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Part 188, some of Russian meddling, and related, material from F6 big ones. These from a post Thursday, 04/19/18, covering
March 21, 2018, and headed, “The Battle for Paradise”: Naomi Klein on Disaster Capitalism & the Fight for Puerto Rico’s Future
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=140179788

The ninth, a snap(pun intended)shot(double pun?) of one of the most psychotic people in the U.S.A.

RWW News: Alex Jones Wars Of 'World War' Event Many Won't Surivive

Published on Mar 21, 2018 by RightWingWatchdotorg [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSoBGVRy5x6SaKbzh5_xiw / https://www.youtube.com/user/RightWingWatchdotorg , https://www.youtube.com/user/RightWingWatchdotorg/videos ]
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-wars-of-impending-world-war-a-lot-of-you-arent-going-to-make-it/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZl8AgvWmTI [with comments]

Nineteenth to twenty-first

Melber: New scandal shows Zuckerberg still puts Kremlin over U.S.

The Beat with Ari Melber
3/21/18
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence and admits a “breach of trust” after a hidden video scandal reveals political dirty
tricks. Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook calls the response “totally inadequate.”
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/melber-new-scandal-shows-zuckerberg-still-puts-kremlin-over-u-s-1191723587735 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON3X2a0hgy4 [with comments]

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“Missing link” in Trump-Russia collusion blasts Trump aide on live TV

The Beat with Ari Melber
3/21/18
Randy Credico, the man said to be Roger Stone’s “intermediary” to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange joins Ari Melber exclusively on The Beat responding
to Stone’s explosive allegation, his Assange contacts and Mueller asking witnesses about it. Credico lambasts Stone as a “shady character” and “trickster.”
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/-missing-link-in-trump-russia-collusion-blasts-trump-aide-on-live-tv-1191725635602 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiWEy22JI4E [with comments]

That's an interesting one. A real Melber drill.

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Fired FBI Official authorized perjury investigation against Sessions
The Beat with Ari Melber
3/21/18
Sources tell NBC former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe authorized a perjury investigation of Attorney General Jeff
Sessions nearly one year ago, looking at whether Sessions lied in his testimony about contact with Russian operatives.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/fired-fbi-official-authorized-perjury-investigation-against-sessions-1191727171576

Twenty-third and fourth

Gen. McCaffrey: Trump is ‘under the sway of Mr. Putin’
All In with Chris Hayes
3/21/18
General Barry McCaffrey says the president is a serious threat to national security.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gen-mccaffrey-trump-is-under-the-sway-of-mr-putin-1191768131913

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Saudi Crown Prince boasts Kushner is 'in his pocket': Report
All In with Chris Hayes
3/21/18
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bragged that Trump adviser Jared Kushner was “in his pocket,” the Intercept reports.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/saudi-crown-prince-boasts-kushner-is-in-his-pocket-report-1191771715640

Leave three to this four

Mueller following the money on Trump Middle East policy

The Rachel Maddow Show
3/21/18
Mark Mazzetti, investigative correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller's
consideration of undue influence on Donald Trump's Middle East policies on behalf of Saudi Arabia and UAE.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-following-the-money-on-trump-middle-east-policy-1191850563652 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzDbkR8GsxE [with comments]

My add: One Nader/Elliott Broidy gig, an article mentioned there ..
How 2 Gulf Monarchies Sought to Influence the White House
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and MARK MAZZETTIMARCH 21, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/politics/george-nader-elliott-broidy-uae-saudi-arabia-white-house-influence.html
Broidy: briber in NY, dpty RNC finance chair, big Trump fundraiser. big defense deal with UAE; Nader: advisor to UAE, helped
Broidy get the defense contract with UAE .. part of their agenda: get rid of Tillerson (tick), and back an anti-Qatar and Iran
position (done) .. and Kushner tried to get cash for his 666 5th Ave from Qatar .. Qatar said no. Mueller has Nader.

