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july 21, 2018
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july 21, 2018
*These Are the Corporations Behind Trump’s Muslim Ban
(Reality)
*When Native Americans Routed the Ku Klux Klan in the Battle of Hayes Pond
(First Americans)
*NASA prepares to fly probe into Sun’s scorching atmosphere
(Space News)
*Homophobia, Misogyny, and Islamophobia: The Right’s New Darling — Mark Keith Robinson — Has It All(Amerikkkans)
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States https://trib.al/LsQFO1l
3:14 PM - Jul 18, 2018
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There IS a Deep State in the USA!
rateyes - demo undeground
The leaders:
Vladamir Putin
Alexander Torshin
Maria Butina
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Loesch
Wayne LaPierre
Devin Nunes
Sean Hannity
Paul Ryan
Mitch McConnell
Mike Pence
Brett Kavanaugh
Samuel Alito
Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Neil Gorsuch
John Roberts
Jeff Sessions
Many more, including all of the
Goons of Putin (GOP)
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Dutch Intelligence Service WATCHED LIVE as Russian Hacker Group Cozy Bear Breached DNC Servers
Vinnie From Indy - demo underground
7/21/18
This story broke in January of this year.
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BERLIN — The Dutch domestic intelligence service AIVD had access to the infamous Russian hacking group Cozy Bear for at least a year starting in mid-2014, local media outlets reported Thursday. According to the reports, the Dutch government alerted the United States to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after Netherlands-based officials watched the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other operations by the Russians, including a 2014 State Department hack.
The DNC hack, revealed by The Washington Post in June 2016, was considered a pivotal event in several actions believed to be undertaken by the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election that year. Two independent research firms later confirmed that the DNC’s network was compromised by Russian government hackers.
The Dutch agency’s involvement was first reported by the current affairs program Nieuwsuur and the newspaper de Volkskrant on Thursday. Reached by The Post on Friday, the domestic spy agency AIVD had no comment. The Dutch military intelligence service, MIVD, did not respond to a request for comment.
According to Dutch media, AIVD agents also watched when Russian hackers launched an attack on the State Department in 2014 and compromised unclassified systems at the White House as well as in Congress. Officials later told The Post that the NSA had been alerted to the hacks by an unnamed Western intelligence agency. The Western ally had previously hacked not only the Russians’ computers but also surveillance cameras inside their offices. The unnamed Western analysts were monitoring the hackers’ maneuvers inside U.S. networks and even collected CCTV footage of those involved.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/26/dutch-media-reveal-country-to-be-secret-u-s-ally-in-war-against-russian-hackers/?utm_term=.70dbbe97f45e
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BERLIN — The Dutch domestic intelligence service AIVD had access to the infamous Russian hacking group Cozy Bear for at least a year starting in mid-2014, local media outlets reported Thursday. According to the reports, the Dutch government alerted the United States to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after Netherlands-based officials watched the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other operations by the Russians, including a 2014 State Department hack.
The DNC hack, revealed by The Washington Post in June 2016, was considered a pivotal event in several actions believed to be undertaken by the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election that year. Two independent research firms later confirmed that the DNC’s network was compromised by Russian government hackers.
The Dutch agency’s involvement was first reported by the current affairs program Nieuwsuur and the newspaper de Volkskrant on Thursday. Reached by The Post on Friday, the domestic spy agency AIVD had no comment. The Dutch military intelligence service, MIVD, did not respond to a request for comment.
According to Dutch media, AIVD agents also watched when Russian hackers launched an attack on the State Department in 2014 and compromised unclassified systems at the White House as well as in Congress. Officials later told The Post that the NSA had been alerted to the hacks by an unnamed Western intelligence agency. The Western ally had previously hacked not only the Russians’ computers but also surveillance cameras inside their offices. The unnamed Western analysts were monitoring the hackers’ maneuvers inside U.S. networks and even collected CCTV footage of those involved.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/26/dutch-media-reveal-country-to-be-secret-u-s-ally-in-war-against-russian-hackers/?utm_term=.70dbbe97f45e
Trump Faces New Accusations of Sexual Misconduct with Teenage Models
The accusations are featured in an upcoming BBC documentary.
By Chris Sosa / AlterNet
July 20, 2018, 7:19 AM GMT
President Donald Trump faces new allegations of sexually predatory behavior towards teenage models in an upcoming documentary from the BBC.
One model described him as a "shark" who engaged in verbal harassment when she was 17.
One model described him as a "shark" who engaged in verbal harassment when she was 17.
I FUCKING Knew it!!! It all makes sense now! - USALiberal - Demo Underground
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After Warning of 'Large and Painful Military Operation,' Israel Begins Massive Bombing of Gaza
"Israeli snipers shoot and kill scores of unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, including kids, then calls it self-defense. When a Palestinian sniper fires at one Israeli soldier, Israel bombs Gaza with F-16s and preps for all out war."
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams - alternet
July 21, 2018, 4:09 AM GMT
Just hours after Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned that Israel is gearing up to launch a "large and painful military operation" in Gaza that would rival Operation Protective Edge—a 2014 assault that killed more than 2,000 Palestinians—the Israeli military carried out "wide-scale" airstrikes across Gaza on Friday following weekly anti-occupation protests along the border fence.
The airstrikes began to slam Gaza just hours after Israeli soldiers gunned down at least three Palestinians during anti-occupation demonstrations. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says one of its soldiers was killed by retaliatory gunfire from the Palestinians.
"Palestinian defense forces fired back at Israeli snipers who have been murdering Palestinian men, women, and children for weeks," noted journalist Ali Abunimah.
Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, added: "Israeli snipers shoot and kill scores of unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, including kids, then calls it self-defense. When a Palestinian sniper fires at one Israeli soldier, Israel bombs Gaza with F-16s and preps for all out war."
In response to Israel's "massive" wave of airstrikes, activists began circulating the #StoptheWar hashtag in an effort to pressure the international community to step in and stop Israel's efforts to launch yet another catastrophic assault on the "occupied, blockaded, unlivable, and exhausted Gaza Strip."
Munayyer of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights argued in a tweet on Friday that the airstrikes are a deliberate escalation that is merely a precursor to a broader military attack on Gaza.
"Israel has been planning another war on Gaza for some time. They recently conducted exercises, declared Friday as an ultimatum day, and the Americans to wrote a WaPo oped to open the Israeli propaganda campaign," Munayyer noted, referring to an opinion piece co-authored by White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, which blames Hamas for Israel's brutal decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory.
"Seems Israel is hell bent on war, again," Munayyer added.
Israel's latest bombardment of Gaza comes just days after Israel further intensified its collective punishment of the Palestinian people by imposing "genocidal" trade restrictions on the occupied territory.
As Common Dreams reported, Israel's legislature also approved a bill this week that enshrines "apartheid into law" and makes the 1.8 million Arabs living in Israel second-class citizens.
The airstrikes began to slam Gaza just hours after Israeli soldiers gunned down at least three Palestinians during anti-occupation demonstrations. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says one of its soldiers was killed by retaliatory gunfire from the Palestinians.
"Palestinian defense forces fired back at Israeli snipers who have been murdering Palestinian men, women, and children for weeks," noted journalist Ali Abunimah.
Yousef Munayyer, executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, added: "Israeli snipers shoot and kill scores of unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza, including kids, then calls it self-defense. When a Palestinian sniper fires at one Israeli soldier, Israel bombs Gaza with F-16s and preps for all out war."
In response to Israel's "massive" wave of airstrikes, activists began circulating the #StoptheWar hashtag in an effort to pressure the international community to step in and stop Israel's efforts to launch yet another catastrophic assault on the "occupied, blockaded, unlivable, and exhausted Gaza Strip."
Munayyer of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights argued in a tweet on Friday that the airstrikes are a deliberate escalation that is merely a precursor to a broader military attack on Gaza.
"Israel has been planning another war on Gaza for some time. They recently conducted exercises, declared Friday as an ultimatum day, and the Americans to wrote a WaPo oped to open the Israeli propaganda campaign," Munayyer noted, referring to an opinion piece co-authored by White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, which blames Hamas for Israel's brutal decades-long occupation of Palestinian territory.
"Seems Israel is hell bent on war, again," Munayyer added.
Israel's latest bombardment of Gaza comes just days after Israel further intensified its collective punishment of the Palestinian people by imposing "genocidal" trade restrictions on the occupied territory.
As Common Dreams reported, Israel's legislature also approved a bill this week that enshrines "apartheid into law" and makes the 1.8 million Arabs living in Israel second-class citizens.
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trump says asbestos is safe, no worries!!!
