washington sanctions on russia's north stream to gas pipelines in germany saying it's crossed a truce a line against its nato allies comes as berthing gives an angry reaction as well fronting the sanctions interference in domestic affairs. the us court rules that american spy agencies can collect data on citizens without a warrant if. the man has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after stealing and burning an l.g. flag from the us church we debate whether the time fits the crime. 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justifying his actions based upon

his particular extremist interpretation of the christian faith. either thanks for joining us this evening this is anti international. there's been a strong reaction from berlin and moscow over the latest u.s. sanctions that target north stream to the russian gas pipeline to europe that's almost complete it. we're looking very closely at the us crossing a crucial edge of foreign policy as it starts imposing sanctions which russia has already become accustomed to against its own allies we can see the intention to make europe by american liquefied gas and thus to slow the development of the continent's economy to undermine its capability of competing with the u.s.

in the global markets washington has decided that even the closest nato allies don't deserve mercy if the u.s. geo political and commercial ambitions are at stake. the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to turks stream initiated by the us congress they thanked german and european companies and are tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs we requested comment from the north stream spokesperson who told us completing the project is essential for european european supply security adding that the work will be finished as soon as possible e.u. also slammed washington's punitive measures saying it objects to any penalties against european companies that are conducting legal business comes as the main swiss contractor of nord stream 2 pulls out over washington's top penalties early r.t. saskia taylor told my colleague andrew far more about the story. but at the trumpet ministration sanctions have become

a political tool of choice in the often simply. automatic reaction to anything that the president takes issue with in this case is apparently no different because president trump has officially signed a bill which will require him to impose sanctions on any foreign companies and individuals which are involved in the building of nordstrom to no money of course no no to is a huge $11000000000.00 it's a pipeline over 1000 kilometers long running from russia to germany and essentially it's going to flood the european continent with russian gas at a faster and cheaper rate than anything else currently available on the market but since the very beginning washington has had a bit of a problem with the project the united states commands all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream to. and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they were getting from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and they knew by the way this pipeline if

completed would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund the russian military aggression. we don't want your energy suppliers to be. so many see this bill as a last ditch attempt by the us to stop trying to end its tracks the pipeline was originally due to be completed by mid 2020 but it seems they're ahead of schedule 2 weeks out from it being done in fact there are any around 60 to 70 kilometers left of the pipeline to lay now one of the many companies which will be affected by this bill is the swiss. cheese and they've been providing vessels for the construction a couple of days ago they in fact received a very aggressive you have to form the republican senator ted cruz which can only be described really as a letter of blackmail he gave them an ultimatum either you stop participating in this project or we're going to freeze all your assets in the u.k. in the u.s.

and we're going to. all of your employees from coming into the u.s. so unfortunately they count out and and have stopped all the operations america has made it clear is concerned it says about europe's energy security but of the. wild card pipelines between russia and europe run through several european countries such as poland but to russia ukraine. this means that of course that they get a very hefty transit fee for allowing these pipelines through. the baltic sea meaning that these countries will be bypassed washington maintains that this is unfair and specifically with regards to ukraine says that it's somehow politically motivated what's very important to note here is that just a few hours before the bill was signed into effect russia and ukraine decided that they would likely by the end of $29000.00 sign a new 5 year agreement on russian transit pass a value crane to europe so that completely undermines what washington saying that

somehow russia is trying to cut ukraine out of a deal and it's led many to suspect that really what washington is up to is is trying to eliminate fact competition and its dominance in the e.u. . and markets especially considering that bill also impose sanctions on another russian pipeline which is turks stream which runs through the black sea to touch so that's quite a pattern being established here while of the e.u. and u.s. standpoint on this issue couldn't be more different european countries call this an economic project that benefits everyone involved russia agrees germany 5 in particular has consistently said that european energy policy is europe's business and has asked us to stop meddling so it's probably unsurprising that these latest sanctions were not welcomed. germany's did link a party member of a solely thinks that the u.s. sanctions have done some serious damage to relationships between berlin and washington. this project is so close to completion and so crucial to the german

economy. that there will be a way and we will find a way to complete this project but of course the damage to the german american relations is down and. the idea that america is consciously imposing extra charity extraterritorial sanctions to the german economy to hurt the german consumers is now firmly implanted into germany's minds from the left to the right that is absolutely outraged by the actions of the u.s. government because in germany frankly some parts of the governing party are very close to the u.s. government but they are by this decision because they know the importance of russian gas supply to the entire german economy. america's spy agencies are permitted to gather information on citizens without

a warrant in certain situations the u.s. court of appeals has ruled that this can happen if they non-national use legitimately being monitored abroad makes contact with an american case was brought by an american citizen arrested in 20 love and he pleaded guilty to attempting to give material support to a terrorist organization however he questioned whether it was legal for the n.s.a. to collect information on him without a warrant or intelligence official and whistleblower william binney told us that the ruling does not reveal anything new. it does it made no difference at all it was all under executive order or 123 section $23.00 c. which they used that been signed. into effect since the reagan years the reagan presidency so they've been using that and so the as they were and also the use the excuse that they are unable to separate their data and that as an outright lie to so they've been lying to the courts are wrong and they've had the capability to sort that stuff out it just they don't want to because it gives them power over

