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The Latest Casualty From Europe's Anti-Immigrant Surge: Austrian Chancellor Faymann Resigns

The Latest Casualty From Europe's Anti-Immigrant Surge: Austrian Chancellor Faymann Resigns

Two weeks after Austria's dramatic result in its first round presidential elections which saw the right wing, anti-immigrant Freedom Party sweeping its competition, gathering over 35% of the vote and leaving the other five candidates far behind, moments ago Austria unveiled the latest casualty from Europe's anti-refugee, right wing revulsion when the country's Chancellor Werner Faymann resigned after losing the support of his colleagues in the Social Democratic party.

The New Normal: Cold War 2.0

Authored by Pepe Escobar, Op-Ed via SputnikNews.com,

We are all living in Hybrid War time. From R2P (“responsibility to protect”) to color revolutions, from currency attacks to stock market manipulations.

From judicial-financial-political-media enabled “soft” coups – as in Brazil – to support for “moderate” jihadis, multiple stages of Hybrid War now cross-pollinate and generate a vortex of new mutant viruses.

Hillary Doubles Down As FBI Probe Enters Final Stages

Hillary Doubles Down As FBI Probe Enters Final Stages

After interviewing Hillary Clinton's top aides last week, the question now becomes whether or not the FBI will interview Clinton next as the investigation enters its final stages.

In an interview today with CBS' "Face The Nation", Hillary said nobody had contacted her regarding an interview.

"No one has reached out to me yet, but last summer, I think last August, I made it clear I'm more than ready to talk to anybody, anytime."

Clinton also doubled down on her claims that she did nothing wrong.

Panama Papers Leak: Saudi King Funded Netanyahu’s Rise To Power

Documents from the Panama Papers leak reveal that Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz financed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rise to power.  Isaac Herzog, member of the Knesset and Chairman of the Israeli Labor party, revealed that the Saudi king has been overtly influential in the election campaign that saw Netanyahu get elected. “In March 2015, King Salman has deposited eighty million dollars to support Netanyahu’s campaign via a Syrian-Spanish person named Mohamed Eyad Kayali.

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