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<p>— As a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, there are many misconceptions I live with on a daily basis. My pain is treated as fodder for jokes and people with backgrounds like mine are assumed to be abusers-in-the-making. Both of these are very real issues, but today I want to talk about a third issue that many people don’t even realize about sexual abuse victims: the effect that the abuse has had in obscuring our own understanding of our sexual and gender identities. It’s impossible for some of us to even understand what an innate gender or sexual identity would even feel like. Our entire perception of our “true” gender and orientation is mutilated by our experiences.</p>
<p>It’s a well-established fact that child abuse does not cause homosexuality or gender fluidity, nor does gender fluidity or homosexuality cause people to become child abusers. This is an important truth that needs to be continually disseminated as too many people still think there is a causal link in one direction or both.</p>
<p>It is unfortunate, however, that the well-intentioned desire to keep the LGBT community from being maligned has resulted in the experiences of many CSA victims being silenced because it confuses the narrative. It is a testimony that is actually quite simple: for many victims of CSA, especially repeated CSA, nothing about their identity can be fully separated from the early trauma. That includes sexual orientation and gender identity. Which means that many CSA survivors will tell you that they cannot say with a straight face that their perception of their gender identity or sexual orientation was not shunted down a different road by their experiences.</p> It is a testimony that is actually quite simple: for many victims of CSA, especially repeated CSA, nothing about their identity can be fully separated from the early trauma.
<p>This requires a steady mind and a grasp of nuance to understand what is being said. Obviously not all, or even the majority if, gay CSA victims attribute their orientation to their abuse. Nor do, or should, gender fluid victims give credit to abusers when it comes to discovering their true self. What it does mean, however, is that men who do say their identity was affected by their trauma should not be dismissed out of hand. In abusive situations, coercion is often mixed with reward (such as emotional attention) and being forced to do something can still lead to physical arousal. Such experiences can rewire the brain into seeking out similar situations as an adult for complex psychological reasons other than because of natural inclination.</p>
<p>Among male victims, the term “SSA” (same-sex attraction) continues to be a meaningful term. This is a term that in other circles has become appropriately abandoned, given the connection and connotations it has with fundamentalist conversion therapies. On its face, the term is benign and non-judgmental. In usage, however, it is a denial of orientation as an innate and non-changing element. That aspect of it, which when applied to homosexuals en masse is insulting and invalidating, is ironically exactly why some CSA survivors willingly apply it to themselves. Because they are not convinced that their sexual attraction to men was not the result of early trauma. In fact, they feel as if recognizing that attraction and their true orientation are at odds is actually a more authentic description of themselves.</p>
<p>I’ve seen the term “abuse reactive” to label the difference between people who are able to know themselves apart from the abuse and people for whom the self before the trauma is a black hole difficult or even impossible to ever fully explore. One of the confusing aspects to this is that throughout history and even to this day, boys who showed effeminate characteristics were and are more likely to be denied a proper support system. They are more likely to be bullied and socially isolated and seen as unsatisfactory by both peers and adults. This puts them at a greater risk of abuse. No child is immune from the risk of being preyed upon, but many predators look for the outcast unlikely to be listened to or believed and desperate for ANY adult attention. Therefore, because of society’s prejudice, LGBT youth are often at greater risk of being sexually exploited.</p>
<p>Drawn to signs of non-heteronormative behavior or not, a predator may very well strike before the boy himself understands his own orientation and gender. Across his entire lifespan, a male is most in danger of being sexually assaulted between the ages of 4 and 13. Think about what you didn’t know about yourself at age 7.</p>
<p>The risk here is that conversation like this only gives fire to the bigots who want to say that there is something “wrong” with everyone who identifies as LGBT. That would be the wrong takeaway. The correct lesson is to believe individuals. For those who say “I was always this way,” believe them. For those who say “I can’t tell you for sure” or “I’m pretty sure my SSA was caused by my abuse,” believe them too. Don’t silence their voice because some people might misinterpret it. Don’t assume you know their true selves better than they do. — More on this subject by Dr. Joe Kort:</p>
<p>Sexual abuse disorients you; it does not orient you.</p>
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<p>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/638971397" type="external">Getty Images</a></p>
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<p>— As a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, there are many misconceptions I live with on a daily basis. My pain is treated as fodder for jokes and people with backgrounds like mine are assumed to be abusers-in-the-making. Both of these are very real issues, but today I want to talk about a third issue that many people don’t even realize about sexual abuse victims: the effect that the abuse has had in obscuring our own understanding of our sexual and gender identities. It’s impossible for some of us to even understand what an innate gender or sexual identity would even feel like. Our entire perception of our “true” gender and orientation is mutilated by our experiences.</p>
<p>It’s a well-established fact that child abuse does not cause homosexuality or gender fluidity, nor does gender fluidity or homosexuality cause people to become child abusers. This is an important truth that needs to be continually disseminated as too many people still think there is a causal link in one direction or both.</p>
<p>It is unfortunate, however, that the well-intentioned desire to keep the LGBT community from being maligned has resulted in the experiences of many CSA victims being silenced because it confuses the narrative. It is a testimony that is actually quite simple: for many victims of CSA, especially repeated CSA, nothing about their identity can be fully separated from the early trauma. That includes sexual orientation and gender identity. Which means that many CSA survivors will tell you that they cannot say with a straight face that their perception of their gender identity or sexual orientation was not shunted down a different road by their experiences.</p> It is a testimony that is actually quite simple: for many victims of CSA, especially repeated CSA, nothing about their identity can be fully separated from the early trauma.
<p>This requires a steady mind and a grasp of nuance to understand what is being said. Obviously not all, or even the majority if, gay CSA victims attribute their orientation to their abuse. Nor do, or should, gender fluid victims give credit to abusers when it comes to discovering their true self. What it does mean, however, is that men who do say their identity was affected by their trauma should not be dismissed out of hand. In abusive situations, coercion is often mixed with reward (such as emotional attention) and being forced to do something can still lead to physical arousal. Such experiences can rewire the brain into seeking out similar situations as an adult for complex psychological reasons other than because of natural inclination.</p>
<p>Among male victims, the term “SSA” (same-sex attraction) continues to be a meaningful term. This is a term that in other circles has become appropriately abandoned, given the connection and connotations it has with fundamentalist conversion therapies. On its face, the term is benign and non-judgmental. In usage, however, it is a denial of orientation as an innate and non-changing element. That aspect of it, which when applied to homosexuals en masse is insulting and invalidating, is ironically exactly why some CSA survivors willingly apply it to themselves. Because they are not convinced that their sexual attraction to men was not the result of early trauma. In fact, they feel as if recognizing that attraction and their true orientation are at odds is actually a more authentic description of themselves.</p>
<p>I’ve seen the term “abuse reactive” to label the difference between people who are able to know themselves apart from the abuse and people for whom the self before the trauma is a black hole difficult or even impossible to ever fully explore. One of the confusing aspects to this is that throughout history and even to this day, boys who showed effeminate characteristics were and are more likely to be denied a proper support system. They are more likely to be bullied and socially isolated and seen as unsatisfactory by both peers and adults. This puts them at a greater risk of abuse. No child is immune from the risk of being preyed upon, but many predators look for the outcast unlikely to be listened to or believed and desperate for ANY adult attention. Therefore, because of society’s prejudice, LGBT youth are often at greater risk of being sexually exploited.</p>
<p>Drawn to signs of non-heteronormative behavior or not, a predator may very well strike before the boy himself understands his own orientation and gender. Across his entire lifespan, a male is most in danger of being sexually assaulted between the ages of 4 and 13. Think about what you didn’t know about yourself at age 7.</p>
<p>The risk here is that conversation like this only gives fire to the bigots who want to say that there is something “wrong” with everyone who identifies as LGBT. That would be the wrong takeaway. The correct lesson is to believe individuals. For those who say “I was always this way,” believe them. For those who say “I can’t tell you for sure” or “I’m pretty sure my SSA was caused by my abuse,” believe them too. Don’t silence their voice because some people might misinterpret it. Don’t assume you know their true selves better than they do. — More on this subject by Dr. Joe Kort:</p>
<p>Sexual abuse disorients you; it does not orient you.</p>
<p>__</p>
<p>Photo credit: <a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/license/638971397" type="external">Getty Images</a></p>"
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<p>This post is the opinion of the the author and does not necessarily represent The Good Men Project.</p>
<p>Today Trump has pulled the old bait &amp; switch on a group of Americans called “Dreamers”. The harpooning of DACA targets people who are by all accounts as American as apple pie: the children of immigrants. They take nothing away from anybody. They cost nothing and do nothing but contribute to our nation’s greatness. They are fundamentally what America is all about, really. This decision illuminates the fundamental character of this administration: cruel and mean. No longer can there be any denying what Trump’s agenda is. His tenure has but one goal: to eradicate everything and anything associated with Barack Obama. He hasn’t even tried to hide it.</p>
<p>I’d previously written that Trump is the Middle Finger President. His one obvious competency is his capacity to give the middle finger to anyone that doesn’t kiss his butt. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Trump is the middle finger himself. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/who-are-donald-trumps-supporters-really/471714/" type="external">He represents a minority of Americans:</a> mostly uneducated, working class/poor whites who feel angry and left behind. They are resentful of the gains that blacks, people of color, and immigrants have made. The majority of them are economically insecure and bent on finding someone to blame because they don’t have the mettle to examine themselves. White supremacy suits them just fine. Among the educated Trump supporters, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550377/The-average-age-Fox-Viewers-68-majority-politically-conservative-white.html" type="external">most of them are elderly, in retirement, who have too much time to sit and get hypnotized by Fox News.</a> They parrot spitting Obama’s name like a foreign four letter word.</p>
<p>Enough has unfolded in the past 9 months to clarify exactly what Trump’s presidency is about, and it’s clear that it’s about anything but serving America. At this point, he’s alienated a good percentage of his own party. No need to regurgitate the stream of officials he’s fired or who’ve walked away from his administration. No need to replay senior members of his own party denouncing his behavior. It’s become glaringly obvious: this guy is about one thing, and that is being the stand-in for a basket of American’s once labeled “deplorables”. While this sounds like a petty insult, the polls have been consistent: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-race/exclusive-trump-supporters-more-likely-to-view-blacks-negatively-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN0ZE2SW" type="external">approximately 1/3rd of Americans have deplorable views about black people, people of color, LGBT, and immigrants.</a> They are overwhelmingly white, and while they are not all Trump supporters, ALL Trump supporters are in this demographic. This is his base. Trump has responded by making every single decision he can to appease and please them. Nothing offended them worse than Barack Obama in the White House. As such, he’s dedicated his entire term to doing nothing other than wiping Obama’s name from the annals of American history. The only problem (for him) is, he’s actually done the reverse.</p>
<p>Initially, it appeared that approximately 45% of the country was in his camp. This was alarming and deeply distressing for those who held President Obama as a champion of the environment, of civil rights reforms, and the people. President Obama’s grace and personal skills helped pave the way for a global relationship with the rest of the world. That made many of us feel safer. In just 9 months, Trump has managed to alienate our closest allies, and wall the USA off from much of the world. We look in the mirror and find ourselves facing a toddler-like madman lobbing hydrogen bombs at us. Kim Jong Un is the perfect shadow reflection for Trump who claims to be the “great negotiator” who’s going to make “great deals” all over the world. So far, he’s been successful at one thing: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-administration-cancels-hundreds-of-obama-era-regulations/2017/07/20/55f501cc-6d68-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.c49092273580" type="external">rolling back approximately 800 of Obama deals, mostly concerning the environment, civil rights, and immigration</a>.</p>
<p>Look forward: 100 years from now, historians will look back to this era as the turning of the tide in American culture and politics. Trump’s name will forever be etched in the books as the provocative agitator who turned America on its head. For all his publicity stunts and lust for fame, he probably didn’t think it would go this way. Because of his monumental effort to white-out Obama’s name from history, it will forever be impossible to mention Trump without talking about Barack Obama. History will show that trump would never have been possible if not for President Obama. Van Jones called it “white lash”. It’s a rebound reaction from a white demographic entirely uncomfortable with the idea of a progressive black man in the White House. To make matters worse, Obama’s a far more dignified, intelligent, and graceful man than most of us can ever hope to be. Who else could have enraged white supremacists this much? And who other than Trump could have emboldened them enough to take their hoods off and show their faces, marching while shouting racists chants with such shameless bravado?</p>
<p>There are no more sacred cows. When he cut funding to Meals on Wheels, most of us thought, huh? What’s wrong with you? Then it was school lunches for children, which prompted Michelle Obama to twist up her face (very un-Beyonce like) and say, “what’s wrong with you?” Now comes DACA and the whole world screws up its face and shouts, “WTF is wrong with you???”</p>
<p>Here’s what’s wrong with him: there is a tiny fragment of our society that applauds this sort of attitude, and he is a slave to applause. Speaking of slaves, these are the same people who, <a href="http://time.com/4236640/donald-trump-racist-supporters/" type="external">when polled said they thought slaves should never have been freed</a>. The same people when <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/trump_s_bigoted_base_by_the_numbers.html" type="external">polled</a> said they thought white supremacists and Neo Nazis were being marginalized more than people of color. The same people who think <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/US/gop-voters-media-white-supremacists/2017/08/30/id/810796/" type="external">the media is a bigger threat to democracy</a> than white supremacists. These are the people Trump is playing to. As such, whenever he’s under fire – which is often – he goes on the campaign trail and holds a MAGA rally, where he (in the words of John McCain) “fires up the crazies”. This is the demographic who hold his base intact, and according to polls <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/trump_s_bigoted_base_by_the_numbers.html" type="external">should he alienate them, his approval ratings dip into the single digits.</a></p>
<p>Trump and his tiny base have one agenda: to wipe Obama’s name from the books. Unfortunately for him, in the years to come, his name will stand in the shadow of Obama as historians will establish comparisons that will have Trump turning in his gold plated grave. Thanks to Trump, by comparison, President Obama will be seen as a great visionary of supernatural eloquence and character. Trump’s legacy will be pitifully tarnished as the president who did nothing but roll back Obama’s reforms. He will be forever known as the president who stood for nothing more than giving a middle finger to President Obama. All to appease a racist, small minded base standing on their last quivering leg. They’ve found their hero, the archetypal symbol of white supremacy in Donald Trump.</p>
<p>In 100 years, when history looks back, it will be Donald Trump’s anti-legacy that will give torque to Obama’s legacy. No matter how many Obama regulations and laws Trump rolls back, whether it be the Paris Accord or Cuba or DACA, history will cast a glorious light on Obama. Much of this will we can owe to the spotlight Trump gave him. We will recognize that this dark era is the result of a progressive black man and his family coming to power, agitating the shadow of racism and white supremacy in America. Because of him, the rising up of this ugly shadow that we now see so clearly is firmly in our collective cross hairs. In 100 years, we will give thanks for Donald J. Trump for making the target so big and easy to hit. We’ll be grateful for how simple he made it for us to see our disease. We will thank him for ushering in a new dream because we were finally able to cut the illness out and begin our healing. Thanks to Donald Trump, we’ll be able to see Barack Obama for the great man that he was, and we’ll build a monument to him upon the failures of Trump and his ilk.</p>
<p>I bet Trump didn’t see that coming.</p>
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<p>This post is the opinion of the the author and does not necessarily represent The Good Men Project.</p>
<p>Today Trump has pulled the old bait &amp; switch on a group of Americans called “Dreamers”. The harpooning of DACA targets people who are by all accounts as American as apple pie: the children of immigrants. They take nothing away from anybody. They cost nothing and do nothing but contribute to our nation’s greatness. They are fundamentally what America is all about, really. This decision illuminates the fundamental character of this administration: cruel and mean. No longer can there be any denying what Trump’s agenda is. His tenure has but one goal: to eradicate everything and anything associated with Barack Obama. He hasn’t even tried to hide it.</p>
<p>I’d previously written that Trump is the Middle Finger President. His one obvious competency is his capacity to give the middle finger to anyone that doesn’t kiss his butt. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Trump is the middle finger himself. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/who-are-donald-trumps-supporters-really/471714/" type="external">He represents a minority of Americans:</a> mostly uneducated, working class/poor whites who feel angry and left behind. They are resentful of the gains that blacks, people of color, and immigrants have made. The majority of them are economically insecure and bent on finding someone to blame because they don’t have the mettle to examine themselves. White supremacy suits them just fine. Among the educated Trump supporters, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550377/The-average-age-Fox-Viewers-68-majority-politically-conservative-white.html" type="external">most of them are elderly, in retirement, who have too much time to sit and get hypnotized by Fox News.</a> They parrot spitting Obama’s name like a foreign four letter word.</p>
<p>Enough has unfolded in the past 9 months to clarify exactly what Trump’s presidency is about, and it’s clear that it’s about anything but serving America. At this point, he’s alienated a good percentage of his own party. No need to regurgitate the stream of officials he’s fired or who’ve walked away from his administration. No need to replay senior members of his own party denouncing his behavior. It’s become glaringly obvious: this guy is about one thing, and that is being the stand-in for a basket of American’s once labeled “deplorables”. While this sounds like a petty insult, the polls have been consistent: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-race/exclusive-trump-supporters-more-likely-to-view-blacks-negatively-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN0ZE2SW" type="external">approximately 1/3rd of Americans have deplorable views about black people, people of color, LGBT, and immigrants.</a> They are overwhelmingly white, and while they are not all Trump supporters, ALL Trump supporters are in this demographic. This is his base. Trump has responded by making every single decision he can to appease and please them. Nothing offended them worse than Barack Obama in the White House. As such, he’s dedicated his entire term to doing nothing other than wiping Obama’s name from the annals of American history. The only problem (for him) is, he’s actually done the reverse.</p>
<p>Initially, it appeared that approximately 45% of the country was in his camp. This was alarming and deeply distressing for those who held President Obama as a champion of the environment, of civil rights reforms, and the people. President Obama’s grace and personal skills helped pave the way for a global relationship with the rest of the world. That made many of us feel safer. In just 9 months, Trump has managed to alienate our closest allies, and wall the USA off from much of the world. We look in the mirror and find ourselves facing a toddler-like madman lobbing hydrogen bombs at us. Kim Jong Un is the perfect shadow reflection for Trump who claims to be the “great negotiator” who’s going to make “great deals” all over the world. So far, he’s been successful at one thing: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-administration-cancels-hundreds-of-obama-era-regulations/2017/07/20/55f501cc-6d68-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html?utm_term=.c49092273580" type="external">rolling back approximately 800 of Obama deals, mostly concerning the environment, civil rights, and immigration</a>.</p>
<p>Look forward: 100 years from now, historians will look back to this era as the turning of the tide in American culture and politics. Trump’s name will forever be etched in the books as the provocative agitator who turned America on its head. For all his publicity stunts and lust for fame, he probably didn’t think it would go this way. Because of his monumental effort to white-out Obama’s name from history, it will forever be impossible to mention Trump without talking about Barack Obama. History will show that trump would never have been possible if not for President Obama. Van Jones called it “white lash”. It’s a rebound reaction from a white demographic entirely uncomfortable with the idea of a progressive black man in the White House. To make matters worse, Obama’s a far more dignified, intelligent, and graceful man than most of us can ever hope to be. Who else could have enraged white supremacists this much? And who other than Trump could have emboldened them enough to take their hoods off and show their faces, marching while shouting racists chants with such shameless bravado?</p>
<p>There are no more sacred cows. When he cut funding to Meals on Wheels, most of us thought, huh? What’s wrong with you? Then it was school lunches for children, which prompted Michelle Obama to twist up her face (very un-Beyonce like) and say, “what’s wrong with you?” Now comes DACA and the whole world screws up its face and shouts, “WTF is wrong with you???”</p>
<p>Here’s what’s wrong with him: there is a tiny fragment of our society that applauds this sort of attitude, and he is a slave to applause. Speaking of slaves, these are the same people who, <a href="http://time.com/4236640/donald-trump-racist-supporters/" type="external">when polled said they thought slaves should never have been freed</a>. The same people when <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/trump_s_bigoted_base_by_the_numbers.html" type="external">polled</a> said they thought white supremacists and Neo Nazis were being marginalized more than people of color. The same people who think <a href="https://www.newsmax.com/US/gop-voters-media-white-supremacists/2017/08/30/id/810796/" type="external">the media is a bigger threat to democracy</a> than white supremacists. These are the people Trump is playing to. As such, whenever he’s under fire – which is often – he goes on the campaign trail and holds a MAGA rally, where he (in the words of John McCain) “fires up the crazies”. This is the demographic who hold his base intact, and according to polls <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/trump_s_bigoted_base_by_the_numbers.html" type="external">should he alienate them, his approval ratings dip into the single digits.</a></p>
<p>Trump and his tiny base have one agenda: to wipe Obama’s name from the books. Unfortunately for him, in the years to come, his name will stand in the shadow of Obama as historians will establish comparisons that will have Trump turning in his gold plated grave. Thanks to Trump, by comparison, President Obama will be seen as a great visionary of supernatural eloquence and character. Trump’s legacy will be pitifully tarnished as the president who did nothing but roll back Obama’s reforms. He will be forever known as the president who stood for nothing more than giving a middle finger to President Obama. All to appease a racist, small minded base standing on their last quivering leg. They’ve found their hero, the archetypal symbol of white supremacy in Donald Trump.</p>
<p>In 100 years, when history looks back, it will be Donald Trump’s anti-legacy that will give torque to Obama’s legacy. No matter how many Obama regulations and laws Trump rolls back, whether it be the Paris Accord or Cuba or DACA, history will cast a glorious light on Obama. Much of this will we can owe to the spotlight Trump gave him. We will recognize that this dark era is the result of a progressive black man and his family coming to power, agitating the shadow of racism and white supremacy in America. Because of him, the rising up of this ugly shadow that we now see so clearly is firmly in our collective cross hairs. In 100 years, we will give thanks for Donald J. Trump for making the target so big and easy to hit. We’ll be grateful for how simple he made it for us to see our disease. We will thank him for ushering in a new dream because we were finally able to cut the illness out and begin our healing. Thanks to Donald Trump, we’ll be able to see Barack Obama for the great man that he was, and we’ll build a monument to him upon the failures of Trump and his ilk.</p>
<p>I bet Trump didn’t see that coming.</p>
<a type="internal" /> The Secret Plan To Destroy Trump's Administration
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<p>The boogie man is real. He is not a monster with long fangs, sharp claws, red eyes, and a tail who lives in your closet and comes out when the bedroom light is off. He is, in fact, a man of different ages, height, weight, and skin complexion. He is the Black man. Throughout our time in America, the Black man has been demonized as this being who is a destructive, carnivorous, raping, and murderous beast who is a danger to every human on this planet. This belief has been the motivation for many acts of violence towards the Black man: beatings, stabbings, lynching, as well as legislation such as the Black Codes and the 1994 Crime Bill. The thought of the African-American man being an out-of-control criminal and sexual predator has marred him in society by white men, white women, and even his own community. Dr. Tommy J. Curry, professor of philosophy at Texas A&amp;M University, hopes to fight the perception of the Black boogie man with his new book, The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemma of Black Manhood.</p>
<p>The Man-Not was written to show the Black man as something other than a caricature of violence: as a full-bodied person. Can people who have been studied and labeled as irredeemable and misogynist by white and Black feminist groups be viewed as men who are capable of vulnerability? Can a being that has not only historically been the target of violent racist attacks by white men and women be victims of sexual violence from said people as well?</p>
<p>I became aware of Dr. Curry by listening to an interview he gave on the podcast, “The Context of White Supremacy”, a show dedicated to discussing racism with other non-white people. What struck me was not how well researched Curry’s theories on white supremacy were. Although his thoughts were grounded in facts, I was taken aback by how fearless he was in addressing racism, not only to the academia or “academy” as he likes to call it, but in everyday life. Dr. Curry’s explanation of how white people cannot be ignorant about racism was mind altering. Instead of blaming it on no contact or lack of socialization, Curry pushes back and lays the responsibility on white culture itself, “We know that white people have done the same type of behaviors. They have discriminated against Black people; they’ve called Black people niggers and God knows what other names. They always vitiated, secluded, and segregated Blackness. To repeat those things doesn’t seem to be the work of ignorance, in fact, it seems to be the repetition of historical knowledge of about how to treat Black folk. So when we see the same thing, ignorance seems to be the unrealistic apologetic.” To this day it is the most valuable theory on race that I have heard in the past five years.</p>
<p>The main part of The Man-Not is broken down into five chapters. In “On Mimesis and Men”, Dr. Curry reveals the justification of enslaving and controlling the Black man and the origin of the “Black Beast” narrative. In “Lost In a Kiss?”, Dr. Curry discusses Eldridge Cleaver’s lost manuscript The Book of Lives, Cleaver’s thoughts on the sexualization of Black men in prison, and how the mere existence of Black life provokes an attack by white racists. “The Political Economy of Niggerdom” is a look into the negative perception of Black men held by many in the academy and other PWI’s (Predominately White Institutions). Dr. Curry highlights that many of the current theories being taught in colleges about African-American males are inaccurate and based on racist thought. “Eschatological Dilemmas” talks about the often victimized Black male through sexualized violence, and why they are not afforded the ability to be seen as victims. Finally, “In the Fiat of Dreams” illustrates how not only the death of Black men and boys is de-centered, but it is thought of as deserving.</p>
<p>Each chapter in The Man-Not presents a case of the African-American men and boys being in constant danger for existing. On the state of the Black man, Dr. Curry comments, “To be a Black male is to live in constant fear of being accused of some offense against another.</p>
<p>Black men live in a world where any accusation against them is thought to be evidence of their guilt. Imagine a world in which any individual who can be thought of as a victim of a Black male has the power to define him as a criminal. This is the world many Black males find themselves imprisoned within, too often defined by the accusations of others against them rather than their actual character.” This is a part of the everyday existence of being Black. Your word means very little. If someone accuses you of a crime, the thought is that you are guilty of said crime. If you look like a criminal, chances are you are one. I thought about Michael Bennett, the Seattle Seahawks football player who was held at gunpoint by police for “looking like a suspect.” The benefit of the doubt is never given to us.</p>
<p>I was very interested in reading “Lost In a Kiss?”, the section of the book that highlights Cleaver’s lost manuscript, The Book of Lives. I had read Cleaver’s raw Soul on Ice when I was young and had been fascinated by his view on white supremacy. It wasn’t the bourgeois look into racism that many of his contemporaries had, but a gritty, gutter, street-level take on racist whites and the system they preside over. The Book of Lives, an unpublished writing of Cleaver’s, spoke about homosexuality in prison and how, in Dr. Curry’s words, “prisons are hedonistic warehouses.” This ties into the theme of The Man-Not: the specific societal and historic vulnerability of Black men and the white supremacist order, making the Black male disposable.</p>
<p>“Lost in a Kiss?” also talks about the irrational fear that whites possess towards Black people and the violence that Blackness attracts. Dr. Curry quotes Frantz Fanon, author of the classic book The Wretched of The Earth on this issue: “The Negro is phobogenic, meaning that the Negro triggers a pre-rational fear in the mind of the white. This fear objectifies the Negro, over-determining his being as the phantasm of the white mind. The objectified Black is endowed with evil intentions and with all the attributes of a malefic power.” After I read this, I thought of the unarmed Black men that were gunned down by police – from the adult Mike Brown, Walter Scott, down to the young Tamir Rice. Black men of all ages and sizes inspire fear.</p>
<p>The most impactful chapter of The Man-Not is “Eschatological Dilemmas: Anti-Black Male Death, Rape, and the Inability to Perceive Black Males Sexual Vulnerability”. Dr. Curry perfectly illustrates that throughout his time in America, the Negro has never been seen as a victim of sexual violence. Through his raging appetite to rape women and elongated member, the Black man cannot be raped. “The hyper-masculine stereotypes of Black males make it almost unfathomable for many onlookers to see Black men and boys as victims of women’s violence or rage,” Dr. Curry says. Chapter 4 also analyzes the sexualized pressure that led to many Black men being killed in the late 1800’s. Because he was a Black man and could rape, the white woman was in potential danger and these men had to be lynched. “He has to be controlled. He has to be locked away…” This way of thinking has not only been used throughout the years to falsely convict Black men of raping and sexually assaulting white women, but has forever stamped the Black man as hypersexual in his own community. While The Man-Not spends much of its time combating the negative stereotypes that reduce the Black man to a caricature, it also muses about life as a Black child seeing the violence that is directed at him because he is male. Dr. Curry writes, “Imagine what it means to see this life from the eyes of a Black boy, anxious and afraid of a youthful death – doubtful that he could live long enough to be a Black man?” This is something that every Black man living in America realizes: that he could be a victim of police terrorism, state-sanctioned murder, or even killed at the hands of a white vigilante who believes his or her life is in danger. I have written about this extensively, knowing that our life is perilous.</p>
<p>In the land rife with anti-Black male sentiment, The Man-Not presents the case for why Black men have not only been historically a target of every type of violent attack and stereotype, but that because of their Black maleness, this eliminates any supposed privilege they would share with white men. Dr. Curry describes a world where even though Black men have the lowest employment, the lowest life expectancy, and the highest percentage of people who are incarcerated in the United States in numbers that far exceed those at the height of South African Apartheid, there is a supposed inherent advantage to being Black and male. African-American men constitute the lowest numbers of being students and instructors in college. They are also killed by police at a larger percentage than any other living group. With all this being said, they are to have male privilege and are subjects of discourse taught in universities that African-American men are pathologically oppressive and violent. This special type of vitriol is called “Black Misandry” a term Dr. Curry and his colleagues have popularized when discussing the anti-Black male thought. The Man-Not destroys this train of thought with facts and that is what makes it such a powerful book.</p>
<p>The Man-Not is an important work that is essential in the day and age of disposable blog entries that ride on incorrect tropes about Black men. This is factual work backed up by data that can be proven, and that is what is missing in conversations about race. The Man-Not is a very dense book. There is a lot to digest here, but a book about racism and white supremacy should not be a quick read. This is a triumph in Black studies and about how the African-American man and boy is written. I felt pride and satisfaction reading this book. A Black man writing a book to humanize Black men and boys: it couldn’t have come at a better time for me and everyone else. —</p> Thinning Hair? Apply This On Your Hair and Watch What Happens What’s your take on what you just read? Comment below or write a response and submit to us your own point of view or reaction here at the red box, below, which links to our submissions portal.
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Black Like He And I: The Man-Not And The Fight To Humanize Black Men And Boys
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"<p>The boogie man is real. He is not a monster with long fangs, sharp claws, red eyes, and a tail who lives in your closet and comes out when the bedroom light is off. He is, in fact, a man of different ages, height, weight, and skin complexion. He is the Black man. Throughout our time in America, the Black man has been demonized as this being who is a destructive, carnivorous, raping, and murderous beast who is a danger to every human on this planet. This belief has been the motivation for many acts of violence towards the Black man: beatings, stabbings, lynching, as well as legislation such as the Black Codes and the 1994 Crime Bill. The thought of the African-American man being an out-of-control criminal and sexual predator has marred him in society by white men, white women, and even his own community. Dr. Tommy J. Curry, professor of philosophy at Texas A&amp;M University, hopes to fight the perception of the Black boogie man with his new book, The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemma of Black Manhood.</p>
<p>The Man-Not was written to show the Black man as something other than a caricature of violence: as a full-bodied person. Can people who have been studied and labeled as irredeemable and misogynist by white and Black feminist groups be viewed as men who are capable of vulnerability? Can a being that has not only historically been the target of violent racist attacks by white men and women be victims of sexual violence from said people as well?</p>
<p>I became aware of Dr. Curry by listening to an interview he gave on the podcast, “The Context of White Supremacy”, a show dedicated to discussing racism with other non-white people. What struck me was not how well researched Curry’s theories on white supremacy were. Although his thoughts were grounded in facts, I was taken aback by how fearless he was in addressing racism, not only to the academia or “academy” as he likes to call it, but in everyday life. Dr. Curry’s explanation of how white people cannot be ignorant about racism was mind altering. Instead of blaming it on no contact or lack of socialization, Curry pushes back and lays the responsibility on white culture itself, “We know that white people have done the same type of behaviors. They have discriminated against Black people; they’ve called Black people niggers and God knows what other names. They always vitiated, secluded, and segregated Blackness. To repeat those things doesn’t seem to be the work of ignorance, in fact, it seems to be the repetition of historical knowledge of about how to treat Black folk. So when we see the same thing, ignorance seems to be the unrealistic apologetic.” To this day it is the most valuable theory on race that I have heard in the past five years.</p>
<p>The main part of The Man-Not is broken down into five chapters. In “On Mimesis and Men”, Dr. Curry reveals the justification of enslaving and controlling the Black man and the origin of the “Black Beast” narrative. In “Lost In a Kiss?”, Dr. Curry discusses Eldridge Cleaver’s lost manuscript The Book of Lives, Cleaver’s thoughts on the sexualization of Black men in prison, and how the mere existence of Black life provokes an attack by white racists. “The Political Economy of Niggerdom” is a look into the negative perception of Black men held by many in the academy and other PWI’s (Predominately White Institutions). Dr. Curry highlights that many of the current theories being taught in colleges about African-American males are inaccurate and based on racist thought. “Eschatological Dilemmas” talks about the often victimized Black male through sexualized violence, and why they are not afforded the ability to be seen as victims. Finally, “In the Fiat of Dreams” illustrates how not only the death of Black men and boys is de-centered, but it is thought of as deserving.</p>
<p>Each chapter in The Man-Not presents a case of the African-American men and boys being in constant danger for existing. On the state of the Black man, Dr. Curry comments, “To be a Black male is to live in constant fear of being accused of some offense against another.</p>
<p>Black men live in a world where any accusation against them is thought to be evidence of their guilt. Imagine a world in which any individual who can be thought of as a victim of a Black male has the power to define him as a criminal. This is the world many Black males find themselves imprisoned within, too often defined by the accusations of others against them rather than their actual character.” This is a part of the everyday existence of being Black. Your word means very little. If someone accuses you of a crime, the thought is that you are guilty of said crime. If you look like a criminal, chances are you are one. I thought about Michael Bennett, the Seattle Seahawks football player who was held at gunpoint by police for “looking like a suspect.” The benefit of the doubt is never given to us.</p>
<p>I was very interested in reading “Lost In a Kiss?”, the section of the book that highlights Cleaver’s lost manuscript, The Book of Lives. I had read Cleaver’s raw Soul on Ice when I was young and had been fascinated by his view on white supremacy. It wasn’t the bourgeois look into racism that many of his contemporaries had, but a gritty, gutter, street-level take on racist whites and the system they preside over. The Book of Lives, an unpublished writing of Cleaver’s, spoke about homosexuality in prison and how, in Dr. Curry’s words, “prisons are hedonistic warehouses.” This ties into the theme of The Man-Not: the specific societal and historic vulnerability of Black men and the white supremacist order, making the Black male disposable.</p>
<p>“Lost in a Kiss?” also talks about the irrational fear that whites possess towards Black people and the violence that Blackness attracts. Dr. Curry quotes Frantz Fanon, author of the classic book The Wretched of The Earth on this issue: “The Negro is phobogenic, meaning that the Negro triggers a pre-rational fear in the mind of the white. This fear objectifies the Negro, over-determining his being as the phantasm of the white mind. The objectified Black is endowed with evil intentions and with all the attributes of a malefic power.” After I read this, I thought of the unarmed Black men that were gunned down by police – from the adult Mike Brown, Walter Scott, down to the young Tamir Rice. Black men of all ages and sizes inspire fear.</p>
<p>The most impactful chapter of The Man-Not is “Eschatological Dilemmas: Anti-Black Male Death, Rape, and the Inability to Perceive Black Males Sexual Vulnerability”. Dr. Curry perfectly illustrates that throughout his time in America, the Negro has never been seen as a victim of sexual violence. Through his raging appetite to rape women and elongated member, the Black man cannot be raped. “The hyper-masculine stereotypes of Black males make it almost unfathomable for many onlookers to see Black men and boys as victims of women’s violence or rage,” Dr. Curry says. Chapter 4 also analyzes the sexualized pressure that led to many Black men being killed in the late 1800’s. Because he was a Black man and could rape, the white woman was in potential danger and these men had to be lynched. “He has to be controlled. He has to be locked away…” This way of thinking has not only been used throughout the years to falsely convict Black men of raping and sexually assaulting white women, but has forever stamped the Black man as hypersexual in his own community. While The Man-Not spends much of its time combating the negative stereotypes that reduce the Black man to a caricature, it also muses about life as a Black child seeing the violence that is directed at him because he is male. Dr. Curry writes, “Imagine what it means to see this life from the eyes of a Black boy, anxious and afraid of a youthful death – doubtful that he could live long enough to be a Black man?” This is something that every Black man living in America realizes: that he could be a victim of police terrorism, state-sanctioned murder, or even killed at the hands of a white vigilante who believes his or her life is in danger. I have written about this extensively, knowing that our life is perilous.</p>
<p>In the land rife with anti-Black male sentiment, The Man-Not presents the case for why Black men have not only been historically a target of every type of violent attack and stereotype, but that because of their Black maleness, this eliminates any supposed privilege they would share with white men. Dr. Curry describes a world where even though Black men have the lowest employment, the lowest life expectancy, and the highest percentage of people who are incarcerated in the United States in numbers that far exceed those at the height of South African Apartheid, there is a supposed inherent advantage to being Black and male. African-American men constitute the lowest numbers of being students and instructors in college. They are also killed by police at a larger percentage than any other living group. With all this being said, they are to have male privilege and are subjects of discourse taught in universities that African-American men are pathologically oppressive and violent. This special type of vitriol is called “Black Misandry” a term Dr. Curry and his colleagues have popularized when discussing the anti-Black male thought. The Man-Not destroys this train of thought with facts and that is what makes it such a powerful book.</p>
<p>The Man-Not is an important work that is essential in the day and age of disposable blog entries that ride on incorrect tropes about Black men. This is factual work backed up by data that can be proven, and that is what is missing in conversations about race. The Man-Not is a very dense book. There is a lot to digest here, but a book about racism and white supremacy should not be a quick read. This is a triumph in Black studies and about how the African-American man and boy is written. I felt pride and satisfaction reading this book. A Black man writing a book to humanize Black men and boys: it couldn’t have come at a better time for me and everyone else. —</p> Thinning Hair? Apply This On Your Hair and Watch What Happens What’s your take on what you just read? Comment below or write a response and submit to us your own point of view or reaction here at the red box, below, which links to our submissions portal.
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<p>that's hot</p>
<p>I mean, it worked in Brazil, where Gisele Bündchen — supermodel, World Wildlife Federation representative, and <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2017/04/21/did-brady-skip-white-house-urging-his-wife/l8z4iJRO7TfNb8eAIuXtcJ/story.html" type="external">behind-the-scenes shaper of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s political consciousness</a> — tweeted at Brazilian President Michel Temer:</p>
<q> <p>It's our job to protect our Mother Earth. <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelTemer" type="external">@MichelTemer</a>, please say NO to reducing protection in the Amazon! <a href="https://t.co/KkKF4MrhGg" type="external">https://t.co/KkKF4MrhGg</a></p> </q>
<p>Bündchen’s tweet concerns legislation that would have removed protection from some parts of the Amazon rainforest. Temer’s administration has been remarkably anti-conservation, <a href="https://news.vice.com/story/brazil-is-handing-over-the-amazon-rainforest-to-mining-companies-and-big-agriculture" type="external">threatening indigenous lands</a> in favor of new agricultural, mineral extraction, and hydroelectric developments.</p>
<p>And lo! Temer responded:</p>
<p>That means, “I vetoed those bills, because you are extremely beautiful.” NO! It just means, “I vetoed those bills.”</p>
<p>This seems like a good approach to try in America. Can someone please text Kendall Jenner to ask if she feels like doing <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/pepsi-ad-internet-response/" type="external">something substantive</a> for the greater good? The EPA is <a type="internal">really hot right now</a>.</p>
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"<p>that's hot</p>
<p>I mean, it worked in Brazil, where Gisele Bündchen — supermodel, World Wildlife Federation representative, and <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2017/04/21/did-brady-skip-white-house-urging-his-wife/l8z4iJRO7TfNb8eAIuXtcJ/story.html" type="external">behind-the-scenes shaper of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady’s political consciousness</a> — tweeted at Brazilian President Michel Temer:</p>
<q> <p>It's our job to protect our Mother Earth. <a href="https://twitter.com/MichelTemer" type="external">@MichelTemer</a>, please say NO to reducing protection in the Amazon! <a href="https://t.co/KkKF4MrhGg" type="external">https://t.co/KkKF4MrhGg</a></p> </q>
<p>Bündchen’s tweet concerns legislation that would have removed protection from some parts of the Amazon rainforest. Temer’s administration has been remarkably anti-conservation, <a href="https://news.vice.com/story/brazil-is-handing-over-the-amazon-rainforest-to-mining-companies-and-big-agriculture" type="external">threatening indigenous lands</a> in favor of new agricultural, mineral extraction, and hydroelectric developments.</p>
<p>And lo! Temer responded:</p>
<p>That means, “I vetoed those bills, because you are extremely beautiful.” NO! It just means, “I vetoed those bills.”</p>
<p>This seems like a good approach to try in America. Can someone please text Kendall Jenner to ask if she feels like doing <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/pepsi-ad-internet-response/" type="external">something substantive</a> for the greater good? The EPA is <a type="internal">really hot right now</a>.</p>"
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<p><a type="internal">Barack Obama</a>, 56, and wife <a type="internal">Michelle Obama</a>, 53, finally released an official statement on Oct. 10, about the <a type="internal">Harvey Weinstein</a> sexual harassment accusations and it’s not pretty, according to media outlets such as <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/10/president-obama-michelle-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-disgusted-statement/" type="external">TMZ</a>. “Michelle and I have been disgusted by the recent reports about Harvey Weinstein,” the statement reads. “Any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status.” The former U.S. president and first lady’s daughter <a type="internal">Malia Obama</a>, 19, <a type="internal">interned at Harvey’s company, The Weinstein Company</a>, before attending Harvard University and Harvey even donated $680, 000 for Barack’s 2012 re-election campaign.</p>
<p>“We should celebrate the courage of women who have come forward to tell these painful stories,” the statement continued. “And we all need to build a culture – including by empowering our girls and teaching our boys decency and respect – so we can make such behavior less prevalent in the future.” Barack and Michelle’s statement comes just hours after a video message from the Republican National Committee, first reported by <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4968010/Pay-Weinstein-s-dirty-dollars-Republicans-tell-Obama.html" type="external">Daily Mail,</a> condemned him for his silence in the case.</p>
<p>Harvey has been accused of sexually harassing multiple women <a type="internal">including many actresses he’s worked with</a>such as <a type="internal">A</a> <a type="internal">shley Judd</a>, 49. The film producer continues to make headlines from the unfortunate situation with the most recent one involving an <a type="internal">announcement that his wife, Georgina Chapman, 41, is leaving him</a>. It’s been five days since the first allegations surfaced and since then, more and more women are coming forward with their own shocking stories. Harvey’s made various iconic films over the years, including Pulp Fiction, The Crying Game, and Shakespeare in Love.</p>
<p>HollywoodLifers, what do you think about the Obamas’ opinion on the Harvey Weinstein scandal? Tell us your thoughts here.</p>
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"<p><a type="internal">Barack Obama</a>, 56, and wife <a type="internal">Michelle Obama</a>, 53, finally released an official statement on Oct. 10, about the <a type="internal">Harvey Weinstein</a> sexual harassment accusations and it’s not pretty, according to media outlets such as <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/10/president-obama-michelle-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-disgusted-statement/" type="external">TMZ</a>. “Michelle and I have been disgusted by the recent reports about Harvey Weinstein,” the statement reads. “Any man who demeans and degrades women in such fashion needs to be condemned and held accountable, regardless of wealth or status.” The former U.S. president and first lady’s daughter <a type="internal">Malia Obama</a>, 19, <a type="internal">interned at Harvey’s company, The Weinstein Company</a>, before attending Harvard University and Harvey even donated $680, 000 for Barack’s 2012 re-election campaign.</p>
<p>“We should celebrate the courage of women who have come forward to tell these painful stories,” the statement continued. “And we all need to build a culture – including by empowering our girls and teaching our boys decency and respect – so we can make such behavior less prevalent in the future.” Barack and Michelle’s statement comes just hours after a video message from the Republican National Committee, first reported by <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4968010/Pay-Weinstein-s-dirty-dollars-Republicans-tell-Obama.html" type="external">Daily Mail,</a> condemned him for his silence in the case.</p>
<p>Harvey has been accused of sexually harassing multiple women <a type="internal">including many actresses he’s worked with</a>such as <a type="internal">A</a> <a type="internal">shley Judd</a>, 49. The film producer continues to make headlines from the unfortunate situation with the most recent one involving an <a type="internal">announcement that his wife, Georgina Chapman, 41, is leaving him</a>. It’s been five days since the first allegations surfaced and since then, more and more women are coming forward with their own shocking stories. Harvey’s made various iconic films over the years, including Pulp Fiction, The Crying Game, and Shakespeare in Love.</p>
<p>HollywoodLifers, what do you think about the Obamas’ opinion on the Harvey Weinstein scandal? Tell us your thoughts here.</p>"
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<p>Corey Taylor doesn’t like Donald Trump. In fact, that’s probably something of an understatement, the President being dubbed ‘the Cheeto’ throughout America 51. But on the other hand, Corey doesn’t like the two-party system of American politics at all, which he makes abundantly clear at the beginning of his fourth book. One thing The Great Big Mouth loves, however, is his country – the United States Of America. In his typical stream-of-consciousness style, often flailing wildly off-topic, the Slipknot frontman airs his gripes with all the political bullshittery that has gone down on his home turf recently. While his previous books have taken aim at the unending list of humanity’s traits that annoy Corey, this is a takedown of modern-day politics and (of course) the Trump administration from a man who admits he feels no kinship to either big party, but has a wealth of knowledge on American politics and a comical yet vicious tongue to match. Using his band life and turbulent childhood as reference points throughout, Corey shares his liberal views on everything from Black Lives Matter to Reaganomics, with cursing and caps lock firmly in place, forever reminding the reader that he’s an asshole (his words!). And while not everyone will agree with the points made on these pages, this asshole knows his shit.</p>
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"<p>Corey Taylor doesn’t like Donald Trump. In fact, that’s probably something of an understatement, the President being dubbed ‘the Cheeto’ throughout America 51. But on the other hand, Corey doesn’t like the two-party system of American politics at all, which he makes abundantly clear at the beginning of his fourth book. One thing The Great Big Mouth loves, however, is his country – the United States Of America. In his typical stream-of-consciousness style, often flailing wildly off-topic, the Slipknot frontman airs his gripes with all the political bullshittery that has gone down on his home turf recently. While his previous books have taken aim at the unending list of humanity’s traits that annoy Corey, this is a takedown of modern-day politics and (of course) the Trump administration from a man who admits he feels no kinship to either big party, but has a wealth of knowledge on American politics and a comical yet vicious tongue to match. Using his band life and turbulent childhood as reference points throughout, Corey shares his liberal views on everything from Black Lives Matter to Reaganomics, with cursing and caps lock firmly in place, forever reminding the reader that he’s an asshole (his words!). And while not everyone will agree with the points made on these pages, this asshole knows his shit.</p>"
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<p>Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has spoken about the recent violence in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>Last weekend saw violent clashes <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-40917417/how-charlottesville-became-a-flashpoint" type="external">between white supremacists and those opposing them</a> in the city, which resulted in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.</p>
<p>She was killed when a car ploughed through a crowd of counter-protestors who had gathered to oppose a ‘Unite The Right’ rally in the city. Another 19 people were injured at the scene.</p>
<p>Reacting to the news at last weekend’s Bloodstock festival, Mustaine tells Metal Hammer’s online editor Luke Morton: “I don’t know much about what happened – all I know is what they showed on TV and I didn’t get a chance to really see it.</p>
<p>“I do know that the same way there were bad guys that went to the liberal protests and started fights, there was a guy in the liberal side hit a guy on the right side in the head with a bicycle lock. He wasn’t part of the people that were protesting, he just went there to be an agent provocateur.</p>
<p>“If the guys on the right can go and mess with the guys on the left, the guys on the left can go and mess with the guys on the right. You don’t really know why people do this and why they have so much hate in their heart.</p>
<p>He adds: “The thought of me getting behind the wheel of a car and running somebody down is just incomprehensible. I don’t have any capacity to think with that much hate.”</p>
<p>Later, when Mustaine saw the full news report, he reached out to Luke on Twitter, saying: “I saw the story you asked about in Virginia. It was awful and breaks my heart to see how some people have devolved back into animals.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/anti-flag-respond-to-charlottesville-violence-with-racists-video" type="external">Anti-Flag released a lyric video for their track Racist in direct response to the events in Charlottesville</a>, while Papa Roach delivered a message saying <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/papa-roach-reject-war-and-hate-in-american-dreams-video" type="external">no to war and hate in their new video for American Dreams</a>.</p>
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"<p>Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has spoken about the recent violence in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>Last weekend saw violent clashes <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-40917417/how-charlottesville-became-a-flashpoint" type="external">between white supremacists and those opposing them</a> in the city, which resulted in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.</p>
<p>She was killed when a car ploughed through a crowd of counter-protestors who had gathered to oppose a ‘Unite The Right’ rally in the city. Another 19 people were injured at the scene.</p>
<p>Reacting to the news at last weekend’s Bloodstock festival, Mustaine tells Metal Hammer’s online editor Luke Morton: “I don’t know much about what happened – all I know is what they showed on TV and I didn’t get a chance to really see it.</p>
<p>“I do know that the same way there were bad guys that went to the liberal protests and started fights, there was a guy in the liberal side hit a guy on the right side in the head with a bicycle lock. He wasn’t part of the people that were protesting, he just went there to be an agent provocateur.</p>
<p>“If the guys on the right can go and mess with the guys on the left, the guys on the left can go and mess with the guys on the right. You don’t really know why people do this and why they have so much hate in their heart.</p>
<p>He adds: “The thought of me getting behind the wheel of a car and running somebody down is just incomprehensible. I don’t have any capacity to think with that much hate.”</p>
<p>Later, when Mustaine saw the full news report, he reached out to Luke on Twitter, saying: “I saw the story you asked about in Virginia. It was awful and breaks my heart to see how some people have devolved back into animals.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/anti-flag-respond-to-charlottesville-violence-with-racists-video" type="external">Anti-Flag released a lyric video for their track Racist in direct response to the events in Charlottesville</a>, while Papa Roach delivered a message saying <a href="https://www.loudersound.com/news/papa-roach-reject-war-and-hate-in-american-dreams-video" type="external">no to war and hate in their new video for American Dreams</a>.</p>"
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<p>Earlier this morning, President Trump took to Twitter to announce his decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.</p>
<q> <p>After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow……</p> <p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890193981585444864" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<q> <p>….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..</p> <p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890196164313833472" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<q> <p>….victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you</p> <p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890197095151546369" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” Trump announced via Twitter. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.”</p>
<p>The announcement drew swift responses on the social media platform.</p>
<p>“No American, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be prohibited from honor + privilege of serving our nation #LGBT,” tweeted Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).</p>
<p>“Pleased to hear that @realDonaldTrump shares my readiness and cost concerns, &amp; will be changing this costly and damaging policy #readiness,” tweeted Rep. Vicky Jo Hartzler (R-MO).</p>
<q> <p>Just spoke to a Trump administration official about the transgender military decision. Here's what they said… <a href="https://t.co/eOWdvlxTfd" type="external">pic.twitter.com/eOWdvlxTfd</a></p> <p>— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/890202683721863168" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>Trump’s decision will roll back military policy after the Obama administration lifted the ban last year, allowing transgender soldiers to openly serve in the United States Military.</p>
<p>The Department of Defense <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/821675/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-announces-policy-for-transgender-service-members/" type="external">policy</a> drew sharp criticism, as it supported service members looking to change their gender, making them eligible to receive coverage for “medically necessary care and treatment.”</p>
<p>“This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,” former Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in announcing the policy. “We’re talking about talented Americans who are serving with distinction or who want the opportunity to serve. We can’t allow barriers unrelated to a person’s qualifications prevent us from recruiting and retaining those who can best accomplish the mission.”</p>
<p>It is not yet clear what effect this decision will have on the roughly 250 transgender individuals currently serving openly in the armed forces.</p>
<p>SOUND OFF: Do you support Trump’s decision to ban transgender citizens from serving in our armed forces?</p>
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"<p>Earlier this morning, President Trump took to Twitter to announce his decision to ban transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.</p>
<q> <p>After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow……</p> <p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890193981585444864" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<q> <p>….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..</p> <p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890196164313833472" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<q> <p>….victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you</p> <p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/890197095151546369" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” Trump announced via Twitter. “Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you.”</p>
<p>The announcement drew swift responses on the social media platform.</p>
<p>“No American, no matter their sexual orientation or gender identity, should be prohibited from honor + privilege of serving our nation #LGBT,” tweeted Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).</p>
<p>“Pleased to hear that @realDonaldTrump shares my readiness and cost concerns, &amp; will be changing this costly and damaging policy #readiness,” tweeted Rep. Vicky Jo Hartzler (R-MO).</p>
<q> <p>Just spoke to a Trump administration official about the transgender military decision. Here's what they said… <a href="https://t.co/eOWdvlxTfd" type="external">pic.twitter.com/eOWdvlxTfd</a></p> <p>— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonathanvswan/status/890202683721863168" type="external">July 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>Trump’s decision will roll back military policy after the Obama administration lifted the ban last year, allowing transgender soldiers to openly serve in the United States Military.</p>
<p>The Department of Defense <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/821675/secretary-of-defense-ash-carter-announces-policy-for-transgender-service-members/" type="external">policy</a> drew sharp criticism, as it supported service members looking to change their gender, making them eligible to receive coverage for “medically necessary care and treatment.”</p>
<p>“This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,” former Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in announcing the policy. “We’re talking about talented Americans who are serving with distinction or who want the opportunity to serve. We can’t allow barriers unrelated to a person’s qualifications prevent us from recruiting and retaining those who can best accomplish the mission.”</p>
<p>It is not yet clear what effect this decision will have on the roughly 250 transgender individuals currently serving openly in the armed forces.</p>
<p>SOUND OFF: Do you support Trump’s decision to ban transgender citizens from serving in our armed forces?</p>"
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<p>Quick: what is the appropriate response to the stabbing death of a human?</p>
<p>And let's just never mind the fact that the stabbing was <a href="http://www.theroot.com/alt-reich-nation-member-charged-with-murder-in-stabbing-1795420915" type="external">completely random and unprovoked</a>. Or that the victim just happened to be days away from graduating from Bowie State University and had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was preparing to move to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for training in defending the country against chemical attacks.</p>
<p>What is important here, since it seems to be the only thing that is ever important in these situations, is that the victim - Richard Collins III, 23 - was Black. His murderer, Christopher Urbanski, 22, who saw fit to plunge a knife into Collins's chest for reasons <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/us/black-student-stabbed-maryland.html?_r=0" type="external">no one apparently knows</a> but the FBI is investigating as a "possible" (possible!!!) hate crime, is white.</p>
<a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/05/richard-collins-iii-alt-reich-facebook-photos-sean-urbanski-university-of-maryland-stabbing-victim-hate-crime/" type="external" /> Save
<p>Yes, "possible." As a matter of fact, Urbanski, who was charged with assault and first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bail, is a member of the white supremacist Facebook group Alt-Reich: Nation, according to <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/NATL-DCFamily-Identifies-Bowie-State-Univ-Student-Stabbed-Killed-at-UMd-423505764.html" type="external">NBC 4 Washington</a>. So yes, it is fair to say that it is certainly "possible" this was a hate crime.</p>
<p>Ah, but the story doesn't end there, because why would it.</p>
<p>After Collins died, a civilian employee of the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland <a href="http://www.theroot.com/radical-extremist-discovered-working-in-police-departme-1795481640" type="external">took to social media to praise the act</a>.</p>
<p>Welby Burgone, a police-academy recruit and obvious national treasure in Trump's America, worked in the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s communications department as a civilian employee. He was also a classmate and presumable "boy" of Urbanski's. When one Matt Worth posted on Twitter: "Fuck Yeah Sean!!!! That’s what happens when n***as try and get frosty with an OG. Talk shit, stabbed, lol."</p>
<p>To which Burgone replied with a meme that he apparently found funny, even though it objectively isn't funny under ANY circumstances, and certainly not when it refers to the slaying of a fellow human being.</p>
<a href="http://www.theroot.com/radical-extremist-discovered-working-in-police-departme-1795481640" type="external" /> Save
<p>Thankfully, because sometimes the world isn't a completely awful place, the Anne Arundel Police Department also didn't find it funny and immediately suspended Burgone, issuing the following <a href="http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-police-post-0523-20170522-story.html" type="external">statement</a>:</p>
<p>"The actions of this employee are a betrayal of the values of the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Any employee who espouses or supports hateful or racist ideology will be held accountable and we will not allow the public’s trust in their police department to be eroded."</p>
<p>This person is, however, still alive and freely roaming the streets being a good ol' 'Murican and contributing to the "dialogue" on his possible pro-hate crime radical extremist white supremacist group, and will go on to find employment elsewhere and ban together with like-minded fragile white men and possibly even reproduce and indoctrinate his progeny into his viciously racist ideology, all the while hiding behind his God and guns, so, awesome.</p>
<p>Honestly it's hard to say what the most disturbing part of this story even is.</p>
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"<p>Quick: what is the appropriate response to the stabbing death of a human?</p>
<p>And let's just never mind the fact that the stabbing was <a href="http://www.theroot.com/alt-reich-nation-member-charged-with-murder-in-stabbing-1795420915" type="external">completely random and unprovoked</a>. Or that the victim just happened to be days away from graduating from Bowie State University and had recently been commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was preparing to move to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, for training in defending the country against chemical attacks.</p>
<p>What is important here, since it seems to be the only thing that is ever important in these situations, is that the victim - Richard Collins III, 23 - was Black. His murderer, Christopher Urbanski, 22, who saw fit to plunge a knife into Collins's chest for reasons <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/us/black-student-stabbed-maryland.html?_r=0" type="external">no one apparently knows</a> but the FBI is investigating as a "possible" (possible!!!) hate crime, is white.</p>
<a href="http://heavy.com/news/2017/05/richard-collins-iii-alt-reich-facebook-photos-sean-urbanski-university-of-maryland-stabbing-victim-hate-crime/" type="external" /> Save
<p>Yes, "possible." As a matter of fact, Urbanski, who was charged with assault and first- and second-degree murder and is being held without bail, is a member of the white supremacist Facebook group Alt-Reich: Nation, according to <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/NATL-DCFamily-Identifies-Bowie-State-Univ-Student-Stabbed-Killed-at-UMd-423505764.html" type="external">NBC 4 Washington</a>. So yes, it is fair to say that it is certainly "possible" this was a hate crime.</p>
<p>Ah, but the story doesn't end there, because why would it.</p>
<p>After Collins died, a civilian employee of the Anne Arundel County Police Department in Maryland <a href="http://www.theroot.com/radical-extremist-discovered-working-in-police-departme-1795481640" type="external">took to social media to praise the act</a>.</p>
<p>Welby Burgone, a police-academy recruit and obvious national treasure in Trump's America, worked in the Anne Arundel County Police Department’s communications department as a civilian employee. He was also a classmate and presumable "boy" of Urbanski's. When one Matt Worth posted on Twitter: "Fuck Yeah Sean!!!! That’s what happens when n***as try and get frosty with an OG. Talk shit, stabbed, lol."</p>
<p>To which Burgone replied with a meme that he apparently found funny, even though it objectively isn't funny under ANY circumstances, and certainly not when it refers to the slaying of a fellow human being.</p>
<a href="http://www.theroot.com/radical-extremist-discovered-working-in-police-departme-1795481640" type="external" /> Save
<p>Thankfully, because sometimes the world isn't a completely awful place, the Anne Arundel Police Department also didn't find it funny and immediately suspended Burgone, issuing the following <a href="http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/for_the_record/ph-ac-cn-police-post-0523-20170522-story.html" type="external">statement</a>:</p>
<p>"The actions of this employee are a betrayal of the values of the Anne Arundel County Police Department. Any employee who espouses or supports hateful or racist ideology will be held accountable and we will not allow the public’s trust in their police department to be eroded."</p>
<p>This person is, however, still alive and freely roaming the streets being a good ol' 'Murican and contributing to the "dialogue" on his possible pro-hate crime radical extremist white supremacist group, and will go on to find employment elsewhere and ban together with like-minded fragile white men and possibly even reproduce and indoctrinate his progeny into his viciously racist ideology, all the while hiding behind his God and guns, so, awesome.</p>
<p>Honestly it's hard to say what the most disturbing part of this story even is.</p>"
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<p>It’s not often that a suspect’s attorney calls the police officer who arrested him a “true hero;” but in John Picerno’s eyes, that exactly what Overland Park Police Sergeant Scott Ferguson is.</p>
<p>Back in April, Ferguson was on night patrol when he spotted a vehicle driving along the wrong side of road with no headlights on.</p>
<p>He pulled the car over, but the driver quickly took off again…only to crash into a fire hydrant.</p>
<p>Dash cam footage from Ferguson’s patrol car then shows the drunk driver exiting his vehicle. He stood there hunched over with his hands behind his back, until Ferguson began approaching. That’s when the driver pulled out a pistol.</p>
<p>Rather than brandishing his own weapon, Ferguson wrestled the gun out of the driver’s hands – and the driver to the ground where he was finally handcuffed.</p>
<p>At his hearing in August, the suspect pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery on a law enforcement officer, as well as driving under the influence. After serving 170 days of his sentence, he was placed on probation.</p>
<p>But according to Picerno, his lawyer, he should just be thankful he’s alive.</p>
<p>“He is very lucky and both he and his family are very grateful for the officer, Sgt. Scott Ferguson, who exercised extreme discretion during the incident,” Picerno said according to the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article178277166.html" type="external">Kansas City Star</a>.</p>
<p>He added that Ferguson likely would’ve been justified in firing his weapon in that situation.</p>
<p>“No one is tougher on law enforcement than me,” he continued. “I have to say Sgt. Ferguson is a true hero in my book. He is an example of what good policing looks like.”</p>
<p>We couldn’t agree more. You can watch the dash cam video <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article178277166.html" type="external">here</a>.</p>
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"<p>It’s not often that a suspect’s attorney calls the police officer who arrested him a “true hero;” but in John Picerno’s eyes, that exactly what Overland Park Police Sergeant Scott Ferguson is.</p>
<p>Back in April, Ferguson was on night patrol when he spotted a vehicle driving along the wrong side of road with no headlights on.</p>
<p>He pulled the car over, but the driver quickly took off again…only to crash into a fire hydrant.</p>
<p>Dash cam footage from Ferguson’s patrol car then shows the drunk driver exiting his vehicle. He stood there hunched over with his hands behind his back, until Ferguson began approaching. That’s when the driver pulled out a pistol.</p>
<p>Rather than brandishing his own weapon, Ferguson wrestled the gun out of the driver’s hands – and the driver to the ground where he was finally handcuffed.</p>
<p>At his hearing in August, the suspect pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery on a law enforcement officer, as well as driving under the influence. After serving 170 days of his sentence, he was placed on probation.</p>
<p>But according to Picerno, his lawyer, he should just be thankful he’s alive.</p>
<p>“He is very lucky and both he and his family are very grateful for the officer, Sgt. Scott Ferguson, who exercised extreme discretion during the incident,” Picerno said according to the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article178277166.html" type="external">Kansas City Star</a>.</p>
<p>He added that Ferguson likely would’ve been justified in firing his weapon in that situation.</p>
<p>“No one is tougher on law enforcement than me,” he continued. “I have to say Sgt. Ferguson is a true hero in my book. He is an example of what good policing looks like.”</p>
<p>We couldn’t agree more. You can watch the dash cam video <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article178277166.html" type="external">here</a>.</p>"
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<p>John Legend has added his voice against those speaking out against disgraced Hollywood producer <a type="internal">Harvey Weinstein</a>, who has been accused of sexual harassment, assault and rape by multiple women in Hollywood. He was recently fired from the Weinstein Company but has reportedly vowed to continue making movies. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2017/10/18/john-legend-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-allegations-hollywood/" type="external">TMZ</a> spoke with Legend and asked for his thoughts on the matter.</p>
<p>He said: “I think he did some despicable things and he is rightfully being shamed for it. He shouldn’t be working in Hollywood if he’s abusing his position that way. I think it’s good we’re bringing light to this issue and hopefully more women will be able to tell their stories. Men need to listen and change their behavior.“</p>
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"<p>John Legend has added his voice against those speaking out against disgraced Hollywood producer <a type="internal">Harvey Weinstein</a>, who has been accused of sexual harassment, assault and rape by multiple women in Hollywood. He was recently fired from the Weinstein Company but has reportedly vowed to continue making movies. <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2017/10/18/john-legend-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment-allegations-hollywood/" type="external">TMZ</a> spoke with Legend and asked for his thoughts on the matter.</p>
<p>He said: “I think he did some despicable things and he is rightfully being shamed for it. He shouldn’t be working in Hollywood if he’s abusing his position that way. I think it’s good we’re bringing light to this issue and hopefully more women will be able to tell their stories. Men need to listen and change their behavior.“</p>"
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<p>A convoy used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has become a death trap for fighters with the radical Islamic terrorist group. American planes have carried out a number of air strikes on ISIS forces while largely avoiding civilian casualties.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/world/middleeast/isis-syria-convoy.html" type="external">multiple reports</a> and <a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/us-warplanes-pick-off-isis-fighters-drawn-to-stranded-convoy-like-moths-to-the-flame-1.486506#.WbLJL5OGOV4" type="external">Pentagon spokesmen</a>, the convoy consisted of 17 buses that were departing an ISIS-held enclave after striking a deal with the radical Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah and the Syrian army. However, the United States scrambled assets to attack the convoy, and cratered the road ahead of the busses.</p> A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve April 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)
<p>While six of the vehicles turned back towards the city of Palmyra, the other 11 have been stranded for at least 10 days. Since then, they have become almost irresistible bait for the terrorist group. Over 85 terrorists have been hit by coalition air strikes since the convoy was stranded. This has saved the United States and the rest of the anti-ISIS coalition the time and effort of hunting them down.</p>
<p>The U.S.-lead anti-ISIS coalition has allowed deliveries of food and water to the convoy, to which ISIS fighters have been drawn to "[l]ike moths to the flame," according to comments by DOD spokesman Ryan Dillon, an Army colonel.</p> ISIS militants loaded into buses who fled Lebanon in a peace deal with Hezbollah. (Screengrab from YouTube UNB News)
<p>"We were able to exploit it and take advantage," he said, noting that over 40 vehicles, from technicals to a tank, have been hit trying to aid the convoy. "We were able to continue to just observe and pick them off one at a time," Col. Dillon added.</p>
<p>The experienced ISIS troops have also apparently grown frustrated during the siege. During one of the deliveries, an internal squabble broke out.</p> A line of ISIS soldiers.
