the Department of Government Efficiency is going to fix that." pic.twitter.com/isu5ZHOaGz

— DogeDesigner (@cb_doge) October 27, 2024

Donald Trump wants the tycoon to lead his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and audit the federal government | Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has made an appearance at a Donald Trump rally at Madison Square Garden where he promised to save American taxpayers trillions of dollars if the Republican candidate wins. ● Despite previously having proclaimed political neutrality, Musk has leaned towards the former president in recent months, publicly endorsing him after the first assassination attempt. Following this, Trump promised that if he wins the November election, he will establish a “government efficiency” commission headed by the billionaire entrepreneur. ● As he walked on stage in New York on Sunday, Musk was asked, “How much do you think we can cut from this wasted $6.5 trillion Harris-Biden budget?”

■ Musk Vows to Cut US Budget Spending by $2 Trillion If Trump Wins (Sputnik)

One of the most brutal ads you’ve ever seen against a politician. Wow. Just watch. 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/pPhtYARzwJ

— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) October 26, 2024

Tucker Carlson praised and shared Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s letter urging Catholics to vote for Trump and condemning Kamala Harris as a ‘puppet’ of far-left globalists. Carlson called the letter ‘a remarkably insightful description of what’s at stake in this election.’ | Tucker Carlson has praised Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s “insightful” letter to American Catholics urging them to vote for Donald Trump. “A remarkably insightful description of what’s at stake in this election from Catholic Archbishop Carlo Viganò. Please read this,” Carlson wrote Thursday on X before sharing the complete text of His Excellency’s message.

READ: OPEN LETTER TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS

Video has emerged from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, showing what appears to be an ELECTION WORKER, opening mailed-in Ballots and, if they're for Trump, TEARING THEM UP. | In the video, a small "Post-it" note can be seen with the name "Yardley Borough." There is also a Yardley Borough which is in Bucks County, PA. Ballots in Pennsylvania are printed to be mailed into their county office. According to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Voting and Election Information website the County office address where these Ballots would have been mailed to - and presumably where this man is located.

The prime minister’s popularity has plummeted after nine years at the helm | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing opposition from his own party, state broadcaster CBC News reported on Thursday. Over 20 MPs from the Trudeau-led Liberal Party have penned a letter asking him to step down or face “consequences.”

The neocon-backed candidate would trigger an atomic conflict between the US and Russia, the former Democrat has said | Supporters of Kamala Harris in the US presidential election would effectively be voting for a global thermonuclear war, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has argued in his latest campaign video. ● Kennedy, a long-time Democrat who ran against President Joe Biden in the party primaries, endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump in August. Harris, who was elevated to the nomination after the Democrats pressured Biden to drop out of the race, was recently endorsed by former Republican VP Dick Cheney.

💬 “A vote today for Kamala Harris is a vote for Dick Cheney, who lied to get a war started, in which more than a million people died,” Kennedy said in a video message released on Thursday.

Cheney, he explained, was a leading “neoconservative” during the presidency of George W. Bush (2001-2009), and the “driving force” of the unprovoked US invasion of Iraq in 2003, that claimed the lives of around a million Iraqis and some 4,800 American and allied troops.

The US president has called for the Republican to be jailed, later clarifying that he meant “politically” | US President Joe Biden has claimed that Republican candidate Donald Trump wants presidential immunity and powers to kill his opposition, and therefore should be locked up, as he spoke to a crowd with the election just half a month away. ● Biden, who stepped aside earlier this year to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee, made the statement at a campaign office in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

■ Biden on Trump: ‘Politically lock him up’ (Lauren Egan)

US billionaire Bill Gates has quietly donated $50 million to a nonprofit supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential run, The New York Times reported, citing three sources. | While Gates hasn’t publicly endorsed Harris, his sizable donation was made to Future Forward, a "dark money" group backing her campaign. The funds were intended to remain anonymous, the report said.

💬 “Mr. Gates’s donation went specifically to Future Forward’s nonprofit arm, Future Forward USA Action, which as a 501(c)(4) ‘dark money’ organization does not disclose its donors, according to the people briefed. So any contribution by Mr. Gates will never appear on any public filing,” the media clarified.

According to The New York Times, in private conversations this year with friends and others, Gates has expressed concerns about the potential impact of a second Donald Trump presidency on global health and family planning programs, The New York Times cited sources familiar with Gates’s thinking as saying.

The ex-lawmaker’s presence on the campaign trail will anger Arab-Americans, the former US president has claimed | Former US President Donald Trump has hammered Vice President Kamala Harris for campaigning with Liz Cheney, a prominent neoconservative whom Trump accused of wanting “to go to war with every Muslim country known to mankind.” ● Cheney, a former member of Congress and the daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney, endorsed Harris last month, and will tour the swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin this week in a bid to drum up establishment Republican support for the Democratic nominee. Michigan is home to around 250,000 Arab-Americans, who reportedly favor Trump, due to their opposition to Harris' position on the Israel-Hamas war. ● In a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, Trump predicted that Ms. Cheney’s appearance will further infuriate the cohort.

💬 “Arab Voters are very upset that Comrade Kamala Harris, the Worst Vice President in the History of the United States and a Low IQ individual, is campaigning with ‘dumb as a rock’ War Hawk, Liz Cheney, who, like her father, the man that pushed Bush to ridiculously go to War in the Middle East, also wants to go to War with every Muslim Country known to mankind,” he wrote.

If Kamala gets four more years, the Middle East will spend the next four decades going up in flames, and your kids will be going off to War, maybe even a Third World War, something that will never happen with President Donald J. Trump in charge,” he continued.

According to the statement, "such a boorish language has become a habit among the current so-called American statesmen" | US Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin are outrageous, the Russian embassy in Washington said in a statement.

💬 "The recent unacceptable statements made by US Vice-President Kamala Harris towards Russian President Vladimir Putin are outrageous. However, we have to admit that such a boorish language has become a habit among the current so-called American statesmen," the statement reads. "It only shows the frustration and impotence of the ruling circles in Washington. Due to their inability to deal with the Russian Federation and inflicting 'a strategic defeat,' their speech apparatus channels anger and offensive rhetoric," the embassy pointed out. "The US authorities should come to terms with the fact that Russia is pursuing a policy based on its national interests. Such US escapades insult the entire Russian people, who demonstrate unwavering unity around the leader of our country," the statement notes.

■ Kamala Harris Addresses Reports That Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests During Stephen Colbert Interview (yahoo)
■ Harris reacts to claim Trump secretly sent Putin individual Covid tests at height of pandemic (MSN)(VIDEO)

Caitlin Johnstone | Kamala Harris has enthusiastically accepted the endorsement of Dick Cheney. | The degree of comfort US liberals have with men like Cheney is more evidence that they don’t view people in the global south as fully human. If they did, his endorsement would be rejected with the same revulsion they’d show endorsements from NAMBLA or neo-Nazis. The emotional comfort they receive from all this warm cozy talk about “unity” between Democrats and Bush-era war criminals matters more to them than the lives of millions of Iraqis. Any political worldview that’s worth a damn necessarily includes a deep and visceral hatred of Dick Cheney, and an abhorrence toward any ideology which sympathizes with him.