Sean thomas have with us art a new report from a conservative watchdog alleges that there is a covert multimillion dollar strategy to promote liberal values in the United States in the document unmasks a scheme to push certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming Donald Trumps border wall arties it was done of comments. Whats more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would say nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media its a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because brothers have made billions and want to ensure their government doesnt limit their ability to make more conservative donor david koch as one half of the Koch Brothers came to symbolize the influence of dark money in america but you know whos even better than conservatives that slipping the bills into their protegees pockets. Democrats according to this research a group called Arabella Advisors l. L. C. Has been in the vanguard of the leftist money holes they shelter under their umbrella for nonprofit organizations by their nature they do not have to disclose who theyre getting their money from but this Research Suggests that theyve gathered a huge number of very wealthy donors some of the nations largest grant making institutions including the Rockefeller Packard and koch foundations the donors to the funds managed by arabella it remains unclear why such large and powerful institutions seek outside philanthropic consulting but presumably a significant part of our bill is appeal lies in its ability to obscure large Financial Transactions these for nonprofits have been showering and to conservative grassroots organizations with their money take this one with a name so noble calling our goal is to oppose and bring the term short list yes they get their pockets stuffed by 1633rd an offshoot of our bell advisors another group save my care has been pushing against republican attempts to repeal obamacare the president is sabotaging the system. Will be another uncertainty in health care. Remember this it led to this. War for again. Well their financial bad bone is made up by bills coming from a nother Arabella Advisors sprout the new venture fund the dark money is not a trick exclusively from the democratic playbook yes its been revealed they do outperform the conservatives when it comes to the amount spent by more than 20 percent in fact but pro republican donors. Do that too and according to the Research Media coverage is way out of balance with most outlets reserving a good bashing for the conservatives when you look at the Mainstream Media which has deservedly declining part declining viewership both the editorial and the production staff is chiefly in the anchors are chiefly democrats or democrat leaning so of course out of the Mainstream Media youre going to get that narrative reality is the independents and the rising anticorruption anticrime any party voting populace in United States is against the use of dark body is against the use of corruptly having foundations the reality is that a lot of money comes in from unions from particularly from the Public Sector unions to their favorite politicians both legally and i think illegally but there has been a rise now of dark money and dark money is bad whether its right or left leaning i mean the public has a right to know that each individuals vote counts and that it cant be swamped by the activities of partisan. Groups that are illegally sourcing and donating money so next time you see a nonprofit banner stirring up a fight for yet another democratic staple remember regardless of what side of the political spectrum would comes from its not just people but billionaires fortunes behind it to. Italian prosecutors are investigating former interior minister Matteo Salvini for inciting violence against a german rescue ship captain are being scared as the story for us. Well salvini is facing this libel case where hes being accused of inciting violence against a cap in this is a captain of a charity rescue ship in the mediterranean karolyn a racket a german citizen now back in july she had rescued 53 migrants in the mediterranean and tried to dock ship this was the sea what 3 on a tally and soil she was told no you cant do that that was one of the policies that matteo so binnie had when he was interior minister of italy and she then continued to try and dock that boat in doing so she actually rammed into a buddha control vessel and she was later arrested for that salvini at the time accused of trying to sink that patrol boat and actually accused her of an act of war she was later released then put on the house arrest and later court said that she hadnt done anything illegal or though she does still face charges of helping illegal immigration now salvini during that whole incident discussed it on twitter he said things that the captain was a criminal that she was a delinquent that poor woman had tried to kill 5 italian soldiers and this is why he is now facing this prosecution but salvini says he stands by everything that he said denounced by a german communist the drive for good immigrants to finance god. Its a model for me ill never give up. Well it is former interior minister former deputy prime minister. Is one of the countrys most popular politicians riding high in the polls mainly due to his anti immigration stance and the fact that he closed ports to Illegal Immigrants while he was in that position now the Current Coalition which is the make up of the 5 Star Movement and the left wing Democratic Party is said to be a coalition thats kind of come together to form something out of nothing and as a result many people intend that that government itself could collapse in the coming months if not the coming years but certainly many people expecting that before italys next scheduled election as a result of that the popularity of materials salvini is seen as being a thaw in the side of the Current Administration so you can imagine that theyre certainly rubbing their hands in glee at any attempts to neutralize matea salvini and neutralize the popularity. U. S. Troops have been deployed in which it shares a border with venezuela it is part of a socalled humanitarian Outreach Program led by the u. S. Air force providing services to locals but also training for military personnel it is my go to have comment. U. S. Military has returned to guyana after many years on a joint military exercise slash humanitarian mission theres nothing quite like a humanitarian mission led by guys who specialize in bombing things its like having a Drug Rehab Center run by drug lords but small details the important thing is that guyana is important guy on a sits in a strategic location on the north edge of south america and on the caribbean and the look what a coincidence it borders venezuela i mean what are the chances of that the same venezuela that has us bases all around it here here here here brazil is in tin that its open to hosting a u. S. Military base a mile and israel is like the center of a do nothing of u. S. Bases same venezuela that the u. S. Has threatened repeatedly where it is trying to spark regime change and which it is encircled with guns just in case trump decides to pull the trigger its a regime that frankly could be toppled