<p>"You could clearly tell they were going to fisticuffs," Dillon said. There was no word on whether the internal fighting among the ISIS terrorists saved the coalition additional trouble.</p>
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"<p>A convoy used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has become a death trap for fighters with the radical Islamic terrorist group. American planes have carried out a number of air strikes on ISIS forces while largely avoiding civilian casualties.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/world/middleeast/isis-syria-convoy.html" type="external">multiple reports</a> and <a href="https://www.stripes.com/news/us-warplanes-pick-off-isis-fighters-drawn-to-stranded-convoy-like-moths-to-the-flame-1.486506#.WbLJL5OGOV4" type="external">Pentagon spokesmen</a>, the convoy consisted of 17 buses that were departing an ISIS-held enclave after striking a deal with the radical Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah and the Syrian army. However, the United States scrambled assets to attack the convoy, and cratered the road ahead of the busses.</p> A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve April 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/Released)
<p>While six of the vehicles turned back towards the city of Palmyra, the other 11 have been stranded for at least 10 days. Since then, they have become almost irresistible bait for the terrorist group. Over 85 terrorists have been hit by coalition air strikes since the convoy was stranded. This has saved the United States and the rest of the anti-ISIS coalition the time and effort of hunting them down.</p>
<p>The U.S.-lead anti-ISIS coalition has allowed deliveries of food and water to the convoy, to which ISIS fighters have been drawn to "[l]ike moths to the flame," according to comments by DOD spokesman Ryan Dillon, an Army colonel.</p> ISIS militants loaded into buses who fled Lebanon in a peace deal with Hezbollah. (Screengrab from YouTube UNB News)
<p>"We were able to exploit it and take advantage," he said, noting that over 40 vehicles, from technicals to a tank, have been hit trying to aid the convoy. "We were able to continue to just observe and pick them off one at a time," Col. Dillon added.</p>
<p>The experienced ISIS troops have also apparently grown frustrated during the siege. During one of the deliveries, an internal squabble broke out.</p> A line of ISIS soldiers.
<p>"You could clearly tell they were going to fisticuffs," Dillon said. There was no word on whether the internal fighting among the ISIS terrorists saved the coalition additional trouble.</p>"
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<p>One lucky person is about to be a few hundred million dollars richer.</p>
<p>A massive $447.8 million jackpot is up for grabs for the lucky person who picked the winning numbers.</p>
<p>The winning numbers are:</p>
<p>20, 26, 32, 38, 58 and Powerball number: 3.</p>
<p>The single winning Powerball ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Sun City, California.</p>
<p>California Lottery officials said Sunday morning that the winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor &amp; Deli in southern California's Riverside County, about 80 miles south of Los Angeles. Officials say the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday morning. The winner has one year to claim the prize.</p>
<p>The retailer where the winning ticket was sold will receive a $1 million "retailer bonus."</p>
<p>The estimated prize is based on a winner choosing an annuity, which pays off over 29 years. The cash prize would be $273.1 million. Both prize amounts would be before taxes are deducted.</p>
<p>Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>One lucky person is about to be a few hundred million dollars richer.</p>
<p>A massive $447.8 million jackpot is up for grabs for the lucky person who picked the winning numbers.</p>
<p>The winning numbers are:</p>
<p>20, 26, 32, 38, 58 and Powerball number: 3.</p>
<p>The single winning Powerball ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Sun City, California.</p>
<p>California Lottery officials said Sunday morning that the winning ticket was sold at Marietta Liquor &amp; Deli in southern California's Riverside County, about 80 miles south of Los Angeles. Officials say the earliest the ticket could be redeemed is 8 a.m. Monday morning. The winner has one year to claim the prize.</p>
<p>The retailer where the winning ticket was sold will receive a $1 million "retailer bonus."</p>
<p>The estimated prize is based on a winner choosing an annuity, which pays off over 29 years. The cash prize would be $273.1 million. Both prize amounts would be before taxes are deducted.</p>
<p>Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>— George and Amal Clooney <a href="http://rare.us/rare-people/george-and-amal-clooney-made-a-huge-donation-in-the-wake-of-charlottesville-violence/" type="external">have donated $1 million</a> to Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit that strives to put an end to domestic hate groups and extremists, in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month.</p>
<p>“What happened in Charlottesville, and what is happening in communities across our country, demands our collective engagement to stand up to hate,” the actor and humanitarian lawyer said in a joint statement.</p>
<p><a type="internal">&gt;&gt; Related: More than 900 active hate groups in the U.S., report says</a></p>
<p>On Aug. 12, a rally in Charlottesville turned violent when a group of white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters. <a href="http://rare.us/rare-news/across-the-u-s-a/you-just-magnified-her-heather-heyers-parents-remember-her-fearlessness-at-her-memorial-service/" type="external">One woman was killed</a> when a car plowed into the crowd at the rally.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-clooney-idUSKCN1B223I" type="external">Reuters</a>, the donation comes from the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which the couple created in 2016 to promote justice worldwide in courtrooms and classrooms.</p>
<p>Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen released a statement thanking the Clooneys for “standing with (the organization) at this critical moment in our country’s fight against hate.”</p> Trending - Most Read Stories
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"<p>— George and Amal Clooney <a href="http://rare.us/rare-people/george-and-amal-clooney-made-a-huge-donation-in-the-wake-of-charlottesville-violence/" type="external">have donated $1 million</a> to Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit that strives to put an end to domestic hate groups and extremists, in response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month.</p>
<p>“What happened in Charlottesville, and what is happening in communities across our country, demands our collective engagement to stand up to hate,” the actor and humanitarian lawyer said in a joint statement.</p>
<p><a type="internal">&gt;&gt; Related: More than 900 active hate groups in the U.S., report says</a></p>
<p>On Aug. 12, a rally in Charlottesville turned violent when a group of white nationalists clashed with counterprotesters. <a href="http://rare.us/rare-news/across-the-u-s-a/you-just-magnified-her-heather-heyers-parents-remember-her-fearlessness-at-her-memorial-service/" type="external">One woman was killed</a> when a car plowed into the crowd at the rally.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-clooney-idUSKCN1B223I" type="external">Reuters</a>, the donation comes from the Clooney Foundation for Justice, which the couple created in 2016 to promote justice worldwide in courtrooms and classrooms.</p>
<p>Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen released a statement thanking the Clooneys for “standing with (the organization) at this critical moment in our country’s fight against hate.”</p> Trending - Most Read Stories"
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<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation concerning possible bank fraud, according to <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-fbi-investigation-for-bank-fraud-hire-lawyers/" type="external">CBS News</a> and <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/22/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-lawyer-bank-fraud-investigation-burlington-college-215297" type="external">Politico Magazine</a>.</p>
<p>The investigation centers on a loan that Jane Sanders secured to expand Burlington College when she was its president.</p>
<p>Jane Sanders allegedly distorted school donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to buy 33 acres of land for the school, which shut down in 2016.</p>
<p>Bernie Sanders told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/25/sanders-responds-to-ongoing-probe-into-wifes-2010-bank-loan/?utm_term=.b0cefeaa6c5b" type="external">Washington Post</a> that the investigation would clear his wife of any wrongdoing.</p>
<p>Rich Cassidy has reportedly been hired to represent Bernie Sanders, while high-profile Washington defense attorney Larry Robbins is reportedly representing Jane Sanders.</p>
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"<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation concerning possible bank fraud, according to <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-and-jane-sanders-under-fbi-investigation-for-bank-fraud-hire-lawyers/" type="external">CBS News</a> and <a href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/22/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-lawyer-bank-fraud-investigation-burlington-college-215297" type="external">Politico Magazine</a>.</p>
<p>The investigation centers on a loan that Jane Sanders secured to expand Burlington College when she was its president.</p>
<p>Jane Sanders allegedly distorted school donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to buy 33 acres of land for the school, which shut down in 2016.</p>
<p>Bernie Sanders told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/06/25/sanders-responds-to-ongoing-probe-into-wifes-2010-bank-loan/?utm_term=.b0cefeaa6c5b" type="external">Washington Post</a> that the investigation would clear his wife of any wrongdoing.</p>
<p>Rich Cassidy has reportedly been hired to represent Bernie Sanders, while high-profile Washington defense attorney Larry Robbins is reportedly representing Jane Sanders.</p>"
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<p>WASHINGTON, DC —</p>
<p>As South Florida begins the long process of rebuilding after Hurricane Irma, the Federal Emergency Management Agency added Broward, Martin, Palm Beach &amp; St. Lucie Counties to the list of counties eligible for Individual Assistance.</p>
<p>While President Trump’s September 10 Major Disaster Declaration included all 67 Florida counties on the list for Public Assistance, only nine counties were eligible for federal assistance to individuals and households.</p>
<p>Video: <a type="internal">Time-lapse of Hurricane Irma</a></p>
<p>FEMA’s new declaration comes after the Members of Congress sent a letter to the White House and urged FEMA these counties be included for Individual Assistance.</p>
<p>Residents in the above counties are encouraged to see what benefits are applicable to them and apply at www.disasterassistance.gov.</p>
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<p>As South Florida begins the long process of rebuilding after Hurricane Irma, the Federal Emergency Management Agency added Broward, Martin, Palm Beach &amp; St. Lucie Counties to the list of counties eligible for Individual Assistance.</p>
<p>While President Trump’s September 10 Major Disaster Declaration included all 67 Florida counties on the list for Public Assistance, only nine counties were eligible for federal assistance to individuals and households.</p>
<p>Video: <a type="internal">Time-lapse of Hurricane Irma</a></p>
<p>FEMA’s new declaration comes after the Members of Congress sent a letter to the White House and urged FEMA these counties be included for Individual Assistance.</p>
<p>Residents in the above counties are encouraged to see what benefits are applicable to them and apply at www.disasterassistance.gov.</p>"
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<p>The Columbia University Law School professor and confidant of former FBI Director James Comey refuted a charge by President Donald Trump and his advocates in the media Monday: that Comey shared classified information with journalists.</p>
<p>Daniel Richman, with whom Comey shared at least one memo -- the contents of which Richman shared with New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt -- said President Trump was simply wrong.</p>
<p>"No memo was given to me that was marked 'classified,'" Daniel Richman told CNN. "No memo was passed on to the Times."</p>
<p>Richman did share the contents of one memo, he said, but "the substance of the memo passed on to the Times was not marked classified and to my knowledge remains unclassified."</p>
<p>During Senate testimony in June, in which he said he gave memos to someone he described as a Columbia University professor, Comey said he specifically wrote the memos to avoid including classified information.</p>
<p>"My thinking was, if I write it in such a way that I don't include anything that would trigger a classification, that'll make it easier for us to discuss, within the FBI and the government, and to -- to hold on to it in a way that makes it accessible to us," Comey told senators.</p>
<p>On Sunday, writing in The Hill, John Solomon reported that, "More than half of the memos former FBI Director James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information, according to interviews with officials familiar with the documents."</p>
<p>CNN has not independently verified The Hill's report.</p>
<p>The Hill's reporting raised "the possibility," Solomon reported, that "Comey broke his own agency's rules and ignored the same security protocol" that Comey criticized Hillary Clinton for disregarding.</p>
<p>Solomon did not report that the possible breaking of FBI rules was determined to have happened, nor did he report that this would be a violation of the law. Yet that is how President Trump depicted it in a tweet Monday morning: "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!"</p>
<p>One of the issues at play may have to do with whether any contents of the Comey memos have since been upgraded to classified, although that has not been definitively reported by CNN.</p>
<p>The-CNN-Wire ™ &amp; © 2017 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.</p>
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"<p>The Columbia University Law School professor and confidant of former FBI Director James Comey refuted a charge by President Donald Trump and his advocates in the media Monday: that Comey shared classified information with journalists.</p>
<p>Daniel Richman, with whom Comey shared at least one memo -- the contents of which Richman shared with New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt -- said President Trump was simply wrong.</p>
<p>"No memo was given to me that was marked 'classified,'" Daniel Richman told CNN. "No memo was passed on to the Times."</p>
<p>Richman did share the contents of one memo, he said, but "the substance of the memo passed on to the Times was not marked classified and to my knowledge remains unclassified."</p>
<p>During Senate testimony in June, in which he said he gave memos to someone he described as a Columbia University professor, Comey said he specifically wrote the memos to avoid including classified information.</p>
<p>"My thinking was, if I write it in such a way that I don't include anything that would trigger a classification, that'll make it easier for us to discuss, within the FBI and the government, and to -- to hold on to it in a way that makes it accessible to us," Comey told senators.</p>
<p>On Sunday, writing in The Hill, John Solomon reported that, "More than half of the memos former FBI Director James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information, according to interviews with officials familiar with the documents."</p>
<p>CNN has not independently verified The Hill's report.</p>
<p>The Hill's reporting raised "the possibility," Solomon reported, that "Comey broke his own agency's rules and ignored the same security protocol" that Comey criticized Hillary Clinton for disregarding.</p>
<p>Solomon did not report that the possible breaking of FBI rules was determined to have happened, nor did he report that this would be a violation of the law. Yet that is how President Trump depicted it in a tweet Monday morning: "James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!"</p>
<p>One of the issues at play may have to do with whether any contents of the Comey memos have since been upgraded to classified, although that has not been definitively reported by CNN.</p>
<p>The-CNN-Wire ™ &amp; © 2017 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.</p>"
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<p>After the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a Confederate monument, internet companies are making it difficult for white supremacist groups to organize online.</p>
<p>Neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer was booted from web host GoDaddy after the rally. <a href="https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/896935462622957573" type="external">GoDaddy tweeted</a> the site violated its terms of service.</p>
<p>The Daily Stormer then tried to move <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-cancels-domain-registration-for-daily-stormer-2017-8" type="external">to Google</a> and then a <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/17/technology/business/daily-stormer-russia-domain-blocked/index.html" type="external">Russian domain</a>, but both hosts rejected the site.</p>
<p>Twitter and LinkedIn also canceled Daily Stormer-related accounts, and YouTube has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/17/apple-denounces-neo-nazis-as-spotify-bans-white-power-tracks" type="external">cracked down</a> on accounts associated with alt-right figures.</p>
<p>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/phoenix-s-mayor-asks-trump-to-delay-rally-in-the-city/" type="external">Phoenix's Mayor Wants President Trump To Delay A Rally In The City</a></p>
<p>White supremacists aren't being allowed to express themselves <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/08/16/spotify-removes-white-supremacy-hate-music/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#sS8hVN0UjiqF" type="external">through song</a>, either. Spotify is purging white supremacist music from its archives. And Pandora said it's making sure there's nothing like that on its service.</p>
<p>This was a trend before the "Unite the Right" rally even started. Airbnb <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/airbnb-deactivates-accounts-of-suspected-alt-right-users/" type="external">deleted accounts</a> of users it suspected were trying to book rooms in Charlottesville before the event.</p>
<p>White supremacists aren't just being blocked from posting on the internet. They're also being blocked from profiting from it.</p>
<p>Crowd-funding sites like Patreon and GoFundMe <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/alt-right-flocks-to-crowdfunding-platform-hatreon/" type="external">blocked the accounts</a> of alt-right figures and groups, forcing some to use a knockoff called Hatreon.</p>
<p>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com" type="external">Newsy.com</a></p>
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<p>After the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, over a Confederate monument, internet companies are making it difficult for white supremacist groups to organize online.</p>
<p>Neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer was booted from web host GoDaddy after the rally. <a href="https://twitter.com/GoDaddy/status/896935462622957573" type="external">GoDaddy tweeted</a> the site violated its terms of service.</p>
<p>The Daily Stormer then tried to move <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/google-cancels-domain-registration-for-daily-stormer-2017-8" type="external">to Google</a> and then a <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/17/technology/business/daily-stormer-russia-domain-blocked/index.html" type="external">Russian domain</a>, but both hosts rejected the site.</p>
<p>Twitter and LinkedIn also canceled Daily Stormer-related accounts, and YouTube has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/17/apple-denounces-neo-nazis-as-spotify-bans-white-power-tracks" type="external">cracked down</a> on accounts associated with alt-right figures.</p>
<p>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/stories/phoenix-s-mayor-asks-trump-to-delay-rally-in-the-city/" type="external">Phoenix's Mayor Wants President Trump To Delay A Rally In The City</a></p>
<p>White supremacists aren't being allowed to express themselves <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/08/16/spotify-removes-white-supremacy-hate-music/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#sS8hVN0UjiqF" type="external">through song</a>, either. Spotify is purging white supremacist music from its archives. And Pandora said it's making sure there's nothing like that on its service.</p>
<p>This was a trend before the "Unite the Right" rally even started. Airbnb <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/airbnb-deactivates-accounts-of-suspected-alt-right-users/" type="external">deleted accounts</a> of users it suspected were trying to book rooms in Charlottesville before the event.</p>
<p>White supremacists aren't just being blocked from posting on the internet. They're also being blocked from profiting from it.</p>
<p>Crowd-funding sites like Patreon and GoFundMe <a href="https://www.newsy.com/stories/alt-right-flocks-to-crowdfunding-platform-hatreon/" type="external">blocked the accounts</a> of alt-right figures and groups, forcing some to use a knockoff called Hatreon.</p>
<p>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com" type="external">Newsy.com</a></p>"
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<p>An online fundraiser for the family of Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday when a car plowed through a group of counterprotesters, <a href="http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/13/fundraiser-for-family-of-charlottesville-victim-heather-heyer-nets-42k/" type="external">has raised nearly $225,000</a> -- exceeding by more than four times its original goal.</p>
<p>Donations continue to pour into <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/our-sisters-keeper-heatherheyer" type="external">the GoFundMe account</a>.</p>
<p>TRENDING NOW:</p>
<p>“Heather Heyer was murdered while protesting against hate,” the GoFundMe account creator, Felicia Venita Correa, wrote in the account’s page description. “We are raising money to give to her family for anything that they may need. The family is aware of this and is in complete charge of when and where the funds will be released. She is a Greene County native and graduated from William Monroe High School. Her mother (whom I will not name until she is ready) said “She died doing what was right. My heart is broken, but I am forever proud of her. She will truly be missed.”</p>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=788927697803705&set=a.150388931657588&type=3" type="external" />
<p>The banner image on Heyer’s Facebook page spoke of civic engagement:</p>
<p>President Donald Trump addressed Heyer’s death via Twitter without naming her, writing: “Condolences to the family of the young woman killed today, and best regards to all of those injured, in Charlottesville, Virginia. So sad!”</p>
<p>First person piece: ‘ <a href="http://www.myajc.com/news/local/this-not-charlottesville/0V7Un6QSTUUY7CLoZFLccJ/" type="external">This is not my Charlottesville’</a></p>
<p>Authorities arrested James Alex Fields, 20, of Ohio, and <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/national/driver-car-that-plowed-into-crowd-protesting-white-nationalists-identified/ERteAyGOI0wQwXlm1dmxKP/" type="external">charged him with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at an accident that resulted in a death.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://apnews.com/12de1cb47897443384cc36d8621c3cf7" type="external">The Associated Press reported</a> three other arrests stemming from Saturday’s chaos in Charlottesville, where people protesting the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee clashed with counterprotesters. Troy Dunigan, 21, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was charged with disorderly conduct; Jacob L. Smith, 21, of Louisa, Virginia, was charged with assault and battery; and James M. O’Brien, 44, of Gainesville, Florida, was charged with carrying a concealed handgun.</p>
<q> <p>JUST IN: Booking photo of James Alex Fields, Jr. <a href="https://twitter.com/NBC29" type="external">@NBC29</a> <a href="https://t.co/9nxtsvqNmt" type="external">pic.twitter.com/9nxtsvqNmt</a></p> — Henry Graff (@HenryGraff) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryGraff/status/896541167084548096" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q>
<p>In a statement on Saturday, Trump blamed “many sides” for inciting the violence -- an equivocation that’s drawn criticism from across the political spectrum. Here are comments from Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who was once Trump’s rival for the presidential nomination, and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder:</p>
<q> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a>, thanks, at long last, for condemning hate in speech and action. Our work here is just beginning. Yours is too.</p> — Mike Signer (@MikeSigner) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSigner/status/896422677648474113" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>Very important for the nation to hear <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@potus</a> describe events in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a> for what they are, a terror attack by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whitesupremacists?src=hash" type="external">#whitesupremacists</a></p> — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/896483980857532416" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>If ISIS rammed a car into a crowd this would be labeled quickly &amp; logically. Charlottesville - call it what it is, domestic terrorism.</p> — Eric Holder (@EricHolder) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricHolder/status/896564288604839937" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q>
<p>“We agreed that the hate and the division must stop, and must stop right now,” Trump said during remarks issued from his New Jersey resort. “We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation and true affection for each other,” he said. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. It’s been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump. Not Barack Obama. It’s been going on for a long, long time.”</p>
<p>He also called for a swift return of law and order. Here are some excerpts from the statement, posted on Trump’s Twitter feed:</p>
<q> <p>We must remember this truth: No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are ALL AMERICANS FIRST. <a href="https://t.co/FesMiQSKKn" type="external">pic.twitter.com/FesMiQSKKn</a></p> — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896481262776360960" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a> <a href="https://t.co/DB22fgnu6L" type="external">pic.twitter.com/DB22fgnu6L</a></p> — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896467135391596544" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
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"<p>An online fundraiser for the family of Heather Heyer, who was killed in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday when a car plowed through a group of counterprotesters, <a href="http://buzz.blog.ajc.com/2017/08/13/fundraiser-for-family-of-charlottesville-victim-heather-heyer-nets-42k/" type="external">has raised nearly $225,000</a> -- exceeding by more than four times its original goal.</p>
<p>Donations continue to pour into <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/our-sisters-keeper-heatherheyer" type="external">the GoFundMe account</a>.</p>
<p>TRENDING NOW:</p>
<p>“Heather Heyer was murdered while protesting against hate,” the GoFundMe account creator, Felicia Venita Correa, wrote in the account’s page description. “We are raising money to give to her family for anything that they may need. The family is aware of this and is in complete charge of when and where the funds will be released. She is a Greene County native and graduated from William Monroe High School. Her mother (whom I will not name until she is ready) said “She died doing what was right. My heart is broken, but I am forever proud of her. She will truly be missed.”</p>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=788927697803705&set=a.150388931657588&type=3" type="external" />
<p>The banner image on Heyer’s Facebook page spoke of civic engagement:</p>
<p>President Donald Trump addressed Heyer’s death via Twitter without naming her, writing: “Condolences to the family of the young woman killed today, and best regards to all of those injured, in Charlottesville, Virginia. So sad!”</p>
<p>First person piece: ‘ <a href="http://www.myajc.com/news/local/this-not-charlottesville/0V7Un6QSTUUY7CLoZFLccJ/" type="external">This is not my Charlottesville’</a></p>
<p>Authorities arrested James Alex Fields, 20, of Ohio, and <a href="http://www.ajc.com/news/national/driver-car-that-plowed-into-crowd-protesting-white-nationalists-identified/ERteAyGOI0wQwXlm1dmxKP/" type="external">charged him with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of failing to stop at an accident that resulted in a death.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://apnews.com/12de1cb47897443384cc36d8621c3cf7" type="external">The Associated Press reported</a> three other arrests stemming from Saturday’s chaos in Charlottesville, where people protesting the removal of a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee clashed with counterprotesters. Troy Dunigan, 21, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was charged with disorderly conduct; Jacob L. Smith, 21, of Louisa, Virginia, was charged with assault and battery; and James M. O’Brien, 44, of Gainesville, Florida, was charged with carrying a concealed handgun.</p>
<q> <p>JUST IN: Booking photo of James Alex Fields, Jr. <a href="https://twitter.com/NBC29" type="external">@NBC29</a> <a href="https://t.co/9nxtsvqNmt" type="external">pic.twitter.com/9nxtsvqNmt</a></p> — Henry Graff (@HenryGraff) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenryGraff/status/896541167084548096" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q>
<p>In a statement on Saturday, Trump blamed “many sides” for inciting the violence -- an equivocation that’s drawn criticism from across the political spectrum. Here are comments from Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who was once Trump’s rival for the presidential nomination, and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder:</p>
<q> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a>, thanks, at long last, for condemning hate in speech and action. Our work here is just beginning. Yours is too.</p> — Mike Signer (@MikeSigner) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeSigner/status/896422677648474113" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>Very important for the nation to hear <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS" type="external">@potus</a> describe events in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a> for what they are, a terror attack by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/whitesupremacists?src=hash" type="external">#whitesupremacists</a></p> — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/896483980857532416" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>If ISIS rammed a car into a crowd this would be labeled quickly &amp; logically. Charlottesville - call it what it is, domestic terrorism.</p> — Eric Holder (@EricHolder) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricHolder/status/896564288604839937" type="external">August 13, 2017</a> </q>
<p>“We agreed that the hate and the division must stop, and must stop right now,” Trump said during remarks issued from his New Jersey resort. “We have to come together as Americans with love for our nation and true affection for each other,” he said. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides. It’s been going on for a long time in our country. Not Donald Trump. Not Barack Obama. It’s been going on for a long, long time.”</p>
<p>He also called for a swift return of law and order. Here are some excerpts from the statement, posted on Trump’s Twitter feed:</p>
<q> <p>We must remember this truth: No matter our color, creed, religion or political party, we are ALL AMERICANS FIRST. <a href="https://t.co/FesMiQSKKn" type="external">pic.twitter.com/FesMiQSKKn</a></p> — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896481262776360960" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a> <a href="https://t.co/DB22fgnu6L" type="external">pic.twitter.com/DB22fgnu6L</a></p> — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896467135391596544" type="external">August 12, 2017</a> </q>
<a type="internal">Scott Olson/Getty Images</a>
<p>© 2018 Cox Media Group.</p>"
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<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTHR) - Indiana lawmakers in Washington are joining the chorus against white supremacist groups.</p>
<p>Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) is co-sponsoring legislation with more than 30 members of Congress that calls for President Donald Trump "to strongly condemn white nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan, and other hate groups that make up the 'alt-right'." The lawmakers are also demanding the president fire officials in the Trump administration who support white supremacists, specifically naming Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.</p>
<q> <p>BREAKING: I've introduced a resolution with 31 co-sponsors demanding Trump fire any staff who've endorsed or supported white supremacists. <a href="https://t.co/2WuGMqhQPa" type="external">pic.twitter.com/2WuGMqhQPa</a></p>— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/897508813695107072" type="external">August 15, 2017</a> </q>
<p>"The President of the United States and his advisors should serve as an example to the rest of the country," Rep. Carson said. "As the country unites against this violent and hateful movement, people who fail to stand up to white nationalism and neo-Nazism should not be in a position of power."</p>
<p>The legislation, outlined in a release from Carson's office, also calls for Trump to "use all available resources" to address the growth of hate groups in the country and to "unite all Americans against hate."</p>
<p>Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) took to Twitter Tuesday evening to denouce the groups:</p>
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"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTHR) - Indiana lawmakers in Washington are joining the chorus against white supremacist groups.</p>
<p>Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) is co-sponsoring legislation with more than 30 members of Congress that calls for President Donald Trump "to strongly condemn white nationalists, the Ku Klux Klan, and other hate groups that make up the 'alt-right'." The lawmakers are also demanding the president fire officials in the Trump administration who support white supremacists, specifically naming Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller and Sebastian Gorka.</p>
<q> <p>BREAKING: I've introduced a resolution with 31 co-sponsors demanding Trump fire any staff who've endorsed or supported white supremacists. <a href="https://t.co/2WuGMqhQPa" type="external">pic.twitter.com/2WuGMqhQPa</a></p>— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal/status/897508813695107072" type="external">August 15, 2017</a> </q>
<p>"The President of the United States and his advisors should serve as an example to the rest of the country," Rep. Carson said. "As the country unites against this violent and hateful movement, people who fail to stand up to white nationalism and neo-Nazism should not be in a position of power."</p>
<p>The legislation, outlined in a release from Carson's office, also calls for Trump to "use all available resources" to address the growth of hate groups in the country and to "unite all Americans against hate."</p>
<p>Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) took to Twitter Tuesday evening to denouce the groups:</p>"
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<p>INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Former Colts head coach Tony Dungy announced on Twitter Thursday morning that he's donating money to help a city near Tampa Bay remove a Confederate statue.</p>
<p>Dungy tweeted a picture of the front page of the Tampa Bay Times saying Hillsborough would need $140,000 in private funds in the next 30 days to move the statue. He said he and his wife "are in for $5K" and then challenged Tampa's sports teams to pitch in as well.</p>
<p>Since Charlottesville, there has been <a type="internal">a surge in efforts</a> to move or outright destroy statues of Confederate war leaders from Gainesville, Florida to Baltimore, Maryland.</p>
<p>There has also been a renewal of efforts to protect the monuments. President Donald Trump tweeted that it's "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country <a type="internal">being ripped apart</a>" with the removal of such statues around the country. Maine's Republican governor Paul LePage went so far as to say removing Confederate statues is <a type="internal">"just like"</a> removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks.</p>
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"<p>INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Former Colts head coach Tony Dungy announced on Twitter Thursday morning that he's donating money to help a city near Tampa Bay remove a Confederate statue.</p>
<p>Dungy tweeted a picture of the front page of the Tampa Bay Times saying Hillsborough would need $140,000 in private funds in the next 30 days to move the statue. He said he and his wife "are in for $5K" and then challenged Tampa's sports teams to pitch in as well.</p>
<p>Since Charlottesville, there has been <a type="internal">a surge in efforts</a> to move or outright destroy statues of Confederate war leaders from Gainesville, Florida to Baltimore, Maryland.</p>
<p>There has also been a renewal of efforts to protect the monuments. President Donald Trump tweeted that it's "Sad to see the history and culture of our great country <a type="internal">being ripped apart</a>" with the removal of such statues around the country. Maine's Republican governor Paul LePage went so far as to say removing Confederate statues is <a type="internal">"just like"</a> removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks.</p>"
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<p>NEW YORK (WTHR) - Jimmy Fallon passed on the usual jokes to share his thoughts on the weekend protests in Virginia.</p>
<p>"What happened this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia was just disgusting," Fallon said.</p>
<p>He said he watched the protests and became "sick to my stomach." He added that he was concerned about the effect the news would have on his young daughters.</p>
<p>"They're two years old and four years old, they don't know what hate is. They go to the playground, they have friends of all races and backgrounds, they just play, they laugh and they have fun," Fallon said.</p>
<p>He said children need parents and teachers who they can look up to for guidance, as well as "leaders that appeal to the best of us."</p>
<p>The "Tonight Show" host called out President Donald Trump, saying it was "shameful" that the president took two days "to clearly denounce racists and white supremacists," adding that Trump likely did so only after public pressure.</p>
<p>"It's important for everyone, especially white people in this country, to speak out against this. Ignoring it is just as bad as supporting it," he said.</p>
<p>Fallon paid tribute to 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who died when she was struck by a car during a counter-protest in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>"I can't look at my beautiful, growing, curious daughters and say nothing when this kind of thing is happening," Fallon said.</p>
<p>You can watch Fallon's entire speech in the video player above.</p>
<p>The "Tonight Show" airs weeknights at 11:35 on Channel 13.</p>
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<p>"What happened this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia was just disgusting," Fallon said.</p>
<p>He said he watched the protests and became "sick to my stomach." He added that he was concerned about the effect the news would have on his young daughters.</p>
<p>"They're two years old and four years old, they don't know what hate is. They go to the playground, they have friends of all races and backgrounds, they just play, they laugh and they have fun," Fallon said.</p>
<p>He said children need parents and teachers who they can look up to for guidance, as well as "leaders that appeal to the best of us."</p>
<p>The "Tonight Show" host called out President Donald Trump, saying it was "shameful" that the president took two days "to clearly denounce racists and white supremacists," adding that Trump likely did so only after public pressure.</p>
<p>"It's important for everyone, especially white people in this country, to speak out against this. Ignoring it is just as bad as supporting it," he said.</p>
<p>Fallon paid tribute to 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who died when she was struck by a car during a counter-protest in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>"I can't look at my beautiful, growing, curious daughters and say nothing when this kind of thing is happening," Fallon said.</p>
<p>You can watch Fallon's entire speech in the video player above.</p>
<p>The "Tonight Show" airs weeknights at 11:35 on Channel 13.</p>"
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<p>LAS VEGAS —</p>
<p>Warning: Videos that appear in this article may include graphic content</p>
<p>Despite rumors, Las Vegas authorities still believe only man was responsible for killing at least 59 people and injuring 527 after he opened fire on an outdoor concert late Sunday. It is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.</p>
<p>Around 10 p.m. local time, a gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival from inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.</p>
<p>SWAT teams quickly surrounded the concert and the casino, and officers used explosives to get into the hotel room where the suspect was inside, authorities said. The gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was found dead. Police believe he killed himself prior to their entry.</p>
<p>Overall 23 guns, including a number of long rifles, were found in his room, Las Vegas Police Undersheriff Kevin McMahill told CNN.</p>
<p>Paddock is from Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says Paddock first checked into the hotel on Sept. 28.</p>
<p>Authorities obtained a search warrant for the home of Stephen Paddock in Mesquite, Nevada.</p>
<p>Authorities stormed the house, which is in an upscale neighborhood, on Monday afternoon. They closed a two-block stretch around the house in a neighborhood that has a community clubhouse with a tennis court and a billiard room.</p>
<p>Las Vegas police say they found 19 firearms in the house.</p>
<p>Three SWAT team trucks and a bomb squad truck accompanied police.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Press%20Releases/PO%20236%2010-02-17.pdf" type="external">Authorities are asking that anyone</a> with possible photos or video from the incident call 1-800-225-5324.</p>
<p>Police say they located 62-year-old Marilou Danley, who was initially wanted as a person of interest in this incident. Danley, who was out of the country at the time, is not believed to have been involved in the shooting.</p>
<p>Paddock's brother Eric told reporters that Danley is his brother's girlfriend.</p>
<p>There was no immediate word on the motive for the bloodbath. Lombardo said authorities believe it was a “lone wolf” attack.</p>
<p>Without providing evidence, the Islamic State claimed the attack, saying the shooter converted to Islam months ago. FBI officials later disputed this report, saying that there is no known link between the suspect and any international terror group.</p>
<p>Mesquite police also searched the suspected gunman's home. At a press conference, authorities say they seized in excess of 18 additional firearms, in additional to some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo. Another residence in Northern Nevada is about to be searched by SWAT teams, police said.</p>
<p>Eric Paddock, who lives in Florida, told the Orlando Sentinel: “We are completely dumbfounded. We can’t understand what happened.”</p>
<p>Eric Paddock told WESH that "it's like an asteroid has hit the family," and that the family has "no reason, rhyme, rationale" for the attack. They say he had no criminal past and no group affiliation. The Paddock family says the alleged shooter was a multi-millionaire real estate investor.</p>
<p>Eric shared an image of himself with Stephen, pictured below, from 15 years ago.</p>
<p>Two Las Vegas police officers are being treated at a local hospital for injuries they sustained during the shooting, Lombardo said. In addition, the sheriff stated that there were off duty officers attending the concert who died, including a LVMPD officer.</p>
<p>Country music star Jason Aldean was performing at the end of the three-day festival when the gunman opened fire.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/LukeBroadlick/status/914757815926792192" type="external">Video</a> of the shooting then showed Aldean stopping and the crowd getting quiet as if they were unsure of what had just happened. The gunman paused and then fired another volley of muzzle flashes from the gold glass casino as more victims fell to the ground while others fled in panic.</p>
<p>(Warning: Viewers may find the video below upsetting.)</p>
<p>Terrifying video from the scene shows people panicking at the <a href="https://twitter.com/davidsakach/status/914730995147870208" type="external">sound of rapid gunfire</a> and screaming as they <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvEsknBxYX/" type="external">scrambled to escape</a>.</p>
<p>Some hid behind concession stands, while others crawled under parked cars.</p>
<p>As the 22,000 fans in the crowd began to flee, witnesses reported seeing flashes of light coming from the Mandalay Bay tower high above.</p>
<p>A witness, only identified as Christine, describes the horrifying moment:</p>
<p>"We saw Jason run off stage, and people all over on the floor the grassy area in front of the stage, someone falling, someone screaming and running," she said. "The shots just kept coming, and so we were going down and when we got down, there was a man that was shot right there, he was all bloody and unconscious."</p>
<p>Monique Dumas said that everyone instantly crouched when they heard the shots.</p>
<p>"It seemed there was a pause in the gunfire and the people in the yellow shirts were telling the people to 'go, go, go, go' ... the gunfire never ended, it seemed like it went on and on and on," she said.</p>
<p>A nurse who was off-duty witnessed the scene described it.</p>
<p>Storme Warren described watching the chaos erupt once people began to run for their lives, saying: "We stepped over the bodies, we saw the people, we saw the heart-wrenching sadness from relatives grabbing hold of their loved ones."</p>
<p>Flights in and out of Las Vegas' McCarran Airport were also held because of the situation.</p>
<p>Aldean took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvRZnogBrI/?hl=en&taken-by=jasonaldean" type="external">social media</a> to say he and his crew are safe, adding: "Tonight has been beyond horrific."</p>
<p>President Donald Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914810093874671617" type="external">tweeted</a>: "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!"</p>
<p>Later in the day Monday, President Trump called the shooting "an act of pure evil," and praised first responders. He said he will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman <a href="https://twitter.com/mayoroflasvegas/status/914747671528615936" type="external">tweeted</a>: "Pray for Las Vegas. Thank you to all our first responders out there now."</p>
<p>"While the sun is shining in Las Vegas, it is a very dark and black day," Goodman said at a Monday press conference. The mayor also confirmed that a city hall employee was among the dead.</p>
<p>A prayer vigil is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. local time in front of Las Vegas City Hall.</p>
<p>Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval <a href="https://twitter.com/GovSandoval/status/914783843806199809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.dataminr.com%2Fapp%2Fdashboard.html" type="external">tweeted</a>, calling the attack a "heinous act of violence."</p>
<p>Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchinson told reports that all victims who had been transported to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada survived the injuries sustained in the shooting. "If you were alive and went into UMC hospital last night, you are still alive," said Hutchison.</p>
<p>UMC is the only Level I trauma center in the state of Nevada.</p>
<p>MGM Resorts, the owners of the Mandalay Bay Casino, <a href="https://twitter.com/MGMResortsIntl/status/914785615417241600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.dataminr.com%2Fapp%2Fdashboard.html" type="external">tweeted</a>: "Our thoughts &amp; prayers are with the victims of last night's tragic events. We’re grateful for the immediate actions of our first responders."</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/the-violent-incident-in-las-vegas-nevada-oct01-2017/" type="external">Facebook has set up a crisis response page</a> to help people establish whether their loved ones are safe.</p>
<p>One distraught witness told reporters "this kind of stuff cannot happen in America."</p>
<p>"We need to come together and fight for America, because this is our country, this is our nation, this is our people, we need to stand together to fight this thing out," he said.</p>
<p>49 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016.</p>
<p>Orlando Police Chief John Mina <a href="https://twitter.com/OrlandoPolice/status/914818432788508673/photo/1" type="external">tweeted</a> condolences for all those affected by the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying in part: "This community, and the men and women of OPD, know all too well the anguish that is gripping the residents, visitors and law enforcement community in Las Vegas."</p>
<p>The U.S. Homeland Security Department says there is no “specific credible threat” involving other public venues in the U.S.</p>
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"<p>LAS VEGAS —</p>
<p>Warning: Videos that appear in this article may include graphic content</p>
<p>Despite rumors, Las Vegas authorities still believe only man was responsible for killing at least 59 people and injuring 527 after he opened fire on an outdoor concert late Sunday. It is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.</p>
<p>Around 10 p.m. local time, a gunman opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Festival from inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino across the street.</p>
<p>SWAT teams quickly surrounded the concert and the casino, and officers used explosives to get into the hotel room where the suspect was inside, authorities said. The gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, was found dead. Police believe he killed himself prior to their entry.</p>
<p>Overall 23 guns, including a number of long rifles, were found in his room, Las Vegas Police Undersheriff Kevin McMahill told CNN.</p>
<p>Paddock is from Mesquite, Nev., about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo says Paddock first checked into the hotel on Sept. 28.</p>
<p>Authorities obtained a search warrant for the home of Stephen Paddock in Mesquite, Nevada.</p>
<p>Authorities stormed the house, which is in an upscale neighborhood, on Monday afternoon. They closed a two-block stretch around the house in a neighborhood that has a community clubhouse with a tennis court and a billiard room.</p>
<p>Las Vegas police say they found 19 firearms in the house.</p>
<p>Three SWAT team trucks and a bomb squad truck accompanied police.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.lvmpd.com/en-us/Press%20Releases/PO%20236%2010-02-17.pdf" type="external">Authorities are asking that anyone</a> with possible photos or video from the incident call 1-800-225-5324.</p>
<p>Police say they located 62-year-old Marilou Danley, who was initially wanted as a person of interest in this incident. Danley, who was out of the country at the time, is not believed to have been involved in the shooting.</p>
<p>Paddock's brother Eric told reporters that Danley is his brother's girlfriend.</p>
<p>There was no immediate word on the motive for the bloodbath. Lombardo said authorities believe it was a “lone wolf” attack.</p>
<p>Without providing evidence, the Islamic State claimed the attack, saying the shooter converted to Islam months ago. FBI officials later disputed this report, saying that there is no known link between the suspect and any international terror group.</p>
<p>Mesquite police also searched the suspected gunman's home. At a press conference, authorities say they seized in excess of 18 additional firearms, in additional to some explosives and several thousand rounds of ammo. Another residence in Northern Nevada is about to be searched by SWAT teams, police said.</p>
<p>Eric Paddock, who lives in Florida, told the Orlando Sentinel: “We are completely dumbfounded. We can’t understand what happened.”</p>
<p>Eric Paddock told WESH that "it's like an asteroid has hit the family," and that the family has "no reason, rhyme, rationale" for the attack. They say he had no criminal past and no group affiliation. The Paddock family says the alleged shooter was a multi-millionaire real estate investor.</p>
<p>Eric shared an image of himself with Stephen, pictured below, from 15 years ago.</p>
<p>Two Las Vegas police officers are being treated at a local hospital for injuries they sustained during the shooting, Lombardo said. In addition, the sheriff stated that there were off duty officers attending the concert who died, including a LVMPD officer.</p>
<p>Country music star Jason Aldean was performing at the end of the three-day festival when the gunman opened fire.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/LukeBroadlick/status/914757815926792192" type="external">Video</a> of the shooting then showed Aldean stopping and the crowd getting quiet as if they were unsure of what had just happened. The gunman paused and then fired another volley of muzzle flashes from the gold glass casino as more victims fell to the ground while others fled in panic.</p>
<p>(Warning: Viewers may find the video below upsetting.)</p>
<p>Terrifying video from the scene shows people panicking at the <a href="https://twitter.com/davidsakach/status/914730995147870208" type="external">sound of rapid gunfire</a> and screaming as they <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvEsknBxYX/" type="external">scrambled to escape</a>.</p>
<p>Some hid behind concession stands, while others crawled under parked cars.</p>
<p>As the 22,000 fans in the crowd began to flee, witnesses reported seeing flashes of light coming from the Mandalay Bay tower high above.</p>
<p>A witness, only identified as Christine, describes the horrifying moment:</p>
<p>"We saw Jason run off stage, and people all over on the floor the grassy area in front of the stage, someone falling, someone screaming and running," she said. "The shots just kept coming, and so we were going down and when we got down, there was a man that was shot right there, he was all bloody and unconscious."</p>
<p>Monique Dumas said that everyone instantly crouched when they heard the shots.</p>
<p>"It seemed there was a pause in the gunfire and the people in the yellow shirts were telling the people to 'go, go, go, go' ... the gunfire never ended, it seemed like it went on and on and on," she said.</p>
<p>A nurse who was off-duty witnessed the scene described it.</p>
<p>Storme Warren described watching the chaos erupt once people began to run for their lives, saying: "We stepped over the bodies, we saw the people, we saw the heart-wrenching sadness from relatives grabbing hold of their loved ones."</p>
<p>Flights in and out of Las Vegas' McCarran Airport were also held because of the situation.</p>
<p>Aldean took to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvRZnogBrI/?hl=en&taken-by=jasonaldean" type="external">social media</a> to say he and his crew are safe, adding: "Tonight has been beyond horrific."</p>
<p>President Donald Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/914810093874671617" type="external">tweeted</a>: "My warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible Las Vegas shooting. God bless you!"</p>
<p>Later in the day Monday, President Trump called the shooting "an act of pure evil," and praised first responders. He said he will travel to Las Vegas on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The Mayor of Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman <a href="https://twitter.com/mayoroflasvegas/status/914747671528615936" type="external">tweeted</a>: "Pray for Las Vegas. Thank you to all our first responders out there now."</p>
<p>"While the sun is shining in Las Vegas, it is a very dark and black day," Goodman said at a Monday press conference. The mayor also confirmed that a city hall employee was among the dead.</p>
<p>A prayer vigil is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. local time in front of Las Vegas City Hall.</p>
<p>Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval <a href="https://twitter.com/GovSandoval/status/914783843806199809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.dataminr.com%2Fapp%2Fdashboard.html" type="external">tweeted</a>, calling the attack a "heinous act of violence."</p>
<p>Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchinson told reports that all victims who had been transported to University Medical Center of Southern Nevada survived the injuries sustained in the shooting. "If you were alive and went into UMC hospital last night, you are still alive," said Hutchison.</p>
<p>UMC is the only Level I trauma center in the state of Nevada.</p>
<p>MGM Resorts, the owners of the Mandalay Bay Casino, <a href="https://twitter.com/MGMResortsIntl/status/914785615417241600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.dataminr.com%2Fapp%2Fdashboard.html" type="external">tweeted</a>: "Our thoughts &amp; prayers are with the victims of last night's tragic events. We’re grateful for the immediate actions of our first responders."</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/safetycheck/the-violent-incident-in-las-vegas-nevada-oct01-2017/" type="external">Facebook has set up a crisis response page</a> to help people establish whether their loved ones are safe.</p>
<p>One distraught witness told reporters "this kind of stuff cannot happen in America."</p>
<p>"We need to come together and fight for America, because this is our country, this is our nation, this is our people, we need to stand together to fight this thing out," he said.</p>
<p>49 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June 2016.</p>
<p>Orlando Police Chief John Mina <a href="https://twitter.com/OrlandoPolice/status/914818432788508673/photo/1" type="external">tweeted</a> condolences for all those affected by the mass shooting in Las Vegas, saying in part: "This community, and the men and women of OPD, know all too well the anguish that is gripping the residents, visitors and law enforcement community in Las Vegas."</p>
<p>The U.S. Homeland Security Department says there is no “specific credible threat” involving other public venues in the U.S.</p>"
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<p>(AP) - A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls in a Muslim sect will be released from jail as she awaits trial.</p>
<p>A judge on Tuesday was persuaded to grant bond to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala after supporters pledged to pay more than $4 million if she flees the country. Federal Judge Bernard Friedman called it a "very comprehensive package."</p>
<p>In February, Nagarwala allegedly performed the procedure on two 7-year-old girls at a clinic in Livonia. According to court documents, they were brought there by their mothers.</p>
<p>in the criminal affidavit, the 7-year-old girl was told she was brought to Detroit for a "special girls trip."</p>
<p>The child victim also stated that she said she had to go to the doctor "to get the germs out." Upon a medical exam on April 11, a doctor determined that the child's genitals had been altered or removed. The child identified Dr. Nagarwala as the doctor who performed the procedure.</p>
<p>The affidavit also alleges that there are Michigan victims as well.</p>
<p>“According to the complaint, despite her oath to care for her patients, Dr. Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Blanco. “The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse.”</p>
<p>Some of the girls were brought from out of state for the illegal procedure. FGM is considered the complete removal or partial removal of the clitoris, known as a clitoridectomy. It is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of women and girls.</p>
<p>Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</p>
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"<p>(AP) - A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls in a Muslim sect will be released from jail as she awaits trial.</p>
<p>A judge on Tuesday was persuaded to grant bond to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala after supporters pledged to pay more than $4 million if she flees the country. Federal Judge Bernard Friedman called it a "very comprehensive package."</p>
<p>In February, Nagarwala allegedly performed the procedure on two 7-year-old girls at a clinic in Livonia. According to court documents, they were brought there by their mothers.</p>
<p>in the criminal affidavit, the 7-year-old girl was told she was brought to Detroit for a "special girls trip."</p>
<p>The child victim also stated that she said she had to go to the doctor "to get the germs out." Upon a medical exam on April 11, a doctor determined that the child's genitals had been altered or removed. The child identified Dr. Nagarwala as the doctor who performed the procedure.</p>
<p>The affidavit also alleges that there are Michigan victims as well.</p>
<p>“According to the complaint, despite her oath to care for her patients, Dr. Nagarwala is alleged to have performed horrifying acts of brutality on the most vulnerable victims,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Blanco. “The Department of Justice is committed to stopping female genital mutilation in this country, and will use the full power of the law to ensure that no girls suffer such physical and emotional abuse.”</p>
<p>Some of the girls were brought from out of state for the illegal procedure. FGM is considered the complete removal or partial removal of the clitoris, known as a clitoridectomy. It is internationally recognized as a violation of the human rights of women and girls.</p>
<p>Copyright 2017 Scripps Media, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.</p>
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<p>GREENVILLE, S.C. —</p>
<p>Two people are dead after an officer-involved shooting Friday afternoon on White Horse Road, according to the Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis.</p>
<p>The sheriff’s office got a call that a man with a gun was chasing a woman near McAfee Funeral Home, according to Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis.</p>
<p>Deputies responded to a call that came in just after 4 p.m. according to dispatch.</p>
<p>The shooting happened near the McAfee Funeral Home on White Horse Road, dispatch said.</p>
<p>As the woman ran across White Horse Road, the man shot her, according to Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans.</p>
<p>He said when deputies confronted the man, the man fired at deputies. The coroner said the deputies returned fire killing him.</p>
<p>The woman was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead just before 5:30 p.m., said Evans.</p>
<p>Saturday afternoon the Greenville County coroner's office identified the woman as Candy Rosario, 25, of Greenville.</p>
<p>Witnesses on scene said a deputy confronted the man and ordered him to put down his gun and the deputy was forced to discharge their weapon after the man did not put the gun down.</p>
<p>Witnesses on scene said about 10 to 15 shots were fired.</p>
<p>On Sunday, the Greenville County coroner identified the man as Ramiro Bravo Ramirez, 34, of Greenville.</p>
<p>The coroner said autopsy results on Ramirez are still pending.</p>
<p>Dispatchers said White Horse Road reopened around 6 a.m. on Saturday.</p>
<p>All of the deputies are fine and the investigation has been turned over to SLED, Lewis said.</p>
<p>Following standard procedure, the deputy is placed on administrative leave while the investigation is pending.</p>
<p>We will continue to update this story as we get new information.</p>
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"<p>GREENVILLE, S.C. —</p>
<p>Two people are dead after an officer-involved shooting Friday afternoon on White Horse Road, according to the Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis.</p>
<p>The sheriff’s office got a call that a man with a gun was chasing a woman near McAfee Funeral Home, according to Greenville County Sheriff Will Lewis.</p>
<p>Deputies responded to a call that came in just after 4 p.m. according to dispatch.</p>
<p>The shooting happened near the McAfee Funeral Home on White Horse Road, dispatch said.</p>
<p>As the woman ran across White Horse Road, the man shot her, according to Greenville County Coroner Parks Evans.</p>
<p>He said when deputies confronted the man, the man fired at deputies. The coroner said the deputies returned fire killing him.</p>
<p>The woman was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead just before 5:30 p.m., said Evans.</p>
<p>Saturday afternoon the Greenville County coroner's office identified the woman as Candy Rosario, 25, of Greenville.</p>
<p>Witnesses on scene said a deputy confronted the man and ordered him to put down his gun and the deputy was forced to discharge their weapon after the man did not put the gun down.</p>
<p>Witnesses on scene said about 10 to 15 shots were fired.</p>
<p>On Sunday, the Greenville County coroner identified the man as Ramiro Bravo Ramirez, 34, of Greenville.</p>
<p>The coroner said autopsy results on Ramirez are still pending.</p>
<p>Dispatchers said White Horse Road reopened around 6 a.m. on Saturday.</p>
<p>All of the deputies are fine and the investigation has been turned over to SLED, Lewis said.</p>
<p>Following standard procedure, the deputy is placed on administrative leave while the investigation is pending.</p>
<p>We will continue to update this story as we get new information.</p>"
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<p>Fox News contributor <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/tomi-lahren" type="external">Tomi Lahren</a> knows how to push the right buttons.</p>
<p>In a heated discussion on <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/fox-news" type="external">Fox News</a>’ “Hannity” Thursday, Lahren jumped at the chance to comment on sexual assault claims that have brought down high-profile men in politics and entertainment since the Harvey Weinstein scandal.</p>
<p>The remarks were sparked by <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-franken-resigning_us_5a0db8dce4b0b17e5e14a229" type="external">Sen. Al Franken’s resignation</a> earlier in the day, after he was accused of misconduct by several women.</p>
<p>Fellow guest contributor Jessica Tarlov could barely get in a word with the interrupting host <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/sean-hannity" type="external">Sean Hannity</a> ― who dwelled on former President Bill Clinton ― to explain the importance of believing women. “We have decided as a society that we take women’s word and then we investigate and go from there,” Tarlov said.</p>
<p>Hannity then gave Lahren the floor to address Tarlov. “Do you really think that that’s fair, in every case, to take a woman’s story as gospel and not ask any questions?” Lahren asked in a clip posted by <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/12/07/foxs-tomi-lahren-i-dont-think-its-right-every-woman-just-believed-about-sexual-assault/218777" type="external">Media Matters</a>. “The Democrats not believe in due process? Because I can sit here as a woman and say I don’t think it’s right that every woman is just believed ― her truth is just taken as the ultimate truth without an investigation. Think of how powerful that it is, trial by social media. Let’s get over this.”</p>
<p>Tarlov attempted to respond, but Hannity interrupted again to go to a commercial break and the next guest, Newt Gingrich.</p>
<p>Watch the fireworks below.</p>
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<p>In a heated discussion on <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/fox-news" type="external">Fox News</a>’ “Hannity” Thursday, Lahren jumped at the chance to comment on sexual assault claims that have brought down high-profile men in politics and entertainment since the Harvey Weinstein scandal.</p>
<p>The remarks were sparked by <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/al-franken-resigning_us_5a0db8dce4b0b17e5e14a229" type="external">Sen. Al Franken’s resignation</a> earlier in the day, after he was accused of misconduct by several women.</p>
<p>Fellow guest contributor Jessica Tarlov could barely get in a word with the interrupting host <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/sean-hannity" type="external">Sean Hannity</a> ― who dwelled on former President Bill Clinton ― to explain the importance of believing women. “We have decided as a society that we take women’s word and then we investigate and go from there,” Tarlov said.</p>
<p>Hannity then gave Lahren the floor to address Tarlov. “Do you really think that that’s fair, in every case, to take a woman’s story as gospel and not ask any questions?” Lahren asked in a clip posted by <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/12/07/foxs-tomi-lahren-i-dont-think-its-right-every-woman-just-believed-about-sexual-assault/218777" type="external">Media Matters</a>. “The Democrats not believe in due process? Because I can sit here as a woman and say I don’t think it’s right that every woman is just believed ― her truth is just taken as the ultimate truth without an investigation. Think of how powerful that it is, trial by social media. Let’s get over this.”</p>
<p>Tarlov attempted to respond, but Hannity interrupted again to go to a commercial break and the next guest, Newt Gingrich.</p>
<p>Watch the fireworks below.</p>"
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<p>While President <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump" type="external">Donald Trump</a> was inside the Pensacola Bay Center auditorium in Florida on Friday night, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-beverly-nelson-young_us_5a2af93ee4b0a290f050a005" type="external">urging people to vote</a> for Senate candidate <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/roy-moore" type="external">Roy Moore</a>, Ivanka Trump’s pointed comment on accusations against the Alabama Republican was plastered on a political ad outside.</p>
<p>The giant ad covered the sides of a truck that was parked across the street from the auditorium and then was driven around the rally. The ad featured a giant photo of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/ivanka-trump" type="external">Ivanka</a>’s face along with her cutting comment about <a href="https://www.apnews.com/b9a66f37fe074f30ad896bfa9be68ece/Ivanka-Trump-says-child-tax-credit-%27not-a-pet-project" type="external">Moore in an Associated Press interview</a> last month. “There’s a <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-roy-moore-child-abuse_us_5a0cb104e4b0b37054f42875" type="external">special place in hell</a> for those who abuse children,” she said. (She also said in that interview that she had “no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.”)</p>
<p>She criticized Moore just days after The Washington Post reported he had had inappropriate relationships with teens when he was in his 30s. One woman said he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.224774d52509" type="external">removed her clothing</a> and groped her when she was just 14.</p>
<p>The ads were arranged for Trump’s Pensacola rally by <a href="https://americanbridgepac.org/about/" type="external">American Bridge</a>, a liberal group and PAC.</p>
<p>“Try as Trump and the Republican Party might, there’s no way to escape the truth about Roy Moore or Ivanka Trump’s own words,” American Bridge spokeswoman Allison Teixeira Sulier said in a statement. “It’s a <a href="https://americanbridgepac.org/" type="external">disgusting new low</a> that the President, the RNC, and the rest of the Republican Party are trying to help send a pedophile to the US Senate, and the American people won’t soon forget it.”</p>
<p>The New York Times reported last month that Trump was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/politics/trump-roy-moore-mcconnell-alabama-senate.html" type="external">angry with his daughter</a>for speaking out against Moore. The president strongly supports the former judge despite multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.</p>
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"<p>While President <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/donald-trump" type="external">Donald Trump</a> was inside the Pensacola Bay Center auditorium in Florida on Friday night, <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-beverly-nelson-young_us_5a2af93ee4b0a290f050a005" type="external">urging people to vote</a> for Senate candidate <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/roy-moore" type="external">Roy Moore</a>, Ivanka Trump’s pointed comment on accusations against the Alabama Republican was plastered on a political ad outside.</p>
<p>The giant ad covered the sides of a truck that was parked across the street from the auditorium and then was driven around the rally. The ad featured a giant photo of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/ivanka-trump" type="external">Ivanka</a>’s face along with her cutting comment about <a href="https://www.apnews.com/b9a66f37fe074f30ad896bfa9be68ece/Ivanka-Trump-says-child-tax-credit-%27not-a-pet-project" type="external">Moore in an Associated Press interview</a> last month. “There’s a <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ivanka-trump-roy-moore-child-abuse_us_5a0cb104e4b0b37054f42875" type="external">special place in hell</a> for those who abuse children,” she said. (She also said in that interview that she had “no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.”)</p>
<p>She criticized Moore just days after The Washington Post reported he had had inappropriate relationships with teens when he was in his 30s. One woman said he <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?utm_term=.224774d52509" type="external">removed her clothing</a> and groped her when she was just 14.</p>
<p>The ads were arranged for Trump’s Pensacola rally by <a href="https://americanbridgepac.org/about/" type="external">American Bridge</a>, a liberal group and PAC.</p>
<p>“Try as Trump and the Republican Party might, there’s no way to escape the truth about Roy Moore or Ivanka Trump’s own words,” American Bridge spokeswoman Allison Teixeira Sulier said in a statement. “It’s a <a href="https://americanbridgepac.org/" type="external">disgusting new low</a> that the President, the RNC, and the rest of the Republican Party are trying to help send a pedophile to the US Senate, and the American people won’t soon forget it.”</p>
<p>The New York Times reported last month that Trump was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/us/politics/trump-roy-moore-mcconnell-alabama-senate.html" type="external">angry with his daughter</a>for speaking out against Moore. The president strongly supports the former judge despite multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.</p>
<p>Related Video:</p>"
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<p>President Donald Trump forecasted that Bernie Sanders would run against him in 2020 “even if he’s in a wheelchair,” and mocked the Vermont senator by imitating a scrunched-up body.</p>
<p>Trump expressed that opinion over the summer when he invited four Democratic lawmakers to the White House, and also asked, “Who is going to run against me in 2020? Crooked Hillary? Pocahontas?” the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/us/politics/donald-trump-president.html?mtrref=www.google.com" type="external">New York Time</a>s reported on Saturday.</p>
<p>At 70 years old, Trump was the oldest president to be inaugurated in the U.S. Trump, now 71, is nearly five years younger than Sanders, who would turn 79 in 2020.</p>
<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a rally against President Donald Trump's travel ban outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S. January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Reuters</p>
<p>But Sanders’s wife Jane in June said that the senator was actively advocating for policies benefiting the working class and that his age wasn’t a factor.</p>
<p>“Ageism is the last ‘ism’ that seems to be acceptable to people, and I never felt that it was whether somebody was too young or too old,” she told the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-progressives-presidential-election-2020.html" type="external">New York Times</a>. “You win some. You lose some. And you keep on going and maybe you can win the next one.”</p>
<p>Bernie Sanders, who lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton last year, has started addressing some of his political shortcomings including his lack of foreign policy connections, a sign he may be gearing up for a 2020 bid, <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/27/bernie-sanders-2020-elections-258160" type="external">POLITICO</a> reported late last month.</p>
<p>Other Democrats that Trump called out over the summer have not indicated they will make a bid for the presidency.</p>
<p>After Trump in October tweeted he hopes Clinton will run against him, Clinton told BBC Radio 4, “No, I’m not going to run again,” but that she would continue to speak out against Trump.</p>
<p>Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who Trump refers to as “Pocahontas” because she claims to have a Native American background, is considered a top Democratic contender. In August, <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/06/elizabeth-warren-says-shes-not-running-for-president/23067703/" type="external">she brushed off the idea</a>, saying, “I'm doing my job every single day. I am not running for president, I'm doing my work."</p>
<p>Meanwhile, some <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-election-white-house-manafort-696089" type="external">Republicans recently have cast doubt</a> over whether Trump will seek reelection—even though he is raising millions of dollars for a campaign.</p>
<p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in October told the Today show that if Trump runs again, “I would support him, yes, but I'm not so sure what will happen."</p>
<p>Shortly after, Senator Rand Paul said Republicans "need to know (if) President Trump (is) running for re-election,” and, “I think you won't know that until you get into sort of second, third year of his presidency."</p>
<p>Trump’s approval rating has remained very low as a probe into whether he and his campaign colluded with Russians in the 2016 election widens.</p>
<p>More from Newsweek</p>
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"<p>President Donald Trump forecasted that Bernie Sanders would run against him in 2020 “even if he’s in a wheelchair,” and mocked the Vermont senator by imitating a scrunched-up body.</p>
<p>Trump expressed that opinion over the summer when he invited four Democratic lawmakers to the White House, and also asked, “Who is going to run against me in 2020? Crooked Hillary? Pocahontas?” the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/us/politics/donald-trump-president.html?mtrref=www.google.com" type="external">New York Time</a>s reported on Saturday.</p>
<p>At 70 years old, Trump was the oldest president to be inaugurated in the U.S. Trump, now 71, is nearly five years younger than Sanders, who would turn 79 in 2020.</p>
<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a rally against President Donald Trump's travel ban outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, U.S. January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Reuters</p>
<p>But Sanders’s wife Jane in June said that the senator was actively advocating for policies benefiting the working class and that his age wasn’t a factor.</p>
<p>“Ageism is the last ‘ism’ that seems to be acceptable to people, and I never felt that it was whether somebody was too young or too old,” she told the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/13/us/politics/bernie-sanders-progressives-presidential-election-2020.html" type="external">New York Times</a>. “You win some. You lose some. And you keep on going and maybe you can win the next one.”</p>
<p>Bernie Sanders, who lost the Democratic nomination to Hillary Clinton last year, has started addressing some of his political shortcomings including his lack of foreign policy connections, a sign he may be gearing up for a 2020 bid, <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/27/bernie-sanders-2020-elections-258160" type="external">POLITICO</a> reported late last month.</p>
<p>Other Democrats that Trump called out over the summer have not indicated they will make a bid for the presidency.</p>
<p>After Trump in October tweeted he hopes Clinton will run against him, Clinton told BBC Radio 4, “No, I’m not going to run again,” but that she would continue to speak out against Trump.</p>
<p>Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who Trump refers to as “Pocahontas” because she claims to have a Native American background, is considered a top Democratic contender. In August, <a href="https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/08/06/elizabeth-warren-says-shes-not-running-for-president/23067703/" type="external">she brushed off the idea</a>, saying, “I'm doing my job every single day. I am not running for president, I'm doing my work."</p>
<p>Meanwhile, some <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/trump-2020-election-white-house-manafort-696089" type="external">Republicans recently have cast doubt</a> over whether Trump will seek reelection—even though he is raising millions of dollars for a campaign.</p>
<p>New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in October told the Today show that if Trump runs again, “I would support him, yes, but I'm not so sure what will happen."</p>
<p>Shortly after, Senator Rand Paul said Republicans "need to know (if) President Trump (is) running for re-election,” and, “I think you won't know that until you get into sort of second, third year of his presidency."</p>
<p>Trump’s approval rating has remained very low as a probe into whether he and his campaign colluded with Russians in the 2016 election widens.</p>
<p>More from Newsweek</p>"
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<p>THURROCK Muslim community gathered to show their solidarity with victims of Manchester attack. A large number of Muslims gathered in Grays from around Thurrock to pray for the victims of this vicious attack.</p>
<p>Mr. Abu Khayor and Qaisar Abbas on behalf of Thurrock Muslim community said “We strongly condemn this coward attack on innocent people. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. The Thurrock Muslim community stands united in the face of those who seek to harm and divide us. We also pay tribute to our emergency services, police, and volunteers who worked tirelessly to save lives.”</p>
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<p>Mr. Abu Khayor and Qaisar Abbas on behalf of Thurrock Muslim community said “We strongly condemn this coward attack on innocent people. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. The Thurrock Muslim community stands united in the face of those who seek to harm and divide us. We also pay tribute to our emergency services, police, and volunteers who worked tirelessly to save lives.”</p>"
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<p>Illegal aliens, paid Soros protesters, angry Black Lives Matter terrorists inspired by Obama’s race war and Bernie Sanders supporters who have absolutely no idea why they showed up, sent four innocent police officers to the hospital; prevented thousands of innocent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right.</p>
<p>Where are all of these “concerned citizens” (especially the Black Lives Matter terrorists) to protest for a solution for the murder of 117 people in Chicago already this year?</p> Stats via: heyjackass.com
<p>Trending: <a type="internal">NEW MEXICO FIVE Planned Terror Attack At Atlanta Hospital…Judge Let Them Out On Bond!</a></p>
<p>George Soros Moveon.org group takes responsiblity for Alinsky style violent protests against free speech at Trump rally:</p>
<p>Moveon.org shows its support for Socialist, Bernie Sanders. Here they “warn” anyone who opposes his radical ideology:</p>
<p>Four police officers were sent to hospital:</p>
<p>Violence against police officers is not only acceptable with Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter terrorists, its necessary to create chaos and panic:</p>
<p>What kind of violent protest would be complete without Barack Obama’s good friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers:</p>
<q> <p>Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/7dqat4Dvmh" type="external">pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh</a></p> </q>
<p>It’s probably just a coincidence that on a day that Obama was too busy to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral, he was able to address a crowd about his hate for Trump only hours before this organized chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>And finally, we’re wondering how much our Organizer In Chief had to do with this Alinsky style chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>Illegal aliens, paid Soros protesters, angry Black Lives Matter terrorists inspired by Obama’s race war and Bernie Sanders supporters who have absolutely no idea why they showed up, sent four innocent police officers to the hospital; prevented thousands of innocent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right.</p>
<p>Where are all of these “concerned citizens” (especially the Black Lives Matter terrorists) to protest for a solution for the murder of 117 people in Chicago already this year?</p> Stats via: heyjackass.com
<p>Trending: <a type="internal">NEW MEXICO FIVE Planned Terror Attack At Atlanta Hospital…Judge Let Them Out On Bond!</a></p>
<p>George Soros Moveon.org group takes responsiblity for Alinsky style violent protests against free speech at Trump rally:</p>
<p>Moveon.org shows its support for Socialist, Bernie Sanders. Here they “warn” anyone who opposes his radical ideology:</p>
<p>Four police officers were sent to hospital:</p>
<p>Violence against police officers is not only acceptable with Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter terrorists, its necessary to create chaos and panic:</p>
<p>What kind of violent protest would be complete without Barack Obama’s good friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers:</p>
<q> <p>Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/7dqat4Dvmh" type="external">pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh</a></p> </q>
<p>It’s probably just a coincidence that on a day that Obama was too busy to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral, he was able to address a crowd about his hate for Trump only hours before this organized chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>And finally, we’re wondering how much our Organizer In Chief had to do with this Alinsky style chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>Illegal aliens, paid Soros protesters, angry Black Lives Matter terrorists inspired by Obama’s race war and Bernie Sanders supporters who have absolutely no idea why they showed up, sent four innocent police officers to the hospital; prevented thousands of innocent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right.</p>
<p>Where are all of these “concerned citizens” (especially the Black Lives Matter terrorists) to protest for a solution for the murder of 117 people in Chicago already this year?</p> Stats via: heyjackass.com
<p>Trending: <a type="internal">NEW MEXICO FIVE Planned Terror Attack At Atlanta Hospital…Judge Let Them Out On Bond!</a></p>
<p>George Soros Moveon.org group takes responsiblity for Alinsky style violent protests against free speech at Trump rally:</p>
<p>Moveon.org shows its support for Socialist, Bernie Sanders. Here they “warn” anyone who opposes his radical ideology:</p>
<p>Four police officers were sent to hospital:</p>
<p>Violence against police officers is not only acceptable with Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter terrorists, its necessary to create chaos and panic:</p>
<p>What kind of violent protest would be complete without Barack Obama’s good friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers:</p>
<q> <p>Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/7dqat4Dvmh" type="external">pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh</a></p> </q>
<p>It’s probably just a coincidence that on a day that Obama was too busy to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral, he was able to address a crowd about his hate for Trump only hours before this organized chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>And finally, we’re wondering how much our Organizer In Chief had to do with this Alinsky style chaos in Chicago:</p>
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"<p>Illegal aliens, paid Soros protesters, angry Black Lives Matter terrorists inspired by Obama’s race war and Bernie Sanders supporters who have absolutely no idea why they showed up, sent four innocent police officers to the hospital; prevented thousands of innocent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right.</p>
<p>Where are all of these “concerned citizens” (especially the Black Lives Matter terrorists) to protest for a solution for the murder of 117 people in Chicago already this year?</p> Stats via: heyjackass.com
<p>Trending: <a type="internal">NEW MEXICO FIVE Planned Terror Attack At Atlanta Hospital…Judge Let Them Out On Bond!</a></p>
<p>George Soros Moveon.org group takes responsiblity for Alinsky style violent protests against free speech at Trump rally:</p>
<p>Moveon.org shows its support for Socialist, Bernie Sanders. Here they “warn” anyone who opposes his radical ideology:</p>
<p>Four police officers were sent to hospital:</p>
<p>Violence against police officers is not only acceptable with Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter terrorists, its necessary to create chaos and panic:</p>
<p>What kind of violent protest would be complete without Barack Obama’s good friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers:</p>
<q> <p>Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/7dqat4Dvmh" type="external">pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh</a></p> </q>
<p>It’s probably just a coincidence that on a day that Obama was too busy to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral, he was able to address a crowd about his hate for Trump only hours before this organized chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>And finally, we’re wondering how much our Organizer In Chief had to do with this Alinsky style chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>Illegal aliens, paid Soros protesters, angry Black Lives Matter terrorists inspired by Obama’s race war and Bernie Sanders supporters who have absolutely no idea why they showed up, sent four innocent police officers to the hospital; prevented thousands of innocent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right.</p>
<p>Where are all of these “concerned citizens” (especially the Black Lives Matter terrorists) to protest for a solution for the murder of 117 people in Chicago already this year?</p> Stats via: heyjackass.com
<p>Trending: <a type="internal">NEW MEXICO FIVE Planned Terror Attack At Atlanta Hospital…Judge Let Them Out On Bond!</a></p>
<p>George Soros Moveon.org group takes responsiblity for Alinsky style violent protests against free speech at Trump rally:</p>
<p>Moveon.org shows its support for Socialist, Bernie Sanders. Here they “warn” anyone who opposes his radical ideology:</p>
<p>Four police officers were sent to hospital:</p>
<p>Violence against police officers is not only acceptable with Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter terrorists, its necessary to create chaos and panic:</p>
<p>What kind of violent protest would be complete without Barack Obama’s good friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers:</p>
<q> <p>Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/7dqat4Dvmh" type="external">pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh</a></p> </q>
<p>It’s probably just a coincidence that on a day that Obama was too busy to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral, he was able to address a crowd about his hate for Trump only hours before this organized chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>And finally, we’re wondering how much our Organizer In Chief had to do with this Alinsky style chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>Illegal aliens, paid Soros protesters, angry Black Lives Matter terrorists inspired by Obama’s race war and Bernie Sanders supporters who have absolutely no idea why they showed up, sent four innocent police officers to the hospital; prevented thousands of innocent Americans from exercising their First Amendment right.</p>
<p>Where are all of these “concerned citizens” (especially the Black Lives Matter terrorists) to protest for a solution for the murder of 117 people in Chicago already this year?</p> Stats via: heyjackass.com
<p>Trending: <a type="internal">NEW MEXICO FIVE Planned Terror Attack At Atlanta Hospital…Judge Let Them Out On Bond!</a></p>
<p>George Soros Moveon.org group takes responsiblity for Alinsky style violent protests against free speech at Trump rally:</p>
<p>Moveon.org shows its support for Socialist, Bernie Sanders. Here they “warn” anyone who opposes his radical ideology:</p>
<p>Four police officers were sent to hospital:</p>
<p>Violence against police officers is not only acceptable with Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter terrorists, its necessary to create chaos and panic:</p>
<p>What kind of violent protest would be complete without Barack Obama’s good friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers:</p>
<q> <p>Actual terrorist Bill Ayers is protesting against trump in Chicago. <a href="https://t.co/7dqat4Dvmh" type="external">pic.twitter.com/7dqat4Dvmh</a></p> </q>
<p>It’s probably just a coincidence that on a day that Obama was too busy to attend Nancy Reagan’s funeral, he was able to address a crowd about his hate for Trump only hours before this organized chaos in Chicago:</p>
<p>And finally, we’re wondering how much our Organizer In Chief had to do with this Alinsky style chaos in Chicago:</p>"
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<p>* [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-voters-pro-trump-america-20170207-story.html Rural Wisconsin voters await economic revival in a part of now pro-Trump America]. This article is from the ''Chicago Tribune''. Published on February 7, 2017 and written by '''Claire Galofaro''' of the ''Associated Press'', it is based on interviews with former Obama voters who then voted for Trump in [[Crawford County, Wisconsin]].([[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford County]] is one of twenty-three [[Pivot Counties in Wisconsin]].) * [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-voters-pro-trump-america-20170207-story.html Rural Wisconsin voters await economic revival in a part of now pro-Trump America]. This article is from the ''Chicago Tribune''. Published on February 7, 2017 and written by '''Claire Galofaro''' of the ''Associated Press'', it is based on interviews with former Obama voters who then voted for Trump in [[Crawford County, Wisconsin]].([[Crawford County, Wisconsin|Crawford County]] is one of twenty-three [[Pivot Counties in Wisconsin]].) +::*Ms. Garafola also wrote ''[https://apnews.com/7f2b534b80674596875980b9b6e701c9 How a community changed by refugees came to embrace Trump]'' for the Associated Press on April 19, 2017 about [[Androscoggin County, Maine]] and ''[https://apnews.com/21cc9528cabd4578996c3f118d8d656f Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them?]'' on August 19, 2017 about voters in [[Grays Harbor County, Washington]]. * [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/donald-trump-support-popularity-vigo-county-214774 I'm Still All Trumped Up]. Politico Magazine; February 13, 2017; author '''Adam Wren'''. This article is about [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo County]], which is one of five [[Pivot Counties in Indiana]]. * [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/donald-trump-support-popularity-vigo-county-214774 I'm Still All Trumped Up]. Politico Magazine; February 13, 2017; author '''Adam Wren'''. This article is about [[Vigo County, Indiana|Vigo County]], which is one of five [[Pivot Counties in Indiana]].</p>
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<p>Ever since a 2015 poll revealed that a certain slice of Americana supported bombing Agrabah, the fictional city Disney's Aladdin calls home, it's been interesting to consider what other fictional countries have actually messed with the United States and totally gotten a pass. Agrabah didn't actually damage its relations with the U.S., presumably because the U.S. either doesn't exist yet in that world, or because they don't have oil.</p> Or because Magic isn't considered a WMD... yet.
