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December 6, 2024

Occupy Democrats new YouTube channel that exposes Trump 's xriminality is now rivaling FOX News views on youtube

Occupy Democrats new YouTube channel dedicated exposing President-elect Trump is now rivaling FOX News on Youtube in terms of daily views
https://www.youtube.com/@occupydemocratsyoutube

December 6, 2024

China bans export of critical minerals to US as trade tension escalate -used in military eqmnt, cars, pc, GOOD JOB TRUMP

FAFO? - F AROUND AND FIND OUT

WE ABOUT TO FIND OUT HOW

SKIPPING ELECTIONS--

AND PRETENDING THAT BOTH SIDES ARE THE SAME

AND THAT TRANSGENDER FOLK ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW--side note there are 2 million people in the prison system and 29 of those are transgender

--AND WOMEN SHOULDNT BE LEADERS IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT SHE WAS PRESIDENT FOR 2 HOURS AND THE WORLD DIDNT END

AMERICA YOU BOUT TO FIND OUT

REMINDER


Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles' https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inherited-booming-economy-handed-biden-nation-shambles-n1255033

December 6, 2024

Senate Democrats just confirmed their 4th judge this week, marking 225 confirmations under Biden Harris Administration

ELECTIONS MATTER


These 225 confirmations highlight Democrats’ work filling judicial vacancies with highly qualified, diverse candidates who help ensure the fair and impartial administration of the American justice system. Notably, Democrats accomplished this feat in part during the longest 50-50 split in Senate history, followed by our soon-to-end narrow majority.

In comparison to other presidents’ entire terms, this Senate has confirmed more women of color to the bench and more Black women to judgeships than any other president. We have confirmed more Black women to circuit court judgeships than all other presidents combined.

But this is about more than just statistics. These judges are already protecting the rights of all Americans from the bench. Below are just a few examples.

District Court Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby blocked the implementation of newly drawn Baltimore County Council districts, finding that the new map disadvantaged Black voters and thereby violated the Voting Rights Act.

Seventh Circuit Judge Doris Pryor cast the deciding vote in 2023 as part of a 2-1 decision finding that a lower court erred in tossing out a sex trafficking victim’s lawsuit against Salesforce, the software company that hosted a website on which she was trafficked. A Trump-appointed judge wrote a dissenting opinion.

And District Court Judge Cristina Silva threw out a challenge to Nevada’s Election Worker Protection Act, a bipartisan law that criminalizes attempts to intimidate, threaten, coerce or harm election workers.

December 6, 2024

Republicans wont release the ethics report on Matt Gaetz---Well then here's mine from his dead roommate to his dui

Y'all notice that with all the alleged sex crimes around Matt Gaetz....MOMS FOR LIBERTY ARE SUPER QUIET !!! HMMM
Congressman Matt Gaetz,

Occasionally takes to Twitter to post anti-Semitic conspiracy theories

He took the time to discredit Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post journalist who was dismembered by a hacksaw before he actually died, by Jared Kushner's buddies https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/10/18/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-is-a-terrible-person

He shared a video, with zero context or background, showing a random person handing cash to people in a crowd. He then recklessly questioned if this was another effort from Jewish billionaire George Soros,

Gaetz's aides once wrote a bill with help from a conspiracy theory subreddit devoted to white nationalism--Wired later discovered that a Gaetz staffer had crowd sourced ideas for the amendment on a subReddit forum which happens to be a cesspool of alt-right activity https://www.wired.com/story/republican-staffer-the-donald-resolution/

Gaetz’s record reveals an arrest for drunk driving --He didn't have his license suspended for a year when he refused the breath test — as Florida law dictates. And he didn't have that refusal used against him in a criminal proceeding. Charges against Gaetz were dismissed after events that included, among other things, the forced resignation of the arresting officer. https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/lawmakers-talk-of-mug-shot-raises-questions-about-dui-arrest/2166023/

Matt Gaetz invited a white supremacist to Trump's State of the Union https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/state-of-the-union-matt-gaetz-charles-johnson

