2017年3月8日 星期三

WSJ 的部分美國新聞:FBI Is Probing How WikiLeaks Obtained CIA Spy Tools...




Discount Business Class? Thank JetBlue A9

The airline’s Mint service is gaining fans and forcing American and Delta to lower business fares between New York and Los Angeles, Scott McCartney writes.



WikiLeaks’s New Damage A10

Its latest leaks expose U.S. cyber tools against terror networks.

FBI Is Probing How WikiLeaks Obtained CIA Spy Tools A1

The FBI is looking into the leak of a trove of hacking tools apparently used by the CIA, and the initial focus is likely to fall on contractors the spy agency hired, according to people familiar with the matter.



A Plan B for the GOP: Raise Warren Buffett’s Taxes A2

Republicans need a plan B in case their tax overhaul fails. Greg Ip suggests one devised by a liberal and a conservative economist that would slash the corporate rate and tax shareholders more heavily.

2017年3月7日 星期二

特朗普的監聽指控威脅美政府體制Omaha’s Answer to Costly Potholes? Go Back to Gravel Roads A Conspiracy Theory’s Journey From Talk Radio to Trump’s Twitter Repeal of Health Law Faces a New Hurdle: Older Americans

Omaha’s Answer to Costly Potholes? Go Back to Gravel Roads
 A Conspiracy Theory’s Journey From Talk Radio to Trump’s Twitter
 Repeal of Health Law Faces a New Hurdle: Older Americans

FBI局長否認奧巴馬監聽特朗普
但特朗普卻站在右翼網站Breitbart新聞一邊,不接受FBI局長的反駁。同時,民主黨仍然在推動調查特朗普團隊與俄羅斯的關係。


FT社評:特朗普的監聽指控威脅美政府體制
特朗普的“監聽指控”如果不能給出來源和證據,只會破壞人們對美國政府體制的信任,危美美國這個國家的運轉。


2017年3月4日 星期六

The New Spike, a novel, 2017

Trump's wiretapping claim wasn't based on nothing.

He's wrong on details, but the Trump campaign was probably being monitored.
FORTUNE.COM


1988年,台北皇冠文化翻譯The Spike (novel 1980):獨家陰謀,
絕對值得重版/重讀......
"特朗普說奧巴馬下令竊聽川普大廈電話,........"
The Borowitz Report: The President, still wearing his bathrobe after what was reportedly a sleepless night, personally supervised the tin-foil installation.


After the installation was complete, Trump ordered the Secret Service to…
NEWYORKER.COM

In tweeting accusations that former President Barack Obama ordered surveillance of his campaign, President Donald J. Trump potentially made public the existence of Top Secret wiretaps – a move that would be a federal crime, if performed by anyone other than the commander-in-chief.

2017年3月3日 星期五

Sergey Kislyak. The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia. Donald J. Trump 要求調查民主黨Pelosi 等

Sessions Controversy Heightens Trump's Feeling of Being Under Siege

By MAGGIE HABERMAN

It was the latest unforeseen obstacle preventing the president from gaining traction after a historically bumpy first month in office.


Trump Team's Links to Russia Crisscross in Washington

By SCOTT SHANE and ANDREW E. KRAMER

A growing list of contacts between the president's associates and Russia is drawing increasing scrutiny, a furor that Mr. Trump called a "total witch hunt."



Let’s start at the top and move outward through Trump’s network.





An overview of the reported connections.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM|作者:PHILIP BUMP




Democrats were aghast after learning Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice, as a senator, with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. without telling Congress at his confirmation hearing – but it turns out Sergey Kislyak is no stranger to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.8 hours ago

Sessions not alone: Russian ambassador also met with numerous ...

www.foxnews.com/.../sessions-not-alone-russian-ambassador-also-met-with-numerous-d...






白宮本週證實,川普的女婿庫什納在去年12月參加了前國家安全顧問弗林與俄羅斯大使在川普大廈進行的會面。當時,歐巴馬政府正準備對俄羅斯進行制裁,並公開莫斯科干涉美國大選的情報。


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I hearby demand a second investigation, after Schumer, of Pelosi for her close ties to Russia, and lying about it.


The Democratic House leader sat with the Russian ambassador and other…
WWW.POLITICO.COM


2017年3月1日 星期三

Jefferson Sessions failed to disclose two 2016 meetings with Russian ambassador. Donald J. Trump 21小時 · Statement from President Donald J. Trump


Donald J. Trump
21小時
Statement from President Donald J. Trump
Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed to win.
The Democrats are overplaying their hand. They lost the election and now, they have lost their grip on reality. The real story is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total witch hunt!





PBS NewsHour
Sessions did not disclose those communications at his confirmation hearing when asked whether “anyone affiliated” with the campaign had contact with the Russians.


Sessions had meetings last year with more than 25 foreign ambassadors in…
PBS.ORG

Jefferson Sessions
Former United States Senator
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III is an American politician who is the 84th Attorney General of the United States. Sessions served as the junior United States Senator from Alabama from 1997 until 2017, and is a member of the Republican Party. Wikipedia
BornDecember 24, 1946 (age 70 years), Selma, Alabama, United States

觀川普首次國會演說;the Misspeller in Chief.