<p>Meanwhile, a number of other countries have attacked America and/or its American heroes and haven't yet met the full-on retaliation they deserve.</p> 1. Pottsylvania — "Rocky and Bullwinkle"
<p>These guys have been sending special agents to try and kill American heroes FOR YEARS. Pottsylvania is populated entirely by special agents and saboteurs.</p>
<p>Their children are taught assassination techniques and espionage practices from an early age, their highest medal is the Double Cross and their mysterious dictator (known only as "Fearless Leader") makes Kim Jong-Un look like a teddy bear. Their two most active agents are skilled infiltrators and have never been captured.</p> They are pictured on this surveillance photo, planting an IED. 2. Bilya — "Iron Eagle"
<p>Bilya is supposed to be a fictional Arab state in the Middle East. These guys had the balls to shoot down an American F-16, capture its pilot, and then sentence him to hang in a show trial.</p> This is not the face of someone who is just going to let that happen.
<p>Luckily, the pilot's 16-year-old son Doug (an Air Force Academy reject) and Chappie, an Air Force Reserve pilot, steal two F-16s of their own and fly off to Bilya to rescue him. What should have happened was America launching an all-out raid on Bilyan infrastructure and military targets. Then, after they released the American they took for no reason, the Bilyans would pay us back the $18 million they owe us for shooting down our F-16.</p> 3. Val Verde — "Commando," "Predator," and "Die Hard 2"
<p>This nondescript South American country has more coups than a flock of pigeons (say that sentence aloud for the full effect). For some reason, all of their worst representatives seem to end up in the United States, ready to coerce American heroes to do their bidding.</p>
<p>Fortunately, John Matrix lives inside an unlimited ammo cheat code world.</p>
<p>In "Commando," a deposed dictator named Arius kidnaps John Matrix' daughter to force him to kill the current president (of Val Verde). Spoiler Alert: he doesn't even make it to Val Verde. Instead, he ices every single person who came near his daughter.</p> I hope Val Verde at least has good veteran's hospitals.
<p>In "Die Hard 2," terrorists hit an airport to free another captured dictator, ruining John McClane's Christmas, everyone's flight schedules, and never taking any blame for what they do.</p>
<a href="https://assets.rbl.ms/17244250/origin.jpg" type="external" /> And that is United Airlines' job.
<p>In "Predator," Dutch Schaeffer's commando team has to mount a hostage rescue from guerrillas in Val Verde. You might know what happens next (hint: it has something to do with an invisible alien).</p> "Well, he has plenty of time to bleed now." (20th Century Fox)
<p>Seriously, how many times do they get to mess with America before we do something about this? Who is the President in this movie universe? And I am dying to know more about this place – what are the exports, other than terrorism and contras?</p> 4. Latveria – Marvel Comics Latveria: a perfectly normal country.
<p>Latveria is an Eastern European nation tucked back into the Carpathian Mountains, led by a guy whose name is freaking Dr. Victor von Doom. Even George W. Bush could convince the world that this guy needed to be ousted, and he wouldn't have to throw Colin Powell under a bus to do it.</p> Besides, Russia already has a Dr. Doom.
<p>Dr. Doom is obviously a state sponsor of terrorism. Doom is responsible for the proliferation of chemical weapons, attempted assassinations of allied heads of state, and oh so many crimes against humanity.</p> And like many 20th century dictators, Dr. Doom got the Henry Kissinger seal of approval.
<p>The Fantastic Four can bring down Hitler, a <a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=290314930441" type="external">being who eats planets</a>, and <a href="http://marvel.com/universe/Mephisto" type="external">the Prince of Darkness</a>, but can't seem to overthrow this tiny country and oust its metal-faced dictator? It's time to send in the Marines.</p>
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"<p>Ever since a 2015 poll revealed that a certain slice of Americana supported bombing Agrabah, the fictional city Disney's Aladdin calls home, it's been interesting to consider what other fictional countries have actually messed with the United States and totally gotten a pass. Agrabah didn't actually damage its relations with the U.S., presumably because the U.S. either doesn't exist yet in that world, or because they don't have oil.</p> Or because Magic isn't considered a WMD... yet.
<p>Meanwhile, a number of other countries have attacked America and/or its American heroes and haven't yet met the full-on retaliation they deserve.</p> 1. Pottsylvania — "Rocky and Bullwinkle"
<p>These guys have been sending special agents to try and kill American heroes FOR YEARS. Pottsylvania is populated entirely by special agents and saboteurs.</p>
<p>Their children are taught assassination techniques and espionage practices from an early age, their highest medal is the Double Cross and their mysterious dictator (known only as "Fearless Leader") makes Kim Jong-Un look like a teddy bear. Their two most active agents are skilled infiltrators and have never been captured.</p> They are pictured on this surveillance photo, planting an IED. 2. Bilya — "Iron Eagle"
<p>Bilya is supposed to be a fictional Arab state in the Middle East. These guys had the balls to shoot down an American F-16, capture its pilot, and then sentence him to hang in a show trial.</p> This is not the face of someone who is just going to let that happen.
<p>Luckily, the pilot's 16-year-old son Doug (an Air Force Academy reject) and Chappie, an Air Force Reserve pilot, steal two F-16s of their own and fly off to Bilya to rescue him. What should have happened was America launching an all-out raid on Bilyan infrastructure and military targets. Then, after they released the American they took for no reason, the Bilyans would pay us back the $18 million they owe us for shooting down our F-16.</p> 3. Val Verde — "Commando," "Predator," and "Die Hard 2"
<p>This nondescript South American country has more coups than a flock of pigeons (say that sentence aloud for the full effect). For some reason, all of their worst representatives seem to end up in the United States, ready to coerce American heroes to do their bidding.</p>
<p>Fortunately, John Matrix lives inside an unlimited ammo cheat code world.</p>
<p>In "Commando," a deposed dictator named Arius kidnaps John Matrix' daughter to force him to kill the current president (of Val Verde). Spoiler Alert: he doesn't even make it to Val Verde. Instead, he ices every single person who came near his daughter.</p> I hope Val Verde at least has good veteran's hospitals.
<p>In "Die Hard 2," terrorists hit an airport to free another captured dictator, ruining John McClane's Christmas, everyone's flight schedules, and never taking any blame for what they do.</p>
<a href="https://assets.rbl.ms/17244250/origin.jpg" type="external" /> And that is United Airlines' job.
<p>In "Predator," Dutch Schaeffer's commando team has to mount a hostage rescue from guerrillas in Val Verde. You might know what happens next (hint: it has something to do with an invisible alien).</p> "Well, he has plenty of time to bleed now." (20th Century Fox)
<p>Seriously, how many times do they get to mess with America before we do something about this? Who is the President in this movie universe? And I am dying to know more about this place – what are the exports, other than terrorism and contras?</p> 4. Latveria – Marvel Comics Latveria: a perfectly normal country.
<p>Latveria is an Eastern European nation tucked back into the Carpathian Mountains, led by a guy whose name is freaking Dr. Victor von Doom. Even George W. Bush could convince the world that this guy needed to be ousted, and he wouldn't have to throw Colin Powell under a bus to do it.</p> Besides, Russia already has a Dr. Doom.
<p>Dr. Doom is obviously a state sponsor of terrorism. Doom is responsible for the proliferation of chemical weapons, attempted assassinations of allied heads of state, and oh so many crimes against humanity.</p> And like many 20th century dictators, Dr. Doom got the Henry Kissinger seal of approval.
<p>The Fantastic Four can bring down Hitler, a <a href="http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=290314930441" type="external">being who eats planets</a>, and <a href="http://marvel.com/universe/Mephisto" type="external">the Prince of Darkness</a>, but can't seem to overthrow this tiny country and oust its metal-faced dictator? It's time to send in the Marines.</p>"
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?guid=jc7QnH4HAwhx-1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnylon.com%2Farticles%2Ftrump-rolls-back-obamacare-cuts-subsidies&media=https%3A%2F%2Fnylon-img.imgix.net%2Ffeatured_images%2Fattachments%2F000%2F036%2F042%2Foriginal%2Ftrump-rolls-back-obamacare.jpg%3Fauto%3Dformat%26ch%3DWidth%252CDPR%26q%3D75%26w%3D640%26ixlib%3Djs-1.2.0%26cs%3Dstrip%26crop%3D%26s%3D3920e6fa638c75bc8aec5c3e69acd30a&description=NYLON%20%C2%B7%20Trump%20Can%E2%80%99t%20Get%20Congress%20To%20Repeal%20Obamacare%2C%20So%20He%E2%80%99s%20Making%20Changes%20That%20Will%20Penalize%20Low-Income%20Americans%20Instead" type="external">Save</a> Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images
<p>On Thursday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/upshot/what-did-trumps-health-care-executive-order-do.html" type="external">President Trump signed an executive order</a> that will begin to deplete the Affordable Care Act, and allow companies to offer cheaper healthcare plans with fewer benefits. Or, as he put it, he is “saving the American people from the nightmare of Obamacare.” Just a few hours later, the Trump administration announced it's ending federal subsidies for health insurance companies that help millions of low-income people pay deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.</p>
<p>These subsidies were projected to cost about <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/12/trump-obamacare-subsidy-243736" type="external">$9 billion this year,</a> according to the New York Times, and nearly $100 billion in the coming decade. The new decision will go into effect immediately, the Health and Human Services Department announced on Thursday.</p>
<p>According to the Times, without the subsidies, "insurance markets could quickly unravel." Insurers have already threatened to pull out of the insurance exchanges created under Obamacare if subsidies are cut off, because they said they will need much higher premiums.</p>
<p>“The government cannot lawfully make the cost-sharing reduction payments,” the White House said in a statement. “Congress needs to repeal and replace the disastrous Obamacare law and provide real relief to the American people.”</p>
<p>In a joint statement, Senate and House Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi said Trump has “apparently decided to punish the American people for his inability to improve our health care system.” They consider Trump's decision "a spiteful act of vast, pointless sabotage leveled at working families and the middle class in every corner of America."</p>
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"<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?guid=jc7QnH4HAwhx-1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fnylon.com%2Farticles%2Ftrump-rolls-back-obamacare-cuts-subsidies&media=https%3A%2F%2Fnylon-img.imgix.net%2Ffeatured_images%2Fattachments%2F000%2F036%2F042%2Foriginal%2Ftrump-rolls-back-obamacare.jpg%3Fauto%3Dformat%26ch%3DWidth%252CDPR%26q%3D75%26w%3D640%26ixlib%3Djs-1.2.0%26cs%3Dstrip%26crop%3D%26s%3D3920e6fa638c75bc8aec5c3e69acd30a&description=NYLON%20%C2%B7%20Trump%20Can%E2%80%99t%20Get%20Congress%20To%20Repeal%20Obamacare%2C%20So%20He%E2%80%99s%20Making%20Changes%20That%20Will%20Penalize%20Low-Income%20Americans%20Instead" type="external">Save</a> Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images
<p>On Thursday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/upshot/what-did-trumps-health-care-executive-order-do.html" type="external">President Trump signed an executive order</a> that will begin to deplete the Affordable Care Act, and allow companies to offer cheaper healthcare plans with fewer benefits. Or, as he put it, he is “saving the American people from the nightmare of Obamacare.” Just a few hours later, the Trump administration announced it's ending federal subsidies for health insurance companies that help millions of low-income people pay deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.</p>
<p>These subsidies were projected to cost about <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/12/trump-obamacare-subsidy-243736" type="external">$9 billion this year,</a> according to the New York Times, and nearly $100 billion in the coming decade. The new decision will go into effect immediately, the Health and Human Services Department announced on Thursday.</p>
<p>According to the Times, without the subsidies, "insurance markets could quickly unravel." Insurers have already threatened to pull out of the insurance exchanges created under Obamacare if subsidies are cut off, because they said they will need much higher premiums.</p>
<p>“The government cannot lawfully make the cost-sharing reduction payments,” the White House said in a statement. “Congress needs to repeal and replace the disastrous Obamacare law and provide real relief to the American people.”</p>
<p>In a joint statement, Senate and House Minority Leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi said Trump has “apparently decided to punish the American people for his inability to improve our health care system.” They consider Trump's decision "a spiteful act of vast, pointless sabotage leveled at working families and the middle class in every corner of America."</p>"
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<p>When I was fourteen or sixteen – pardon me, but I don’t remember precisely, nor did these things make any impression in the international mainstream media – mom and I went to what was probably an illegal demonstration in downtown Porto, Portugal.</p>
<p>No, I am not sure if it was illegal, or even honestly what the demonstration was for. Around that time it might have been for anything, including in support of whoever was the most right-wing candidate available. (Don’t get excited. It was never further to the right than social democrat, and at one time it was the socialist candidate.)</p>
<p>What I remember of that demonstration — one in a string of them — were the shots from above.</p>
<p>If my memory serves me (and understand that after these many years things run together, but be patient, there’s a point to this), the demonstration was in Avenida dos Aliados, which despite the name is a plaza, hemmed in between tallish, nineteenth/early twentieth century stone buildings. I’d guess from memory four or five stories high.</p>
<p>The shots came from either the upper windows or the roof of one of these buildings.</p>
<p>As someone in the crowd, I remember people startled, starting to move, eddies in the packed multitude, and then someone ahead of us going down, bloodied.</p>
<p>At that point, the running started.</p>
<p>I don’t know how I ended up running near a wall (we were pretty much in the center of the space) but I remember the moment a hand shot out, grabbed me, and pressed me flat against the wall. The shots continued through this, btw. The person who grabbed me was my mom, and for the next few minutes, we resisted the crowd going by so close they might pull us with them.</p>
<p>I don’t remember how many people were shot. Maybe four. Far more died in running down an underground passage, trying to get away/to the train station. That last is what my mom saved me from.</p>
<p>This is also why my blood boiled this morning when Hillary Clinton ran her ill-informed, loud mouth about the shooting in Las Vegas.</p>
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<p>We’ll leave alone the fact that the “silencer” doesn’t indeed render guns silent. <a href="http://monsterhunternation.com/2017/09/26/an-opinion-on-suppressors-and-the-hearing-protection-act/" type="external">Larry Correia covered that recently in a wonderful post at his blog</a>.</p>
<p>But even if it were possible to silence shots completely, would it be a bad thing, to prevent panic and the subsequent trampling?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only person speaking while wearing a stylish colon hat. Facebook and probably all the news media — I’m working on a book and at any rate have no intention of subjecting my blood pressure to that kind of hammering — are full of “experts” and “observers” and “commenters” talking about how this wouldn’t have happened if we had only banned private gun ownership.</p>
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"<p>When I was fourteen or sixteen – pardon me, but I don’t remember precisely, nor did these things make any impression in the international mainstream media – mom and I went to what was probably an illegal demonstration in downtown Porto, Portugal.</p>
<p>No, I am not sure if it was illegal, or even honestly what the demonstration was for. Around that time it might have been for anything, including in support of whoever was the most right-wing candidate available. (Don’t get excited. It was never further to the right than social democrat, and at one time it was the socialist candidate.)</p>
<p>What I remember of that demonstration — one in a string of them — were the shots from above.</p>
<p>If my memory serves me (and understand that after these many years things run together, but be patient, there’s a point to this), the demonstration was in Avenida dos Aliados, which despite the name is a plaza, hemmed in between tallish, nineteenth/early twentieth century stone buildings. I’d guess from memory four or five stories high.</p>
<p>The shots came from either the upper windows or the roof of one of these buildings.</p>
<p>As someone in the crowd, I remember people startled, starting to move, eddies in the packed multitude, and then someone ahead of us going down, bloodied.</p>
<p>At that point, the running started.</p>
<p>I don’t know how I ended up running near a wall (we were pretty much in the center of the space) but I remember the moment a hand shot out, grabbed me, and pressed me flat against the wall. The shots continued through this, btw. The person who grabbed me was my mom, and for the next few minutes, we resisted the crowd going by so close they might pull us with them.</p>
<p>I don’t remember how many people were shot. Maybe four. Far more died in running down an underground passage, trying to get away/to the train station. That last is what my mom saved me from.</p>
<p>This is also why my blood boiled this morning when Hillary Clinton ran her ill-informed, loud mouth about the shooting in Las Vegas.</p>
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<p>We’ll leave alone the fact that the “silencer” doesn’t indeed render guns silent. <a href="http://monsterhunternation.com/2017/09/26/an-opinion-on-suppressors-and-the-hearing-protection-act/" type="external">Larry Correia covered that recently in a wonderful post at his blog</a>.</p>
<p>But even if it were possible to silence shots completely, would it be a bad thing, to prevent panic and the subsequent trampling?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only person speaking while wearing a stylish colon hat. Facebook and probably all the news media — I’m working on a book and at any rate have no intention of subjecting my blood pressure to that kind of hammering — are full of “experts” and “observers” and “commenters” talking about how this wouldn’t have happened if we had only banned private gun ownership.</p>"
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<p>It used to be pretty easy to tell the difference between advertising and editorial content on Facebook.</p>
<p>If a post had a little "sponsored" label on it, that was a red flag telling you, "Hey, a brand paid for this, you should treat it as an advertisement." But that line has gotten blurrier for Facebook users, especially over the last few months as Facebook has limited how far posts from media companies can spread on their own (so-called "organic reach").</p>
<p>In January, Facebook announced that it would de-emphasize publisher content in favor of " <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571" type="external">friends and family</a>" posts. One of the main complaints I heard from folks on the publisher side was that Mark Zuckerberg didn't actually want less publisher content on Facebook: He wanted publishers to pay him to help their articles spread. "Facebook is now pay to play," was a lament I heard many times.</p>
<p>And that is what many publishers - from The New Yorker, to The Wall Street Journal, to Marie Claire (and Business Insider) - have been doing for certain articles, with more frequency since the algorithm change. They have paid Facebook to help their editorial, journalistic articles spread. The Facebook posts that link to these articles are labeled "sponsored," because they are technically ads, but they link to normal news articles. When you follow the link to the publisher's website, the article isn't a piece of "sponsored content," even though the Facebook post is labeled "sponsored."</p>
<p>Confusing, right?</p>
<p>But that's only the start of the rabbit hole when it comes to the blurring of the lines between advertising and editorial content on Facebook. Traditionally, media companies have worked to separate advertisements from journalistic writing (and to properly label "advertorial" content). But in the world of Facebook, these outlets don't always even have control over how posts appear to readers.</p>
<p>Positive articles about companies like Uber (for instance) are being turned into promotional ads, sometimes without the media organizations being made aware.</p>
<p>It can be hard for readers to wade through, so we decided to break it down for you in a way that is easy to digest. We'll walk you through the various types of "sponsored" posts on Facebook and what they mean.</p> When the outlet pays to spread it
<p>Let's start with the one I just mentioned: Purely editorial articles that are being promoted with "sponsored" posts on Facebook. This basically happens when a publisher wants to boost an article it thinks has viral potential, and can bring the publisher in much more advertising (or subscriber) revenue than it is paying Facebook to push it into your feed, or get new readers.</p>
<p>Here is what that looks like from The New Yorker on an editorial article titled " <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/the-great-sadness-of-ben-affleck" type="external">The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck</a>":</p> Nathan McAlone/Facebook
<p>And here's one from The Wall Street Journal on an editorial article titled " <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-to-washington-why-dont-you-get-us-1523451203" type="external">Silicon Valley to Washington: Why Don't You Get Us</a>":</p> Nathan McAlone/Facebook
<p>Just scrolling through my Facebook feed casually, I noticed many such articles from outlets ranging from those above to Marie Claire (as mentioned), Ranker, Screen Rant, Elite Daily, U.S. News and World Report, and so on. They really run the gamut editorially.</p>
<p>Okay, so this type of post is easy enough to understand.</p> When the subject pays to spread it
<p>Here is where it starts to get more confusing. Sometimes, the subject of an article pays Facebook to promote an editorial article written about them - presumably one that paints them in a positive light. These are also technically "ads" on Facebook, but the journalism they are promoting was not paid for by the subject. The article itself is not "sponsored content," even though the Facebook post is "sponsored."</p>
<p>Here's an example with Uber and CNET:</p>
<p>CNET wrote this article about Uber's new CEO, titled " <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/ubers-u-turn-how-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-is-cleaning-up-after-scandals-and-lawsuits/" type="external">Uber's U-turn: How the new CEO is cleaning house after scandals and lawsuits</a>." To be clear, this was written by a reporter at CNET and was not paid for by Uber. It's just a regular news article. But Uber clearly liked the piece and is now paying Facebook to spread it far and wide.</p>
<p>Here is an example from the video world. This <a href="https://nowthisnews.com/videos/money/you-choose-the-charity-when-you-buy-this-streetwear" type="external">editorial video (not an ad) by NowThis Money</a> is being promoted by the subject of the video, Adam Khafif.</p>
<p>Adam Khafif's Facebook page is sharing a NowThis Money post from its Facebook page, and that share is being "sponsored" (i.e. boosted by paying money to Facebook). See, it gets very convoluted. But the main point is that the underlying video, and in this case even the underlying original Facebook post, isn't an ad - but the subject of the video is paying for a "sponsored" Facebook post to promote it.</p>
<p>Sometimes these "sponsored" posts are even geo-targeted, like the one on this article from The New Yoker titled " <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/divinity-on-the-dance-floor" type="external">Divinity on the Dance Floor</a>," which is being "promoted" not even by its subject (DJ Robert Hood), but by the nightclub where he performs regularly ( <a href="https://www.schimanskinyc.com/" type="external">Schimanski</a>):</p> When the outlet pays an influencer to spread it
<p>Now let's get to influencers and celebrities. Sometimes publishers pay influencers (people with big Facebook followings) to promote their articles. This used to be done a lot through organic Facebook reach ( <a href="https://theoutline.com/post/2491/when-publishers-get-paid-for-promoting-narratives-george-takei-influencers?zd=1&zi=xsbdje6y" type="external">here's an article on this about George Takei</a>.) But now I've only seen it recently in the form of "sponsored" posts.</p>
<p>Here's an example from Snoop Dogg and FashionBeans:</p>
<p>Snoop Dogg in this instance is technically paying Facebook to promote an article from FashionBeans, <a href="http://www.fashionbeans.com/content/here-are-the-most-obnoxiously-rich-suburbs-of-americas-biggest-cities" type="external">titled "Here Are The Most Obnoxiously Rich Suburbs Of America's Biggest Cities</a>," that really has nothing to do with him. But most likely what is happening is that FashionBeans is paying him to promote it, then he is paying Facebook. So the idea is that while FashionBeans could directly pay Facebook to promote the post, the promotion is more effective (dollar for dollar) if Snoop Dogg's name is attached.</p> When an advertiser pays for the actual article
<p>Now we get to the last category: actual "sponsored content" from a media company. This is an instance of "advertorial," where the advertiser is directly paying the media company to sponsor the actual article itself.</p>
<p>Here's an example from BuzzFeed and NBC Sports:</p>
<p>In these cases, the word "with" is usually employed in the Facebook post to denote which company is paying for the underlying content. It's marked again if you follow the link to BuzzFeed's site:</p>
<p>Notice that the "Brand Publisher" is NBC Sports. So this is actually an ad - not only on Facebook but on BuzzFeed's site as well.</p>
<p>And there you have it, we've come to the end of our guide to understanding who is paying to get journalism or advertising in front of you on Facebook.</p>
<p>One last thing to remember is that no matter who is paying for a "sponsored" Facebook post - outlet, subject, or influencer - if you check the actual article after following the link, it should clearly mark whether the article is an advertisement or a journalistic piece.</p>
<a href="http://read.bi/future-of-media" type="external" /> NOW WATCH: How Tyra Banks responded to being called 'too big' will inspire you
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"<p>It used to be pretty easy to tell the difference between advertising and editorial content on Facebook.</p>
<p>If a post had a little "sponsored" label on it, that was a red flag telling you, "Hey, a brand paid for this, you should treat it as an advertisement." But that line has gotten blurrier for Facebook users, especially over the last few months as Facebook has limited how far posts from media companies can spread on their own (so-called "organic reach").</p>
<p>In January, Facebook announced that it would de-emphasize publisher content in favor of " <a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10104413015393571" type="external">friends and family</a>" posts. One of the main complaints I heard from folks on the publisher side was that Mark Zuckerberg didn't actually want less publisher content on Facebook: He wanted publishers to pay him to help their articles spread. "Facebook is now pay to play," was a lament I heard many times.</p>
<p>And that is what many publishers - from The New Yorker, to The Wall Street Journal, to Marie Claire (and Business Insider) - have been doing for certain articles, with more frequency since the algorithm change. They have paid Facebook to help their editorial, journalistic articles spread. The Facebook posts that link to these articles are labeled "sponsored," because they are technically ads, but they link to normal news articles. When you follow the link to the publisher's website, the article isn't a piece of "sponsored content," even though the Facebook post is labeled "sponsored."</p>
<p>Confusing, right?</p>
<p>But that's only the start of the rabbit hole when it comes to the blurring of the lines between advertising and editorial content on Facebook. Traditionally, media companies have worked to separate advertisements from journalistic writing (and to properly label "advertorial" content). But in the world of Facebook, these outlets don't always even have control over how posts appear to readers.</p>
<p>Positive articles about companies like Uber (for instance) are being turned into promotional ads, sometimes without the media organizations being made aware.</p>
<p>It can be hard for readers to wade through, so we decided to break it down for you in a way that is easy to digest. We'll walk you through the various types of "sponsored" posts on Facebook and what they mean.</p> When the outlet pays to spread it
<p>Let's start with the one I just mentioned: Purely editorial articles that are being promoted with "sponsored" posts on Facebook. This basically happens when a publisher wants to boost an article it thinks has viral potential, and can bring the publisher in much more advertising (or subscriber) revenue than it is paying Facebook to push it into your feed, or get new readers.</p>
<p>Here is what that looks like from The New Yorker on an editorial article titled " <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-appearances/the-great-sadness-of-ben-affleck" type="external">The Great Sadness of Ben Affleck</a>":</p> Nathan McAlone/Facebook
<p>And here's one from The Wall Street Journal on an editorial article titled " <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-to-washington-why-dont-you-get-us-1523451203" type="external">Silicon Valley to Washington: Why Don't You Get Us</a>":</p> Nathan McAlone/Facebook
<p>Just scrolling through my Facebook feed casually, I noticed many such articles from outlets ranging from those above to Marie Claire (as mentioned), Ranker, Screen Rant, Elite Daily, U.S. News and World Report, and so on. They really run the gamut editorially.</p>
<p>Okay, so this type of post is easy enough to understand.</p> When the subject pays to spread it
<p>Here is where it starts to get more confusing. Sometimes, the subject of an article pays Facebook to promote an editorial article written about them - presumably one that paints them in a positive light. These are also technically "ads" on Facebook, but the journalism they are promoting was not paid for by the subject. The article itself is not "sponsored content," even though the Facebook post is "sponsored."</p>
<p>Here's an example with Uber and CNET:</p>
<p>CNET wrote this article about Uber's new CEO, titled " <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/ubers-u-turn-how-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-is-cleaning-up-after-scandals-and-lawsuits/" type="external">Uber's U-turn: How the new CEO is cleaning house after scandals and lawsuits</a>." To be clear, this was written by a reporter at CNET and was not paid for by Uber. It's just a regular news article. But Uber clearly liked the piece and is now paying Facebook to spread it far and wide.</p>
<p>Here is an example from the video world. This <a href="https://nowthisnews.com/videos/money/you-choose-the-charity-when-you-buy-this-streetwear" type="external">editorial video (not an ad) by NowThis Money</a> is being promoted by the subject of the video, Adam Khafif.</p>
<p>Adam Khafif's Facebook page is sharing a NowThis Money post from its Facebook page, and that share is being "sponsored" (i.e. boosted by paying money to Facebook). See, it gets very convoluted. But the main point is that the underlying video, and in this case even the underlying original Facebook post, isn't an ad - but the subject of the video is paying for a "sponsored" Facebook post to promote it.</p>
<p>Sometimes these "sponsored" posts are even geo-targeted, like the one on this article from The New Yoker titled " <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/divinity-on-the-dance-floor" type="external">Divinity on the Dance Floor</a>," which is being "promoted" not even by its subject (DJ Robert Hood), but by the nightclub where he performs regularly ( <a href="https://www.schimanskinyc.com/" type="external">Schimanski</a>):</p> When the outlet pays an influencer to spread it
<p>Now let's get to influencers and celebrities. Sometimes publishers pay influencers (people with big Facebook followings) to promote their articles. This used to be done a lot through organic Facebook reach ( <a href="https://theoutline.com/post/2491/when-publishers-get-paid-for-promoting-narratives-george-takei-influencers?zd=1&zi=xsbdje6y" type="external">here's an article on this about George Takei</a>.) But now I've only seen it recently in the form of "sponsored" posts.</p>
<p>Here's an example from Snoop Dogg and FashionBeans:</p>
<p>Snoop Dogg in this instance is technically paying Facebook to promote an article from FashionBeans, <a href="http://www.fashionbeans.com/content/here-are-the-most-obnoxiously-rich-suburbs-of-americas-biggest-cities" type="external">titled "Here Are The Most Obnoxiously Rich Suburbs Of America's Biggest Cities</a>," that really has nothing to do with him. But most likely what is happening is that FashionBeans is paying him to promote it, then he is paying Facebook. So the idea is that while FashionBeans could directly pay Facebook to promote the post, the promotion is more effective (dollar for dollar) if Snoop Dogg's name is attached.</p> When an advertiser pays for the actual article
<p>Now we get to the last category: actual "sponsored content" from a media company. This is an instance of "advertorial," where the advertiser is directly paying the media company to sponsor the actual article itself.</p>
<p>Here's an example from BuzzFeed and NBC Sports:</p>
<p>In these cases, the word "with" is usually employed in the Facebook post to denote which company is paying for the underlying content. It's marked again if you follow the link to BuzzFeed's site:</p>
<p>Notice that the "Brand Publisher" is NBC Sports. So this is actually an ad - not only on Facebook but on BuzzFeed's site as well.</p>
<p>And there you have it, we've come to the end of our guide to understanding who is paying to get journalism or advertising in front of you on Facebook.</p>
<p>One last thing to remember is that no matter who is paying for a "sponsored" Facebook post - outlet, subject, or influencer - if you check the actual article after following the link, it should clearly mark whether the article is an advertisement or a journalistic piece.</p>
<a href="http://read.bi/future-of-media" type="external" /> NOW WATCH: How Tyra Banks responded to being called 'too big' will inspire you"
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<a href="https://media1.fdncms.com/chicago/imager/u/original/32566056/pasted_image_at_2017_10_17_03_04_pm.png" type="external" /> Republicans knew what they were getting when they overwhelmingly voted for Bruce Rauner. He made no secret of his support for abortion. In 2014, his wife, Diana Rauner, went so far as to take out an ad assuring pro-choice Democrats of her husband's stance.
<p>Despite what you've been reading about the far right's consternation with Bruce Rauner over his ostensible support for abortion in Illinois, I think it's been a pretty good month for the governor.</p>
<p>The union-busting Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees case that he initiated has made it to the Supreme Court. And he's got liberal groups like Planned Parenthood praising him for his stance on reproductive rights. It looks like he may be able to put together the band of rabid right-wingers and abortion-rights moderates who helped elect him in the first place.</p>
<p>I know that sounds like the oddest of coalitions—but it just goes to show you what a clever politician can buy with his billions.</p>
<p>The Republican right-to-lifers are furious that Rauner flip-flopped and signed HB 40, the reproductive rights bill that expanded Medicaid funding for some abortions and eliminated the controversial "trigger provision" from state law. (The trigger language would've made abortions illegal in Illinois should Roe v. Wade be overturned.)</p>
<p>And many, including Steve Bannon, are talking about recruiting someone to mount a primary challenge against Rauner. But I think it's mostly bluster. In fact, I can't understand why they're so outraged. They knew what they were getting when they overwhelmingly voted for Rauner back in 2014.</p>
<p>Rauner made no secret of his support for abortion. In 2014, his wife, Diana Rauner, went so far as to take out an ad assuring pro-choice Democrats that when it came to abortion rights her husband would be no different than his opponent, former governor Pat Quinn.</p>
<p>Backed by many pro-choice moderates in DuPage County, the North Shore, and the Gold Coast, Rauner edged out Quinn and promptly went to work bankrupting public education by vetoing the budget.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, the governor panicked when it looked as though he might be losing support among downstate Republicans. So he assured right-to-life legislators he would veto HB40. That enraged pro-choice voters, who claimed he was betraying his lifelong commitment to their cause.</p>
<p>Rauner found himself in a jam. He had to decide which group he could least afford to alienate on the eve of next year's election: Gold Coast and North Shore moderates or rabid Republicans. Obviously, he went with the former, at least partly because, if push came to shove, they might actually vote for a Democrat. As for the rabid right, he probably figured he'd give 'em a tax break and they'd follow him off a cliff.</p>
<p>Of course, Rauner was slick about it. Over the summer he made a real show of inviting various pro-choice women to his office to explain to him how important it was to pass HB40.</p>
<p>And then on September 28, he signed it, making a big deal about it, like he was King Solomon making a wrenching decision as opposed to a lifelong abortion supporter doing what he'd promised to do four years ago.</p>
<p>In any case, it seems to have worked. Key players in the pro-choice movement fell for it. When Rauner signed HB40, Planned Parenthood of Illinois sent an e-mail calling on members to "thank Governor Rauner." Puh-lease! A more accurate response would've been "Thanks for nothing, Bruce!"</p>
<p>Even if the strategy fails and he doesn't win reelection, Rauner's in a perfect position to achieve his great dream of damaging, if not destroying, public unions in Illinois thanks to the Janus case.</p>
<p>Mark Janus is a state employee who argues that his First Amendment rights are being violated because state law requires him to contribute a "fair share" portion of his paycheck to the union that represents him—in this case, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. In particular, he doesn't think he should have to donate money to a union with which he disagrees politically.</p>
<p>It's called a fair-share contribution because the money guarantees that workers share the cost of financing a union that represents them in bargaining and grievance hearings.</p>
<p>On February 9, 2015, a few weeks after he took office, Rauner issued an executive order halting automatic fair-share deductions from paychecks. Several unions and attorney general Lisa Madigan sued and Rauner's executive order was overturned.</p>
<p>Rauner also filed a suit in federal court seeking to stop automatic fair-share contributions on First Amendment grounds. In 2016, a federal judge ruled against Rauner, decreeing that the governor didn't have standing in the case.</p>
<p>By then Janus had joined the case—as a state employee, he clearly has standing. Janus is being represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a union-busting outfit that's financially supported by the Koch brothers, the Walton Family Foundation, and other stalwarts of the far right.</p>
<p>On September 28, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Janus's case.</p>
<p>The suit is similar to one filed by Rebecca Friedrichs, a teacher in California, who lost when the Supreme Court was deadlocked 4-4. Since then President Trump and the Senate have put conservative Neil Gorsuch on the court. So unless another judge flips—c'mon Justice Kennedy, you can do it!—it looks like SCOTUS will issue a bruising blow against unions, which will have to scramble to keep up their funding.</p>
<p>This is a cruel irony on many levels. For one thing, government employees such as Janus will be relatively defenseless without unions if they're fired or harassed by a powerful politician like Rauner. Good luck getting the National Right to Work Foundation to help them with that.</p>
<p>As for Rauner's friends at Planned Parenthood—well, with a drop in membership, unions will be less able to help elect Democrats. So really the assault on unions is an attempt to cripple the Democratic Party. You don't think the Koch brothers actually give a hoot about workers like Mark Janus, do you?</p>
<p>If Democrats can't beat Republicans, they can't enact liberal-minded measures, like—oh, just to pick one—reproductive rights.</p>
<p>Think about this, Planned Parenthood. Your good friend, Bruce, is throwing you under the bus once again. Only this time he's got a more roundabout way of doing it. v</p>
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"<a href="https://media1.fdncms.com/chicago/imager/u/original/32566056/pasted_image_at_2017_10_17_03_04_pm.png" type="external" /> Republicans knew what they were getting when they overwhelmingly voted for Bruce Rauner. He made no secret of his support for abortion. In 2014, his wife, Diana Rauner, went so far as to take out an ad assuring pro-choice Democrats of her husband's stance.