Alleged-- Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students, Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide

Matt Gaetz was involved in a gay relationship with a well-known pastor of an evangelical mega-church in Fort Walton Beach, But Matt Gaetz runs for the U.S. Congress as a traditional “family values” and anti-gay rights conservative http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/18966

Miami Democrats file bar complaint against Matt Gaetz for his classified facility raid https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/miami-democrats-file-bar-complaint-against-matt-gaetz-for-his-classified-facility-raid/

CNN legal analyst slams Matt Gaetz’s threatening tweet to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/26/politics/matt-gaetz-tweet-michael-cohen/index.html

Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested a caravan of Honduran refugees was paid by George Soros to disrupt the U.S. election. And he only went further off the rails when challenged.

Republican. Matt Gaetz was literally the only person to vote against an anti-human trafficking bill https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/12/29/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-was-literally-the-only-person-to-vote-against-an-anti-human-trafficking-bill

Matt Gaetz Voted Against Paid Sick Leave in Florida But Takes Paid Leave From Congress https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/matt-gaetz-florida-paid-sick-leave-coronavirus/

In the late 1970s, Matt Gaetz's father co-founded a nonprofit hospice companyVita'sas which they sold in 2004, In 2013, the Justice Department sueVita'sas, alleging that between 2002 and 2013, the company had defrauded Medicare by filing false claims for services never provided or for patients who weren’t terminally ill. The company settled the case in 2017 for more than $75 million, at the time the largest settlement ever recovered from a hospice company. https://homehealthcarenews.com/2017/11/75-million-settlement-reached-in-hospice-false-claims-case/

House Speaker Ray Sansom, a friend of Don Gaetz for whom Matt had worked as a legislative aide during law school. In April 2009, Sansom was indicted on corruption charges, accused of tweaking the state budget to funnel more than $25 million to Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. Of those funds, $6 million was earmarked to build a hangar at the Destin airport for a jet company owned by one of Sansom’s friends and donors, real estate developer Jay Odom. Odom was also a client of Matt Gaetz, who handled Odom’s hangar lease. (In 2013, Odom would be sentenced to six months in prison for illegally funneling $23,000 into former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s failed 2008 presidential campaign. In the past decade, Odom has contributed thousands of dollars to Gaetz’s political campaigns https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-stands-his-ground-in-defense-of-controversial-law/2151199/

Republican Matt Gaetz mocked food stamp recipients (“Yesterday I saw a lady at Publix use her ‘Access’ welfare card. Her back was covered in tattoos. RT if u suppoentitlement reformorm.”) https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/08/22/florida-republican-doesnt-think-poor-people-should-have-soda

Republican Matt Gaetz questioned the literacy skills of 2 black Democratic colleagues https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article20029155.html

Don Gaetz, routinely wrote articles for the Pensacola News Journal but quit on the grounds that the paper was too mean to his son, Matt Gaetz https://www.pnj.com/story/opinion/2019/03/02/marlette-deja-vu-gaetz-gaffes-part-ii/3009927002/

3 months before declaring his candidacy for the state House, he sued Valparaiso on behalf Igloososa County and argued publicly that the city’s opposition could sink the F-35 program. In reality, the program couldn’t be reversed without an act of Congress. Gaetz’s lawsuit went nowhere. “It was a big waste of time and money, but it got him in the paper,” https://floridapolitics.com/archives/218599-email-insights-matt-gaetz-boasts-role-keeping-f-35-program-alive-eglin-air-force-base

Matt Gaetz co-sponsored bill to abolish the department of education https://thepulsepensacola.com/2017/02/gaetz-cosponsors-bill-eliminate-department-education/

A group of students from the University of West Florida, joining the school’s faculty, are calling on the university’s board of trustees to not choose Florida state Senator Don Gaetz--Matt Gaetz's father. as the institution’s sixth president. https://thepulsepensacola.com/2016/09/uwf-students-petition-gaetz-next-president/

