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Jimmy Carter was the first president to make human rights a top priority of his foreign policy. In 1977, the State Department began issuing annual country reports. But neither Carter nor any president since has ever raised the findings of the Saudi country reports with the sitting king, Riedel says. The latest edition notes arbitrary arrests and detention of lawyers, human rights activists and political dissidents; credible allegations of torture; executions without due process; restrictions on freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and religion; and criminalization of homosexuality. Under Sharia, the kingdom’s strict Islamic law, capital criminals are beheaded publicly and, in some cases, their torsos are crucified and gibbeted as a warning to the public. … [Read more...] about Why Donald Trump and Mohammed Bin Salman Need Each Other, Even as US-Saudi Relations Fray

“This is why the late King Hussein and King Abdullah II are consistently on the record as opposing the idea and have repeatedly said that they are only willing to discuss the idea once Palestinians are genuinely independent,” he said, arguing that the idea pitched by the U.S. “is totally impossible.” … [Read more...] about Palestinian and Jordanian Leaders Reject Donald Trump’s Confederation Plan for Middle East Peace

Until that moment I would have said with absolute certainty that I was immune to such Chinese propaganda. I had seen too many of its crude falsifications, such as the doctored photographs of Mao’s funeral that had run only months earlier in the same publications that regularly showed those heroic workers. Mao’s widow, Jiang Qing, and her three principal associates had been in the front row of mourners when the photos were taken. Only a couple of weeks later, they were arrested and denounced as counter-revolutionary criminals. The Chinese media kept on publishing those funeral photos, but with Jiang and her allies ― now labeled the Gang of Four ― airbrushed out. Blurred smudges or blank spots appeared where they had been shown in the originals, while vertical rows of x’s blotted out their names in the captions. (Had anyone asked about the retouching, it’s a safe bet that Chinese authorities would have answered with the 1976 equivalent of “Of … [Read more...] about The War On Truth Didn’t Begin With Donald Trump

What we know so far: A Senate committee has voted 11-10 to advance Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor But Republican Jeff Flake - who backed Kavanaugh - has plunged proceedings into turmoil by asking for one-week delay to allow an FBI investigation President Trump has now ordered the FBI to reopen a background investigation into Kavanaugh Brett Kavanaugh tearfully defended himself against sex attack allegations to the senate committee Professor Christine Blasey Ford claimed the judge attacked her in 1982, and feared he might 'kill her' Mark Judge, who Dr Ford says was in the room, has said he will co-operate with any law enforcement agency that investigates “confidentially” Brett Kavanaugh vote - Senator Lindsey Graham says an FBI investigation would do nothing and he's voting 'Yes' … [Read more...] about Former US President George W Bush urged senators to back Donald Trump’s controversial Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh

"Trump gets up and watches 'Fox & Friends' and thinks these are his friends," Charlie Black, a longtime Republican lobbyist in Washington whose former firm advised Trump in the 1980s and 1990s, told The New Yorker. "He thinks anything on Fox is friendly. But the problem is he gets unvetted ideas." … [Read more...] about Trump Reportedly Ranks Fox News Personalities for Loyalty