<p>Despite what you've been reading about the far right's consternation with Bruce Rauner over his ostensible support for abortion in Illinois, I think it's been a pretty good month for the governor.</p>
<p>The union-busting Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees case that he initiated has made it to the Supreme Court. And he's got liberal groups like Planned Parenthood praising him for his stance on reproductive rights. It looks like he may be able to put together the band of rabid right-wingers and abortion-rights moderates who helped elect him in the first place.</p>
<p>I know that sounds like the oddest of coalitions—but it just goes to show you what a clever politician can buy with his billions.</p>
<p>The Republican right-to-lifers are furious that Rauner flip-flopped and signed HB 40, the reproductive rights bill that expanded Medicaid funding for some abortions and eliminated the controversial "trigger provision" from state law. (The trigger language would've made abortions illegal in Illinois should Roe v. Wade be overturned.)</p>
<p>And many, including Steve Bannon, are talking about recruiting someone to mount a primary challenge against Rauner. But I think it's mostly bluster. In fact, I can't understand why they're so outraged. They knew what they were getting when they overwhelmingly voted for Rauner back in 2014.</p>
<p>Rauner made no secret of his support for abortion. In 2014, his wife, Diana Rauner, went so far as to take out an ad assuring pro-choice Democrats that when it came to abortion rights her husband would be no different than his opponent, former governor Pat Quinn.</p>
<p>Backed by many pro-choice moderates in DuPage County, the North Shore, and the Gold Coast, Rauner edged out Quinn and promptly went to work bankrupting public education by vetoing the budget.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, the governor panicked when it looked as though he might be losing support among downstate Republicans. So he assured right-to-life legislators he would veto HB40. That enraged pro-choice voters, who claimed he was betraying his lifelong commitment to their cause.</p>
<p>Rauner found himself in a jam. He had to decide which group he could least afford to alienate on the eve of next year's election: Gold Coast and North Shore moderates or rabid Republicans. Obviously, he went with the former, at least partly because, if push came to shove, they might actually vote for a Democrat. As for the rabid right, he probably figured he'd give 'em a tax break and they'd follow him off a cliff.</p>
<p>Of course, Rauner was slick about it. Over the summer he made a real show of inviting various pro-choice women to his office to explain to him how important it was to pass HB40.</p>
<p>And then on September 28, he signed it, making a big deal about it, like he was King Solomon making a wrenching decision as opposed to a lifelong abortion supporter doing what he'd promised to do four years ago.</p>
<p>In any case, it seems to have worked. Key players in the pro-choice movement fell for it. When Rauner signed HB40, Planned Parenthood of Illinois sent an e-mail calling on members to "thank Governor Rauner." Puh-lease! A more accurate response would've been "Thanks for nothing, Bruce!"</p>
<p>Even if the strategy fails and he doesn't win reelection, Rauner's in a perfect position to achieve his great dream of damaging, if not destroying, public unions in Illinois thanks to the Janus case.</p>
<p>Mark Janus is a state employee who argues that his First Amendment rights are being violated because state law requires him to contribute a "fair share" portion of his paycheck to the union that represents him—in this case, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. In particular, he doesn't think he should have to donate money to a union with which he disagrees politically.</p>
<p>It's called a fair-share contribution because the money guarantees that workers share the cost of financing a union that represents them in bargaining and grievance hearings.</p>
<p>On February 9, 2015, a few weeks after he took office, Rauner issued an executive order halting automatic fair-share deductions from paychecks. Several unions and attorney general Lisa Madigan sued and Rauner's executive order was overturned.</p>
<p>Rauner also filed a suit in federal court seeking to stop automatic fair-share contributions on First Amendment grounds. In 2016, a federal judge ruled against Rauner, decreeing that the governor didn't have standing in the case.</p>
<p>By then Janus had joined the case—as a state employee, he clearly has standing. Janus is being represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a union-busting outfit that's financially supported by the Koch brothers, the Walton Family Foundation, and other stalwarts of the far right.</p>
<p>On September 28, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Janus's case.</p>
<p>The suit is similar to one filed by Rebecca Friedrichs, a teacher in California, who lost when the Supreme Court was deadlocked 4-4. Since then President Trump and the Senate have put conservative Neil Gorsuch on the court. So unless another judge flips—c'mon Justice Kennedy, you can do it!—it looks like SCOTUS will issue a bruising blow against unions, which will have to scramble to keep up their funding.</p>
<p>This is a cruel irony on many levels. For one thing, government employees such as Janus will be relatively defenseless without unions if they're fired or harassed by a powerful politician like Rauner. Good luck getting the National Right to Work Foundation to help them with that.</p>
<p>As for Rauner's friends at Planned Parenthood—well, with a drop in membership, unions will be less able to help elect Democrats. So really the assault on unions is an attempt to cripple the Democratic Party. You don't think the Koch brothers actually give a hoot about workers like Mark Janus, do you?</p>
<p>If Democrats can't beat Republicans, they can't enact liberal-minded measures, like—oh, just to pick one—reproductive rights.</p>
<p>Think about this, Planned Parenthood. Your good friend, Bruce, is throwing you under the bus once again. Only this time he's got a more roundabout way of doing it. v</p>"
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<p>What is a dotard?</p>
<p>In one of the strangest war of words we’ve seen here at PolitiFact, President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un traded insults recently, culminating in the use of the insult "dotard."</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/911003233828659201" type="external">Merriam-Webster</a> noted that searches for the word spiked.</p>
<p>Older PolitiFact staffers informed our younger counterparts that a dotard is someone who has entered his or her dotage, and that dotage is "a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness," according to Merriam-Webster.</p>
<p>Kim Jong Un hurled the word at Trump in response to Trump’s recent speech at the United Nations, saying that Trump’s speech was "unprecedented rude nonsense one has never heard from any of his predecessors. A frightened dog barks louder. I’d like to advise Trump to exercise prudence in selecting words and to be considerate of whom he speaks to when making a speech in front of the world."</p>
<p>Later in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/world/asia/kim-jong-un-trump.html" type="external">the statement</a>, Kim said, "Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire."</p>
<p>Trump responded <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/911175246853664768" type="external">on Twitter</a>: "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!"</p>
<q> <p>Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911175246853664768" type="external">September 22, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Where this war of words will lead is anyone’s guess. PolitiFact recently reviewed the <a type="internal">issues surrounding North Korea</a> as a preview to Trump’s speech at the United Nations, and we <a type="internal">fact-checked Trump’s speech</a> as well.</p>
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"<p>What is a dotard?</p>
<p>In one of the strangest war of words we’ve seen here at PolitiFact, President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un traded insults recently, culminating in the use of the insult "dotard."</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster/status/911003233828659201" type="external">Merriam-Webster</a> noted that searches for the word spiked.</p>
<p>Older PolitiFact staffers informed our younger counterparts that a dotard is someone who has entered his or her dotage, and that dotage is "a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness," according to Merriam-Webster.</p>
<p>Kim Jong Un hurled the word at Trump in response to Trump’s recent speech at the United Nations, saying that Trump’s speech was "unprecedented rude nonsense one has never heard from any of his predecessors. A frightened dog barks louder. I’d like to advise Trump to exercise prudence in selecting words and to be considerate of whom he speaks to when making a speech in front of the world."</p>
<p>Later in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/world/asia/kim-jong-un-trump.html" type="external">the statement</a>, Kim said, "Whatever Trump might have expected, he will face results beyond his expectation. I will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire."</p>
<p>Trump responded <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/911175246853664768" type="external">on Twitter</a>: "Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!"</p>
<q> <p>Kim Jong Un of North Korea, who is obviously a madman who doesn't mind starving or killing his people, will be tested like never before!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911175246853664768" type="external">September 22, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Where this war of words will lead is anyone’s guess. PolitiFact recently reviewed the <a type="internal">issues surrounding North Korea</a> as a preview to Trump’s speech at the United Nations, and we <a type="internal">fact-checked Trump’s speech</a> as well.</p>"
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<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S.</p>
<p>According to analysts, North Korea's missiles would be capable of reaching Los Angeles, New York or Chicago.</p>
<p>The Korean Central News Agency said Kim expressed "great satisfaction" with the test.</p>
<p>The Pentagon confirmed Friday morning that North Korea launched another ballistic missile.</p>
<p>"We are assessing and will have more information soon," said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.</p>
<p>Japanese government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga said the missile flew for roughly 45 minutes and landed off the Japanese coast in waters near Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the coast guard has issued safety warnings to aircraft and ships.</p>
<p>The launch occurred one day after Congress approved a legislative package that includes economic sanctions against North Korea.</p>
<p>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the projectile may have landed in the sea. He also confined that he has confirmed a meeting of the National Security Council.</p>
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“I have received information that North Korea once again conducted a missile firing. We will immediately analyze information and do our utmost to protect the safety of the Japanese people.” </q>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S.</p>
<p>According to analysts, North Korea's missiles would be capable of reaching Los Angeles, New York or Chicago.</p>
<p>The Korean Central News Agency said Kim expressed "great satisfaction" with the test.</p>
<p>The Pentagon confirmed Friday morning that North Korea launched another ballistic missile.</p>
<p>"We are assessing and will have more information soon," said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.</p>
<p>Japanese government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga said the missile flew for roughly 45 minutes and landed off the Japanese coast in waters near Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the coast guard has issued safety warnings to aircraft and ships.</p>
<p>The launch occurred one day after Congress approved a legislative package that includes economic sanctions against North Korea.</p>
<p>Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the projectile may have landed in the sea. He also confined that he has confirmed a meeting of the National Security Council.</p>
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“I have received information that North Korea once again conducted a missile firing. We will immediately analyze information and do our utmost to protect the safety of the Japanese people.” </q>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>President Donald Trump on Saturday helped commission the USS Gerald R. Ford. He declared that the $12.9 billion advanced aircraft carrier to join the Navy will cause America's enemies to "shake with fear."</p>
<p>"I hereby place United States Ship Gerald R. Ford in commission," Trump said after delivering a speech in which he praised the U.S. military and the American labor that went into building the 100,000 ton warship.</p>
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"May God bless and guide this warship and all who shall sail in her." </q>
<p>Susan Ford Bales, the ship's sponsor and daughter of the 38th president, whom the ship honors alos spoke.</p>
<p>"There is no one, absolutely no one, who would be prouder of the commissioning of this mighty ship than the president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford," she said. "I am honored to give the command: 'Officers and crew of the United States Gerald R. Ford, man our ship and bring her to life.'"</p>
<p>Construction on the USS Ford started in 2009 and was to be completed by September 2015 at a cost of $10.5 billion. The Navy has attributed the delays and budget overruns to the ship's state-of-the-art systems and technology, including electromagnetic launch systems for jets and drones that will replace steam catapults.</p>
<p>The return visit Saturday fell during what the White House has dubbed "Made in America" week.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>President Donald Trump on Saturday helped commission the USS Gerald R. Ford. He declared that the $12.9 billion advanced aircraft carrier to join the Navy will cause America's enemies to "shake with fear."</p>
<p>"I hereby place United States Ship Gerald R. Ford in commission," Trump said after delivering a speech in which he praised the U.S. military and the American labor that went into building the 100,000 ton warship.</p>
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"May God bless and guide this warship and all who shall sail in her." </q>
<p>Susan Ford Bales, the ship's sponsor and daughter of the 38th president, whom the ship honors alos spoke.</p>
<p>"There is no one, absolutely no one, who would be prouder of the commissioning of this mighty ship than the president of the United States, Gerald R. Ford," she said. "I am honored to give the command: 'Officers and crew of the United States Gerald R. Ford, man our ship and bring her to life.'"</p>
<p>Construction on the USS Ford started in 2009 and was to be completed by September 2015 at a cost of $10.5 billion. The Navy has attributed the delays and budget overruns to the ship's state-of-the-art systems and technology, including electromagnetic launch systems for jets and drones that will replace steam catapults.</p>
<p>The return visit Saturday fell during what the White House has dubbed "Made in America" week.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>President Trump took a shot at Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, describing him as "beleaguered" in a tweet about the Russia investigation.</p>
<p>"After 1 year of investigation with Zero evidence being found, Chuck Schumer just stated that "Democrats should blame ourselves,not Russia," Trump tweeted.</p>
<p>"So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes &amp; Russia relations?" read his follow-up tweet.</p>
<p>Trump disclosed in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-sessions-russia.html?_r=0" type="external">New York Times interview</a> on Wednesday that he would not have hired Sessions if he had known that Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia probe.</p>
<p>"Should have never recused himself and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else," Trump said.</p>
<p>The president's comments prompted speculation that Sessions would resign from his post.</p>
<p>However, a day after the interview was published, Sessions said he plans on continuing in the role.</p>
<p>"I’m totally confident that we can continue to run this office in an effective way," Sessions said.</p>
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"<p>President Trump took a shot at Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, describing him as "beleaguered" in a tweet about the Russia investigation.</p>
<p>"After 1 year of investigation with Zero evidence being found, Chuck Schumer just stated that "Democrats should blame ourselves,not Russia," Trump tweeted.</p>
<p>"So why aren't the Committees and investigators, and of course our beleaguered A.G., looking into Crooked Hillarys crimes &amp; Russia relations?" read his follow-up tweet.</p>
<p>Trump disclosed in a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-sessions-russia.html?_r=0" type="external">New York Times interview</a> on Wednesday that he would not have hired Sessions if he had known that Sessions would recuse himself from the Russia probe.</p>
<p>"Should have never recused himself and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else," Trump said.</p>
<p>The president's comments prompted speculation that Sessions would resign from his post.</p>
<p>However, a day after the interview was published, Sessions said he plans on continuing in the role.</p>
<p>"I’m totally confident that we can continue to run this office in an effective way," Sessions said.</p>"
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<p>Ninety-two percent of Muslims in the U.S. are proud to be American, even though 75 percent say there is "a lot" of discrimination against Muslims in the U.S.</p>
<p>Nine-in-ten Muslims reported having a positive feeling about living in the U.S., even though 75 percent believe it has become harder to be Muslim in the U.S. in recent years.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims/" type="external">survey</a> found that Muslims feel that the main problems they face in the U.S. are negative media coverage about the religion (60 percent), misconceptions about Islam (9 percent) and President Trump’s attitudes and/or policies towards Muslims (9 percent).</p>
<p>The survey was conducted Jan. 23 to May 2, and 1,001 U.S. Muslim adults participated. Nearly 48 percent have experienced some type of discrimination.</p>
<p>Researchers at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/09/13/experts-seeing-spike-possible-anti-muslim-hate-crimes" type="external">found</a> that the number of hate groups specifically targeting Muslims in the U.S. has nearly tripled in the past year. SPLC reported that there were 34 hate groups in 2015 and the figure has risen to 101. The SPLC attributed the increase in hate groups in part to Trump's campaign rhetoric.</p>
<p>"The growth has been accompanied by a rash of crimes targeting Muslims, including an arson that destroyed a mosque in Victoria, Texas, just hours after the Trump administration announced an executive order suspending travel from some predominantly Muslim countries," SPLC said in a <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/02/15/hate-groups-increase-second-consecutive-year-trump-electrifies-radical-right" type="external">statement.</a></p>
<p>But despite the backlash Muslims have received from Trump's presidency, participants said they have experienced support in the past few months from non-Muslims</p>
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"<p>Ninety-two percent of Muslims in the U.S. are proud to be American, even though 75 percent say there is "a lot" of discrimination against Muslims in the U.S.</p>
<p>Nine-in-ten Muslims reported having a positive feeling about living in the U.S., even though 75 percent believe it has become harder to be Muslim in the U.S. in recent years.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/findings-from-pew-research-centers-2017-survey-of-us-muslims/" type="external">survey</a> found that Muslims feel that the main problems they face in the U.S. are negative media coverage about the religion (60 percent), misconceptions about Islam (9 percent) and President Trump’s attitudes and/or policies towards Muslims (9 percent).</p>
<p>The survey was conducted Jan. 23 to May 2, and 1,001 U.S. Muslim adults participated. Nearly 48 percent have experienced some type of discrimination.</p>
<p>Researchers at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/09/13/experts-seeing-spike-possible-anti-muslim-hate-crimes" type="external">found</a> that the number of hate groups specifically targeting Muslims in the U.S. has nearly tripled in the past year. SPLC reported that there were 34 hate groups in 2015 and the figure has risen to 101. The SPLC attributed the increase in hate groups in part to Trump's campaign rhetoric.</p>
<p>"The growth has been accompanied by a rash of crimes targeting Muslims, including an arson that destroyed a mosque in Victoria, Texas, just hours after the Trump administration announced an executive order suspending travel from some predominantly Muslim countries," SPLC said in a <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/news/2017/02/15/hate-groups-increase-second-consecutive-year-trump-electrifies-radical-right" type="external">statement.</a></p>
<p>But despite the backlash Muslims have received from Trump's presidency, participants said they have experienced support in the past few months from non-Muslims</p>"
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<p>Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned Tuesday that sanctuary cities in the U.S. will lose millions in grant money if they do not comply with federal agents' efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.</p>
<p>Sessions issued a statement announcing new requirements for local governments that wish to receive money from a federal grant program called the "Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Programs."</p>
<p>The rules require local governments to alert the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at least 48 hours before releasing inmates from local jails who are wanted by DHS agents. It also requires local governments to allow DHS agents to enter local jails and interview inmates suspected of being undocumented immigrants.</p>
<p>"So-called sanctuary policies make all of us less safe because they intentionally undermine our laws and protect illegal aliens who have committed crimes," Sessions said in his <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-announces-immigration-compliance-requirements-edward-byrne-memorial" type="external">statement.</a> "These policies also encourage illegal immigration and even human trafficking by perpetuating the lie that in certain cities, illegal aliens can live outside the law."</p>
<p>"We must encourage these 'sanctuary' jurisdictions to change their policies and partner with federal law enforcement to remove criminals," Sessions added.</p>
<p>Sessions has been a fierce advocate for cracking down on illegal immigration.</p>
<p>"These long overdue requirements will help us take down MS-13 and other violent transnational gangs, and make our country safer," he said.</p>
<p>The new requirements will apply to cities seeking grants starting in September.</p>
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"<p>Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned Tuesday that sanctuary cities in the U.S. will lose millions in grant money if they do not comply with federal agents' efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.</p>
<p>Sessions issued a statement announcing new requirements for local governments that wish to receive money from a federal grant program called the "Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Programs."</p>
<p>The rules require local governments to alert the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at least 48 hours before releasing inmates from local jails who are wanted by DHS agents. It also requires local governments to allow DHS agents to enter local jails and interview inmates suspected of being undocumented immigrants.</p>
<p>"So-called sanctuary policies make all of us less safe because they intentionally undermine our laws and protect illegal aliens who have committed crimes," Sessions said in his <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-sessions-announces-immigration-compliance-requirements-edward-byrne-memorial" type="external">statement.</a> "These policies also encourage illegal immigration and even human trafficking by perpetuating the lie that in certain cities, illegal aliens can live outside the law."</p>
<p>"We must encourage these 'sanctuary' jurisdictions to change their policies and partner with federal law enforcement to remove criminals," Sessions added.</p>
<p>Sessions has been a fierce advocate for cracking down on illegal immigration.</p>
<p>"These long overdue requirements will help us take down MS-13 and other violent transnational gangs, and make our country safer," he said.</p>
<p>The new requirements will apply to cities seeking grants starting in September.</p>"
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<p>President Trump responded to the Senate Republican's inability to pass a skinny version of Obamacare's repeal the only way he knows how: Twitter.</p>
<p>Senate Republicans weren't able to muster enough votes to pass their skinny repeal of Obamacare.</p>
<p>Senators voted 49-51 shortly before 2:00 a.m. Friday morning. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) cast a surprise "no" vote. He was joined by GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine).</p>
<p>The bill, titled the Health Care Freedom Act, would have repealed the individual insurance mandate. It would also have repealed the employer mandate for eight years.</p>
<p>GOP leaders and Vice President Mike Pence huddled with McCain, Murkowski and Collins before the vote, which was stalled for nearly an hour.</p>
<p>A few minutes before the vote, McCain crossed the chamber to huddle with Democrats.</p>
<p>McCain's "no" vote came as a shock to many.</p>
<p>Democrats applauded the move on Twitter.</p>
<p>The vote is a devastating blow for Republicans who have fought for months to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and will likely have to start the process all over again.</p>
<p>"This is clearly a disappointing moment," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said shortly after the final vote tally was called.</p>
<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer admitted that the current health care law is not perfect and called for Republicans and Democrats to work together to fix the problems with Obamacare.</p>
<p>Other memorable moments from the health care debate:</p>
<p>Now the Senate will move on to the defense budget.</p>
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"<p>President Trump responded to the Senate Republican's inability to pass a skinny version of Obamacare's repeal the only way he knows how: Twitter.</p>
<p>Senate Republicans weren't able to muster enough votes to pass their skinny repeal of Obamacare.</p>
<p>Senators voted 49-51 shortly before 2:00 a.m. Friday morning. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) cast a surprise "no" vote. He was joined by GOP Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine).</p>
<p>The bill, titled the Health Care Freedom Act, would have repealed the individual insurance mandate. It would also have repealed the employer mandate for eight years.</p>
<p>GOP leaders and Vice President Mike Pence huddled with McCain, Murkowski and Collins before the vote, which was stalled for nearly an hour.</p>
<p>A few minutes before the vote, McCain crossed the chamber to huddle with Democrats.</p>
<p>McCain's "no" vote came as a shock to many.</p>
<p>Democrats applauded the move on Twitter.</p>
<p>The vote is a devastating blow for Republicans who have fought for months to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and will likely have to start the process all over again.</p>
<p>"This is clearly a disappointing moment," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said shortly after the final vote tally was called.</p>
<p>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer admitted that the current health care law is not perfect and called for Republicans and Democrats to work together to fix the problems with Obamacare.</p>
<p>Other memorable moments from the health care debate:</p>
<p>Now the Senate will move on to the defense budget.</p>"
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<p>A photo of empty bus seats caused a heated debate on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sindre.beyer/posts/10154636640635248?pnref=story" type="external">Facebook</a> because people thought they saw six women in burqas.</p>
<p>The image was shared to a Norwegian anti-immigration group with the question: “What do people think about this?”</p>
<p>Members sounded off, saying things like:</p>
<p>“It looks really scary, should be banned. You can never know who is under there. Could be terrorists with weapons.”</p>
<p>“Get them out of our country, those who look like collapsed umbrellas. Frightening times we are living in.”</p>
<p>“I thought it would be like this in the year 2050, but it is happening NOW!!!!”</p>
<p>The user who posted the photo wanted to show people the dangers of jumping to conclusions and spreading fake news.</p>
<p>Norway's right-wing government recently <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-religion-burqa-norway-idUSKBN1930WY" type="external">proposed a law</a> that would ban Muslim women from wearing full face veils in schools.</p>
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"<p>A photo of empty bus seats caused a heated debate on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sindre.beyer/posts/10154636640635248?pnref=story" type="external">Facebook</a> because people thought they saw six women in burqas.</p>
<p>The image was shared to a Norwegian anti-immigration group with the question: “What do people think about this?”</p>
<p>Members sounded off, saying things like:</p>
<p>“It looks really scary, should be banned. You can never know who is under there. Could be terrorists with weapons.”</p>
<p>“Get them out of our country, those who look like collapsed umbrellas. Frightening times we are living in.”</p>
<p>“I thought it would be like this in the year 2050, but it is happening NOW!!!!”</p>
<p>The user who posted the photo wanted to show people the dangers of jumping to conclusions and spreading fake news.</p>
<p>Norway's right-wing government recently <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-religion-burqa-norway-idUSKBN1930WY" type="external">proposed a law</a> that would ban Muslim women from wearing full face veils in schools.</p>"
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<p>Police in Dubai reopened streets near one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters successfully extinguished a Friday blaze, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of night.</p>
<p>No injuries have been reported, but a few people were treated for smoke inhalation.</p>
<p>This isn't the first time the 86-story building caught fire, having done so just 2.5 years earlier.</p>
<p>The cause of Friday's fire wasn't immediately known, but, in the past, infernos in Dubai have been linked with highly flammable building cladding.</p>
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"You never think it's going to happen to you. I had cash in there, furniture, paintings. ... Many things that are very valuable to me." </q>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
<p>A skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates <a href="http://http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-dubai-torch-tower-fire-20170803-story.html" type="external">burst into flames</a> Thursday when the Torch Tower in the Dubai Marina began blazing in the night sky.</p>
<p>Flames began racing up the 86-story building, which is a popular residence for expats living in the UAE’s largest city.</p>
<p>Footage of the conflagration circulating on social media shows firefighters frantically trying to stop it from spreading.</p>
<p>The Dubai Media Office confirmed the UAE’s Civil Defence is fighting the inferno raging at the tower.</p>
<p>“Firefighting squads from four Civil Defence stations have been deployed to bring the fire under control,” a spokesman said.</p>
<p>Some Twitter users on Thursday voiced shock at the fire burning at the Torch, which is the world’s fifth largest residential building at 1,105 ft. tall.</p>
<p>Other people on the social media platform noted that hundreds of people evacuated the same building during a February 2015 fire.</p>
<p>People across multiple social media outlets ranging from Facebook to Instagram, meanwhile, shared video footage of the rare event.</p>
<p>Civil Defence officials told the Sun that they had “successfully evacuated” the Torch while fire fighters tried stopping the blaze.</p>
<p>The Sun reported that the 2015 fire at the same building was quickly brought under control, resulting in no fatalities and seven people receiving treatment for smoke inhalation.</p>
<p>A Dubai Police spokesperson told the Gulf News that the fire broke out on the tower’s ninth floor before spreading four floors higher.</p>
<p>The BBC reported that the Torch boasts 676 apartments, with a two-bedroom flat starting at more than $500,000.</p>
<p>Residents at the property also have access to an eight-story garage, according to the BBC, and a swimming pool which overlooks Dubai’s waterfront.</p>
<p>The Torch is expected to be the 32nd tallest building in the world, according to the Skyscraper Centre.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>Police in Dubai reopened streets near one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters successfully extinguished a Friday blaze, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of night.</p>
<p>No injuries have been reported, but a few people were treated for smoke inhalation.</p>
<p>This isn't the first time the 86-story building caught fire, having done so just 2.5 years earlier.</p>
<p>The cause of Friday's fire wasn't immediately known, but, in the past, infernos in Dubai have been linked with highly flammable building cladding.</p>
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<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
<p>A skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates <a href="http://http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-dubai-torch-tower-fire-20170803-story.html" type="external">burst into flames</a> Thursday when the Torch Tower in the Dubai Marina began blazing in the night sky.</p>
<p>Flames began racing up the 86-story building, which is a popular residence for expats living in the UAE’s largest city.</p>
<p>Footage of the conflagration circulating on social media shows firefighters frantically trying to stop it from spreading.</p>
<p>The Dubai Media Office confirmed the UAE’s Civil Defence is fighting the inferno raging at the tower.</p>
<p>“Firefighting squads from four Civil Defence stations have been deployed to bring the fire under control,” a spokesman said.</p>
<p>Some Twitter users on Thursday voiced shock at the fire burning at the Torch, which is the world’s fifth largest residential building at 1,105 ft. tall.</p>
<p>Other people on the social media platform noted that hundreds of people evacuated the same building during a February 2015 fire.</p>
<p>People across multiple social media outlets ranging from Facebook to Instagram, meanwhile, shared video footage of the rare event.</p>
<p>Civil Defence officials told the Sun that they had “successfully evacuated” the Torch while fire fighters tried stopping the blaze.</p>
<p>The Sun reported that the 2015 fire at the same building was quickly brought under control, resulting in no fatalities and seven people receiving treatment for smoke inhalation.</p>
<p>A Dubai Police spokesperson told the Gulf News that the fire broke out on the tower’s ninth floor before spreading four floors higher.</p>
<p>The BBC reported that the Torch boasts 676 apartments, with a two-bedroom flat starting at more than $500,000.</p>
<p>Residents at the property also have access to an eight-story garage, according to the BBC, and a swimming pool which overlooks Dubai’s waterfront.</p>
<p>The Torch is expected to be the 32nd tallest building in the world, according to the Skyscraper Centre.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>The newly-installed constitutional assembly led by President Nicolas Maduro has ousted Venezuela's chief prosecutor on Saturday, a move that signals that the embattled government is making swift moves to consolidate power.</p>
<p>Hails of "traitor" and "justice has arrived" erupted from the 545 pro-government delegates during the unanimous vote to remove the top law enforcement official, Luisa Ortega, from her post. The assembly replaced her with a staunch government supporter.</p>
<p>The delegates said they were acting in response to a ruling by the government-attacked Supreme Court, which was separately considering a request to sanction Ortega.</p>
<p>Speaking to journalists after her removal, Ortega said dozens of national guardsmen in riot gear barred her from entering her office, alleging that authorities wanted to get their hands on sensitive information implicating high-level officials in dirty dealings.</p>
<p>"Do you know what they want to achieve with this? They want to hide the corruption and violation of human rights taking place in Venezuela that I will continue to denounce," Ortega said.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro plans to seat a new controversial constituent assembly in an effort to rewrite the country's constitution despite continued opposition protests.</p>
<p>The new legislative body's constitution would nullify the other branches of government, leading opposition leaders to call on citizens to protest in the streets in objection. Maduro is expected to seat the 545-member body at the legislative palace in the capital of Caracas on Friday, just yards from the opposition-led National Assembly. He plans to attend the assembly's opening session and promised to use the assembly itself to attack his political opponents.</p>
<p>"The only way they'll get us out of here is by killing us," National Assembly first vice president Freddy Guevara told the Associated Press. "They will never have a seat that the people of Venezuela gave us."</p>
<p>Maduro's assembly was elected on Sunday, despite opposition claims that the election itself was rigged in favor of Maduro supporters, resulting in a boycott. The U.S. State Department condemned the assembly on Thursday, claiming the rigged election only served to empower "the Maduro dictatorship." Several U.S. lawmakers joined in the condemnation, including Sen. Marco Rubio who issued a message of support to the Venezuelan people in Spanish.</p>
<p>"At a time of deep divisions in our own politics, both the left and the right here in the United States support the people of Venezuela and condemn the Maduro government," said Rubio. "Even those who sympathized and defended the late Hugo Chavez, condemn the direction Nicolas Maduro has taken your country."</p>
<p>The senator added that Venezuelans are "only a free and fair election away from a better future."</p>
<p>Sen. Bob Menendez, senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, claimed a "sham election" was used to elect the pro-Maduro assembly.</p>
<p>"Nicolas Maduro's decision to move forward with a sham election to create a constituent assembly and shred his country's constitution offers yet another disturbing example of how dangerously unfit this man is to lead country," said Menendez in a <a href="http://https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/press/menendez-on-maduro-regimes-sham-election" type="external">statement</a> released on Monday.</p>
<p>Venezuela's legislative palace has been the scene of violent protests in recent weeks. Three months of bloody protests and a beleaguered economy have taken a serious toll on Venezuelans. Conditions are expected to worsen should Maduro and his supporters be successful in rewriting the constitution.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>The newly-installed constitutional assembly led by President Nicolas Maduro has ousted Venezuela's chief prosecutor on Saturday, a move that signals that the embattled government is making swift moves to consolidate power.</p>
<p>Hails of "traitor" and "justice has arrived" erupted from the 545 pro-government delegates during the unanimous vote to remove the top law enforcement official, Luisa Ortega, from her post. The assembly replaced her with a staunch government supporter.</p>
<p>The delegates said they were acting in response to a ruling by the government-attacked Supreme Court, which was separately considering a request to sanction Ortega.</p>
<p>Speaking to journalists after her removal, Ortega said dozens of national guardsmen in riot gear barred her from entering her office, alleging that authorities wanted to get their hands on sensitive information implicating high-level officials in dirty dealings.</p>
<p>"Do you know what they want to achieve with this? They want to hide the corruption and violation of human rights taking place in Venezuela that I will continue to denounce," Ortega said.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
<p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro plans to seat a new controversial constituent assembly in an effort to rewrite the country's constitution despite continued opposition protests.</p>
<p>The new legislative body's constitution would nullify the other branches of government, leading opposition leaders to call on citizens to protest in the streets in objection. Maduro is expected to seat the 545-member body at the legislative palace in the capital of Caracas on Friday, just yards from the opposition-led National Assembly. He plans to attend the assembly's opening session and promised to use the assembly itself to attack his political opponents.</p>
<p>"The only way they'll get us out of here is by killing us," National Assembly first vice president Freddy Guevara told the Associated Press. "They will never have a seat that the people of Venezuela gave us."</p>
<p>Maduro's assembly was elected on Sunday, despite opposition claims that the election itself was rigged in favor of Maduro supporters, resulting in a boycott. The U.S. State Department condemned the assembly on Thursday, claiming the rigged election only served to empower "the Maduro dictatorship." Several U.S. lawmakers joined in the condemnation, including Sen. Marco Rubio who issued a message of support to the Venezuelan people in Spanish.</p>
<p>"At a time of deep divisions in our own politics, both the left and the right here in the United States support the people of Venezuela and condemn the Maduro government," said Rubio. "Even those who sympathized and defended the late Hugo Chavez, condemn the direction Nicolas Maduro has taken your country."</p>
<p>The senator added that Venezuelans are "only a free and fair election away from a better future."</p>
<p>Sen. Bob Menendez, senior member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, claimed a "sham election" was used to elect the pro-Maduro assembly.</p>
<p>"Nicolas Maduro's decision to move forward with a sham election to create a constituent assembly and shred his country's constitution offers yet another disturbing example of how dangerously unfit this man is to lead country," said Menendez in a <a href="http://https://www.menendez.senate.gov/news-and-events/press/menendez-on-maduro-regimes-sham-election" type="external">statement</a> released on Monday.</p>
<p>Venezuela's legislative palace has been the scene of violent protests in recent weeks. Three months of bloody protests and a beleaguered economy have taken a serious toll on Venezuelans. Conditions are expected to worsen should Maduro and his supporters be successful in rewriting the constitution.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>Web hosting company GoDaddy on Monday tweeted that it has given the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, 24 hours to find another internet service provider.</p>
<p>A GoDaddy spokesman told the New York Daily News that the Daily Stormer violated its terms of service by posting a blog deriding a woman killed in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.</p>
<p>Heather Heyer, 32, died when a man drove his car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally there Saturday.</p>
<p>Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin on Sunday posted an article characterizing Heyer as “fat” and “childless.”</p>
<p>“Given this latest article comes on the immediate heels of a violent attack, we believe this type of article could incite additional violence, which violates our terms of service,” GoDaddy spokesman Dan Race said in an email to the Daily News.</p>
<p>Some Twitter users on Monday praised GoDaddy for taking a stand against the Daily Stormer following Anglin’s controversial blog.</p>
<p>Other people on the social media platform criticized GoDaddy for hosting the Daily Stormer for as long as it did before Monday’s announcement.</p>
<p>GoDaddy’s decision will reportedly force the Daily Stormer’s operators to transfer dailystormer.com to another internet provider.</p>
<p>The hacking collective Anonymous also took credit Monday for targeting the Daily Stormer following Anglin’s blog.</p>
<p>“This site is now under the control of Anonymous,” a post on the Daily Stormer’s front page said.</p>
<p>“For too long the Daily Stormer and Andrew Anglin have spewed their putrid hate on this site,” it added. “That will not be happening anymore.”</p>
<p>The post did not mention GoDaddy’s message to the Daily Stormer, and the article about Heyer was not taken down.</p>
<p>The so-called “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville last Saturday turned violent when white nationalists and anti-fascist demonstrators broke into violence.</p>
<p>James Alex Fields Jr., 20, ultimately drove a car into counter-protesters there, killing Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others.</p>
<p>Two Virginia State Police officers additionally died Saturday following a helicopter crash authorities linked to the Charlottesville rally.</p>
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"<p>Web hosting company GoDaddy on Monday tweeted that it has given the Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website, 24 hours to find another internet service provider.</p>
<p>A GoDaddy spokesman told the New York Daily News that the Daily Stormer violated its terms of service by posting a blog deriding a woman killed in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday.</p>
<p>Heather Heyer, 32, died when a man drove his car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally there Saturday.</p>
<p>Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin on Sunday posted an article characterizing Heyer as “fat” and “childless.”</p>
<p>“Given this latest article comes on the immediate heels of a violent attack, we believe this type of article could incite additional violence, which violates our terms of service,” GoDaddy spokesman Dan Race said in an email to the Daily News.</p>
<p>Some Twitter users on Monday praised GoDaddy for taking a stand against the Daily Stormer following Anglin’s controversial blog.</p>
<p>Other people on the social media platform criticized GoDaddy for hosting the Daily Stormer for as long as it did before Monday’s announcement.</p>
<p>GoDaddy’s decision will reportedly force the Daily Stormer’s operators to transfer dailystormer.com to another internet provider.</p>
<p>The hacking collective Anonymous also took credit Monday for targeting the Daily Stormer following Anglin’s blog.</p>
<p>“This site is now under the control of Anonymous,” a post on the Daily Stormer’s front page said.</p>
<p>“For too long the Daily Stormer and Andrew Anglin have spewed their putrid hate on this site,” it added. “That will not be happening anymore.”</p>
<p>The post did not mention GoDaddy’s message to the Daily Stormer, and the article about Heyer was not taken down.</p>
<p>The so-called “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville last Saturday turned violent when white nationalists and anti-fascist demonstrators broke into violence.</p>
<p>James Alex Fields Jr., 20, ultimately drove a car into counter-protesters there, killing Heyer and injuring more than a dozen others.</p>
<p>Two Virginia State Police officers additionally died Saturday following a helicopter crash authorities linked to the Charlottesville rally.</p>"
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<p>Authorities in North Carolina arrested a woman they say is responsible for tearing down a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier.</p>
<p>During a news conference, Takiyah Thompson identified herself as the woman who climbed the statue Monday night in Durham. Thompson defended her actions, arguing that Confederate statues represent white supremacy.</p>
<p>Sheriff's deputies took Thompson away in handcuffs after the news conference ended, but it is still unclear what charges she may face. Previously, authorities said those responsible for tearing down the statue would face felony charges.</p>
<p>North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted Tuesday saying Confederate monuments, like the one toppled Monday night, "should come down." In a blog post <a href="https://medium.com/@NC_Governor/north-carolina-monuments-b7ead3c471ee" type="external">on the website Medium</a>, Cooper said he hopes the state legislature will repeal a law that prevents state and local governments from removing these statues permanently and limiting their relocation.</p>
<p>"Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states’ rights. But history is not on their side," he wrote. "We cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery. These monuments should come down."</p>
<p>Durham County (N.C.) Sheriff Mike Andrews said Tuesday that investigators are working to identify and charge those who toppled a Confederate statue outside a courthouse Monday.</p>
<p>Andrews said in a statement that officers took video throughout the protest and are using the footage in the investigation.</p>
<p>Officers did not intervene as the statue was toppled. Andrews said he was aware of the potential for vandalism after meeting with county leaders and protest organizers but chose to exercise restraint.</p>
<p>County officials did not immediately respond to inquiries as to whether the statue would be put back up.</p>
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"<p>Authorities in North Carolina arrested a woman they say is responsible for tearing down a bronze statue of a Confederate soldier.</p>
<p>During a news conference, Takiyah Thompson identified herself as the woman who climbed the statue Monday night in Durham. Thompson defended her actions, arguing that Confederate statues represent white supremacy.</p>
<p>Sheriff's deputies took Thompson away in handcuffs after the news conference ended, but it is still unclear what charges she may face. Previously, authorities said those responsible for tearing down the statue would face felony charges.</p>
<p>North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted Tuesday saying Confederate monuments, like the one toppled Monday night, "should come down." In a blog post <a href="https://medium.com/@NC_Governor/north-carolina-monuments-b7ead3c471ee" type="external">on the website Medium</a>, Cooper said he hopes the state legislature will repeal a law that prevents state and local governments from removing these statues permanently and limiting their relocation.</p>
<p>"Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states’ rights. But history is not on their side," he wrote. "We cannot continue to glorify a war against the United States of America fought in the defense of slavery. These monuments should come down."</p>
<p>Durham County (N.C.) Sheriff Mike Andrews said Tuesday that investigators are working to identify and charge those who toppled a Confederate statue outside a courthouse Monday.</p>
<p>Andrews said in a statement that officers took video throughout the protest and are using the footage in the investigation.</p>
<p>Officers did not intervene as the statue was toppled. Andrews said he was aware of the potential for vandalism after meeting with county leaders and protest organizers but chose to exercise restraint.</p>
<p>County officials did not immediately respond to inquiries as to whether the statue would be put back up.</p>"
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<p>An FBI agent was reportedly injured when a flash grenade detonated Wednesday in a New York City parking garage.</p>
<p>Officials told <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Incident-at-Federal-Plaza-in-Downtown-Manhattan-Causes-Injuries-440784493.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" type="external">NBC's local affiliate</a> in New York that one person was taken to Bellevue Hospital to receive treatment for burns on his hand.</p>
<p>The agent was handling the device when it went off, officials said.</p>
<p>Witnesses told the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/explosion-reported-federal-building-manhattan-article-1.3417037" type="external">New York Daily News</a> that they called 911 after hearing a small explosion and seeing smoke coming from the back of a federal building that houses the FBI and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.</p>
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"<p>An FBI agent was reportedly injured when a flash grenade detonated Wednesday in a New York City parking garage.</p>
<p>Officials told <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Incident-at-Federal-Plaza-in-Downtown-Manhattan-Causes-Injuries-440784493.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" type="external">NBC's local affiliate</a> in New York that one person was taken to Bellevue Hospital to receive treatment for burns on his hand.</p>
<p>The agent was handling the device when it went off, officials said.</p>
<p>Witnesses told the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/explosion-reported-federal-building-manhattan-article-1.3417037" type="external">New York Daily News</a> that they called 911 after hearing a small explosion and seeing smoke coming from the back of a federal building that houses the FBI and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.</p>"
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<p>Three House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a resolution to censure and condemn President Trump over his response to recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p>
<p><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHXblhXUMAAyHGq.jpg" type="external">The measure</a> was introduced by Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ), Jerry Nadler (NY) and Pramila Jayapal (WA).</p>
<p>The trio’s resolution calls for Trump’s censure over his “inadequate response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.”</p>
<p>The proposal also cites Trump for “his failure to immediately and specifically name and condemn the groups responsible for actions of domestic terrorism” in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>The group’s resolution additionally demands that Trump “fire any and all advisors who have urged him to cater to the alt-Right movement in the United State.”</p>
<p>The document criticizes Trump “for employing people with ties to white supremacist movements in the White House.”</p>
<p>White House officials with ties to white supremacy include chief strategist Steve Bannon and national security aide Sebastian Gorka, according to the resolution.</p>
<p>Bannon previously served as the executive chairman of Breitbart, which he characterized as “the platform for the alt-right” last year.</p>
<p>Gorka formerly worked as a national security editor at Breitbart, an outlet which has faced accusations of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and misogyny.</p>
<p>Trump insisted Tuesday that there is “blame on both sides” for bloodshed in Charlottesville last weekend.</p>
<p>“What about the alt-left that came charging at the – as you say, the alt-right?” he asked a reporter. “Do they have any semblance of guilt?”</p>
<p>“What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs?” Trump continued at Trump Tower in New York City. “Do they have any problem? I think they do.”</p>
<p>“I have condemned neo-Nazis. I have condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me.”</p>
<p>White nationalists descended upon Charlottesville last weekend to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.</p>
<p>One person died last Saturday when a car drove into people protesting the white nationalists in the city.</p>
<p>Two other Virginia State Police Department officers were killed the same day in a helicopter crash authorities linked to the unrest.</p>
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"<p>Three House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a resolution to censure and condemn President Trump over his response to recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p>
<p><a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHXblhXUMAAyHGq.jpg" type="external">The measure</a> was introduced by Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ), Jerry Nadler (NY) and Pramila Jayapal (WA).</p>
<p>The trio’s resolution calls for Trump’s censure over his “inadequate response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.”</p>
<p>The proposal also cites Trump for “his failure to immediately and specifically name and condemn the groups responsible for actions of domestic terrorism” in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>The group’s resolution additionally demands that Trump “fire any and all advisors who have urged him to cater to the alt-Right movement in the United State.”</p>
<p>The document criticizes Trump “for employing people with ties to white supremacist movements in the White House.”</p>
<p>White House officials with ties to white supremacy include chief strategist Steve Bannon and national security aide Sebastian Gorka, according to the resolution.</p>
<p>Bannon previously served as the executive chairman of Breitbart, which he characterized as “the platform for the alt-right” last year.</p>
<p>Gorka formerly worked as a national security editor at Breitbart, an outlet which has faced accusations of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and misogyny.</p>
<p>Trump insisted Tuesday that there is “blame on both sides” for bloodshed in Charlottesville last weekend.</p>
<p>“What about the alt-left that came charging at the – as you say, the alt-right?” he asked a reporter. “Do they have any semblance of guilt?”</p>
<p>“What about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs?” Trump continued at Trump Tower in New York City. “Do they have any problem? I think they do.”</p>
<p>“I have condemned neo-Nazis. I have condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me.”</p>
<p>White nationalists descended upon Charlottesville last weekend to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.</p>
<p>One person died last Saturday when a car drove into people protesting the white nationalists in the city.</p>
<p>Two other Virginia State Police Department officers were killed the same day in a helicopter crash authorities linked to the unrest.</p>"
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<p>Department of Homeland Security and counter-terrorism officials are in contact with Spanish authorities in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that killed at least 13 people and left more than 80 injured on Thursday at a busy tourist area in Barcelona, Spain, according to DHS officials who spoke with Circa.</p>
<p>DHS spokeswoman Anna Franko, said that the acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke has been briefed on the situation in Barcelona, Spain and remains in contact with U.S. allies in Europe in lieu of the ongoing investigation. A van slammed its way through crowds of people in the well-known area of Las Ramblas avenue. The area was reportedly crowded with locals and tourists who frequent the restaurants and shops in the historic district.</p>
<p>The above message in Spanish was posted on a confirmed ISIS media page on the secure Telegram app.</p>
<p>Islamic State praised the attack on their official Telegram account and have claimed responsibility in statement carried on its Aamaq news agency. Some U.S. Law enforcement officials say the attack bears similar hallmarks of past attacks and the groups of has reportedly called for using vehicles as primary weapons against civilians, followed by secondary attacks using weapons against bystanders.</p>
<p>Catalan Interior Minster Joaquim Forn confirmed at a press conference that 13 people were killed and more than 50 injured. Catalan police are treating the incident as a terror attack and have sealed off the area, according to <a href="http://http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/europe/barcelona-las-ramblas-van-hits-crowd/index.html" type="external">reports</a>. The city has canceled public events. Metro and train stations are also closed at the request of city officials and emergency services.</p>
<p>Police at the scene in Barcelona after the van crash.</p>
<p>The situation is being closely monitored by Duke, who is being kept apprised of developments, Franko said.</p>
<p>"DHS has reached out to Spanish authorities, and the Department is standing by to support our allies as they respond to and recover from this horrendous attack," Franko added. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and those affected. We will not let terrorism become the new normal. Instead, such acts of violence only harden our resolve to fight back against violent extremists, bring them to justice, and dismantle their networks. DHS will continue its efforts to raise the baseline of our security across the board and to work with foreign partners to help them do the same."</p>
<p>FBI is not currently commenting on the situation as it is fluid and the Spanish authorities are leading the investigation.</p>
<p>Secretary of State Rex Tillerson weighs in on the attack in Spain.</p>
<p>State Department officials did not immediately respond for comment, as to whether or not Spanish authorities have asked for assistance from the United States to help with the terror investigation.</p>
<p>Spanish authorities continue to remain vigilant and local authorities have asked people in the Las Ramblas area of the city, where the attack took place to remain on alert, <a href="http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/catalonia/barcelona/articles/barcelona-terror-attack-advice-travel/" type="external">according to reports</a>.</p>
<p>RELATED STORIES: <a type="internal">13 are dead and more than 50 injured in the Barcelona attack a government official said</a> <a type="internal">Sen. Grassley says partisan lawsuits against President Trump should also implicate Hillary Clinton</a> <a type="internal">U.S. Ambassador to Israel asks organization to reconsider it's opposition to McMaster and Tillerson</a></p>
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"<p>Department of Homeland Security and counter-terrorism officials are in contact with Spanish authorities in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that killed at least 13 people and left more than 80 injured on Thursday at a busy tourist area in Barcelona, Spain, according to DHS officials who spoke with Circa.</p>
<p>DHS spokeswoman Anna Franko, said that the acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke has been briefed on the situation in Barcelona, Spain and remains in contact with U.S. allies in Europe in lieu of the ongoing investigation. A van slammed its way through crowds of people in the well-known area of Las Ramblas avenue. The area was reportedly crowded with locals and tourists who frequent the restaurants and shops in the historic district.</p>
<p>The above message in Spanish was posted on a confirmed ISIS media page on the secure Telegram app.</p>
<p>Islamic State praised the attack on their official Telegram account and have claimed responsibility in statement carried on its Aamaq news agency. Some U.S. Law enforcement officials say the attack bears similar hallmarks of past attacks and the groups of has reportedly called for using vehicles as primary weapons against civilians, followed by secondary attacks using weapons against bystanders.</p>
<p>Catalan Interior Minster Joaquim Forn confirmed at a press conference that 13 people were killed and more than 50 injured. Catalan police are treating the incident as a terror attack and have sealed off the area, according to <a href="http://http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/europe/barcelona-las-ramblas-van-hits-crowd/index.html" type="external">reports</a>. The city has canceled public events. Metro and train stations are also closed at the request of city officials and emergency services.</p>
<p>Police at the scene in Barcelona after the van crash.</p>
<p>The situation is being closely monitored by Duke, who is being kept apprised of developments, Franko said.</p>
<p>"DHS has reached out to Spanish authorities, and the Department is standing by to support our allies as they respond to and recover from this horrendous attack," Franko added. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and those affected. We will not let terrorism become the new normal. Instead, such acts of violence only harden our resolve to fight back against violent extremists, bring them to justice, and dismantle their networks. DHS will continue its efforts to raise the baseline of our security across the board and to work with foreign partners to help them do the same."</p>
<p>FBI is not currently commenting on the situation as it is fluid and the Spanish authorities are leading the investigation.</p>
<p>Secretary of State Rex Tillerson weighs in on the attack in Spain.</p>
<p>State Department officials did not immediately respond for comment, as to whether or not Spanish authorities have asked for assistance from the United States to help with the terror investigation.</p>
<p>Spanish authorities continue to remain vigilant and local authorities have asked people in the Las Ramblas area of the city, where the attack took place to remain on alert, <a href="http://http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/spain/catalonia/barcelona/articles/barcelona-terror-attack-advice-travel/" type="external">according to reports</a>.</p>
<p>RELATED STORIES: <a type="internal">13 are dead and more than 50 injured in the Barcelona attack a government official said</a> <a type="internal">Sen. Grassley says partisan lawsuits against President Trump should also implicate Hillary Clinton</a> <a type="internal">U.S. Ambassador to Israel asks organization to reconsider it's opposition to McMaster and Tillerson</a></p>"
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<p>An unattended package near the north fence of the White House was cleared by the Secret Service and Metropolitan Police Tuesday afternoon.</p>
<p>The White House was placed on an apparent lockdown Tuesday while President Trump was en route to Arizona for a rally in Phoenix, according to multiple reports.</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347500-white-house-placed-on-apparent-lockdown" type="external">The Hill</a> reported that Secret Service cleared the White House’s North Lawn and sent media members and construction workers in the area into the West Wing.</p>
<p>The Secret Service confirmed via Twitter that it and the Washington, D.C. Police Department were responding to an unattended package near the north fence of the White House complex.</p>
<p>Trump is reportedly heading to a campaign-style rally in Phoenix late Tuesday, an event which is also expected to draw major protests.</p>
<p>The president will also reportedly visit a Border Patrol facility in Yuma, Arizona before Tuesday’s rally.</p>
<p>Trump will examine Border Patrol equipment such as a Predator drone and an agency boat during his stop in Yuma.</p>
<p>Immigration is a major issue for Trump’s supporters, and the president campaigned extensively on the topic during last year’s White House race.</p>
<p>Trump has long vowed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, arguing it will reduce illegal immigration and increase America’s border security.</p>
<p>The president has also pledged to take a tougher stance on drug trafficking across America’s borders.</p>
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"<p>An unattended package near the north fence of the White House was cleared by the Secret Service and Metropolitan Police Tuesday afternoon.</p>
<p>The White House was placed on an apparent lockdown Tuesday while President Trump was en route to Arizona for a rally in Phoenix, according to multiple reports.</p>
<p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/347500-white-house-placed-on-apparent-lockdown" type="external">The Hill</a> reported that Secret Service cleared the White House’s North Lawn and sent media members and construction workers in the area into the West Wing.</p>
<p>The Secret Service confirmed via Twitter that it and the Washington, D.C. Police Department were responding to an unattended package near the north fence of the White House complex.</p>
<p>Trump is reportedly heading to a campaign-style rally in Phoenix late Tuesday, an event which is also expected to draw major protests.</p>
<p>The president will also reportedly visit a Border Patrol facility in Yuma, Arizona before Tuesday’s rally.</p>
<p>Trump will examine Border Patrol equipment such as a Predator drone and an agency boat during his stop in Yuma.</p>
<p>Immigration is a major issue for Trump’s supporters, and the president campaigned extensively on the topic during last year’s White House race.</p>
<p>Trump has long vowed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, arguing it will reduce illegal immigration and increase America’s border security.</p>
<p>The president has also pledged to take a tougher stance on drug trafficking across America’s borders.</p>"
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<p>Harvey grew into a hurricane on Thursday and authorities have reinforced their warnings as wind speeds have risen to 125 mph. Harvey could potentially be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in years.</p>
<p>Such strong gusts are expected to be accompanied by 3 feet of rain and 12-foot storm surges.</p>
<p>Forecasters have called Harvey a "life-threatening storm" and say that million of people could be swamped as the storm moves through counties inland.</p>
<p>(The Associated Press contributed to this report)</p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center has issued an advisory on Thursday, instructing Texas residents along the Gulf of Mexico coast to "rush" their preparations as hurricane Harvey strengthens.</p>
<p>The hurricane is forecast to become a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph, according to National Hurricane Center.</p>
<p>The center <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Harvey" type="external">reported</a>Thursday afternoon that the tropical storm will make landfall late Friday night or early Saturday morning along the south-central Texas coast.</p>
<p>"Harvey has intensified quickly this morning, and is now forecast to be a major hurricane at landfall, bringing life-threatening storm surge, rainfall, and wind hazards to portions of the Texas coast," the center wrote.</p>
<p>People residing like coastal cities like Corpus Christi were encouraged to evacuate from their homes on Thursday. The mayor Joe McComb, called for people to leave in the "strongest possible terms."</p>
<p>Some are surprised how much the hurricane has strengthened.</p>
<p>A hurricane warning was issued for the Texas coast early Thursday, blanketing an area from Port Mansfield to Matagorda.</p>
<p>Forecasters indicated that Harvey could become a hurricane after regaining tropical storm strength and began drifting towards the Gulf of Mexico. Harvey’s maximum sustained winds increased to near 60 mph Thursday, re-establishing its status as a tropical storm.</p>
<p>The U.S. National Hurricane Center said additional strengthening is expected, resulting in Harvey emerging as a hurricane by the time its expected to reach Texas’s southern coast Friday.</p>
<p>Some Twitter users on Thursday voiced alarm over Harvey, while others noted its name’s resemblance to comedian Steve Harvey.</p>
<p>Harvey was centered about 335 miles southeast of Port Mansfield around 8 a.m. local time Thursday and heading north-northwest at about 10 mph.</p>
<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the State Operations Center to elevate its readiness level, freeing up resources there for possible rescue and recovery maneuvers. The governor also pre-emptively declared a state of disaster for 30 counties on or near the Texas coast to speed the deployment of state resources to those impacted.</p>
<p>Texas emergency officials on Wednesday asked residents along the state’s upper coastline to relocate or prepare to head inland. People in low-lying areas were urged to seek higher ground, and individuals elsewhere were instructed to closely follow official announcements.</p>
<p>Rice farmers in coastal Matagorda County late Wednesday rushed to harvest their crops as Harvey nears. People on South Padre Island, for their part, filled sandbags that evening to protect exposed businesses and houses from the storm. Other locations in the forecast path, finally, sought out generators, plywood and other goods from hardware stores as a safety precaution.</p>
<p><a href="https://apnews.com/99bc495635ff40c0939626a248d60571/Harvey-regains-tropical-storm-strength-in-Gulf-of-Mexico" type="external">The Associated Press</a> contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>Harvey grew into a hurricane on Thursday and authorities have reinforced their warnings as wind speeds have risen to 125 mph. Harvey could potentially be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in years.</p>
<p>Such strong gusts are expected to be accompanied by 3 feet of rain and 12-foot storm surges.</p>
<p>Forecasters have called Harvey a "life-threatening storm" and say that million of people could be swamped as the storm moves through counties inland.</p>
<p>(The Associated Press contributed to this report)</p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center has issued an advisory on Thursday, instructing Texas residents along the Gulf of Mexico coast to "rush" their preparations as hurricane Harvey strengthens.</p>
<p>The hurricane is forecast to become a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 80 mph, according to National Hurricane Center.</p>
<p>The center <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#Harvey" type="external">reported</a>Thursday afternoon that the tropical storm will make landfall late Friday night or early Saturday morning along the south-central Texas coast.</p>
<p>"Harvey has intensified quickly this morning, and is now forecast to be a major hurricane at landfall, bringing life-threatening storm surge, rainfall, and wind hazards to portions of the Texas coast," the center wrote.</p>
<p>People residing like coastal cities like Corpus Christi were encouraged to evacuate from their homes on Thursday. The mayor Joe McComb, called for people to leave in the "strongest possible terms."</p>
<p>Some are surprised how much the hurricane has strengthened.</p>
<p>A hurricane warning was issued for the Texas coast early Thursday, blanketing an area from Port Mansfield to Matagorda.</p>
<p>Forecasters indicated that Harvey could become a hurricane after regaining tropical storm strength and began drifting towards the Gulf of Mexico. Harvey’s maximum sustained winds increased to near 60 mph Thursday, re-establishing its status as a tropical storm.</p>
<p>The U.S. National Hurricane Center said additional strengthening is expected, resulting in Harvey emerging as a hurricane by the time its expected to reach Texas’s southern coast Friday.</p>
<p>Some Twitter users on Thursday voiced alarm over Harvey, while others noted its name’s resemblance to comedian Steve Harvey.</p>
<p>Harvey was centered about 335 miles southeast of Port Mansfield around 8 a.m. local time Thursday and heading north-northwest at about 10 mph.</p>
<p>Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered the State Operations Center to elevate its readiness level, freeing up resources there for possible rescue and recovery maneuvers. The governor also pre-emptively declared a state of disaster for 30 counties on or near the Texas coast to speed the deployment of state resources to those impacted.</p>
<p>Texas emergency officials on Wednesday asked residents along the state’s upper coastline to relocate or prepare to head inland. People in low-lying areas were urged to seek higher ground, and individuals elsewhere were instructed to closely follow official announcements.</p>
<p>Rice farmers in coastal Matagorda County late Wednesday rushed to harvest their crops as Harvey nears. People on South Padre Island, for their part, filled sandbags that evening to protect exposed businesses and houses from the storm. Other locations in the forecast path, finally, sought out generators, plywood and other goods from hardware stores as a safety precaution.</p>
<p><a href="https://apnews.com/99bc495635ff40c0939626a248d60571/Harvey-regains-tropical-storm-strength-in-Gulf-of-Mexico" type="external">The Associated Press</a> contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>Some time back it was reported that an alert Maryland police officer saw an Islamic woman in an SUV videotaping a bridge’s support structures. He arrested the driver, Ismail Elbarasse—a Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood operative. An FBI raid on Elbarasse’s home unearthed a trove of Islamic doctrinal books and key Muslim Brotherhood documents—which became evidence in the largest terrorism-financing trial in U.S. history.</p>
<p>Islam’s books are “the real bomb,” Muslim reformer Islam al-Behery said. Its ideology is “its blueprint” for world domination. A document from the Elbarasse raid outlines the Muslim Brotherhood’s phased plan to destroy Western civilization from within:</p>
<p>Phase One: Secret establishment of leadership. Phase Two: Gradual public profile by infiltrating government, the judiciary, finance, intelligence, police, prisons, military, education and religious institutions. Phase Three: Escalation prior to conflict and confrontation with rulers using mass media. Phase Four: Publically confront the government using political pressure. Weapons training domestically and overseas in anticipation of zero-hour. Phase Five: Seize power to establish the Islamic state.</p>
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<p>Other documents outline the plan to replace the U.S. Constitution with sharia (Islamic law). Sharia is based on the Quran and other Islamic writings. Moderates see it a spiritual struggle, or outwardly observe it for fear of reprisal. But for radicals, sharia is the legal and political foundation for jihad and global rule, a power play to force Islam on the world. The D.C. based Center for Security Policy calls it a “totalitarian ideology” controlling all legal, political, military, economic and social life. No other laws or governments may coexist with sharia. It’s primarily political, not religious; though in America it masks itself as a religion to manipulate the First Amendment as a front for seditious activity.</p>
<p>The Quran requires all Muslims to wage jihad (holy war) against infidels (non-Muslims). Jihad calls for multiple stages and platforms—violent and pre-violent. An Elbarasse memorandum calls the pre-violent “settlement process” in North America “civilization jihad” to destroy the Western way of life. In jihad’s final, violent stage, non-Muslims convert or die. Though jihad is obvious in North America and Europe, it’s not limited to the West.</p>
<p>The phased plan is a template for radical Muslim subjugation. Indonesia, a secular, mostly moderate Muslim-majority democracy, is a case in point. Its motto, “Unity in Diversity” reflects its six religions and 300 ethnicities. Though religious parties’ gains in national elections have been paltry, locally elected Islamists passed more than 400 sharia ordinances, according to economist.com. Christian incumbent Basuki Tjahaja “Ahok” Purnama lost a recent governor’s race when radical Islamists told Muslim voters that Islam forbids voting for Christians. A video of Ahok’s rebuttal was edited to appear he was insulting the Quran. Charged with blasphemy, he lost the election and was sentenced to jail.</p> $107 Billion Treasure Found From WW2! You Won't Believe Where It Was Stashed
<p>Ahok’s conviction—accompanied by violent rallies and death threats, shows the chilling influence on pluralism by “hardline Islamism that the government and judiciary are reluctant to oppose,” said Time reporter Nicola Smith. In Indonesia, radical Islamists have advanced their plan for global dominance to Phase Four.</p>
<p>Then there’s Iran, whose visceral anti-Semitism and poisonous ideology infuses jihad and sharia, but with a twist. The late Ayatollah Khomeini, and his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sidestepped Shi’a believe that the Mahdi (12th Imam), a quasi-messianic figure, must return before waging jihad and adopted an ideology promoting a senior Shiite cleric to theocratic political power over Shiites worldwide. Khomeini offered himself as successor to the 12 Imams, thus “inheriting the mantle of leadership directly from Muhammad,” said expert Clare Lopez.</p>
<p>Khomeini inserted his doctrine into the 1989 constitution, in which the regime’s objective is global conquest under sharia rule and nuclear dominance is a surefire path to achieve that goal.</p>
<p>Iran and its proxies not only menace Israel’s existence and portend regional upheaval, the “bomb” of Islamist ideology threatens the lives and freedoms of every sovereign nation in the world.</p>
<p>Reprinted with author’s permission from <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Israel-Uncensored/Radical-Islamic-Ideology-a-plague-against-humanity-507327" type="external">Jerusalem Post</a></p>
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"<p>Some time back it was reported that an alert Maryland police officer saw an Islamic woman in an SUV videotaping a bridge’s support structures. He arrested the driver, Ismail Elbarasse—a Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood operative. An FBI raid on Elbarasse’s home unearthed a trove of Islamic doctrinal books and key Muslim Brotherhood documents—which became evidence in the largest terrorism-financing trial in U.S. history.</p>
<p>Islam’s books are “the real bomb,” Muslim reformer Islam al-Behery said. Its ideology is “its blueprint” for world domination. A document from the Elbarasse raid outlines the Muslim Brotherhood’s phased plan to destroy Western civilization from within:</p>
<p>Phase One: Secret establishment of leadership. Phase Two: Gradual public profile by infiltrating government, the judiciary, finance, intelligence, police, prisons, military, education and religious institutions. Phase Three: Escalation prior to conflict and confrontation with rulers using mass media. Phase Four: Publically confront the government using political pressure. Weapons training domestically and overseas in anticipation of zero-hour. Phase Five: Seize power to establish the Islamic state.</p>
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<p>Other documents outline the plan to replace the U.S. Constitution with sharia (Islamic law). Sharia is based on the Quran and other Islamic writings. Moderates see it a spiritual struggle, or outwardly observe it for fear of reprisal. But for radicals, sharia is the legal and political foundation for jihad and global rule, a power play to force Islam on the world. The D.C. based Center for Security Policy calls it a “totalitarian ideology” controlling all legal, political, military, economic and social life. No other laws or governments may coexist with sharia. It’s primarily political, not religious; though in America it masks itself as a religion to manipulate the First Amendment as a front for seditious activity.</p>
<p>The Quran requires all Muslims to wage jihad (holy war) against infidels (non-Muslims). Jihad calls for multiple stages and platforms—violent and pre-violent. An Elbarasse memorandum calls the pre-violent “settlement process” in North America “civilization jihad” to destroy the Western way of life. In jihad’s final, violent stage, non-Muslims convert or die. Though jihad is obvious in North America and Europe, it’s not limited to the West.</p>
<p>The phased plan is a template for radical Muslim subjugation. Indonesia, a secular, mostly moderate Muslim-majority democracy, is a case in point. Its motto, “Unity in Diversity” reflects its six religions and 300 ethnicities. Though religious parties’ gains in national elections have been paltry, locally elected Islamists passed more than 400 sharia ordinances, according to economist.com. Christian incumbent Basuki Tjahaja “Ahok” Purnama lost a recent governor’s race when radical Islamists told Muslim voters that Islam forbids voting for Christians. A video of Ahok’s rebuttal was edited to appear he was insulting the Quran. Charged with blasphemy, he lost the election and was sentenced to jail.</p> $107 Billion Treasure Found From WW2! You Won't Believe Where It Was Stashed
<p>Ahok’s conviction—accompanied by violent rallies and death threats, shows the chilling influence on pluralism by “hardline Islamism that the government and judiciary are reluctant to oppose,” said Time reporter Nicola Smith. In Indonesia, radical Islamists have advanced their plan for global dominance to Phase Four.</p>
<p>Then there’s Iran, whose visceral anti-Semitism and poisonous ideology infuses jihad and sharia, but with a twist. The late Ayatollah Khomeini, and his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sidestepped Shi’a believe that the Mahdi (12th Imam), a quasi-messianic figure, must return before waging jihad and adopted an ideology promoting a senior Shiite cleric to theocratic political power over Shiites worldwide. Khomeini offered himself as successor to the 12 Imams, thus “inheriting the mantle of leadership directly from Muhammad,” said expert Clare Lopez.</p>
<p>Khomeini inserted his doctrine into the 1989 constitution, in which the regime’s objective is global conquest under sharia rule and nuclear dominance is a surefire path to achieve that goal.</p>
<p>Iran and its proxies not only menace Israel’s existence and portend regional upheaval, the “bomb” of Islamist ideology threatens the lives and freedoms of every sovereign nation in the world.</p>
<p>Reprinted with author’s permission from <a href="http://www.jpost.com/Blogs/Israel-Uncensored/Radical-Islamic-Ideology-a-plague-against-humanity-507327" type="external">Jerusalem Post</a></p>"
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<p>In Washington, the ostensible story is rarely the real story. We know, for example, that former President Clinton engineered a meeting with President Obama’s attorney general, Loretta Lynch, on the tarmac of the Phoenix Airport on June 27, 2016.</p>
<p>That’s the official story, replete with the charming and intentionally disarming detail that all they talked about was their grandchildren. It was just coincidental, don’t you know, that at the time the FBI was looking into Hillary Clinton’s use of a “personal” email server to send, receive and store classified information.</p>
<p>And it was also simply coincidental that just a few days later, the director of the FBI – who served under Attorney General Lynch – announced that he wouldn’t recommend a prosecution of Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>Richard Nixon must be rolling over in his grave.</p>
<q> <p>What we haven’t known, until now, is that a frantic scramble erupted in the halls of the FBI to cover up this meeting.</p> </q>
<p>What we haven’t known, until now, is that a frantic scramble erupted in the halls of the FBI to cover up this meeting. In fact, the FBI turned its sharp light not on the scandalous meeting between the attorney general and Bill Clinton – but rather on one of the whistleblowers who got the word out.</p>
<p>The organization I head, Judicial Watch, asked the FBI on July 7, 2016, for any records that might pertain to the infamous tarmac meeting. We had to sue after we were ignored by the agency.</p>
<p>Then the FBI told us flat-out that it couldn’t find any records. And we now know that was flat-out untrue. Because, in responding to another one of our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, the Justice Department <a type="internal">gave us heavily redacted documents</a> that showed there were additional documents tucked away at the FBI headquarters.</p>
<p>If not for Judicial Watch's lawsuits these documents would still be hidden today.</p>
<p>Because of the revelation in our other lawsuit, the FBI – without our knowledge—"reopened" our FOIA request. The agency supposedly found about 30 pages of information, which it needed six weeks to review. The FBI finally gave them to us late Thursday.</p>
<p>Now we know why the FBI played shell games. The <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-doj-02046-clinton-lynch-tarmac-records/" type="external">documents</a> show that FBI officials were concerned solely about the leaking of details of the tarmac meeting. None of the documents show top agency officials cared one whit about the propriety of the meeting itself, but only about who blew the whistle on the covert tête-à-tête.</p>
<p>In one email, an FBI official writes “we need to find that guy.” And in another we learn that the Phoenix FBI office was contacted “in an attempt to stem any further damage.” An FBI official working on Lynch’s security detail even goes so far as to suggest non-disclosure agreements to keep the full facts from coming forth.</p>
<p>No wonder the FBI didn’t turn these documents over until we caught it red-handed, hiding and lying about them.</p>
<p>Simply put, the FBI appears to be fully complicit in a cover-up that attempted to influence a presidential election for a favored candidate – Hillary Clinton. And the truth was trampled on a Phoenix tarmac.</p>
<p>Tom Fitton is president of <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/" type="external">Judicial Watch</a>. Founded in 1994, Judicial Watch Inc. is a constitutionally conservative, nonpartisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.</p>
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<p>In Washington, the ostensible story is rarely the real story. We know, for example, that former President Clinton engineered a meeting with President Obama’s attorney general, Loretta Lynch, on the tarmac of the Phoenix Airport on June 27, 2016.</p>
<p>That’s the official story, replete with the charming and intentionally disarming detail that all they talked about was their grandchildren. It was just coincidental, don’t you know, that at the time the FBI was looking into Hillary Clinton’s use of a “personal” email server to send, receive and store classified information.</p>
<p>And it was also simply coincidental that just a few days later, the director of the FBI – who served under Attorney General Lynch – announced that he wouldn’t recommend a prosecution of Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>Richard Nixon must be rolling over in his grave.</p>
<q> <p>What we haven’t known, until now, is that a frantic scramble erupted in the halls of the FBI to cover up this meeting.</p> </q>
<p>What we haven’t known, until now, is that a frantic scramble erupted in the halls of the FBI to cover up this meeting. In fact, the FBI turned its sharp light not on the scandalous meeting between the attorney general and Bill Clinton – but rather on one of the whistleblowers who got the word out.</p>
<p>The organization I head, Judicial Watch, asked the FBI on July 7, 2016, for any records that might pertain to the infamous tarmac meeting. We had to sue after we were ignored by the agency.</p>
<p>Then the FBI told us flat-out that it couldn’t find any records. And we now know that was flat-out untrue. Because, in responding to another one of our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, the Justice Department <a type="internal">gave us heavily redacted documents</a> that showed there were additional documents tucked away at the FBI headquarters.</p>
<p>If not for Judicial Watch's lawsuits these documents would still be hidden today.</p>
<p>Because of the revelation in our other lawsuit, the FBI – without our knowledge—"reopened" our FOIA request. The agency supposedly found about 30 pages of information, which it needed six weeks to review. The FBI finally gave them to us late Thursday.</p>
<p>Now we know why the FBI played shell games. The <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-doj-02046-clinton-lynch-tarmac-records/" type="external">documents</a> show that FBI officials were concerned solely about the leaking of details of the tarmac meeting. None of the documents show top agency officials cared one whit about the propriety of the meeting itself, but only about who blew the whistle on the covert tête-à-tête.</p>
<p>In one email, an FBI official writes “we need to find that guy.” And in another we learn that the Phoenix FBI office was contacted “in an attempt to stem any further damage.” An FBI official working on Lynch’s security detail even goes so far as to suggest non-disclosure agreements to keep the full facts from coming forth.</p>
<p>No wonder the FBI didn’t turn these documents over until we caught it red-handed, hiding and lying about them.</p>
<p>Simply put, the FBI appears to be fully complicit in a cover-up that attempted to influence a presidential election for a favored candidate – Hillary Clinton. And the truth was trampled on a Phoenix tarmac.</p>
<p>Tom Fitton is president of <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/" type="external">Judicial Watch</a>. Founded in 1994, Judicial Watch Inc. is a constitutionally conservative, nonpartisan educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law.</p>"
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<p>Iran and Russia plan to destroy Western Europe, the US, and Canada by means of a new wave of millions of Syrian Sunnis fleeing to the West to escape the Shiite takeover of Syria.</p>
<p>In my weekly column two months ago, I claimed that Iran is the real victor in the Syrian civil war. Using the war against ISIS as a smokescreen, it is taking over large swathes of Syrian territory, mainly in the scarcely populated middle and eastern parts of the country. In the more fertile and densely populated west of Syria, there are Iraqi, Afghan, and Iranian Shiite militias augmenting Lebanese Hezbollah fighters who were given carte blanche to do whatever Hassan Nasrallah decides to do there.</p>
<p>Assad’s strength continues to increase as ISIS and the other rebel forces lose ground. The brutality of Russian involvement and the cruelty of Shiite militias overcame the anti-Assad forces, the turning point occurs when in 2015, Turkey’ s Erdogan was forced by Russia to cease his aid to the rebels and ISIS. Today, although Erdogan is an unwilling ally of Russia, Alawite Assad still sees him, justifiably, as an Islamist enemy.</p>
<p>The Kurds of northeast Syria, treated as below third class citizens until 2011, will never agree to live under Arab mercy once again and it is reasonable to assume that should Syria remain an undivided country under Assad’s rule, the Kurds will preserve relative autonomy in their region – or fight the regime for their rights.</p>
<p>That is certainly a problem, but the main issue facing a united Syria is going to be the drastic demographic changes the country is going to face.</p>
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<p>First of all, about half of Syria’s citizens – close to 10 million – are refugees, half located in Syria and the other half in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, other Arab countries, Europe, North and South America, Australia and even Israel. Syrian refugees who reached points outside the Arab world will in all probability stay put, benefitting from the secure and orderly lives they can now lead. On the other hand, the 3.5 million now in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey are awaiting the end of hostilities in order to return to their homes.</p>
<p>Those expectations may be dashed, however, because Syrian reality is totally changed, and large parts of its cities are in ruins after six and a half years of a cruel and bloody war. Countless bombs dropped from planes and helicopters, artillery and tank barrages, mines, and explosives planted by both sides have made much of urban Syria, where most of the fighting took place, unsafe to live in. In Homs, Aleppo, Adlib, Hamat and many other cities, entire neighborhoods will have to be razed and their infrastructure rebuilt from scratch. Decades and billions of dollars are needed to rebuild the country and I, for one, do not see the world’s nations standing in line to donate the necessary funds. Refugees will not agree to switch their tents in Jordan for ruined buildings lacking basic infrastructure in a desolate and destroyed Syria.</p>
<p>The other reason the refugees will not return is their justified fear of the new lords of the land – the Shiites. Iran has been moving Shiites from Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan to Syria for a long time in a clear attempt to change the demographic makeup of the country from the Sunni majority it had before the civil war broke out in 2011. The issue could not be more clear because it is no secret that the pre-civil war Sunni majority considered the Alawite ruler’s heretic idol worshippers who had no right to live in Syria, much less rule over it.</p>
<p>The Alawites know well that the Sunnis rebelled against them twice: The first time was from 1976 to 1982, a rebellion that took the lives of 50,000 citizens. The second time, slowly drawing to an end, has cost the lives of half a million men, women, children and aged citizens of Syria. The Alawites intend to prevent a third rebellion and the best way to do that is to change the majority of the population to Shiites instead of Sunnis. They will not allow the Sunni refugees to return to their homes, leaving them eternal refugees whose lands have been taken over by the enemy. Iran, meanwhile, will populate Syria with Shiites from Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.</p>
<p>This ethnic cleansing is the Ayatollah’s dream come true, the dream that sees a Shiite crescent drawn from Iran through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. This will cover the eastern Arab world from the north, while the war in Yemen is being fought in order to create a parallel southern crescent, entrapping Saudi Arabia and Jordan between the two. With the help of Allah, both those countries and Israel, the Small Satan, will soon fall into the hands of the Shiites, while Europe and America do nothing because who cares when Muslims fight other Muslims?</p>
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<p>The Shiite majority in Syria will play along with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, their natural allies, and it is possible that some form of federation might be created between the two in order to push the Lebanese Christians out of the picture, “persuading” them to flee to other countries, leaving Lebanon to its “rightful” Shiite masters. This explains Nasrallah’s eager willingness to fight on Syrian soil as well as the opposition of those against Nasrallah to his involvement there.</p>
<p>The new demographic situation in Syria will convince the Sunni refugees that they have no place to which to return. They will try their best to be allowed to leave Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey for any country, preferably North America and Europe, willing to allow them entry. I predict a process that is the exact opposite of the one the world expects to take place when “peace” breaks out in Syria: Instead of refugees returning to their birthplace, expect the mass flight of Sunni refugees from the region, and expect a heightened incidence of Islamist terror in the countries that allow them in.</p>
<p>The reasons are obvious:</p>
<p>1. Former ISIS and rebel forces will infiltrate along with the refugees, because they, too, are Sunni. They are filled with fury and hatred for the Western countries who were part of the coalition that fought ISIS or stood by without aiding the rebels. Some of them will continue their Jihad on European and North American soil. Expect shootings, explosives and ramming attacks against citizens of these countries.</p>
<p>2. Some of the refugees will not find work and live on the economic and social fringes of society, in poverty-stricken Islamist neighborhoods which have already existed for years in many European cities, and where the local police fear to tread. Poverty and life on the fringe of society will turn some of the Muslim young people into easy prey for terrorist organization recruiters who arouse the desire for Jihad by describing the accepting host countries as decadent societies infected with permissiveness, prostitution, alcohol, drugs, materialism, and corruption. They present the countries that allowed the immigrants entry as having done so to take advantage of them as industrial slaves, garage hands, cashiers and other degrading occupations, while the privileged citizens are lawyers, accountant, businessmen, and homeowners who take advantage of the migrants in humiliating ways. It is only a matter of time until young Muslims, especially those who were taught that “everyone is equal” in Western schools, enlist in terrorist organizations.</p>
<p>3. Countries which allow in refugees will suffer a higher crime rate as a result, including violence in public places, sexual attacks, and harassment, housebreaking, car theft, substance abuse, unreported work to avoid paying taxes and illegal construction. This will all occur at the same time these countries expend a larger part of their budgets on social services for the refugees, from child allowances to unemployment, health and old age benefits. At this point in time, the percentage of second and third generation immigrants populating the prisons in Western Europe is significantly larger than their percentage in the general population.</p>
<p>4. Increased economic, social and security problems in Europe and North America as a result of the rise in the number of migrants will lead to a rise in the strength of the right and the extreme right. This will, in turn, lead to more social tensions in the West. Members of Parliament whose only wish is to be re-elected will adapt their parliamentary activity – especially the laws they promote – to the expectations of the rapidly Islamizing constituencies, sacrificing their own people’s interests on the altar of their political careers. Many Europeans, aware of their elected leaders’ betrayal, will despair and leave those socially and economically deteriorating countries. This will increase the rate at which Europe turns into an Islamic region.</p>
<p>And that is how the agreements Iran and Russia will soon coerce Syria into accepting are going to start a chain reaction increasing the number of refugees and pulling Europe down to a point of no return, without the world understanding what is going on. The Atlantic Ocean is not wide enough to protect North America from this debacle crossing the sea.</p>
<p>This is how the Iranian Ayatollahs intend to destroy the heretic, permissive, drunk and materialistic West. More of the unfortunate Syrian millions will find themselves exiled to the heretic countries hated by the Ayatollahs, and Iran will operate from Syrian soil to vanquish Europe and America.</p>
<p>Reprinted with author’s permission from <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/20937" type="external">Israel National News</a></p>
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"<p>Iran and Russia plan to destroy Western Europe, the US, and Canada by means of a new wave of millions of Syrian Sunnis fleeing to the West to escape the Shiite takeover of Syria.</p>
<p>In my weekly column two months ago, I claimed that Iran is the real victor in the Syrian civil war. Using the war against ISIS as a smokescreen, it is taking over large swathes of Syrian territory, mainly in the scarcely populated middle and eastern parts of the country. In the more fertile and densely populated west of Syria, there are Iraqi, Afghan, and Iranian Shiite militias augmenting Lebanese Hezbollah fighters who were given carte blanche to do whatever Hassan Nasrallah decides to do there.</p>
<p>Assad’s strength continues to increase as ISIS and the other rebel forces lose ground. The brutality of Russian involvement and the cruelty of Shiite militias overcame the anti-Assad forces, the turning point occurs when in 2015, Turkey’ s Erdogan was forced by Russia to cease his aid to the rebels and ISIS. Today, although Erdogan is an unwilling ally of Russia, Alawite Assad still sees him, justifiably, as an Islamist enemy.</p>
<p>The Kurds of northeast Syria, treated as below third class citizens until 2011, will never agree to live under Arab mercy once again and it is reasonable to assume that should Syria remain an undivided country under Assad’s rule, the Kurds will preserve relative autonomy in their region – or fight the regime for their rights.</p>
<p>That is certainly a problem, but the main issue facing a united Syria is going to be the drastic demographic changes the country is going to face.</p>
<a type="internal" />
<p>First of all, about half of Syria’s citizens – close to 10 million – are refugees, half located in Syria and the other half in Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, other Arab countries, Europe, North and South America, Australia and even Israel. Syrian refugees who reached points outside the Arab world will in all probability stay put, benefitting from the secure and orderly lives they can now lead. On the other hand, the 3.5 million now in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey are awaiting the end of hostilities in order to return to their homes.</p>
<p>Those expectations may be dashed, however, because Syrian reality is totally changed, and large parts of its cities are in ruins after six and a half years of a cruel and bloody war. Countless bombs dropped from planes and helicopters, artillery and tank barrages, mines, and explosives planted by both sides have made much of urban Syria, where most of the fighting took place, unsafe to live in. In Homs, Aleppo, Adlib, Hamat and many other cities, entire neighborhoods will have to be razed and their infrastructure rebuilt from scratch. Decades and billions of dollars are needed to rebuild the country and I, for one, do not see the world’s nations standing in line to donate the necessary funds. Refugees will not agree to switch their tents in Jordan for ruined buildings lacking basic infrastructure in a desolate and destroyed Syria.</p>
<p>The other reason the refugees will not return is their justified fear of the new lords of the land – the Shiites. Iran has been moving Shiites from Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan to Syria for a long time in a clear attempt to change the demographic makeup of the country from the Sunni majority it had before the civil war broke out in 2011. The issue could not be more clear because it is no secret that the pre-civil war Sunni majority considered the Alawite ruler’s heretic idol worshippers who had no right to live in Syria, much less rule over it.</p>
<p>The Alawites know well that the Sunnis rebelled against them twice: The first time was from 1976 to 1982, a rebellion that took the lives of 50,000 citizens. The second time, slowly drawing to an end, has cost the lives of half a million men, women, children and aged citizens of Syria. The Alawites intend to prevent a third rebellion and the best way to do that is to change the majority of the population to Shiites instead of Sunnis. They will not allow the Sunni refugees to return to their homes, leaving them eternal refugees whose lands have been taken over by the enemy. Iran, meanwhile, will populate Syria with Shiites from Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.</p>
<p>This ethnic cleansing is the Ayatollah’s dream come true, the dream that sees a Shiite crescent drawn from Iran through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. This will cover the eastern Arab world from the north, while the war in Yemen is being fought in order to create a parallel southern crescent, entrapping Saudi Arabia and Jordan between the two. With the help of Allah, both those countries and Israel, the Small Satan, will soon fall into the hands of the Shiites, while Europe and America do nothing because who cares when Muslims fight other Muslims?</p>
<a href="https://israel365.com/store/the-israel-bible/the-israel-bible-complete-set-20-volumes/?a=4" type="external" />
<p>The Shiite majority in Syria will play along with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, their natural allies, and it is possible that some form of federation might be created between the two in order to push the Lebanese Christians out of the picture, “persuading” them to flee to other countries, leaving Lebanon to its “rightful” Shiite masters. This explains Nasrallah’s eager willingness to fight on Syrian soil as well as the opposition of those against Nasrallah to his involvement there.</p>
<p>The new demographic situation in Syria will convince the Sunni refugees that they have no place to which to return. They will try their best to be allowed to leave Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey for any country, preferably North America and Europe, willing to allow them entry. I predict a process that is the exact opposite of the one the world expects to take place when “peace” breaks out in Syria: Instead of refugees returning to their birthplace, expect the mass flight of Sunni refugees from the region, and expect a heightened incidence of Islamist terror in the countries that allow them in.</p>
<p>The reasons are obvious:</p>
<p>1. Former ISIS and rebel forces will infiltrate along with the refugees, because they, too, are Sunni. They are filled with fury and hatred for the Western countries who were part of the coalition that fought ISIS or stood by without aiding the rebels. Some of them will continue their Jihad on European and North American soil. Expect shootings, explosives and ramming attacks against citizens of these countries.</p>
<p>2. Some of the refugees will not find work and live on the economic and social fringes of society, in poverty-stricken Islamist neighborhoods which have already existed for years in many European cities, and where the local police fear to tread. Poverty and life on the fringe of society will turn some of the Muslim young people into easy prey for terrorist organization recruiters who arouse the desire for Jihad by describing the accepting host countries as decadent societies infected with permissiveness, prostitution, alcohol, drugs, materialism, and corruption. They present the countries that allowed the immigrants entry as having done so to take advantage of them as industrial slaves, garage hands, cashiers and other degrading occupations, while the privileged citizens are lawyers, accountant, businessmen, and homeowners who take advantage of the migrants in humiliating ways. It is only a matter of time until young Muslims, especially those who were taught that “everyone is equal” in Western schools, enlist in terrorist organizations.</p>
<p>3. Countries which allow in refugees will suffer a higher crime rate as a result, including violence in public places, sexual attacks, and harassment, housebreaking, car theft, substance abuse, unreported work to avoid paying taxes and illegal construction. This will all occur at the same time these countries expend a larger part of their budgets on social services for the refugees, from child allowances to unemployment, health and old age benefits. At this point in time, the percentage of second and third generation immigrants populating the prisons in Western Europe is significantly larger than their percentage in the general population.</p>
<p>4. Increased economic, social and security problems in Europe and North America as a result of the rise in the number of migrants will lead to a rise in the strength of the right and the extreme right. This will, in turn, lead to more social tensions in the West. Members of Parliament whose only wish is to be re-elected will adapt their parliamentary activity – especially the laws they promote – to the expectations of the rapidly Islamizing constituencies, sacrificing their own people’s interests on the altar of their political careers. Many Europeans, aware of their elected leaders’ betrayal, will despair and leave those socially and economically deteriorating countries. This will increase the rate at which Europe turns into an Islamic region.</p>
<p>And that is how the agreements Iran and Russia will soon coerce Syria into accepting are going to start a chain reaction increasing the number of refugees and pulling Europe down to a point of no return, without the world understanding what is going on. The Atlantic Ocean is not wide enough to protect North America from this debacle crossing the sea.</p>
<p>This is how the Iranian Ayatollahs intend to destroy the heretic, permissive, drunk and materialistic West. More of the unfortunate Syrian millions will find themselves exiled to the heretic countries hated by the Ayatollahs, and Iran will operate from Syrian soil to vanquish Europe and America.</p>
<p>Reprinted with author’s permission from <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/20937" type="external">Israel National News</a></p>"
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<a href="" type="external" /> Donald Trump was speaking at an NRA rally (Niall Carson/PA)
<p>Donald Trump has defended the use of guns in America by comparing a London hospital to a “war zone” because of knife crime.</p>
<p>Speaking at a pro-gun rally, the US president claimed that knife crime in London is so bad that one unnamed hospital in the capital is “like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds” with “blood all over the floors”.</p>
<p>He told the National Rifle Convention (NRA) in Dallas: “I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds.</p>
<q> <p>All of us here today are united by the same timeless values. We believe that our liberty is a gift from our creator, and that no Government can ever take it away. We believe in the rule of law - and we support the men and women of law enforcement. We have pride in our history... <a href="https://t.co/eONj1Y8oju" type="external">pic.twitter.com/eONj1Y8oju</a></p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/992503576852393985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">May 4, 2018</a> </q>
<p>“Yes that’s right, they don’t have guns they have knives. And instead there’s blood all over the floors of this hospital. They say it’s as bad as a military war zone hospital.</p>
<p>“We’re here today because we recognise a simple fact. The one thing that has always stood between the American people and the elimination of our Second Amendment rights has been Conservatives and congress willing to fight for those rights, and we’re fighting.”</p>
<p>At least 38 people in London have lost their lives to knife crime so far this year, the Met confirmed.</p>
<q> <p>“Thanks to your activism and dedication you have an administration fighting to protect your Second Amendment” <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NRA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#NRA</a> <a href="https://t.co/YHUqnpjMjy" type="external">pic.twitter.com/YHUqnpjMjy</a></p>— NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/992474468554551297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">May 4, 2018</a> </q>
<p>Mr Trump also argued that the Paris terror attack could have been prevented if more people were armed.</p>
<p>“The terrorists would have fled or been shot and it would have been a whole different story,” he said.</p>
<p>The 2015 attack left 130 dead after terrorists carried out a series of suicide bombs and mass shootings in the French capital.</p>
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"<a href="" type="external" /> Donald Trump was speaking at an NRA rally (Niall Carson/PA)
<p>Donald Trump has defended the use of guns in America by comparing a London hospital to a “war zone” because of knife crime.</p>
<p>Speaking at a pro-gun rally, the US president claimed that knife crime in London is so bad that one unnamed hospital in the capital is “like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds” with “blood all over the floors”.</p>
<p>He told the National Rifle Convention (NRA) in Dallas: “I recently read a story that in London, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital right in the middle is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds.</p>
<q> <p>All of us here today are united by the same timeless values. We believe that our liberty is a gift from our creator, and that no Government can ever take it away. We believe in the rule of law - and we support the men and women of law enforcement. We have pride in our history... <a href="https://t.co/eONj1Y8oju" type="external">pic.twitter.com/eONj1Y8oju</a></p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/992503576852393985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">May 4, 2018</a> </q>
<p>“Yes that’s right, they don’t have guns they have knives. And instead there’s blood all over the floors of this hospital. They say it’s as bad as a military war zone hospital.</p>
<p>“We’re here today because we recognise a simple fact. The one thing that has always stood between the American people and the elimination of our Second Amendment rights has been Conservatives and congress willing to fight for those rights, and we’re fighting.”</p>
<p>At least 38 people in London have lost their lives to knife crime so far this year, the Met confirmed.</p>
<q> <p>“Thanks to your activism and dedication you have an administration fighting to protect your Second Amendment” <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MAGA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#MAGA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NRA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#NRA</a> <a href="https://t.co/YHUqnpjMjy" type="external">pic.twitter.com/YHUqnpjMjy</a></p>— NRA (@NRA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NRA/status/992474468554551297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">May 4, 2018</a> </q>
<p>Mr Trump also argued that the Paris terror attack could have been prevented if more people were armed.</p>
<p>“The terrorists would have fled or been shot and it would have been a whole different story,” he said.</p>
<p>The 2015 attack left 130 dead after terrorists carried out a series of suicide bombs and mass shootings in the French capital.</p>"
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<p>Apparently, condemning the NFL's kneeling protests of the national anthem is a step too far for CNN commentator Keith Boykin. He believes that, because of President Trump's tweeting, he sees an anti African-American trend -- that Trump is a racist puppet master, attempting to pull the strings on the black community. Boykin said, "We have a white supremacist president of the United States. He's encouraging white supremacists." And the CNN host even called him out for saying that, questioning whether he could back up that statement. But, then he said something even more radical:</p>
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It's not about respect for the flag. It's about fanning the flames of racial hatred and this president is a master of that and that's the reason why he’s playing plantation politics. He thinks apparently that he is a slave master of black people in the NFL, of black people in the country. </q>
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"<p>Apparently, condemning the NFL's kneeling protests of the national anthem is a step too far for CNN commentator Keith Boykin. He believes that, because of President Trump's tweeting, he sees an anti African-American trend -- that Trump is a racist puppet master, attempting to pull the strings on the black community. Boykin said, "We have a white supremacist president of the United States. He's encouraging white supremacists." And the CNN host even called him out for saying that, questioning whether he could back up that statement. But, then he said something even more radical:</p>
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It's not about respect for the flag. It's about fanning the flames of racial hatred and this president is a master of that and that's the reason why he’s playing plantation politics. He thinks apparently that he is a slave master of black people in the NFL, of black people in the country. </q>"
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<p>Yet again we see more evidence that the media and leftist government officials are lying to the American public. What is the agenda? What reality are they try to protect? Why are they risking violence when it is unnecessary?</p>
<p>Watch this video posted on Facebook by Will Johnson, a common sense conservative, who intends to be a part of a free speech rally this weekend in San Francisco. As he states it is intended to be a pro Trump rally, however it is clearly being painted by politicians and the media as a white supremacist rally with a call for the presence of Antifa. How is it possible to have a white supremacy rally when the rally barely has any white people attending?</p>
<p>I’ll let you figure that one out! Watch the video below.</p>
<p>https://www.facebook.com/newlypress/videos/1875854002678972/</p> 60 Celebrities Who Are Mega Trump Supporters - #20 Is Unbelievable!
