Former US President Bill Clinton Hospitalized In California With Suspected Blood Infection

 

Daily Mail: Bill Clinton, 75, is hospitalized in California: Former president is in the ICU with possible sepsis but is 'on the mend' and responding well to antibiotics after two days of treatment 

* CNN is reporting that Bill Clinton was admitted to a California hospital Tuesday 

* He's apparently 'on the mend' and was admitted for a non-COVID reason 

* The Democratic commander-in-chief turned 75 years old this past August 

Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized in California on Tuesday, his spokesperson announced on Thursday night. 

CNN reported that he's being treated in the Intensive Care Unit for a possible blood infection known as sepsis. 

A spokesman for the Democrat commander-in-chief said he was admitted to University of California Irvine's medical center to get treatment for a non-COVID related issue.  

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Former President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital with infection, on the mend -- ABC News  

Bill Clinton hospitalized with a non-COVID-related infection -- FOX News  

Former President Bill Clinton admitted to hospital -- CNN  

Bill Clinton admitted to hospital for non-COVID related infection -- NYPost

Former President Bill Clinton Admits For The First Time In Hillary Hulu Documentary That He Had Oral Sex With Monica Lewinsky To Ease Pressures Of The Job

Bill Clinton said that he had the affair with Monica Lewinsky while in office because it helped to 'manage my anxieties'. The former President makes the claims in an interview featured in a new documentary series about his wife Hillary Clinton, called 'Hillary'

Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: 'I did it to manage my anxieties.' Bill Clinton reveals in Hillary Hulu doc that he had oral sex with Monica Lewinsky to ease pressures of the job, feels 'terrible' scandal defined her life and confessing to Chelsea was the worst

* Bill Clinton said he had the affair with Monica Lewinsky while he was in office because it helped to 'manage my anxieties'
* The former President makes the claims in an interview featured in a new documentary series -'Hillary' - to air on Hulu Friday
* He said that when he met Lewinsky, the pressure of the job was too much and he thought, 'Here's something that will take your mind off it for a while'
* The former First Lady candidly reveals that in the aftermath of the scandal the couple underwent 'painful' marriage counseling
* Clinton apologizes to Lewinsky, saying he feels 'terrible' that the affair defined her life
* The series features extraordinary access to the Clintons' inner circle and Hillary's life from her student days to losing the 2016 election to Donald Trump
* She's explained that she agreed to the documentary 'because I'm not running for anything'

Bill Clinton claims that his affair with Monica Lewinsky was one of the 'things I did to manage my anxieties'.

The former President suggests, in an explosive documentary seen by DailyMailTV, that he had the fling with the ex-White House intern while he was in office because it helped with his own issues.

Bill reveals that at the time he met Lewinsky the pressure of the job made him feel like a boxer who had done 30 rounds and he looked at Lewinsky as 'something that will take your mind off it for a while'.

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WNU Editor: Why is he admitting this now? I know it is not because of guilt.

World News Briefs -- November 29, 2018

....in Argentina with President Vladimir Putin. I look forward to a meaningful Summit again as soon as this situation is resolved!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2018

DW: Trump cancels Putin G20 meeting, citing Ukraine

President Donald Trump said he canceled the meeting due to Russia seizing Ukrainian naval ships and their crew. Shortly before Trump's tweet, he'd told journalists he expected the meeting at the G20 summit to go ahead.

US President Donald Trump cancelled a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a weekend G20 summit, citing the crisis in Ukraine.

Trump tweeted the decision on Thursday after he departed Washington for the summit in Argentina.

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MIDDLE EAST

Saudi TV report, Houthi chief raise hopes for Yemen peace talks.

UN chief tempers hopes on Yemen as rebels back peace talks.

Russia takes aim at UN aid to Syrian rebel areas.

Washington says Astana process produced Syria 'stalemate'.

Report says Syria shot down Israeli war plane but Israel denies it.

Iran-backed Iraqi militia leader urges formal security role on border with Syria.

UK PM May open to meeting with Saudi Arabia's crown prince at G20: UK official.

ASIA

Trump's envoy 'tests all channels' with Afghan Taliban in bid to launch peace talks.

