‘Clinton Body Count’ trends on Twitter, establishment blames Russia

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Americans waking up to check Twitter were greeted with the trending hashtag “#ClintonBodyCount.” Referencing a long-running conservative conspiracy theory, its re-emergence has of course been blamed on ‘Russian bots.’

The hashtag is familiar to anyone immersed in the murkier ends of American right-wing culture: think late night talk radio and dog-eared copies of ‘None Dare Call it Conspiracy’ passed around backwoods militia meetings.

Coined by writer and conspiracy theorist Danny Casolaro in the late 1980s, the phrase has since been used by conservatives to link the mysterious deaths of people in some way connected to Bill and Hillary Clinton, like the 1993 suicide of White House Deputy Counsel Vince Foster, and the fatal armed robbery of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich in 2016.

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Jeffrey Epstein found ‘injured & semiconscious’ with suspicious marks on neck in jail cell

Adding to the mystery, Casolaro himself committed suicide in 1991, while working on a story supposedly involving an international cabal.

The hashtag broke into the mainstream on Thursday, trending at number three in the US. Its emergence came after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was found“injured and in a fetal position” on the floor of his New York jail cell just hours before. An associate of Bill Clinton, Epstein is currently facing up to 45 years in prison on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking, with some of his alleged victims as young as 14.

Twitter sleuths joined the dots:

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To some, the hashtag had nothing to do with a decades-old right-wing horror story. To an army of establishment bugmen, its sudden reappearance was the work of, surprise, surprise – “Russian bots.” The Democrat version of the conspiracy theory goes that Russian President Vladimir Putin was so incensed by the knockout testimony given by former special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday that he cranked up the output of his “troll farms” and swamped Twitter with the hashtag as a distraction.

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Except the hole in that theory is that no amount of sneaky Russian meddling is needed to distract from Mueller’s testimony. Stammering through answers, seemingly forgetting key details from his report, and declining to answer any questions outside its scope, Mueller did a pretty good job deflating the expectations of Democrats hoping for some new ‘Russiagate’ revelations.

With the left and the right fighting an infowar forcontrol of the hashtag, one commenter summed up the state of the debate. “#ClintonBodyCount is trending… Watch for people trying extra hard to convince you they know things they don’t today.”

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…’NOT FAMILIAR’ WITH FUSION GPS?… ‘CAN’T GET INTO’ PROF WHO SPIED ON PAPADOPOULOS, LIED TO FBI…Robert Mueller Testifies on Trump-Russia Report Findings

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 29: Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on May 29, 2019 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

By Joshua Caplan

Former special counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday is testifying before Congressional lawmakers regarding his investigation into now-debunked criminal conspiracy between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. Mueller will testify publicly at 8:30 a.m. EST before the House Judiciary Committee and at noon EST before the House Intelligence Committee.

Mueller has said that he will not stray beyond what’s already been revealed in his 448-page  report. The Justice Department has instructed Mueller to stay strictly within those parameters, giving him a formal directive to point to if he faces questions he does not want to answer.

On Tuesday, Democrats on the House judiciary and intelligence panels granted his request to have his top aide in the investigation, Aaron Zebley, sit at the table with him. Zebley is not expected to be sworn in for questioning by the judiciary panel.

President Trump slammed the hearings ahead of Mueller’s testimony, writing on social media that “Democrats and others” are attempting to fabricate a crime and blame it on “a very innocent President.”

“Why didn’t Robert Mueller investigate the investigators?” the president tweeted.

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Wednesday’s first hearing before the House Judiciary Committee will focus on whether the president illegally obstructed justice by attempting to seize control of Mueller’s investigation. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney and General Rod Rosenstein, citing the special counsel’s findings, ruled the president did not commit obstruction of justice during the two-year-long investigation that cost taxpayers over $25 million.

The afternoon hearing before the House intelligence committee will dive into purported ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

Many House Democrats hope Mueller’s testimony will re-energize efforts to impeach the president, though some political observers believe that is unlikely to occur. Today’s hearings come one week after the House voted 332-95 to table a resolution calling for impeachment brought by Rep. Al Green. (D-TX).

