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  • India-Russia currency swaps bypass US sanctions

    03/23/2022 10:06:05 PM PDT · by Zhang Fei · 46 replies
    Asia Times ^ | March 24, 2022 | David P. Goldman
    India and Russia will have currency swaps in place to finance trade in rupees and rubles, bypassing the US sanctions regime against Russia, the president of India’s export association told CNBC Wednesday (March 23). Several of India’s state-owned banks will execute the swaps under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India, starting as early as next week, according to A. Sakthivel, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO). Although the volumes of prospective trade to be financed under this swap arrangement are small, the India-Russia agreement, if executed, would be the first open departure from dollar-based system...
  • CBC lawmakers rip Justice Democrats for targeting black lawmakers for primaries

    07/12/2019 3:01:11 AM PDT · by SMGFan · 29 replies
    The Hill ^ | July 12, 2019
    Congressional Black Caucus members are furious at Justice Democrats, accusing the outside progressive group aligned with firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) of trying to oust lawmakers of color, specifically African-American lawmakers. Justice Democrats is backing primary challengers to eight-term Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), a Hispanic Caucus member, and 10-term Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). The insurgent group also made noise this year about challenging Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), a CBC member seen as the heir apparent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). And CBC leaders are fretting that Justice Democrats may target...
  • Breaking: Senate Judiciary Committee to Release Memo on FBI, Christopher Steele and Russia Dossier

    02/02/2018 3:40:35 PM PST · by mojito · 287 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 2/2/2018 | Christina Laila
    ...It turns out the Senate Judiciary Committee also has a memo on Christopher Steele, the FBI and Russia dossier they are working to declassify. Their memo is set to be released including FBI redactions shortly.... Paul Sperry of the New York Post reported, “BREAKING: The Senate Judiciary Committee also has a memo on Steele, the dossier and the FBI, and is working to get it declassified.” [....] As previously reported, GOP Lawmakers are seeking to make the case that the Mueller investigation and the FBI probe into Trump’s campaign was based on potentially tainted and flawed evidence connected to Hillary...
  • Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By ‘Heartbroken’ Ivanka

    04/11/2017 7:58:25 AM PDT · by markomalley · 216 replies
    NBC ^ | 4-11-17 | Alexander Smith
    Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria was influenced by his daughter, Ivanka, being "heartbroken and outraged" at the country's alleged chemical weapons attack, one of the president's sons told a British newspaper. The president launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian government air base he alleged was involved in a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians last week. Trump's 33-year-old son, Eric, told The Daily Telegraph on Monday that the strike was influenced in part by Ivanka, who he said was "heartbroken and outraged" by the chemical attack.
  • Clinton Blames Obama Camp Over Remark

    01/12/2008 8:17:26 PM PST · by TornadoAlley3 · 24 replies · 99+ views
    ap.google.com ^ | 01/12/08 | PHILLIP ELLIOTT
    RENO, NEV. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday faulted chief rival Barack Obama's campaign for twisting her comments about slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Clinton was questioned by reporters about South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn's reaction to her comments last week that seemed to suggest that President Lyndon B. Johnson should get more credit for passage of major civil rights legislation rather than King. Clyburn, in an interview in The New York Times, had expressed disappointment in the Clinton campaign over what she had said as well as former President Clinton's remark in...