UK security firm G4S says five employees among 10 killed in Kabul attack.

China ‘will retaliate’ if US sanctions it over Xinjiang human rights.

Xi Jinping on charm offensive in Europe with cooperation calls to Spain, France and Germany.

South Korea orders Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to compensate colonial-era forced laborers. South Korean court angers Japan with order to compensate wartime laborers.

Kashmir sees its deadliest year in about a decade.

Tamils back ousted Sri Lankan PM as pressure builds on president.

Three Philippine police officers jailed for teenager’s murder during Duterte’s drug war.

China halts work of gene editor He Jiankui in bid to rescue its scientific reputation.

AFRICA

Boko Haram kills three soldiers, overrun Nigerian army base.

Surge in Boko Haram attacks prompts call for more intl backing.

Tunisia says it broke up four militant cells, foiled attacks.

Thousands protest over Zimbabwe's economic crisis.

Despite sanctions South Sudan stays armed for war: report.

General strike in Burkina Faso over fuel prices hike.

Italy set to name Egyptian suspects over disappearance of student: sources.

Ebola outbreak in east Congo now world's second biggest.

EUROPE

Kremlin has no official information on Putin-Trump meeting cancellation.

Ukraine president asks Germany, NATO to send ships to Sea of Azov. Ukrainian leader calls on NATO to send warships after clash with Russia. Ukrainian leader says Putin wants his whole country, asks for NATO help.

EU condemns Russia ship seizure, but no new sanctions.

President cheers as Ukraine on cusp of church independence.

Russia is successfully ensuring its security, Putin says.

Angela Merkel to miss start of G20 summit after plane's technical difficulties.

Brexit deal good for global economy, Britain's May to tell G20.

Giulio Regeni: Italy names Egyptian agents as murder suspects.

AMERICAS

Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress over Trump project in Russia.

Ex-FBI director Comey files action to quash Republican congressional subpoena.

US-Mexico border: Asylum seekers stuck in Tijuana.

U.S. trade restrictions have hit $369 billion of Chinese exports: monitoring group.

Colombia protest: Students threaten more mass rallies.

Violence, attacks on doctors plague Venezuela hospitals: doctors survey.

Mothers of Argentina's disappeared march against G20.

Canada sanctions 17 Saudi nationals over Khashoggi killing.

Another Canadian diplomat diagnosed with mysterious Cuba brain injury.

Canada hate crimes up 47% as Muslims, Jews and black people targeted.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Taliban calls Afghan government “impotent,” says negotiating with it is “a waste of time”.

German Taliban fighter on trial in Dusseldorf.

Family sues CIA to find body of post-9/11 detainee.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Wall Street edges down as tech, bank stocks weigh.

G20 members struggle for agreements ahead of Argentina summit.

Twist in Trump’s trade war: manufacturers are fleeing China, but just not for US shores.

Chinese company LinkSure hopes to deliver free worldwide satellite internet by 2026.

President Bill Clinton on Monica Lewinsky And The #MeToo Movement

Daily Mail: Sorry for what? Bill Clinton insists he doesn't owe Monica Lewinsky an apology for hijacking her life by seducing her while president – and says HE'S a victim because the legal fallout left him $16 million in debt

* Clinton rocked the political world during the 1990s when he was forced to admit an affair with young White House intern Monica Lewinsky
* Now he insists he doesn't owe her a face-to-face apology for turning her life upside down and subjecting her to international ridicule
* The former president says he's a victim of his own transgressions since he was $16 million in debt when he left the White House
* He and Hillary Clinton have amassed a fortune since then through six-figure speaking appearances
* James Patterson, who co-authored a political fiction book with Clinton, insisted he shouldn't have resigned because philandering JFK and LBJ set the standard

Former President Bill Clinton insisted in a weekend interview that he doesn't owe a personal apology to Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern whose adult life has been defined by their inappropriate sexual affair and the global scrutiny that followed.

'No,' he told NBC in an interview airing Monday on the 'Today' show. 'I do not – I have never talked to her. But I did say publicly on more than one occasion that I was sorry.'

'I apologized to everybody in the world,' Clinton said, implying that was enough.