very quickly by the military or the military. Youd think entirely surrounding nations you dont like might be a bit overkill but its the pressure the psychological pressure that matters the promise is easier when the guys youre negotiating with always have something to fear specifically about their country being burned down if they say the wrong thing and it isnt just venezuela i mean look at iran as no way to check a chewing gum wrapper without hitting the u. S. Marine on the nose which come to think of it they could well uses an excuse to invade iran few months ago trump even sent more troops to the region just in case they left an empty spot at which iran could through a chewing gum wrapper and china or for the faint of heart. One gets the impression that there are more u. S. Troops around in china than there are u. S. Troops left in the United States but dont have the map for you for america that isnt enough the us needs to develop alternative operating locations the pentagon will continue to develop new concepts build a distributed and resilient force posture and field new capabilities to counter these threats honestly the drug metaphor seems remarkably apt the pentagon recently boasted that it has luke asians in more than 160 countries absent sort of military presence in 84 percent of the countries on this planet and yet not enough they just need more crave more. 3 former security guards from the private u. S. Military contractor blackwater have had their jail sentences have for their roles in one of the most notorious chapters in the iraq war they were convicted 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians in baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the men had hoped to walk free on a technicality but the judge disagreed in the United States we hold our armed forces and our contractors accountable for their actions. Dustin herd had his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while evan liberty and paul slow were found culpable for the majority of those killed their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively the lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the men walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge jailed the men under rules governing the use of machine guns in a Violent Crime which carries a mandatory 30 year sentence but an Appeals Court rejected that 2 years ago because the men had used government issued weapons in a war zone in thursdays recent unsing the judge described the former guards as fine young men and praised their characters the massacre of iraqi civilians became one of the lasting symbols of american abuses in iraq. Under 100 earth where i thought. They were dead bodies everywhere in the city been thrown about the only 2 people and so on among the dead bodies and on the street thats a rich child who was in the middle of 7 years old of. Investigative journalist David Swanson believes that the sentences handed down to the guards were too lenient. I do think it is outrageous that the 30 year. Sentence for having a machine gun is tossed out if you got the machine gun from the Us Government what puts the u. S. Government of all the rule of law in another country halfway around the world and i think its outrageous that another law requiring 10 years for having any kind of gun was tossed out on the basis that this was a war well what made the war legal think the entire war was blatantly illegal why should having a gun with the in that illegal war legalized having that gun as part of your crime so i mean these are technicalities but they tell a larger story about what we sanction as a as a culture and Indian Space Mission has run into trouble that story and much more after a short break this is our international. Western germany that steve globalization and this came in with trump in 2016 that he the idea of monitor ization the global Central Banks cooperating to put out a currency unit of accounts that was better than gold is a 6070 year experiment that is now collapsing which is leading to dollars a synaesthete countries like russia move aggressively away from the dollar and buy gold and dig globalization simultaneously. In a world of big part of the lot and conspiracy its time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that Mainstream Media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other its time for Critical Thinking its time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. Welcome back and this is our Team International now space is cool but india has lost connection with a space probe during an attempted landing on the moons south pole Mission Control in bangalore last contact with the vic rover during the final stage of its ascent if successful india would have become the 1st country to land a probe on that the moons south pole according to the countrys space agency the trajectory deviated from the target course resulting in a hard landing the 145000000. 00 mission is called dry on to the goal was to conduct a detailed study of the moons make up including its geology and atmosphere economist william and. And believes that despite to the setback india isnt likely to push ahead with the mission until its a completion and i dont think that we can say to ferry any time any time you get this far along you had to have had certain successes to be able to get there even if you cant finish. As you know that would something that its this complicated especially this technologically complicated that you can have these kinds of setbacks and you know we should be surprised about its not like this is going to bankrupt india or anything like that i think that they will go back to the drawing board i think that theyll. Ultimately theyre going to be successful if they stick with this particular program and other words i dont think theyll be a bad it in if they were to just abandon it because of this would be one thing then you would say ok the mission has failed but i doubt thats whats going to happen i think that theyve come this far and i believe that they will just try to figure out what went wrong and then fix it like. The Us National Rifle association has been declared a Domestic Terrorist Organization by the city of San Francisco lawmakers unanimously passed in the resolution against the Gun Lobby Group which has 5 and a half 1000000 members. The National RifleAssociation Must says his considerable wealth and organizational strength to promote gun ownership and inside gun owners to acts of violence in the resolution mean San Francisco will curb any dealings with the n. R. A. Including through 3rd parties politically be n. R. A. Is largely a republican leaning group while San Francisco is a known a democratic stronghold other activist groups have found themselves in a similar situation in the u. S. Including the Left Wing Group movement. Major considerations being given to naming and an organization of terror the group that is called itself and the organization that is engaged in anonymous violent terrorism this is an extremely Violent Group should be designated as a terror group must a terror group. And the list of u. S. Activist groups either undeclared or monitored as domestic terrorists or extremists has many more names on it the f. B. I. Has long viewed radical eco and