Epstein Secrets

s says the Biden Administration "responded by calling on China to cease pressuring Taiwan and reaffirming its commitment to the democratic island." Merkel Rejects Biden's Call For Anti-China Coalition. Under the headline "Merkel Sides With Xi On Avoiding Cold War Blocs," Politico Euron (1/26, 15K) repo

lition. Under the headline "Merkel Sides With Xi On Avoiding Cold War Blocs," Politico Euron (1/26, 15K) reports that on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel "rejected calls for Europe to pick sides between the U.S. and China, in a nod to the plea made by Chinese President Xi Jinping a day earlier." Polit

, "it would be a mistake to think the fight to preserve and revive our flawed democracy concluded on Inauguration Day. In fact, it has only begun." Vanden Heuvel adds, "The Capitol siege was just the latest and most brazen instance of politicians leading efforts to delay democracy when it threatens their pow

BC (3/30, Ellyatt, 7.34M) reports on its website that while UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed on to the joint letter "published Tuesday in newspapers around the world," the US and China, "which have locked horns numerous times during t

nt Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed on to the joint letter "published Tuesday

the assertion that public investment will create millions of good jobs, while addressing needs that have been starved through the conservative era." Vanden Heuvel says the "the big challenge is whether Democrats can unify again to pass a major bill either under reconciliation rules or by suspending the filibu

s expose purported U.S. government actions in foreign lands, including the alleged tapping of friendly government officials’ con- versations, such as Angela Merkel’s, these are implicitly conflated with the NSA’s domestic surveillance program, around which a | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 303 @ 9/30/16 8:1

ficial who requested anonymity, inter- view with author. 183 German federal prosecutor: Theodore Schleifer, “Germany Drops Probe into U.S. Spying on Merkel,” CNN Politics, June 13, 2015. 184 “Russian planners might have”: Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes, and Siobhan Gorman, “U.S. Scurries to Shore Up Spy

27, 2013. 243 “huge strategic setback”: Harper, Kerbaj, and Shipman, “British Spies Betrayed to Russians and Chinese.” 243 Adding insult to injury: Vanden Heuvel and Cohen, “Snowden Speaks.” | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_rt.indd 325 @ HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019813 9/30/16 e13.am | | 326 | Notes to pages 252-280