**Follow all of the events on the Breitbart News Live Wire below. All times in eastern.**

11:24 AM — Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge tweets:

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11:23 AM — Exchange between Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) and Robert Mueller regarding former NSA advisor Michael Flynn:

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11:20 AM — Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) to Robert Mueller: “Did other witnesses lie to you?”

Robert Mueller replies“I think there are probably a spectrum of witnesses in terms of those who are not telling the full truth or those who are outright liars.”

11:19 AM — Rep. Guy Reschenthaler R-PA rips Robert Mueller:

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11:11 AM — 2020 White House hopeful and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg comments on Mueller’s testimony:

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11:08 AM —  Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) asks Robert Mueller: “Were you ever fired as special counsel?” 

Robert Mueller replies “No” and later says he was allowed to complete his probe unencumbered.

11:00 AM — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asks Robert Mueller: “You found evidence that the president engaged in efforts to encourage witnesses not to cooperate with the investigation.” 

Robert Mueller replies: “That’s correct.”

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10:54 AM — Rep. Tom McClintock (D-CA) says Robert Mueller dropped a  “paper sack” on “fire” at Congress’s doorstep with his report.

Robert Mueller replies: “I don’t think you’ll review a report that is as thorough, as fair, as consistent.”

10:52 AM — Fail by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA):

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I’m on the Edge of My Seat 😂

Published on Jul 24, 2019

Don Nebes
Imagine that! Mock hearings with mock questions by mock congress people.

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Yuri Orloff
Guy in a pink suit from the Pee Wee Herman collection wanting to be taken seriously.

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Mike Scott
We, the people, need to sue the 💩 out of the Dems and pursue both Clinton and Obama to be locked up. I grant you that this has been entertaining but, the hypocrisy can and should only go so far.

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JJ Rodzilla
Why is avenatti free? He belongs in prison.

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A King
This is so painful. I can’t believe the dems have dragged this out for over two years.

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4 gauge
Trump is the Road-Runner and the demotards are the coyote,I always thought these cartoons were just for fun,but I can see these cartoons are becoming quite real.

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FinnMoon Ratzo
THE DOG AND PONY SHOW CONTINUES!!! 😆🤡🤡🤪😜😆🤡🤡

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terry gunderson
The nuance of obstruction of justice??? You need a crime to warrant obstruction. Acting up, because you are falsely accused, is not obstruction.

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Richard Ratynski
Is it just me, or is Don Lemonhead wearing lipstick now? Not surprised.

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Pat D
The president actually uses these clowns a campaign workers. They have actually helped drive his approval ratings to their highest point. We need a meme of all the presidents haters doing their horrible shows wearing MAGA hats.

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Tim Jones
Lemonhead: “The most anticipated hearing in decades” No Don, that will be when you and the rest of the traitors on the left have to stand trial for treason! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😬😬😬😬😬💪💪💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

BERNIE’S GULAG: Sanders Campaign Intimidates and Interrogates Campaign Staff, a Federal Complaint Alleges

By Shane Trejo

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who bills himself the socialist man of the people running for the Democratic nomination for President in 2020, has been hit with a federal labor complaintalleging that his campaign is engaging in abusive practices against its workers.

The complaint was made to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on July 19, filed by an anonymous individual from Indiana. The charges have not been made public at the present time, but the docket released by the board on July 22 indicates that the Sanders campaign may have committed as many as five violations of the National Labor Relations Act.

The NLRB will ultimately determine whether or not these allegations have any merit. The Sanders campaign is also accused in the complaint of illegally firing a worker, modifying a labor contract unlawfully, and disciplining a worker excessively. It appears Sanders isn’t even waiting until he’s President to institute a Gulag!

Sanders has come under fire in other ways for his campaign’s poor labor practices as well. After pushing the idea for a $15-an-hour minimum wage nationally, it was revealed that he didn’t pay his own staffers that same wage in many cases.

“Many field staffers are barely managing to survive financially, which is severely impacting our team’s productivity and morale,” the union representing Sanders’ campaign staff wrote in a letter issued to campaign manager Faiz Shakir. “Some field organizers have already left the campaign as a result.”