And the flustered former president, more famous for his Don Juan-like seductions than for his policy legacy, portrayed himself, not Lewinsky, as history's victim in the mass-media's retelling of the 1990s saga.

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Update #1: President Bill Clinton on Monica Lewinsky, #MeToo and whether his apology was enough (Today)
Update #2: Bill Clinton: Book PR Backfires, Ambushed by NBC, Today Show on Monica Lewinsky Story (Showbiz 411)

WNU Editor: I watched the interview this morning .... and I cringed. It did not go well for the former President. But what was he and his publisher thinking? The culture on this type of behavior has completely changed in the past few years, and it is a legacy that he will have to deal with for the rest of his life. And then there is this .... Bill Clinton Says He Doesn't Need to Apologize to Monica Lewinsky — Then Juanita Broaddrick Swoops In (IJR).

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Suggests President Trump Is Part Of A ‘Dictator’s Club’

The Hill: Bill Clinton compares Trump's fake news rhetoric to ‘dictators club’ tactics

Former President Clinton on Wednesday expressed concern that President Trump's rhetoric reflects the same values as dictators around the world.

Clinton said on the late night show "Conan" that the world’s dictators all want to blur the line between fact and fiction.

"They figure if you don’t know what’s true and you don’t think you can ever know that, pretty soon everybody will accept the fact that democracy is no longer possible," Clinton told host Conan O'Brien.

“Are you talking about foreign countries now or here?” O’Brien asked. “That chilled me to the bone for a second.”

Clinton hesitated.

“You just said a lot by saying nothing,” O'Brien said.

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Update: What Does Trump Have in Common with Dictators? Let Bill Clinton Explain. (Esquire).

WNU Editor: Good grief.

President-Elect Trump Fires Back At Former President Clinton's Election Comments

Bill Clinton stated that I called him after the election. Wrong, he called me (with a very nice congratulations). He "doesn't know much" ...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2016

especially how to get people, even with an unlimited budget, out to vote in the vital swing states ( and more). They focused on wrong states

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2016

FOX News: Trump fires back at Bill Clinton over election comments

Donald Trump fired back at Bill Clinton on Tuesday after the former president was quoted mocking the incoming president’s intelligence and blaming FBI Director James Comey and “angry, white men” for Hillary Clinton’s defeat.

The comments emerged after an editor at the Bedford-Pound Ridge Record Review caught an impromptu Q-and-A with Bill Clinton at a New York bookstore and published the details in the paper’s print edition. The editorial did not appear online but the contents were reported by Politico.

“He doesn’t know much,” Clinton said when asked if Trump was smart. “One thing he does know is how to get angry, white men to vote for him.”

He also said Trump called him the day after the election.

Trump, on Twitter, disputed that detail and tried to turn the tables on the former president – questioning the Clinton team’s grasp of what it took to motivate voters in key swing states.

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Update: Trump goes after Bill Clinton over post-election comments (CBS).

WNU Editor: When I put up this post yesterday .... Bill Clinton Is Still Bitter .... I said to myself that President-Elect Trump would be responding within a day. And true to form he did .... thereby proving my point that if you push Trump .... he will push back. As to the bigger question .... will President-elect Trump behave the same way when he is in the Oval Office? My money is that he will continue to behave like this .... push him, and he will push back .... maybe doubly so .... and he will be like that on both domestic and international issues. Are U.S political leaders and international leaders ready for this .... people like Russian President Putin have probably sized up President-Elect Trump .... but as for everyone else .... my impression is that they still have trouble understanding him.

Donations To The Clinton Foundation Have Dropped Significantly

Former President Bill Clinton (L) and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) watch their daughter and Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation Chelsea Clinton. (Reuters/Samantha Sais) / Reuters

New York Post: Donations to Clinton Foundation fell by 37 percent

Donations to the Clinton Foundation nose-dived last year amid Hillary Clinton’s presidential run, pay-to-play allegations, internal strife and a black mark from a charity watchdog.

Contributions fell by 37 percent to $108 million, down from $172 million in 2014, according to the group’s latest tax filings.

The cash plummeted as Hillary Clinton left the nonprofit in April 2015 after announcing her ill-fated candidacy. The foundation became a major issue in the race, with Donald Trump vowing to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate it.

