On the heels of a stinging rebuke of President Donald Trump by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) over what Corker called “the debasement of the nation,” another leading Republican, Jeff Flake of Arizona, announced yesterday from the Senate floor that, like Corker, he’ll quit politics at the end of his current term rather than put up with “an utterly untruthful president” and a party that is unwilling to keep him in check.

What should we make of the actions of Corker and Flake?    

We return to yesterday’s discussion that raised questions about the U.S. increased military presence in Africa—both in terms of personnel and military installations. The Oct. 4 ambush of four special-operations troops in Niger has raised questions in Congress about “shadow” military operations in that and several other African countries that few in Congress seem to know anything about. Meanwhile, as many as 1,500 “advisers” and other military personnel are in about 34 African countries, and Niger will soon be home to a $100-million, U.S.-built drone base. 

More than 1,000 people on Saturday attended a private funeral service for Army Sgt. La David Johnson at Christ the Rock Church in South Florida. Johnson was one of four soldiers in a 12-man unit who were killed in Niger in an Oct 4 ambush, said to have been carried out by ISIS-affiliated forces. His body was not recovered for two days.

A whole lotta craziness went on this week, but you survived it. And, you learned a thing or two that either opened your eyes or confirmed you’ve been on top of things all along. Either way, you have much to bring to the forum to share.

It’s “Free Your Mind Friday” on Leid Stories—a day set aside to exchange information, opinions and ideas. Call 888-874-4888 and take the conversation where you want it to go!  

Charles Ortel, a former Wall Street banker turned financial investigator who widely is recognized as a leading expert on The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation (the Clinton Foundation), follows his bombshells about the operations and machinations of the foundation and its principals with new findings that broaden the circle of key players in what he calls “the largest unprosecuted fraud in U.S. history.”

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley announced yesterday that his committee is looking into major conflicts of interest involving the foundation’s financial dealings. Ortel’s reports on Leid Stories centered on multiple initiatives the foundation claimed it was successfully running as a donor-funded charity. But very little about the foundation appears to be operating lawfully under its tax-exempt status. Instead, the foundation continues to operate, outside of its original purpose of building a presidential library, as the Clintons’ personal slush fund. 

The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation didn’t get to be “the largest unprosecuted charity fraud in U.S. history”—as financial investigator Charles Ortel calls it—all by itself; it got lots of help from well-placed individuals and entities from all over the world.

Under the guise that the foundation was/still is operating a range of philanthropic programs that claim to “do good works,” the foundation, as Leid Stories has been reporting over the last two years, really is nothing more than a slush fund.

Charles Ortel, a financial investigator, has been looking into the operations of the foundation and its affiliated entities for the past two years. He discusses new bombshell findings since his last report.

Leid Stories looks at the way the media define our reality by boldly reinforcing white-supremacist values in their editorial content—signifying a return to the “old days” when whiteness was the standard by which all things, and people, were measured.

No, it’s not the ascendancy of Donald Trump or right-wing ideology in America, says Leid Stories, it might just be that many liberals and progressives aren’t truly committed to give up the benefits of white skin privilege.

This week and next, Detroit will be bristling. A wide array of grassroots organizers and way-outside-the-box political tacticians, from the city and from across the country, will be discussing one thing: how to defeat the entrenched, corrupt political system.

Elena Herrada, a thorn in the side of Detroit’s political machines, Democratic and Republican alike, lets us in on looming battles Detroit’s already besieged communities must fight.

Abayomi Azikiwe, editor in chief of Pan-African News Wire and a co-founder of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs, discusses grassroots efforts to coalesce political power nationally.

You’re cordially invited to say what’s on your mind on Leid Stories’ “Free Your Mind Friday,” an open forum that encourages the exchange of information, opinions and ideas.

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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) seemed to be a lonely man yesterday, although he formally was delivering, presumably with enthusiastic support from his fellow Democrats, articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Yet one got the distinct impression that Green was on his own. Just what is going on?

Leid Stories explains the unveiling of Green’s sorta-kinda articles of impeachment.