After the details of the negotiations were leaked to the press, Sanders commented against them in caustic comments that made the socialist egalitarian seem more like a penny-pinching fat cat.

“It does bother me that people are going outside of the process and going to the media,” Sanders said. “That is really not acceptable. It is really not what labor negotiations are about, and it’s improper.”

Sanders eventually capitulated after receiving widespread scrutiny regarding his campaign’s disingenuous labor practices:

Unfortunately for Sanders, that isn’t the only humiliating hypocrisy he has to worry about. The Indianapolis office of the labor board will hold a preliminary investigation into the complaint filed against the Sanders campaign in the upcoming weeks. Lawyers for the board will decide if the claim is meritorious after the investigation takes place, and make a final determination on whether it warrants further action.

Sanders made history when his campaign staff was the first ever to be unionized under the United Food and Commercial Workers, but his campaign is showing that union labor is inefficient and difficult to manage. Sanders’ beleaguered campaign is ironically providing the nation with a teachable moment about economics.

DEEP FAKE? INTERNET CLAIMS RBG DIDN’T ACTUALLY ATTEND SCOTUS FUNERAL

Deep Fake? Internet Claims RBG Didn't Actually Attend SCOTUS Funeral

Technology’s high level of sophistication making people question everything

JULY 23, 2019

Internet users are claiming a video showing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attending the funeral of late Justice John Paul Stevens is a deep fake.

After RBG was MIA for several months due to surgery, the web went wild with rumors the SCOTUS elder could be terminal or worse.

Now, even C-SPAN footage of one of Ginsburg’s rare public appearances is being scrutinized.

Check out the video below:

While many are claiming the video showing a rather decrepit Ginsburg near the casket is a deep fake due to people passing in front of Justice John Roberts, the video appears to be authentic and not a re-edit according to our analysis.

With deep fakes becoming more realistic and sophisticated by the day, it’s no wonder people are questioning their own eyes, but we predict this is merely one of many deep fake controversies to come.

COMEY’S WHITE HOUSE SPY WORKS FOR BUZZFEED & CNN

Comey's White House Spy Works For Buzzfeed & CNN

Deep State’s revolving door relationship with mainstream media continues

By Kelen McBreen

A report released Monday exposed the fact that former FBI Director James Comey conducted a “covert operation” against President Trump by placing a spy in the White House in 2017.

Initially, the identity of the spy was unknown, but now, testimony from an anonymous National Security Council official claims Buzzfeed employee and CNN contributor Anthony Ferrante is the FBI agent Comey planted.

Sources familiar with the DOJ Inspector General’s report into FBI misconduct said, “In addition to adding notes of his meetings and phone calls with Trump to the official FBI case file, Comey had an agent inside the White House who reported back to FBI headquarters about Trump and his aides, according to other officials familiar with the matter.”

Ferrante didn’t work at the White House long, as Paul Sperry reports: “The agent, Anthony Ferrante, who specialized in cybercrime, left the White House around the same time Comey was fired and soon joined a security consulting firm, where he contracted with BuzzFeed to lead the news site’s efforts to verify the Steele dossier, in connection with a defamation lawsuit.”

FBI counterintelligence agent and lawyer Mark Wauck said Comey had no precedent to spy on the Trump administration.

“They had no probable cause against Trump himself for ‘collusion’ or espionage,” Wauck stated. “They were scrambling to come up with anything to hang a hat on, but had found nothing.”

Ferrante is far from the first Deep State operative to be employed by mainstream media outlets, as Infowars has pointed out in the past.

In fact, following Trump’s election, a mass exodus of intelligence operatives took place and many of them went on to work with left-wing media outlets.

Josh CampbellJames ClapperJohn BrennanMichael HaydenPhillip Mudd and Clint Wattsare just SOME of the former members of the CIA, NSA, FBI, and other agencies to join MSM.

Operation Mockingbird is alive and operating, which is why President Trump is right when he says Fake News is the enemy of the people.

Bernie Comes Clean!

Published on Jul 23, 2019

Tom Schrein
When I entered the workforce in the early 1970s minimum wage was 2.10 per hour. I want reparations!