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"<p>Yet again we see more evidence that the media and leftist government officials are lying to the American public. What is the agenda? What reality are they try to protect? Why are they risking violence when it is unnecessary?</p>
<p>Watch this video posted on Facebook by Will Johnson, a common sense conservative, who intends to be a part of a free speech rally this weekend in San Francisco. As he states it is intended to be a pro Trump rally, however it is clearly being painted by politicians and the media as a white supremacist rally with a call for the presence of Antifa. How is it possible to have a white supremacy rally when the rally barely has any white people attending?</p>
<p>I’ll let you figure that one out! Watch the video below.</p>
<p>https://www.facebook.com/newlypress/videos/1875854002678972/</p> 60 Celebrities Who Are Mega Trump Supporters - #20 Is Unbelievable!"
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<p>Photo by MaryHelen Avalos</p>
<p>The Sons of the American Legion recently retired a torn and tattered American flag and presenting a new one to Adrea Ricke, Globe Public Library Manager. From left to right: A.J. Sprague, Sons of the American Legion Adjutant and Finance Officer; Margaret Smith, American Legion Adjutant; Jesse Horta, member; Su Samra; Adrea Ricke, Library Manager and Hector Samra, Legion member.</p>
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<p>The Sons of the American Legion recently retired a torn and tattered American flag and presenting a new one to Adrea Ricke, Globe Public Library Manager. From left to right: A.J. Sprague, Sons of the American Legion Adjutant and Finance Officer; Margaret Smith, American Legion Adjutant; Jesse Horta, member; Su Samra; Adrea Ricke, Library Manager and Hector Samra, Legion member.</p>"
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<p>We have made great strides in the policing of thought in this country. Just ask <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/04/03/mozilla-ceo-steps-down/7262129/" type="external">Brendan Eich</a>, one of the founders of Mozilla, developers of the web browser Firefox. Eich had just landed a promotion to the big chair as Mozilla’s CEO. He lasted all of nine days. The reason? Back in 2008 Eich donated a thousand dollars to support Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage. The unearthing of this donation led to protests from gay rights activists and the h <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/online/okcupid-now-asking-users-to-boycott-mozilla-due-to-browser-ceos-gay-marriage-opposition/" type="external">igh profile call for a boycott</a> of Firefox by dating site <a href="http://OkCupid.com" type="external">OkCupid.com</a>. Eich, as many people in circumstances such as his, was stricken with the sudden desire to “spend more time with his family” and quietly resigned.</p>
<p>Regardless of your position on same sex marriage, those activists who led to Eich’s resignation should be ashamed. Their basic message? “You’d better be tolerant. Or else we will show you a display of true tolerance. By crushing you.” In fact, it is no longer enough to be tolerant. Prior to his resignation, Eich <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-ceo-gay-marriage-firestorm-could-hurt-firefox-cause-q-a/" type="external">told tech site CNET</a> “[i]f Mozilla cannot continue to operate according to its principles of inclusiveness, where you can work on the mission no matter what your background or other beliefs, I think we’ll probably fail.” In the same interview, he said that he wished for those who were calling for his ouster to know that “without getting into my personal beliefs, which I separate from my Mozilla work — when people learned of the donation, they felt pain. I saw that in friends’ eyes, [friends] who are LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered]. I saw that in 2012. I am sorry for causing that pain.”</p>
<p>Wow. Eich sounds like an intolerant jerk! No, strike that. He sounds like a dedicated and thoughtful professional who was able to separate his work and personal lives–as well he should have been. But to the activist crowd, it’s not enough that people are tolerant. They must offer affirmation of the LGBT agenda or pay the price. Their much vaunted toleration doesn’t extend to those who might have opposing viewpoints, like Eich.</p>
<p>Of course, gay rights activists claim that Eich’s views are not deserving of toleration because he sought to strip them of their rights. This may or may not be the case, but I’d wager that many of them aren’t such dogged defenders of rights when asked about, say, the Second Amendment. And I’m hearing curiously little from these champions of freedom about the fact that <a href="https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/70-of-african-a.html" type="external">70 percent of California’s African Americans</a> and over 50 percent of Hispanics voted for Prop 8. The uncomfortable fact for the left is that 2008 was the same election in which minority voters pulled the levers in droves for President Obama. Even more uncomfortable? President Obama himself was opposed to same sex marriage in 2008. But, then, it’s not about principle. It’s about ramming through the “right” outcomes.</p>
<p>An <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/mozilla-ceo-resigns-furor-gay-rights-23183497" type="external">Associated Press piece</a> about Eich’s resignation asks “whether the episode undercuts the well-groomed image of Silicon Valley as a marketplace of ideas and diversity of thought, and whether, in this case, the tech world surrendered to political correctness enforced through a public shaming on social media.” Geez, ya think? Andrew Sullivan, the unreliably conservative columnist <a href="https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/04/03/the-hounding-of-brendan-eich/" type="external">had this to say</a>:</p>
<q> <p>Will [Eich] now be forced to walk through the streets in shame? Why not the stocks? The whole episode disgusts me – as it should disgust anyone interested in a tolerant and diverse society. If this is the gay rights movement today – hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else – then count me out. If we are about intimidating the free speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us.</p> </q>
<p>The trite knock at the religious right is to be expected from a regular guest on Bill Maher’s show, but Sullivan is right to call the gay rights activists out on their bullying tactics. And the man has skin in the game, as an openly gay man who has long supported same sex marriage. Kudos to Sullivan for recognizing that support for an issue doesn’t require the squashing of all dissenting viewpoints.</p>
<p>Liberals like to mock those who speak of the “gay agenda.” The real agenda, they claim, is for homosexuals to be able to live out their lives in dignity with their loved ones. Such efforts at destroying opposition unfortunately make that more difficult to believe. And activists forget that perhaps next time, they won’t be the ones to define which thought crimes should be prosecuted. In a society which encourages the personal destruction of dissenters, any one of us can develop the desire to “spend more time with family” at any time.</p>
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<p>Regardless of your position on same sex marriage, those activists who led to Eich’s resignation should be ashamed. Their basic message? “You’d better be tolerant. Or else we will show you a display of true tolerance. By crushing you.” In fact, it is no longer enough to be tolerant. Prior to his resignation, Eich <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-ceo-gay-marriage-firestorm-could-hurt-firefox-cause-q-a/" type="external">told tech site CNET</a> “[i]f Mozilla cannot continue to operate according to its principles of inclusiveness, where you can work on the mission no matter what your background or other beliefs, I think we’ll probably fail.” In the same interview, he said that he wished for those who were calling for his ouster to know that “without getting into my personal beliefs, which I separate from my Mozilla work — when people learned of the donation, they felt pain. I saw that in friends’ eyes, [friends] who are LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered]. I saw that in 2012. I am sorry for causing that pain.”</p>
<p>Wow. Eich sounds like an intolerant jerk! No, strike that. He sounds like a dedicated and thoughtful professional who was able to separate his work and personal lives–as well he should have been. But to the activist crowd, it’s not enough that people are tolerant. They must offer affirmation of the LGBT agenda or pay the price. Their much vaunted toleration doesn’t extend to those who might have opposing viewpoints, like Eich.</p>
<p>Of course, gay rights activists claim that Eich’s views are not deserving of toleration because he sought to strip them of their rights. This may or may not be the case, but I’d wager that many of them aren’t such dogged defenders of rights when asked about, say, the Second Amendment. And I’m hearing curiously little from these champions of freedom about the fact that <a href="https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/70-of-african-a.html" type="external">70 percent of California’s African Americans</a> and over 50 percent of Hispanics voted for Prop 8. The uncomfortable fact for the left is that 2008 was the same election in which minority voters pulled the levers in droves for President Obama. Even more uncomfortable? President Obama himself was opposed to same sex marriage in 2008. But, then, it’s not about principle. It’s about ramming through the “right” outcomes.</p>
<p>An <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/mozilla-ceo-resigns-furor-gay-rights-23183497" type="external">Associated Press piece</a> about Eich’s resignation asks “whether the episode undercuts the well-groomed image of Silicon Valley as a marketplace of ideas and diversity of thought, and whether, in this case, the tech world surrendered to political correctness enforced through a public shaming on social media.” Geez, ya think? Andrew Sullivan, the unreliably conservative columnist <a href="https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/04/03/the-hounding-of-brendan-eich/" type="external">had this to say</a>:</p>
<q> <p>Will [Eich] now be forced to walk through the streets in shame? Why not the stocks? The whole episode disgusts me – as it should disgust anyone interested in a tolerant and diverse society. If this is the gay rights movement today – hounding our opponents with a fanaticism more like the religious right than anyone else – then count me out. If we are about intimidating the free speech of others, we are no better than the anti-gay bullies who came before us.</p> </q>
<p>The trite knock at the religious right is to be expected from a regular guest on Bill Maher’s show, but Sullivan is right to call the gay rights activists out on their bullying tactics. And the man has skin in the game, as an openly gay man who has long supported same sex marriage. Kudos to Sullivan for recognizing that support for an issue doesn’t require the squashing of all dissenting viewpoints.</p>
<p>Liberals like to mock those who speak of the “gay agenda.” The real agenda, they claim, is for homosexuals to be able to live out their lives in dignity with their loved ones. Such efforts at destroying opposition unfortunately make that more difficult to believe. And activists forget that perhaps next time, they won’t be the ones to define which thought crimes should be prosecuted. In a society which encourages the personal destruction of dissenters, any one of us can develop the desire to “spend more time with family” at any time.</p>"
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<p>The <a type="internal">NFL</a>‘s position after <a type="internal">commissioner Roger Goodell</a>‘s news conference Wednesday was clear: The league wants its players to stand for the national anthem.</p>
<p>However, it appears there will be no rule passed to force that issue.</p>
<p>Goodell had a news conference at the NFL’s fall meetings that lasted about 20 minutes and almost every question was related to the anthem and player protests. Goodell’s main talking point was that the NFL also will listen to its players about social issues and wants to be a part of the solution.</p>
<p>Everyone was focused on what will happen at NFL games with the national anthem, which has become the most divisive issue among fans that the league has seen in a long time.</p>
<p>“We believe everyone should stand for the anthem,” Goodell said. “That’s an important part of our policy, it’s also an important part of our game that we all take great pride in. It’s also important for us to honor our flag and our country and we think our fans expect us to do that.”</p>
<p>The best outcome for the NFL would be for the players to stop protesting without the league making a rule change. Goodell sounded like the league hopes that if it keeps working with its players to help with their issues, with racial equality and law enforcement reform, then perhaps the protests will end.</p>
<p>“The fact is, we have about a half a dozen players that are protesting,” Goodell said. “We hope and we’re going to continue to work to try to put that at zero. That’s what we’d like to do. But we want to make sure we’re understanding what the players are talking about, and that’s complex.”</p>
<p>The number Goodell cited seems low, considering seven <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/15/49ers-players-anthem-protest-continues-in-d-c-albeit-dwindled/" type="external">San Francisco 49ers players alone took a knee for last Sunday’s anthem</a>, and as many as 30 49ers players were taking a knee two weeks ago. But it appeared he wanted to make it a point that it’s not as widespread of an issue as it is being made out to be.</p>
<p>Goodell was asked why the NFL wouldn’t make it a rule to stand. <a type="internal">New York Giants</a> owner John Mara <a href="https://twitter.com/garymyersNYDN/status/920714167115485184" type="external">told the Daily News</a> that the league has no plans to make a rule about standing for the anthem.</p>
<p>“We believe our players should stand for the national anthem. That’s an important part of our game and our moments, and we believe in that,” Goodell said. “I think we also have to keep focus on this: We have about six or seven players involved in this protest at this point. This is something, what we’ve tried to do is we’ve tried to deal with the underlying issue and understand what it is they’re protesting and try to address that matter. The important thing for us is to be able to do that and take that opportunity to make real differences in our community. That is really what’s ultimately going to be the important aspect for us long term. Because this is a long-term issue.</p>
<p>“I understand the way our fans feel about this issue, and we feel the same way about the importance of our flag, the importance of patriotism, and I believe our players feel that way. The will state to you and they have stated to everyone publicly, they’re not doing this in any way to be disrespectful to the flag, but they also understand how it’s being interpreted.”</p>
<p>Goodell was also asked about the latest tweet from <a type="internal">President Donald Trump</a> about the NFL.</p>
<q> <p>The NFL has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem. Total disrespect for our great country!</p> </q>
<p>Goodell said he has not talked to Trump about the anthem issue.</p>
<p>“We respect our country, respect our flag, respect our national anthem,” Goodell said. “I think you look at our clubs and what they do on a daily basis, look at our players and what they do and how they participate in that, we all feel very strongly about our country and our pride.”</p>
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<p>However, it appears there will be no rule passed to force that issue.</p>
<p>Goodell had a news conference at the NFL’s fall meetings that lasted about 20 minutes and almost every question was related to the anthem and player protests. Goodell’s main talking point was that the NFL also will listen to its players about social issues and wants to be a part of the solution.</p>
<p>Everyone was focused on what will happen at NFL games with the national anthem, which has become the most divisive issue among fans that the league has seen in a long time.</p>
<p>“We believe everyone should stand for the anthem,” Goodell said. “That’s an important part of our policy, it’s also an important part of our game that we all take great pride in. It’s also important for us to honor our flag and our country and we think our fans expect us to do that.”</p>
<p>The best outcome for the NFL would be for the players to stop protesting without the league making a rule change. Goodell sounded like the league hopes that if it keeps working with its players to help with their issues, with racial equality and law enforcement reform, then perhaps the protests will end.</p>
<p>“The fact is, we have about a half a dozen players that are protesting,” Goodell said. “We hope and we’re going to continue to work to try to put that at zero. That’s what we’d like to do. But we want to make sure we’re understanding what the players are talking about, and that’s complex.”</p>
<p>The number Goodell cited seems low, considering seven <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/15/49ers-players-anthem-protest-continues-in-d-c-albeit-dwindled/" type="external">San Francisco 49ers players alone took a knee for last Sunday’s anthem</a>, and as many as 30 49ers players were taking a knee two weeks ago. But it appeared he wanted to make it a point that it’s not as widespread of an issue as it is being made out to be.</p>
<p>Goodell was asked why the NFL wouldn’t make it a rule to stand. <a type="internal">New York Giants</a> owner John Mara <a href="https://twitter.com/garymyersNYDN/status/920714167115485184" type="external">told the Daily News</a> that the league has no plans to make a rule about standing for the anthem.</p>
<p>“We believe our players should stand for the national anthem. That’s an important part of our game and our moments, and we believe in that,” Goodell said. “I think we also have to keep focus on this: We have about six or seven players involved in this protest at this point. This is something, what we’ve tried to do is we’ve tried to deal with the underlying issue and understand what it is they’re protesting and try to address that matter. The important thing for us is to be able to do that and take that opportunity to make real differences in our community. That is really what’s ultimately going to be the important aspect for us long term. Because this is a long-term issue.</p>
<p>“I understand the way our fans feel about this issue, and we feel the same way about the importance of our flag, the importance of patriotism, and I believe our players feel that way. The will state to you and they have stated to everyone publicly, they’re not doing this in any way to be disrespectful to the flag, but they also understand how it’s being interpreted.”</p>
<p>Goodell was also asked about the latest tweet from <a type="internal">President Donald Trump</a> about the NFL.</p>
<q> <p>The NFL has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our National Anthem. Total disrespect for our great country!</p> </q>
<p>Goodell said he has not talked to Trump about the anthem issue.</p>
<p>“We respect our country, respect our flag, respect our national anthem,” Goodell said. “I think you look at our clubs and what they do on a daily basis, look at our players and what they do and how they participate in that, we all feel very strongly about our country and our pride.”</p>"
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<p>WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The White House initially said Trump fired Comey over his handling of the Hillary Clinton private email server investigation, however, later the US president stated that when he decided to dismiss Comey, he was thinking of the Russia investigation.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Thursday that he did not fire former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey because of the Russia investigation.</p>
<q> <p>Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!</p> — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002160516733853696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">May 31, 2018</a> </q>
<p>In an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt in May 2017, Trump said he was thinking about "this Russia thing" when he decided to fire Comey.</p>
<p><a type="internal">READ MORE: Twitter on Fire as Comey Strikes Back at Trump "Lying" About FBI</a></p>
<p>Comey's firing ultimately led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate allegations of Russian interference into the 2016 election and collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.</p>
<p>Russian officials have repeatedly denied allegations of interference, calling the accusations groundless and absurd. Trump has also denied any collusion with the Kremlin and has called Mueller's investigation "a witch hunt."</p>
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<p>US President Donald Trump said in a statement on Thursday that he did not fire former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey because of the Russia investigation.</p>
<q> <p>Not that it matters but I never fired James Comey because of Russia! The Corrupt Mainstream Media loves to keep pushing that narrative, but they know it is not true!</p> — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1002160516733853696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">May 31, 2018</a> </q>
<p>In an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt in May 2017, Trump said he was thinking about "this Russia thing" when he decided to fire Comey.</p>
<p><a type="internal">READ MORE: Twitter on Fire as Comey Strikes Back at Trump "Lying" About FBI</a></p>
<p>Comey's firing ultimately led to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to investigate allegations of Russian interference into the 2016 election and collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign.</p>
<p>Russian officials have repeatedly denied allegations of interference, calling the accusations groundless and absurd. Trump has also denied any collusion with the Kremlin and has called Mueller's investigation "a witch hunt."</p>"
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<p>On the morning following an excellent Champions League game, what do you know?</p>
<p>The Daily Record has yet another story linking Celtic fans to extremism, and this one is as bent looking as it’s possible to be. Today they are featuring a “Celtic fan” who sent a “bomb threat” to Ibrox with an ISIS twist. On Twitter. And it doesn’t take much to knock this story on its ass.</p>
<p>This “person” joined Twitter in July this year.</p>
<p>He or she has a grand total of 59 followers and follows a grand total of 125.</p>
<p>This is the textbook definition of a complete non-story; if this person exists at all The Record has elevated them beyond utter irrelevance and used them to beat the rest of our support. I would suggest this story has been manufactured.</p>
<p>I had a look at this Twitter twat’s timeline; he is a clown.</p>
<p>He rants about various subjects in the kind of pre-school language Twitter is full of. The Record knows full well this is an idiot with a few fried brain cells, but I said the other day that an agenda is being pursued here and this is another demonstration of it.</p>
<p>To have blown a tweet by a complete nobody off Twitter into a story that smears the Celtic support as a whole is an act of malevolence against our club, and as per usual with that arse-rag the story is so weak that no-one wants to stand their own name beside it.</p>
<p>It carries the standard appellation for a story which is Utter Mince; “Daily Record Online Reporter” – or Daily Record Shit-Stirring Troll, a far more accurate description. Basically, a clown whose job is to scour Twitter and Facebook for any anti-Celtic angle they can find.</p>
<p>I know nobody in our support still reads this gutter-rag … I still do not understand why anyone from our club is willing to talk to its “journalists” or entertain their presence at our ground. This publication does not wish us well, I cannot put it more bluntly than that.</p>
<p>The paper claims to have reported this “incident” to Police Scotland.</p>
<p>Talk about wasting police time.</p>
<p>Hiding a blatant smear job behind civic virtue … a new low even for them.</p>
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<p>The Daily Record has yet another story linking Celtic fans to extremism, and this one is as bent looking as it’s possible to be. Today they are featuring a “Celtic fan” who sent a “bomb threat” to Ibrox with an ISIS twist. On Twitter. And it doesn’t take much to knock this story on its ass.</p>
<p>This “person” joined Twitter in July this year.</p>
<p>He or she has a grand total of 59 followers and follows a grand total of 125.</p>
<p>This is the textbook definition of a complete non-story; if this person exists at all The Record has elevated them beyond utter irrelevance and used them to beat the rest of our support. I would suggest this story has been manufactured.</p>
<p>I had a look at this Twitter twat’s timeline; he is a clown.</p>
<p>He rants about various subjects in the kind of pre-school language Twitter is full of. The Record knows full well this is an idiot with a few fried brain cells, but I said the other day that an agenda is being pursued here and this is another demonstration of it.</p>
<p>To have blown a tweet by a complete nobody off Twitter into a story that smears the Celtic support as a whole is an act of malevolence against our club, and as per usual with that arse-rag the story is so weak that no-one wants to stand their own name beside it.</p>
<p>It carries the standard appellation for a story which is Utter Mince; “Daily Record Online Reporter” – or Daily Record Shit-Stirring Troll, a far more accurate description. Basically, a clown whose job is to scour Twitter and Facebook for any anti-Celtic angle they can find.</p>
<p>I know nobody in our support still reads this gutter-rag … I still do not understand why anyone from our club is willing to talk to its “journalists” or entertain their presence at our ground. This publication does not wish us well, I cannot put it more bluntly than that.</p>
<p>The paper claims to have reported this “incident” to Police Scotland.</p>
<p>Talk about wasting police time.</p>
<p>Hiding a blatant smear job behind civic virtue … a new low even for them.</p>"
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<p>by Walter W. Murray, reporter</p>
<p>The easily triggered college students of the left won’t let facts stand in the way of their false outrage.</p>
<p>In a hilarious video that’s going viral, students at the University of California, Santa Barbara were hopping mad over President Donald Trump’s plan to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border just 200 miles away… not knowing they were trashing former President Barack Obama, too.</p>
<p>“It’s not justified!” seethed one of the students. “It is, like, a totally uncalled-for act of power.”</p>
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<p>Another came right out and admitted to Cabot Phillips of Campus Reform, who filmed it, that “I’m not a huge fan of the military to begin with.”</p>
<p>The footage shows student after student steaming over the plan to increase border security. Take a look here —</p> Americans In The Dark On Trump's Plan To End The U.S. Dollar
<p>Just one problem: The very act they’re livid over — the actions they blame on Trump — are the same exact moves made by former President Barack Obama, the hero of the young leftists.</p>
<p>When that fact is dropped on them, it leaves the liberals stunned into silence.</p>
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<p>In 2010, Obama sent up to 1,200 troops to the border as part of the $110 million Operation Phalanx.</p>
<p>Those troops assisted border patrol with more than 17,000 apprehensions of people caught trying to cross illegally.</p>
<p>They also intercepted massive amounts of drugs, including 56,342 pounds of marijuana with a street value of more than $100 million.</p>
<p>Liberals didn’t make a peep at the time!</p>
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<p>When told that Obama did the same thing, these young leftists were left stammering and one was literally speechless.</p>
<p>They couldn’t approve the move because Trump did it — but they couldn’t condemn it anymore, either, since their hero did the same thing.</p>
<p>“That’s kind surprising,” was the best response one of the students could manage.</p>
<p>“People have been so conditioned to think anytime they hear ‘President Trump’ they have to oppose it,” Phillips observed in a Fox News interview. “They’re taught in the classroom, they’re taught by society and the media, it must be horrible, it must be racist.”</p>
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<p>It’s not just Obama did the same thing.</p>
<p>California Gov. Jerry Brown has also authorized sending National Guard troops to the border both during the Obama administration and now again under Trump.</p>
<p>While his most recent act also involved sending a sulky letter filled with textbook liberal gripes, he also was forced to admit that National Guard troops play an essential role in U.S. border security.</p>
<p>“Your funding for new staffing will allow the Guard to do what it does best: support operations targeting transnational criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers along the border, the coast and throughout the state,” Brown admitted in the letter to Trump. “Combating these criminal threats are priorities for all Americans — Republicans and Democrats.”</p>
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<p>Quote that letter to the left – tell them Trump said it – and you can bet they would take to the streets.</p>
<p>Resist! Just don’t ask them who or what they’re resisting because clearly, they don’t know.</p>
<p>— Walter W. Murray is a reporter for The Horn News. He is an outspoken conservative and a survival expert, and is the author of “ <a type="internal">America’s Final Warning.</a>”</p> Watch This Breakthrough Tech Soar This Year!
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"<p>by Walter W. Murray, reporter</p>
<p>The easily triggered college students of the left won’t let facts stand in the way of their false outrage.</p>
<p>In a hilarious video that’s going viral, students at the University of California, Santa Barbara were hopping mad over President Donald Trump’s plan to send troops to the U.S.-Mexico border just 200 miles away… not knowing they were trashing former President Barack Obama, too.</p>
<p>“It’s not justified!” seethed one of the students. “It is, like, a totally uncalled-for act of power.”</p>
<p>Sponsored: <a href="https://pro.northstarorders.net/p/650SPAD160711A/W650U500/" type="external">Did Russians “hack” the secret to eternal energy?</a></p>
<p>Another came right out and admitted to Cabot Phillips of Campus Reform, who filmed it, that “I’m not a huge fan of the military to begin with.”</p>
<p>The footage shows student after student steaming over the plan to increase border security. Take a look here —</p> Americans In The Dark On Trump's Plan To End The U.S. Dollar
<p>Just one problem: The very act they’re livid over — the actions they blame on Trump — are the same exact moves made by former President Barack Obama, the hero of the young leftists.</p>
<p>When that fact is dropped on them, it leaves the liberals stunned into silence.</p>
<p>Sponsored: <a href="https://pro.northstarorders.net/p/650SBPC171004A/W650U501/" type="external">Wow! Scientists discover blood pressure-improving effects of 3 common foods</a></p>
<p>In 2010, Obama sent up to 1,200 troops to the border as part of the $110 million Operation Phalanx.</p>
<p>Those troops assisted border patrol with more than 17,000 apprehensions of people caught trying to cross illegally.</p>
<p>They also intercepted massive amounts of drugs, including 56,342 pounds of marijuana with a street value of more than $100 million.</p>
<p>Liberals didn’t make a peep at the time!</p>
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<p>When told that Obama did the same thing, these young leftists were left stammering and one was literally speechless.</p>
<p>They couldn’t approve the move because Trump did it — but they couldn’t condemn it anymore, either, since their hero did the same thing.</p>
<p>“That’s kind surprising,” was the best response one of the students could manage.</p>
<p>“People have been so conditioned to think anytime they hear ‘President Trump’ they have to oppose it,” Phillips observed in a Fox News interview. “They’re taught in the classroom, they’re taught by society and the media, it must be horrible, it must be racist.”</p>
<p>Sponsored: <a href="https://pro.hsionlineorders.net/p/640SHHEAL170426A/W640U501/" type="external">Did you see this news?</a></p>
<p>It’s not just Obama did the same thing.</p>
<p>California Gov. Jerry Brown has also authorized sending National Guard troops to the border both during the Obama administration and now again under Trump.</p>
<p>While his most recent act also involved sending a sulky letter filled with textbook liberal gripes, he also was forced to admit that National Guard troops play an essential role in U.S. border security.</p>
<p>“Your funding for new staffing will allow the Guard to do what it does best: support operations targeting transnational criminal gangs, human traffickers and illegal firearm and drug smugglers along the border, the coast and throughout the state,” Brown admitted in the letter to Trump. “Combating these criminal threats are priorities for all Americans — Republicans and Democrats.”</p>
<p><a href="https://pro.northstarorders.net/p/650SLFX180111A/W650U502/" type="external">For your eyes only (personal matter)</a> [sponsored]</p>
<p>Quote that letter to the left – tell them Trump said it – and you can bet they would take to the streets.</p>
<p>Resist! Just don’t ask them who or what they’re resisting because clearly, they don’t know.</p>
<p>— Walter W. Murray is a reporter for The Horn News. He is an outspoken conservative and a survival expert, and is the author of “ <a type="internal">America’s Final Warning.</a>”</p> Watch This Breakthrough Tech Soar This Year!"
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<p>Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins recently revealed that a family member was killed at the hands of an itchy trigger-fingered cop.</p>
<p>Watkins hit the the net with her heartbreaking story about her cousin, 25-year-old Eddie Russell, Jr., who was shot multiple times and killed by police in Peoria, Illinois.</p>
<p>The department is investigating the fatal shooting death, however T-Boz and her family are disputing the officer’s account of what happened.</p>
<p>T-Boz posted the tweets above with the following caption:</p>
<q> <p>My Cousin Was Shot 18 Times Including the Face and Back of His Head! He Harmed NO ONE EVER! He Had Mental Health Issues AND THE COPS KNEW THAT! Anything he’s ever Done Was minor and NON VIOLENT! Eddie Russell Jr -A Human-Being -A Son- Brother-Friend-Nephew – Cousin-HUMAN! The cops told his mother to call him out on a bullhorn USED her saying “WE WILL GIVE HIM THE HELP HE NEEDS” and He Came Out Because He Heard His Mother and They used beyond excessive force to gun him down also with heavy artillery used in warfare! 18 times? Shot eighteen times??? IF THEIR GOING ON WHAT HES HOLDING AT THE BANK THAT ISN’T A GUN! (Picture Is Posted)They Keep saying he had a gun! I don’t see a gun in his hand at the bank they say he tried to rob! That’s NOT A GUN! They blocked everyone off including neighbors at a 4 block radius including his mother and father and family!People could NOT go home! So no camera phones accessible is that why? COPS DIDN’T HAVE ON BODY CAMS now isn’t that convenient! They Lied and told family members Eddie Jr was at the hospital to get them away from the house knowing he was dead outside the house where they killed him! They kept his BODY OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND FOR MANY MANY HOURS! First they reported he ran out shooting =LIES! Then one cop shot =LIES! Then 5-6 shots =LIES! Then 5-6 cops shot YEAH CLEARLY! But why SO MANY TIMES? Why THE AR15? They didn’t even wait for the negotiator to arrive or is it that the negotiator took his time getting there? They haven’t Even Gave my cousin the RESPECT of trying to call and explain WHAT HAPPENED IN DETAIL TO HER CHILD! He needs JUSTICE! His Mother and Father and Family need JUSTICE!!!! This wasn’t a hostage situation! He didn’t threaten anyone’s life! This was a mentally iLL young man who needed help and should have received just that! PLEASE HELP HIS MOTHER AND SPREAD HER STORY SO SHE CAN GET THE HELP SHE NEEDS AND JUSTICE FOR HER SON!!!! His Mother Has Tried For Many Years To Get Her Son Mental Health Counseling He Needed! The system Failed Him and Her! #AmericaIsTainted #TrumpIsAChump #TakeAKnee #BendAKnee #JusticeForEddieJr #Shot18Times #tboz #tlc #tbeezy #tlcarmy #justice #peoriaillinois #EddieRussell</p> </q>
<p>Eddie Russell, Jr., who suffers from mental illness, was named as a suspect in an armed robbery.</p>
<p>Officers claim he robbed the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust before returning home where an hours-long police stand-off ensued. Officers reportedly fired their weapons after Russell, Jr. emerged from his home.</p>
<p>According to police accounts, Russell, Jr. exited the home in an “aggressive” manner and the officers stated they believed he was holding the same handgun used in the robbery.</p>
<p>Eddie Russell, Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene on Wednesday, September 20.</p>
<p>Condolences to T-Boz and her family. Hopefully they will find the answers they seek in this horrible tragedy.</p>
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<p>Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins recently revealed that a family member was killed at the hands of an itchy trigger-fingered cop.</p>
<p>Watkins hit the the net with her heartbreaking story about her cousin, 25-year-old Eddie Russell, Jr., who was shot multiple times and killed by police in Peoria, Illinois.</p>
<p>The department is investigating the fatal shooting death, however T-Boz and her family are disputing the officer’s account of what happened.</p>
<p>T-Boz posted the tweets above with the following caption:</p>
<q> <p>My Cousin Was Shot 18 Times Including the Face and Back of His Head! He Harmed NO ONE EVER! He Had Mental Health Issues AND THE COPS KNEW THAT! Anything he’s ever Done Was minor and NON VIOLENT! Eddie Russell Jr -A Human-Being -A Son- Brother-Friend-Nephew – Cousin-HUMAN! The cops told his mother to call him out on a bullhorn USED her saying “WE WILL GIVE HIM THE HELP HE NEEDS” and He Came Out Because He Heard His Mother and They used beyond excessive force to gun him down also with heavy artillery used in warfare! 18 times? Shot eighteen times??? IF THEIR GOING ON WHAT HES HOLDING AT THE BANK THAT ISN’T A GUN! (Picture Is Posted)They Keep saying he had a gun! I don’t see a gun in his hand at the bank they say he tried to rob! That’s NOT A GUN! They blocked everyone off including neighbors at a 4 block radius including his mother and father and family!People could NOT go home! So no camera phones accessible is that why? COPS DIDN’T HAVE ON BODY CAMS now isn’t that convenient! They Lied and told family members Eddie Jr was at the hospital to get them away from the house knowing he was dead outside the house where they killed him! They kept his BODY OUTSIDE ON THE GROUND FOR MANY MANY HOURS! First they reported he ran out shooting =LIES! Then one cop shot =LIES! Then 5-6 shots =LIES! Then 5-6 cops shot YEAH CLEARLY! But why SO MANY TIMES? Why THE AR15? They didn’t even wait for the negotiator to arrive or is it that the negotiator took his time getting there? They haven’t Even Gave my cousin the RESPECT of trying to call and explain WHAT HAPPENED IN DETAIL TO HER CHILD! He needs JUSTICE! His Mother and Father and Family need JUSTICE!!!! This wasn’t a hostage situation! He didn’t threaten anyone’s life! This was a mentally iLL young man who needed help and should have received just that! PLEASE HELP HIS MOTHER AND SPREAD HER STORY SO SHE CAN GET THE HELP SHE NEEDS AND JUSTICE FOR HER SON!!!! His Mother Has Tried For Many Years To Get Her Son Mental Health Counseling He Needed! The system Failed Him and Her! #AmericaIsTainted #TrumpIsAChump #TakeAKnee #BendAKnee #JusticeForEddieJr #Shot18Times #tboz #tlc #tbeezy #tlcarmy #justice #peoriaillinois #EddieRussell</p> </q>
<p>Eddie Russell, Jr., who suffers from mental illness, was named as a suspect in an armed robbery.</p>
<p>Officers claim he robbed the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust before returning home where an hours-long police stand-off ensued. Officers reportedly fired their weapons after Russell, Jr. emerged from his home.</p>
<p>According to police accounts, Russell, Jr. exited the home in an “aggressive” manner and the officers stated they believed he was holding the same handgun used in the robbery.</p>
<p>Eddie Russell, Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene on Wednesday, September 20.</p>
<p>Condolences to T-Boz and her family. Hopefully they will find the answers they seek in this horrible tragedy.</p>"
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<p>Bernice Burgos, the alleged ‘side chick’ in T.I. and Tiny’s marriage, hit The Breakfast Club this morning to discuss all the drama.</p>
<p>As you know, Tiny discussed Burgos during a recent appearance on The Wendy Show, stating that Bernice stepped out of line and clearly didn’t know her place (click <a type="internal">HERE</a> if you missed that).</p>
<p>Well now, Burgos is playing her position and in her latest interview, claims she and Tip were never a ‘thing’ and that their interactions was only for “business”.</p>
<p>Video below…</p>
<p>In the video clip above, Bernice apologizes about the entire social media fiasco between her and Tiny stating “I’m very disappointed in what I did.”</p>
<p>She continues…</p>
<q> <p>Social media sometimes will put you in a place that you have to fight with people you don’t even know.</p> </q>
<p>On her ‘relationship’ with T.I. and being called a ‘homewrecker’, Burgos states,</p>
<q> <p>It was only for business… I got introduced for a movie.</p> </q>
<p>Check out the full interview below…</p>
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<p>Bernice Burgos, the alleged ‘side chick’ in T.I. and Tiny’s marriage, hit The Breakfast Club this morning to discuss all the drama.</p>
<p>As you know, Tiny discussed Burgos during a recent appearance on The Wendy Show, stating that Bernice stepped out of line and clearly didn’t know her place (click <a type="internal">HERE</a> if you missed that).</p>
<p>Well now, Burgos is playing her position and in her latest interview, claims she and Tip were never a ‘thing’ and that their interactions was only for “business”.</p>
<p>Video below…</p>
<p>In the video clip above, Bernice apologizes about the entire social media fiasco between her and Tiny stating “I’m very disappointed in what I did.”</p>
<p>She continues…</p>
<q> <p>Social media sometimes will put you in a place that you have to fight with people you don’t even know.</p> </q>
<p>On her ‘relationship’ with T.I. and being called a ‘homewrecker’, Burgos states,</p>
<q> <p>It was only for business… I got introduced for a movie.</p> </q>
<p>Check out the full interview below…</p>"
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<p>Week of August 7:</p>
<p>Monday August 7:</p>
<p>Joey puts himself in harm’s way to save Kayla.</p>
<p>Brady interrogates Victor, who finally comes clean.</p>
<p>Gabi makes a difficult decision regarding Chad.</p>
<p>Sonny is stunned by Paul's news.</p>
<p>Tuesday August 8:</p>
<p>"Marlena" breaks up with John.</p>
<p>Anjelica lures Adrienne into a trap.</p>
<p>Brady's jealousy threatens to push him over the edge.</p>
<p>Nicole makes a risky move to be near Holly.</p>
<p>Wednesday August 9:</p>
<p>Hattie breaks Bonnie out of Statesville.</p>
<p>Steve and Kayla clash over the situation with Tripp and Joey.</p>
<p>Brady gets the wrong idea about Nicole and Eric.</p>
<p>Justin makes a confession to Sonny.</p>
<p>Thursday August 10:</p>
<p>More: <a type="internal">Days recap: Chad plays the martyr and turns himself in to the police</a></p>
<p>More: <a type="internal">Beloved, unforgettable soap characters who touch our hearts</a></p>
<p>Tripp secretly decides to skip town.</p>
<p>Anjelica meets with Bonnie for the first time and explains her first order of business.</p>
<p>Lani is put in a tough position at work.</p>
<p>Chad and Abigail's reunion takes a surprising turn.</p>
<p>Friday August 11:</p>
<p>More: <a type="internal">Deconstructing DOOL: A well-rounded week showcased zaniness, drama and that Chabby reunion</a></p>
<p>Bonnie breaks Lucas's heart.</p>
<p>Brady breaks into Eric's room and makes a shocking discovery.</p>
<p>Chad and Sonny compare notes about the night of Deimos's murder.</p>
<p>Marlena wakes to find herself trapped.</p>
<p>Find <a type="internal">late-breaking Days of our Lives news</a>, and <a type="internal">who is coming and going at Days of our Lives</a>.</p>
<p>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/soapoperafan" type="external">Soaps.com on Twitter</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/SheKnowsDOOL" type="external">Days of our Lives on Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SheKnowsSoaps" type="external">Soaps.com on Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sheknowssoaps/" type="external">Soaps.com on Instagram</a>.</p>
<p>Photo credit: Jill Johnson/JPI</p>
<p>- Amy Mistretta/Christine Fix</p>
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"<p>Week of August 7:</p>
<p>Monday August 7:</p>
<p>Joey puts himself in harm’s way to save Kayla.</p>
<p>Brady interrogates Victor, who finally comes clean.</p>
<p>Gabi makes a difficult decision regarding Chad.</p>
<p>Sonny is stunned by Paul's news.</p>
<p>Tuesday August 8:</p>
<p>"Marlena" breaks up with John.</p>
<p>Anjelica lures Adrienne into a trap.</p>
<p>Brady's jealousy threatens to push him over the edge.</p>
<p>Nicole makes a risky move to be near Holly.</p>
<p>Wednesday August 9:</p>
<p>Hattie breaks Bonnie out of Statesville.</p>
<p>Steve and Kayla clash over the situation with Tripp and Joey.</p>
<p>Brady gets the wrong idea about Nicole and Eric.</p>
<p>Justin makes a confession to Sonny.</p>
<p>Thursday August 10:</p>
<p>More: <a type="internal">Days recap: Chad plays the martyr and turns himself in to the police</a></p>
<p>More: <a type="internal">Beloved, unforgettable soap characters who touch our hearts</a></p>
<p>Tripp secretly decides to skip town.</p>
<p>Anjelica meets with Bonnie for the first time and explains her first order of business.</p>
<p>Lani is put in a tough position at work.</p>
<p>Chad and Abigail's reunion takes a surprising turn.</p>
<p>Friday August 11:</p>
<p>More: <a type="internal">Deconstructing DOOL: A well-rounded week showcased zaniness, drama and that Chabby reunion</a></p>
<p>Bonnie breaks Lucas's heart.</p>
<p>Brady breaks into Eric's room and makes a shocking discovery.</p>
<p>Chad and Sonny compare notes about the night of Deimos's murder.</p>
<p>Marlena wakes to find herself trapped.</p>
<p>Find <a type="internal">late-breaking Days of our Lives news</a>, and <a type="internal">who is coming and going at Days of our Lives</a>.</p>
<p>Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/soapoperafan" type="external">Soaps.com on Twitter</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/SheKnowsDOOL" type="external">Days of our Lives on Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SheKnowsSoaps" type="external">Soaps.com on Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sheknowssoaps/" type="external">Soaps.com on Instagram</a>.</p>
<p>Photo credit: Jill Johnson/JPI</p>
<p>- Amy Mistretta/Christine Fix</p>"
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<p>Dear Lefties: It’s official! You are very special, according to science.</p>
<p>Throughout history, being left-handed has been viewed as a weakness or something to overcome. Heck, just 20 years ago, studies said that left-handed people <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2006231" type="external">die sooner</a> and were <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1349905/" type="external">prone to more accidents</a>. Why? It’s not your fault, lefties—you’re living in a world built for right-handed people!</p>
<p>Doors are made for the right hand. Simple household items like scissors and can openers are made for the right hand. Even writing can be more of a challenge for lefties.</p>
<p>But studies have revealed some interesting facts about left-handedness. And, it turns out, there are some serious perks to being a leftie—including a higher likelihood of excelling at sports and better problem-solving skills (take that, righties!). Read on for some fun facts about and great perks of being left-handed.</p> San Diego Padres v Arizona Diamondbacks by Darin Wallentine / Getty Images Sport 1. We Don’t Know Why Left-Handed People Exist
<p>In spite of a good deal of research over the years, there still isn’t a definitive answer as to why some humans are left-handed. It could be partly <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1839378" type="external">hereditary from the mother’s side</a> of the family tree. Another theory is that if there is more testosterone in the womb, there’s a greater chance the baby will be left-handed. In <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15513117" type="external">one study</a>, twins were twice as likely to be left-handed as compared to the rest of the world.</p> 2. We Don’t Know Exactly How Many Left-Handed People Are On Earth
<p>Various studies estimate that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/#!po=15.0000" type="external">between 5 and 26</a> percent of the population is left-handed. But those numbers vary depending on culture and region being studied.</p> Flickr | Dave Haygarth
<p>RELATED: Here are some more things you might not know about left-handed people:</p> 3. Lefties Are More Likely To Be Good At Sports
<p>About <a href="http://www.livescience.com/2665-baseball-rigged-lefties.html" type="external">25 percent of all MLB players are left-handed</a> (or “southpaws”). And baseball’s not the only sport that’s advantageous for lefties. Interactive sports like tennis <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/left-handed-personality-psychology_us_58331757e4b058ce7aac163a?" type="external">give lefties the upper hand</a>. In fact, one report showed a whopping <a href="http://randomlyresearched.com/left-handers-exist/" type="external">40 percent of top tennis players are left-handed</a>. Since left-handed athletes’ movements are different, opponents aren’t used to reacting to them. Athletes are built on routines, and when you disrupt their routine, it throws off their game.</p> 4. Left-Handedness Has Never Become Extinct
<p>Back in the day, left-handed students were forced to write with their right hands in an attempt to correct what was seen as a problem. Even with these questionable practices going on, the trait of left-handedness has not died. Instead of survival of the fittest, left-handedness is sort of a “survival of the unexpected.” For instance, in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/being-left-handed-health-impact/" type="external">primitive cultures</a>, 27 percent of people living in war-like regions were left-handed, compared to 3 percent in peaceful regions. Perhaps that’s because the right-handed fighters never saw the left hook coming.</p>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdkrebs/6812988091/" type="external">Flickr | Denise Krebs</a> 5. Left-Handers Are Better Problem Solvers
<p>Scientists believe lefties are better at <a href="http://randomlyresearched.com/left-handers-exist/" type="external">divergent thinking</a>, or coming up with multiple solutions to a problem. As a result, they are more likely than right-handed counterparts to pursue <a href="http://randomlyresearched.com/left-handers-exist/" type="external">careers in science, art and technology</a>. <a href="http://left-at-the-start.com/famous.html" type="external">Famous lefties</a> who made names for themselves in those fields include Marie Curie, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Pablo Picasso, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bill Gates, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Jean-Paul Gaultier—an impressive lineup!</p> amfAR Los Angeles 2017 - Arrivals by Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Entertainment 6. Left-Handedness Can Be Predicted Before Birth
<p>Doctors can tell if a baby is left-handed through ultrasound. Most babies, or 90 percent of them, move their right arm and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1775228" type="external">suck on their right thumb</a>in the womb. That other 10 percent? Future lefties!</p> Flickr | DebMomOf3 7. Lefties Are In Very Good Company
<p>While studies about whether left-handed people are officially “better” thinkers are inconclusive, there is anecdotal evidence that lefties are very smart. <a href="http://left-at-the-start.com/famous.html" type="external">Famous left-handed brainiacs</a> include Albert Einstein, President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, as mentioned above, and Neil Armstrong. Not bad company to keep!</p> 8. Most Left-Handed People Are Born In Late Spring To Early Summer
<p>One study showed that most lefties <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18387526" type="external">were born between March and July</a>. From this information, we can deduce that most lefties were conceived between June and October. As to what this indicates, well, researchers aren’t quite there yet—but it is an interesting finding nonetheless!</p> Above All: Pink by 31246066@N04 / Ian Sane
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"<p>Dear Lefties: It’s official! You are very special, according to science.</p>
<p>Throughout history, being left-handed has been viewed as a weakness or something to overcome. Heck, just 20 years ago, studies said that left-handed people <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2006231" type="external">die sooner</a> and were <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1349905/" type="external">prone to more accidents</a>. Why? It’s not your fault, lefties—you’re living in a world built for right-handed people!</p>
<p>Doors are made for the right hand. Simple household items like scissors and can openers are made for the right hand. Even writing can be more of a challenge for lefties.</p>
<p>But studies have revealed some interesting facts about left-handedness. And, it turns out, there are some serious perks to being a leftie—including a higher likelihood of excelling at sports and better problem-solving skills (take that, righties!). Read on for some fun facts about and great perks of being left-handed.</p> San Diego Padres v Arizona Diamondbacks by Darin Wallentine / Getty Images Sport 1. We Don’t Know Why Left-Handed People Exist
<p>In spite of a good deal of research over the years, there still isn’t a definitive answer as to why some humans are left-handed. It could be partly <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1839378" type="external">hereditary from the mother’s side</a> of the family tree. Another theory is that if there is more testosterone in the womb, there’s a greater chance the baby will be left-handed. In <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15513117" type="external">one study</a>, twins were twice as likely to be left-handed as compared to the rest of the world.</p> 2. We Don’t Know Exactly How Many Left-Handed People Are On Earth
<p>Various studies estimate that <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3258574/#!po=15.0000" type="external">between 5 and 26</a> percent of the population is left-handed. But those numbers vary depending on culture and region being studied.</p> Flickr | Dave Haygarth
<p>RELATED: Here are some more things you might not know about left-handed people:</p> 3. Lefties Are More Likely To Be Good At Sports
<p>About <a href="http://www.livescience.com/2665-baseball-rigged-lefties.html" type="external">25 percent of all MLB players are left-handed</a> (or “southpaws”). And baseball’s not the only sport that’s advantageous for lefties. Interactive sports like tennis <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/left-handed-personality-psychology_us_58331757e4b058ce7aac163a?" type="external">give lefties the upper hand</a>. In fact, one report showed a whopping <a href="http://randomlyresearched.com/left-handers-exist/" type="external">40 percent of top tennis players are left-handed</a>. Since left-handed athletes’ movements are different, opponents aren’t used to reacting to them. Athletes are built on routines, and when you disrupt their routine, it throws off their game.</p> 4. Left-Handedness Has Never Become Extinct
<p>Back in the day, left-handed students were forced to write with their right hands in an attempt to correct what was seen as a problem. Even with these questionable practices going on, the trait of left-handedness has not died. Instead of survival of the fittest, left-handedness is sort of a “survival of the unexpected.” For instance, in <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/health/being-left-handed-health-impact/" type="external">primitive cultures</a>, 27 percent of people living in war-like regions were left-handed, compared to 3 percent in peaceful regions. Perhaps that’s because the right-handed fighters never saw the left hook coming.</p>
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdkrebs/6812988091/" type="external">Flickr | Denise Krebs</a> 5. Left-Handers Are Better Problem Solvers
<p>Scientists believe lefties are better at <a href="http://randomlyresearched.com/left-handers-exist/" type="external">divergent thinking</a>, or coming up with multiple solutions to a problem. As a result, they are more likely than right-handed counterparts to pursue <a href="http://randomlyresearched.com/left-handers-exist/" type="external">careers in science, art and technology</a>. <a href="http://left-at-the-start.com/famous.html" type="external">Famous lefties</a> who made names for themselves in those fields include Marie Curie, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Pablo Picasso, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Bill Gates, Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman and Jean-Paul Gaultier—an impressive lineup!</p> amfAR Los Angeles 2017 - Arrivals by Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Entertainment 6. Left-Handedness Can Be Predicted Before Birth
<p>Doctors can tell if a baby is left-handed through ultrasound. Most babies, or 90 percent of them, move their right arm and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1775228" type="external">suck on their right thumb</a>in the womb. That other 10 percent? Future lefties!</p> Flickr | DebMomOf3 7. Lefties Are In Very Good Company
<p>While studies about whether left-handed people are officially “better” thinkers are inconclusive, there is anecdotal evidence that lefties are very smart. <a href="http://left-at-the-start.com/famous.html" type="external">Famous left-handed brainiacs</a> include Albert Einstein, President Barack Obama, Bill Gates, as mentioned above, and Neil Armstrong. Not bad company to keep!</p> 8. Most Left-Handed People Are Born In Late Spring To Early Summer
<p>One study showed that most lefties <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18387526" type="external">were born between March and July</a>. From this information, we can deduce that most lefties were conceived between June and October. As to what this indicates, well, researchers aren’t quite there yet—but it is an interesting finding nonetheless!</p> Above All: Pink by 31246066@N04 / Ian Sane"
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<p>Prerequisites (As Far As I’m Aware): Completion of <a type="internal">Making A Lord</a> (May have to talk to Mohawk groupie in slums)</p>
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<p>Talk to the old man again and this time he’ll complain about Captain Mohawk stealing his pickles. During the cutscene with the mayor, you are presented a choice to stop the old man, kill him, or do nothing. I choose to do nothing which led to the old man being banished. Go back to the East Slums. Fight Mohawk and he will flee. Return to the mayor for your reward.</p>
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<p>Obtain Quest: Talk to the hooded old man near the bridge again.</p>
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<p>The Business Council of Westchester will be honoring one of its own in November.</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton, a Chappaqua resident who ran unsuccessfully for president last year, will be presented the Westchester Global Leadership Laureate Award on Monday, Nov. 20 at the Business Council's annual fall dinner at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook.</p>
<p>“We are pleased to present Westchester’s own Hillary Rodham Clinton with this special award in recognition of her lifetime of achievement in New York, the nation, and the world,’’ said Marsha Gordon, President, and CEO of the Business Council of Westchester. “We are honored that she has agreed to accept the award in person and to speak at the dinner.’’</p>
<p>Previous speakers have included Cardinal Timothy Dolan, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft.</p>
<p>Clinton represented New York as senator from 2001 to 2009, resigning to become Secretary of State.</p>
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"<p>The Business Council of Westchester will be honoring one of its own in November.</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton, a Chappaqua resident who ran unsuccessfully for president last year, will be presented the Westchester Global Leadership Laureate Award on Monday, Nov. 20 at the Business Council's annual fall dinner at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook.</p>
<p>“We are pleased to present Westchester’s own Hillary Rodham Clinton with this special award in recognition of her lifetime of achievement in New York, the nation, and the world,’’ said Marsha Gordon, President, and CEO of the Business Council of Westchester. “We are honored that she has agreed to accept the award in person and to speak at the dinner.’’</p>
<p>Previous speakers have included Cardinal Timothy Dolan, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and 60 Minutes reporter Steve Kroft.</p>
<p>Clinton represented New York as senator from 2001 to 2009, resigning to become Secretary of State.</p>
<p><a href="" type="external">Click here</a> to sign up for Daily Voice's free daily emails and news alerts.</p>"
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<p>Dozens of students walked out of Vice President <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/mike-pence?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">Mike Pence</a>’s commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday.</p>
<p>One student sported a rainbow cape, while a number of others who walked out in protest bore rainbow flags on their graduation caps. Pence, a former governor of Indiana, has <a href="http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">a history of hostility</a> toward <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/04/mike-pence-led-anti-lgbt-backlash-trump?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">the LGBTQ community</a>.</p>
<p>In his remarks at the Indiana university, the vice president criticized what he called campus “safe spaces” and urged students not to suppress free speech.</p>
<p>“While this institution has maintained an atmosphere of civility and open debate, far too many campuses across America have become characterized by speech codes, safe spaces, tone policing, administration-sanctioned political correctness ― all of which amounts to the suppression of free speech,” he said. “These practices are destructive of learning and the pursuit of knowledge.”</p>
<p>Pence is not the only political speaker who’s received a mixed welcome at the university. In 2009, then-President Barack Obama faced protests <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051701622.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">over his support for abortion rights</a>, with some graduates choosing to skip the ceremony altogether.</p>
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"<p>Dozens of students walked out of Vice President <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/mike-pence?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">Mike Pence</a>’s commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame on Sunday.</p>
<p>One student sported a rainbow cape, while a number of others who walked out in protest bore rainbow flags on their graduation caps. Pence, a former governor of Indiana, has <a href="http://time.com/4406337/mike-pence-gay-rights-lgbt-religious-freedom/?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">a history of hostility</a> toward <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/04/mike-pence-led-anti-lgbt-backlash-trump?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">the LGBTQ community</a>.</p>
<p>In his remarks at the Indiana university, the vice president criticized what he called campus “safe spaces” and urged students not to suppress free speech.</p>
<p>“While this institution has maintained an atmosphere of civility and open debate, far too many campuses across America have become characterized by speech codes, safe spaces, tone policing, administration-sanctioned political correctness ― all of which amounts to the suppression of free speech,” he said. “These practices are destructive of learning and the pursuit of knowledge.”</p>
<p>Pence is not the only political speaker who’s received a mixed welcome at the university. In 2009, then-President Barack Obama faced protests <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051701622.html?ncid=edlinkushpmg00000313" type="external">over his support for abortion rights</a>, with some graduates choosing to skip the ceremony altogether.</p>"
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<p>This past weekend, Americans watched in shock as “alt-right” members, neo-Nazis and white nationalists descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia, attempting to spread their message of hate and intolerance. Clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters were numerous. One counter-protester, Heather Heyer, was killed when a man rammed his car into several counter-protesters. The man, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., was later charged with second-degree murder. Earlier that day, he was photographed displaying the symbols of a white nationalist group called Vanguard America, which later denied he was a member.</p>
<p>That weekend journalist Shaun King <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/897311005419728897" type="external">posted a video</a> of several men beating a 20-year-old man named Deandre Harris. King, who was attempting to confirm the identities of the men behind the beating, found that one of the men, Alex Michael Ramos, identifies as Latino. A group called the <a href="https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/897312316424835073" type="external">Atlanta Antifascists then tweeted</a> that Ramos was affiliated with the Atlanta chapter of the far-right organization Proud Boys and the far-right militia called the Georgia Security Force.</p> In a
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvBXKX-Q8K8" type="external">Facebook live video</a> that has since been deleted, Ramos claimed he wasn’t racist because he was Puerto Rican.
