Politics

Hillary Clinton’s team have urged the Electoral College to respond to claims by the CIA that Russia influenced the US elections by overturning the election results.  Hillary’s top aide, John Podesta, says the Clinton campaign will support members of the Electoral College in addressing serious concerns over “our national security” as a result of Russian hacking. Podesta has urged members of the College to take resposibility and rectify the problem by potentially overturning the results, claiming it is their Constitutional duty to do so.

Aleppo has been officially liberated after the Syrian army ousted rebels from their remaining bastions in the eastern part of the city. 🇸🇾✌️Joy and excitement of the people in Aleppo tonight as they celebrate the Syrian Army victory after 4 long years of battle pic.twitter.com/6hidFTlaYl — M Green (@MmaGreen) December 12, 2016 Syrian forces made significant advances earlier on Monday leaving only three residential blocks in the hands of anti-government forces and hundreds of rebels laid down their arms and surrendered to the Syrian army.

Trump’s team have accused the CIA of conducting a “false flag operation” in falsely accusing Russia of influencing the U.S. election.  On Sunday, Donald Trumps deputy secretary of state appointee, John Bolton, described CIA reports that Russia meddled in the US election as a “false flag” designed to overturn the results and win Hillary the Presidency.

According to whistle-blower and former British ambassador Craig Murray, the Podesta and Democratic National Committee emails were not leaked by Russian hackers but by a Washington insider. Murray has already said that the leaks were the work of a Washington insider;  and has now confirmed that he knows the identity and has even met with the person. The Clinton campaign has repeatedly insinuated that Russian agents were responsible for the release of the emails, but even the FBI are now casting doubts that the DNC and Podesta leaks were the work of Russia.

Congress has approved funding for the first ever ‘Ministry of Truth’ propaganda agency in the United States, which Obama is expected to sign into law before he leaves office. Amid a heavy-handed crack down on independent media outlets under the guise of countering Russia propaganda, the U.S. government have introduced a number of emergency measures to ban subversive news from appearing online and to counter them with their very own propaganda. The House previously passed “H.R. 6393, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017“, at the end of November, which will allow U.S.