Where did Matt Gaetz come up with all that money to run for congress? The obvious suspect was his dad. It would have been illegal for Don Gaetz to lend six figures to the campaign, but he appears to have found another way to funnel money to his son’s race.Matt Gaetz sold a house he owned for just under $100,000. Three months later, he sold several vacant lots he’d bought years earlier. All of Gaetz’s real estate was purchased by the same buyer: a company called Treveron, which, it turns out, is owned by his dad. http://wp.studeri.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Don-Gaetz-2013.pdf

When Trump called Haiti a “s--ithole” country in January 2018, Gaetz took to the airwaves to concur that Haiti was “deplorable,” full of “sheet metal and garbage.” https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2018/01/17/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-says-haiti-is-full-of-sheet-metal-and-garbage

The first bill Rcongressmancogressman Matt Gaetz ever introduced was a one-sentence measure disbanding the Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/congress-wont-terminate-the-epa/516918/

In his first term, Republican Matt Gaetz missed more votes than all but seven freshman House members

Matt Gaetz and his Coalition of the Stupid stormed impeachment proceedings to 'demand transparency' — except that's not what it's really about---The irony is that, according to Politico, “more than 45 House Republicans — nearly a quarter of the House GOP conference — already have full access to the depositions via their membership on one of the three committees leading the impeachment inquiry.” https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/matt-gaetz-scif-trump-impeachment-inquiry-republicans-storm-a9168646.html

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused of creating sex game with 'points' for sleeping with staff https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-gaetz-latvala-twitter-20200114-hrbeklwtxnbvfnbwvu57nlxvpy-story.html

Mar 10, 2020 - Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on the house floor to mock the coronavirus situation--Apr 17, 2020 Florida now has 23,340 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 668 https://www.theroot.com/matt-gaetz-wore-a-gas-mask-on-house-floor-and-now-he-s-1842241582

Rep. Matt Gaetz hires ex-White House aide fired for white nationalist ties https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/19/matt-gaetz-aide-white-nationalists-1283314

Matt Gaetz’s antifa-detecting facial recognition story is complete nonsense---The company says the photo showed neo-Nazis and a QAnon figure
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/7/22218601/matt-gaetz-antifa-capitol-hill-riot-xrvision-facial-recognition-washington-times-story-false?ududjdj

Liz Cheney spokesperson tells Matt Gaetz to 'leave his beauty bag at home' as he heads to Wyoming https://news.yahoo.com/liz-cheney-spokesperson-tells-matt-165124740.html


Matt Gaetz 38 years old and His "adopted" Son, Nestor--adoptepaperworkpapaerwork, the brother of Gaetz's ex-girlfriend https://www.theroot.com/we-ve-got-to-talk-about-matt-gaetz-and-his-son-nestor-1846536883

December 5, 2024

Anthony Brindisi confirmed as federal judge for Northern District of New York

Source: uticaod

Former congressman and assemblyman Anthony Brindisi was confirmed as a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York by just one vote.

President Joe Biden made the nomination back in July, and Brindisi was voted in on Wednesday, Dec. 4, with 50 voting in favor and 49 voting against.

Brindisi's history
Brindisi has been a judge on the New York State Court of Claims in Utica since 2022. In addition, Brindisi has been serving as an Acting Supreme Court Justice in Oneida County, since the beginning of 2024.

Prior to joining the bench, Brindisi was a partner at Brindisi, Murad & Brindisi Pearlman, LLP in Utica from 2021 to 2022.

Read more: https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/local/2024/12/04/anthony-brindisi-for-northern-district-of-new-york-judge-seat/76773285007/



Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/20/trump-senate-judges-confirmations
December 4, 2024

APPARENTLY IF YOU CAN BUY 2 PRIVATE FLIGHTS ON ELON'S SPACEX YOU TOO CAN BE NOMINATED TO RUN NASA

Who is Jared Isaacman? Trump pick for NASA administrator is a billionaire who paid for 2 SpaceX flights
https://www.fastcompany.com/91240561/jared-isaacman-nasa-administrator-trump-pick-spacex-billionaire


Everything Trump touches dies

December 4, 2024

Pete Hegseth was known for showing up to work at the set of Fox News with alcohol on his breath & dealing with hangovers

Pete Hegseth was known for showing up to work at Fox News with alcohol on his breath and dealing with hangovers https://www.alternet.org/pete-hegseth-drunk/


Fox News personality Pete Hegseth — who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to lead the Department of Defense — was known for showing up to work with alcohol on his breath and dealing with hangovers


I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.”