everyone the ability to look into political opponents like they did the president drop the n.s.a.'s illegal mass phone and internet surveillance on its own citizens as a veil back in 2013 by edward snowden a former contractor of the agency he's wanted in the u.s. for leaking classified information but was granted asylum by russia. the alphabet soup of government agencies was it carrying out all kinds of wild spying and violations of privacy it was all pretty clearly a violation of the us constitution or that meant it offers protection from unreasonable search and seizure however at the time the n.s.a.

tried to fight back pretty hard does the n.s.a. collect any type of data. on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir. it does not. not wittingly 7 years on u.s. federal courts have ruled that edward snowden the whistleblower who feel this apparatus of surveillance won't be able to make any money from the book that he just published the ruling argues that edward snowden violated his contract with the cia and the n.s.a. because he didn't submit his book for prepublication review who don't want to see books linked to skip written especially don't want to see books like this get rid of from it is still pursuing that case quite strongly they're more focused on that the financial censorship side of it this court ruling comes as federal courts have

also ruled that it is now acceptable to monitor the communications of americans with a quote foreign interest without any procedure or warrant so while u.s. courts have ruled that it is now acceptable to continue carrying out practices once considered to be scandalous they have come down pretty hard on the man who revealed the. practices to the public so do americans even remember edward snowden we decided to ask new yorkers can you tell us who edward snowden is no he doesn't ring any bells hope it word snowden i don't know edward snowden is. it's. way to 2nd snowden is not the. not the bricks that guy adam he is the wiki leaks not like the wiki leaks guy but the guy who was working for the government here and is over in russia now now that he leaked some information he leaves office. basically the government spying on us and watching of our things and

gave a detailed report as to what the government's doing yes there was massive outrage back in 2013 when this was 1st revealed but it seems that sense then this is all becoming part of the new normal in the united states what was wiretapping of civilians will continue in the united states and american leaders will also continue to boast that they have the freest country in the world we're going to do we assume they're it's an admission that the and this is incapable of collect the only targeted data of a large firearms that they're monitoring so i mean to me that now is not a problem even in the 99 we could have done that but they decided not to do that they wanted to collect everything but they're not saying here is that the cia the f.b.i. and the d.e.a.'s other law enforcement people have access to that data to search for common crime in the united states and they use it against u.s. citizens. in criminal courts without the without telling the coup or anybody else

in the court larisa included so they're fundamentally violating the rights of those of us citizens every year and they do this without any oversight whatsoever even though the tempter the know are saying to us in the united states they believe the intelligence these is any good anyway it's just it's over look a conversation it's not over so i don't know. among found guilty of committing a hate crime has been sentenced to 16 years in jail after stealing and burning analogy between a flag from the u.s. church of the martinez was 1st arrested in june and accused of desecrating the flag belonging to a local church in iowa earlier in the week he was also convicted of 3rd degree harassment and reckless use of fire and he's admitted he's against homosexuality but the length of his sentence is called debate. why does the left cheer when the

american flag is burning no one goes to jail for that but they do for burning an activist movements flag while he got more years than murderers get in the u.k. unbelievable so burning a rainbow flag is hate speech but ending an american flag is freedom of speech i see. he should have been the american flag then he would have been praised statues dedicated well i think in principle people should have the ride to behead flags fly it is a symbol and people have a right to disagree with homosexuality they have a right to disagree with did a states or britain i don't think that should be a crime per se but i would say that the flag is a bit different from the american flag because it days ignites a specific community in the same way as maybe burning a jewish flag might designate the jewish community you look at the report of what happened he was kicked out of the strip club he grabbed the flag he set it on fire

outside of the strip club and started ranting about i was gonna burn down the club i was in there i don't know it sounds like maybe he was wasted i don't think i don't think this is what they just would go around doing even if that weren't the case it still is extreme and a hate crime laws are silly anyway they should exist no a crime happened here it is absolutely 100 percent our institutionally protected speech to burn the gates of the gay pride flag in the same way that according to the supreme court's also protected speech to burn the american flag but i'm gay and much of my human rights involve supporting the human rights of l.g.b. plus people but i've got to say that this sentence is excessive it is disproportionate it is not commensurate with the crime committed however there are some disturbing elements a he was not given the sentence purely for stealing the flag and for burning it there were also. accusations and claims of arson and threats to burn