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Richard August Autistic Christian MGTOW
Kamala Harris – Cannot Understand Normal Thinking.

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Reck ed
Facts may not care about your feelings, but Democrats don’t care about facts. They are absolutely batshit crazy. All of them.

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David N
This is shaping up to be an even easier win for Trump in 2020.

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Joseph Rosario
CNN…doing actual news… CNN asking real questions and not race baiting…??? What witchcraft is this???

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kopfgeldjagar
The only people clapping for someone saying “Minimum wage should be $20” are people that don’t have the slightest clue how econimics work.

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Sattler
Thank you for your videos Mark! America needs debunking fake news videos as well as humor! Thanks for doing both in one!

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John Bolton
The government that robs Peter to pay Paul will always have a friend in Paul. – George Bernard Shaw

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Orangeman Bad
These CNN reporters have not been trained on how to ask softball questions. 😂

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DeepenedDelusion
If you want to find true love, find someone who looks at you like Bernie Sanders looks at your paycheck.

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PIGGY WIGGY
spending other people’s money is real easy coz it’s not your money 💸💸💸

Hell freezes over? New York Times wants closer relationship with Russia, congratulates Trump

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The New York Times’ editorial board, fresh from peddling anti-Russia conspiracies for two years, has made a remarkable about-turn. Now the paper wants closer relations with the Kremlin, all to thwart China’s ambitions.

‘Russiagate’ has maintained an iron grip on American political discourse for two years now, even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report cleared President Donald Trump of conspiring with the Kremlin to steal the 2016 US election. In the media, the public has been treated to nightly conspiracy theories and bizarre connect-the-dots articles claiming to prove collusion; and lawmakers have crafted ever more draconian sanctions bills against Russia and have slotted opposition to Russia into their campaign messages.

Meanwhile, Moscow and Beijing have looked to each other, holding joint military exercises and upping their trade volume to more than $100 billion in 2018. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev recently announced plans to build a new, 2,000km-long highway linking Europe and China, while President Vladimir Putin has been mulling connecting Russia’s Northern Sea Route with China’s Maritime Silk Road, an ambitious global trade route linking China with ports in Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.

The idea of closer Moscow/Beijing cooperation clearly worries the New York Times’ editorial board. In an op-edpublished on Sunday, the board wrote that “President Trump is correct to try to establish a sounder relationship with Russia and peel it away from China” – itself a remarkable compliment from a paper that ran op-eds titled “Donald Trump Hates America,” and “Trump is Racist to the Bone” in the last five days.

The board then suggested that the US could strengthen its cooperation with Russia in space exploration and Arctic cleanup – areas untainted by ‘Russiagate’. In addition, new arms control treaties could be a step towards geopolitical cooperation between the two rival superpowers.

All valid and worthy points, but from the New York Times? Yes, we’re talking about the same newspaper that last year called Trump a “treasonous traitor” ahead of his meeting with Putin in Helsinki. Instead of seeking rapprochement then, the paper argued that Trump should “be directing all resources at his disposal to punish Russia.” 

We’re talking about the same New York Times that dubbed Trump “Putin’s Lackey” and released a mocking videodetailing a ‘love story’ between Trump and Putin, laden with homoerotic overtones and culminating in a tongue-locking kiss between the two leaders. It’s funny because they’re gay, see?

The piece surprised many, like pundit George Szamuely, who wrote that Washington has demonized Russia and blamed it for every problem besetting [the] US,” while the Times “has for years berated Trump for advocating this perfectly sensible policy, at times suggesting that he was doing so only because he was Putin’s agent and a traitor to the United States.”

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Bear in mind that the Times’ editorial board does not hold the same opinions as its revolving cast of op-ed writers. Still, for a newspaper whose writers almost unanimously despise the US president, Sunday’s op-ed represents a shocking repudiation of two years of anti-Russia, anti-Trump static.

Perhaps the outlet that often voiced the ideas of the American establishment has finally realized that the ‘Russiagate’ horse is too long dead for another flogging? Or maybe the Times saw it’s time for a new kind of politics: the politics of Detente. Either way, the change is a surprising one.

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