The Storybook Start—and Bitter End—of Pete Hegseth’s First Marriage
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/pete-hegseth-first-marriage

Ann Coulter blasts 'sleazy' Pete Hegseth over alleged 'serial' adultery
https://www.alternet.org/adulterer-ann-coulter-pete-hegseth/


Drunken Trump nominee caught on stage with strippers
https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/12/drunken-trump-nominee-caught-on-stage-with-strippers.html

New York Times: Pete Hegseth’s mother wrote him an email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating women https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email-new-york-times/index.html


A previously undisclosed whistle-blower report on Hegseth’s tenure as the president of Concerned Veterans for America, from 2013 until 2016, describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated while acting in his official capacity—to the point of needing to be carried out of the organization’s events.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

Hegseth was one of 12 national guardsmen flagged as a potential insider threat and removed from the group providing security for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-insider-threat-biden-inauguration/

Woman accused Hegseth of raping her at a 2017 Republican women’s conference in Monterey, California
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/police-report-details-allegations-that-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth-raped-a-woman-in/article_cc7c633e-a7c7-11ef-9e13-af6d1aa8ed78.html

Hegseth seemed to have played a major role in bankrupting the Vets For Freedom by using funds for endless social events and parties https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5017946-pentagon-pick-hegseth-misconduct/

Pete Hegseth accused of chanting ‘kill all Muslims’ on a drunken night out https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-trump-allegations-history-b2657456.html

Pete Hegseth Published Column Saying Sex with Unconscious Woman Isn't Rape https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-published-column-saying-225600849.html

Pete Hegseth accused of being "white supremacist" by civil rights lawyer https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-white-supremacist-trump-1986435

Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’ | ‘Germs are not a real thing.’ https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-hand-washing-video-viral-secretary-defense-trump-1985448


Donald Trump’s potential secretary of defense hasn’t been straightforward about the violent symbolism of his ink.https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos

Pete Hegseth Falsely Claims He Was 'Completely Cleared' On Sex Assault Allegation https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-falsely-claims-completely-220040788.html

'Hug goodbye lingered': Writer tells of creepy meeting with 'perfect monster' Pete Hegseth https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2669997939/

Trump's defense pick openly fantasized about military attack on 'domestic enemies': report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book

A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

December 3, 2024

Drunken Trump nominee caught on stage with strippers

Source: nj

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense reportedly had to step down from a pair of nonprofit veterans groups he headed after workers filed allegations of mismanagement and sexual misconduct.

The New Yorker reports Pete Hegseth was forced out of Concerned Veterans for America, which he worked as president of from 2013 until 2016, after a whistle-blower report that includes an anecdote of him being held back from trying to dance on a stage with strippers.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/12/drunken-trump-nominee-caught-on-stage-with-strippers.html



“I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.”

New York Times: Pete Hegseth’s mother wrote him an email in 2018 accusing him of mistreating women https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/30/politics/pete-hegseth-mother-email-new-york-times/index.html


A previously undisclosed whistle-blower report on Hegseth’s tenure as the president of Concerned Veterans for America, from 2013 until 2016, describes him as being repeatedly intoxicated while acting in his official capacity—to the point of needing to be carried out of the organization’s events.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

Hegseth was one of 12 national guardsmen flagged as a potential insider threat and removed from the group providing security for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-insider-threat-biden-inauguration/

Woman accused Hegseth of raping her at a 2017 Republican women’s conference in Monterey, California
https://www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_blog/police-report-details-allegations-that-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseth-raped-a-woman-in/article_cc7c633e-a7c7-11ef-9e13-af6d1aa8ed78.html

