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One day after several women reincarnated the narrative of "Trump as sexual predator", early on Tuesday morning President Trump slammed New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for coming to his office "begging" for donations, and as someone who "would do anything for them." Trump's attack against Gillibrand comes a day after the New York Democrat said Trump should resign from the presidency because of the renewed accusations numerous women have made against him for sexual misconduct.

Authored by Caitlin Johnstone via Medium.com,

The Washington Post, whose sole owner is both a CIA contractor and one of the wealthiest plutocrats of all time, has sent its Bezos-paid Ringwraiths after small independent reporters for having the temerity to talk about a lawsuit that had severe implications for the future of democracy in America.

A federal judge this week dismissed a class action lawsuit brought against the Democratic National Committee and its former chairwoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz. But not before confirming what was already widely suspected: That the DNC rigged the 2016 primary to favor the eventual nominee, Hillary Clinton.

Amazingly, the DNC’s attorneys never bothered refuting the lawsuit’s claim that the primary process was biased against Clinton’s rival, Bernie Sanders.

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

Now that the cheering over the French election has died down, reality will strike France and Germany like a cold bucket of water thrown in one’s face on a Winter’s day.

Germany was guaranteed to not like the result no matter who won. The final choice was between an anti-EU Marine Le Pen and a budget-comingling Emanuel Macron who needs EU treaty changes to get what he wants.

And in France, buyer’s remorse has set in. Unions are already protesting against Emmanuel Macron’s policies.

Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

Polls show close to 40% of French voters are still undecided. That’s a record total this late in the game.

In the “what if” category, two candidates proposed counting blank votes (a vote for none of the party candidates).

It’s quite possible, if not probable, that “nobody” would win in such a match-up.

Via email, Eurointelligence provides some interesting commentary.