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<p>When a viewer asked why he marched with racists, Ramos said, “I stood by racist people but they weren’t racist to me.” Ramos’ assertion that his Puerto Rican roots meant he couldn’t be racist is a prime example of Latinos who are completely ignorant of their ability to perpetuate white supremacy.</p>
<p>Guess what? Latinos, both here and in Latin America, do and say plenty of things that promote anti-blackness — and most of the time we don’t even blink an eye when it happens. When it comes to discussing racism, we often subscribe to the black vs. white binary that we often see in the United States. If our views aren’t extreme, if we’re not a “full-blown racist,” then we’re completely absolved of perpetuating anti-blackness, right? Wrong. When we think like that, we tend to ignore the colorism — often subtle — that permeates through much of Latin America. It’s a difficult thing to confront, but if we don’t address it within our own community, we can’t expect it to magically resolve itself.</p>
<p>Pulitzer prize-winning Dominican-American author Junot Diaz <a href="http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2012/06/junot-diaz-on-oscar-waos-yunior-and-the-word-that-could-have-saved-him/" type="external">once said</a>, “White supremacy’s greatest trick is that it has convinced people that it exists always in other people, never in us.”</p>
<p>Don’t believe him?</p> Earlier this year, Carlos Hakas, the man who angrily knocked over an elotero’s cart in Los Angeles, exclaimed, “I’m not racist, I’m from Argentina!”
<a type="internal" /> In 2015, Univision entertainment reporter Rodner Figueroa compared Michelle Obama to a cast member of “Planet of The Apes.”
<p>When he was fired over the comments, Figueroa wrote an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/rodner-figueroa-carta-michelle-obama-disculpas_n_6857160.html" type="external">open letter</a> to Michelle Obama saying he isn’t racist because he comes from a bi-racial family.</p> What about last year, when Black Lives Matter was marching in the streets and you heard someone (maybe it was you) say, “Latinos need to fight for our causes, like immigration reform,” completely ignoring the fact that there are black Latinos?
<a type="internal" /> It doesn’t just happen in the U.S. The idea that anti-blackness is only a thing perpetuated by “white Americans” is what leads a Mexican sports newspaper to make jokes like this one, literally days after a person died in Charlottesville:
<q> <p>Meanwhile, in Mexican print media… ?? <a href="https://t.co/xwyW0QWfJc" type="external">pic.twitter.com/xwyW0QWfJc</a></p> <p>— Laura Martínez® (@miblogestublog) <a href="https://twitter.com/miblogestublog/status/898254762751209472" type="external">August 17, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>Yes, Real Madrid are nicknamed “Los Blancos,” but the joke is clearly rooted in the idea that “white supremacy” is a problem “over there” in the U.S. and not in Mexico, where they released a stamp <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8410111/ns/world_news-americas/t/us-mexican-stamp-fuels-racial-stereotypes/#.WZYRd3d96so" type="external">celebrating a cartoon character that is a racist stereotype</a>.</p> Last year, Trilce Ortiz listed eight (out of many) ways that Latinos perpetuate anti-blackness. 404 File not found this page does not exist. please check your URL or return to homepage
<p>Right now would be a good time for us to revisit that and not just stop there, but continue to educate ourselves on how we can make sure we’re not promoting white supremacy.</p> Recommend this story to a friend by clicking on the share button below.
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"<p>This past weekend, Americans watched in shock as “alt-right” members, neo-Nazis and white nationalists descended upon Charlottesville, Virginia, attempting to spread their message of hate and intolerance. Clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters were numerous. One counter-protester, Heather Heyer, was killed when a man rammed his car into several counter-protesters. The man, 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr., was later charged with second-degree murder. Earlier that day, he was photographed displaying the symbols of a white nationalist group called Vanguard America, which later denied he was a member.</p>
<p>That weekend journalist Shaun King <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/897311005419728897" type="external">posted a video</a> of several men beating a 20-year-old man named Deandre Harris. King, who was attempting to confirm the identities of the men behind the beating, found that one of the men, Alex Michael Ramos, identifies as Latino. A group called the <a href="https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/897312316424835073" type="external">Atlanta Antifascists then tweeted</a> that Ramos was affiliated with the Atlanta chapter of the far-right organization Proud Boys and the far-right militia called the Georgia Security Force.</p> In a
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvBXKX-Q8K8" type="external">Facebook live video</a> that has since been deleted, Ramos claimed he wasn’t racist because he was Puerto Rican.
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<p>When a viewer asked why he marched with racists, Ramos said, “I stood by racist people but they weren’t racist to me.” Ramos’ assertion that his Puerto Rican roots meant he couldn’t be racist is a prime example of Latinos who are completely ignorant of their ability to perpetuate white supremacy.</p>
<p>Guess what? Latinos, both here and in Latin America, do and say plenty of things that promote anti-blackness — and most of the time we don’t even blink an eye when it happens. When it comes to discussing racism, we often subscribe to the black vs. white binary that we often see in the United States. If our views aren’t extreme, if we’re not a “full-blown racist,” then we’re completely absolved of perpetuating anti-blackness, right? Wrong. When we think like that, we tend to ignore the colorism — often subtle — that permeates through much of Latin America. It’s a difficult thing to confront, but if we don’t address it within our own community, we can’t expect it to magically resolve itself.</p>
<p>Pulitzer prize-winning Dominican-American author Junot Diaz <a href="http://bookhaven.stanford.edu/2012/06/junot-diaz-on-oscar-waos-yunior-and-the-word-that-could-have-saved-him/" type="external">once said</a>, “White supremacy’s greatest trick is that it has convinced people that it exists always in other people, never in us.”</p>
<p>Don’t believe him?</p> Earlier this year, Carlos Hakas, the man who angrily knocked over an elotero’s cart in Los Angeles, exclaimed, “I’m not racist, I’m from Argentina!”
<a type="internal" /> In 2015, Univision entertainment reporter Rodner Figueroa compared Michelle Obama to a cast member of “Planet of The Apes.”
<p>When he was fired over the comments, Figueroa wrote an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/12/rodner-figueroa-carta-michelle-obama-disculpas_n_6857160.html" type="external">open letter</a> to Michelle Obama saying he isn’t racist because he comes from a bi-racial family.</p> What about last year, when Black Lives Matter was marching in the streets and you heard someone (maybe it was you) say, “Latinos need to fight for our causes, like immigration reform,” completely ignoring the fact that there are black Latinos?
<a type="internal" /> It doesn’t just happen in the U.S. The idea that anti-blackness is only a thing perpetuated by “white Americans” is what leads a Mexican sports newspaper to make jokes like this one, literally days after a person died in Charlottesville:
<q> <p>Meanwhile, in Mexican print media… ?? <a href="https://t.co/xwyW0QWfJc" type="external">pic.twitter.com/xwyW0QWfJc</a></p> <p>— Laura Martínez® (@miblogestublog) <a href="https://twitter.com/miblogestublog/status/898254762751209472" type="external">August 17, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>Yes, Real Madrid are nicknamed “Los Blancos,” but the joke is clearly rooted in the idea that “white supremacy” is a problem “over there” in the U.S. and not in Mexico, where they released a stamp <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8410111/ns/world_news-americas/t/us-mexican-stamp-fuels-racial-stereotypes/#.WZYRd3d96so" type="external">celebrating a cartoon character that is a racist stereotype</a>.</p> Last year, Trilce Ortiz listed eight (out of many) ways that Latinos perpetuate anti-blackness. 404 File not found this page does not exist. please check your URL or return to homepage
<p>Right now would be a good time for us to revisit that and not just stop there, but continue to educate ourselves on how we can make sure we’re not promoting white supremacy.</p> Recommend this story to a friend by clicking on the share button below."
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<a type="internal" /> General Issam Zahreddine in Deir Ezzor
<p>BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) – The battle for Al-Mayadeen proved to be a decisive victory for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies, as they were able to successfully uproot the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) from this large city in the Deir Ezzor Governorate.</p>
<p>For ISIS, their defeat at Al-Mayadeen could not come at a worse time, as their battlefield woes in Al-Raqqa and central Syria have handicapped their remaining forces inside the country.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Syrian news channels posted several videos showing the aftermath of the Al-Mayadeen battle and the recently liberated areas surrounding the city.</p>
<p>The footage showed scores of dead ISIS terrorists and a large number of armored vehicles that were destroyed by the Syrian Arab Army during their one week long offensive.</p>
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<p>With Al-Mayadeen liberated, the Syrian Army will now turn their attention to the provincial capital and Al-‘Umar Oil Fields in order to expel the Islamic Sate from more areas in Syria.</p>
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<p>BEIRUT, LEBANON (4:50 P.M.) – The battle for Al-Mayadeen proved to be a decisive victory for the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and their allies, as they were able to successfully uproot the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) from this large city in the Deir Ezzor Governorate.</p>
<p>For ISIS, their defeat at Al-Mayadeen could not come at a worse time, as their battlefield woes in Al-Raqqa and central Syria have handicapped their remaining forces inside the country.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Syrian news channels posted several videos showing the aftermath of the Al-Mayadeen battle and the recently liberated areas surrounding the city.</p>
<p>The footage showed scores of dead ISIS terrorists and a large number of armored vehicles that were destroyed by the Syrian Arab Army during their one week long offensive.</p>
<p>Gone.</p>
<p>With Al-Mayadeen liberated, the Syrian Army will now turn their attention to the provincial capital and Al-‘Umar Oil Fields in order to expel the Islamic Sate from more areas in Syria.</p>"
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<p>Following a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting/722191001/" type="external">deadly shooting in Las Vegas</a> that has left more than 50 people dead and over 200 injured, celebrities are taking to social media to express their grief.</p>
<p>Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15 after receiving reports of an active shooter at the Route 91 Harvest festival, near the Mandalay Bay Casino at about 10:10 p.m. local time.</p>
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<p>Sheriff Joe Lombardo of Las Vegas Police confirmed at a news conference that the shooter had fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay. He said officers responded and the suspect was dead.</p>
<p>Jason Aldean was performing as the shooting began. On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvRZnogBrI/?taken-by=jasonaldean" type="external">Instagram</a>, he said he his crew members were safe and that he was "heartbroken." "Tonight has been beyond horrific," he captioned a picture of the city.</p>
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<p>Jake Owen, who was slated to perform ahead of Aldean Sunday called the event "unimaginable." "Please pray," he <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeowen/status/914743812026654720" type="external">tweeted</a>.</p>
<q> <p>Praying for everyone here in Vegas. I witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. We are okay. Others arent. Please pray.</p>— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeowen/status/914743812026654720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Chris Young tweeted that he clung to "the floor of a trailer behind the stage" and later added that he felt "lucky to be alive."</p>
<q> <p>Spent I don't know how long on the floor of a trailer behind the stage... know multiple people are dead. Listening to that gunfire...</p>— ChrisYoungMusic (@ChrisYoungMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisYoungMusic/status/914752006555713538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>I'm not gonna say anything else other than I'm lucky to be alive. As are many others... and so many people are gone... this is heartbreaking</p>— ChrisYoungMusic (@ChrisYoungMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisYoungMusic/status/914787379197571072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Little Big Town performed at the same festival a year ago, and tweeted out their prayers.</p>
<q> <p>One year ago we played Route 91 on Sunday night. Our prayers are with all the first responders, artists, crew and mostly the country fans. <a href="https://t.co/CTGg7Qm6MJ" type="external">pic.twitter.com/CTGg7Qm6MJ</a></p>— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) <a href="https://twitter.com/littlebigtown/status/914858899274190850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Brad Paisley dedicated his prayers to those at the festival and <a href="https://twitter.com/BradPaisley/status/914763170656477186" type="external">tweeted</a>, "There are no words right now that suffice."</p>
<q> <p>Praying for everyone at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarvestFestival?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#HarvestFestival</a>. There are no words right now that suffice.</p>— Brad Paisley (@BradPaisley) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradPaisley/status/914763170656477186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Miranda Lambert <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/914787268128382976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2F2017%2F10%2F02%2Fjason-aldean-route-91-harvest-festival-country-music-las-vegas-shootng%2F722220001%2F" type="external">said</a> her heart had been broken.</p>
<p>Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum <a href="https://twitter.com/charleskelleyla/status/914764333632061440" type="external">tweeted</a> that he was, "Praying 4 everyone in the country community &amp; everyone at the scene.</p>
<q> <p>My heart is sick over the news in Las Vegas. Praying 4 everyone in the country community &amp; everyone at the scene.</p>— Charles Kelley (@charleskelleyla) <a href="https://twitter.com/charleskelleyla/status/914764333632061440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Kelsea Ballerini <a href="https://twitter.com/KelseaBallerini/status/914803444086697984" type="external">thought</a> of "the fans who came to sing and dance and be free and happy."</p>
<q> <p>Just sad. And so sorry for the fans who came to sing and dance and be free and happy. thinking of everyone there &amp; my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_Aldean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Jason_Aldean</a>.</p>— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) <a href="https://twitter.com/KelseaBallerini/status/914803444086697984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Those outside of the country community were also in mourning. Celine Dion, who has a residency at Caesars Palace, <a href="https://twitter.com/celinedion/status/914779624491638784" type="external">said</a> that she was "Praying for all the innocent victims and their families."</p>
<q> <p>Praying for all the innocent victims and their families in Las Vegas - Céline xx... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#LasVegas</a></p>— Celine Dion (@celinedion) <a href="https://twitter.com/celinedion/status/914779624491638784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Mariah Carey offered her thoughts to those affected. "Praying for everyone's safety," she <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/914757558258294784" type="external">tweeted</a>.</p>
<q> <p>Horrified to hear about the shooting in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#LasVegas</a>. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone's safety 🙏💔</p>— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/914757558258294784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Trey Songz, who <a href="https://twitter.com/TreySongz/status/914788134100942848" type="external">tweeted</a> he was in Vegas at the time of this incident, offered his prayers and shared that he and his team were safe.</p>
<q> <p>Don't even know what to say. To be in Vegas while this is happening, brings a pain to my heart. My team and I are safe Thank God! Prayers up</p>— Trey Songz (@TreySongz) <a href="https://twitter.com/TreySongz/status/914788134100942848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Ne-Yo, who is from Las Vegas, <a href="https://twitter.com/NeYoCompound/status/914755836991250432" type="external">called the news "crazy"</a> and hoped people could "stay safe."</p>
<q> <p>Hearing crazy news coming out of my hometown... Las Vegas, please, stay safe.</p>— NE-YO (@NeYoCompound) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeYoCompound/status/914755836991250432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Kendra Wilkinson, a co-host of a show at Paris Las Vegas, <a href="https://twitter.com/KendraWilkinson/status/914734418656296960" type="external">said</a> she was "absolutely sick to my stomach."</p>
<q> <p>No words, just absolutely sick to my stomach.... Vegas be safe. Prayers to victims. 😔</p>— Kendra Wilkinson (@KendraWilkinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KendraWilkinson/status/914734418656296960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>A befuddled Paris Hilton <a href="https://twitter.com/ParisHilton/status/914756922351304704" type="external">asked</a>, "What is our world coming to?!"</p>
<q> <p>I can't believe what just happened in Las Vegas! What is our world coming to?! 😭 My prayers go out to the victims &amp; their families. 🙏</p>— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParisHilton/status/914756922351304704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Ruby Rose expressed her deepest condolences. "I'm so sorry for what is happening right now," she <a href="https://twitter.com/RubyRose/status/914752719402835968" type="external">tweeted</a>. "It is horrific just to see the videos.. I can't imagine what you are feeling."</p>
<q> <p>Vegas keep safe. I'm so sorry for what is happening right now. It is horrific just to see the videos.. I can't imagine what you are feeling.</p>— Ruby Rose (@RubyRose) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubyRose/status/914752719402835968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Sam Smith <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/914808672349491202" type="external">described the scene as "horrifying,"</a> adding his "heart and soul is with all the victims &amp; their families and friends."</p>
<q> <p>Horrifying scenes in Las Vegas. My heart and soul is with all the victims &amp; their families and friends. Everybody please stay safe.</p>— Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/914808672349491202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>With tears in his eyes, DJ Steve Aoki told viewers <a href="https://twitter.com/steveaoki/status/914773737743966209/video/1" type="external">in a video</a> with a Henderson, Nev. geotag to "check on each other" and "stay indoors."</p>
<p>Khloé Kardashian <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/914818225153683456" type="external">exlaimed</a>, "Things have got to change!"</p>
<q> <p>This is heartbreaking to learn about! Things have got to change! 🙏🏽</p>— Khloé (@khloekardashian) <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/914818225153683456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Mandy Moore <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore/status/914811775119278080" type="external">called</a> the news "devastating."</p>
<q> <p>Las Vegas. No words.💔 Victims and their families are in our thoughts and prayers. This is absolutely horrific and devastating.</p>— Mandy Moore (@TheMandyMoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore/status/914811775119278080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Actress Holly Marie Combs took a stand against automatic weapons, <a href="https://twitter.com/H_Combs/status/914746618024300545" type="external">writing</a>, "My only thought is that amount of rounds in automatic rifle should not be available or made or allowed."</p>
<q> <p>I am at a loss watching Las Vegas. My only thought is that amount of rounds in automatic rifle should not be available or made or allowed.</p>— Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) <a href="https://twitter.com/H_Combs/status/914746618024300545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Assault rifles were on Sheryl Crow's mind. "Can we discuss the loss of rights of people going to a concert because of the lack of assault rifle regulations?" she <a href="https://twitter.com/SherylCrow/status/914819894021120001" type="external">tweeted</a>.</p>
<q> <p>Can we discuss the loss of rights of people going to a concert because of the lack of assault rifle regulations?</p>— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/SherylCrow/status/914819894021120001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Chloë Grace Moretz <a href="http://xn--chlo%20grace%20moretz-n6b/" type="external">called</a> the Las Vegas police members who responded "true (heroes)."</p>
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"<p>Following a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/10/02/las-vegas-shooting/722191001/" type="external">deadly shooting in Las Vegas</a> that has left more than 50 people dead and over 200 injured, celebrities are taking to social media to express their grief.</p>
<p>Authorities shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip and Interstate 15 after receiving reports of an active shooter at the Route 91 Harvest festival, near the Mandalay Bay Casino at about 10:10 p.m. local time.</p>
<a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/nation-world/507-588309295" type="external" />
<p>Sheriff Joe Lombardo of Las Vegas Police confirmed at a news conference that the shooter had fired from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay. He said officers responded and the suspect was dead.</p>
<p>Jason Aldean was performing as the shooting began. On <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZvRZnogBrI/?taken-by=jasonaldean" type="external">Instagram</a>, he said he his crew members were safe and that he was "heartbroken." "Tonight has been beyond horrific," he captioned a picture of the city.</p>
<p>A post shared by Jason Aldean (@jasonaldean) on</p>
<p>Jake Owen, who was slated to perform ahead of Aldean Sunday called the event "unimaginable." "Please pray," he <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeowen/status/914743812026654720" type="external">tweeted</a>.</p>
<q> <p>Praying for everyone here in Vegas. I witnessed the most unimaginable event tonight. We are okay. Others arent. Please pray.</p>— Jake Owen (@jakeowen) <a href="https://twitter.com/jakeowen/status/914743812026654720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Chris Young tweeted that he clung to "the floor of a trailer behind the stage" and later added that he felt "lucky to be alive."</p>
<q> <p>Spent I don't know how long on the floor of a trailer behind the stage... know multiple people are dead. Listening to that gunfire...</p>— ChrisYoungMusic (@ChrisYoungMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisYoungMusic/status/914752006555713538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>I'm not gonna say anything else other than I'm lucky to be alive. As are many others... and so many people are gone... this is heartbreaking</p>— ChrisYoungMusic (@ChrisYoungMusic) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisYoungMusic/status/914787379197571072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Little Big Town performed at the same festival a year ago, and tweeted out their prayers.</p>
<q> <p>One year ago we played Route 91 on Sunday night. Our prayers are with all the first responders, artists, crew and mostly the country fans. <a href="https://t.co/CTGg7Qm6MJ" type="external">pic.twitter.com/CTGg7Qm6MJ</a></p>— Little Big Town (@littlebigtown) <a href="https://twitter.com/littlebigtown/status/914858899274190850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Brad Paisley dedicated his prayers to those at the festival and <a href="https://twitter.com/BradPaisley/status/914763170656477186" type="external">tweeted</a>, "There are no words right now that suffice."</p>
<q> <p>Praying for everyone at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarvestFestival?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#HarvestFestival</a>. There are no words right now that suffice.</p>— Brad Paisley (@BradPaisley) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradPaisley/status/914763170656477186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Miranda Lambert <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandalambert/status/914787268128382976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennessean.com%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2F2017%2F10%2F02%2Fjason-aldean-route-91-harvest-festival-country-music-las-vegas-shootng%2F722220001%2F" type="external">said</a> her heart had been broken.</p>
<p>Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum <a href="https://twitter.com/charleskelleyla/status/914764333632061440" type="external">tweeted</a> that he was, "Praying 4 everyone in the country community &amp; everyone at the scene.</p>
<q> <p>My heart is sick over the news in Las Vegas. Praying 4 everyone in the country community &amp; everyone at the scene.</p>— Charles Kelley (@charleskelleyla) <a href="https://twitter.com/charleskelleyla/status/914764333632061440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Kelsea Ballerini <a href="https://twitter.com/KelseaBallerini/status/914803444086697984" type="external">thought</a> of "the fans who came to sing and dance and be free and happy."</p>
<q> <p>Just sad. And so sorry for the fans who came to sing and dance and be free and happy. thinking of everyone there &amp; my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/Jason_Aldean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Jason_Aldean</a>.</p>— Kelsea Ballerini (@KelseaBallerini) <a href="https://twitter.com/KelseaBallerini/status/914803444086697984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Those outside of the country community were also in mourning. Celine Dion, who has a residency at Caesars Palace, <a href="https://twitter.com/celinedion/status/914779624491638784" type="external">said</a> that she was "Praying for all the innocent victims and their families."</p>
<q> <p>Praying for all the innocent victims and their families in Las Vegas - Céline xx... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#LasVegas</a></p>— Celine Dion (@celinedion) <a href="https://twitter.com/celinedion/status/914779624491638784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Mariah Carey offered her thoughts to those affected. "Praying for everyone's safety," she <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/914757558258294784" type="external">tweeted</a>.</p>
<q> <p>Horrified to hear about the shooting in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">#LasVegas</a>. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone's safety 🙏💔</p>— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/914757558258294784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Trey Songz, who <a href="https://twitter.com/TreySongz/status/914788134100942848" type="external">tweeted</a> he was in Vegas at the time of this incident, offered his prayers and shared that he and his team were safe.</p>
<q> <p>Don't even know what to say. To be in Vegas while this is happening, brings a pain to my heart. My team and I are safe Thank God! Prayers up</p>— Trey Songz (@TreySongz) <a href="https://twitter.com/TreySongz/status/914788134100942848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Ne-Yo, who is from Las Vegas, <a href="https://twitter.com/NeYoCompound/status/914755836991250432" type="external">called the news "crazy"</a> and hoped people could "stay safe."</p>
<q> <p>Hearing crazy news coming out of my hometown... Las Vegas, please, stay safe.</p>— NE-YO (@NeYoCompound) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeYoCompound/status/914755836991250432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Kendra Wilkinson, a co-host of a show at Paris Las Vegas, <a href="https://twitter.com/KendraWilkinson/status/914734418656296960" type="external">said</a> she was "absolutely sick to my stomach."</p>
<q> <p>No words, just absolutely sick to my stomach.... Vegas be safe. Prayers to victims. 😔</p>— Kendra Wilkinson (@KendraWilkinson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KendraWilkinson/status/914734418656296960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>A befuddled Paris Hilton <a href="https://twitter.com/ParisHilton/status/914756922351304704" type="external">asked</a>, "What is our world coming to?!"</p>
<q> <p>I can't believe what just happened in Las Vegas! What is our world coming to?! 😭 My prayers go out to the victims &amp; their families. 🙏</p>— Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton) <a href="https://twitter.com/ParisHilton/status/914756922351304704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Ruby Rose expressed her deepest condolences. "I'm so sorry for what is happening right now," she <a href="https://twitter.com/RubyRose/status/914752719402835968" type="external">tweeted</a>. "It is horrific just to see the videos.. I can't imagine what you are feeling."</p>
<q> <p>Vegas keep safe. I'm so sorry for what is happening right now. It is horrific just to see the videos.. I can't imagine what you are feeling.</p>— Ruby Rose (@RubyRose) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubyRose/status/914752719402835968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Sam Smith <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/914808672349491202" type="external">described the scene as "horrifying,"</a> adding his "heart and soul is with all the victims &amp; their families and friends."</p>
<q> <p>Horrifying scenes in Las Vegas. My heart and soul is with all the victims &amp; their families and friends. Everybody please stay safe.</p>— Sam Smith (@samsmithworld) <a href="https://twitter.com/samsmithworld/status/914808672349491202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>With tears in his eyes, DJ Steve Aoki told viewers <a href="https://twitter.com/steveaoki/status/914773737743966209/video/1" type="external">in a video</a> with a Henderson, Nev. geotag to "check on each other" and "stay indoors."</p>
<p>Khloé Kardashian <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/914818225153683456" type="external">exlaimed</a>, "Things have got to change!"</p>
<q> <p>This is heartbreaking to learn about! Things have got to change! 🙏🏽</p>— Khloé (@khloekardashian) <a href="https://twitter.com/khloekardashian/status/914818225153683456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Mandy Moore <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore/status/914811775119278080" type="external">called</a> the news "devastating."</p>
<q> <p>Las Vegas. No words.💔 Victims and their families are in our thoughts and prayers. This is absolutely horrific and devastating.</p>— Mandy Moore (@TheMandyMoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMandyMoore/status/914811775119278080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Actress Holly Marie Combs took a stand against automatic weapons, <a href="https://twitter.com/H_Combs/status/914746618024300545" type="external">writing</a>, "My only thought is that amount of rounds in automatic rifle should not be available or made or allowed."</p>
<q> <p>I am at a loss watching Las Vegas. My only thought is that amount of rounds in automatic rifle should not be available or made or allowed.</p>— Holly Marie Combs (@H_Combs) <a href="https://twitter.com/H_Combs/status/914746618024300545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Assault rifles were on Sheryl Crow's mind. "Can we discuss the loss of rights of people going to a concert because of the lack of assault rifle regulations?" she <a href="https://twitter.com/SherylCrow/status/914819894021120001" type="external">tweeted</a>.</p>
<q> <p>Can we discuss the loss of rights of people going to a concert because of the lack of assault rifle regulations?</p>— Sheryl Crow (@SherylCrow) <a href="https://twitter.com/SherylCrow/status/914819894021120001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">October 2, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Chloë Grace Moretz <a href="http://xn--chlo%20grace%20moretz-n6b/" type="external">called</a> the Las Vegas police members who responded "true (heroes)."</p>
<p>A post shared by Chloe Grace Moretz (@chloegmoretz) on</p>"
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<p>The Queen has sent a message of condolence to the President of the United States of America following a shooting on Sunday evening in which at least 58 people were killed, and over 500 others were injured.</p>
<p>In a statement, The Queen said: “Prince Philip and I were saddened to learn of the terrible attack in Las Vegas. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the families and those who have been injured.”</p>
<p>The incident, which is now the worst mass shooting in recent American history, happened on Sunday evening and is said to have been perpetrated by a 64-year-old man named as Stephen Paddock.</p>
<p>Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards a festival which was being attended by 22,000 people.</p>
<p>It is not known what the motive for the attack was. However, investigators have said that there is no evidence the 64-year-old was linked to any international terrorist group.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump described the attack as “pure evil” and praised the emergency services saying that their speed saved lives. It is understood Mr Trump will be visiting Las Vegas later this week.</p>
<p>This is a developing story. More information will be added to this page as it becomes available.</p>
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"<p>The Queen has sent a message of condolence to the President of the United States of America following a shooting on Sunday evening in which at least 58 people were killed, and over 500 others were injured.</p>
<p>In a statement, The Queen said: “Prince Philip and I were saddened to learn of the terrible attack in Las Vegas. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and the families and those who have been injured.”</p>
<p>The incident, which is now the worst mass shooting in recent American history, happened on Sunday evening and is said to have been perpetrated by a 64-year-old man named as Stephen Paddock.</p>
<p>Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards a festival which was being attended by 22,000 people.</p>
<p>It is not known what the motive for the attack was. However, investigators have said that there is no evidence the 64-year-old was linked to any international terrorist group.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump described the attack as “pure evil” and praised the emergency services saying that their speed saved lives. It is understood Mr Trump will be visiting Las Vegas later this week.</p>
<p>This is a developing story. More information will be added to this page as it becomes available.</p>
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<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence agencies provided advanced warning to Russia about a major terrorist plot in St. Petersburg, allowing Moscow to thwart an attack that could have killed “large numbers of people,” the White House said on Sunday.</p>
<p>“President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called President Donald J. Trump today to thank him for the advanced warning the United States intelligence agencies provided to Russia concerning a major terror plot in Saint Petersburg, Russia,” the White House said in a statement.</p>
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<p>“President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called President Donald J. Trump today to thank him for the advanced warning the United States intelligence agencies provided to Russia concerning a major terror plot in Saint Petersburg, Russia,” the White House said in a statement.</p>"
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<p>A Michigan woman who sacrificed the chance to prolong her own life so she could give birth has died.</p>
<p>Nick DeKlyen told the Associated Press that his wife, Carrie DeKlyen, died Saturday morning surrounded by family.</p>
<p>"I'll see you in Heaven," was among the last things Nick DeKlyen said to his wife.</p>
<p>Doctors removed Carrie DeKlyen's feeding and breathing tubes on Thursday after she gave birth to the couple's sixth child, Life Lynn DeKlyen. The little girl was born prematurely and weighs 1 pound, four ounces, but is doing well.</p> In this photo provided by Sonya Nelson Life Lynn DeKlyen lies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2017. Life Lynn's mother, Carrie DeKlyen sacrificed the chance to prolong her life to give birth to her sixth child. Doctors removed Carrie's feeding and breathing tubes on Thursday, Sept. 7 a day after Life Lynn, was born at the University of Michigan Hospital. DeKlyen chose to forgo clinical trials and chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer, since it would have meant ending her pregnancy. Their daughter was born prematurely, at 24 weeks and five days into the pregnancy and weighing 1 pound, four ounces. (Nick DeKlyen/Courtesy of Sonya Nelson via AP)
<p>Carrie DeKlyen chose to forgo chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer so she could give birth to her daughter.</p>
<p>"Me and my wife, we are people of faith," Nick DeKlyen <a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/09/carrie-deklyen-cancer-life-michigan/649403001/" type="external">told the Detroit Free Press</a>. "We love the Lord with everything in us. We talked about it, prayed about it."</p>
<p>The couple from the western Michigan city of Wyoming was married for 17 years.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>
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"<p>A Michigan woman who sacrificed the chance to prolong her own life so she could give birth has died.</p>
<p>Nick DeKlyen told the Associated Press that his wife, Carrie DeKlyen, died Saturday morning surrounded by family.</p>
<p>"I'll see you in Heaven," was among the last things Nick DeKlyen said to his wife.</p>
<p>Doctors removed Carrie DeKlyen's feeding and breathing tubes on Thursday after she gave birth to the couple's sixth child, Life Lynn DeKlyen. The little girl was born prematurely and weighs 1 pound, four ounces, but is doing well.</p> In this photo provided by Sonya Nelson Life Lynn DeKlyen lies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 8, 2017. Life Lynn's mother, Carrie DeKlyen sacrificed the chance to prolong her life to give birth to her sixth child. Doctors removed Carrie's feeding and breathing tubes on Thursday, Sept. 7 a day after Life Lynn, was born at the University of Michigan Hospital. DeKlyen chose to forgo clinical trials and chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer, since it would have meant ending her pregnancy. Their daughter was born prematurely, at 24 weeks and five days into the pregnancy and weighing 1 pound, four ounces. (Nick DeKlyen/Courtesy of Sonya Nelson via AP)
<p>Carrie DeKlyen chose to forgo chemotherapy to treat her brain cancer so she could give birth to her daughter.</p>
<p>"Me and my wife, we are people of faith," Nick DeKlyen <a href="http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/09/09/carrie-deklyen-cancer-life-michigan/649403001/" type="external">told the Detroit Free Press</a>. "We love the Lord with everything in us. We talked about it, prayed about it."</p>
<p>The couple from the western Michigan city of Wyoming was married for 17 years.</p>
<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</p>"
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<p>Major League Baseball, the sport of Jackie Robinson and long ago a touchstone of civil rights, saw its first athlete join the movement started by Colin Kaepernick and inflamed this weekend by President Trump.</p>
<p>Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell, who hinted at such an action earlier in the day, knelt during the national anthem before Saturday night's game against the Texas Rangers.</p>
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<q> <p>From the <a href="https://twitter.com/sfchronicle" type="external">@sfchronicle</a>’s Santiago Mejia, here is A’s rookie Bruce Maxwell becoming the first MLB player to take a knee for the anthem: <a href="https://t.co/q8QVY9hW15" type="external">pic.twitter.com/q8QVY9hW15</a></p>— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) <a href="https://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/911758896162729984" type="external">September 24, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Maxwell, a 26-year-old catcher from Alabama, composed several tweets Saturday in the wake of President Trump's comments Friday night to "fire the sons of (expletives)" in the NFL who kneeled for the anthem. Kaepernick's protest was conceived in the wake of social injustices and the shooting of unarmed African Americans by law enforcement.</p>
<p>Maxwell's tweets Saturday made it clear that Trump's verbiage took the movement to another level: "This now has gone from just a BlackLives Matter topic to just complete inequality of any man or woman that wants to stand for Their rights!"</p>
<q> <p>This now has gone from just a BlackLives Matter topic to just complete inequality of any man or woman that wants to stand for Their rights!</p>— Bruce T Maxwell (@bruu_truu13) <a href="https://twitter.com/bruu_truu13/status/911677471422005249" type="external">September 23, 2017</a> </q>
<p>In a profane Instagram post, he implored <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZZRDkXF1Y2/?taken-by=bruce_maxwell" type="external">"every single NFL player"</a> to kneel on Sunday, and then he followed up his words with actions before Saturday night's game in Oakland, kneeling in the dirt in front of the A's dugout at the Coliseum.</p>
<p>There was immediate support from his organization. Teammate Mark Canha kept a hand on Maxwell's shoulder as he engaged in his protest as the anthem played, and wrapped him in a hug once it concluded. And the A's sent out a message of support moments after the protest.</p>
<p>Maxwell has played in 104 career games and has a lifetime .256 batting average. He entered the season as the A's 10th-best prospect, according to Baseball America.</p>
<p>Maxwell, like Kaepernick an African American of mixed race, was born in Germany while his father was stationed there in the Army.</p>
<p>He was raised in Alabama, site of Trump's Friday night speech during which the president blasted NFL players for kneeling during the anthem and also bemoaned what he seemed to consider an overriding concern within the league for brain injuries.</p>
<p>Saturday morning, Trump took umbrage at Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry's reluctance to visit the White House and rescinded any invitation.</p>
<p>Trump's speech and morning-after tweets aroused a sports world that had largely let Kaepernick - currently without an NFL job - kneel alone since his protest began in August 2016.</p>
<p>As NFL players geared up for what may be a significant day of protest before Sunday's games, and NBA players blasted the president on social media as well, Maxwell's Twitter and Instagram feeds went beyond his usual penchant for Alabama Crimson Tide football.</p>
<p>A post shared by bruce_maxwell (@bruce_maxwell) on</p>
<p>But until he took a knee before Saturday's game, baseball did not yet have a player join in anthem protests that started with Kaepernick and continued through various NFL players and even to U.S. women's national soccer team star Megan Rapinoe.</p>
<p>The NFL and NBA are both majority African American leagues. Major League Baseball's decline in African American participation has been well-documented and this year, just 7.1% of players on opening-day rosters were black, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/" type="external">according to a USA TODAY Sports analysis</a>.</p>
<p>That's the lowest percentage since 1958. In September 2016, shortly after Kaepernick's protests began, Baltimore Orioles All-Star outfielder Adam Jones <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/" type="external">told USA TODAY Sports</a>that a similar protest in MLB was unlikely because African-American players "already have two strikes against us, so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us.</p>
<p>“Baseball is a white man’s sport.’’</p>
<p>Saturday night, Maxwell took that risk, inspired to act by what he saw around him and unafraid of any consequences.</p>
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"<p>Major League Baseball, the sport of Jackie Robinson and long ago a touchstone of civil rights, saw its first athlete join the movement started by Colin Kaepernick and inflamed this weekend by President Trump.</p>
<p>Oakland Athletics catcher Bruce Maxwell, who hinted at such an action earlier in the day, knelt during the national anthem before Saturday night's game against the Texas Rangers.</p>
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<q> <p>From the <a href="https://twitter.com/sfchronicle" type="external">@sfchronicle</a>’s Santiago Mejia, here is A’s rookie Bruce Maxwell becoming the first MLB player to take a knee for the anthem: <a href="https://t.co/q8QVY9hW15" type="external">pic.twitter.com/q8QVY9hW15</a></p>— Susan Slusser (@susanslusser) <a href="https://twitter.com/susanslusser/status/911758896162729984" type="external">September 24, 2017</a> </q>
<p>Maxwell, a 26-year-old catcher from Alabama, composed several tweets Saturday in the wake of President Trump's comments Friday night to "fire the sons of (expletives)" in the NFL who kneeled for the anthem. Kaepernick's protest was conceived in the wake of social injustices and the shooting of unarmed African Americans by law enforcement.</p>
<p>Maxwell's tweets Saturday made it clear that Trump's verbiage took the movement to another level: "This now has gone from just a BlackLives Matter topic to just complete inequality of any man or woman that wants to stand for Their rights!"</p>
<q> <p>This now has gone from just a BlackLives Matter topic to just complete inequality of any man or woman that wants to stand for Their rights!</p>— Bruce T Maxwell (@bruu_truu13) <a href="https://twitter.com/bruu_truu13/status/911677471422005249" type="external">September 23, 2017</a> </q>
<p>In a profane Instagram post, he implored <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BZZRDkXF1Y2/?taken-by=bruce_maxwell" type="external">"every single NFL player"</a> to kneel on Sunday, and then he followed up his words with actions before Saturday night's game in Oakland, kneeling in the dirt in front of the A's dugout at the Coliseum.</p>
<p>There was immediate support from his organization. Teammate Mark Canha kept a hand on Maxwell's shoulder as he engaged in his protest as the anthem played, and wrapped him in a hug once it concluded. And the A's sent out a message of support moments after the protest.</p>
<p>Maxwell has played in 104 career games and has a lifetime .256 batting average. He entered the season as the A's 10th-best prospect, according to Baseball America.</p>
<p>Maxwell, like Kaepernick an African American of mixed race, was born in Germany while his father was stationed there in the Army.</p>
<p>He was raised in Alabama, site of Trump's Friday night speech during which the president blasted NFL players for kneeling during the anthem and also bemoaned what he seemed to consider an overriding concern within the league for brain injuries.</p>
<p>Saturday morning, Trump took umbrage at Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry's reluctance to visit the White House and rescinded any invitation.</p>
<p>Trump's speech and morning-after tweets aroused a sports world that had largely let Kaepernick - currently without an NFL job - kneel alone since his protest began in August 2016.</p>
<p>As NFL players geared up for what may be a significant day of protest before Sunday's games, and NBA players blasted the president on social media as well, Maxwell's Twitter and Instagram feeds went beyond his usual penchant for Alabama Crimson Tide football.</p>
<p>A post shared by bruce_maxwell (@bruce_maxwell) on</p>
<p>But until he took a knee before Saturday's game, baseball did not yet have a player join in anthem protests that started with Kaepernick and continued through various NFL players and even to U.S. women's national soccer team star Megan Rapinoe.</p>
<p>The NFL and NBA are both majority African American leagues. Major League Baseball's decline in African American participation has been well-documented and this year, just 7.1% of players on opening-day rosters were black, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/" type="external">according to a USA TODAY Sports analysis</a>.</p>
<p>That's the lowest percentage since 1958. In September 2016, shortly after Kaepernick's protests began, Baltimore Orioles All-Star outfielder Adam Jones <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2016/09/12/adam-jones-orioles-colin-kaepernick-white-mans-sport/90260326/" type="external">told USA TODAY Sports</a>that a similar protest in MLB was unlikely because African-American players "already have two strikes against us, so you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can’t kick them out. You need those players. In baseball, they don’t need us.</p>
<p>“Baseball is a white man’s sport.’’</p>
<p>Saturday night, Maxwell took that risk, inspired to act by what he saw around him and unafraid of any consequences.</p>"
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<p>President Trump fired back at North Korea’s taunt, claiming that his nuclear button is bigger and better than Kim Jong Un’s. The administration also cut aid to Pakistan, citing its protection of terrorists, and Trump took aim at former White House strategist Steve Bannon, after the release of a bombshell book.</p>
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<p>So there is <a type="internal">a new meme going around on Twitter,</a> that is becoming so popular even Kenny G is getting in on the action. It’s basic set up is a multiple choice dating profile questionnaire asking you who you are and what you’re looking for. It’s been around for almost a week, but really took off in the last few days, and I’m not even sure what to call it since it doesn’t seem to have an official name. There are a million great spins on this, but here are some of our faves!</p> 1.
<q> <p>I'm:</p> <p>⚪️a man⚪️a woman?coming out of my cage</p> <p>And I've:</p> <p>⚪️never felt this way before⚪️had the time of my life?been doing just fine</p> <p>— bumblegoat (@NECROMANClNG) <a href="https://twitter.com/NECROMANClNG/status/899056672852893698" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 2.
<q> <p>Some:⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Body</p> <p>Once told me, the⚪️Man⚪️Woman?World was gonna roll me</p> <p>I ain't the:⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Sharpest tool in the shed</p> <p>— Noah Oxendale (@noahoxendale) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahoxendale/status/899243087372988416" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 3.
<q> <p>And they were:</p> <p>⚪ Very nice⚪ Walking? Roommates</p> <p>Oh my god, they were:</p> <p>⚪ Dead⚪ Nearby? Roommates</p> <p>— Kristian (@celestialmiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/celestialmiller/status/899309425302917120" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 4.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>? Man⚪️ Woman</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ Men⚪️ Women? Beyonces 2016 LEMONADE album to receive the album of the year Grammy it deserved!!</p> <p>— Jack (@Shnapped) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shnapped/status/897291778642120705" type="external">August 15, 2017</a></p> </q> 5.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>?Man⚪️Woman</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women?That damn fourth Chaos Emerald <a href="https://t.co/izBw8Y1FPo" type="external">pic.twitter.com/izBw8Y1FPo</a></p> <p>— Lonely Goomba (@LonelyGoomba) <a href="https://twitter.com/LonelyGoomba/status/899271803813724161" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 6.
<q> <p>steve: big man in a suit of armor, take that away what are you?</p> <p>tony:</p> <p>? genius? billionaire? playboy? philanthropist</p> <p>— m (@tjhmmnd) <a href="https://twitter.com/tjhmmnd/status/899247328632217600" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 7.
<q> <p>I'm a</p> <p>⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? G</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ A Relationship⚪️ Casual Sax? Serious Sax</p> <p>— Kenny G (@kennyg) <a href="https://twitter.com/kennyg/status/899303729823862784" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 8.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>?Gundam Fighter ⚪️Woman</p> <p>Looking for: ⚪️Men ⚪️Women ?This man. Have you seen him around town? <a href="https://t.co/UzJAYWwa2p" type="external">pic.twitter.com/UzJAYWwa2p</a></p> <p>— Kraker (@kraker2k) <a href="https://twitter.com/kraker2k/status/899227885956943872" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 9.
<q> <p>I am a ⚪️man ?bro ⚪️woman</p> <p>looking for</p> <p>⚪️woman ?another bro to chill five feet away from in a hot tub because i'm not gay⚪️man</p> <p>— em (@parkerisadork) <a href="https://twitter.com/parkerisadork/status/898913458527318016" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 10.
<q> <p>I am a:⚪ Male⚪ Female? Clown Fish</p> <p>Looking for:⚪ A boyfriend⚪ A girlfriend? My son Nemo</p> <p>— Trevor Jones (@jonestm97) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonestm97/status/898933891280642048" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 11.
<q> <p>two:</p> <p>⚪️men⚪️women?bros</p> <p>sitting in a:</p> <p>⚪️pool⚪️jacuzzi?hot tub</p> <p>five feet apart cause they're not:</p> <p>⚪️straight⚪️ace?gay</p> <p>— ari (@aurorahowlter) <a href="https://twitter.com/aurorahowlter/status/899150782771212289" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 12.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Father</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women?MY SON HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON <a href="https://t.co/Ituz9wenYt" type="external">pic.twitter.com/Ituz9wenYt</a></p> <p>— Scampi (@lmScampi) <a href="https://twitter.com/lmScampi/status/899220657225035778" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 13.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Gordon Ramsey</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women?THE LAMB SAUCE</p> <p>— lis (@abratasas) <a href="https://twitter.com/abratasas/status/899291673506852864" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 14.
<q> <p>Where did you:</p> <p>?come from?⚪️go?</p> <p>Where did you:</p> <p>⚪️ come from??go?</p> <p>Where did you:</p> <p>?come from?⚪️go?</p> <p>Cotton-Eyed Joe</p> <p>— ? (@oscarewilde) <a href="https://twitter.com/oscarewilde/status/898998151721431040" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 15.
<q> <p>I am a⚪️ man⚪️ woman? evil sorcerer Shang Tsung</p> <p>Seeking⚪️ men⚪️ women? to challenge Earthrealm's greatest champions in MORTAL KOMBAT</p> <p>— Jared Rosen (@notquitefrodo) <a href="https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/899114841675251712" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 16.
<q> <p>what team?⚪️cobras?wildcats⚪️ravens</p> <p>what team?⚪️bulldogs?wildcats⚪️panthers</p> <p>WILDCATS?GET'CHA HEAD IN THE GAME</p> <p>— beth (@midtownhoIIand) <a href="https://twitter.com/midtownhoIIand/status/899249963955363840" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 17.
<q> <p>i am a:</p> <p>⚪️ man? woman</p> <p>looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ men⚪️ women? thor: ragnarok getting the hype it deserves</p> <p>— pinned (@gaytonys) <a href="https://twitter.com/gaytonys/status/898259014441512960" type="external">August 17, 2017</a></p> </q> 18.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>? Man⚪️ Woman</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ Men⚪️ Women? Mariah Carey's Grammys that were wrongfully snubbed from 1995 masterpiece Daydream</p> <p>— . (@illcurable) <a href="https://twitter.com/illcurable/status/897297292625039364" type="external">August 15, 2017</a></p> </q> 19.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Pac-Man</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women? The ability to press Z without immediately falling into a dark depression <a href="https://t.co/iuvzfohak4" type="external">pic.twitter.com/iuvzfohak4</a></p> <p>— its_me_klc (@its_me_klc) <a href="https://twitter.com/its_me_klc/status/899279640287735808" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 20.
<q> <p>AHHH:</p> <p>⚪️OOO⚪️AHHH?ᵃʰʰʰʰʰʰ</p> <p>stop i could've dropped my:</p> <p>⚪️donut ⚪️bagel ?croissant</p> <p>— juliah (@spideystights) <a href="https://twitter.com/spideystights/status/899147342632423424" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 21.
<q> <p>I am a:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? Genji</p> <p>Looking for:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? Healing</p> <p>— Tina ? (@TinaDayton) <a href="https://twitter.com/TinaDayton/status/899121104308097025" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 22.
<q> <p>I am a:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? Young Boy</p> <p>Looking for:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? My father to take me into the city to see a marching band</p> <p>— Spiciest Emo Meme (@ThyArtIsMemes) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThyArtIsMemes/status/899118999518236672" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 23.
<q> <p>I'm:⚪️ a man⚪️ a woman? guy fieri</p> <p>and I'm:⚪️ running⚪️ walking? rolling out looking for americas greatest diners drive-ins and dives</p> <p>— Chance Harbour (@ChanceHarbour) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChanceHarbour/status/899067092489699329" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q>
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"<p>So there is <a type="internal">a new meme going around on Twitter,</a> that is becoming so popular even Kenny G is getting in on the action. It’s basic set up is a multiple choice dating profile questionnaire asking you who you are and what you’re looking for. It’s been around for almost a week, but really took off in the last few days, and I’m not even sure what to call it since it doesn’t seem to have an official name. There are a million great spins on this, but here are some of our faves!</p> 1.
<q> <p>I'm:</p> <p>⚪️a man⚪️a woman?coming out of my cage</p> <p>And I've:</p> <p>⚪️never felt this way before⚪️had the time of my life?been doing just fine</p> <p>— bumblegoat (@NECROMANClNG) <a href="https://twitter.com/NECROMANClNG/status/899056672852893698" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 2.
<q> <p>Some:⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Body</p> <p>Once told me, the⚪️Man⚪️Woman?World was gonna roll me</p> <p>I ain't the:⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Sharpest tool in the shed</p> <p>— Noah Oxendale (@noahoxendale) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahoxendale/status/899243087372988416" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 3.
<q> <p>And they were:</p> <p>⚪ Very nice⚪ Walking? Roommates</p> <p>Oh my god, they were:</p> <p>⚪ Dead⚪ Nearby? Roommates</p> <p>— Kristian (@celestialmiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/celestialmiller/status/899309425302917120" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 4.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>? Man⚪️ Woman</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ Men⚪️ Women? Beyonces 2016 LEMONADE album to receive the album of the year Grammy it deserved!!</p> <p>— Jack (@Shnapped) <a href="https://twitter.com/Shnapped/status/897291778642120705" type="external">August 15, 2017</a></p> </q> 5.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>?Man⚪️Woman</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women?That damn fourth Chaos Emerald <a href="https://t.co/izBw8Y1FPo" type="external">pic.twitter.com/izBw8Y1FPo</a></p> <p>— Lonely Goomba (@LonelyGoomba) <a href="https://twitter.com/LonelyGoomba/status/899271803813724161" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 6.
<q> <p>steve: big man in a suit of armor, take that away what are you?</p> <p>tony:</p> <p>? genius? billionaire? playboy? philanthropist</p> <p>— m (@tjhmmnd) <a href="https://twitter.com/tjhmmnd/status/899247328632217600" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 7.
<q> <p>I'm a</p> <p>⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? G</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ A Relationship⚪️ Casual Sax? Serious Sax</p> <p>— Kenny G (@kennyg) <a href="https://twitter.com/kennyg/status/899303729823862784" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 8.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>?Gundam Fighter ⚪️Woman</p> <p>Looking for: ⚪️Men ⚪️Women ?This man. Have you seen him around town? <a href="https://t.co/UzJAYWwa2p" type="external">pic.twitter.com/UzJAYWwa2p</a></p> <p>— Kraker (@kraker2k) <a href="https://twitter.com/kraker2k/status/899227885956943872" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 9.
<q> <p>I am a ⚪️man ?bro ⚪️woman</p> <p>looking for</p> <p>⚪️woman ?another bro to chill five feet away from in a hot tub because i'm not gay⚪️man</p> <p>— em (@parkerisadork) <a href="https://twitter.com/parkerisadork/status/898913458527318016" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 10.
<q> <p>I am a:⚪ Male⚪ Female? Clown Fish</p> <p>Looking for:⚪ A boyfriend⚪ A girlfriend? My son Nemo</p> <p>— Trevor Jones (@jonestm97) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonestm97/status/898933891280642048" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 11.
<q> <p>two:</p> <p>⚪️men⚪️women?bros</p> <p>sitting in a:</p> <p>⚪️pool⚪️jacuzzi?hot tub</p> <p>five feet apart cause they're not:</p> <p>⚪️straight⚪️ace?gay</p> <p>— ari (@aurorahowlter) <a href="https://twitter.com/aurorahowlter/status/899150782771212289" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 12.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Father</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women?MY SON HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON <a href="https://t.co/Ituz9wenYt" type="external">pic.twitter.com/Ituz9wenYt</a></p> <p>— Scampi (@lmScampi) <a href="https://twitter.com/lmScampi/status/899220657225035778" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 13.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Gordon Ramsey</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women?THE LAMB SAUCE</p> <p>— lis (@abratasas) <a href="https://twitter.com/abratasas/status/899291673506852864" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 14.
<q> <p>Where did you:</p> <p>?come from?⚪️go?</p> <p>Where did you:</p> <p>⚪️ come from??go?</p> <p>Where did you:</p> <p>?come from?⚪️go?</p> <p>Cotton-Eyed Joe</p> <p>— ? (@oscarewilde) <a href="https://twitter.com/oscarewilde/status/898998151721431040" type="external">August 19, 2017</a></p> </q> 15.
<q> <p>I am a⚪️ man⚪️ woman? evil sorcerer Shang Tsung</p> <p>Seeking⚪️ men⚪️ women? to challenge Earthrealm's greatest champions in MORTAL KOMBAT</p> <p>— Jared Rosen (@notquitefrodo) <a href="https://twitter.com/notquitefrodo/status/899114841675251712" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 16.
<q> <p>what team?⚪️cobras?wildcats⚪️ravens</p> <p>what team?⚪️bulldogs?wildcats⚪️panthers</p> <p>WILDCATS?GET'CHA HEAD IN THE GAME</p> <p>— beth (@midtownhoIIand) <a href="https://twitter.com/midtownhoIIand/status/899249963955363840" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 17.
<q> <p>i am a:</p> <p>⚪️ man? woman</p> <p>looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ men⚪️ women? thor: ragnarok getting the hype it deserves</p> <p>— pinned (@gaytonys) <a href="https://twitter.com/gaytonys/status/898259014441512960" type="external">August 17, 2017</a></p> </q> 18.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>? Man⚪️ Woman</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️ Men⚪️ Women? Mariah Carey's Grammys that were wrongfully snubbed from 1995 masterpiece Daydream</p> <p>— . (@illcurable) <a href="https://twitter.com/illcurable/status/897297292625039364" type="external">August 15, 2017</a></p> </q> 19.
<q> <p>I am a:</p> <p>⚪️Man⚪️Woman?Pac-Man</p> <p>Looking for:</p> <p>⚪️Men⚪️Women? The ability to press Z without immediately falling into a dark depression <a href="https://t.co/iuvzfohak4" type="external">pic.twitter.com/iuvzfohak4</a></p> <p>— its_me_klc (@its_me_klc) <a href="https://twitter.com/its_me_klc/status/899279640287735808" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 20.
<q> <p>AHHH:</p> <p>⚪️OOO⚪️AHHH?ᵃʰʰʰʰʰʰ</p> <p>stop i could've dropped my:</p> <p>⚪️donut ⚪️bagel ?croissant</p> <p>— juliah (@spideystights) <a href="https://twitter.com/spideystights/status/899147342632423424" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 21.
<q> <p>I am a:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? Genji</p> <p>Looking for:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? Healing</p> <p>— Tina ? (@TinaDayton) <a href="https://twitter.com/TinaDayton/status/899121104308097025" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 22.
<q> <p>I am a:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? Young Boy</p> <p>Looking for:⚪️ Man⚪️ Woman? My father to take me into the city to see a marching band</p> <p>— Spiciest Emo Meme (@ThyArtIsMemes) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThyArtIsMemes/status/899118999518236672" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q> 23.
<q> <p>I'm:⚪️ a man⚪️ a woman? guy fieri</p> <p>and I'm:⚪️ running⚪️ walking? rolling out looking for americas greatest diners drive-ins and dives</p> <p>— Chance Harbour (@ChanceHarbour) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChanceHarbour/status/899067092489699329" type="external">August 20, 2017</a></p> </q>"
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<p>Yesterday, Twitter announced that it would be testing out a new feature — changing its character limit from 140 to 280. AND PEOPLE FLIPPED OUT. No one likes change, and as much as everyone <a type="internal">makes fun of Twitter</a>, we want it to stay the same. LISTEN TO US, @JACK! Here are some of the best reactions to Twitter’s proposed character limit change!</p> 1.
<q> <p>old twitter: send nudes bb</p> <p>new 280 char twitter: dearest Penelope, it's been a harsh winter's time since thou booty has graced thy screen</p> <p>— Licensed Esthetician (@SortaBad) <a href="https://twitter.com/SortaBad/status/912793402382573568" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 2.
<q> <p>me: i will never tweet 280 charactersalso me: (checking twitter every minute) why havent they given me 280 characters, ddo i not deserve it</p> <p>— jomny sun (@jonnysun) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/913025813364314115" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 3.
<q> <p>⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢡⣤⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠜⢾⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠿⠃⠄⠀⠀⠈⠀⠉⠉⠑⠀⠀⠠⢈⣆⠀⠀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢶⣷⠃⢵⠐⠰⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢟⣽⣆⠀⢃⠰⣾⣶⣤⡼⢳⣦⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⠞⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠙⠁⠀⠀⡐⠘⣿⣿⣯⠿⠛⣿⡄⠀⠀⠁⢀⣄⣄⣠⡥⠔⣻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠘⣛⣿⣟⣖⢭⣿⡇⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣽⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⡀⠸⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠇⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⢀⣿⡇⠀⣠⣴⣿⡿⠟⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈you know i had to do it to em</p> <p>— ?ߠߛߋߕ?⁰⁰? (@NO_BOOT_DEVICE) <a href="https://twitter.com/NO_BOOT_DEVICE/status/912948187626917888" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 4.
<q> <p>If you're upset about the 280 characters thing, just imagine what John Kelly must be thinking</p> <p>— Amir Tibon (@amirtibon) <a href="https://twitter.com/amirtibon/status/912786945188810752" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 5.
<q> <p>┳┻|┻┳| ┳┻|┻┳| ┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻| _┻┳| •.•) this seems excessive┳┻|⊂ﾉ┻┳|</p> <p>— dan mentos (@DanMentos) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanMentos/status/912884851665117184" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 6.
<q> <p>a better idea is to instead start taking away one character at a time, every night, until no one can tweet anymore</p> <p>— pilot (@pilotbacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/pilotbacon/status/912791847843573761" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 7.
<q> <p>The 280-character limit is a terrible idea. The whole beauty of Twitter is that it forces you to express your ideas concisely (1/47)</p> <p>— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) <a href="https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/912787813069934592" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 8.
<q> <p>the world: trump gonna get us kilt via tweets</p> <p>twitter: ok here's more characters!</p> <p>— Desus Nice (@desusnice) <a href="https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/912788269762584576" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 9.
<q> <p>twitter: tweets in english are harder to fit in 140 charactersme: <a href="https://t.co/foYz4M4gl3" type="external">pic.twitter.com/foYz4M4gl3</a></p> <p>— bubtebdi durect (@xenobIade2) <a href="https://twitter.com/xenobIade2/status/912791098384199680" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 10.
<q> <p>looking forward to being able to do the big tweets <a href="https://t.co/ikJYcK6XDg" type="external">pic.twitter.com/ikJYcK6XDg</a></p> <p>— jon hendren (@fart) <a href="https://twitter.com/fart/status/912884544625295360" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 11.
<a href="https://twitter.com/dannygonzalez/status/912814345012240385" type="external">(source)</a> 12.
<q> <p>Okay, hear me out, maybe the new character limit will destroy twitter and we'll all finally be free</p> <p>— Sarah (@thetigersez) <a href="https://twitter.com/thetigersez/status/912904860617646080" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 13.
<q> <p>literally my only talent was being able to think of tweets exactly 140 characters long. i don't know if I will be able to alter this to 280.</p> <p>— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/912792266204254208" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 14.
<q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a> has been wrecking America 140 characters at a time. Imagine what he could do with 280 now.</p> <p>— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) <a href="https://twitter.com/VicenteFoxQue/status/912873196176756739" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 15. 16.
<q> <p>Prediction: Every 280 character tweet will be a reply from a man to a woman and begin with the word "Actually."</p> <p>— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/913005041652502536" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 17.
<q> <p>*sees 280*</p> <p>CONSCIENCE: "don't do it."</p> <p>*still 223 left*</p> <p>"srsly don't."</p> <p>*closes eyes*</p> <p>SOMEBODYONCETOLDMETHEWORLDISGONNAROLLMEIAIN'TTHESHARPESTTOOLINTHESHEDSHEWASLOOKINGKINDOFDUMBWITHHERFINGERANDHERTHUMBINTHESHAPEOFANLONHERFOREHEADWELL,</p> <p>— Sean O'Kane (@sokane1) <a href="https://twitter.com/sokane1/status/913080569419853825" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 18.
<q> <p>So funny they're making tweets longer since the ideal tweet is still 0 characters</p> <p>— Megan Amram (@meganamram) <a href="https://twitter.com/meganamram/status/913087125955817472" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 19.
<q> <p>This is 280 characters exactly. COINCIDENCE???? <a href="https://t.co/YkkDBgPhRw" type="external">pic.twitter.com/YkkDBgPhRw</a></p> <p>— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) <a href="https://twitter.com/celebrityhottub/status/912788436112769024" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 20.
<q> <p>every 280 character tweet <a href="https://t.co/jyAG0YpU1V" type="external">pic.twitter.com/jyAG0YpU1V</a></p> <p>— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamHectorDiaz/status/912787819810086912" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 21. 23.
<a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/912856286928211968" type="external">(source)</a> 23.
<q> <p>Is it a bad sign that Twitter personally reduced me to just 70 charact</p> <p>— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackBornstein/status/913041441575849986" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 25.
<q> <p>bitch just 'cause you can do 280 characters doesn't mean you SHOULD, if your tweet is long i'm SKIPPIN' IT, boy bye</p> <p>— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) <a href="https://twitter.com/tyleroakley/status/913086397841416192" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 26.
<q> <p>TWITTER USERS: It would be nice if you stopped people making death threats.</p> <p>TWITTER: OK, but what if those death threats could be LONGER?</p> <p>— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/912811328494084102" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q>
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"<p>Yesterday, Twitter announced that it would be testing out a new feature — changing its character limit from 140 to 280. AND PEOPLE FLIPPED OUT. No one likes change, and as much as everyone <a type="internal">makes fun of Twitter</a>, we want it to stay the same. LISTEN TO US, @JACK! Here are some of the best reactions to Twitter’s proposed character limit change!</p> 1.
<q> <p>old twitter: send nudes bb</p> <p>new 280 char twitter: dearest Penelope, it's been a harsh winter's time since thou booty has graced thy screen</p> <p>— Licensed Esthetician (@SortaBad) <a href="https://twitter.com/SortaBad/status/912793402382573568" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 2.
<q> <p>me: i will never tweet 280 charactersalso me: (checking twitter every minute) why havent they given me 280 characters, ddo i not deserve it</p> <p>— jomny sun (@jonnysun) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/913025813364314115" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 3.
<q> <p>⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢡⣤⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠜⢾⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⠿⠃⠄⠀⠀⠈⠀⠉⠉⠑⠀⠀⠠⢈⣆⠀⠀⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢶⣷⠃⢵⠐⠰⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢟⣽⣆⠀⢃⠰⣾⣶⣤⡼⢳⣦⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⠞⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠙⠁⠀⠀⡐⠘⣿⣿⣯⠿⠛⣿⡄⠀⠀⠁⢀⣄⣄⣠⡥⠔⣻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠘⣛⣿⣟⣖⢭⣿⡇⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣽⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⡀⠸⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠇⠀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠀⠀⢀⣿⡇⠀⣠⣴⣿⡿⠟⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈you know i had to do it to em</p> <p>— ?ߠߛߋߕ?⁰⁰? (@NO_BOOT_DEVICE) <a href="https://twitter.com/NO_BOOT_DEVICE/status/912948187626917888" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 4.
<q> <p>If you're upset about the 280 characters thing, just imagine what John Kelly must be thinking</p> <p>— Amir Tibon (@amirtibon) <a href="https://twitter.com/amirtibon/status/912786945188810752" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 5.
<q> <p>┳┻|┻┳| ┳┻|┻┳| ┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻|┻┳|┳┻| _┻┳| •.•) this seems excessive┳┻|⊂ﾉ┻┳|</p> <p>— dan mentos (@DanMentos) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanMentos/status/912884851665117184" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 6.
<q> <p>a better idea is to instead start taking away one character at a time, every night, until no one can tweet anymore</p> <p>— pilot (@pilotbacon) <a href="https://twitter.com/pilotbacon/status/912791847843573761" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 7.
<q> <p>The 280-character limit is a terrible idea. The whole beauty of Twitter is that it forces you to express your ideas concisely (1/47)</p> <p>— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) <a href="https://twitter.com/poniewozik/status/912787813069934592" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 8.
<q> <p>the world: trump gonna get us kilt via tweets</p> <p>twitter: ok here's more characters!</p> <p>— Desus Nice (@desusnice) <a href="https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/912788269762584576" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 9.