Hegseth seemed to have played a major role in bankrupting the Vets For Freedom by using funds for endless social events and parties https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5017946-pentagon-pick-hegseth-misconduct/

Pete Hegseth accused of chanting ‘kill all Muslims’ on a drunken night out https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-trump-allegations-history-b2657456.html

Pete Hegseth Published Column Saying Sex with Unconscious Woman Isn't Rape https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-published-column-saying-225600849.html

Pete Hegseth accused of being "white supremacist" by civil rights lawyer https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-defense-secretary-white-supremacist-trump-1986435

Trump Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth proudly boasted of never washing his hands: ‘Germs are not real’ | ‘Germs are not a real thing.’ https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-hand-washing-video-viral-secretary-defense-trump-1985448


Donald Trump’s potential secretary of defense hasn’t been straightforward about the violent symbolism of his ink.https://www.thebulwark.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-pete-hegseth-crusader-tattoos

Pete Hegseth Falsely Claims He Was 'Completely Cleared' On Sex Assault Allegation https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth-falsely-claims-completely-220040788.html

'Hug goodbye lingered': Writer tells of creepy meeting with 'perfect monster' Pete Hegseth https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2669997939/

Trump's defense pick openly fantasized about military attack on 'domestic enemies': report https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-book

A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being repeatedly intoxicated on the job https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

December 2, 2024

Video Ronald Reagan denouncing those who engage in trade wars and tariffs against allies weakening our economy

We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.” Said Reagan in 1988

https://www.instagram.com/purpleroom_politics/reel/DDF7gnBPhBP/

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THE BIGGEST WINNER IN THE LAST ROUND OF TARIFFS WAS RUSSIA-

TRADE WARS ARE GOOD AND EASY TO WIN TRUMP TWEETED - March 2018--AND AS ALWAYS HE WAS RIGHT--IT WAS A WINDFALL... FOR MOTHER RUSSIA


1. The wine market in **Russia**: growth returned --US wine exports decrease 5% in 2018, reflecting trade war--Russia to almost double its vineyards by 2020
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com

Related Headlines

1. **Russia** ready to fill China's food gap left by US in trade war
https://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2019-06-08-story210028-Russia_ready_to_fill_China_s_food_gap_left_by_US_in_trade_war_fallout

2. **Russian** lumber industry benefiting from Canada-U.S. trade war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-houses-are-using-more-russian-lumber-thanks-to-canada-spat/article36039527/

4. **Russian** steel exports to the European Union have risen by around 40% in 2018.As Trump's U.S. tariffs have scrambled the global steel trade creating chaos here at home https://www.fastmarkets.com/insights/trade-in-the-crosshairs-trumps-steel-tariffs-and-the-ripple-effect-on-global-trade/

5. **Russia's** Rusal says aluminum sales up 21% https://www.reuters.com/article/rusal-output/russias-rusal-says-aluminium-sales-up-21-q-q-idUSL8N24R30P/

6. U.S. wheat exporters losing ground as Mexico turns to **Russia** because of Trump's trade war
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-us-wheat-exports-fall-behind-as-mexico-turns-to-russian-supply-amid/

11. 2018 - U.S. Lobster Exports to China Free falling Amid Trump Trade Dispute---2023 Russia doubles seafood exports to China - https://www.intrafish.com/markets/russia-doubles-seafood-exports-to-china/2-1-1556087?zephr_sso_ottHnjfEB
Nov 16, 2023

7. China's Jan imports of **Russian** aluminum surge tenfold https://customstoday.media/chinas-jan-imports-of-russian-aluminium-surge-tenfold-customs/

8. **Russia's** Newest Ambition in China Is Selling More Chicken https://www.poultryworld.net/the-industrymarkets/market-trends-analysis-the-industrymarkets-2/china-increasingly-relies-on-russian-poultry/

9. China Buys Record Amount of **Russian** Soy as It Shuns U.S. - China, the world's biggest soybean importer, almost tripled purchases from Russia amid a trade dispute with the U.S. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/china-buys-record-amount-of-russian-soy-as-it-shuns-u-s-growers

10. American LNG--liquid natural gas-- exports threatened as China turns to **Russia** https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade-war/American-LNG-exports-threatened-as-China-turns-to-Russian-sources

45. **China imports Russian raw milk for first time** -
Sep 6, 2019 -Dairy production in Russia is finally on the rise 2018--https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201909/06/WS5d721d07a310cf3e3556a2ea.html#::textHARBIN%20%2D%20A%20tank%20truck%20carrying,has%20imported%20Russian%20raw%20milk.