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No mention of Russia hacks of US power plants in Trump Putin chat
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/21/18
Rachel Maddow shares some of NBC News' exclusive interview by Pete Williams of FBI Director Chris Wray and notes that not only did Donald Trump
not mention the UK poisonings when he called Vladimir Putin, but he also didn't mention Russia hacking U.S. power plants and energy infrastructure.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/no-mention-of-russia-hacks-of-us-power-plants-in-trump-putin-chat-1191866947661

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Chris Wray on the FBI: I don't see a politicized organization.
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/21/18
FBI Director Chris Wray talks with NBC News justice correspondent Pete Williams about emphasizing the
FBI’s fact gathering processes to immunize the bureau against accusations of partisanship in its results.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/chris-wray-on-the-fbi-i-don-t-see-a-politicized-organization-1191801411678

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Trump regard for Putin unlike past presidents' deals with despots
The Rachel Maddow Show
3/21/18
Michael Beschloss, NBC News presidential historian, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether past presidents
have had the kind of leak problems Donald Trump suffers and the nature of Trump's obeisance to Vladimir Putin.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-regard-for-putin-unlike-past-presidents-deals-with-despots-1191883331580

Leave two, to this pair

Lawrence: Trump may privately realize error of Putin call

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/21/18
Lawrence O'Donnell looks at the new reports that President Donald Trump is "furious" over leaks his
phone call with Putin — and what White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly reportedly says about it.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-trump-may-privately-realize-error-of-putin-call-1191849027522 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZQo7eiySfg [with comments]

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Ex-CIA analyst Ned Price: 'This White House is a snake pit'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
3/21/18
Former CIA analyst Ned Price says the 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' leak from the White House about Trump's call
with Putin could have been to protect Trump aides. Lawrence O'Donnell also discusses with John Heilemann.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/ex-cia-analyst-ned-price-this-white-house-is-a-snake-pit-1191846979719

Leave one, to this one

Donald Trump furious over leaks of call with Vladimir Putin
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
3/22/18
The White House deals with fallout from President Trump’s congratulatory call to Vladimir Putin. Jonathan
Lemire, Shannon Pettypiece and Heidi Przybyla share their latest reporting on a West Wing looking for leakers.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired March 21, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/donald-trump-furious-over-leaks-of-call-with-vladimir-putin-1191881283982

One of many comedy treatments

Trump's Advisers Told Him Not to Congratulate Putin: A Closer Look

Published on Mar 21, 2018 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / https://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , https://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump congratulating Vladimir Putin on his
re-election as he also takes a more hostile tone toward special counsel Robert Mueller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-gd8x7BYTo [with comments]

Confirmed for the 8000dth time. Trump is stupid.

To "stashed March 21, 2018:"

Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was “In His Pocket”
https://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/

Andrew McCabe Oversaw Criminal Investigation Of Jeff Sessions
The attorney general was accused of lacking “candor” during congressional testimony.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andrew-mccabe-jeff-sessions-investigation_us_5ab2bdbee4b054d118df5339

Donald Trump’s ‘DO NOT CONGRATULATE’ Putin Blunder Is Already A Savage New Meme
The president’s latest gaffe takes over Twitter.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-do-not-congratulate-twitter_us_5ab1feb2e4b0decad0453c58

Trump [and Kelly] furious over leak of warning to not congratulate Putin
Washington (CNN) - President Donald Trump was infuriated after it quickly leaked that he had been directly instructed by his national security advisers in briefing materials not to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin on his recent election victory during their call Tuesday morning, a source familiar with the President's thinking said.
Trump was fuming Tuesday night, asking his allies and outside advisers who they thought had leaked the information, noting that only a small group of staffers have access to those materials and would have known what guidance was included for the Putin call, the source said.
According to the source, the incident resurfaces his long-held belief there are individuals inside his administration -- especially in the national security realm -- who are actively working to undermine him.
White House chief of staff John Kelly also is furious that a confidential presidential briefing became public knowledge, a White House official said, and intends to address the matter Wednesday as aides try to figure out who disclosed the warning.
"If this story is accurate, that means someone leaked the President's briefing papers. Leaking such information is a fireable offense and likely illegal," another senior White House official told CNN Wednesday.
The Washington Post first reported [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html ] Tuesday that Trump congratulated Putin despite warnings from multiple national security advisers and briefing materials that said "DO NOT CONGRATULATE." The White House declined to officially comment to CNN on the matter, with an official adding that they "cannot comment on alleged classified deliberative documents allegedly provided to the President."
[...]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/politics/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-congratulations/index.html

CNN: Trump, Kelly furious after leak that Trump was not to congratulate Putin
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379484-cnn-trump-kelly-furious-after-leak-trump-was-told-not-to-congratulate

more: https://www.google.com/search?q=kelly+trump

Trump Tweets Strange Warning Of ‘Coming Arms Race,’ Suggests Russia Can Help
He also said Moscow can “help solve problems” in Ukraine and Syria.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-vladimir-putin_us_5ab2b281e4b008c9e5f3b963