"A truly fortuitous series of tweets from the Misspeller in Chief."
Watch Live: President Trump’s Address to the Nation
The New York Times 平均3650人 YouTube
國家偉大可以雄辯口說?......慶祝建國250年的夢想/241年的現實



~~~蘋果日報
.......眾議院少數黨領袖裴洛西則發聲明:「總統的演說與他經營管理下的殘酷現實,徹底地不連貫。」 

川普首次國會演說重點

●移民
承諾將推出新措施「阻止可能傷害我們的移民入境」,誓言不讓美國變成「極端份子的庇護地」。與墨西哥邊境的圍牆不久後將開始興建,但未提到要讓墨國出錢。
●健保改革
呼籲國會通過法案「撤銷並取代」歐巴馬健保,承諾原已有患病的民眾不會被拒保。
●基礎建設
呼籲國會通過1兆美元預算(近31兆台幣)重建基礎設施,且要「僱美國人,買美國貨」。
●稅制
矢言推出「歷史性」改革,降低中產階級與企業負擔。
●國防與外交
誓言擊敗激進組織「伊斯蘭國」,重申「北大西洋公約組織」(NATO)的重要,但要盟國負擔更多軍費。
重申與以色列邦誼「堅不可摧」。
將提出預算進行美國史上最大規模擴軍。
●治安
稱警察與暴力受害者遭忽視,他將讓美國人重新支持他們,並對抗移民帶來的暴力問題。
資料來源:綜合外電 

川普指控與事實查核

●川普╱據美國國家科學院,我們目前移民系統每年耗費美國納稅人數十億元。
◎事實╱該報告指,移民使用公共服務增加政府支出,但透過繳稅帶來政府收入;移民後代是人口中對經濟、財政最能作出貢獻的族群之一;長期來講,移民與其後代對政府財政有正面影響。
●川普╱我們壓低F-35戰機價格,為納稅人省數百萬元。
◎事實╱川普今年1月就職,美空軍去年12月19日宣布簽下的合約中F-35已降價。
●川普╱我們會讓中產階級大量減稅。
◎事實╱減稅受惠最大的是富人,「稅制政策中心」指,前1%最富有者年平均減稅21.5萬美元(約662萬台幣),約20%中產人口減稅約1010美元(約3.1萬台幣)。
●川普╱據司法部數據,911後絕大多數在美犯下恐怖主義相關罪行者,都是境外來的。
◎事實╱絕大多數官方資訊顯示,這些人逾半於美國出生。
資料來源:美聯社 



【桂家齊╱綜合外電報導】川普在國會演說中強調「美國優先」,據媒體報導,川普政府為捍衛美國主權,未來恐無視「世界貿易組織」(WTO)判決,僅捍衛有利於美國的貿易政策。
《金融時報》前天報導,根據一份周三要提交國會的美國政府報告,川普將在貿易政策上,全力捍衛美國主權。任何被視為有害美國利益的WTO判決,都將被川普政府忽視,報告指出:「自從美國獨立以來,我國的基本原則就是,只有美國政府制定的規則與法律才能規範美國公民,而不是由外國政府或國際機構(規範美國人)。」

同樣看過此報告的《華爾街日報》也稱,川普政府未來在貿易政策上將比前任歐巴馬政府,更堅決捍衛美國主權。
川普前天演說中雖未提及要對抗WTO規則,但他提出目前許多國家對美國進口商品課重稅,像美國出口的哈雷機車在至少一個國家被課100%進口關稅。外界認為,川普暗示將支持共和黨眾議員提出課徵20%邊境稅計劃。 

對此,美國新上任商務部長羅斯(Wilbur Ross)予以否認:「他(川普)只是提出這個問題需要解決,點出美國遭不公平對待。」
對於美國可能課徵邊境稅,日本首相安倍晉三的顧問西村康稔昨表示,日本將在與美國進行經濟對話時告訴對方,對進口商品開徵邊境稅不應違反WTO規則。
針對川普演說時提到中國加入WTO後,美國關了6萬家工廠。中國外交部發言人耿爽昨重申,「中美經貿關係的本質是互利共贏」。 

"Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity. Thank you."...Senators wish Trump had stuck to honoring fallen Navy SEAL

特朗普国会首讲 自信依旧爆棚
上任40天之际,美国总统特朗普当地时间28日在华盛顿首次向国会参众两院发表演说,显示信心和战斗精神,在他的选战言论和未来政府议事日程之间搭建桥梁。以下是演讲要点。






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Senators from both parties said Pres. Donald J. Trump should not have commented on the success of the Yemen raise during his address to Congress - instead simply honoring the U.S. Navy SEAL who died during the mission.





昨天鏡頭下的"遺孀"相,Trump總統說。"破紀錄"的長鼓掌 (他很得意自己的演出).....


He said it’s the kind of thing that could make Trump a two-term president.

"Ryan died as he lived: a warrior, and a hero – battling against terrorism and securing our nation," Pres. Donald J. Trump said as he gave his first address to joint session of Congress. "Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity. Thank you."