12. South China province--**Guangdong's trade with Russia reached 19.74 billion yuan (2.86 billion U.S. dollars) from January to April, up by 26.5 percent from the same period last year. Guangdong's imports of aluminum, copper, paper pulp, fertilizer and raw material for plastic from Russia has been growing** https://www.tanndy.com/guangdongs-trade-with-russia-rises.html

199. **Russia** plans to discuss reducing import duties with China--basically russia is reducing its tariffs and seeing its exports with China grow while Trump is doing the exact opposite ---this way RUSSIA CAN GROW ON THE BACKS OF THE AMERICAN FARMERS--BUT HEY THEY DON'T CARE SOMETHING SOMETHING BLACK LADY

2666. January, China had scrapped the import ban on **Russian** dairy and poultry. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2019/11/14/china-ends-five-year-ban-on-us-poultry-but-russia-holds-key-to-return-to-record-years/

China has already become **Russia's** major trading partner, helping offset the impact of geopolitical uncertainty with the West, the Kremlin is now striving to assert itself as an indispensable destination for Beijing amid Trump's trade war. **Russia's** economic growth reached a six-year high-IN 2019---A YEAR AFTER THE TRUMP TRADE WAR https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3009679/china-and-russia-arent-economic-equals-thanks-us-trade-war

**Soybean sales from U.S. farmers to China, the world's largest buyer of the crop, had dropped more than 90 percent. Sales of dairy products, like whey, dropped by 43 percent, and cheese export values fell about 85 percent.**

Steep tariffs are hurting U.S. business, and CEOs are saying so--**"What Trump has done to undermine our global leadership in terms of major multinational companies will be hard to undo," says a former Republican cabinet member**. it's hurting commerce worldwide. **Global growth will drop to 3% next year --2019--2020, predicts the International Monetary Fund, the slowest growth since the financial crisis. The No. 1 culprit: "rising trade barriers."**

**ALL ROADS LEAD TO PUTIN YET TRUMP CLAIMS TO LOVE THE AMERICAN FARMER--WELL HOW DID THEY FARE THROUGH THIS DEBACLE**

1. US farmers hit hard by retaliatory tariffs imposed by China https://rollcall.com/2024/11/14/trumps-tariffs-seen-delivering-a-repeat-blow-to-us-farm-exports/


2. Trump's $16 billion farm bailout will make rich farmers richer--Wapo -https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/31/trumps-billion-farm-bailout-will-make-rich-farmers-richer-hasten-small-farm-failure-study-says/


3. Trump's Hollow Promise of Trade-War Relief for Small Farms https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/trumps-hollow-promise-trade-war-relief-small-farms

4. 'Trump is ruining our markets': Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war -- China https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html

5. Trump's China trade deal--the new deal is a farce--Phase 1 consists mainly of vague, secondhand promises https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2020/01/02/trumps-china-agreement-is-a-fake-deal/

6. Farm bankruptcies climb in wake of catastrophic weather, trade conflicts https://omaha.com/news/state_and_regional/farm-bankruptcies-climb-in-nebraska-and-iowa-in-wake-of-catastrophic-weather-trade-conflicts/article_6c3c1b11-d106-5b00-93b2-8bbcc2027996.html

7. Wisconsin leads nation in family farm bankruptcies jan 2020 https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2020/01/31/wisconsin-continues-lead-u-s-farm-bankruptcies/4625866002/

