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Three names were mysteriously removed from a U.S. intelligence report blaming the Saudi crown prince for the grisly murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
The long-awaited report was published Friday afternoon identifying the Saudis responsible for Khashoggi's assassination, but it was soon taken down without explanation and replaced with another version that had removed the names of three individuals previously identified as complicit in the Oct. 2, 2018, murder, reported CNN.
<p>The switch went largely unnoticed after the Biden administration announced that crown price Mohammed bin Salman would not face sanction or other punishment, despite the Office of the Director of National Intelligence making clear that he was directly responsible for the U.S.-based journalist's murder.</p><p>The DNI's office declined to say why the initial version of the report had been removed and then replaced with the names of three men intelligence services had concluded had been directly involved in the killing.</p><p>"We put a revised document on the website because the original one erroneously contained three names which should not have been included," the DNI's office said in a statement.</p>
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Morning Joe nails 'Ivy League brats' Cruz and Hawley for their 'man of the people' act at CPAC
March 01, 2021
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough launched into a lengthy tirade on Monday morning focused on Republican Senators Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley and Tom Cotton for railing at the "elitist" Ivy League educations of liberals and "country club Republicans' when all three hold multiple degrees from those same institutions.
Calling them "Ivy League brats," the "Morning Joe" host nailed all three lawmakers for attempting to play "man of the people" before the CPAC crowd.
"It's so funny," the MSNBC host began after sharing clips from the conservative conference. "These anti-elitists as they like to call themselves. just in those opening clips, which were chosen, well, for the fact that you had two people who were seditionists there. One person [Hawley] that was talking about tearing down statues when of course his party destroyed, tried to destroy the United States Constitution and tried to disrupt the peaceful transition of power."
"First you had Ted Cruz, Mr. Anti-Elitist who went to Princeton and Harvard," he continued. "Then you had Josh Hawley, Mr. Anti-Elitist who went to Princeton -- or who went to Yale and then Stanford. And Tom Cotton, poor guy, he can't even get close to Washington because they're tearing things up. 300 of your supporters in jail now, Tom Cotton, Harvard boy."
"And you have Donald Trump again, Mr. Populist, who not only went to an Ivy League school but now lives at a country club and Ted Cruz saying 'country club Republicans,'" he added. "No, you are in fact, your guy that you worship, that you kowtow to, that insults your wife, insults your father's memory, and accused your father of being a murderer, you still worship him. Even though he says your father killed JFK and he attacks your wife. You said the Democrats are country club types. No, your guy not only lives at a country club, he owns a country club."
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'Nutty' Katrina Pierson ridiculed after announcing possible congressional run: 'She has a lot of baggage'
March 01, 2021
Katrina Pierson is planning to enter a crowded Republican primary field for the vacant congressional seat that had been held by Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), who died last month from the coronavirus.
Pierson, a Tea Party activist who served as Donald Trump's 2016 campaign spokeswoman was a top adviser to his unsuccessful re-election bid, plans to file for the GOP primary in a district where she does not currently live, and sources told The Hill that she was expected to receive the former president's endorsement.
<p>"There is a lot of excitement about my potential candidacy, and I am honored to have so much local support," Pierson told the website. "As a proven conservative fighter, from my home state of Texas, I remain committed to furthering the America First agenda. I was with <a href="https://thehill.com/people/donald-trump" target="_blank">President Trump</a> long before the historic escalator ride, and I remain with him still. I will make my final decision within the next 48 hours."</p><p>Her potential candidacy was not met with universal approval.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Here we go. All the nuts will be surfacing.<br/>— Marian Feldman (@diamondlil59) <a href="https://twitter.com/diamondlil59/status/1366288675164868609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Why can't they just go the hell away<br/>— BombsAwayPodCast (@BombsAwayPodC) <a href="https://twitter.com/BombsAwayPodC/status/1366288955327488002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Pierson better check she doesn't have any outstanding arrest warrants first.<br/>— push to activate (@onehumanbean) <a href="https://twitter.com/onehumanbean/status/1366291046750117889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">These folks just LOVE losing.<br/>— John C. Sinclair (@JohnCSinclair) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCSinclair/status/1366217351750971392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">She will have to run against three other solid candidates, one of them Ron Wright's wife. She has a lot of baggage, some of it already outlined on the thread, but she's also a convicted shoplifter.<br/>— Cindy (@NelwynToes) <a href="https://twitter.com/NelwynToes/status/1366227639246151685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">All anyone ever needs to know about Katrina Pierson: <a href="https://t.co/MI10NHMq18">pic.twitter.com/MI10NHMq18</a><br/>— Wallace Ritchie (@WallaceRitchie) <a href="https://twitter.com/WallaceRitchie/status/1366217159903301632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Lord help us all.<br/>— Democracy Lives (@KGlikes8645) <a href="https://twitter.com/KGlikes8645/status/1366222778752450561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Well, I hear it's hard for them to get employed elsewhere?...<br/>— Peter Lichota (@DrSpockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrSpockets/status/1366227766480429056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">She couldn't get a job in the Trump Administration. She is as nutty as the rest<br/>— Beangirl723 (@Celinabean723) <a href="https://twitter.com/Celinabean723/status/1366223570871980032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Seems poetic that she would run for a seat vacated by someone that the administration she supported helped to kill. Trump knew Covid-19 was airborne and deadly in Jan2020. Remember Dr Atlas?...the herd immunity kook Trump relied upon versus Dr Fauci?<br/>— JustTheFactsMa'am (@PByronGT) <a href="https://twitter.com/PByronGT/status/1366236091112685571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"> <a href="https://t.co/jQ57ckhlxU">pic.twitter.com/jQ57ckhlxU</a><br/>— Jess Balzer (@jessicajbalzer) <a href="https://twitter.com/jessicajbalzer/status/1366287572335386631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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