Asbestos from Manhattan steam pipe blast forces evacuations
Reuters - raw story
20 JUL 2018 AT 06:32 ET
A steam pipe explosion is seen in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Residents and workers from 49 buildings near the site of an early-morning steam pipe explosion in Manhattan were evacuated, many for at least two days, on Thursday after lung-damaging asbestos was found on debris from the blast, officials said.
The blast at the start of the morning rush hour near the sharply angled Flatiron Building in bustling Midtown opened a giant crater in the street and creating an urban geyser that sent a vapor plume into the air for hours.
The asbestos discovery raised concerns that the substance, which had encased the 86-year-old ruptured pipe, may have spread to the street, buildings and ventilation systems, all of which would need to be decontaminated, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
“Now that we know there’s asbestos present, we’re not going to cut any corners,” de Blasio told reporters at the scene. “We’re going to be thorough.”
Street closings and the evacuations of 28 buildings in the “hot zone” near the explosion at Fifth Avenue and West 21 Street will probably last until the weekend while crews decontaminate the area, de Blasio said.
Some of the 49 buildings on the outer fringe of the explosion area may be reopened by Thursday evening, he said.
“People will not be let back into their apartments until we have cleared their building,” the mayor said.
About 500 people from nearly 250 residential units were displaced by the evacuation order, according to the city’s Emergency Management Department.
Authorities said only minor injuries resulted from the explosion of the steam pipe, which was installed in 1932.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was directing the state’s Department of Public Service to conduct a full investigation into the cause of the explosion and determine whether any utility activities contributed to it.
Dr. Herminia Palacio, deputy mayor of health and human services, said the main health risks were from repeated exposure to asbestos fibers, rather than brief, temporary contact.
Officials urged anyone who may be contaminated to shower and remove their clothes, bag them and bring them to Consolidated Edison Inc, the power company that maintains the steam line.
The blast may have damaged other subterranean lines in the vicinity that carry water, gas and electricity, all which have been shut down until repairs are done, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
The steam pipes are part of a 136-year-old system that Con Ed said is the nation’s largest steam network, stretching from the southern tip of Manhattan to 96th Street.
Although the blast and the resulting street closings snarled vehicular traffic in the immediate area, other commuting disruptions were minimal.
The blast at the start of the morning rush hour near the sharply angled Flatiron Building in bustling Midtown opened a giant crater in the street and creating an urban geyser that sent a vapor plume into the air for hours.
The asbestos discovery raised concerns that the substance, which had encased the 86-year-old ruptured pipe, may have spread to the street, buildings and ventilation systems, all of which would need to be decontaminated, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
“Now that we know there’s asbestos present, we’re not going to cut any corners,” de Blasio told reporters at the scene. “We’re going to be thorough.”
Street closings and the evacuations of 28 buildings in the “hot zone” near the explosion at Fifth Avenue and West 21 Street will probably last until the weekend while crews decontaminate the area, de Blasio said.
Some of the 49 buildings on the outer fringe of the explosion area may be reopened by Thursday evening, he said.
“People will not be let back into their apartments until we have cleared their building,” the mayor said.
About 500 people from nearly 250 residential units were displaced by the evacuation order, according to the city’s Emergency Management Department.
Authorities said only minor injuries resulted from the explosion of the steam pipe, which was installed in 1932.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said he was directing the state’s Department of Public Service to conduct a full investigation into the cause of the explosion and determine whether any utility activities contributed to it.
Dr. Herminia Palacio, deputy mayor of health and human services, said the main health risks were from repeated exposure to asbestos fibers, rather than brief, temporary contact.
Officials urged anyone who may be contaminated to shower and remove their clothes, bag them and bring them to Consolidated Edison Inc, the power company that maintains the steam line.
The blast may have damaged other subterranean lines in the vicinity that carry water, gas and electricity, all which have been shut down until repairs are done, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
The steam pipes are part of a 136-year-old system that Con Ed said is the nation’s largest steam network, stretching from the southern tip of Manhattan to 96th Street.
Although the blast and the resulting street closings snarled vehicular traffic in the immediate area, other commuting disruptions were minimal.
Miami Planned to Suspend Players Who Protest the Anthem, After Backlash, the Entire Policy Is On Hold
By Associated Press - atlanta black star
July 20, 2018
Hours after The Associated Press reported that Miami Dolphins players who protest on the field during the anthem could be suspended for up to four games under a team policy issued this week, the league and the players union issued a joint statement late Thursday night saying the two sides are talking things out.
“The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a resolution to the anthem issue. In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA’s grievance and on the NFL’s anthem policy. No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing,” the statement read. “The NFL and NFLPA reflect the great values of America, which are repeatedly demonstrated by the many players doing extraordinary work in communities across our country to promote equality, fairness and justice. Our shared focus will remain on finding a solution to the anthem issue through mutual, good faith commitments, outside of litigation.”
The issue has dominated headlines over the past two seasons, caused division and alienated some fans.
The NFL rule that was passed in May forbid players from sitting or taking a knee if they are on the field or sidelines during “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but allowed them to stay in the locker room if they wish. The policy said teams would be fined if players didn’t stand during the anthem while on the field. The league left it up to teams on how to punish players.
None of the team policies had been made public until the AP obtained a copy of Miami’s nine-page discipline document. It included a one-sentence section on “Proper Anthem Conduct” and was provided to the AP by a person familiar with the policy who insisted on anonymity because the document is not public. It classifies anthem protests under a large list of “conduct detrimental to the club,” all of which could lead to a paid or unpaid suspension, a fine or both.
The Dolphins said in a statement: “The NFL required each team to submit their rules regarding the anthem before their players reported to training camp. We will address this issue once the season starts. All options are still open.”
Miami can choose not to issue any suspension nor fine any player guilty of “conduct detrimental to the club.” Other violations under that label include drug use or possession, gambling, breaking curfew and riding motorcycles as a driver or passenger from the start of camp until the last game of the season.
Jets acting owner Christopher Johnson said shortly after the league announced its policy that he will not punish his players for any peaceful protests — and would pay any potential fines incurred by the team as a result of his players’ actions.
The new league rules were challenged this month in a grievance by the players union. The NFLPA said the NFL policy, which the league imposed without consultation with the players union, is inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement and infringes on player rights. Now, the two sides are hoping to reach a solution without litigation.
Dolphins veteran receiver Kenny Stills took a knee with a hand on his heart during the anthem throughout last season. Defensive tackle Jordan Phillips put his arm around Stills before one game. Two other players who knelt — safety Michael Thomas and tight end Julius Thomas — are no longer with the team.
Defensive end Robert Quinn, who raised his fist during the anthem while with the Rams, is now with the Dolphins.
“Players who are on the field during the Anthem performance must stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem,” says the 16th and final bullet point on Miami’s list of conduct considered detrimental, below disparaging teammates, coaches or officials including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
The NFL started requiring players to be on the field for the anthem in 2009 — the year it signed a marketing deal with the military.
In 2016, then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began protesting police brutality, social injustice and racial inequality by kneeling during the national anthem, and the demonstration spread to other players and teams.
Critics led by President Donald Trump called the players unpatriotic and even said NFL owners should fire any player who refused to stand during the anthem. Some players countered that their actions were being misconstrued and that they are seeking social change rather than protesting the anthem itself.
Trump’s criticism led more than 200 players to protest during one weekend, and some kept it up throughout the season.
The league and a coalition of players have been working in tandem to support player initiatives for a variety of social issues. The NFL is committing $90 million over the next seven years to social justice causes in a three-segment plan that involves league players.
Kaepernick didn’t play at all last season and still hasn’t been picked up by another team. He threw 16 touchdown passes and four interceptions in his final season in 2016. Safety Eric Reid, one of Kaepernick’s former teammates and another protest leader, is also out of work.
Both have filed collusion grievances against the NFL.
“The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a resolution to the anthem issue. In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA’s grievance and on the NFL’s anthem policy. No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing,” the statement read. “The NFL and NFLPA reflect the great values of America, which are repeatedly demonstrated by the many players doing extraordinary work in communities across our country to promote equality, fairness and justice. Our shared focus will remain on finding a solution to the anthem issue through mutual, good faith commitments, outside of litigation.”
The issue has dominated headlines over the past two seasons, caused division and alienated some fans.
The NFL rule that was passed in May forbid players from sitting or taking a knee if they are on the field or sidelines during “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but allowed them to stay in the locker room if they wish. The policy said teams would be fined if players didn’t stand during the anthem while on the field. The league left it up to teams on how to punish players.
None of the team policies had been made public until the AP obtained a copy of Miami’s nine-page discipline document. It included a one-sentence section on “Proper Anthem Conduct” and was provided to the AP by a person familiar with the policy who insisted on anonymity because the document is not public. It classifies anthem protests under a large list of “conduct detrimental to the club,” all of which could lead to a paid or unpaid suspension, a fine or both.