8. 'Trump is ruining our markets': Struggling farmers are losing a huge customer to the trade war -- China
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/10/trump-is-ruining-our-markets-farmers-lose-a-huge-customer-to-trade-war----china.html

9. Trump Wants Small Farmers to Clear Out for the Big Guys https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-wants-small-farmers-to-clear-out-for-the-big-guys/

10. Trump's USDA Chief Thinks Farm Workers Are Overpaid https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/trumps-usda-chief-thinks-farm-workers-are-overpaid/

11. **Trump administration showers Brazilian crooks with $62M bailout money meant for struggling U.S. farmers**--Trump giving money to corrupt peopNoNoo say it isn't so
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-farmers-bailout-brazil-brothers-1427346

12. **Trump administration has given $200K in U.S. farm bailout to a corrupt Japanese firm** https://www.inquisitr.com/5475892/millions-in-farm-bailout-money-went-to-shady-foreign-firms/

13. China's exit piles on to a devastating 2019 for farmers, who've struggled through record flooding and droughts that destroyed crop yields, and trade war escalations that have lowered prices and profits this year.

**SUMMARY**
Before hostilities escalated in 2017, the U.S. was China's top agricultural supplier for 18 years running, relying on the nation for almost 20% of its farm goods imports amounting to $24 billion a year.And that's where China has been exposed by the trade war.
**Imports from the U.S. tumbled 45% in 2018** as the two countries hit each other with tariffs. Beijing slapped retaliatory levies ranging from 5% to 60% on almost all American farm goods including soybeans, pork and corn. The duties **gave Beijing crucial leverage over Washington, prompting Trump to announce a $28 billion bailout for farmers faced with a devastating loss in business. But they also forced China to search for supplies elsewhere.**

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**Trump: If elected, "we'll have so much winning, you'll get bored with winning" SEPTEMBER 9, 2015**


2024
How China reduced its reliance on US farm imports, softening trade war risks https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/how-china-reduced-its-reliance-us-farm-imports-softening-trade-war-risks-2024-11-13/

Feb. 4, 2022: China allows imports of wheat and barley from all regions of Russia, the world's biggest wheat exporter.


Why Trump is bad for business---America's first billionaire President promised to bring a C-suite sensibility to the Oval Office. It started well--but now bad policy choices have pushed CEO confidence to the lowest level in a decade. https://fortune.com/longform/trump-policies-bad-for-business-trade-immigration-taxes-regulations-us-economy/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

December 1, 2024

How Domestic Terror Attacks Helped Putin, Netanyahu And Bush JR Gain Popularity & Win Elections...America Brace Yourself

Netanyahu’s popularity reasonably sank in the immediate aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion and slaughter of 1,200 Israelis. But it began rebounding in late November. After National Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz resigned from Netanyahu’s government in June, Netanyahu steadily rose in Direct Polls tracking polls—leading Gantz and Opposition leader Yesh Atid Party head Yair Lapid by double digits in head-to-head matchups. In the intervening months, the gap between Netanyahu and his rival has grown steadily.

On Sunday, two days after Israel eliminated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Direct Polls published the results of its latest tracking poll for Channel 14. It found that for the first time since Oct. 7, the parties comprising Netanyahu’s governing coalition have an outright majority in Knesset seats. If elections were held today, the government would be re-elected.
https://www.jns.org/the-secret-of-netanyahus-unacknowledged-and-historic-popularity/

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George Jr

Bush began his presidency with ratings near 60%. In the time of national crisis following the September 11 attacks, polls showed approval ratings greater than 85%, peaking in at 92%, as well as a steady 80–90% approval for about four months after the attacks.
https://dbpedia.org/page/Public_image_of_George_W._Bush

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The bombings, together with the Invasion of Dagestan, triggered the Second Chechen War. The handling of the crisis by Vladimir Putin, who was prime minister at the time, boosted his popularity greatly and helped him attain the presidency within a few months.

'Capable of anything': How the '99 apartment bombings explain Putin's rise and regime
https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-1999-apartment-bombings-ukraine-175001959.html

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