Animal Rights activists as the greatest domestic terrorism threat in the spring an f. B. I. Document revealed it was monitoring border protest groups as extremist organizations another internal f. B. I. Paper described conspiracy theorists as a new domestic terrorism threat as well former Libertarian Party executive director wes benedict told us that labeling activists as terrorists allows the authorities to stifle political debate. When you label a group a terrorist organization in america and americans are so scared of terrorists here the effect is that it chills political speech and you should have the right to advocate for something you believe in peacefully of course without the government or any government whether its since the San Francisco city council or the United States government calling you a terrorist organization politicians like to use that word they use it as an excuse to violate our Civil Liberties to spy on us and when you start labeling everything a terrorist activity of course that just that does desensitize us to real terrorism. Moscow has voiced this concern after a russian executive was detained in italy at washingtons request alexander who is showing of is a director at a key russian engine manufacturer he was arrested along with an italian director at g. E. Aviation for allegedly industrial as much as peanuts both men were detained in naples in southern italy take a look at those charges a little bit closer they are accused of conspiring to steal intellectual property belonging to g. E. Aviation relating to aircraft engine production the u. S. Justice Department Says question off one hired staffer from the firm as technical consultants those employees allegedly filed a report containing sensitive details what in reports and has said that the arrest could further harm relations between russia and the u. S. Which implies a practical this is very bad practice it complicates our bilateral relations and im not joking we often see no reason for hostile actions of this kind moreover i have every reason to believe that sometimes these actions are connected with unfair competition including in the Aerospace Industry if there is some kind of criminal activity here then its on Law Enforcement agencies that should cooperate. United states has made similar moves before arresting foreign citizens and a 3rd country chief Financial Officer of the chinese tech giant huawei was arrested in canada in december over bank fraud and washingtons request we have been getting reaction from political analysts about the latest move. This is obviously titian i think all major powers now realize that competition for technological superiority in the future will be so we will almost be decisive in major power competition the United States certainly adopts the and america 1st strategy under the sun and ministration and it is more interest in seeking and it is position rather than gauging Economic Cooperation and the expansion of say investment and so on it emphasizes the fact that high tech is a serious problem for the United States for china for russia for every country now because everyone is trying to gain action is to every other countrys high tech. And theres a tremendous competition going on and therefore the americans are saying right warning everyone you want prayer price if you in fact steal our secrets but from the american board of view its quite difficult for them to prosecute someone. In a 3rd country or gain access to the person who have been who theyre accused of stealing their high tech secrets. Or that does it for me this hour ill be back and lets say 36 minutes with another look at your news or watching or to International Stay with us. The world is driven by a dream shaped by one person. The dares thinks. We dare to ask. This is a sticker from the water bottle found in the stomach of a fish the brand is part of the Cocacola Company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that lets tell consumers there are the bad ones there the litter bugs are throwing us away industry should be blamed for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. Thats. Their plastic. 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Expressed. Today there are good terrorists and bad evidence the bad terrorists and those in yemen who the United States deems to be a threat the looked at it is those who are in syria the cia and the us military were engaged in covert actions really throughout the world. Where they were assassinating populist leaders they were backing up right Wing Military juntas funding in our mean death squads theres not any more because theres always a small income for a really good thats good for profit. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle after almost 2 decades of war an occupation American Military involvement in afghanistan appears to be winding down a deal with the taliban well see the majority of american troops leave while still allowing a sizable contingent to remain just what exactly is washingtons geo political interest to be in afghanistan with americas longest war ever and. Cross talking afghanistan im joined by my guess is our guardian in kabul he is the director of center for development and peace studies in lake jackson we cross to Daniel Mcadams he is the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute for peace and prosperity and in boston we have max abrams he is a professor of Political Science and Northeastern University as well as author of rules for rebels the science of victory in militant history all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate daniel let me go to you theyre talking about a Peace Process in afghanistan. Talks between the United States and the taliban and it not very many people are happy about it ok because either too many troops are leaving or too many troops are staying and i dont even know what this process is because the Afghan Government kabul government wasnt even involved in it i mean what is this a half a glass full half a glass empty what does it mean to you other than we need to get out of there after almost 2 decades go ahead daniel. Whats fascinating is they need a Peace Process in the white house because if you look at the fighting over this document john bolton wasnt invited to a recent meeting of top aides he wasnt even invited he was uninvited pump aoe the secretary of state refuses to sign off on the deal nobody knows what the deal looks like except his interlocutors. Carter its the white house is at war with that sofa over this policy and the president is facing a reelection where he knows this is going to be an issue on the table so you may get peace of eventually in afghanistan but youre getting more war in the white house over the war in afghanistan so its its very very confusing ive never seen a white house in this much disarray peter ok it is our let me go its go to our guest in kabul i mean a decade ago at the beginning of this decade there was a 100000 american troops in afghanistan now with this proposed plan and i dont even know why they call it peace because its not as with those troops remaining peace will not come in there is still an occupation there in the eyes of many but if we go from 100000 troops to 8500 what is the 8500 going to do the 100000 couldnt