Cambridge Analytica Brags That It, Not Trump, Came Up With ‘Crooked Hillary’
New undercover video footage shows a managing director describe how the firm came up with and promoted the campaign.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cambridge-analytica-crooked-hillary-nickname_us_5ab28131e4b054d118df06b3

Stormy Daniels’ Attorney Gets Into It With Michael Cohen’s Lawyer In Live TV Duel

( https://youtu.be/UNWqrAhaLhM )
“You’re gonna go down in flames!”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stormy-daniels-lawyer-cnn-michael-cohen_us_5ab1daabe4b008c9e5f28b40

[ Add: Michael Cohen’s Attorney May Be an Even Worse Lawyer Than He Is
By Margaret Hartmann March 29, 2018 6:56 am
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/michael-cohens-attorney-may-be-a-worse-lawyer-than-he-is.html ]

How a Witness for Mueller and a Republican Donor Influenced the White House for Gulf Rulers
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/politics/george-nader-elliott-broidy-uae-saudi-arabia-white-house-influence.html

Trump, Defending Call With Putin, Attacks ‘Crazed’ Media and His Predecessors
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/politics/trump-putin-congratulate.html

F.B.I. Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials - McCabe
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/us/politics/sessions-fbi-investigation-perjury.html

What Trump and Putin Have in Common
By Thomas L. Friedman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/opinion/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-turkey.html

Who’s Worse — Trump Lawyers or Their Client?
By Gail Collins
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/opinion/donald-trump-lawyers.html

Fran Lebowitz: 'You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump'
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/20/fran-lebowitz-you-do-not-know-anyone-as-stupid-as-donald-trump

Trump’s Talk Worries Me, Like the Talk Before the Iraq War
By Nicholas Kristof
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/opinion/iraq-war-north-korea-iran.html

After Days of Silence, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Admits to ‘Mistakes’ With User Data
CEO pledges to investigate outsiders’ handling of user information
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-days-of-silence-mark-zuckerberg-to-publicly-address-facebooks-user-data-uproar-1521659989

Here's How Facebook Got Into This Mess: A Timeline
A data firm collected tens of millions of people’s Facebook data without their consent. Here’s how that happened.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/cambridge-analytica-facebook-timeline

Welcome to Zucktown. Where Everything Is Just Zucky.
In Menlo Park, Calif., Facebook is building a real community and testing the proposition: Do people love tech companies so much they will live inside them?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/technology/facebook-zucktown-willow-village.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dDY15_1Cc0Af06MjlpakvTXJDcEKM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Trump’s remark to Putin that they could meet soon caught White House advisers by surprise
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-remark-to-putin-that-they-could-meet-soon-caught-white-house-advisers-by-surprise/2018/03/21/b3e81a66-2d2b-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html

Kelly furious over Putin 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' leak
Other GOP officials have expressed alarm that such a closely guarded detail found its way into media accounts.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/trump-kelly-do-not-congratulate-leak-russia-putin-477761

Why Is Trump So Afraid of Russia?
Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/opinion/donald-trump-russia-putin.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dmtDmiSUg4CW5XMY3Oz_PHtg4Si5M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed
By Alan M. Dershowitz
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/379372-trump-is-right-the-special-counsel-should-never-have-been-appointed

Alan Dershowitz’s Audition to Be Trump’s Lawyer Is Not Going Well
By Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/dershowitzs-audition-to-be-trumps-lawyer-not-going-well.html

Trump cites Dershowitz in claim that Mueller should not have been appointed
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379462-trump-cites-dershowitz-argument-that-special-counsel-never-should

Toobin goes off on Dershowitz for ‘carrying water’ for Trump
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/379667-toobin-goes-off-on-dershowitz-for-carrying-water-for-trump

CNN’s Toobin Calls Out His Mentor Alan Dershowitz for ‘Carrying Water’ for Trump
Long-time analyst Toobin called out his esteemed former law professor to his face for repeatedly defending every bizarre Trump decision. ‘What's happened with you?’ he lamented.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-jeffrey-toobin-calls-out-his-mentor-alan-dershowitz-for-carrying-water-for-trump

Trump Hits Again at Mueller, Invoking Dershowitz's Support
President keeps up attacks on prosecutor leading Russia probe
Mueller wrong way to address Russian 2016 meddling: academic
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/trump-quotes-harvard-law-professor-in-critique-of-mueller

more: https://www.google.com/search?q=trump+dershowitz