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CCP Propaganda Seeks to Undermine European Unity, Experts Say

China now considers a politically fragmented Europe to be among its core interests, according to Andrew Small, a senior fellow for the German Marshall Fund think tank.

“I think that has been one of the big shifts on the Chinese side [in recent years],” Small said during a June 15 hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC).
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Small said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, views European unity to be a threat to its interests. CCP leader Xi Jinping is determined to isolate European nations and encourage them to break away from working with the United States against the regime, Small said.
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While many European nations are wary of getting involved in the U.S.-China rivalry, Small said, their hope for robust engagement with China cratered after Xi’s visit to Moscow in March. There, he and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to unite to create change in the international system that “hasn’t happened in 100 years.”
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“The European Council meeting that took place after the Xi Jinping trip to Moscow was characterized by real concern on the part of European leaders about what the trajectory of China-Russia relations actually was.”

Small said the CCP had determined that its relationship with Russia was more important than ties with the European Union (EU) for fulfilling its military, political, and ideological goals.
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Whereas previous overseas propaganda efforts focused on portraying China as a great nation and Xi as a wonderful leader, new propaganda efforts seek to undermine the international order.

Throughout the EU, [Ivana Karaskova, a fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies] said, new CCP propaganda outlets were targeting fringe political groups and candidates on both the extreme left and right, and encouraging them to distrust their own governments and reject international institutions.

RFK Jr. Says He’s ‘Aware’ of Possibility CIA Could Assassinate Him

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he has to “be careful” in the midst of his 2024 campaign, seemingly making note of the deaths of his uncle and father.

In light of the assassination deaths of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy in the 1960s, podcast host Joe Rogan asked the younger Kennedy about what he might do if he were elected president. As a longtime proponent of the theory that the CIA killed former President Kennedy, he responded by saying: “I gotta be careful.”

“I’m aware of that, you know, I’m aware of that danger. I don’t live in fear of it—at all. But I’m not stupid about it, and I take precautions,” he said. JFK, he added, often spoke of being “at war” with the military-industrial complex, a term that was popularized by former President Dwight Eisenhower in 1961 when he warned about what he described as collusion between defense companies and the federal government.

RFK Jr. also said that intelligence agencies in the early 1960s were trying to “trick” JFK into launching military excursions in Vietnam and Cuba. That came before his uncle proclaimed he must splinter the CIA into “thousands of pieces” and “scatter it into the winds” after the Bay of Pigs incident.
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However, a recent HarrisX poll shows that he’s behind President Joe Biden by about 40 percentage points.

Reports have indicated that Kennedy, however, could win New Hampshire’s Democrat primary after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) named South Carolina the first primary state. It’s because Biden’s name likely won’t appear on the state’s primary ballot, leaving Kennedy and self-help author Marianne Williamson to vy for the state’s nomination.
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On May 8, Kennedy wrote on Twitter that Biden should release all government records in connection to the assassination, claiming that the White House “is still keeping thousands of pages heavily redacted, including 44 pages related to a shadowy CIA agent and a covert program that had contact with Lee Harvey Oswald just months before my uncle was killed.”

 I guess he's suspecting he could soon become another victim of his family's deadly tradition. Well, I can't blame him for that. The CIA loves to get rid of politicians according to papers exposed on Fox News, clearly pointing the finget at the Agency.

Ex-NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Hit With Historic Fine for Misuse of Public Funds

Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been fined roughly $475,000 for misusing public funds during his failed presidential campaign.
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“Between May 2019 and September 2019, while serving as Mayor, Respondent was a candidate for President of the United States,” the board wrote in issuing the June 15 order (pdf). “During this time, Respondent had the City pay the travel expenses for an NYPD [New York Police Department] security detail to accompany Respondent or his spouse on 31 out-of-state trips in connection with his presidential campaign.”

De Blasio’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination lasted only four months before he called it quits. But in that time, he managed to rack up $319,794.20 in travel-related costs for the city, including airfare, car rentals, meals, accommodations, and other incidentals.

The board also said de Blasio was warned prior to the launch of his campaign that using his security detail for out-of-state travel related to his presidential campaign would constitute a violation of the law.

But as the mayor ultimately disregarded that advice, the board fined de Blasio $5,000 for each out-of-state trip—$155,000 total—and ordered him to reimburse the city for the misspent funds.

Federal Judge Issues Order on Trump’s Classified Documents Case

“On or before June 16, 2023, all attorneys of record and forthcoming attorneys of record shall contact the Litigation Security Group of the U.S. Department of Justice, if they have not done so already, to expedite the necessary clearance process for all team members anticipated to participate in this matter, and thereafter file a Notice of Compliance” no later than June 20, Cannon wrote.

Over the past week, Cannon has faced significant pressure and criticism from mainstream media outlets, claiming that because she was appointed by Trump, the judge would act in a biased manner that favors the former commander-in-chief. Some Democratic lawmakers, too, called on the judge to recuse herself in the case.
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Cannon, 42, was appointed by Trump in November 2020. She was randomly selected to oversee Trump’s case, which was brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith.
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He added: “The ridiculous and baseless indictment of me by the Biden administration’s weaponized department of injustice will go down as among the most horrific abuses of power in the history of our country … this vicious persecution is a travesty of justice.”
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If convicted on all the charges, Trump, who recently turned 77, could face up to 400 years in prison and nearly $9.5 million in fines. Trump’s aide, Walt Nauta, was also charged in the case, and court documents show that he is to enter his plea on June 27.

Before he was charged, Trump told Politico that he will continue running for president even if he’s convicted in the DOJ case.