<q> <p>twitter: tweets in english are harder to fit in 140 charactersme: <a href="https://t.co/foYz4M4gl3" type="external">pic.twitter.com/foYz4M4gl3</a></p> <p>— bubtebdi durect (@xenobIade2) <a href="https://twitter.com/xenobIade2/status/912791098384199680" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 10.
<q> <p>looking forward to being able to do the big tweets <a href="https://t.co/ikJYcK6XDg" type="external">pic.twitter.com/ikJYcK6XDg</a></p> <p>— jon hendren (@fart) <a href="https://twitter.com/fart/status/912884544625295360" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 11.
<a href="https://twitter.com/dannygonzalez/status/912814345012240385" type="external">(source)</a> 12.
<q> <p>Okay, hear me out, maybe the new character limit will destroy twitter and we'll all finally be free</p> <p>— Sarah (@thetigersez) <a href="https://twitter.com/thetigersez/status/912904860617646080" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 13.
<q> <p>literally my only talent was being able to think of tweets exactly 140 characters long. i don't know if I will be able to alter this to 280.</p> <p>— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/912792266204254208" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 14.
<q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a> has been wrecking America 140 characters at a time. Imagine what he could do with 280 now.</p> <p>— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) <a href="https://twitter.com/VicenteFoxQue/status/912873196176756739" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 15. 16.
<q> <p>Prediction: Every 280 character tweet will be a reply from a man to a woman and begin with the word "Actually."</p> <p>— (((OhNoSheTwitnt))) (@OhNoSheTwitnt) <a href="https://twitter.com/OhNoSheTwitnt/status/913005041652502536" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 17.
<q> <p>*sees 280*</p> <p>CONSCIENCE: "don't do it."</p> <p>*still 223 left*</p> <p>"srsly don't."</p> <p>*closes eyes*</p> <p>SOMEBODYONCETOLDMETHEWORLDISGONNAROLLMEIAIN'TTHESHARPESTTOOLINTHESHEDSHEWASLOOKINGKINDOFDUMBWITHHERFINGERANDHERTHUMBINTHESHAPEOFANLONHERFOREHEADWELL,</p> <p>— Sean O'Kane (@sokane1) <a href="https://twitter.com/sokane1/status/913080569419853825" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 18.
<q> <p>So funny they're making tweets longer since the ideal tweet is still 0 characters</p> <p>— Megan Amram (@meganamram) <a href="https://twitter.com/meganamram/status/913087125955817472" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 19.
<q> <p>This is 280 characters exactly. COINCIDENCE???? <a href="https://t.co/YkkDBgPhRw" type="external">pic.twitter.com/YkkDBgPhRw</a></p> <p>— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub) <a href="https://twitter.com/celebrityhottub/status/912788436112769024" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 20.
<q> <p>every 280 character tweet <a href="https://t.co/jyAG0YpU1V" type="external">pic.twitter.com/jyAG0YpU1V</a></p> <p>— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamHectorDiaz/status/912787819810086912" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q> 21. 23.
<a href="https://twitter.com/BarstoolBigCat/status/912856286928211968" type="external">(source)</a> 23.
<q> <p>Is it a bad sign that Twitter personally reduced me to just 70 charact</p> <p>— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackBornstein/status/913041441575849986" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 25.
<q> <p>bitch just 'cause you can do 280 characters doesn't mean you SHOULD, if your tweet is long i'm SKIPPIN' IT, boy bye</p> <p>— Tyler Oakley (@tyleroakley) <a href="https://twitter.com/tyleroakley/status/913086397841416192" type="external">September 27, 2017</a></p> </q> 26.
<q> <p>TWITTER USERS: It would be nice if you stopped people making death threats.</p> <p>TWITTER: OK, but what if those death threats could be LONGER?</p> <p>— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) <a href="https://twitter.com/MikeDrucker/status/912811328494084102" type="external">September 26, 2017</a></p> </q>"
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<p>The driver of the vehicle that killed one person and injured more than a dozen others at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a known "radical leftist" supported by Hillary Clinton and George Soros.</p>
<p>Days after a 12 August 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — in which a white <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-james-alex-fields-charlottesville-driver-20170813-story.html" type="external">supremacist</a> mowed down a group of counter-protesters with a car, <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/08/12/Protester-killed-at-Charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally/8841502557178/" type="external">killing</a> one and injuring dozens — various right-leaning web sites published reports claiming that the driver was actually a left-wing, Hillary Clinton-supporting Democrat.</p>
<p>We do not yet know very much about 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, but such evidence as we have places him squarely in the camp of Charlottesville protesters who marched under the white nationalist banner. One of Fields’ former high school teachers, Derek Weimer, <a href="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2017/08/13/charlottesville-suspects-beliefs-were-along-party-lines-neo-nazi-movement-ex-teacher-says/563139001/" type="external">told</a> the Cincinnati Enquirer that the young man’s political views were extreme and flavored with Nazism:</p>
<q> <p>Weimer said that he knew of Fields’ political leanings early on. He said another teacher filed a report during Fields’ freshman year over something Fields had written for an assignment “that just went beyond the pale.”</p> <p>“It was very much along the party lines of the neo-Nazi movement,” Weimer said.</p> </q>
<p>Photos taken earlier on the day of the attack show Fields standing shoulder-to-shoulder with members of Charlottesville’s <a href="https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/vanguard-america" type="external">Vanguard America</a>, wearing the group’s standard uniform and holding a shield with their logo, the fasces:</p>
<q> <p>James Alex Fields was w/ the Vanguard America folks in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a>. Learn more about the group &gt; <a href="https://t.co/HNloF8Btnf" type="external">https://t.co/HNloF8Btnf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ADL_National" type="external">@ADL_National</a> <a href="https://t.co/TmJLi0kfZo" type="external">pic.twitter.com/TmJLi0kfZo</a></p> </q>
<q> <p>A Daily News photog spotted James Fields (center) clutching a shield with a hate group’s insignia before the attack. <a href="https://t.co/VXGqyD2LWq" type="external">https://t.co/VXGqyD2LWq</a> <a href="https://t.co/LORfeVPquz" type="external">pic.twitter.com/LORfeVPquz</a></p> </q>
<p>According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the basic tenets of Vanguard America’s philosophy are as follows:</p>
<q> <p>Vanguard America (VA) is a white supremacist group that opposes multiculturalism and believes that America is an exclusively white nation. Using a right-wing nationalist slogan, Blood and Soil, VA romanticizes the notion that people with “white blood” have a special bond with “American soil.” This philosophy first originated in Germany (as Blut und Boden) and was later popularized by Hitler’s regime. In the same vein, VA uses “For Race and Nation” as a variant slogan. Following this theme, VA maintains that America “is to be a nation exclusively for the White American peoples who out of the barren hills, empty plains, and vast mountains forged the most powerful nation to ever have existed.”</p> </q>
<p>All of the above notwithstanding, the unreliable web site YourNewsWire.com <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170815002310/http://yournewswire.com/charlottesville-hillary-soros/" type="external">declared</a> that the mainstream media were “suppressing” proof that the vehicular attacker was “a left-wing operative at the heart of a false flag designed to spark civil war, introduce martial law, and take away the rights of conservative groups to assemble peacefully”:</p>
<q> <p>The man accused of being a neo-Nazi and murdering a woman by deliberately driving into her during protests in Charlottesville is in reality a supporter of Hillary Clinton and member of Antifa in receipt of funding by George Soros, according to reports.</p> <p>James Fields, 20, of Maumee, Ohio, allegedly killed Heather Heyer, aged 32, and injured 19 others when he rammed his car into a group of protesters on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p> <p>Mainstream media is claiming Fields is a neo-Nazi and has conveniently produced photographs showing Fields standing with Vanguard America and carrying a shield bearing the group’s insignia.</p> </q>
<p>Another right-leaning web site, Freedom Daily, didn’t mention Fields at all, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170814134328/http://freedomdaily.com/truth-terrorist-drove-charlottesville-riot-crowd-revealed-who-was-supposed-to-die/" type="external">blaming</a> the attack instead on an “Antifa terrorist” involved in a left-wing “false flag” conspiracy:</p>
<q> <p>Although it was originally reported that the driver of the car was a far right sympathizer it’s now been confirmed that it was indeed a Democrat Party member and Antifa terrorist drove his car into free speech advocates in Charlottesville Virginia this morning.</p> <p>It is common for revolutionary groups such as Antifa to use methods like this to implicate their enemies in order to evoke violence and start a civil war, which is what they have been working towards since Donald Trump won the presidency in November of 2016.</p> </q>
<p>Neither site has a leg to stand on. YourNewsWire provided no evidence that Fields was a “left-wing operative.” Freedom Daily joined <a href="http://archive.fo/cpmEn" type="external">Gateway Pundit</a>, Alt Right Real News, <a href="http://gotnews.com/update-charlottesville-driver-who-struck-crowd-in-custody-stay-tuned/" type="external">GotNews.com</a>, and other reliably unreliable sources in regurgitating misinformation put out by Internet “sleuths” who blithely <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/report-driver-virginia-car-attack-anti-trump-protester-joel-vangheluwe/" type="external">fingered</a> an innocent teenager for the crime. These sites accused Joel Vangheluwe (who turned out to be the son of a former owner of the attack vehicle) of being the Charlottesville killer:</p>
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<p>Vangheluwe, who is from Macomb County, Michigan, has been the target of death threats since these web sites named him, according to local news <a href="http://www.macombdaily.com/general-news/20170813/macomb-county-man-falsely-accused-in-charlottesville-car-attack" type="external">reports</a>:</p>
<q> <p>A Macomb County businessman and his family are living in fear after his teenage son was falsely rumored to have been the driver who plowed a car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia.</p> <p>Jerome Vangheluwe of Bruce Township said his son was incorrectly identified by several right-wing websites as being the owner and driver of a Dodge Challenger that rammed through counter-protestors Saturday, killing a woman and wounding at least 19 others.</p> <p>Vangheluwe says even though he sold the car years ago, the family was being targeted for death threats from people mistakenly believing the son, Joel, was responsible for the horrific act.</p> </q>
<p>The Michigan State Police responded to the threats against Vangheluwe by affirming that there is no known Michigan connection to the Charlottesville attack:</p>
<q> <p>.2) Local media if you are contacted by other outlets there is not a Michigan connection that we are aware of at this time.</p> </q>
<p>Some of the sites that got it so egregiously wrong — Gateway Pundit, for one — quietly deleted their erroneous posts and moved on without issuing corrections or retractions. Others, such as GotNews.com, published <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170813000033/http://gotnews.com/update-charlottesville-driver-who-struck-crowd-in-custody-stay-tuned/" type="external">corrections</a> — and then congratulated themselves for doing so. Freedom Daily updated their page to identify the right suspect, but perpetuated their “leftists did it” scenario by claiming the driver lost control while trying to “escape” anti-fascist demonstrators who were allegedly throwing things at his car, and never meant to hurt anyone (a claim directly <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/08/12/Protester-killed-at-Charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally/8841502557178/" type="external">contradicted</a> by Charlottesville’s police chief, who described the vehicular attack as “premeditated”).</p>
<p>All these reports dovetail into a grander conspiracy theory peddled by InfoWars founder Alex Jones and his ilk, exemplified in the rambling, hour-long video <a href="https://www.infowars.com/exclusive-virginia-riots-staged-to-bring-in-martial-law-ban-conservative-gatherings/" type="external">rant</a> below, part of an InfoWars.com post entitled “Virginia Riots Staged to Bring in Martial Law, Ban Conservative Gatherings”. In brief, Jones claims that the violence in Charlottesville is but one example of a well-orchestrated plot by billionaire leftist George Soros, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), “globalists,” the “deep state”, Jewish actors pretending to be neo-Nazis, and God only knows who else to foment unrest, start a race war, bring down President Trump, and pave the way for martial law in the United States:</p>
<p>We listened in vain for Jones to provide any evidence for these claims beyond vague references to WikiLeaks e-mails in which highly placed Democrats supposedly discussed “controlling” the populace by keeping them “in the dark” and “desperate”:</p>
<q> <p>Now, if you go back to the WikiLeaks from over a year ago, the Democratic Party is sending e-mails to George Soros and back and forth at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, saying, “We’re losing the public. Minorities are getting into free market. We want to keep people in their mother’s basements as baristas.’ “Remember even Hillary said that. ‘What are we going to do to keep control of them? Keep them in the dark, keep them desperate. These are quotes. Hundreds and hundred of e-mails. We’ve covered them, written articles about it, linking to them. They didn’t deny that they’re real. They’re real. They said what do we do? They said we go to culture war.</p> </q>
<p>“These are quotes,” Jones said, but when we attempted to verify that Clinton actually uttered the words “What are we going to do to keep control of them? Keep them in the dark, keep them desperate,” we found nothing in any public sources, including <a href="https://wikileaks.org/" type="external">WikiLeaks.org</a>, to confirm it — and in point of fact, we found no published statements even vaguely resembling those.</p>
<p>We were able to confirm something Hillary Clinton did not say, however, namely: “We want to keep people in their mother’s basements as baristas.” Ironically, the place we were able to confirm it was Jones’ own web site, InfoWars.com, which in October 2016 <a href="https://www.infowars.com/clinton-describes-sanders-supporters-as-basement-dwellers-baristas-in-leaked-recording/" type="external">reposted</a> an <a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/361338-clinton-sanders-supporters-remarks/" type="external">article</a> from pro-Putin news site Russia Today alleging that Clinton had described rival Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders’ younger supporters as “basement dwellers” and “baristas” — which wasn’t really accurate either.</p>
<p>Here’s what Clinton really said, transcribed from an audio clip posted on InfoWars (and elsewhere):</p>
<q> <p>Some [Sanders supporters] are new to politics completely. They’re children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents’ basement. They feel that they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they don’t see much of a future. I met with a group of young black millennials today and, you know, one of the young women said, “You know, none of us feel that we have the job that we should have gotten out of college. And we don’t believe the job market is going to give us much of a chance.” So that is a mindset that is really affecting their politics. And so if you’re feeling like you’re consigned to, you know, being a barista, or you know, some other job that doesn’t pay a lot, and doesn’t have some other ladder of opportunity attached to it, then the idea that maybe, just maybe, you could be part of a political revolution is pretty appealing. So I think we all should be really understanding of that and we should try to do the best we can not to be, you know, a wet blanket on idealism. We want people to be idealistic…..</p> </q>
<p>To recap, there’s virtually nothing accurate in Alex Jones’ statement purporting to quote Hillary Clinton and WikiLeaks.</p>
<p>We’ve addressed an inquiry to InfoWars for clarification, and await their reply.</p>
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"<p>The driver of the vehicle that killed one person and injured more than a dozen others at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a known "radical leftist" supported by Hillary Clinton and George Soros.</p>
<p>Days after a 12 August 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — in which a white <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-james-alex-fields-charlottesville-driver-20170813-story.html" type="external">supremacist</a> mowed down a group of counter-protesters with a car, <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/08/12/Protester-killed-at-Charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally/8841502557178/" type="external">killing</a> one and injuring dozens — various right-leaning web sites published reports claiming that the driver was actually a left-wing, Hillary Clinton-supporting Democrat.</p>
<p>We do not yet know very much about 20-year-old James Alex Fields Jr. of Maumee, Ohio, but such evidence as we have places him squarely in the camp of Charlottesville protesters who marched under the white nationalist banner. One of Fields’ former high school teachers, Derek Weimer, <a href="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2017/08/13/charlottesville-suspects-beliefs-were-along-party-lines-neo-nazi-movement-ex-teacher-says/563139001/" type="external">told</a> the Cincinnati Enquirer that the young man’s political views were extreme and flavored with Nazism:</p>
<q> <p>Weimer said that he knew of Fields’ political leanings early on. He said another teacher filed a report during Fields’ freshman year over something Fields had written for an assignment “that just went beyond the pale.”</p> <p>“It was very much along the party lines of the neo-Nazi movement,” Weimer said.</p> </q>
<p>Photos taken earlier on the day of the attack show Fields standing shoulder-to-shoulder with members of Charlottesville’s <a href="https://www.adl.org/education/resources/backgrounders/vanguard-america" type="external">Vanguard America</a>, wearing the group’s standard uniform and holding a shield with their logo, the fasces:</p>
<q> <p>James Alex Fields was w/ the Vanguard America folks in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charlottesville?src=hash" type="external">#Charlottesville</a>. Learn more about the group &gt; <a href="https://t.co/HNloF8Btnf" type="external">https://t.co/HNloF8Btnf</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ADL_National" type="external">@ADL_National</a> <a href="https://t.co/TmJLi0kfZo" type="external">pic.twitter.com/TmJLi0kfZo</a></p> </q>
<q> <p>A Daily News photog spotted James Fields (center) clutching a shield with a hate group’s insignia before the attack. <a href="https://t.co/VXGqyD2LWq" type="external">https://t.co/VXGqyD2LWq</a> <a href="https://t.co/LORfeVPquz" type="external">pic.twitter.com/LORfeVPquz</a></p> </q>
<p>According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the basic tenets of Vanguard America’s philosophy are as follows:</p>
<q> <p>Vanguard America (VA) is a white supremacist group that opposes multiculturalism and believes that America is an exclusively white nation. Using a right-wing nationalist slogan, Blood and Soil, VA romanticizes the notion that people with “white blood” have a special bond with “American soil.” This philosophy first originated in Germany (as Blut und Boden) and was later popularized by Hitler’s regime. In the same vein, VA uses “For Race and Nation” as a variant slogan. Following this theme, VA maintains that America “is to be a nation exclusively for the White American peoples who out of the barren hills, empty plains, and vast mountains forged the most powerful nation to ever have existed.”</p> </q>
<p>All of the above notwithstanding, the unreliable web site YourNewsWire.com <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170815002310/http://yournewswire.com/charlottesville-hillary-soros/" type="external">declared</a> that the mainstream media were “suppressing” proof that the vehicular attacker was “a left-wing operative at the heart of a false flag designed to spark civil war, introduce martial law, and take away the rights of conservative groups to assemble peacefully”:</p>
<q> <p>The man accused of being a neo-Nazi and murdering a woman by deliberately driving into her during protests in Charlottesville is in reality a supporter of Hillary Clinton and member of Antifa in receipt of funding by George Soros, according to reports.</p> <p>James Fields, 20, of Maumee, Ohio, allegedly killed Heather Heyer, aged 32, and injured 19 others when he rammed his car into a group of protesters on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.</p> <p>Mainstream media is claiming Fields is a neo-Nazi and has conveniently produced photographs showing Fields standing with Vanguard America and carrying a shield bearing the group’s insignia.</p> </q>
<p>Another right-leaning web site, Freedom Daily, didn’t mention Fields at all, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170814134328/http://freedomdaily.com/truth-terrorist-drove-charlottesville-riot-crowd-revealed-who-was-supposed-to-die/" type="external">blaming</a> the attack instead on an “Antifa terrorist” involved in a left-wing “false flag” conspiracy:</p>
<q> <p>Although it was originally reported that the driver of the car was a far right sympathizer it’s now been confirmed that it was indeed a Democrat Party member and Antifa terrorist drove his car into free speech advocates in Charlottesville Virginia this morning.</p> <p>It is common for revolutionary groups such as Antifa to use methods like this to implicate their enemies in order to evoke violence and start a civil war, which is what they have been working towards since Donald Trump won the presidency in November of 2016.</p> </q>
<p>Neither site has a leg to stand on. YourNewsWire provided no evidence that Fields was a “left-wing operative.” Freedom Daily joined <a href="http://archive.fo/cpmEn" type="external">Gateway Pundit</a>, Alt Right Real News, <a href="http://gotnews.com/update-charlottesville-driver-who-struck-crowd-in-custody-stay-tuned/" type="external">GotNews.com</a>, and other reliably unreliable sources in regurgitating misinformation put out by Internet “sleuths” who blithely <a href="http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/08/report-driver-virginia-car-attack-anti-trump-protester-joel-vangheluwe/" type="external">fingered</a> an innocent teenager for the crime. These sites accused Joel Vangheluwe (who turned out to be the son of a former owner of the attack vehicle) of being the Charlottesville killer:</p>
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<p>Vangheluwe, who is from Macomb County, Michigan, has been the target of death threats since these web sites named him, according to local news <a href="http://www.macombdaily.com/general-news/20170813/macomb-county-man-falsely-accused-in-charlottesville-car-attack" type="external">reports</a>:</p>
<q> <p>A Macomb County businessman and his family are living in fear after his teenage son was falsely rumored to have been the driver who plowed a car into a crowd protesting a white supremacist rally in Virginia.</p> <p>Jerome Vangheluwe of Bruce Township said his son was incorrectly identified by several right-wing websites as being the owner and driver of a Dodge Challenger that rammed through counter-protestors Saturday, killing a woman and wounding at least 19 others.</p> <p>Vangheluwe says even though he sold the car years ago, the family was being targeted for death threats from people mistakenly believing the son, Joel, was responsible for the horrific act.</p> </q>
<p>The Michigan State Police responded to the threats against Vangheluwe by affirming that there is no known Michigan connection to the Charlottesville attack:</p>
<q> <p>.2) Local media if you are contacted by other outlets there is not a Michigan connection that we are aware of at this time.</p> </q>
<p>Some of the sites that got it so egregiously wrong — Gateway Pundit, for one — quietly deleted their erroneous posts and moved on without issuing corrections or retractions. Others, such as GotNews.com, published <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170813000033/http://gotnews.com/update-charlottesville-driver-who-struck-crowd-in-custody-stay-tuned/" type="external">corrections</a> — and then congratulated themselves for doing so. Freedom Daily updated their page to identify the right suspect, but perpetuated their “leftists did it” scenario by claiming the driver lost control while trying to “escape” anti-fascist demonstrators who were allegedly throwing things at his car, and never meant to hurt anyone (a claim directly <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2017/08/12/Protester-killed-at-Charlottesville-white-nationalist-rally/8841502557178/" type="external">contradicted</a> by Charlottesville’s police chief, who described the vehicular attack as “premeditated”).</p>
<p>All these reports dovetail into a grander conspiracy theory peddled by InfoWars founder Alex Jones and his ilk, exemplified in the rambling, hour-long video <a href="https://www.infowars.com/exclusive-virginia-riots-staged-to-bring-in-martial-law-ban-conservative-gatherings/" type="external">rant</a> below, part of an InfoWars.com post entitled “Virginia Riots Staged to Bring in Martial Law, Ban Conservative Gatherings”. In brief, Jones claims that the violence in Charlottesville is but one example of a well-orchestrated plot by billionaire leftist George Soros, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), “globalists,” the “deep state”, Jewish actors pretending to be neo-Nazis, and God only knows who else to foment unrest, start a race war, bring down President Trump, and pave the way for martial law in the United States:</p>
<p>We listened in vain for Jones to provide any evidence for these claims beyond vague references to WikiLeaks e-mails in which highly placed Democrats supposedly discussed “controlling” the populace by keeping them “in the dark” and “desperate”:</p>
<q> <p>Now, if you go back to the WikiLeaks from over a year ago, the Democratic Party is sending e-mails to George Soros and back and forth at the highest levels of the Democratic Party, saying, “We’re losing the public. Minorities are getting into free market. We want to keep people in their mother’s basements as baristas.’ “Remember even Hillary said that. ‘What are we going to do to keep control of them? Keep them in the dark, keep them desperate. These are quotes. Hundreds and hundred of e-mails. We’ve covered them, written articles about it, linking to them. They didn’t deny that they’re real. They’re real. They said what do we do? They said we go to culture war.</p> </q>
<p>“These are quotes,” Jones said, but when we attempted to verify that Clinton actually uttered the words “What are we going to do to keep control of them? Keep them in the dark, keep them desperate,” we found nothing in any public sources, including <a href="https://wikileaks.org/" type="external">WikiLeaks.org</a>, to confirm it — and in point of fact, we found no published statements even vaguely resembling those.</p>
<p>We were able to confirm something Hillary Clinton did not say, however, namely: “We want to keep people in their mother’s basements as baristas.” Ironically, the place we were able to confirm it was Jones’ own web site, InfoWars.com, which in October 2016 <a href="https://www.infowars.com/clinton-describes-sanders-supporters-as-basement-dwellers-baristas-in-leaked-recording/" type="external">reposted</a> an <a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/361338-clinton-sanders-supporters-remarks/" type="external">article</a> from pro-Putin news site Russia Today alleging that Clinton had described rival Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders’ younger supporters as “basement dwellers” and “baristas” — which wasn’t really accurate either.</p>
<p>Here’s what Clinton really said, transcribed from an audio clip posted on InfoWars (and elsewhere):</p>
<q> <p>Some [Sanders supporters] are new to politics completely. They’re children of the Great Recession. And they are living in their parents’ basement. They feel that they got their education and the jobs that are available to them are not at all what they envisioned for themselves. And they don’t see much of a future. I met with a group of young black millennials today and, you know, one of the young women said, “You know, none of us feel that we have the job that we should have gotten out of college. And we don’t believe the job market is going to give us much of a chance.” So that is a mindset that is really affecting their politics. And so if you’re feeling like you’re consigned to, you know, being a barista, or you know, some other job that doesn’t pay a lot, and doesn’t have some other ladder of opportunity attached to it, then the idea that maybe, just maybe, you could be part of a political revolution is pretty appealing. So I think we all should be really understanding of that and we should try to do the best we can not to be, you know, a wet blanket on idealism. We want people to be idealistic…..</p> </q>
<p>To recap, there’s virtually nothing accurate in Alex Jones’ statement purporting to quote Hillary Clinton and WikiLeaks.</p>
<p>We’ve addressed an inquiry to InfoWars for clarification, and await their reply.</p>"
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<p>A group of anti-fascists attacked and stabbed a man outside his home in Vermont for not condemning a local white nationalist.</p>
<p>On 16 August 2017, the right-wing web site BigLeaguePolitics.com reported that a Vermont man was attacked by an “antifa mob” — a description the alleged victim said did not come from him.</p>
<p>Sam Wormer, the subject of the story, told us that he was met by five men outside his home a night earlier. Two of the five men, he said, attacked him directly while the other three “just kinda hung back,” but he disputed the story’s premise blaming anti-fascist groups:</p>
<q> <p>I honestly dont think antifa had anything to do with this. I personally believe this was a false flag attack perpetrated by the far right to further their own agenda.</p> </q>
<p>Big League Politics interviewed Wormer after he posted a picture of himself on his Facebook page with a visible cut to his stomach, which he told us came from a box cutter blade. The caption read:</p>
<q> <p>This is social justice apparently. This is what i get for sticking up for someone. Cowards.</p> </q>
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<p>Wormer’s attackers have not been identified. He said that even though he was called a “Nazi” and a “fascist”, he did not describe them as being anti-fascists, either. He said there is a loosely organized antifa group in the area, which contacted him after the incident “trying to figure out what happened [and] who’s responsible, and have been very very supportive”.</p>
<p>Wormer, who has not sought medical attention but filed a police report after the attack, first attracted media attention when he was interviewed in a Burlington Free Press <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2017/08/15/vermonter-who-carried-torch-charlottesville-makes-no-apology/571214001/" type="external">story</a> about Ryan Roy, a local man who was fired from his job after being identified as one of the participants in a white supremacist march held in Charlottesville, Virginia on 11 August 2017.</p>
<p>Roy described himself as a white nationalist and supporter of President Donald Trump to the Free Press. He also <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/08/15/south-burlington-uno-worker-suspended-over-joining-charlottesville-rally/570201001/" type="external">said:</a></p>
<q> <p>Obviously I would advocate for racial separation and racial nationalism or repatriation or even a return to — our country was a white country up until the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act.</p> </q>
<p>That <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-79/pdf/STATUTE-79-Pg911.pdf" type="external">legislation,</a> which was signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson on 3 October 1965 and went into effect in June 1968, did away with quotas for immigrants to the U.S. based on their country of origin and instead gave priority to immigrants whose relatives already lived in the country, as well as those with “specialized skills.”.</p>
<p>According to Wormer, he was “completely shocked” to see Roy in a Vice News <a href="https://news.vice.com/story/vice-news-tonight-full-episode-charlottesville-race-and-terror" type="external">report</a> about the rally and did not agree with his beliefs, but still opposed subsequent demands online for him to be fired or lose custody of his child.</p>
<q> <p>Taking away somebody’s job and livelihood — I mean, that’s just adding fuel to the fire. I don’t think any good is going to come of this on anybody’s side.</p> </q>
<p>He said that he was attacked shortly after he made a separate comment about Roy on Facebook, which read:</p>
<q> <p>I believe he’s doing what he truly believes is right, and despite all the anger and hate pointed his way right now he stands by his choices. There’s a lot to be said for that. I respect him for that, and I won’t stand with those people who are trying to have Ryan’s child taken away or have him fired. I can’t, he and his family have done too much for me. Sorry but my allegiance is with Ryan no matter his choice, even if I can’t agree with him. You can hate me for it, but I stand with my decision and if any violence comes his way I will stand with him. I don’t agree with his actions but he has stuck up for me and other marginalized people when nobody else would. That is what family does.</p> </q>
<p>Wormer said besides the attack on him, his roommate and his roommate’s mother also received death threats, including “a threatening call”. Wormer also told us that Roy contacted him after the attack:</p>
<q> <p>He and his mother both reached out to me and made sure I was okay and safe, and thanked me for standing up for him.</p> </q>
<p>Police in Essex Junction, where Wormer lives, told us they have “nothing currently to report” on the matter. But Wormer said he would press charges if the people responsible were caught.</p>
<p>“I don’t want anyone else to get hurt,” he said.</p>
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"<p>A group of anti-fascists attacked and stabbed a man outside his home in Vermont for not condemning a local white nationalist.</p>
<p>On 16 August 2017, the right-wing web site BigLeaguePolitics.com reported that a Vermont man was attacked by an “antifa mob” — a description the alleged victim said did not come from him.</p>
<p>Sam Wormer, the subject of the story, told us that he was met by five men outside his home a night earlier. Two of the five men, he said, attacked him directly while the other three “just kinda hung back,” but he disputed the story’s premise blaming anti-fascist groups:</p>
<q> <p>I honestly dont think antifa had anything to do with this. I personally believe this was a false flag attack perpetrated by the far right to further their own agenda.</p> </q>
<p>Big League Politics interviewed Wormer after he posted a picture of himself on his Facebook page with a visible cut to his stomach, which he told us came from a box cutter blade. The caption read:</p>
<q> <p>This is social justice apparently. This is what i get for sticking up for someone. Cowards.</p> </q>
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<p>Wormer’s attackers have not been identified. He said that even though he was called a “Nazi” and a “fascist”, he did not describe them as being anti-fascists, either. He said there is a loosely organized antifa group in the area, which contacted him after the incident “trying to figure out what happened [and] who’s responsible, and have been very very supportive”.</p>
<p>Wormer, who has not sought medical attention but filed a police report after the attack, first attracted media attention when he was interviewed in a Burlington Free Press <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2017/08/15/vermonter-who-carried-torch-charlottesville-makes-no-apology/571214001/" type="external">story</a> about Ryan Roy, a local man who was fired from his job after being identified as one of the participants in a white supremacist march held in Charlottesville, Virginia on 11 August 2017.</p>
<p>Roy described himself as a white nationalist and supporter of President Donald Trump to the Free Press. He also <a href="http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/08/15/south-burlington-uno-worker-suspended-over-joining-charlottesville-rally/570201001/" type="external">said:</a></p>
<q> <p>Obviously I would advocate for racial separation and racial nationalism or repatriation or even a return to — our country was a white country up until the 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act.</p> </q>
<p>That <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-79/pdf/STATUTE-79-Pg911.pdf" type="external">legislation,</a> which was signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson on 3 October 1965 and went into effect in June 1968, did away with quotas for immigrants to the U.S. based on their country of origin and instead gave priority to immigrants whose relatives already lived in the country, as well as those with “specialized skills.”.</p>
<p>According to Wormer, he was “completely shocked” to see Roy in a Vice News <a href="https://news.vice.com/story/vice-news-tonight-full-episode-charlottesville-race-and-terror" type="external">report</a> about the rally and did not agree with his beliefs, but still opposed subsequent demands online for him to be fired or lose custody of his child.</p>
<q> <p>Taking away somebody’s job and livelihood — I mean, that’s just adding fuel to the fire. I don’t think any good is going to come of this on anybody’s side.</p> </q>
<p>He said that he was attacked shortly after he made a separate comment about Roy on Facebook, which read:</p>
<q> <p>I believe he’s doing what he truly believes is right, and despite all the anger and hate pointed his way right now he stands by his choices. There’s a lot to be said for that. I respect him for that, and I won’t stand with those people who are trying to have Ryan’s child taken away or have him fired. I can’t, he and his family have done too much for me. Sorry but my allegiance is with Ryan no matter his choice, even if I can’t agree with him. You can hate me for it, but I stand with my decision and if any violence comes his way I will stand with him. I don’t agree with his actions but he has stuck up for me and other marginalized people when nobody else would. That is what family does.</p> </q>
<p>Wormer said besides the attack on him, his roommate and his roommate’s mother also received death threats, including “a threatening call”. Wormer also told us that Roy contacted him after the attack:</p>
<q> <p>He and his mother both reached out to me and made sure I was okay and safe, and thanked me for standing up for him.</p> </q>
<p>Police in Essex Junction, where Wormer lives, told us they have “nothing currently to report” on the matter. But Wormer said he would press charges if the people responsible were caught.</p>
<p>“I don’t want anyone else to get hurt,” he said.</p>
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<p>Members of a Houston mosque barricaded themselves inside and refused to help people evacuating Hurricane Harvey.</p>
<p>On 31 August 2017, repeat offender TheLastLineOfDefense.com published a “ <a href="http://thelastlineofdefense.org/breaking-texas-mosque-refuses-to-help-refugees-allah-forbids-helping-infidels/" type="external">report</a>” on the “Ramashan Mosque” in Houston, which according to them, refused to help people seeking relief from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey:</p>
<q> <p>The building can easily hold over 500 people, much more than the 27 currently inside. But the imam of the mosque, Aswat Turads, says that they absolutely cannot accept any non-Muslim people because it’s against their religion.</p> <p>“The Quran is very clear,” Turads told local news radio station WXTX, “we are forbidden from helping infidels, no matter how much we want to. If we allow Christians and Jews inside, we are violating a fundamental tenant of Islam and will be punished by Allah.</p> </q>
<p>The original version of the story (and an equally fake follow-up <a href="http://thelastlineofdefense.org/hurricane-victims-storm-and-occupy-texas-mosque-who-refused-to-help-christians/" type="external">post</a>) also included a picture of Canadian imam Ibrahim Hindy, who publicly <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/03/photo-of-mississauga-imam-used-in-fake-story-about-hurricane-harvey.html" type="external">refuted</a> the story, saying that not only was he in Saudi Arabia completing the hajj Islamic pilgrimage at the time the massive storm hit Texas, he has never been to that state in his life at all:</p>
<p>The site quickly swapped out its photographs in response. The current version of the story now includes an Associated Press <a href="http://www.lapresse.ca/international/moyen-orient/201508/15/01-4892861-liban-le-cheikh-radical-sunnite-ahmad-al-assir-capture.php" type="external">picture</a> of a Lebanese cleric, Ahmad al-Assir, who was arrested by authorities in his country in August 2015.</p>
<p>This story is a complete fabrication, and neither the “Ramashan Mosque” or “Aswat Turads” exist. The radio station named in the article, WXTX-FM, is actually based out of Columbus, <a href="http://www.wxtx.com/" type="external">Georgia</a> and not Texas. TheLastLineOfDefense.com is a <a type="internal">known</a> purveyor of fake news stories. Its disclaimer reads:</p>
<q> <p>America’s Last Line of Defense is a satirical publication that may sometimes appear to be telling the truth. We assure you that’s not the case. We present fiction as fact and our sources don’t actually exist. Names that represent actual people and places are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and do not in any way depict reality.</p> <p>In other words, if you believe this crap you’re a real dumbass.</p> </q>
<p>Despite its complete lack of any factual content, the hoax story was shared thousands of times; it was also picked up and run verbatim as true by other web sites. In <a type="internal">reality,</a> several Houston mosques have taken people in and performed volunteer food and donation drives to help victims of the storm.</p>
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"<p>Members of a Houston mosque barricaded themselves inside and refused to help people evacuating Hurricane Harvey.</p>
<p>On 31 August 2017, repeat offender TheLastLineOfDefense.com published a “ <a href="http://thelastlineofdefense.org/breaking-texas-mosque-refuses-to-help-refugees-allah-forbids-helping-infidels/" type="external">report</a>” on the “Ramashan Mosque” in Houston, which according to them, refused to help people seeking relief from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey:</p>
<q> <p>The building can easily hold over 500 people, much more than the 27 currently inside. But the imam of the mosque, Aswat Turads, says that they absolutely cannot accept any non-Muslim people because it’s against their religion.</p> <p>“The Quran is very clear,” Turads told local news radio station WXTX, “we are forbidden from helping infidels, no matter how much we want to. If we allow Christians and Jews inside, we are violating a fundamental tenant of Islam and will be punished by Allah.</p> </q>
<p>The original version of the story (and an equally fake follow-up <a href="http://thelastlineofdefense.org/hurricane-victims-storm-and-occupy-texas-mosque-who-refused-to-help-christians/" type="external">post</a>) also included a picture of Canadian imam Ibrahim Hindy, who publicly <a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/03/photo-of-mississauga-imam-used-in-fake-story-about-hurricane-harvey.html" type="external">refuted</a> the story, saying that not only was he in Saudi Arabia completing the hajj Islamic pilgrimage at the time the massive storm hit Texas, he has never been to that state in his life at all:</p>
<p>The site quickly swapped out its photographs in response. The current version of the story now includes an Associated Press <a href="http://www.lapresse.ca/international/moyen-orient/201508/15/01-4892861-liban-le-cheikh-radical-sunnite-ahmad-al-assir-capture.php" type="external">picture</a> of a Lebanese cleric, Ahmad al-Assir, who was arrested by authorities in his country in August 2015.</p>
<p>This story is a complete fabrication, and neither the “Ramashan Mosque” or “Aswat Turads” exist. The radio station named in the article, WXTX-FM, is actually based out of Columbus, <a href="http://www.wxtx.com/" type="external">Georgia</a> and not Texas. TheLastLineOfDefense.com is a <a type="internal">known</a> purveyor of fake news stories. Its disclaimer reads:</p>
<q> <p>America’s Last Line of Defense is a satirical publication that may sometimes appear to be telling the truth. We assure you that’s not the case. We present fiction as fact and our sources don’t actually exist. Names that represent actual people and places are purely coincidental and all images should be considered altered and do not in any way depict reality.</p> <p>In other words, if you believe this crap you’re a real dumbass.</p> </q>
<p>Despite its complete lack of any factual content, the hoax story was shared thousands of times; it was also picked up and run verbatim as true by other web sites. In <a type="internal">reality,</a> several Houston mosques have taken people in and performed volunteer food and donation drives to help victims of the storm.</p>
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<p>In October 2017, Colin Kaepernick told a CBS reporter he would stand for the national atnthem if he were signed by an NFL team.</p>
<p>In October 2017, a rumor spread that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — who National Football League teams have refused to sign since his 2016 silent protest during the national anthem — had said he would be willing to stand during the national anthem if he was signed by a team.</p>
<p>Kaepernick was the first NFL player to sit, and then kneel, during the anthem, in protest against police brutality and racial injustice.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire web site <a href="http://archive.is/hgujy" type="external">wrote</a>:</p>
<q> <p>According to a breaking news report from the Associated Press, former San Francisco 49ers second string quarterback Colin Kaepernick now says that he’ll stand during the national anthem if an NFL team suddenly decides to give him a job:</p> </q>
<q> <p>BREAKING: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick tells CBS he’ll stand during national anthem if given chance to play football in NFL again.</p> </q>
<q> <p>According to CBS News, which sat down with the out-of-work NFLer for “several hours,” Kaepernick is actively looking for work, and is willing to abdicate his year-long national anthem protest, if only an NFL team would deign to allow him to warm their bench.</p> </q>
<p>The sports web site <a href="http://archive.is/6ci2X" type="external">Bleacher Report</a> similarly reported:</p>
<q> <p>Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who remains unsigned after sitting or kneeling during the national anthem throughout the 2016 season, said he plans to stand if signed by an NFL team. Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports revealed Kaepernick’s intentions Sunday.</p> </q>
<p>These reports (and others) were ultimately based on claims made by CBS reporter Jason La Canfora, who has since resiled from these claims. The Daily Wire’s story has been updated to reflect that, and the Associated Press has deleted its tweet. However, as of press time, the Daily Wire’s article retained its original, inaccurate headline “QB Colin Kaepernick Now Says He’ll Stand for the National Anthem If He’s Signed to a Team.” As of press time, the Bleacher Report has not yet updated its story.</p>
<p>On 7 October 2017, CBS reporter Jason La Canfora appeared on the show NFL Today and summarized a conversation he had had with Kaepernick. During that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c75Sj1_A6I" type="external">segment</a>, La Canfora described the player’s determination to return to an NFL team, and claimed:</p>
<q> <p>He’s not planning on kneeling, he’s going to donate all his jersey sales, and he’s planning on standing for the anthem, if given the opportunity.</p> </q>
<p>However, a day later Colin Kaepernick appeared to allude to the inaccuracy of that account, in this tweet:</p>
<q> <p>A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.</p> </q>
<p>Kaepernick’s girlfriend, radio presenter Nessa Diab, directly refuted La Canfora’s claims:</p>
<q> <p>The reports that Colin will stand for the anthem are completely false! He has never discussed this with anyone. <a href="https://t.co/tWusUBJMeF" type="external">pic.twitter.com/tWusUBJMeF</a></p> </q>
<p>NFL Today deleted a video of La Canfora’s claims from its Twitter account, and La Canfora himself posted a series of tweets clarifying that he had not, in fact, discussed the possibility of standing for the national anthem in his conversation with Kaepernick.</p>
<q> <p>Wanted to clarify one thing regarding <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Kaepernick7</a>. When I was asked about his whether or not he would sit or stand for anthem …</p> </q>
<q> <p>Standing for Anthem wasn’t something that I spoke to Colin about sat. I relayed what had been reported about him standing in the future…</p> </q>
<q> <p>Reports about <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Kaepernick7</a> standing for anthem had not been refuted. However, I cant say if they are true or not. Colin and I didn’t discuss</p> </q>
<q> <p>Colin would have to address any future demonstrations. I didn’t ask him if he would sit or stand. Our chat primarily about his will to play</p> </q>
<q> <p>I know <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Kaepernick7</a> is fully committed to playing football and helping those in need. What he would do during the Anthem I do not know</p> </q>
<p>It was not the first time that a news organization reported Kaepernick’s purported willingness to stand during the anthem. In March 2017, Adam Schefter wrote an <a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18805744/colin-kaepernick-stand-national-anthem-next-season" type="external">article</a> headlined “Colin Kaepernick to stand during national anthem next season,” in which he cited anonymous sources:</p>
<q> <p>Quarterback <a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14001/colin-kaepernick" type="external">Colin Kaepernick</a> will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday.</p> <p>Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN. He also said the amount of national discussion on social inequality — as well as support from other athletes nationwide, including NFL and NBA players — affirmed the message he was trying to deliver.</p> </q>
<p>Schefter did not quote Kaepernick himself in the article or offer verifiable proof. We could not find any evidence to corroborate Schefter’s claim.</p>
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"<p>In October 2017, Colin Kaepernick told a CBS reporter he would stand for the national atnthem if he were signed by an NFL team.</p>
<p>In October 2017, a rumor spread that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — who National Football League teams have refused to sign since his 2016 silent protest during the national anthem — had said he would be willing to stand during the national anthem if he was signed by a team.</p>
<p>Kaepernick was the first NFL player to sit, and then kneel, during the anthem, in protest against police brutality and racial injustice.</p>
<p>The Daily Wire web site <a href="http://archive.is/hgujy" type="external">wrote</a>:</p>
<q> <p>According to a breaking news report from the Associated Press, former San Francisco 49ers second string quarterback Colin Kaepernick now says that he’ll stand during the national anthem if an NFL team suddenly decides to give him a job:</p> </q>
<q> <p>BREAKING: Quarterback Colin Kaepernick tells CBS he’ll stand during national anthem if given chance to play football in NFL again.</p> </q>
<q> <p>According to CBS News, which sat down with the out-of-work NFLer for “several hours,” Kaepernick is actively looking for work, and is willing to abdicate his year-long national anthem protest, if only an NFL team would deign to allow him to warm their bench.</p> </q>
<p>The sports web site <a href="http://archive.is/6ci2X" type="external">Bleacher Report</a> similarly reported:</p>
<q> <p>Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who remains unsigned after sitting or kneeling during the national anthem throughout the 2016 season, said he plans to stand if signed by an NFL team. Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports revealed Kaepernick’s intentions Sunday.</p> </q>
<p>These reports (and others) were ultimately based on claims made by CBS reporter Jason La Canfora, who has since resiled from these claims. The Daily Wire’s story has been updated to reflect that, and the Associated Press has deleted its tweet. However, as of press time, the Daily Wire’s article retained its original, inaccurate headline “QB Colin Kaepernick Now Says He’ll Stand for the National Anthem If He’s Signed to a Team.” As of press time, the Bleacher Report has not yet updated its story.</p>
<p>On 7 October 2017, CBS reporter Jason La Canfora appeared on the show NFL Today and summarized a conversation he had had with Kaepernick. During that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c75Sj1_A6I" type="external">segment</a>, La Canfora described the player’s determination to return to an NFL team, and claimed:</p>
<q> <p>He’s not planning on kneeling, he’s going to donate all his jersey sales, and he’s planning on standing for the anthem, if given the opportunity.</p> </q>
<p>However, a day later Colin Kaepernick appeared to allude to the inaccuracy of that account, in this tweet:</p>
<q> <p>A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.</p> </q>
<p>Kaepernick’s girlfriend, radio presenter Nessa Diab, directly refuted La Canfora’s claims:</p>
<q> <p>The reports that Colin will stand for the anthem are completely false! He has never discussed this with anyone. <a href="https://t.co/tWusUBJMeF" type="external">pic.twitter.com/tWusUBJMeF</a></p> </q>
<p>NFL Today deleted a video of La Canfora’s claims from its Twitter account, and La Canfora himself posted a series of tweets clarifying that he had not, in fact, discussed the possibility of standing for the national anthem in his conversation with Kaepernick.</p>
<q> <p>Wanted to clarify one thing regarding <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Kaepernick7</a>. When I was asked about his whether or not he would sit or stand for anthem …</p> </q>
<q> <p>Standing for Anthem wasn’t something that I spoke to Colin about sat. I relayed what had been reported about him standing in the future…</p> </q>
<q> <p>Reports about <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Kaepernick7</a> standing for anthem had not been refuted. However, I cant say if they are true or not. Colin and I didn’t discuss</p> </q>
<q> <p>Colin would have to address any future demonstrations. I didn’t ask him if he would sit or stand. Our chat primarily about his will to play</p> </q>
<q> <p>I know <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@Kaepernick7</a> is fully committed to playing football and helping those in need. What he would do during the Anthem I do not know</p> </q>
<p>It was not the first time that a news organization reported Kaepernick’s purported willingness to stand during the anthem. In March 2017, Adam Schefter wrote an <a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/18805744/colin-kaepernick-stand-national-anthem-next-season" type="external">article</a> headlined “Colin Kaepernick to stand during national anthem next season,” in which he cited anonymous sources:</p>
<q> <p>Quarterback <a href="http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14001/colin-kaepernick" type="external">Colin Kaepernick</a> will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday.</p> <p>Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN. He also said the amount of national discussion on social inequality — as well as support from other athletes nationwide, including NFL and NBA players — affirmed the message he was trying to deliver.</p> </q>
<p>Schefter did not quote Kaepernick himself in the article or offer verifiable proof. We could not find any evidence to corroborate Schefter’s claim.</p>
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<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that “Trump could be the greatest president in history.”</p>
<p>In a 14 December 2016 interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, Robert Kennedy, Jr. said that “I think Trump can be any kind of president he wants. I think he could be the greatest president in history if he wanted to.”</p>
<p>Kennedy, who spoke these words prior to Donald Trump's taking office, was speaking in general terms about his hope that Trump would become a great president, seeing optimism in the fact that Trump appeared at the time to be unbound by ideology.</p>
<p>On 14 December 2016, President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, <a href="https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20161215_030000_CNN_Tonight_With_Don_Lemon/start/0/end/60" type="external">appeared</a> on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon to discuss the appointment of former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State (a move Kennedy, an environmental activist, was strongly opposed to).</p>
<p>In an earlier segment on that night’s show, Lemon and his guests had drawn comparisons between the Trumps and the Kennedys, referencing <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/13/after-talking-with-trump-bill-gates-likens-president-elect-to-jfk.html" type="external">remarks</a> made by former Microsoft head Bill Gates a day earlier, with Lemon’s <a href="https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20161215_030000_CNN_Tonight_With_Don_Lemon/start/3360/end/3420" type="external">asking</a> Kennedy Jr. how he felt about this comparison:</p>
<q> <p>We’ve discussed this on this show during the primary season, but Bill Gates has said today that Trump could be a new JFK. Some people look how close the Trump family is and how connected the children are to the family business and any they could be like the Kennedys. […] How do you feel about that?</p> </q>
<p>Kennedy’s answer, essentially, was not that Donald Trump had already done and achieved things that would fairly rank him as the “greatest President in history,” but that the comparison of Trump to the Kennedy family could turn out to be fair, because Donald Trump “is less bound by ideology than any president probably that we’ve had this century.” His statement was one of optimism for the future and was not rooted in anything Donald Trump (who had yet to assume office) had actually done as President:</p>
<q> <p>I think Trump, you know, because he doesn’t have obligations, he doesn’t owe anything to anybody, if he’s — I think if he cares about history and he understands that history is his principal audience, that he could be an extraordinary president. […] He said to Leonardo DiCaprio the other day that he wanted to be the next Teddy Roosevelt and he can easily do that he could — but I think it’s important to start by surrounding yourself with advisers who share that idealism and not people who are just working for the oil industry.</p> <p>I think he can be any kind of president he wants. I think he could be the greatest president in history if he wanted to.</p> </q>
<p>Since that exchange, numerous pro-Trump websites have run with Kennedy’s statement that “I think [Trump] could be the greatest president in history” without offering the any of the context that led to up to it. Numerous YouTube <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Robert+F.+Kennedy+Jr.+Drops+Bombshell%3A+%22Trump+Could+Be+Greatest+President+In+History!%22&oq=Robert+F.+Kennedy+Jr.+Drops+Bombshell%3A+%22Trump+Could+Be+Greatest+President+In+History!%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.304j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" type="external">videos</a> excerpt this brief segment, posted under the title “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Drops Bombshell: ‘Trump Could Be Greatest President In History!'”</p>
<p>Other sites have added their own slanted <a href="http://archive.is/j1NgH" type="external">commentary</a> to Kennedy’s remark, frequently suggesting the conversation happened more recently. In a May 2017 post frequently reshared on Facebook, ConservativeFighters.com gleefully and rhetorically asked: “Can you hear the sobs coming from liberal protesters when a left-wing icon like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. finally admits the truth?”</p>
<p>While Kennedy is certainly a Democrat, he has expressed willingness to work with Trump in the past, especially during the timeframe when the Don Lemon interview took place. Trump allegedly <a type="internal">offered</a> Kennedy (though Trump later disputed this) the chance to head a controversial commission on “vaccine safety” that had been widely panned by the medical community back in January 2017.</p>
<p>However, because Kennedy’s words, in full context, were not offered as complimentary of Trump’s actions as a president (which he wasn’t at that point) but as a general hopefulness for the future, we rate this claim as a mixture.</p>
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"<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that “Trump could be the greatest president in history.”</p>
<p>In a 14 December 2016 interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, Robert Kennedy, Jr. said that “I think Trump can be any kind of president he wants. I think he could be the greatest president in history if he wanted to.”</p>
<p>Kennedy, who spoke these words prior to Donald Trump's taking office, was speaking in general terms about his hope that Trump would become a great president, seeing optimism in the fact that Trump appeared at the time to be unbound by ideology.</p>
<p>On 14 December 2016, President John F. Kennedy’s nephew, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, <a href="https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20161215_030000_CNN_Tonight_With_Don_Lemon/start/0/end/60" type="external">appeared</a> on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon to discuss the appointment of former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State (a move Kennedy, an environmental activist, was strongly opposed to).</p>
<p>In an earlier segment on that night’s show, Lemon and his guests had drawn comparisons between the Trumps and the Kennedys, referencing <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/13/after-talking-with-trump-bill-gates-likens-president-elect-to-jfk.html" type="external">remarks</a> made by former Microsoft head Bill Gates a day earlier, with Lemon’s <a href="https://archive.org/details/CNNW_20161215_030000_CNN_Tonight_With_Don_Lemon/start/3360/end/3420" type="external">asking</a> Kennedy Jr. how he felt about this comparison:</p>
<q> <p>We’ve discussed this on this show during the primary season, but Bill Gates has said today that Trump could be a new JFK. Some people look how close the Trump family is and how connected the children are to the family business and any they could be like the Kennedys. […] How do you feel about that?</p> </q>
<p>Kennedy’s answer, essentially, was not that Donald Trump had already done and achieved things that would fairly rank him as the “greatest President in history,” but that the comparison of Trump to the Kennedy family could turn out to be fair, because Donald Trump “is less bound by ideology than any president probably that we’ve had this century.” His statement was one of optimism for the future and was not rooted in anything Donald Trump (who had yet to assume office) had actually done as President:</p>
<q> <p>I think Trump, you know, because he doesn’t have obligations, he doesn’t owe anything to anybody, if he’s — I think if he cares about history and he understands that history is his principal audience, that he could be an extraordinary president. […] He said to Leonardo DiCaprio the other day that he wanted to be the next Teddy Roosevelt and he can easily do that he could — but I think it’s important to start by surrounding yourself with advisers who share that idealism and not people who are just working for the oil industry.</p> <p>I think he can be any kind of president he wants. I think he could be the greatest president in history if he wanted to.</p> </q>
<p>Since that exchange, numerous pro-Trump websites have run with Kennedy’s statement that “I think [Trump] could be the greatest president in history” without offering the any of the context that led to up to it. Numerous YouTube <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Robert+F.+Kennedy+Jr.+Drops+Bombshell%3A+%22Trump+Could+Be+Greatest+President+In+History!%22&oq=Robert+F.+Kennedy+Jr.+Drops+Bombshell%3A+%22Trump+Could+Be+Greatest+President+In+History!%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.304j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8" type="external">videos</a> excerpt this brief segment, posted under the title “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Drops Bombshell: ‘Trump Could Be Greatest President In History!'”</p>
<p>Other sites have added their own slanted <a href="http://archive.is/j1NgH" type="external">commentary</a> to Kennedy’s remark, frequently suggesting the conversation happened more recently. In a May 2017 post frequently reshared on Facebook, ConservativeFighters.com gleefully and rhetorically asked: “Can you hear the sobs coming from liberal protesters when a left-wing icon like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. finally admits the truth?”</p>
<p>While Kennedy is certainly a Democrat, he has expressed willingness to work with Trump in the past, especially during the timeframe when the Don Lemon interview took place. Trump allegedly <a type="internal">offered</a> Kennedy (though Trump later disputed this) the chance to head a controversial commission on “vaccine safety” that had been widely panned by the medical community back in January 2017.</p>
<p>However, because Kennedy’s words, in full context, were not offered as complimentary of Trump’s actions as a president (which he wasn’t at that point) but as a general hopefulness for the future, we rate this claim as a mixture.</p>
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<p>After only nine months in office, President Trump and family had already spent $147 million on personal travel, amounting to one-and-a-half times as much as President Obama and family spent in the eight years of the latter's presidency.</p>
<p>Based on the limited information available as of October 2017, the Trump family's monthly travel expenditures during the early part of his administration exceeded the monthly spending averages of President Obama and family.</p>
<p>The stated total of $147 million for President Trump and family's travel expenditures over nine months was vastly exaggerated and unsupported by actual data.</p>
<p>The expenses incurred by United States presidents and their families on vacation trips and other travel away from the White House are an evergreen topic of partisan debate, given that much of those, including the requisite round-the-clock Secret Service protection and use of military aircraft for travel, are footed by the federal government. (By longstanding convention, even presidential vacation travel is <a href="https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21835.pdf" type="external">categorized</a> as “official business” for accounting purposes, since it is assumed, the Congressional Research Service tells us, that the president is always on duty.)</p>
<p>In that vein, an Internet meme loosed on social media nine months into Donald Trump’s presidency made the claim that taxpayer expenditures on vacations, golf, and personal security for the president, First Lady Melania Trump, and their youngest son Barron had thus far averaged more than $16 million per month, as compared to an average of about $1 million per month for travel by President Obama and immediate family during Obama’s entire eight years in office.</p>
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<q> <a href="https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2017/10/taxpayer-dollars.jpg" type="external" /> <p>As of October 14, 2017</p> <p>Taxpayer dollars spend on vacations, golf and personal security while not at the White house for Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha</p> <p>$98,000,000.00 over 8 years or $1,020,833.33 per month</p> <p>Taxpayer dollars spend on vacations, golf and personal security while not at the White house for Donald, Melania and Barron</p> <p>$147,000,000.00 over 9 months or $16,333,333.33 per month</p> <p>Not a peep from Conservatives.</p> </q>
<p>If accurate, the comparison is all the more striking in that Trump was an inveterate critic of President Obama’s travel and vacation expenses for years:</p>
<q> <p>The Obama’s Spain vacation cost taxpayers over $476K <a href="http://t.co/W6kIpd5x" type="external">http://t.co/W6kIpd5x</a> They love to spend money.</p> </q>
<p>“I would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done,” Trump <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/245884-trump-i-would-rarely-leave-the-white-house" type="external">told</a> The Hill in 2015. “I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.” While campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Trump <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/politics/trump-golf-obama/index.html" type="external">said</a> to the American people: “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf.”</p>
<p>In point of fact, according to a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/19/donald-trump-visits-his-properties-while-office/490212001/" type="external">report</a> in USA Today, Trump only spent five of his first 26 weekends as president holed up exclusively in the White House. The rest entailed trips to his nearby golf clubs. In early August 2017, CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller toted up how many <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-do-trumps-days-away-from-the-white-house-compare-to-his-predecessors/" type="external">days</a> Trump had spent away from the White House versus the number of days Obama spent offsite and found that Trump’s total, at all or part of 41 days away from Washington, was nearly twice Obama’s, at all or part of 21 days away (although George W. Bush had them both beat at 61 days away).</p>
<p>Although it’s too soon as of October 2017, just nine months into his presidency, to render even a semi-complete portrait of the Trump family’s travel expenses (such details are rarely released except in response to Freedom of Information Act inquiries, and sometimes not even then), preliminary indications are that Trump’s past criticisms of Obama will come back to haunt him.</p>
<p>Looking at the information we do have, the Obama family’s travel expenses during the entire eight years of his presidency <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/in-the-news/judicial-watch-total-obama-travel-costs-far-106-million/" type="external">totaled</a> approximately $106 million, according to the most recent FOIA numbers released by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, who kept close tabs on Obama’s spending. The Obamas’ travel expenses therefore averaged about $1.1 million per month over the course of his term.</p>
<p>Turning to Trump, the alleged $147 million already spent on travel by the president and his family during his first nine months in office wildly exceeds anything supported by actual data. That having been said, it does appear, based on the information available, that Trump and family have indeed likely outstripped the Obamas in terms of monthly travel costs, albeit by a smaller margin than claimed.</p>
<p>Judicial Watch, who have vowed to monitor Trump’s travel expenses as closely as they did Obama’s (FOIA requests are already on <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-pentagon-secret-service-records-costs-presidential-vip-travel/" type="external">file</a>), reported in July 2017 that two months into Trump’s presidency taxpayers were already on the <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-trump-administration-air-travel-costs-3-58-million/" type="external">hook</a> for $3.58 million in charges for air travel alone (i.e., excluding auxiliary costs such as Secret Service housing, local transporation, police protection, etc.) by the president, first lady, and vice president during February and March. That’s roughly $1.8 million per month, $700,000 more than the Obamas’ monthly average, which included the auxiliary costs we don’t yet have for Trump.</p>
<p>Focusing just on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips, of which there were <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/" type="external">seven</a> between Inauguration Day and mid-August 2017, an attempt at a more comprehensive <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-familys-elaborate-lifestyle-a-logistical-nightmare--at-taxpayer-expense/2017/02/16/763cce8e-f2ce-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html" type="external">estimate</a> by the progressive watchdog group Center for American Progress Action Fund settled on a cost of roughly $3 million per trip — a total of $21 million for all of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago stays through August, amounting to $2.6 million per month). The reliability of that estimate has been rightly called into <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/18/center-american-progress-action-fund/how-much-do-donald-trumps-trips-mar-lago-cost/" type="external">question</a>, given that it was generalized from a Government Accountability Office <a href="http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/680400.pdf" type="external">report</a> written well before Trump took office, but it is indicative of how high the Trump family’s travel costs — when they are updated to include actual Secret Service expenses and incidentals might well go.</p>
<p>For that matter, obligatory Secret Service protection extends to all of Trump’s children, including his two adult sons, whose security costs while traveling are <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-costs-for-trump-family-protection-continue-to-mount/" type="external">borne</a> by American taxpayers even though they don’t work for the administration, instead running their father’s international business holdings. According to CBS News, lodging and transportation costs for federal agents protecting Eric and Donald Trump Jr. on their travels had already surpassed $190,000 by the end of President Trump’s third month in office.</p>
<p>Also indicative is a USA Today report that in addition to his Mar-a-Lago residencies, as of 21 August Trump had racked up five visits to his private golf club in New Jersey. At these two locations, the Secret Service spent $60,000 on rent for the golf carts needed to protect the president. If that pattern continues, American taxpayers can expect to be dinged for as much as $103,000 per year in golf cart rentals alone.</p>
<p>Although there isn’t yet enough information to work up a detailed comparison of the Trump family’s travel expenses versus the Obama family’s, it seems a near certainty, barring a dramatic change in lifestyle, that the Trumps’ expenses will continue to outpace the Obamas’ by a healthy margin, although nowhere approaching the $15 million-a-month disparity alleged by Internet sources.</p>
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"<p>After only nine months in office, President Trump and family had already spent $147 million on personal travel, amounting to one-and-a-half times as much as President Obama and family spent in the eight years of the latter's presidency.</p>
<p>Based on the limited information available as of October 2017, the Trump family's monthly travel expenditures during the early part of his administration exceeded the monthly spending averages of President Obama and family.</p>
<p>The stated total of $147 million for President Trump and family's travel expenditures over nine months was vastly exaggerated and unsupported by actual data.</p>
<p>The expenses incurred by United States presidents and their families on vacation trips and other travel away from the White House are an evergreen topic of partisan debate, given that much of those, including the requisite round-the-clock Secret Service protection and use of military aircraft for travel, are footed by the federal government. (By longstanding convention, even presidential vacation travel is <a href="https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21835.pdf" type="external">categorized</a> as “official business” for accounting purposes, since it is assumed, the Congressional Research Service tells us, that the president is always on duty.)</p>
<p>In that vein, an Internet meme loosed on social media nine months into Donald Trump’s presidency made the claim that taxpayer expenditures on vacations, golf, and personal security for the president, First Lady Melania Trump, and their youngest son Barron had thus far averaged more than $16 million per month, as compared to an average of about $1 million per month for travel by President Obama and immediate family during Obama’s entire eight years in office.</p>
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<q> <a href="https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2017/10/taxpayer-dollars.jpg" type="external" /> <p>As of October 14, 2017</p> <p>Taxpayer dollars spend on vacations, golf and personal security while not at the White house for Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha</p> <p>$98,000,000.00 over 8 years or $1,020,833.33 per month</p> <p>Taxpayer dollars spend on vacations, golf and personal security while not at the White house for Donald, Melania and Barron</p> <p>$147,000,000.00 over 9 months or $16,333,333.33 per month</p> <p>Not a peep from Conservatives.</p> </q>
<p>If accurate, the comparison is all the more striking in that Trump was an inveterate critic of President Obama’s travel and vacation expenses for years:</p>
<q> <p>The Obama’s Spain vacation cost taxpayers over $476K <a href="http://t.co/W6kIpd5x" type="external">http://t.co/W6kIpd5x</a> They love to spend money.</p> </q>
<p>“I would rarely leave the White House because there’s so much work to be done,” Trump <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/245884-trump-i-would-rarely-leave-the-white-house" type="external">told</a> The Hill in 2015. “I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.” While campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Trump <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/politics/trump-golf-obama/index.html" type="external">said</a> to the American people: “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf.”</p>
<p>In point of fact, according to a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/07/19/donald-trump-visits-his-properties-while-office/490212001/" type="external">report</a> in USA Today, Trump only spent five of his first 26 weekends as president holed up exclusively in the White House. The rest entailed trips to his nearby golf clubs. In early August 2017, CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller toted up how many <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-do-trumps-days-away-from-the-white-house-compare-to-his-predecessors/" type="external">days</a> Trump had spent away from the White House versus the number of days Obama spent offsite and found that Trump’s total, at all or part of 41 days away from Washington, was nearly twice Obama’s, at all or part of 21 days away (although George W. Bush had them both beat at 61 days away).</p>
<p>Although it’s too soon as of October 2017, just nine months into his presidency, to render even a semi-complete portrait of the Trump family’s travel expenses (such details are rarely released except in response to Freedom of Information Act inquiries, and sometimes not even then), preliminary indications are that Trump’s past criticisms of Obama will come back to haunt him.</p>
<p>Looking at the information we do have, the Obama family’s travel expenses during the entire eight years of his presidency <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/in-the-news/judicial-watch-total-obama-travel-costs-far-106-million/" type="external">totaled</a> approximately $106 million, according to the most recent FOIA numbers released by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, who kept close tabs on Obama’s spending. The Obamas’ travel expenses therefore averaged about $1.1 million per month over the course of his term.</p>