down all the properties namely a strip club when it came to course he did not express any regrets and indeed justify his actions based upon his particular extremist interpretation of the christian faith i don't believe that this flag necessarily represents the rainbow flag i don't think it. uppers and gay individuals maybe at one point attempted to but we've come to a point where the rainbow flag and all the symbolism represents an l g b t political ideology which is becoming increasingly authoritarian increasingly toxic increasingly anti-christian so people are going to have gripes about it i mean this is actually proven that people are our millennial was a study done recently that young people millennia old are less in favor of now they were a few years ago now the left in the gay lobby would say that is due to hate speech on the internet and trumps america blah blah blah no i would say the real reason is probably because this movement that is symbolized by the flag has become

authoritarian and ridiculous we see it with the insane trans narrative in the bathroom transfer people in women's sports we see it with the children with the trans shoulder and the drag queen story many of you can think of and this is just another example 16 years for offending probably one of the most privileged groups in america it's come to the u.s. democrats have released a guide on how to propaganda we'll bring you that after this break.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. spearing dramatic developments only mostly exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk. to. us democrats have an axe to grind when it comes to propaganda which perhaps is why

they've released the guide on how to spot it and find it tough to. read george orwell auntie's daniel hawkins delves deeper. the us democrat party is concerned about the information people are consuming so they've created a handy guide to make sure you can distinguish right from wrong we've seen what happens when does information goes unchecked it threatens our democracy and makes us less safe that's why we're making sure you know how to combat bytes troll farms think accounts distant from asian and propaganda it's short and sweet and prepares you on how to fight fake news and use social media properly and responsibly so let's take a look actively seeking out information online from multiple authoritative sources firstly you should actively look for news don't just absorb but there is one caveat you should try to find only or thought of sources if you can't decide what those

are just use the ones approved by fact checkers and don't go near the blacklist speaking off fact checkers news guard is one plug in the list recommends it's got several high ranking officials on its advisory board where previous cia director x. the nato secretary general to former us government officials and leading media figures and it marks many mainstream outlets as trustworthy despite any scandals they may have been embroiled in while r t is a big no no so change channel right now before it's too late. ask yourself who the author of online content is where they posted the information and what they're hoping you will do with it next check is the author factuality and objectivity seem to be prioritized in the guidelines something one can argue with until they mention social media transparency features as one tool to help find the facts there's a link to facebook's transparency guidelines which separate the real from the fake

but it's fair to say not all those telomere objective truth get verified and all those verified stick to the objective truth. rules 3 and 4 go without saying of course one should never be manipulated nor let blatant fakes go unchallenged the void to be manipulated by divisive or dishonest content if you see something untrue and social media trying to inject truth into the debate and then we move on to the final and most comprehensive point educate yourself on the tactics of online manipulators there's a whole list of recommendations of what to watch and read and perhaps unsurprisingly the emphasis is on democratic leaning outlets from n.b.c. to the new york times they also have recommendations for you to watch projects launched by loyal media you can learn all about internet outrage on the right wing's role in fake news controversies on a podcast by the daily new york times enterprise also in the recommended reading

list of pieces on russian interference the 2016 election and trumps alleged collusion with moscow as even a special warning reserved specifically for right wing disinform ation though no mention of the same risks on the other side of the political spectrum and if you're short on time and can't read a lot there's some quick links the democrat supported social media accounts although if you do have a bit more time on your hands you can always delve into it longer reports where you can mainly learn all about russia's efforts to attack and destroy worldwide democracy always a classic democrat narrative it was borrowed short who said if you teach a man you will never learn or this god may go even further not teaching but telling in no uncertain terms where the truth apparently lies to be found only in acceptable narratives and only trustworthy sources and summing up that list george

orwell's 1984 though i only lost their. you said this is the pulitzer prize winning host of the artie show on contact he says that the d.n.c. is advice is designed to shut down the target of these guidelines are meant to tarnish or discredit critics of the system unfortunately because they have a megaphone and a platform it's somewhat effective we now have lived with since the beginning of the trumpet ministrations services 3 years there is a whole demonization of russia which is burn a convenient for oil to attack social critics they want those voices shut down and they have of course facebook twitter you tube have created algorithms to shut us down independent of anything to do it's a combined assault against critics and they use the idea of us working as foreign

agents or. influence or manipulation of a foreign power as a kind of excuse that's nothing new we saw in the cold war. 2 u.s. senators the verge the broadcast n.b.c. to put principle of a profit and not the 2022 winter olympics the reason they've reasoned that china doesn't deserve to bask in sporting glory that such an event brings. please allow me to outline this mission being to unite the world in a peaceful competition to achieve this we must remain a strictly police union. we

hope you one like the international olympic committee understand this is not about politics but about human rights and the security of accolades and international visitors.

and do it in the american politics expression when the americans why don't you other countries the u.s. is trying to have a full fledged conflict with china but the us can no longer wean single site at least by the military force by economic competition by innovation and by the sympathy of their allies so the us is resorting to. very low low for tactics which don't carry too much its own image those forstmann should. look at the bitch about it today to i will be back with the latest news headlines for you at the top of the hour hope to see them. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the

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