The Dolphins said in a statement: “The NFL required each team to submit their rules regarding the anthem before their players reported to training camp. We will address this issue once the season starts. All options are still open.”
Miami can choose not to issue any suspension nor fine any player guilty of “conduct detrimental to the club.” Other violations under that label include drug use or possession, gambling, breaking curfew and riding motorcycles as a driver or passenger from the start of camp until the last game of the season.
Jets acting owner Christopher Johnson said shortly after the league announced its policy that he will not punish his players for any peaceful protests — and would pay any potential fines incurred by the team as a result of his players’ actions.
The new league rules were challenged this month in a grievance by the players union. The NFLPA said the NFL policy, which the league imposed without consultation with the players union, is inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement and infringes on player rights. Now, the two sides are hoping to reach a solution without litigation.
Dolphins veteran receiver Kenny Stills took a knee with a hand on his heart during the anthem throughout last season. Defensive tackle Jordan Phillips put his arm around Stills before one game. Two other players who knelt — safety Michael Thomas and tight end Julius Thomas — are no longer with the team.
Defensive end Robert Quinn, who raised his fist during the anthem while with the Rams, is now with the Dolphins.
“Players who are on the field during the Anthem performance must stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem,” says the 16th and final bullet point on Miami’s list of conduct considered detrimental, below disparaging teammates, coaches or officials including NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
The NFL started requiring players to be on the field for the anthem in 2009 — the year it signed a marketing deal with the military.
In 2016, then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began protesting police brutality, social injustice and racial inequality by kneeling during the national anthem, and the demonstration spread to other players and teams.
Critics led by President Donald Trump called the players unpatriotic and even said NFL owners should fire any player who refused to stand during the anthem. Some players countered that their actions were being misconstrued and that they are seeking social change rather than protesting the anthem itself.
Trump’s criticism led more than 200 players to protest during one weekend, and some kept it up throughout the season.
The league and a coalition of players have been working in tandem to support player initiatives for a variety of social issues. The NFL is committing $90 million over the next seven years to social justice causes in a three-segment plan that involves league players.
Kaepernick didn’t play at all last season and still hasn’t been picked up by another team. He threw 16 touchdown passes and four interceptions in his final season in 2016. Safety Eric Reid, one of Kaepernick’s former teammates and another protest leader, is also out of work.
Both have filed collusion grievances against the NFL.
racists groups get a pass!!!
FBI conference’s keynote speech will cover ‘Radical Left-Wing Gangs’
Never mind the dozens of examples of far-right violence in recent years.
LUKE BARNES - thinkprogress
JUL 20, 2018, 10:38 AM
The largest annual gathering of FBI agents — FBI National Academy Associates — will meet this weekend in Quebec City. A year-and-half ago it was the site of a deadly mass shooting, when six Muslim worshipers were killed at a local mosque by Alexandre Bissonnette. The subsequent investigation found that Bissonnette was obsessed with far-right causes, regularly visiting the Twitter account of Richard Spencer, David Duke and Alex Jones, to name but a few.
You’d think then, that the conference would be a fitting location for the FBI to talk about the growing dangers associated with far-right violence. But it seems the opposite is true.
According to VICE News, the headline speaker for this year’s conference is Dale Yeager, the CEO of Seraph Inc., a private consulting firm for law enforcement, who will use his keynote speech to talk about “Radical Left-Wing Gangs in America”, which focuses on the dangers that groups like antifa pose with “their violent actions against civilians and police agencies in the U.S. and Canada.”
Yeager, who has reportedly spent more than 40 years warning about the dangers of left-wing extremism, does not believe there has been any uptick in white supremacist violence, and that the far-left, which he described as “despis[ing] Western civilization and liberal democracy,” is squarely to blame for the growing political violence in the U.S.
But Yeager’s thesis is completely wrong. Not only are far-right extremists a major threat, but they are specifically dangerous to the very law enforcement communities that Yeager is trying to help.
A March analysis by ThinkProgress showed that, between 2007 and 2017, at least 33 police officers were killed by individuals involved or affiliated with the far-right. They include Neo-Nazi Richard Poplawski, who ambushed and killed three Pittsburgh police officers with an AK-47 in 2009, and Lloyd Barrus, who wounded a Montana deputy sheriff during a high-speed pursuit in 2017 before making a U-turn to head him off.
Incidents such as the Charlottesville attack in 2017, the massacre of nine black worshipers at a South Carolina church in 2015 and numerous other thwarted plots also have the FBI on alert — despite what Yeager might profess.
In May, the agency’s director, Christopher Wray, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that it was pursuing over 1,000 investigations into “domestic terrorists”, including far-right extremists and anti-abortion groups. A 2017 bulletin by the FBI and Homeland Security warned that “the white supremacist extremist movement would likely continue to pose a lethal threat of violence.”
In April of last year, the Government Accountability Office noted that violence by far-right extremists has exceeded that caused by “radical Islamist violent extremists” in the last 15 years. One individual heavily involved with the militia movement (who asked not to be named), even recently told this reporter that he regarded Nazis and white supremacists as just as much a threat, if not more so, than antifa.
None of that however, seems to matter to Yeager nor, it seems, to Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen, who echoed Trump’s infamous argument of blaming “both sides” for the violence in Charlottesville last year. “It’s not that one side is right and one side is wrong,” she told NBC News on Thursday. “Anybody that is advocating violence, we need to work to mitigate.”
The FBI stressed that Dale Yeager’s positions are his own and are not those of the FBI or the conference.
You’d think then, that the conference would be a fitting location for the FBI to talk about the growing dangers associated with far-right violence. But it seems the opposite is true.
According to VICE News, the headline speaker for this year’s conference is Dale Yeager, the CEO of Seraph Inc., a private consulting firm for law enforcement, who will use his keynote speech to talk about “Radical Left-Wing Gangs in America”, which focuses on the dangers that groups like antifa pose with “their violent actions against civilians and police agencies in the U.S. and Canada.”
Yeager, who has reportedly spent more than 40 years warning about the dangers of left-wing extremism, does not believe there has been any uptick in white supremacist violence, and that the far-left, which he described as “despis[ing] Western civilization and liberal democracy,” is squarely to blame for the growing political violence in the U.S.
But Yeager’s thesis is completely wrong. Not only are far-right extremists a major threat, but they are specifically dangerous to the very law enforcement communities that Yeager is trying to help.
A March analysis by ThinkProgress showed that, between 2007 and 2017, at least 33 police officers were killed by individuals involved or affiliated with the far-right. They include Neo-Nazi Richard Poplawski, who ambushed and killed three Pittsburgh police officers with an AK-47 in 2009, and Lloyd Barrus, who wounded a Montana deputy sheriff during a high-speed pursuit in 2017 before making a U-turn to head him off.
Incidents such as the Charlottesville attack in 2017, the massacre of nine black worshipers at a South Carolina church in 2015 and numerous other thwarted plots also have the FBI on alert — despite what Yeager might profess.
In May, the agency’s director, Christopher Wray, told the Senate Appropriations Committee that it was pursuing over 1,000 investigations into “domestic terrorists”, including far-right extremists and anti-abortion groups. A 2017 bulletin by the FBI and Homeland Security warned that “the white supremacist extremist movement would likely continue to pose a lethal threat of violence.”
In April of last year, the Government Accountability Office noted that violence by far-right extremists has exceeded that caused by “radical Islamist violent extremists” in the last 15 years. One individual heavily involved with the militia movement (who asked not to be named), even recently told this reporter that he regarded Nazis and white supremacists as just as much a threat, if not more so, than antifa.
None of that however, seems to matter to Yeager nor, it seems, to Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen, who echoed Trump’s infamous argument of blaming “both sides” for the violence in Charlottesville last year. “It’s not that one side is right and one side is wrong,” she told NBC News on Thursday. “Anybody that is advocating violence, we need to work to mitigate.”
The FBI stressed that Dale Yeager’s positions are his own and are not those of the FBI or the conference.
the traitor proclaims love for the flag!!!
Trump says NFL players who kneel for anthem shouldn't play – or be paid
President ‘can’t believe’ NFL anthem debate remains in play
Trump proposes two-step punishment for players who kneel
Associated Press - the guardian
Fri 20 Jul 2018 20.04 EDT
President Donald Trump is once again inserting himself into the culture war over protests by NFL athletes during the national anthem.
Trump tweeted on Friday that he “can’t believe” the debate has reignited after the Associated Press reported on the Miami Dolphins formally telling players they could be punished for protesting on the field. The NFL and NFL Players Association said in a joint statement Thursday night they were halting enforcement of all anthem rules while they work out a solution.