<p>Turning to Trump, the alleged $147 million already spent on travel by the president and his family during his first nine months in office wildly exceeds anything supported by actual data. That having been said, it does appear, based on the information available, that Trump and family have indeed likely outstripped the Obamas in terms of monthly travel costs, albeit by a smaller margin than claimed.</p>
<p>Judicial Watch, who have vowed to monitor Trump’s travel expenses as closely as they did Obama’s (FOIA requests are already on <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-pentagon-secret-service-records-costs-presidential-vip-travel/" type="external">file</a>), reported in July 2017 that two months into Trump’s presidency taxpayers were already on the <a href="https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-trump-administration-air-travel-costs-3-58-million/" type="external">hook</a> for $3.58 million in charges for air travel alone (i.e., excluding auxiliary costs such as Secret Service housing, local transporation, police protection, etc.) by the president, first lady, and vice president during February and March. That’s roughly $1.8 million per month, $700,000 more than the Obamas’ monthly average, which included the auxiliary costs we don’t yet have for Trump.</p>
<p>Focusing just on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips, of which there were <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/21/secret-service-cant-pay-agents-because-trumps-frequent-travel-large-family/529075001/" type="external">seven</a> between Inauguration Day and mid-August 2017, an attempt at a more comprehensive <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-familys-elaborate-lifestyle-a-logistical-nightmare--at-taxpayer-expense/2017/02/16/763cce8e-f2ce-11e6-a9b0-ecee7ce475fc_story.html" type="external">estimate</a> by the progressive watchdog group Center for American Progress Action Fund settled on a cost of roughly $3 million per trip — a total of $21 million for all of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago stays through August, amounting to $2.6 million per month). The reliability of that estimate has been rightly called into <a href="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/apr/18/center-american-progress-action-fund/how-much-do-donald-trumps-trips-mar-lago-cost/" type="external">question</a>, given that it was generalized from a Government Accountability Office <a href="http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/680400.pdf" type="external">report</a> written well before Trump took office, but it is indicative of how high the Trump family’s travel costs — when they are updated to include actual Secret Service expenses and incidentals might well go.</p>
<p>For that matter, obligatory Secret Service protection extends to all of Trump’s children, including his two adult sons, whose security costs while traveling are <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/secret-service-costs-for-trump-family-protection-continue-to-mount/" type="external">borne</a> by American taxpayers even though they don’t work for the administration, instead running their father’s international business holdings. According to CBS News, lodging and transportation costs for federal agents protecting Eric and Donald Trump Jr. on their travels had already surpassed $190,000 by the end of President Trump’s third month in office.</p>
<p>Also indicative is a USA Today report that in addition to his Mar-a-Lago residencies, as of 21 August Trump had racked up five visits to his private golf club in New Jersey. At these two locations, the Secret Service spent $60,000 on rent for the golf carts needed to protect the president. If that pattern continues, American taxpayers can expect to be dinged for as much as $103,000 per year in golf cart rentals alone.</p>
<p>Although there isn’t yet enough information to work up a detailed comparison of the Trump family’s travel expenses versus the Obama family’s, it seems a near certainty, barring a dramatic change in lifestyle, that the Trumps’ expenses will continue to outpace the Obamas’ by a healthy margin, although nowhere approaching the $15 million-a-month disparity alleged by Internet sources.</p>
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<p>A photograph shows President Obama and George Soros laughing together.</p>
<p>A photograph purportedly showing former President Barack Obama being chummy with George Soros is frequently shared on social media by individuals peddling various (and unfounded) conspiracy theories about the billionaire investor. For example, an image was <a href="https://archive.is/OGimq" type="external">posted</a> on Twitter in August 2017 by political commentator Dinesh D’Souza along with a message labeling Soros a Nazi collaborator:</p>
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<p>The original <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/4300504/Ted-Kennedy-collapses-at-Barack-Obama-inauguration-lunch.html" type="external">photograph</a> was taken at a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/us/politics/29dems.html" type="external">campaign</a> rally on 28 January 2008 at American University and showed then-candidate Barack Obama with Senator Ted Kennedy. At some point, Soros’s head was superimposed over Kennedy’s to make it appear as if Obama was conspiring with the billionaire, who has become a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-did-george-soros-become-the-favorite-boogeyman-of-the-right-2017-5" type="external">boogeyman</a> to some segments of the American right wing.</p>
<p>Here’s the genuine photograph (left) and the doctored image (right):</p>
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<p>The photograph was poorly digitally manipulated, and does not actually show Obama with Soros. The first clue is the lighting: the shadows on Obama’s face (for example, beneath his earlobe) do not match the shadows on Soros’s face. Soros, too, is slightly out of focus, whereas Obama is in perfect focus. You can even see a bit of Kennedy’s hair where Soros’s head was superimposed over it, which D’Souza conveniently cropped out of the image in his tweet.</p>
<p>As for the claim that Soros was a “Nazi collaborator”, we investigated that rumor in November 2016 and found it to be <a type="internal">false</a>.</p>
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"<p>A photograph shows President Obama and George Soros laughing together.</p>
<p>A photograph purportedly showing former President Barack Obama being chummy with George Soros is frequently shared on social media by individuals peddling various (and unfounded) conspiracy theories about the billionaire investor. For example, an image was <a href="https://archive.is/OGimq" type="external">posted</a> on Twitter in August 2017 by political commentator Dinesh D’Souza along with a message labeling Soros a Nazi collaborator:</p>
<a href="https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-production/uploads/2017/08/obama-and-soros.jpg" type="external" />
<p>The original <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/4300504/Ted-Kennedy-collapses-at-Barack-Obama-inauguration-lunch.html" type="external">photograph</a> was taken at a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/us/politics/29dems.html" type="external">campaign</a> rally on 28 January 2008 at American University and showed then-candidate Barack Obama with Senator Ted Kennedy. At some point, Soros’s head was superimposed over Kennedy’s to make it appear as if Obama was conspiring with the billionaire, who has become a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-did-george-soros-become-the-favorite-boogeyman-of-the-right-2017-5" type="external">boogeyman</a> to some segments of the American right wing.</p>
<p>Here’s the genuine photograph (left) and the doctored image (right):</p>
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<p>The photograph was poorly digitally manipulated, and does not actually show Obama with Soros. The first clue is the lighting: the shadows on Obama’s face (for example, beneath his earlobe) do not match the shadows on Soros’s face. Soros, too, is slightly out of focus, whereas Obama is in perfect focus. You can even see a bit of Kennedy’s hair where Soros’s head was superimposed over it, which D’Souza conveniently cropped out of the image in his tweet.</p>
<p>As for the claim that Soros was a “Nazi collaborator”, we investigated that rumor in November 2016 and found it to be <a type="internal">false</a>.</p>"
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<p>The hotel security guard wounded in the Las Vegas mass shooting has been arrested as an accomplice to that event.</p>
<p>Fake news web sites capitalized on the tragedy of the 1 October 2017 mass shooting event in Las Vegas by proffering various unfounded conspiracy theories as “news,” particularly those positing that a “second shooter” took part in the carnage in additional to the one who rained bullets onto a concert crowd from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.</p>
<p>In particular, fake news sites focused on Jesus Campos, the Mandalay Bay security guard who reportedly went to investigate a door alarm on the 32nd floor and was wounded in the leg when the shooter fired an estimated 200 bullets through his hotel room door. Those sites initially reported (without any evidence) that Campos was not an innocent victim wounded in the course of his duties, but was actually suspected of being an <a type="internal">accomplice</a> in the mass shooting.</p>
<p>On 12 October 2017, an impostor CNN lookalike web site doubled down on that tidbit of fake news by posting an <a href="https://archive.is/gImgi" type="external">article</a> holding that Campos (whose name was repeatedly misspelled as “Compos”) was not only suspected of being an accomplice to the shooting, but had actually been arrested on the grounds that he, too, shot at concert-goers from the Mandalay Bay’s 32nd floor suite — and then shot the real perpetrator in the head (fatally) and himself in the arm (superficially) to provide cover for his actions:</p>
<q> <p>Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Compos has been arrested accused of being an accomplice and second shooter in the Las Vegas massacre that claimed the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500.</p> <p>Jesus Campos had originally been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, FBI officials involved in the investigation now believe he was an accomplice of Paddock’s, and was involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.</p> <p>According to a senior FBI official, authorities became suspicions by the extreme amount of gunpowder residue found on Campos’ hands and inconsistencies in his timeline of events. “We believe he killed [the shooter], shot holes through the door and his own arm to produce physical evidence for his cover story, then went and lay next to the elevator,” the FBI official told CNN.</p> </q>
<p>Although some confusion remains, as of this writing, about the precise <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-mandalay-20171012-story.html" type="external">timing</a> of when Campos was wounded relative to the onset of the larger mass shooting rampage, law enforcement has not at any time suggested that Campos was an accomplice to that mass shooting, much less taken him into custody on that basis.</p>
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"<p>The hotel security guard wounded in the Las Vegas mass shooting has been arrested as an accomplice to that event.</p>
<p>Fake news web sites capitalized on the tragedy of the 1 October 2017 mass shooting event in Las Vegas by proffering various unfounded conspiracy theories as “news,” particularly those positing that a “second shooter” took part in the carnage in additional to the one who rained bullets onto a concert crowd from a room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel.</p>
<p>In particular, fake news sites focused on Jesus Campos, the Mandalay Bay security guard who reportedly went to investigate a door alarm on the 32nd floor and was wounded in the leg when the shooter fired an estimated 200 bullets through his hotel room door. Those sites initially reported (without any evidence) that Campos was not an innocent victim wounded in the course of his duties, but was actually suspected of being an <a type="internal">accomplice</a> in the mass shooting.</p>
<p>On 12 October 2017, an impostor CNN lookalike web site doubled down on that tidbit of fake news by posting an <a href="https://archive.is/gImgi" type="external">article</a> holding that Campos (whose name was repeatedly misspelled as “Compos”) was not only suspected of being an accomplice to the shooting, but had actually been arrested on the grounds that he, too, shot at concert-goers from the Mandalay Bay’s 32nd floor suite — and then shot the real perpetrator in the head (fatally) and himself in the arm (superficially) to provide cover for his actions:</p>
<q> <p>Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Compos has been arrested accused of being an accomplice and second shooter in the Las Vegas massacre that claimed the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500.</p> <p>Jesus Campos had originally been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, FBI officials involved in the investigation now believe he was an accomplice of Paddock’s, and was involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.</p> <p>According to a senior FBI official, authorities became suspicions by the extreme amount of gunpowder residue found on Campos’ hands and inconsistencies in his timeline of events. “We believe he killed [the shooter], shot holes through the door and his own arm to produce physical evidence for his cover story, then went and lay next to the elevator,” the FBI official told CNN.</p> </q>
<p>Although some confusion remains, as of this writing, about the precise <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-mandalay-20171012-story.html" type="external">timing</a> of when Campos was wounded relative to the onset of the larger mass shooting rampage, law enforcement has not at any time suggested that Campos was an accomplice to that mass shooting, much less taken him into custody on that basis.</p>
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<p>A photograph shows a black police officer protecting participants in a white supremacist protest in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>On 12 August 2017, just after the occurrence of violent and <a type="internal">tragic</a> events at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, left multiple people dead, an image was widely circulated via social media seemingly showing a black police officer calmly standing guard to protect a group of racist protesters carrying Confederate flags, wearing Ku Klux Klan garb, and issuing Nazi salutes:</p>
<p>Although this photograph was genuine, it was not — as was widely assumed (or stated) in social media posts — a picture snapped at the 12 August 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. The image had been posted online well over a month earlier, as shown in this 9 July 2017 tweet from Tucson, Arizona, police chief Chris Magnus:</p>
<q> <p>Photo says it all. Police around nation called upon w/regularity to protect 1st Amend rights no matter how heinous they may find the speech. <a href="https://t.co/3keTS7bdX2" type="external">pic.twitter.com/3keTS7bdX2</a></p> </q>
<p>It was also posted on Facebook at that time by Kimberly Payne Hawk, who described the pictured policeman as “Charlottesville Police Officer Nash”:</p>
<p>A few days later, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrankSomervilleKTVU/posts/1551137301616258:0" type="external">Frank Somerville</a> of Oakland television station KTVU wrote of the latter posting that:</p>
<q> <p>Kimberly’s post went viral.</p> <p>But there were also a number of really nasty comments.</p> <p>And Kimberly later posted this in response:</p> <p>“On Monday I saw a photo from the KKK rally that moved me and I posted it. Now it has gone viral and mean, angry people are coming out of the woodwork.</p> <p>I do not care about the rude comments towards me but I am becoming quite irritated at the attacks on our local police officer.</p> <p>He is getting attacked for being an African American police officer who was protecting the free speech rights of the klan and I am getting accused of being a supporter of racism because my sister is a police officer.</p> <p>It must be a horrible way to live to be so defensive and angry all the time.</p> <p>I hope these people can find some happiness and peace at some point in their lives.”</p> <p>I’m dumbfounded that anyone could criticize this officer and what he’s doing.</p> <p>Thank you Officer Nash for your service.</p> <p>And thank you Kimberly Payne Hawk for posting this.</p> </q>
<p>The image originated with a Ku Klux Klan <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/08/kkk-holds-rally-virginia-and-met-protesters/462146001/" type="external">rally</a> held in downtown Charlottesville on 8 July 2017:</p>
<p>The photograph was snapped by during that protest by Jill Mumie, one of several shots she captured on her iPhone:</p>
<q> <p>That afternoon, she positioned herself near an area that had been cordoned off “in anticipation of what might unfold.” She purposefully stayed in front of the officer, waiting for what she felt was the right moment that captured the “bizarre” scene that was unfolding.</p> <p>Once the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan arrived, she recalled “a huge surge of people behind me.” And so with her iPhone, Mumie tried a few different shots. In one outtake, a girl stands beside the officer, snapping a picture of the commotion as the officer stares elsewhere. The angle of his chin, the tilt of his head, something felt off. In another outtake, the attention is focused on a man behind the officer who displays a middle finger in Mumie’s direction.</p> </q>
<p>The officer pictured in the image was a Charlottesville High School school resource officer named Darius Nash, who said, “I don’t feel like I’m a hero for it. I swore to protect my city and that’s what I was there to do. I don’t think it makes me a hero, just doing what I believe in.”</p>
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"<p>A photograph shows a black police officer protecting participants in a white supremacist protest in Charlottesville.</p>
<p>On 12 August 2017, just after the occurrence of violent and <a type="internal">tragic</a> events at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, left multiple people dead, an image was widely circulated via social media seemingly showing a black police officer calmly standing guard to protect a group of racist protesters carrying Confederate flags, wearing Ku Klux Klan garb, and issuing Nazi salutes:</p>
<p>Although this photograph was genuine, it was not — as was widely assumed (or stated) in social media posts — a picture snapped at the 12 August 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville. The image had been posted online well over a month earlier, as shown in this 9 July 2017 tweet from Tucson, Arizona, police chief Chris Magnus:</p>
<q> <p>Photo says it all. Police around nation called upon w/regularity to protect 1st Amend rights no matter how heinous they may find the speech. <a href="https://t.co/3keTS7bdX2" type="external">pic.twitter.com/3keTS7bdX2</a></p> </q>
<p>It was also posted on Facebook at that time by Kimberly Payne Hawk, who described the pictured policeman as “Charlottesville Police Officer Nash”:</p>
<p>A few days later, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrankSomervilleKTVU/posts/1551137301616258:0" type="external">Frank Somerville</a> of Oakland television station KTVU wrote of the latter posting that:</p>
<q> <p>Kimberly’s post went viral.</p> <p>But there were also a number of really nasty comments.</p> <p>And Kimberly later posted this in response:</p> <p>“On Monday I saw a photo from the KKK rally that moved me and I posted it. Now it has gone viral and mean, angry people are coming out of the woodwork.</p> <p>I do not care about the rude comments towards me but I am becoming quite irritated at the attacks on our local police officer.</p> <p>He is getting attacked for being an African American police officer who was protecting the free speech rights of the klan and I am getting accused of being a supporter of racism because my sister is a police officer.</p> <p>It must be a horrible way to live to be so defensive and angry all the time.</p> <p>I hope these people can find some happiness and peace at some point in their lives.”</p> <p>I’m dumbfounded that anyone could criticize this officer and what he’s doing.</p> <p>Thank you Officer Nash for your service.</p> <p>And thank you Kimberly Payne Hawk for posting this.</p> </q>
<p>The image originated with a Ku Klux Klan <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/07/08/kkk-holds-rally-virginia-and-met-protesters/462146001/" type="external">rally</a> held in downtown Charlottesville on 8 July 2017:</p>
<p>The photograph was snapped by during that protest by Jill Mumie, one of several shots she captured on her iPhone:</p>
<q> <p>That afternoon, she positioned herself near an area that had been cordoned off “in anticipation of what might unfold.” She purposefully stayed in front of the officer, waiting for what she felt was the right moment that captured the “bizarre” scene that was unfolding.</p> <p>Once the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan arrived, she recalled “a huge surge of people behind me.” And so with her iPhone, Mumie tried a few different shots. In one outtake, a girl stands beside the officer, snapping a picture of the commotion as the officer stares elsewhere. The angle of his chin, the tilt of his head, something felt off. In another outtake, the attention is focused on a man behind the officer who displays a middle finger in Mumie’s direction.</p> </q>
<p>The officer pictured in the image was a Charlottesville High School school resource officer named Darius Nash, who said, “I don’t feel like I’m a hero for it. I swore to protect my city and that’s what I was there to do. I don’t think it makes me a hero, just doing what I believe in.”</p>
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<p>President Trump has issued an order banning the 'Saturday Night Live' television show.</p>
<p>In April 2017, the St. George Gazette web site published an <a href="http://archive.is/i9Uem/image" type="external">article</a> positing that President Trump had signed an executive order forcing NBC’s popular and long-running Saturday Night Live sketch comedy TV program off the air:</p>
<q> <p>Today President Donald Trump made what could very well prove to be the most controversial move of his presidency by signing Executive Order 14838, which cancels the television show Saturday Night Live, or SNL. Under the new order, it is now illegal for any private or federally funded agency to air or show footage of the popular television show in any format. Any company or individual who violates this order can now face fines of up to $250,000 and five years in federal prison.</p> <p>During the press conference today, Trump explained that his decision was based on a personal belief that the show is “divisive” and “contrary to America’s deepest held values.”</p> <p>“Saturday Night Live is the definition of fake news and that is why it is now gone forever,” Trump told reporters. “It mocks the very beliefs that keep this great country running smoothly. I’ve never found the show to be humorous and I don’t know how it stayed on the air as long as it did, but I made sure to put an end to that today. I know some actions that I take are questioned by those who don’t want or understand freedom; these are people who hate America, but I know my true supporters are with me on this decision to cancel SNL, just like all my other brilliant ideas.”</p> <p>Trump’s signing of Executive Order 14838 comes after more than two seasons of Saturday Night Live attacking the current President.</p> </q>
<p>There was no truth to this story (the premise of which would clearly constitute a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech). This item originated with the St. George Gazette, one of many fake news web sites which masquerade as the online arms of (non-existent) newspapers.</p>
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<p>In April 2017, the St. George Gazette web site published an <a href="http://archive.is/i9Uem/image" type="external">article</a> positing that President Trump had signed an executive order forcing NBC’s popular and long-running Saturday Night Live sketch comedy TV program off the air:</p>
<q> <p>Today President Donald Trump made what could very well prove to be the most controversial move of his presidency by signing Executive Order 14838, which cancels the television show Saturday Night Live, or SNL. Under the new order, it is now illegal for any private or federally funded agency to air or show footage of the popular television show in any format. Any company or individual who violates this order can now face fines of up to $250,000 and five years in federal prison.</p> <p>During the press conference today, Trump explained that his decision was based on a personal belief that the show is “divisive” and “contrary to America’s deepest held values.”</p> <p>“Saturday Night Live is the definition of fake news and that is why it is now gone forever,” Trump told reporters. “It mocks the very beliefs that keep this great country running smoothly. I’ve never found the show to be humorous and I don’t know how it stayed on the air as long as it did, but I made sure to put an end to that today. I know some actions that I take are questioned by those who don’t want or understand freedom; these are people who hate America, but I know my true supporters are with me on this decision to cancel SNL, just like all my other brilliant ideas.”</p> <p>Trump’s signing of Executive Order 14838 comes after more than two seasons of Saturday Night Live attacking the current President.</p> </q>
<p>There was no truth to this story (the premise of which would clearly constitute a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech). This item originated with the St. George Gazette, one of many fake news web sites which masquerade as the online arms of (non-existent) newspapers.</p>
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<p>A "Muslim migrant" beats up a boy on crutches in a video posted to a site in the Netherlands.</p>
<p>On 29 November 2017, United States President Donald Trump retweeted three videos from <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/trump-retweets-anti-muslim-messages-deputy-leader-british-far-right-party-725495" type="external">Jayden Fransen</a>, the deputy leader of the far-right anti-Islam organization Britain First who was found <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jayda-fransen-guilty-britain-first-deputy-leader-convicted-court-muslim-woman-hijab-a7395711.html" type="external">guilty</a> of religiously aggravated harassment in November 2016. As this group has a penchant for sharing <a type="internal">out-of-context</a>, <a type="internal">misleading</a>, and <a type="internal">false</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/britain-first-plagiarise-satirical-post-slamming-jeremy-corbyn_uk_59523841e4b05c37bb793afe" type="external">information</a>, it wasn’t surprising that at least one of these videos, which purportedly shows violent acts committed by Muslims, had a misleading caption :</p>
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<p>Although the video is frequently accompanied by the caption “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches,” there is no evidence to support this assertion, which in fact came, like so many other unfortunate assumptions, from its comment section.</p>
<p>This video was first posted to the web site <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7132141/e9bfd7a3/boosmakertje_du_jour.html" type="external">Dumpert.nl</a>, a popular video portal in the Netherlands, in May 2017. Although the original posting largely focuses on the act of hitting a person on crutches, and it was not shared with any claims about the attacker’s religion, some people on the comment section naturally — and baselessly — assumed that the perpetrator was Muslim. As the video was <a href="https://archive.is/eqpDN" type="external">reposted</a> to other web sites, the unfounded claim that the attacker was a Muslim migrant followed it.</p>
<p>Shortly after this video was posted to Dumpert.nl, Dutch police officers were able to locate the attacker and arrest him. A news <a href="https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/165095/aanhoudingen-dankzij-filmpje-dumpert" type="external">report</a> from the Telegraaf identified him as a 16-year-old boy from Monnickendam. The report made no mention of the boy’s religion.</p>
<p>Further, when this months-old video was brought back into the spotlight in November 2017 thanks to a retweet from President Trump, Dumpert.nl posted a short <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7298311/cdec9e44/ook_donald_kijkt_dumpert_filmpjes_in_het_schijthuis.html" type="external">article</a> that mocked Trump for sharing the video:</p>
<q> <p>(By the way, <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7132141/e9bfd7a3/boosmakertje_du_jour.html" type="external">fake news</a>! Dader was geen moslim en geen immigrant. Maar leuk geprobeerd Trumpie)</p> <p>(By the way, <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7132141/e9bfd7a3/boosmakertje_du_jour.html" type="external">fake news</a>! Perpetrator was not a Muslim and not an immigrant, but nice try Trumpie)</p> </q>
<p><a href="https://www.geenstijl.nl/5139660/lol-real-donald-trump-retweet-dumpertvideo/" type="external">Geenstijl</a>, the web site that operates Dumpert, also stated that the attacker in the video was not a Muslim:</p>
<q> <p>Moreover, the perpetrator was not a Muslim, let alone a migrant, but simply a Dutchman.</p> </q>
<p>The official Twitter account of the <a href="https://www.om.nl/algemeen/english/about-the-public/organisation-the/" type="external">Public Prosecution Service of North Holland</a> also disputed the claim that the attacker in this video was a Muslim migrant. In a message posted on 29 November 2017, they explained that the video showed a May 2017 quarrel between two minors. The attacker, who was born in the Netherlands, was placed in the <a href="https://www.halt.nl/en/halt-programme/background/" type="external">HALT</a> Program, an alternative settlement for young first time offenders:</p>
<q> <p>A video has been shared on twitter in which an argument between two underage boys can be seen. This incident took place in May of this year. The public prosecution service Noord-Holland has studied the file submitted by the police. (1/2)</p> </q>
<q> <p>The suspect, who was born and raised in the Netherlands, received a HALT settlement ( <a href="https://t.co/w62MNOFvug" type="external">https://t.co/w62MNOFvug</a>). This has been successfully completed. (2/2)</p> </q>
<p>The Netherlands Embassy in the United States also took to Twitter to tell to President Trump that “facts do matter” and that the attacker in the video was not a Muslim migrant:</p>
<q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a> Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.</p> </q>
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"<p>A "Muslim migrant" beats up a boy on crutches in a video posted to a site in the Netherlands.</p>
<p>On 29 November 2017, United States President Donald Trump retweeted three videos from <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/trump-retweets-anti-muslim-messages-deputy-leader-british-far-right-party-725495" type="external">Jayden Fransen</a>, the deputy leader of the far-right anti-Islam organization Britain First who was found <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/jayda-fransen-guilty-britain-first-deputy-leader-convicted-court-muslim-woman-hijab-a7395711.html" type="external">guilty</a> of religiously aggravated harassment in November 2016. As this group has a penchant for sharing <a type="internal">out-of-context</a>, <a type="internal">misleading</a>, and <a type="internal">false</a> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/britain-first-plagiarise-satirical-post-slamming-jeremy-corbyn_uk_59523841e4b05c37bb793afe" type="external">information</a>, it wasn’t surprising that at least one of these videos, which purportedly shows violent acts committed by Muslims, had a misleading caption :</p>
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<p>Although the video is frequently accompanied by the caption “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches,” there is no evidence to support this assertion, which in fact came, like so many other unfortunate assumptions, from its comment section.</p>
<p>This video was first posted to the web site <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7132141/e9bfd7a3/boosmakertje_du_jour.html" type="external">Dumpert.nl</a>, a popular video portal in the Netherlands, in May 2017. Although the original posting largely focuses on the act of hitting a person on crutches, and it was not shared with any claims about the attacker’s religion, some people on the comment section naturally — and baselessly — assumed that the perpetrator was Muslim. As the video was <a href="https://archive.is/eqpDN" type="external">reposted</a> to other web sites, the unfounded claim that the attacker was a Muslim migrant followed it.</p>
<p>Shortly after this video was posted to Dumpert.nl, Dutch police officers were able to locate the attacker and arrest him. A news <a href="https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/165095/aanhoudingen-dankzij-filmpje-dumpert" type="external">report</a> from the Telegraaf identified him as a 16-year-old boy from Monnickendam. The report made no mention of the boy’s religion.</p>
<p>Further, when this months-old video was brought back into the spotlight in November 2017 thanks to a retweet from President Trump, Dumpert.nl posted a short <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7298311/cdec9e44/ook_donald_kijkt_dumpert_filmpjes_in_het_schijthuis.html" type="external">article</a> that mocked Trump for sharing the video:</p>
<q> <p>(By the way, <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7132141/e9bfd7a3/boosmakertje_du_jour.html" type="external">fake news</a>! Dader was geen moslim en geen immigrant. Maar leuk geprobeerd Trumpie)</p> <p>(By the way, <a href="http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/7132141/e9bfd7a3/boosmakertje_du_jour.html" type="external">fake news</a>! Perpetrator was not a Muslim and not an immigrant, but nice try Trumpie)</p> </q>
<p><a href="https://www.geenstijl.nl/5139660/lol-real-donald-trump-retweet-dumpertvideo/" type="external">Geenstijl</a>, the web site that operates Dumpert, also stated that the attacker in the video was not a Muslim:</p>
<q> <p>Moreover, the perpetrator was not a Muslim, let alone a migrant, but simply a Dutchman.</p> </q>
<p>The official Twitter account of the <a href="https://www.om.nl/algemeen/english/about-the-public/organisation-the/" type="external">Public Prosecution Service of North Holland</a> also disputed the claim that the attacker in this video was a Muslim migrant. In a message posted on 29 November 2017, they explained that the video showed a May 2017 quarrel between two minors. The attacker, who was born in the Netherlands, was placed in the <a href="https://www.halt.nl/en/halt-programme/background/" type="external">HALT</a> Program, an alternative settlement for young first time offenders:</p>
<q> <p>A video has been shared on twitter in which an argument between two underage boys can be seen. This incident took place in May of this year. The public prosecution service Noord-Holland has studied the file submitted by the police. (1/2)</p> </q>
<q> <p>The suspect, who was born and raised in the Netherlands, received a HALT settlement ( <a href="https://t.co/w62MNOFvug" type="external">https://t.co/w62MNOFvug</a>). This has been successfully completed. (2/2)</p> </q>
<p>The Netherlands Embassy in the United States also took to Twitter to tell to President Trump that “facts do matter” and that the attacker in the video was not a Muslim migrant:</p>
<q> <p>. <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" type="external">@realDonaldTrump</a> Facts do matter. The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.</p> </q>"
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<p>Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos was an "accomplice" to Las Vegas Strip mass shooter Stephen Paddock.</p>
<p>On 5 October 2017, the disreputable web site GotNews.com — run by notorious Internet <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/05/26/charles-johnson-one-of-the-internets-most-infamous-trolls-has-finally-been-banned-from-twitter/?utm_term=.dc280bef826d" type="external">troll</a> Chuck C. Johnson — reported (with no evidence or citations) that the security guard being lauded as a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/just-job-las-vegas-security-guard-jesus-campos-hailed-braving/" type="external">hero</a> for his role in helping to stop the massacre perpetrated by Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock was, in fact, an accomplice in the shooting.</p>
<p>Stephen Paddock, 64, has been named as the lone gunman by law enforcement in the 1 October 2017 mass shooting, in which he fired on a music festival crowd of 22,000 with a modified automatic weapon from a suite in the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 58 and wounding hundreds. High-ranking officials from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the law enforcement agency leading the investigation, have said that while they still don’t know if Paddock had any accomplices in planning the attack, they have on several occasions confirmed that per their investigation, he was the only shooter.</p>
<p>Large-scale tragedies like <a type="internal">mass shootings</a> and <a type="internal">terrorist attacks</a> have been unfortunate lures for conspiracy theorists and purveyors of false information in the Internet age. Disreputable web sites latch on to the chaotic aftermaths of such incidents to seduce audiences with “alternatives” to official investigations, claiming to harbor the “truth” that dishonest officials and the “mainstream media” are hiding from the public. For example, GotNews stories carry this fundraising plug:</p>
<q> <p>You won’t hear this stuff from the lying mainstream media. Keep the GotNews mission alive: donate at GotNews.com/donate or send tips to editor@gotnews.com. If you’d like to join our research team, contact editor@gotnews.com.</p> </q>
<p>GotNews didn’t provide in its story any evidence to support their claim that hotel security guard Jesus Campos was an accomplice, other than an anonymous “official” with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). GotNews <a href="http://archive.is/yMXOj" type="external">reported</a>:</p>
<q> <p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives now believes Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock likely had help planning and executing the deadliest mass shooting in US history from none other than the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino security guard who was shot in the leg that night, a senior ATF official told GotNews.</p> <p>Jesus Campos has been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, a new report indicates the ATF now believes he was likely an accomplice of Paddock’s, and may have even been involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.</p> <p>According to an ATF official, these suspicions are corroborated by the extreme amount of gunpowder residue found on Campos’ hands. “They believe he killed Paddock, shot holes through the door and his own arm to produce physical evidence for his cover story, then went and lay next to the elevator,” a senior ATF official doing ballistic work for the shooting told GotNews.</p> </q>
<p>The ATF contacted GotNews to notify them the story was inaccurate; the story was then <a href="http://archive.is/yMXOj#selection-327.0-327.525" type="external">updated</a> with this disclaimer:</p>
<q> <p>The ATF has disputed GotNews’ source, saying “the information in the article is incorrect,” in the following article on a theory regarding the Las Vegas shooting. “Please know that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is the lead of the investigation of the shooting in Las Vegas and ATF is assisting. This is an ongoing investigation where we continue to work with our law enforcement partners,” the ATF said. This article will continue to be updated with developments. If you have any tips, email editor@gotnews.com</p> </q>
<p>However, another disreputable web site, YourNewsWire.com, which <a href="http://archive.is/W0iO2" type="external">regurgitated</a> the GotNews story on 6 October 2017, did not include this crucial “update” to alert readers that the allegations in the story were disputed by the very agency cited.</p>
<p>We followed up with the ATF to ask whether any of their employees had been in contact with GotNews. The agency responded:</p>
<q> <p>We do not believe that any ATF officials spoke to GotNews or mentioned to anyone that Mr. Campos was a second shooter.</p> </q>
<p>We sent Johnson a detailed list of questions about the GotNews story, but Johnson only responded asking that we “please print” his claim to have a source with ATF.</p>
<p>We found no evidence to support stories that report Campos acted in any other way than heroically. Campos has been hailed as a hero by the police department for not only locating Paddock’s room, but braving a hail of gunfire in doing so.. Police said Campos provided them with a door key to the suite and stayed to help them evacuate other guests until officers ordered him to seek medical aid for a gunshot wound to the leg (there are no reports that Campos had a wound to his arm, as GotNews claims).</p>
<p>During a 4 October 2017 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyfa-A15FeQ" type="external">press conference</a>, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said:</p>
<q> <p>But his [Campos’s] bravery was amazing because he remained with our officers, providing them the key pass to access the door, and actually continued to help them clear rooms until our officers demanded that he go seek medical attention.</p> </q>
<p>In another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIAuvpdRTc&feature=youtu.be" type="external">update</a> on 6 October 2017, LVMPD Undersheriff Kevin McMahill reiterated that Campos’s actions were nothing other than heroic:</p>
<q> <p>Most of you also now know the name of the Mandalay Bay security guard, who you’ve all named in the media, and I’ll just reaffirm to you that Jesus Campos is a true hero. I can tell you now just a little bit more that I know about what he did that particular day. We now know that he was dispatched to what they call a door alarm on the 32nd floor. He went up there to investigate the open door and as he was doing his job diligently, he came under fire by our suspect.</p> <p>As you know, he was struck in the leg. He turned around and retreated. He notified his dispatch, which was absolutely critical to us knowing the location, as well as advising the responding officers as they arrived on that 32nd floor. I can tell you that this was a remarkable effort by a brave and remarkable man. I want to say today that I don’t think we’ve done a good enough job recognizing him and his actions, and for that I apologize. I just want to take the moment and clear the record that he’s an absolute hero.</p> </q>
<p>This is not the first time Johnson has framed an innocent person (a heroic one, no less) in the aftermath of a deadly incident. Dallas attorney Andrew Sommerman is representing in a pending defamation suit the family of Joel Vangheluwe, who Johnson wrongly identified as the driver of the Dodge Charger that ran down a group of counter-demonstrators at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August. He said of Johnson:</p>
<q> <p>When one does not care about the facts or how it affects people, it damages lives and creates a further disaster than what was originally created.</p> </q>
<p>On 12 August 2017, GotNews “ <a href="http://archive.is/NystZ" type="external">retracted</a>” the article naming Vangheluwe as the driver of the car that rammed into the crowd, leaving 32-year-old Charlottesville resident Heather Heyer dead, allegedly because the police hadn’t yet named a suspect. Why GotNews backtracked in that case to defer to police but not in the case of Campos is unclear but accuracy doesn’t seem to have been the goal — <a href="http://archive.is/wLcsW" type="external">as of</a> 6 October 2017, the GotNews story still says “police have not identified the suspect,” even though James Alex Fields was not only publicly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html?_r=0" type="external">identified</a> but also charged with the crime the day the story was published.</p>
<p>Johnson, 28, has a long and dizzying history of scandal as a semi-successful Internet troll. He gained widespread notoriety when he attempted to out a woman who had anonymously written a <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/a-note-to-our-readers-20141205" type="external">disputed</a> column about being raped on campus for Rolling Stone, but then <a href="http://archive.is/T7b65" type="external">identified</a> the wrong woman. In 2015, he joined a short list of people <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/the-short-list-of-users-banned-from-twitter/2016/07/21/00059c24-4f71-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_video.html?utm_term=.3ead815f8e3d" type="external">banned</a> by Twitter after a tweet asking supporters for funding to help “take out” civil rights activist DeRay McKession. Johnson is also behind the crowdfunding web site WeSearchr, where he has raised funds for supporters of the neo-Nazi web site <a href="http://archive.is/cVV93" type="external">Daily Stormer</a> and a movement of <a href="http://archive.is/BB2hg" type="external">white supremacists</a> who chartered (then abandoned) a ship in an effort to scuttle the efforts of aid organizations trying to rescue migrants making the deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing between North Africa and Europe.</p>
<p>During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOdPK0Qgv8&feature=youtu.be" type="external">press briefing</a> on 9 October 2017, Lombardo said investigators revised the shooting <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-20171009-story.html" type="external">timeline</a>, noting that Paddock shot Campos six minutes before he opened fire on the crowd. Lombardo acknowledged that Campos was shot at 9:59 p.m. Responding to AP reporter Ken Ritter’s question, Lombardo said:</p>
<q> <p>Yes, the timeline associated with the original shot and Mr. Campos has changed. Through investigation, as I have conveyed to you from the very beginning, in your zest for information and my zest to ensure the public safety and the calming of their minds, is some things are going to change. Now they are minute changes, OK. There’s not this all-encompassing answer associated with the information that we presented before, in other words it’s not completely inaccurate, but what we have learned is Mr. Campos was encountered by the suspect prior to his [Paddock’s] shooting to the outside world.</p> </q>
<p>Variations: On 12 October 2017, readers asked about a purported CNN item reporting the claim as news:</p>
<q> <p>Hello will you please tell me if the CNN report released today October 11th “Breaking News – Police Arrest Mandalay Security Guard Jesus Compos As Second Shooter In Las Vegas Massacre” is true or false? Thank you for your time</p> </q>
<p>A fake news web site posing as CNN published an <a href="https://archive.is/gImgi" type="external">article</a> reiterating the debunked rumor on 11 October 2017:</p>
<q> <p>Breaking News – Police Arrest Mandalay Security Guard Jesus Compos As Second Shooter In Las Vegas Massacre</p> <p>CNN) Breaking News – Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Compos has been arrested accused of being an accomplice and second shooter in the Las Vegas massacre that claimed the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500.</p> <p>Jesus Campos had originally been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, FBI officials involved in the investigation now believe he was an accomplice of Paddock’s, and was involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.</p> </q>
<p>The domain name (cnn-internationaledition.com) and use of CNN’s logos successfully duped social media users into believing the story was legitimate and sharing it. Hosting records revealed that the site was registered on 10 October 2017, one day prior to the publication of the article. Additional registrar details indicated that the site was registered outside the United States by an individual, not CNN.</p>
<q> <p>9 October 2017, 5:10 P.M.: Added additional information that Campos was shot sooner than initially thought by investigators.</p> </q>
<q> <p>12 October 2017, 5:35 P.M.: Added information about an iteration from cnn-internationaledition.com, a fake news web site posing as CNN.</p> </q>
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"<p>Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos was an "accomplice" to Las Vegas Strip mass shooter Stephen Paddock.</p>
<p>On 5 October 2017, the disreputable web site GotNews.com — run by notorious Internet <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/05/26/charles-johnson-one-of-the-internets-most-infamous-trolls-has-finally-been-banned-from-twitter/?utm_term=.dc280bef826d" type="external">troll</a> Chuck C. Johnson — reported (with no evidence or citations) that the security guard being lauded as a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/05/just-job-las-vegas-security-guard-jesus-campos-hailed-braving/" type="external">hero</a> for his role in helping to stop the massacre perpetrated by Las Vegas Strip shooter Stephen Paddock was, in fact, an accomplice in the shooting.</p>
<p>Stephen Paddock, 64, has been named as the lone gunman by law enforcement in the 1 October 2017 mass shooting, in which he fired on a music festival crowd of 22,000 with a modified automatic weapon from a suite in the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, killing 58 and wounding hundreds. High-ranking officials from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the law enforcement agency leading the investigation, have said that while they still don’t know if Paddock had any accomplices in planning the attack, they have on several occasions confirmed that per their investigation, he was the only shooter.</p>
<p>Large-scale tragedies like <a type="internal">mass shootings</a> and <a type="internal">terrorist attacks</a> have been unfortunate lures for conspiracy theorists and purveyors of false information in the Internet age. Disreputable web sites latch on to the chaotic aftermaths of such incidents to seduce audiences with “alternatives” to official investigations, claiming to harbor the “truth” that dishonest officials and the “mainstream media” are hiding from the public. For example, GotNews stories carry this fundraising plug:</p>
<q> <p>You won’t hear this stuff from the lying mainstream media. Keep the GotNews mission alive: donate at GotNews.com/donate or send tips to editor@gotnews.com. If you’d like to join our research team, contact editor@gotnews.com.</p> </q>
<p>GotNews didn’t provide in its story any evidence to support their claim that hotel security guard Jesus Campos was an accomplice, other than an anonymous “official” with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). GotNews <a href="http://archive.is/yMXOj" type="external">reported</a>:</p>
<q> <p>The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives now believes Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock likely had help planning and executing the deadliest mass shooting in US history from none other than the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino security guard who was shot in the leg that night, a senior ATF official told GotNews.</p> <p>Jesus Campos has been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, a new report indicates the ATF now believes he was likely an accomplice of Paddock’s, and may have even been involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.</p> <p>According to an ATF official, these suspicions are corroborated by the extreme amount of gunpowder residue found on Campos’ hands. “They believe he killed Paddock, shot holes through the door and his own arm to produce physical evidence for his cover story, then went and lay next to the elevator,” a senior ATF official doing ballistic work for the shooting told GotNews.</p> </q>
<p>The ATF contacted GotNews to notify them the story was inaccurate; the story was then <a href="http://archive.is/yMXOj#selection-327.0-327.525" type="external">updated</a> with this disclaimer:</p>
<q> <p>The ATF has disputed GotNews’ source, saying “the information in the article is incorrect,” in the following article on a theory regarding the Las Vegas shooting. “Please know that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is the lead of the investigation of the shooting in Las Vegas and ATF is assisting. This is an ongoing investigation where we continue to work with our law enforcement partners,” the ATF said. This article will continue to be updated with developments. If you have any tips, email editor@gotnews.com</p> </q>
<p>However, another disreputable web site, YourNewsWire.com, which <a href="http://archive.is/W0iO2" type="external">regurgitated</a> the GotNews story on 6 October 2017, did not include this crucial “update” to alert readers that the allegations in the story were disputed by the very agency cited.</p>
<p>We followed up with the ATF to ask whether any of their employees had been in contact with GotNews. The agency responded:</p>
<q> <p>We do not believe that any ATF officials spoke to GotNews or mentioned to anyone that Mr. Campos was a second shooter.</p> </q>
<p>We sent Johnson a detailed list of questions about the GotNews story, but Johnson only responded asking that we “please print” his claim to have a source with ATF.</p>
<p>We found no evidence to support stories that report Campos acted in any other way than heroically. Campos has been hailed as a hero by the police department for not only locating Paddock’s room, but braving a hail of gunfire in doing so.. Police said Campos provided them with a door key to the suite and stayed to help them evacuate other guests until officers ordered him to seek medical aid for a gunshot wound to the leg (there are no reports that Campos had a wound to his arm, as GotNews claims).</p>
<p>During a 4 October 2017 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyfa-A15FeQ" type="external">press conference</a>, Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said:</p>
<q> <p>But his [Campos’s] bravery was amazing because he remained with our officers, providing them the key pass to access the door, and actually continued to help them clear rooms until our officers demanded that he go seek medical attention.</p> </q>
<p>In another <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLIAuvpdRTc&feature=youtu.be" type="external">update</a> on 6 October 2017, LVMPD Undersheriff Kevin McMahill reiterated that Campos’s actions were nothing other than heroic:</p>
<q> <p>Most of you also now know the name of the Mandalay Bay security guard, who you’ve all named in the media, and I’ll just reaffirm to you that Jesus Campos is a true hero. I can tell you now just a little bit more that I know about what he did that particular day. We now know that he was dispatched to what they call a door alarm on the 32nd floor. He went up there to investigate the open door and as he was doing his job diligently, he came under fire by our suspect.</p> <p>As you know, he was struck in the leg. He turned around and retreated. He notified his dispatch, which was absolutely critical to us knowing the location, as well as advising the responding officers as they arrived on that 32nd floor. I can tell you that this was a remarkable effort by a brave and remarkable man. I want to say today that I don’t think we’ve done a good enough job recognizing him and his actions, and for that I apologize. I just want to take the moment and clear the record that he’s an absolute hero.</p> </q>
<p>This is not the first time Johnson has framed an innocent person (a heroic one, no less) in the aftermath of a deadly incident. Dallas attorney Andrew Sommerman is representing in a pending defamation suit the family of Joel Vangheluwe, who Johnson wrongly identified as the driver of the Dodge Charger that ran down a group of counter-demonstrators at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in mid-August. He said of Johnson:</p>
<q> <p>When one does not care about the facts or how it affects people, it damages lives and creates a further disaster than what was originally created.</p> </q>
<p>On 12 August 2017, GotNews “ <a href="http://archive.is/NystZ" type="external">retracted</a>” the article naming Vangheluwe as the driver of the car that rammed into the crowd, leaving 32-year-old Charlottesville resident Heather Heyer dead, allegedly because the police hadn’t yet named a suspect. Why GotNews backtracked in that case to defer to police but not in the case of Campos is unclear but accuracy doesn’t seem to have been the goal — <a href="http://archive.is/wLcsW" type="external">as of</a> 6 October 2017, the GotNews story still says “police have not identified the suspect,” even though James Alex Fields was not only publicly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/us/charlottesville-protest-white-nationalist.html?_r=0" type="external">identified</a> but also charged with the crime the day the story was published.</p>
<p>Johnson, 28, has a long and dizzying history of scandal as a semi-successful Internet troll. He gained widespread notoriety when he attempted to out a woman who had anonymously written a <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/a-note-to-our-readers-20141205" type="external">disputed</a> column about being raped on campus for Rolling Stone, but then <a href="http://archive.is/T7b65" type="external">identified</a> the wrong woman. In 2015, he joined a short list of people <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/the-short-list-of-users-banned-from-twitter/2016/07/21/00059c24-4f71-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_video.html?utm_term=.3ead815f8e3d" type="external">banned</a> by Twitter after a tweet asking supporters for funding to help “take out” civil rights activist DeRay McKession. Johnson is also behind the crowdfunding web site WeSearchr, where he has raised funds for supporters of the neo-Nazi web site <a href="http://archive.is/cVV93" type="external">Daily Stormer</a> and a movement of <a href="http://archive.is/BB2hg" type="external">white supremacists</a> who chartered (then abandoned) a ship in an effort to scuttle the efforts of aid organizations trying to rescue migrants making the deadly Mediterranean Sea crossing between North Africa and Europe.</p>
<p>During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkOdPK0Qgv8&feature=youtu.be" type="external">press briefing</a> on 9 October 2017, Lombardo said investigators revised the shooting <a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-shooting-20171009-story.html" type="external">timeline</a>, noting that Paddock shot Campos six minutes before he opened fire on the crowd. Lombardo acknowledged that Campos was shot at 9:59 p.m. Responding to AP reporter Ken Ritter’s question, Lombardo said:</p>
<q> <p>Yes, the timeline associated with the original shot and Mr. Campos has changed. Through investigation, as I have conveyed to you from the very beginning, in your zest for information and my zest to ensure the public safety and the calming of their minds, is some things are going to change. Now they are minute changes, OK. There’s not this all-encompassing answer associated with the information that we presented before, in other words it’s not completely inaccurate, but what we have learned is Mr. Campos was encountered by the suspect prior to his [Paddock’s] shooting to the outside world.</p> </q>
<p>Variations: On 12 October 2017, readers asked about a purported CNN item reporting the claim as news:</p>
<q> <p>Hello will you please tell me if the CNN report released today October 11th “Breaking News – Police Arrest Mandalay Security Guard Jesus Compos As Second Shooter In Las Vegas Massacre” is true or false? Thank you for your time</p> </q>
<p>A fake news web site posing as CNN published an <a href="https://archive.is/gImgi" type="external">article</a> reiterating the debunked rumor on 11 October 2017:</p>
<q> <p>Breaking News – Police Arrest Mandalay Security Guard Jesus Compos As Second Shooter In Las Vegas Massacre</p> <p>CNN) Breaking News – Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Compos has been arrested accused of being an accomplice and second shooter in the Las Vegas massacre that claimed the lives of 59 people and injured more than 500.</p> <p>Jesus Campos had originally been praised for his apparent heroics on October 1st, as he supposedly rushed to Paddock’s suite, was shot in the upper thigh through the door, and continued to help get people to safety despite his wounds. However, FBI officials involved in the investigation now believe he was an accomplice of Paddock’s, and was involved in the initial shooting as a second gunman from the other broken window in Paddock’s 32nd-floor room.</p> </q>
<p>The domain name (cnn-internationaledition.com) and use of CNN’s logos successfully duped social media users into believing the story was legitimate and sharing it. Hosting records revealed that the site was registered on 10 October 2017, one day prior to the publication of the article. Additional registrar details indicated that the site was registered outside the United States by an individual, not CNN.</p>
<q> <p>9 October 2017, 5:10 P.M.: Added additional information that Campos was shot sooner than initially thought by investigators.</p> </q>
<q> <p>12 October 2017, 5:35 P.M.: Added information about an iteration from cnn-internationaledition.com, a fake news web site posing as CNN.</p> </q>
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<p>What has happened to our country, that we will nominate a man for president who has bullied, bad-mouthed and intimidated the public for decades? What has happened to our moral values? What are we teaching our children and grandchildren?</p>
<p>How can the Republican Party accept this hateful, racist, sexual predator who has lied, cheated people and paid no taxes?</p>
<p>Donald Trump does not care about the Constitution and shows his ignorance about it every day. He is threatening people who do not support him, even within his own party. He has incited violence and says if he wins he’ll put his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, in jail. He has encouraged his supporters to intimidate voters at the polls, and now they are threatening a revolution.</p>
<p>These are people like the Bundys — if they don’t get their way, they threaten their opponents with weapons.</p>
<p>Trump has spread conspiracy theories that the election is rigged to help anger his base, which includes the KKK, the mentally unstable and those who hate immigrants. Trump and his supporters will not accept defeat.</p>
<p>Are citizens ready to live in a lawless nation? He wants to be king. It’s frightening to consider that he supports Vladimir Putin and has encouraged Russian hacking.</p>
<p>Trump is unstable and unfit to represent this nation. Clinton may have some baggage, but she does not hold a candle to Trump.</p>
<p>Trump is not running against Bill Clinton, so stop blaming Hillary for Bill’s mistakes.</p>
<p>If you don’t like Clinton you have other reasonable choices, but please, never Trump. We cannot let our nation fall to a racist dictator. President Obama has more dignity in his little finger than Trump has in his whole body.</p>
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<p>West Haven</p>
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"<p>What has happened to our country, that we will nominate a man for president who has bullied, bad-mouthed and intimidated the public for decades? What has happened to our moral values? What are we teaching our children and grandchildren?</p>
<p>How can the Republican Party accept this hateful, racist, sexual predator who has lied, cheated people and paid no taxes?</p>
<p>Donald Trump does not care about the Constitution and shows his ignorance about it every day. He is threatening people who do not support him, even within his own party. He has incited violence and says if he wins he’ll put his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, in jail. He has encouraged his supporters to intimidate voters at the polls, and now they are threatening a revolution.</p>
<p>These are people like the Bundys — if they don’t get their way, they threaten their opponents with weapons.</p>
<p>Trump has spread conspiracy theories that the election is rigged to help anger his base, which includes the KKK, the mentally unstable and those who hate immigrants. Trump and his supporters will not accept defeat.</p>
<p>Are citizens ready to live in a lawless nation? He wants to be king. It’s frightening to consider that he supports Vladimir Putin and has encouraged Russian hacking.</p>
<p>Trump is unstable and unfit to represent this nation. Clinton may have some baggage, but she does not hold a candle to Trump.</p>
<p>Trump is not running against Bill Clinton, so stop blaming Hillary for Bill’s mistakes.</p>
<p>If you don’t like Clinton you have other reasonable choices, but please, never Trump. We cannot let our nation fall to a racist dictator. President Obama has more dignity in his little finger than Trump has in his whole body.</p>
<p>Pam Wixom</p>
<p>West Haven</p>"
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<p>The Dallas Cowboys will go back to their previous stance on the national anthem Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, receiver Dez Bryant said.</p>
<p>The team will stand with their hands over their heart for the anthem. There will be no pre-anthem kneel for unity as they did last Monday against the Arizona Cardinals.</p>
<p>That show of solidarity was about joining the brethren across the league in responding to the expletive-filled attacks from President Donald Trump against the players who kneeled during the anthem in protest against racism and social injustice.</p>
<p>“We’re going to stand, we’re going to stand and going to put our hand over our heart and we’re going to do what we did before,” Bryant said. “You all know what that was, that was just a response to Trump and that’s all that that was.”</p> Today's top news by email
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<p>Owner Jerry Jones said earlier Friday on his radio show that Bryant “was absolutely torn” about the decision and was getting a lot of pressure to kneel.</p>
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<p>“I’m going to leave that all in the past,” Bryant said. “You know, it is what it is. I’m focused on this week. I’m letting that ... I don’t even want to think about it. I’m done with that.”</p>
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"<p>The Dallas Cowboys will go back to their previous stance on the national anthem Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams, receiver Dez Bryant said.</p>
<p>The team will stand with their hands over their heart for the anthem. There will be no pre-anthem kneel for unity as they did last Monday against the Arizona Cardinals.</p>
<p>That show of solidarity was about joining the brethren across the league in responding to the expletive-filled attacks from President Donald Trump against the players who kneeled during the anthem in protest against racism and social injustice.</p>
<p>“We’re going to stand, we’re going to stand and going to put our hand over our heart and we’re going to do what we did before,” Bryant said. “You all know what that was, that was just a response to Trump and that’s all that that was.”</p> Today's top news by email
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<p>Owner Jerry Jones said earlier Friday on his radio show that Bryant “was absolutely torn” about the decision and was getting a lot of pressure to kneel.</p>
<p>The compromise of kneeling before the anthem and standing during it was one way of appeasing both sides, per Jones.</p>
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<p>“I’m going to leave that all in the past,” Bryant said. “You know, it is what it is. I’m focused on this week. I’m letting that ... I don’t even want to think about it. I’m done with that.”</p>"
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<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Officials are calling it animal cruelty like they've never seen before.</p>
<p>As Hurricane Irma’s outer bands inch closer to Florida, animal control officers said they are hustling to rescue abandoned animals.</p>
<p>RELATED: <a type="internal">Florida preps for storm as Hurricane Irma</a> | <a type="internal">Football games in Florida canceled ahead of Hurricane Irma</a> | <a type="internal">Florida air travel shuts down ahead of Hurricane Irma</a> | <a type="internal">This is what Hurricane Irma looks like from space</a></p>
<p>And these aren't pets who are just being left inside, Director of Animal Care Diane Suave said.</p>
<p>“They are left in a yard, in a pen they cannot escape from or tethered to trees or poles,” she said.</p>
<p>Palm Beach County Animal Care reports animal control officers have rescued 49 dogs and two cats in the last 48 hours.</p>
<p>“Even a tiny bit of sand can hurt an animal when it’s traveling through 100-plus mph winds,” Sauve said.</p>
<p>Animal control officers were slowly pulled off the road at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.</p>
<p>Sauve said once winds reach a sustained 35 mph, no officers will be permitted to rescue animals.</p>
<p>“We are asking the public, if it is safe, consider sheltering any animals you see left outside,” she said.</p>
<p>Both Sauve and State Attorney Dave Aronberg said they promise to prosecute anyone who left their animals outside to fend for themselves during Hurricane Irma.</p>
<p>“This is a prime example of animal cruelty,” Aronberg said. “We will find you, and we will prosecute you.”</p>
<p>Sauve said officials will use every paper trail imaginable to track down animal cruelty offenders.</p>
<p>“It’s unconscionable,” she said. “We will not stand for it here in Palm Beach County.”</p>
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"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Officials are calling it animal cruelty like they've never seen before.</p>
<p>As Hurricane Irma’s outer bands inch closer to Florida, animal control officers said they are hustling to rescue abandoned animals.</p>
<p>RELATED: <a type="internal">Florida preps for storm as Hurricane Irma</a> | <a type="internal">Football games in Florida canceled ahead of Hurricane Irma</a> | <a type="internal">Florida air travel shuts down ahead of Hurricane Irma</a> | <a type="internal">This is what Hurricane Irma looks like from space</a></p>
<p>And these aren't pets who are just being left inside, Director of Animal Care Diane Suave said.</p>
<p>“They are left in a yard, in a pen they cannot escape from or tethered to trees or poles,” she said.</p>
<p>Palm Beach County Animal Care reports animal control officers have rescued 49 dogs and two cats in the last 48 hours.</p>
<p>“Even a tiny bit of sand can hurt an animal when it’s traveling through 100-plus mph winds,” Sauve said.</p>
<p>Animal control officers were slowly pulled off the road at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.</p>
<p>Sauve said once winds reach a sustained 35 mph, no officers will be permitted to rescue animals.</p>
<p>“We are asking the public, if it is safe, consider sheltering any animals you see left outside,” she said.</p>
<p>Both Sauve and State Attorney Dave Aronberg said they promise to prosecute anyone who left their animals outside to fend for themselves during Hurricane Irma.</p>
<p>“This is a prime example of animal cruelty,” Aronberg said. “We will find you, and we will prosecute you.”</p>
<p>Sauve said officials will use every paper trail imaginable to track down animal cruelty offenders.</p>
<p>“It’s unconscionable,” she said. “We will not stand for it here in Palm Beach County.”</p>
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<p>TAMPA BAY, Fla. - Americans around the country are being urged to donate blood at their local blood center in order to assist victims of Hurricane Irma.</p>
<p>OneBlood, a Florida based blood center, resumed blood collections on Tuesday. All blood types are needed, however, there is an urgent need for platelet donors and people with O negative blood. Hurricane Irma forced OneBlood to suspend operations for three days and as a result, there is an urgent need to replenish the blood supply in Florida. Donors should visit <a href="https://www.oneblood.org/locations/" type="external">www.oneblood.org</a> for donor center hours and blood drive locations.</p>
<p>OneBlood, in coordination with America’s Blood Centers and Blood Centers of America, has been actively arranging for shipments of blood to be brought in to Florida by blood centers from around the country.</p>
<p>OneBlood is urging people living outside of Irma’s path to visit their local blood center and donate blood as soon as possible to assist those desperately in need in Florida.</p>
<p>Those interested in donating blood may contact the following organizations to find a local blood drive and to schedule an appointment:</p> AABB: www.aabb.org; +1.301.907.6977
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"<p>TAMPA BAY, Fla. - Americans around the country are being urged to donate blood at their local blood center in order to assist victims of Hurricane Irma.</p>
<p>OneBlood, a Florida based blood center, resumed blood collections on Tuesday. All blood types are needed, however, there is an urgent need for platelet donors and people with O negative blood. Hurricane Irma forced OneBlood to suspend operations for three days and as a result, there is an urgent need to replenish the blood supply in Florida. Donors should visit <a href="https://www.oneblood.org/locations/" type="external">www.oneblood.org</a> for donor center hours and blood drive locations.</p>
<p>OneBlood, in coordination with America’s Blood Centers and Blood Centers of America, has been actively arranging for shipments of blood to be brought in to Florida by blood centers from around the country.</p>
<p>OneBlood is urging people living outside of Irma’s path to visit their local blood center and donate blood as soon as possible to assist those desperately in need in Florida.</p>
<p>Those interested in donating blood may contact the following organizations to find a local blood drive and to schedule an appointment:</p> AABB: www.aabb.org; +1.301.907.6977"
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<p>POLK COUNTY, Fla. - People with active warrants in one Florida county might want to think twice about heading to a shelter for Hurricane Irma.</p>
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<p>Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted on his official Twitter account Wednesday that deputies will be checking identification at the county's shelters, and anyone with a warrant will be arrested and taken to "the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail."</p>
<p>Judd also posted that sex offenders and sex predators would not be admitted to the shelters.</p>
<p>Sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Horstman says they're trying to educate the public before the storm hits this weekend. She says they're hoping people with warrants will turn themselves and use the next few days to deal with their legal issues.</p>
<q> <p>If you go to a shelter for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash" type="external">#Irma</a> and you have a warrant, we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail <a href="https://t.co/Qj5GX9XQBi" type="external">https://t.co/Qj5GX9XQBi</a></p>— Polk County Sheriff (@PolkCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905438240278278144" type="external">September 6, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>If you have a warrant, turn yourself in to the jail - it's a secure shelter <a href="https://t.co/UFNGNafJh8" type="external">https://t.co/UFNGNafJh8</a></p>— Polk County Sheriff (@PolkCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905449395184951296" type="external">September 6, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>We cannot and we will not have innocent children in a shelter with sexual offenders &amp; predators. Period. <a href="https://t.co/DlhqjqFrkM" type="external">https://t.co/DlhqjqFrkM</a></p>— Polk County Sheriff (@PolkCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905449649204584448" type="external">September 6, 2017</a> </q>
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"<p>POLK COUNTY, Fla. - People with active warrants in one Florida county might want to think twice about heading to a shelter for Hurricane Irma.</p>
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<p>Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd posted on his official Twitter account Wednesday that deputies will be checking identification at the county's shelters, and anyone with a warrant will be arrested and taken to "the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail."</p>
<p>Judd also posted that sex offenders and sex predators would not be admitted to the shelters.</p>
<p>Sheriff's spokeswoman Carrie Horstman says they're trying to educate the public before the storm hits this weekend. She says they're hoping people with warrants will turn themselves and use the next few days to deal with their legal issues.</p>
<q> <p>If you go to a shelter for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash" type="external">#Irma</a> and you have a warrant, we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail <a href="https://t.co/Qj5GX9XQBi" type="external">https://t.co/Qj5GX9XQBi</a></p>— Polk County Sheriff (@PolkCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905438240278278144" type="external">September 6, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>If you have a warrant, turn yourself in to the jail - it's a secure shelter <a href="https://t.co/UFNGNafJh8" type="external">https://t.co/UFNGNafJh8</a></p>— Polk County Sheriff (@PolkCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905449395184951296" type="external">September 6, 2017</a> </q>
<q> <p>We cannot and we will not have innocent children in a shelter with sexual offenders &amp; predators. Period. <a href="https://t.co/DlhqjqFrkM" type="external">https://t.co/DlhqjqFrkM</a></p>— Polk County Sheriff (@PolkCoSheriff) <a href="https://twitter.com/PolkCoSheriff/status/905449649204584448" type="external">September 6, 2017</a> </q>"
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<p>TIL: Police departments will literally do anything to get us to <a type="internal">stop killing each other</a> on the road, even succumbing to meme culture…</p>
<q> <p>— Big Uzi Vert (@BlvckGrip) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlvckGrip/status/899652486474215424" type="external">August 21, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>The NSW Police Force is Australia’s oldest and largest police organization, and serves a population of seven million citizens in New South Wales. Also, they’re apparently into browsing Reddit, because they just used the “Man Looking at Woman” meme to promote safer driving…</p>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce/" type="external" />
<a type="internal">app-facebook</a>
<a type="internal">about a year ago</a>
<a type="internal" /> 11K
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce/posts/10155140522151185:0" type="external">1.7K</a>
<a type="internal">718</a> Keep your eyes on the road #yourhappinessisrighthere
<p>This isn’t the first time a police department has tried to promote public safety via “hip” means, and it surely won’t be the last. But are memes an effective way to get people to stop texting and driving? Probably not, because until they finally start using that tax money to hire legitimate graphic designers who up their font game, we’re going to continue to refuse to care about our safety on the road.</p>
<p>What do you think of the NSW Police Force using the “Man Looking at Woman” meme to promote road safety? Do you think this is a good way to get people to be more conscious of their driving habits? Let us know on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/smosh" type="external">@Smosh</a>!</p>
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"<p>TIL: Police departments will literally do anything to get us to <a type="internal">stop killing each other</a> on the road, even succumbing to meme culture…</p>
<q> <p>— Big Uzi Vert (@BlvckGrip) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlvckGrip/status/899652486474215424" type="external">August 21, 2017</a></p> </q>
<p>The NSW Police Force is Australia’s oldest and largest police organization, and serves a population of seven million citizens in New South Wales. Also, they’re apparently into browsing Reddit, because they just used the “Man Looking at Woman” meme to promote safer driving…</p>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce/" type="external" />
<a type="internal">app-facebook</a>
<a type="internal">about a year ago</a>
<a type="internal" /> 11K
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce/posts/10155140522151185:0" type="external">1.7K</a>
<a type="internal">718</a> Keep your eyes on the road #yourhappinessisrighthere
<p>This isn’t the first time a police department has tried to promote public safety via “hip” means, and it surely won’t be the last. But are memes an effective way to get people to stop texting and driving? Probably not, because until they finally start using that tax money to hire legitimate graphic designers who up their font game, we’re going to continue to refuse to care about our safety on the road.</p>
<p>What do you think of the NSW Police Force using the “Man Looking at Woman” meme to promote road safety? Do you think this is a good way to get people to be more conscious of their driving habits? Let us know on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/smosh" type="external">@Smosh</a>!</p>"
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