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Berlin Calls For "Countermeasures" To US Sanctions Against Russia, Hints At Trade War

While the Pentagon may be already contemplating its next steps in the escalating conflict with Russia, which as the WSJ reported will likely involve supplying Ukraine with antitank missiles and other weaponry - a red line for the Kremlin not even the Obama administration dared to cross - there is minor matter of what to do with a suddenly furious Europe, which as we discussed  previously, has vowed it would retaliate promptly after Trump signed the anti-Russia legislation into law, due to allegations it was just a veiled attempt at favoritism for US-based energy companies.

Stockman: The Tweet That Is Shaking The War Party

Authored by David Stockman via AntiWar.com,

Most of the Donald’s tweets amount to street brawling with his political enemies, but occasionally one of them slices through Imperial Washington’s sanctimonious cant. Indeed, Monday evening’s 140 characters of solid cut right to the bone:

The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to Syrian rebels fighting Assad…..

Pelosi Positioning To Retake The Speakership: "Can Smell A Good Midterm Election"

In a characteristically confusing and thoroughly cringe-worthy interview on Fox News over the weekend, Nancy Pelosi sat down with Chris Wallace to engage in a little "self promotion" on why she would be the best candidate for the Speaker seat in 2019.  Not surprisingly, the interview got a little confusing moments later when Pelosi seemed to imply that it's "unimportant" whether Democrats win in 2018 and/or who fills the Speaker position on the off chance they do...which we're sure makes perfect sense to Nancy.

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