Trump asks, “Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart?”
Donald J. Trump✔
@realDonaldTrump
The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again - can’t believe it! Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart? The $40,000,000 Commissioner must now make a stand. First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!
3:17 PM - Jul 20, 2018
No such requirement exists, but NFL owners voted in May to require players who wish to protest to remain in the locker room during The Star-Spangled Banner.
Trump is proposing his own penalties, calling on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to “take a stand”.
Trump tweets: “First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!”
Trump tweeted on Friday that he “can’t believe” the debate has reignited after the Associated Press reported on the Miami Dolphins formally telling players they could be punished for protesting on the field. The NFL and NFL Players Association said in a joint statement Thursday night they were halting enforcement of all anthem rules while they work out a solution.
Trump asks, “Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart?”
Donald J. Trump✔
@realDonaldTrump
The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again - can’t believe it! Isn’t it in contract that players must stand at attention, hand on heart? The $40,000,000 Commissioner must now make a stand. First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!
3:17 PM - Jul 20, 2018
No such requirement exists, but NFL owners voted in May to require players who wish to protest to remain in the locker room during The Star-Spangled Banner.
Trump is proposing his own penalties, calling on NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to “take a stand”.
Trump tweets: “First time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!”
Teenaged soccer player left without club after fans’ racist protests
Racism makes a welcome return to Russia after the World Cup.
LUKE BARNES - thinkprogress
JUL 20, 2018, 12:28 PM
A teenaged soccer player has had his contract cancelled by Russian second-division side Torpedo Moscow, just six days after signing it — because fans of the club did not want to have a black player on their team.
Erving Botaka-Yoboma, a defender who was born in Russia but is of Congolese descent, signed for Torpedo last week — which prompted a torrent of protest and abuse from Torpedo fans on Russian social media.
“Dear Torpedo leadership, since you consider it permissible to come to our house, to our family, and not to respect our traditions and rules, then we reserve the same right!” a group called the Zapad-5 Ultras wrote on VK, the Russian equivalent of Facebook. “Let’s see to whom this will be better!” Another wrote that “black may be one of our club’s colors, but we only want whites in our ranks.”
Artur Petrosyan✔
@arturpetrosyan
Unbelievable. Torpedo Moscow announce Erving Botaka will not play for the club days after signing him. Reason? The ultras were protesting against signing a black player and threatened the board.
Year 2018 it is.
2:42 PM - Jul 19, 2018
In response, the leadership of Torpedo cancelled Botaka-Yoboma’s contract, claiming that the offer was rescinded due to financial reasons and that racism had nothing to do with the decision. Other Torpedo Ultras attempted to explain away their hostility to Botaka-Yoboma because the defender had previously spent time at rival Lokomotiv Moscow — despite the fact that Lokomotiv currently plays in a different division. Torpedo Moscow has also repeatedly faced sanctions over their fans’ racist antics.
Alexander Zotov, who heads the All-Russian Union of Footballers, condemned the incident. “There have been changes in attitude after the World Cup, but a group of idiots still remains,” he told Sport24.ru on Wednesday. “People with a limited worldview exist in any country. We saw how open our society and people were [during the tournament].”
The incident is an ugly reminder that, despite the multicultural good-will that Russia experienced and took part in during the World Cup, racism is still an endemic problem in the country. In January, the club Spartak Moscow found itself at the center of a racism storm when they tweeted a video of three black players with the caption “See how chocolates melt in the sun.” In March during a warm-up friendly for the World Cup, French players Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembele were the subject of racist taunting. Prior to the cup, England defender Danny Rose told his family he didn’t want them to come to see him play in Russia, over fears they’d be racially abused.
You’d have thought that Torpedo Ultras might have learned a thing or from the World Cup final where France, a team composed of players with ties to Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea and Martinique to name but a few, thrashed Croatia to win the tournament 4-2. However, it appears the subtlety of the lesson was lost on them.
Erving Botaka-Yoboma, a defender who was born in Russia but is of Congolese descent, signed for Torpedo last week — which prompted a torrent of protest and abuse from Torpedo fans on Russian social media.
“Dear Torpedo leadership, since you consider it permissible to come to our house, to our family, and not to respect our traditions and rules, then we reserve the same right!” a group called the Zapad-5 Ultras wrote on VK, the Russian equivalent of Facebook. “Let’s see to whom this will be better!” Another wrote that “black may be one of our club’s colors, but we only want whites in our ranks.”
Artur Petrosyan✔
@arturpetrosyan
Unbelievable. Torpedo Moscow announce Erving Botaka will not play for the club days after signing him. Reason? The ultras were protesting against signing a black player and threatened the board.
Year 2018 it is.
2:42 PM - Jul 19, 2018
In response, the leadership of Torpedo cancelled Botaka-Yoboma’s contract, claiming that the offer was rescinded due to financial reasons and that racism had nothing to do with the decision. Other Torpedo Ultras attempted to explain away their hostility to Botaka-Yoboma because the defender had previously spent time at rival Lokomotiv Moscow — despite the fact that Lokomotiv currently plays in a different division. Torpedo Moscow has also repeatedly faced sanctions over their fans’ racist antics.
Alexander Zotov, who heads the All-Russian Union of Footballers, condemned the incident. “There have been changes in attitude after the World Cup, but a group of idiots still remains,” he told Sport24.ru on Wednesday. “People with a limited worldview exist in any country. We saw how open our society and people were [during the tournament].”
The incident is an ugly reminder that, despite the multicultural good-will that Russia experienced and took part in during the World Cup, racism is still an endemic problem in the country. In January, the club Spartak Moscow found itself at the center of a racism storm when they tweeted a video of three black players with the caption “See how chocolates melt in the sun.” In March during a warm-up friendly for the World Cup, French players Paul Pogba and Ousmane Dembele were the subject of racist taunting. Prior to the cup, England defender Danny Rose told his family he didn’t want them to come to see him play in Russia, over fears they’d be racially abused.
You’d have thought that Torpedo Ultras might have learned a thing or from the World Cup final where France, a team composed of players with ties to Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea and Martinique to name but a few, thrashed Croatia to win the tournament 4-2. However, it appears the subtlety of the lesson was lost on them.
*bites from real news - 7/21/2018*
*Experts explain why Trump supporters refuse to believe what everyone else knows is true — the president is compromised
How do so many Trump-supporting Republicans — 68 percent, according to one poll — refuse to acknowledge what their eyes and ears told them at the Helsinki summit?
*video: Trump’s favorite pastor throws ‘known womanizer’ Ronald Reagan under the bus to defend president’s infidelities
*Pelosi: 'Thug' Putin not welcome in Congress
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) is making it clear that even if Russian President Vladimir Putin pays a visit to Washington in the fall, he is not welcome in Congress. “The notion that Pres ... (the hill)
*U.S. tariffs to cost Germans up to 20 billion euros this year: report
U.S. tariffs to cost Germans up to 20 billion euros this year: report Reuters Staff BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Pr*sident Donald Trump’s tariffs will lead to a drop in prosperity in Germany this year and ... (Reuters)
*Trump administration says more than 900 immigrant parents are ineligible for reunification
*Trump Is Ramping Up the GOP's War on the Poor — And No One's Noticed
Recently the Trump administration announced that the War on Poverty is over: On the evidence, the rich won(alternet)
*White Fright The plot to attack Muslims that the US media ignored
In 2015, the community of Islamberg discovered that a Tennessee minister was plotting the deadliest attack on US soil since 9/11 against their village. Why have Americans heard nothing about him, and why why does the community feel its safety has been ignored?
StudyTerror attacks by Muslims receive 357% more press attention
*JESSICA ROBERTSON GOT SICK WORKING AS AN INSPECTOR AT A POULTRY PLANT. NOW SHE’S SPEAKING OUT TO DEFEND WORKERS EXPOSED TO CHEMICALS.
Eyal Press — 5:00 a.m. In Moroni, Utah, USDA inspectors raised alarms about the potential health effects of chemicals sprayed on poultry carcasses. Their complaints were ignored.
*Ozone Pollution in US National Parks Is Nearly the Same as in Large Cities
Most Americans associate U.S. national parks with pristine environments that represent the very best of nature
*Here's the Dark Plan a Bigoted Trump Ally Is Pushing to Change the Meaning of American Citizenship Cody Fenwick / AlterNet
Michael Anton is pushing an idea that would make life harder for immigrants' children.