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Update #1: Donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted amid Hillary's failed run for the presidency (Daily Mail)
Update #2: Norway Slashes Clinton Foundation Donations By 87% As Political Clout Dries Up (Zero Hedge)

WNU Editor: I am sure that the Foundation will continue to receive funds and it will continue to exist. But the days of huge donations from foreign entities are coming to an end.

More Details On The Loretta Lynch - Bill Clinton Airport Meeting Leaked

Ken Kurson, Observer: EXCLUSIVE: Security Source Details Bill Clinton Maneuver to Meet Loretta Lynch

Former president delayed Phoenix takeoff to snare '20-25 minute encounter' with Attorney General.

An exclusive interview with a security source who was present at the unplanned meeting Monday night on a Phoenix tarmac between former President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Lorretta Lynch has shed additional light on an unusual summit that is embroiling the AG in charges of favoritism. As attorney general, Lynch heads the Department of Justice just as it is deciding whether to proceed with charges against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server during her tenure as President Obama’s secretary of state.

The source has decades of experience providing security to government officials. The source spoke to the Observer for 20 minutes and answered follow-up questions via text message on the condition that no further details be revealed, including even gender, given the possibility of losing his or her job as an active overseer of security arrangements. This person was on-hand for the entirety of the meeting and some of its aftermath.

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WNU Editor: If this account is to be believed .... she was caught off-guard. What's my gut .... from the beginning I felt that this was planned by Bill Clinton .... but what I would love to know is what did they discuss for 30 minutes .... specifically on what did he say .... and please do not talk to me about grandchildren.

Update: This is interesting .... How a Local AZ Reporter Broke the Bombshell Clinton-Lynch Story. (FOX News. Personally .... I would love to know who was this reporter's source who told him that this was happening.

The Reporter Who Broke The Clinton/ Lynch Private Meeting Says That The FBI Ordered ‘No Photos, No Pictures, No Cell Phones’

WNU Editor: The part of this story that caught my eye was the reporter's remark that the FBI ordered ‘no photos, no pictures, no cell phones’ during the Clinton/Lynch meeting (see above video). When is it the FBI's business to tell reporters on what to record and report. Bottom line .... the main stream media complied, but if it was not for this local reporter .... this story would never have made the news.

On a side note .... why was Bill Clinton in Phoenix? They say he was there to play golf, but the temperature that day was over 100 degrees Fahrenheit .... for a man who has health problems .... playing golf in +100F weather is a bit of stretch.

Update: This J. Christian Adams' analysis makes sense .... Bill Clinton Up to No Good Visiting Attorney General Loretta Lynch (PJ Media). The image of the head of the Justice Department meeting former President Bill Clinton sends a powerful image to every career bureaucrat/prosecutor who is investigating Hillary Clinton.

Update #2: We now know that someone called the local ABC News reporter that this meeting was taking place .... so someone had to leak this out. Who was that person(s)? And was this all done on purpose?

Update #3: Someone just asked me if I believe that Hillary Clinton will be indicted .... my answer .... NO! The idea that President Obama's DOJ is going to indict the Democrat's Presidential nominee is laughable .... especially in this politicised DoJ.

Update #4: Someone just emailed me that we are all being played by the Clintons. Hmmmm .... I give it a 50-50 chance.

Update #5: Where is Bill Clinton? Why are no reporters hassling him?

Former President Clinton: 'The Islamic State Is An Interesting NGO'

Washington Times: Bill Clinton: Islamic State ‘most interesting’ NGO today

Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that the Islamic State terror group is “arguably the most interesting” non-governmental organization today.

Mr. Clinton made the comments about the group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, during the third of a four-speech lecture series he is giving at Georgetown University.

“Arguably the most interesting non-governmental organization today, which proves the importance of inclusion by its shortcomings, but is formidable, is ISIS,” he said. “ISIS is a terrorist organization, an NGO, trying to become a state. That is, they don’t recognize any of the boundaries of the Middle Eastern countries as legitimate. They were all established, drawn largely by Westerners after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in World War I.

WNU Editor: ??????