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Germany under intense pressure to scuttle the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to bring natural gas from Russia underwater to Germany. That's the assessment of Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. The United States behind that pressure. On Friday a White House official told the media that nine thousand US troops were going to be withdrawn from Germany..... A Russian disc jockey arrested in Berlin at the request of the United States...... A Florida judge who has refused to release grand jury records related to the late Jeffrey Epstein has close ties to politicians involved in the investigation of Epstein 15...

The George Floyd rioters may identify with Floyd because they feel that state or local government is kneeling on their necks. The claim that Floyd died of strangulation ignores the fact he was able to say "I can't breathe!" The fact Floyd could speak means he could exhale air through his throat. Thus the statement "I can't breathe!" probably indicates he could not expand his lungs so he could draw in air. He would have had trouble expanding his lungs lying face down with a man on his back. If the men involved in Floyd's death are typical of those...