*Trained to shoot The Utah teachers taking up guns in their classrooms
To fight school shootings, Utah allows teachers to carry a gun at school – and many are choosing to arm themselves and are taking combat shooting courses as preparation
House Republicans voted to give ICE a pat on the back. Here’s some stuff they didn't vote for
Gabe Ortiz
Daily Kos Staff
Thursday July 19, 2018 · 11:00 AM PDT
House Republicans wasted the nation’s time this week by passing what’s essentially a “ICE Is Nice”resolution, a useless, political stunt of a vote that helped no one, except their own desperate butts as the November elections approach. It’s a shame, because there are a million and one crises that Donald Trump has created, and a million and one crises complicit House Republicans are enabling by doing nothing.
House Republicans could’ve introduced and voted on legislation like that authored by Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, which immediately reunites all migrant families that have been separated at the border under the Trump administration’s barbaric “zero tolerance” policy, but they didn’t.
Instead, officials continue to slow-walk a court-ordered deadline to reunite thousands of separated kids, who continue to wait in abusive conditions where every day is another day of added trauma. Adding to the chaos, is that Trump wants to now jail families together. House Republicans could’ve voted to reunite them with their families in freedom, but they didn’t.
House Republicans could’ve voted on legislation introduced by Congress members Lucille Roybal-Allard of California and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida putting vulnerable Dreamers on a path to citizenship, but they didn’t. Very soon, it’ll be a year since Donald Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and six months since the March 5 deadline for Congress to act.
But since then, Paul Ryan has helped sabotage a discharge petition that would’ve forced a floor vote on permanent protections, like the bipartisan DREAM Act, instead continuing to leave DACA recipients and their families living from court decision to court decision, and now most recently at the mercy of an anti-immigrant Texas judge who could soon help Trump kill it for good. House Republicans could’ve voted to protect them, but they didn’t.
House Republicans could’ve vote on legislation introduced by Congress member Nydia Velázquez of New York putting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients on a path to legalization, but they didn’t. Despite senior officials warning that conditions remained dire in these countries, Trump, with the help of white supremacist Stephen Miller, terminated protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and several other nations.
Now, hundreds of thousands of immigrants who had permission to live and work here—some for decades—will soon be deportable. They own homes and businesses, and they are integral parts of their communities and work industries. These immigrants, parents to almost 250,000 U.S. citizen kids, may be forced to uproot their families to countries that are no longer their own, or be forced to go underground. House Republicans could’ve voted to protect these families, but they didn’t.
House Republicans could’ve voted on legislation introduced by Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Congress member Pramila Jayapal of Washington state reining in rampant verbal, sexual and physical abuse of detainees while they are in immigration detention, but they didn’t.
According to advocacy group Freedom for Immigrants last year, “Homeland Security received a total of 33,126 complaints of sexual and/or physical abuse from January 2010 to July 2016. Of those, only 225--.07 percent—have been investigated.” One 19-year-old asylum seeker and mom who was sexually abused by a guard said she felt powerless. “I didn’t know how to refuse,” she said, “because he told me that I was going to be deported.”
House Republicans could’ve voted to protect Dreamers, to stop rape and other abuses, and to keep vulnerable families together. Instead they said, “good job, ICE” and continued doing nothing.
House Republicans could’ve introduced and voted on legislation like that authored by Sens. Kamala Harris of California, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, which immediately reunites all migrant families that have been separated at the border under the Trump administration’s barbaric “zero tolerance” policy, but they didn’t.
Instead, officials continue to slow-walk a court-ordered deadline to reunite thousands of separated kids, who continue to wait in abusive conditions where every day is another day of added trauma. Adding to the chaos, is that Trump wants to now jail families together. House Republicans could’ve voted to reunite them with their families in freedom, but they didn’t.
House Republicans could’ve voted on legislation introduced by Congress members Lucille Roybal-Allard of California and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida putting vulnerable Dreamers on a path to citizenship, but they didn’t. Very soon, it’ll be a year since Donald Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and six months since the March 5 deadline for Congress to act.
But since then, Paul Ryan has helped sabotage a discharge petition that would’ve forced a floor vote on permanent protections, like the bipartisan DREAM Act, instead continuing to leave DACA recipients and their families living from court decision to court decision, and now most recently at the mercy of an anti-immigrant Texas judge who could soon help Trump kill it for good. House Republicans could’ve voted to protect them, but they didn’t.
House Republicans could’ve vote on legislation introduced by Congress member Nydia Velázquez of New York putting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients on a path to legalization, but they didn’t. Despite senior officials warning that conditions remained dire in these countries, Trump, with the help of white supremacist Stephen Miller, terminated protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and several other nations.
Now, hundreds of thousands of immigrants who had permission to live and work here—some for decades—will soon be deportable. They own homes and businesses, and they are integral parts of their communities and work industries. These immigrants, parents to almost 250,000 U.S. citizen kids, may be forced to uproot their families to countries that are no longer their own, or be forced to go underground. House Republicans could’ve voted to protect these families, but they didn’t.
House Republicans could’ve voted on legislation introduced by Sen. Kamala Harris of California and Congress member Pramila Jayapal of Washington state reining in rampant verbal, sexual and physical abuse of detainees while they are in immigration detention, but they didn’t.
According to advocacy group Freedom for Immigrants last year, “Homeland Security received a total of 33,126 complaints of sexual and/or physical abuse from January 2010 to July 2016. Of those, only 225--.07 percent—have been investigated.” One 19-year-old asylum seeker and mom who was sexually abused by a guard said she felt powerless. “I didn’t know how to refuse,” she said, “because he told me that I was going to be deported.”
House Republicans could’ve voted to protect Dreamers, to stop rape and other abuses, and to keep vulnerable families together. Instead they said, “good job, ICE” and continued doing nothing.
White woman whines after Florida university takes down statue of her slave-owning ancestor
Noor Al-Sibai - raw story
20 JUL 2018 AT 13:42 ET
In a Facebook post, a white woman who counts slave-owning Florida State University founder Francis Eppes as an ancestor bemoaned the school’s decision to remove a statue of him after public outcry.
“There he goes,” a woman named Megan Eppes Barnes posted alongside a video of workers removing the statue. “Under the cover of the night Florida State is erasing its own history.”
“I am proud to be an Eppes and proud to be the great, great, great granddaughter of the founder of FSU,” she wrote. “How sad that [FSU President John] Thrasher was so easily convinced to overlook all of the accomplishments and generosity of Francis Eppes and cave to the noisy few that think he is unworthy of recognition.”
A statement released by FSU’s president, however, revealed that Eppes was not a founder of the college after all.
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The President’s Advisory Panel on University Namings and Recognitions recommended that the school both remove the Eppes statue and rename the FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice building known as “Eppes Hall” after its investigation revealed that the man’s role in founding the school was “overstated.”
“The panel uncovered sufficient new evidence to dispute the claim that Eppes was the sole founder of FSU,” Thrasher wrote in a letter explaining his decision. “It’s clear that Eppes had an important part to play in the early days of this institution’s history but declaring him ‘the founder’ is overstating his role.”
He went on to write that the statue is to be removed from the school’s Westcott Plaza at the front gates of the campus because it gave “Eppes a level of prominence that is simply not appropriate.”
It will be relocated and that both highlights Eppes’ role establishing FSU’s “institutional predecessor and keeping the school going in its early years.” The marker “should also acknowledge that Eppes was, in fact, a slave owner, and as a justice of the peace, he oversaw the capture of escaped slaves.”
Thrasher declined to rename Eppes Hall, but stipulated that a similar marker commenting both on his biography (including that he was a grandson of Thomas Jefferson’s) and his slave ownership will be placed near the building.
Eppes’ great-great-great granddaughter was not the only one who blamed the relocation of the statue on the school kowtowing to anti-racist activists. In a statement released on Twitter, the FSU College Republicans said Thrasher “decided to cave to the whims of the loud minority” intent on “destroying the fabric of history.”
“There he goes,” a woman named Megan Eppes Barnes posted alongside a video of workers removing the statue. “Under the cover of the night Florida State is erasing its own history.”
“I am proud to be an Eppes and proud to be the great, great, great granddaughter of the founder of FSU,” she wrote. “How sad that [FSU President John] Thrasher was so easily convinced to overlook all of the accomplishments and generosity of Francis Eppes and cave to the noisy few that think he is unworthy of recognition.”
A statement released by FSU’s president, however, revealed that Eppes was not a founder of the college after all.
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The President’s Advisory Panel on University Namings and Recognitions recommended that the school both remove the Eppes statue and rename the FSU College of Criminology and Criminal Justice building known as “Eppes Hall” after its investigation revealed that the man’s role in founding the school was “overstated.”
“The panel uncovered sufficient new evidence to dispute the claim that Eppes was the sole founder of FSU,” Thrasher wrote in a letter explaining his decision. “It’s clear that Eppes had an important part to play in the early days of this institution’s history but declaring him ‘the founder’ is overstating his role.”
He went on to write that the statue is to be removed from the school’s Westcott Plaza at the front gates of the campus because it gave “Eppes a level of prominence that is simply not appropriate.”
It will be relocated and that both highlights Eppes’ role establishing FSU’s “institutional predecessor and keeping the school going in its early years.” The marker “should also acknowledge that Eppes was, in fact, a slave owner, and as a justice of the peace, he oversaw the capture of escaped slaves.”
Thrasher declined to rename Eppes Hall, but stipulated that a similar marker commenting both on his biography (including that he was a grandson of Thomas Jefferson’s) and his slave ownership will be placed near the building.
Eppes’ great-great-great granddaughter was not the only one who blamed the relocation of the statue on the school kowtowing to anti-racist activists. In a statement released on Twitter, the FSU College Republicans said Thrasher “decided to cave to the whims of the loud minority” intent on “destroying the fabric of history.”
‘We Don’t Tip Terrorist’ Customer Banned from Texas Restaurant
By Tia Berger - atlanta black star
July 20, 2018
A waiter at Odessa’s Saltgrass Steak House was almost “sick” to his stomach after a racist customer left an offensive comment on a receipt on Saturday.
Restaurant server Khalil Cavil was disgusted after picking up a customer’s bill and seeing his name circled with the message, “We don’t tip terrorist.” The person also left a zero tip on a $108.73 check.
“My stomach just dropped… I didn’t know what to say or what to think in the moment, but of course there’s hurt there,” Cavil told Abc News.
The server initially shared the racist post on his Facebook account and wrote, “I share this because I want people to understand that this [is] racism and this hatred still exists.”
COO Terry Turner of Saltgrass Steak House defended their employee and said the customer who wrote the demeaning message is banned from dining at the restaurant.
“We stand by and support our employee,” Turner told USA Today. “Racism of any form is unacceptable and we have banned this customer from returning to our establishment.”
The 20-year-old server was named after his friend’s dad who’s a fallen soldier. “My dad was in the military and a buddy that he was very close to, served with him … Khalil was killed in an accident and so my dad just named me after him, one of his best friends.” Cavil has no Middle-Eastern roots that he’s aware of. The young man’s name “Khalil” means ‘friend’ in Arabic.
The “Seagrass” employee said he’s received countless support from different people since the post has gone viral.
“I definitely hope this encourages other people — no matter what race, no matter what religion — to voice out that this kind of racism and this kind of hatred is not OK,” Cavil told Odessa American.
The 20-year-old plans on attending Dallas Baptist University and said the experience has tested his Christian faith.
I had to think, what would Jesus do in this situation,” Cavil expressed to KMID. “I hope the people who left me that note find Jesus.”
Restaurant server Khalil Cavil was disgusted after picking up a customer’s bill and seeing his name circled with the message, “We don’t tip terrorist.” The person also left a zero tip on a $108.73 check.
“My stomach just dropped… I didn’t know what to say or what to think in the moment, but of course there’s hurt there,” Cavil told Abc News.
The server initially shared the racist post on his Facebook account and wrote, “I share this because I want people to understand that this [is] racism and this hatred still exists.”
COO Terry Turner of Saltgrass Steak House defended their employee and said the customer who wrote the demeaning message is banned from dining at the restaurant.
“We stand by and support our employee,” Turner told USA Today. “Racism of any form is unacceptable and we have banned this customer from returning to our establishment.”
The 20-year-old server was named after his friend’s dad who’s a fallen soldier. “My dad was in the military and a buddy that he was very close to, served with him … Khalil was killed in an accident and so my dad just named me after him, one of his best friends.” Cavil has no Middle-Eastern roots that he’s aware of. The young man’s name “Khalil” means ‘friend’ in Arabic.
The “Seagrass” employee said he’s received countless support from different people since the post has gone viral.
“I definitely hope this encourages other people — no matter what race, no matter what religion — to voice out that this kind of racism and this kind of hatred is not OK,” Cavil told Odessa American.
The 20-year-old plans on attending Dallas Baptist University and said the experience has tested his Christian faith.
I had to think, what would Jesus do in this situation,” Cavil expressed to KMID. “I hope the people who left me that note find Jesus.”
BUSTED: High End Russian Hooker Ring Run From Miami Trump Property
By Karoli Kuns - crooks & liars
7/19/18 11:41pm
At first blush, it just looks like the bust of another Russian human trafficking operation, run by a husband-and-wife team with two kids and a pricey Miami condo.
And then you look a little closer and it's a Manhattan Russian criminal enterprise run remotely from Trump Tower III in Miami.
The husband and wife team, Yevgen Rizanov and Ksenia Khodukina, both 29, flew women from Russia to New York as part of a “sophisticated long-term operation promoting prostitution,” according to New York Assistant District Attorney James Lynch.
Manhattan prosecutors also allege that the couple and a third defendant, Arkadiy Bashkatov, housed the sex workers in Brooklyn and dispatched them on jobs throughout New York, booking their hotels and hiring drivers, from June 2015 to June 2018.
I thought the dates were kind of interesting since June 2015 is when Trump announced his candidacy for president and Russians started turning our world upside down. It might be nothing, of course. But it seemed like a bit of a coincidence.
Here's the bizarre part. Rizanov and Khodukina do not live in New York, where their prostitution ring was active. No, they allegedly ran everything on remote control from their cushy beachfront condo in Trump Tower III, Miami. What a lovely place to raise some nice Russian children while importing women for the sole purpose of pimping them out. Look!
I'm sure the link to Trump properties is just a coincidence, too, though. Right? It's not like a lot of Russian criminal enterprises run out of Trump properties, right?
Wrong. FT reports:
An alleged Kazakh money-laundering network channelled millions through apartment sales at the Trump SoHo; a Russian oligarch bought a Palm Beach estate from Trump in 2008 for $95m, more than double what Trump had paid for it four years earlier; in Florida, 63 Russians, some with political connections, spent $100m buying property at seven Trump-branded luxury towers, Reuters established. The money was not exclusively from the former Soviet Union: at the Trump Panama, some of it allegedly belonged to Latin American drug traffickers.
Add human trafficking to the list, along with prostitution. Just imagine what's defiling the White House right now.
And then you look a little closer and it's a Manhattan Russian criminal enterprise run remotely from Trump Tower III in Miami.
The husband and wife team, Yevgen Rizanov and Ksenia Khodukina, both 29, flew women from Russia to New York as part of a “sophisticated long-term operation promoting prostitution,” according to New York Assistant District Attorney James Lynch.
Manhattan prosecutors also allege that the couple and a third defendant, Arkadiy Bashkatov, housed the sex workers in Brooklyn and dispatched them on jobs throughout New York, booking their hotels and hiring drivers, from June 2015 to June 2018.
I thought the dates were kind of interesting since June 2015 is when Trump announced his candidacy for president and Russians started turning our world upside down. It might be nothing, of course. But it seemed like a bit of a coincidence.
Here's the bizarre part. Rizanov and Khodukina do not live in New York, where their prostitution ring was active. No, they allegedly ran everything on remote control from their cushy beachfront condo in Trump Tower III, Miami. What a lovely place to raise some nice Russian children while importing women for the sole purpose of pimping them out. Look!
I'm sure the link to Trump properties is just a coincidence, too, though. Right? It's not like a lot of Russian criminal enterprises run out of Trump properties, right?
Wrong. FT reports:
An alleged Kazakh money-laundering network channelled millions through apartment sales at the Trump SoHo; a Russian oligarch bought a Palm Beach estate from Trump in 2008 for $95m, more than double what Trump had paid for it four years earlier; in Florida, 63 Russians, some with political connections, spent $100m buying property at seven Trump-branded luxury towers, Reuters established. The money was not exclusively from the former Soviet Union: at the Trump Panama, some of it allegedly belonged to Latin American drug traffickers.
Add human trafficking to the list, along with prostitution. Just imagine what's defiling the White House right now.
*What's Inside*
june 18 - july 20
~BLACK HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEE FIRED BECAUSE HE RETORTED TO A CUSTOMER'S RACIST RANT
(RACE MATTERS)
*THOUSANDS OF CANADIAN MOTHERS WERE FORCED TO GIVE UP THEIR BABIES. SOME WERE TOLD TO ‘GET A PUPPY’ INSTEAD.(WORLD)
*NEO-CONFEDERATES REACH OUT TO THEIR ‘RUSSIAN FRIENDS’ IN NEW PROJECT
(AMERIKKKANS)
*TRUMP SUPPORTERS’ CHINA-MADE MAGA HATS ARE BEING HELD UP BY US CUSTOMS — THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT’S TARIFFS(SUCKERS)
*WHITE PEOPLE ARE RIGHT: THEY BUILT THIS COUNTRY
(COMMENTARY)
*LAWSUIT CHALLENGES TRUMP’S MASSIVE OFFSHORE DRILLING SALE IN GULF OF MEXICO
(ENVIRONMENT)
*JUDGE THROWS OUT NEW YORK CITY CLIMATE LAWSUIT AGAINST 5 MAJOR OIL GIANTS
(ENVIRONMENT)
*STATES PURGED 16 MILLION VOTERS FROM THE ROLLS BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION
(ELECTIONS)
*‘THIS IS IT FOR YOU. YOU’RE FUCKED.’: INSIDE ICE’S ABUSE OF MIGRANT KIDS AT A FRIGID OLD WALMART(AMERICA)
*ABORTION: THERE IS NO ETHICAL DILEMMA
(RIGHTS)
*JUDGE ORDERS EXTENSION OF AID FOR PUERTO RICO STORM EVACUEES
(COLONIES)
*COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW HOW OXYCONTIN’S SALES TEAM PUSHED “HOPE IN A BOTTLE”
(CORPORATE CRIMINALS)
*INTERNAL WATCHDOG BLASTS EPA’S RESPONSE TO FLINT WATER CRISIS IN BLISTERING REPORT
(ENVIRONMENT)
*ELIZABETH WARREN TORE INTO TRUMP’S CONSUMER WATCHDOG NOMINEE OVER FAMILY SEPARATIONS(PROGRESSIVES)
*US PROSECUTORS: WATER COMPANY ILLEGALLY DUMPED TOXIC WASTE
(CORPORATE CRIMINALS)
*OVER 400,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN 'MODERN SLAVERY' IN US, REPORT FINDS
(AMERICA)
*HERE ARE 5 OF THE CRAZIEST CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST SECTS, CULTS OR MOVEMENTS THAT FEEL EMPOWERED IN THE TRUMP ERA(CHRISTIANITY)
~ZUCKERBERG AT CENTER OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL CONTROVERSY
(WORTHLESS MEDIA)
*TRUMP LOYALISTS AT VA SHUFFLING, PURGING EMPLOYEES BEFORE NEW SECRETARY TAKES OVER
(REALITY)
*THE DISTRICTS ARE MOSTLY WHITE. THE CANDIDATES ARE NOT.
(ELECTIONS)
*REPUBLICANS WON'T SAVE US BECAUSE THEIR VOTERS DON'T WANT TO BE SAVED: A FARCE IN SIX ACTS BY THE RUDE PUNDIT(COMMENTARY)
*TOXIC LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION ARE BEHIND A RECORD SPIKE IN ASTHMA DEATHS: OFFICIAL FIGURES REVEAL A 25 PER CENT JUMP IN A DECADE PROMPTING CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO TACKLE THE CRISIS(EARTH)
*HOUSE DEMS CHANT 'USA!' AS REPUBLICANS STRIP FUNDING FROM ELECTION SECURITY
(DEMO POLITICS)
*TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SEEKS COMMENTS ON NEW ANTI-ABORTION “GAG RULE” PROPOSAL
(RIGHTS)
*BONHOEFFER ON STUPIDITY
(TALKERS)
*DEVIN NUNES GETS BUSTED USING HIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON WINE TASTING AND TRIPS TO LAS VEGAS(CORRUPTION)
*SOFT TARGETS: THE MUDDLED AND ANTI-INTELLECTUAL AMERICAN BRAINS THAT MADE ELECTION MEDDLING POSSIBLE(SUCKERS)
*THE CAPITALISM/RACISM PARTNERSHIP
(COMMENTARY)
*THESE 2 PSYCHOLOGISTS ARE DISMANTLING THE MYTH OF WHITE INTELLECTUAL SUPERIORITY
(RACE MATTERS)
*BIG PHARMA IS QUIETLY USING NONPROFITS TO PUSH OPIOIDS
(CORPORATE CRIMINALS)
*'I FELT ANGER': WHY NBA STAR MARC GASOL HELPED CREW A MIGRANT RESCUE BOAT
(REAL PEOPLE)
*ISRAEL ADOPTS CONTROVERSIAL JEWISH 'NATION STATE' LAW
(WORLD)
*TRUMP PROMISED THEM BETTER, CHEAPER HEALTH CARE. IT’S NOT HAPPENING
(SUCKERS)
~FEMA FAILS AGAIN IN PUERTO RICO BY DENYING OR IGNORING MOST APPEALS FOR AID TO HURRICANE SURVIVORS(COLONIES)
*HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT MEXICANS MADE AMERICA GREAT
(TRUE HISTORY)
*CNN HOST DEMANDS DEM REPRESENTATIVE ‘CONCEDE’ ON RUSSIA: TRUMP IS ‘ACTUALLY TOUGHER THAN OBAMA’(WORTHLESS MEDIA)
*AVALON, PA: NEO-NAZI GROUP LINKED TO REPUBLICAN PARTY ATTACKS BLACK MAN AT BAR
(AMERIKKKANS)
*SOON YOU CAN’T USE FOOD STAMPS AT FARMERS MARKETS — BUT THAT’S NOT HALF OF IT
(REALITY)
*OREGON SENATOR DEMANDS ETHICS PROBE OF TRUMP’S COMMERCE SECRETARY
(DEMO POLITICS)
*WOMAN ALLEGEDLY DEFACED BLACK NEIGHBOR'S HOME WITH N-WORD, 'HAIL TRUMP'
(AMERIKKKANS)
*KAVANAUGH SCORNS INTERNATIONAL LAW AND LOVES EXECUTIVE POWER
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*MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. SCHOOL DISTRICTS AREN’T TESTING FOR LEAD IN THEIR DRINKING WATER(ENVIRONMENT)
*NATIVE AMERICAN LEADERS TELL SENATE TO ACT TO PROTECT THEIR VOTING RIGHTS
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*HAWAII EXTENDS FEDERAL TITLE IX PROTECTIONS TO LGBTQ STUDENTS
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*AUSTRALIA SUCCESSFULLY BANISHED HUNDREDS OF AFRICAN REFUGEES TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND HARDLY ANYONE IS TAKING NOTICE(WORLD)
*SINKING LAND, POISONED WATER: THE DARK SIDE OF CALIFORNIA'S MEGA FARMS
(ENVIRONMENT)
*GOOGLE FINED £3.8BN BY EU OVER ANDROID ANTITRUST VIOLATIONS
(WORLD)
*VLAD AND HIS LITTLE PUSSYCAT(FUNNIES)
Jim Carrey's latest artwork.
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'Not in our neighborhood': In DC, hundreds protest ICE raids targeting immigrant residents
Gabe Ortiz
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday July 17, 2018 · 10:00 AM PDT
Chanting “Not in our neighborhood, not in our city, not in our name,” as many as 600 Washington, D.C. community leaders and members flooded the streets Monday, in protest of a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids where agents, Faith in Action said in a statement, “indiscriminately detained any undocumented residents they could find”—and possibly with the help of Metropolitan police.
Faith in Action, a grassroots, faith-based organizing network, said ICE arrested nine people during one raid targeting a Mt. Pleasant apartment, “as well as passersby on 16th Street. ICE also entered a private home near Georgia Avenue and detained two people, and detained another person at a restaurant on 14th Street, reportedly with collusion from D.C. police.”
“Locals have been told,” ThinkProgress reported, “that the Georgia Avenue raid was spurred by renegade city police officers who tipped ICE that someone without documentation of legal status was living there,” which would be in violation of the city’s so-called “sanctuary city” policy. During the Monday night protest, demonstrators called for answers and a renewed effort to protect the district’s immigrant residents from mass deportation.
“Last week, ICE knocked on at least a dozen doors in D.C.—each knock threatening to tear apart a family, to endanger someone's life, to infect our neighborhoods with fear,” said immigrant rights advocate Ben Beachy. “D.C. must act like the ‘sanctuary city’ it aspires to be by severing all ties with ICE and demanding the release of our neighbors.”
ICE spokesperson Justine Whelan claimed that "ICE does not conduct indiscriminate raids or target individuals indiscriminately,” but this is a lie. ICE doesn’t like the term “raids,” but it conducts them anyway.Additionally, ICE’s own acting ICE director, Thomas Homan, threatened to escalate “collateral arrests”—a crass term describing when non-targets are swept up in targeted raids because they happened to be there at the time—due to pro-immigrant policies.
According to ThinkProgress, “MPD officials denied any official cooperation with ICE ... but acknowledged that it couldn’t rule out an officer acting alone.” In a statement to WAMU, Mayor Muriel Bowser said that “we must send a message loud and clear to the President and Congress that we are not a country of fear and cruelty, that we know these inhumane actions do not make us any safer, and that this is not the type of leadership, or lack thereof, that Americans want.”
"ICE tore through our neighborhood last week picking up our community members,” said Sanctuary DMV’s Kathryn Johnson during the protest. “So we will move too, to the site of the largest raid last week, and then use the momentum of the hundreds gathered here to call on Mayor Bowser to ensure that DC is truly a sanctuary city where everyone is welcome."
Faith in Action, a grassroots, faith-based organizing network, said ICE arrested nine people during one raid targeting a Mt. Pleasant apartment, “as well as passersby on 16th Street. ICE also entered a private home near Georgia Avenue and detained two people, and detained another person at a restaurant on 14th Street, reportedly with collusion from D.C. police.”
“Locals have been told,” ThinkProgress reported, “that the Georgia Avenue raid was spurred by renegade city police officers who tipped ICE that someone without documentation of legal status was living there,” which would be in violation of the city’s so-called “sanctuary city” policy. During the Monday night protest, demonstrators called for answers and a renewed effort to protect the district’s immigrant residents from mass deportation.
“Last week, ICE knocked on at least a dozen doors in D.C.—each knock threatening to tear apart a family, to endanger someone's life, to infect our neighborhoods with fear,” said immigrant rights advocate Ben Beachy. “D.C. must act like the ‘sanctuary city’ it aspires to be by severing all ties with ICE and demanding the release of our neighbors.”
ICE spokesperson Justine Whelan claimed that "ICE does not conduct indiscriminate raids or target individuals indiscriminately,” but this is a lie. ICE doesn’t like the term “raids,” but it conducts them anyway.Additionally, ICE’s own acting ICE director, Thomas Homan, threatened to escalate “collateral arrests”—a crass term describing when non-targets are swept up in targeted raids because they happened to be there at the time—due to pro-immigrant policies.
According to ThinkProgress, “MPD officials denied any official cooperation with ICE ... but acknowledged that it couldn’t rule out an officer acting alone.” In a statement to WAMU, Mayor Muriel Bowser said that “we must send a message loud and clear to the President and Congress that we are not a country of fear and cruelty, that we know these inhumane actions do not make us any safer, and that this is not the type of leadership, or lack thereof, that Americans want.”
"ICE tore through our neighborhood last week picking up our community members,” said Sanctuary DMV’s Kathryn Johnson during the protest. “So we will move too, to the site of the largest raid last week, and then use the momentum of the hundreds gathered here to call on Mayor Bowser to ensure that DC is truly a sanctuary city where everyone is welcome."
New energy report shows Trump's efforts to upend the market are futile—coal still headed down
Mark Sumner
Daily Kos Staff
Tuesday July 17, 2018 · 2:40 PM PDT
Donald Trump has done everything he can to prop up the failing coal industry, but the latest report from the U. S. Energy Information Administration shows that coal is continuing along the path it’s been following for years … down. Despite a slight increase in US coal exports, overall coal production is down by 9 million tons in the first half of the year. The EIA projects no growth over the remainder of the year—with an increase in production from heavily automated western mines being offset by a sharp drop in the Appalachian region. For 2018, the EIA is forecasting a further decline of 3 percent for the overall coal market. Those numbers should be of particular concern to the industry, because a cold snap at the start of the winter, and a severe heat wave through much of the early summer, has driven up electrical demand … just not demand for coal.
That’s happening despite Trump’s interference in the markets and despite and International Energy Agency report that worldwide investments in renewable energy took a tumble in 2017. That fall in renewable investments has been partly brought about by the same forces that have disrupted coal’s hold on the US electrical market—increasing availability of natural gas—but it’s also being generated by some indecision in the renewables market itself. Steeply dropping prices for solar have brought solar costs in line with, or even below, the cost of wind in many areas, leaving governments who do want to clean up their energy act, unsure of the best way to proceed. Meanwhile, that indecision prolongs the demand for fossil fuels, and governments are actually increasing investments in oil and gas discovery as fracking brings fields that were previously thought “played out” or “uneconomic” back into the game.
On the basis of new investment, this has been a bad year for coal and for renewable energy … as contradictory as it might seem. In the United States, natural gas may seem the big winner over the last decade. In 2000, gas provided less than a quarter of all US electricity while coal generated almost half. But now gas is on top with 32 percent and coal is down to 30 percent. Nuclear power continues to provide about 20 percent of US electricity, and 7 percent comes from hydroelectric dams. Over the next two years, the EIA sees coal dropping two percent.
The year 2018 will mark a milestone for solar, wind, and other non-hydro renewable power sources. In 2017, all those sources came in at just under 10 percent of US electrical markets. This year they’ll top 10 percent for the first time. EIA estimates that number will go to 11 percent next year. While those numbers may seem small, the sharp year-over-year growth of renewables in the US continues. With no sign that solar has come to an end on its price drops, and increased availability of battery systems to “smooth out” supply and demand on these systems, solar can be expected to play a greater role in that mix going forward.
If you’re looking to see what a gallon of gas will cost you over the next two years … don’t bother. The EIA report projects oil prices to be flat to slightly down. However, that’s within a confidence range that goes from less than $40 to over $100 per barrel as production and demand stay extremely close. Political factors, such as production by OPEC, and economic growth in the US or China, could see this value at either end of the projected range.
That’s happening despite Trump’s interference in the markets and despite and International Energy Agency report that worldwide investments in renewable energy took a tumble in 2017. That fall in renewable investments has been partly brought about by the same forces that have disrupted coal’s hold on the US electrical market—increasing availability of natural gas—but it’s also being generated by some indecision in the renewables market itself. Steeply dropping prices for solar have brought solar costs in line with, or even below, the cost of wind in many areas, leaving governments who do want to clean up their energy act, unsure of the best way to proceed. Meanwhile, that indecision prolongs the demand for fossil fuels, and governments are actually increasing investments in oil and gas discovery as fracking brings fields that were previously thought “played out” or “uneconomic” back into the game.
On the basis of new investment, this has been a bad year for coal and for renewable energy … as contradictory as it might seem. In the United States, natural gas may seem the big winner over the last decade. In 2000, gas provided less than a quarter of all US electricity while coal generated almost half. But now gas is on top with 32 percent and coal is down to 30 percent. Nuclear power continues to provide about 20 percent of US electricity, and 7 percent comes from hydroelectric dams. Over the next two years, the EIA sees coal dropping two percent.
The year 2018 will mark a milestone for solar, wind, and other non-hydro renewable power sources. In 2017, all those sources came in at just under 10 percent of US electrical markets. This year they’ll top 10 percent for the first time. EIA estimates that number will go to 11 percent next year. While those numbers may seem small, the sharp year-over-year growth of renewables in the US continues. With no sign that solar has come to an end on its price drops, and increased availability of battery systems to “smooth out” supply and demand on these systems, solar can be expected to play a greater role in that mix going forward.
If you’re looking to see what a gallon of gas will cost you over the next two years … don’t bother. The EIA report projects oil prices to be flat to slightly down. However, that’s within a confidence range that goes from less than $40 to over $100 per barrel as production and demand stay extremely close. Political factors, such as production by OPEC, and economic growth in the US or China, could see this value at either end of the projected range.
denial conservative style!!
From Crooks & Liars: I've never gone wrong betting on the racism and arrogant ignorance of the Right: I've only erred occasionally on the point spread. And predicting Conservative behavior is dead-easy because traditionally they only have four basic settings:
Pleading Ignorance.
Of course Conservatives are ignorant -- deeply and malignantly ignorant. This comes from letting lying demagogues like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity take a dump in their skulls for the last 20 years. But since the GOP OnStar only emits turns in one direction, traditionally the only way Conservatives have been permitted to be "wrong" about anything was that they were "not Conservative enough!". From Crain's, October, 2015:
- Arrogant triumphalism: The aforementioned "We won! You lost! Bush is a genius! Suck it Libtards!"
- All-out denialism: The aforementioned "Everything I see on non-Fox teevee is fake! Terrible lies by the terrible Murrica-hating Libtard media conspiracy!"
- Bargaining: It doesn't matter whether or not I'm a brain-washed moron...because Both Sides!"
- Running Away: As I pointed out back during the first Great Skedaddle back in 2009, because Conservatives are by nature abject moral cowards, their last "out" is doing like German soldiers did after the fall of Berlin: stop running away from the catastrophe they created only long enough to burn their uniforms. See, "I'm an independent."
Pleading Ignorance.
Of course Conservatives are ignorant -- deeply and malignantly ignorant. This comes from letting lying demagogues like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity take a dump in their skulls for the last 20 years. But since the GOP OnStar only emits turns in one direction, traditionally the only way Conservatives have been permitted to be "wrong" about anything was that they were "not Conservative enough!". From Crain's, October, 2015: